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JoAnne Kloppenburg
stated on March 15, 2016 TV ad:

Says the GOP is "helping pay for" Justice Rebecca Bradley's campaign and "she recently skipped court to attend an event paid for" by Scott Walker's "lobbyist friends."

Mostly True

By Tom Kertscher • March 31, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on March 29, 2016 a CNN town hall:

Says that when Michelle Fields "found out that there was a security camera, and that they had her on tape, all of a sudden that story changed."

Pants on Fire!

By Lauren Carroll • March 30, 2016

Hillary Clinton
stated on March 22, 2016 a speech at Stanford University.:

When it comes to fighting terrorism, "Another thing we know that does not work, based on lots of empirical evidence, is torture."

True

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • March 30, 2016

Rebecca Bradley
stated on March 21, 2016 an interview:

Says JoAnne Kloppenburg "has told us she thinks it's her job to promote a more equal society."

Mostly True

By Tom Kertscher • March 30, 2016

Rebecca Bradley
stated on March 21, 2016 a radio interview:

Says her representation of an ex-boyfriend "who was then my friend" in a family law case is "something that lawyers do on a regular basis."

False

By Tom Kertscher • March 25, 2016

Kip Kendrick
stated on February 4, 2016 a League of Women Voters Town Hall meeting:

"Requiring photo ID would keep about 200,000 Missourians from voting."

Half-True

By Katie Moeller • March 21, 2016

Gwen Moore
stated on March 16, 2016 a tweet:

"Six justices" on the U.S. Supreme Court have been "confirmed in presidential election years since 1912."

True

By Tom Kertscher • March 17, 2016

Caleb Rowden
stated on March 4, 2016 a Columbia/Boone County League of Women Voters Town Hall:

"Seventy percent of Missourians support voter photo ID legislation."

Mostly True

By Katie Moeller • March 14, 2016

Paul Ryan
stated on February 23, 2016 an interview:

"There is a precedent" for not nominating someone to the U.S. Supreme Court "in the middle of a presidential election."

False

By Tom Kertscher • March 4, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on February 28, 2016 an interview on "Fox News Sunday":

Says "the New York Times can write a story that they know is false" yet "they can't basically be sued."

False

By Louis Jacobson • March 1, 2016

Richard Blumenthal
stated on February 15, 2016 an appearance on MSNBC's Hardball:

"There's never been a (U.S. Supreme Court) vacancy in the last, I think, 30 years, lasting longer than 237 days."

True

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • February 18, 2016

JoAnne Kloppenburg
stated on February 8, 2016 a TV ad:

Says state Supreme Court candidate Joe Donald twice "supported" incumbent Justice Rebecca Bradley.

Mostly True

By Tom Kertscher • February 14, 2016

Jeb Bush
stated on January 24, 2016 a post on Medium:

"My two appointments to the Florida Supreme Court, Raul Cantero and Kenneth Bell, have earned reputations as its most consistent conservatives."

Mostly True

By Louis Jacobson • February 10, 2016

Marco Rubio
stated on February 2, 2016 an interview in Bow, N.H.:

"Ted Cruz defended a Chinese company that stole an invention from an American inventor."

Mostly True

By Jonathan Van Fleet • February 7, 2016

Hillary Clinton
stated on January 17, 2016 comments during the South Carolina Democratic presidential debate:

Says Bernie Sanders "has reversed his position on immunity" for gun manufacturers and sellers.

True

By Louis Jacobson • January 18, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on January 5, 2016 an interview with The Washington Post:

Canadian-born Ted Cruz "has had a double passport."

False

By W. Gardner Selby • January 6, 2016

Will Kraus
stated on August 30, 2015 an episode of "This Week in Missouri Politics":

Says Missouri needs a voter I.D. law because "there’s over 16 people in the state of Missouri who have been convicted of some type of voter fraud."

Half-True

By Adam Aton • January 4, 2016

Ted Cruz
stated on December 5, 2015 a speech at the Rising Tide Summit in Cedar Rapids, Iowa:

"The Democrats in the Senate last year introduced a constitutional amendment to repeal the free speech protections of the First Amendment."

Mostly False

By Jason Noble • December 22, 2015

Rand Paul
stated on December 15, 2015 a Republican presidential debate in Las Vegas:

"If you are going to kill the families of terrorists, realize that there's something called the Geneva Convention we're going to have to pull out of."

True

By Louis Jacobson • December 17, 2015

Alan Grayson
stated on November 25, 2015 an interview on the "Alan Colmes Show" on Fox News:

"Technically, (Ted Cruz is) not even an American."

Pants on Fire!

By Jon Greenberg • December 8, 2015

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