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George Borrello
George Borrello
stated on May 11, 2020 a press release
“Infection rates in Allegany, Cattaraugus and Chautauqua counties have consistently been among the lowest in the state.”
True
By Michael Hogan, Sean Mickey • June 12, 2020
Glenn Grothman
Glenn Grothman
stated on May 21, 2020 news release
“Research illustrates a clear correlation between vitamin D deficiencies and (higher) COVID-19 mortality rates.”
True
By Haley BeMiller • June 8, 2020
Darren Jackson
Darren Jackson
stated on May 27, 2020 a tweet
“Two-thirds of Americans disapprove of Donald Trump not wearing a face mask in public.”
True
By Paul Specht • June 1, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on May 5, 2020 a Facebook post
Says gloves shouldn’t be worn in public because “if you are wearing the same set of gloves all over town you are only spreading germs everywhere you go.”
True
By Eric Litke • May 13, 2020
Jamie Nadler
Jamie Nadler
stated on April 14, 2020 a newspaper interview
“Small trials” to test convalescent plasma therapy for coronavirus patients “seem to have had some degree of success.”
True
By Julia Schneider • April 29, 2020
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on April 14, 2020 his online video endorsement of Joe Biden for president
Republicans “have shown themselves willing to cut millions off their health insurance and eliminate preexisting condition protections for millions more, even in the middle of this public health crisis."
True
By Shefali Luthra, Shefali Luthra • April 16, 2020
John Bel Edwards
John Bel Edwards
stated on April 5, 2020 a CNN interview
Says of the coronavirus threat, “there was not a single suggestion by anyone, a doctor, a scientist, a political figure, that we needed to cancel Mardi Gras.”
True
By Miriam Valverde • April 8, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on March 31, 2020 a Facebook post
“On February 7, the WHO warned about the limited stock of PPE. That same day, the Trump administration announced it was sending 18 tons of masks, gowns and respirators to China.”
True
By Bill McCarthy • April 2, 2020
Michael Dougherty
Michael Dougherty
stated on March 12, 2020 a tweet
“Some states are only getting 50 tests per day, and the Utah Jazz got 58.”
True
By Bill McCarthy • March 13, 2020
Shelley Moore Capito
Shelley Moore Capito
stated on September 19, 2019 a Facebook post
"On average, one person dies by suicide every 22 hours in West Virginia."
True
By Caroline Cassedy, Karli Celestin • November 8, 2019
Tammy Baldwin
Tammy Baldwin
stated on June 24, 2019 a tweet
"More Americans are uninsured today than when (President Donald) Trump took office."
True
By D.L. Davis • August 13, 2019
Amy Klobuchar
Amy Klobuchar
stated on May 8, 2019 a Fox News town hall
"We’ve had a 30% increase in suicides in this country in just 15 years."
True
By Louis Jacobson • May 20, 2019
Tracy McCreery
Tracy McCreery
stated on April 8, 2019 a legislative debate
"Suicide is the second-leading cause of death among 15-19 year olds and 25-34 year olds in Missouri."
True
By Gaëlle Fournier, Zara McDowell-Barker • May 15, 2019
Gavin Newsom
Gavin Newsom
stated on February 12, 2019 a State of the State Address
"More than a million Californians" do not have "clean water to bathe in or drink."
True
By Chris Nichols • February 14, 2019
Joe Manchin
Joe Manchin
stated on October 3, 2018 a tweet
West Virginia "has the highest overdose rate per capita of any state in our nation."
True
By Davis Versprille • November 1, 2018
Joe Manchin
Joe Manchin
stated on August 23, 2018 a news release
"Black lung cases are at a 25-year high."
True
By Douglas Soule • October 23, 2018
Evan Jenkins
Evan Jenkins
stated on March 20, 2018 a press release
West Virginia "has the highest overdose death rate in the nation."
True
By Louis Jacobson • March 23, 2018
Adam Putnam
Adam Putnam
stated on October 31, 2017 a speech
"The No. 1 job vacancy in Florida every month for seven years has been nursing."
True
By Allison Graves • November 8, 2017
Glenn Grothman
Glenn Grothman
stated on April 30, 2017 a town hall meeting
"Planned Parenthood is the biggest abortion provider in the country."
True
By Dave Umhoefer • May 15, 2017
Carolyn Maloney
Carolyn Maloney
stated on March 16, 2017 remarks on the House floor
"More than half of Planned Parenthood facilities are in rural or medically underserved areas."  
True
March 24, 2017
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