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Joe Manchin
Joe Manchin
stated on September 14, 2018 tweet
Says Patrick Morrisey undertook "efforts to put educators in jail."
False
By Kristen Mohammadi • October 11, 2018
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on October 6, 2018 a campaign rally
"Every single Democrat in the U.S. Senate has signed up for the open borders, and it's a bill, it's called the ‘open borders bill.’"
False
By Miriam Valverde • October 8, 2018
Heidi Heitkamp
Heidi Heitkamp
stated on September 26, 2018 a campaign ad
Says "On the Public Service Commission, (Kevin Cramer) raised his pay to over $93,650."
False
By Manuela Tobias • October 8, 2018
Josh Hawley
Josh Hawley
stated on September 13, 2018 a foxnews.com op-ed
Says a bill co-sponsored by Sen. Claire McCaskill "would give a free pass to any illegal immigrant who brings a child to the border."
False
By Sten Spinella • October 6, 2018
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on October 2, 2018 a rally in Southaven, Miss.
Says Sen. Richard Blumenthal said he served in Vietnam in "Da Nang Province. Soldiers dying left and right as we battled up the hill." And "then he cried when (the press) caught him."  
False
By Jon Greenberg • October 4, 2018
Martha McSally
Martha McSally
stated on September 16, 2018 a Fox News interview
Says Rep. Kyrsten Sinema supported a bill that is "essentially encouraging child trafficking."
False
By Miriam Valverde • October 2, 2018
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on October 1, 2018 a midterm rally in Johnson City, Tenn.
Says Republicans "just passed" the Veterans Choice program after 44 years of trying. "They've been trying to pass that one for many, many decades."
False
By Jon Greenberg • October 2, 2018
Rickey Padgett
Rickey Padgett
stated on September 15, 2018
John Kerry is "now working on the behalf of foreign terrorist governments."
False
By Bill McCarthy • October 2, 2018
Stop Deceptive Amendments
Stop Deceptive Amendments
stated on September 24, 2018 an ad
Every former North Carolina governor opposes "constitutional amendments Raleigh lawmakers put on the ballot this fall."
False
By Paul Specht • September 27, 2018
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on September 25, 2018 a blog post
"Kavanaugh accuser’s husband breaks his silence, exposes ‘sick issue’ his wife has."
False
By Miriam Valverde • September 26, 2018
Mike Bishop
Mike Bishop
stated on September 21, 2018 a TV ad
Says Elissa Slotkin’s plan is to take Medicare away from current senior recipients.
False
By Samantha Putterman • September 26, 2018
Mike DeWine
Mike DeWine
stated on September 12, 2018 an ad
Says Richard Cordray’s "plan would allow drug dealers to remain on our streets."  
False
By Amy Sherman • September 26, 2018
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on September 20, 2018 an interview with Fox News' Sean Hannity
Under the North American Free Trade Agreement, "we lost millions of jobs."
False
By Louis Jacobson • September 24, 2018
Bruce Rauner
Bruce Rauner
stated on September 6, 2018 a TV ad
Says "J.B. Pritzker’s tax plan" includes a "new tax per mile you drive with government tracking device."
False
By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • September 23, 2018
Marc Molinaro
Marc Molinaro
stated on September 14, 2018 in a news conference
Says Gov. Andrew Cuomo is "stealing money from the MTA and sending it upstate for projects that have nothing to do with transit."
False
By Jill Terreri Ramos • September 21, 2018
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on September 17, 2018 in a blog post
Says Brett Kavanaugh’s mother presided over foreclosure case against Christine Blasey Ford’s parents, which fueled motivation for sexual assault accusation.
False
By Kyra Haas • September 20, 2018
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on September 18, 2018 an exchange with reporters
On investigating during the Supreme Court confirmation process, "The FBI doesn’t do that."
False
By Jon Greenberg • September 20, 2018
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on September 9, 2018 a blog post
"Arnold Schwarzenegger: 'I would be a better president than Trump ...2020 wait for me do you agree??"
False
By Miriam Valverde • September 18, 2018
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on September 13, 2018 tweets
Says 3,000 people "did not die" in two hurricanes that hit Puerto Rico. That death toll estimate was "done by Democrats."
False
By Amy Sherman • September 18, 2018
Kwame Raoul
Kwame Raoul
stated on September 4, 2018 a TV ad
Says "we know" Erika Harold would "discriminate against a loving gay couple who want to adopt a child, favoring an abusive straight couple instead."
False
By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • September 17, 2018
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