Fact Check Posts – Page 3

The Partnership for Safe Medicines
stated on April 18, 2019 a TV ad:

Florida state senators "are pushing a new government program that allows prescription drugs from China without FDA inspection."

By Amy Sherman • April 25, 2019

Harry Brown
stated on April 9, 2019 a committee meeting:

"North Carolina last year was second in the nation in overdose deaths"

By Paul Specht • April 11, 2019

Matthew Birmingham
stated on March 16, 2019 a press release:

"Now there is a new threat that we’re seeing up close: the risk of exposure to powerful drugs that can kill in even tiny amounts."

By Colin Meyn • March 20, 2019

David Crowley
stated on February 24, 2019 a TV interview:

''Over 40 percent of African-American men in (Milwaukee County) have been going to prison for low-level drug offenses, and I think a hundred times that in the city of Madison."

By D.L. Davis • March 19, 2019

Mike DeWine
stated on September 12, 2018 an ad:

Says Richard Cordray’s "plan would allow drug dealers to remain on our streets."

By Amy Sherman • September 26, 2018

Donald Trump
stated on May 29, 2018 a Republican rally in Nashville, Tenn.:

"We got $6 billion for opioid and getting rid of that scourge that’s taking over our country. And the numbers are way down."

By Jon Greenberg • May 31, 2018

Oliver North
stated on May 20, 2018 an interview on Fox News:

Perpetrators of school shootings "have been drugged in many cases … many of these young boys have been on Ritalin since they were in kindergarten."

By Manuela Tobias • May 22, 2018

True American
stated on May 13, 2018 a headline:

"BREAKING: 60 people just found dead in Ohio"

By Amy Sherman • May 17, 2018

Ted Cruz
stated on May 1, 2018 a tweet:

Says Beto O’Rourke had a "resolution to legalize all narcotics--including heroin and other deadly opioids."

By W. Gardner Selby • May 2, 2018

Gwen Moore
stated on June 19, 2017 an interview:

"There are so many data that demonstrate that poor people, surprisingly, are less likely to use drugs than people with means."

By Tom Kertscher • July 7, 2017

Claire McCaskill
stated on March 28, 2017 a tweet:

"We have 5 percent of world population. 80 percent of opioids."

By Gary Garrison • May 10, 2017

Alex Jones
stated on April 20, 2017 a court hearing:

Says police officers smoke marijuana once a year as part of their jobs.

By Joshua Gillin • May 5, 2017

Americas PAC
stated on April 27, 2017 a radio ad:

Says Tammy Baldwin was told by a whistleblower about "overmedicated veterans," she made "deadly mistakes" and "three veterans died" at the Tomah VA hospital.

By Tom Kertscher • May 5, 2017

Chris Sununu
stated on October 6, 2016 a No Labels forum:

Says drug dealers have "overdosed on purpose" to avoid prosecution.

By Ella Nilsen • October 28, 2016

Russ Feingold
stated on September 6, 2016 a radio ad:

Says Ron Johnson "has essentially done nothing" to fight heroin addiction and opioid abuse.

By Tom Kertscher • October 26, 2016

Freedom Partners Action Fund
stated on May 2, 2016 a TV ad:

"Russ Feingold got a memo in 2009 that outlined veteran harm" at a Wisconsin VA facility "and nothing was done."

By Tom Kertscher • May 11, 2016

Club for Growth
stated on March 17, 2016 a political ad:

Says Donald Trump promised "to take care of everybody (through government-run healthcare and) the government's going to pay for it."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • March 21, 2016

Maggie Hassan
stated on February 4, 2016 her State of the State speech :

"Drug overdoses are now the second-most common cause of death in New Hampshire."

By Allie Morris • February 22, 2016

Maggie Hassan
stated on June 16, 2015 her State of the State speech in Nashua:

Six thousand people have sought addiction treatment through expanded Medicaid.

By Clay Wirestone • July 2, 2015

Kathleen Sullivan
stated on April 29, 2015 testimony before the House Judiciary Committee:

"The proportion of Rhode Islanders entering substance abuse treatment primarily due to marijuana use has reached its highest point in 20 years."

By Mark Reynolds • May 17, 2015

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