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Latest Fact-Checks In Elections

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Vivek Ramaswamy
Vivek Ramaswamy
stated on December 6, 2023 in a debate:
“The great replacement theory is not some grand right-wing conspiracy theory. But a basic statement of the Democratic Party's platform.”
Pants on Fire!
By Maria Ramirez Uribe • December 13, 2023
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on December 12, 2023 in a video:
As of Dec. 12, 2023, Geert Wilders was the “new prime minister of the Netherlands.”
False
By Kwasi Gyamfi Asiedu • December 13, 2023
Fight Right Inc.
Fight Right Inc.
stated on December 6, 2023 in a TV ad:
Nikki Haley “raised taxes.”
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • December 13, 2023
Ron DeSantis
Ron DeSantis
stated on November 30, 2023 in Fox News' “The Great Red vs. Blue State Debate.":
“Your minor child can go to California without your knowledge or without your consent, and get hormone therapy, puberty blockers and a sex change operation.”
Mostly False
By Grace Abels • December 11, 2023
Ron Johnson
Ron Johnson
stated on November 10, 2023 in X, formerly Twitter:
"In order to be a poll worker on the conservative side, you have to register through the Republican Party of Wisconsin."
Mostly True
By Hope Karnopp • December 4, 2023
Bryan Steil
Bryan Steil
stated on September 28, 2023 in Public appearance:
“Washington, D.C., allows noncitizens to vote in (municipal elections)" so a Russian citizen, after living in Washington for 30 days can "vote for mayor in Washington, D.C. And they don’t even need to show their ID to do it.”
Mostly True
By Ricardo Torres • December 4, 2023
Fight Right Inc.
Fight Right Inc.
stated on November 23, 2023 in an ad:
Clips of Nikki Haley speaking about Hillary Clinton show Haley supports Clinton and is “not who she says she is.”
False
By Maria Ramirez Uribe • November 29, 2023
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on November 21, 2023 in a video:
"Trump has selected his pick for running mate (and the) news stuns Republican Party.”
False
By Kwasi Gyamfi Asiedu • November 28, 2023
DeSantis Watch
DeSantis Watch
stated on November 8, 2023 in a Spanish-language radio ad:
Ron DeSantis “wants to cut Social Security and Medicare.”
Mostly False
By Maria Briceño, Marta Campabadal Graus • November 16, 2023
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on November 8, 2023 in an Instagram post:
On Nov. 7, 2023, Pennsylvania voting machines were “flipping votes,” which is evidence of “election fraud.”
False
By Sara Swann • November 11, 2023
Wisconsin Election Committee, Inc .
Wisconsin Election Committee, Inc .
stated on November 1, 2023 in TV ad:
Wisconsin elections administrator Meagan Wolfe “refuses to clean up our voter rolls”
Pants on Fire!
By Tyler Katzenberger • November 8, 2023
Wisconsin Election Committee, Inc .
Wisconsin Election Committee, Inc .
stated on November 1, 2023 in TV ad:
Wisconsin elections administrator Meagan Wolfe “allowed for the use of illegal drop boxes and ballot harvesting.”
False
By Tyler Katzenberger • November 8, 2023
Wisconsin Election Committee, Inc .
Wisconsin Election Committee, Inc .
stated on November 1, 2023 in TV ad:
Wisconsin elections administrator Meagan Wolfe “permitted the ‘Zuckerbucks’ influence money.”
Pants on Fire!
By Tyler Katzenberger • November 8, 2023
Ron DeSantis
Ron DeSantis
stated on October 24, 2023 in a town hall in New Hampshire:
“The Republicans and Trump funded $400 million in March of 2020 for mail ballots.”
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • October 31, 2023
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on May 30, 2023 in Interview:
“Wisconsin has historically … and I think largely continues to be, a blue state.”
Mostly False
By Laura Schulte • October 31, 2023
New York Citizens Audit
New York Citizens Audit
stated on August 25, 2023 in a report:
A discrepancy in the number of ballots and voters in the 2022 general election in New York “appears to be a federal crime.”
False
By Jill Terreri Ramos • October 29, 2023
Melissa Agard
Melissa Agard
stated on October 17, 2023 in Public appearance:
“Since 1981, the state Senate has only rejected five executive appointments. The GOP today is more than doubling that number.”
True
By Hope Karnopp • October 25, 2023
Rebecca Cooke
Rebecca Cooke
stated on September 1, 2023 in X, formerly Twitter:
"Derrick Van Orden is one of the only members of Congress who participated in the deadly January 6th insurrection. He now serves in the building he tried to burn down."
Mostly False
By D.L. Davis • October 11, 2023
LaKeshia Myers
LaKeshia Myers
stated on June 6, 2023 in News release:
During the spring 2020 election in Milwaukee, a reduction to only five polling locations “came days before the election and was done without proper notice to voters.”
Mostly True
By D.L. Davis • September 8, 2023
Roy Cooper
Roy Cooper
stated on August 24, 2023 in a veto statement:
GOP-authored elections bill “requires valid votes to be tossed out … if a computer rejects a signature.”
False
By Paul Specht • September 1, 2023
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