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Latest Fact-Checks In Elections

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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
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
Charlie Kirk
Charlie Kirk
stated on August 2, 2023 in a video:
Douglass Mackey was convicted “because he made a meme in the 2016 election.”
Mostly False
By Madison Czopek • August 9, 2023
X posts
X posts
stated on May 20, 2023 in on social media:
A printer error in Nassau County, New York, turned every registered voter Democratic.
Mostly False
By Conor Amendola • June 19, 2023
Viral image
Viral image
stated on November 15, 2022 in an Instagram post:
Photo shows “ballots not counted in California and this is only one polling location. Yet Gavin Newsom was declared governor minutes after polling stations closed.”
Mostly False
By Ciara O'Rourke • November 17, 2022
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on November 2, 2022 in on social media:
The U.S. “could easily count every vote in every state on election night until a few years ago.”
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman, Louis Jacobson • November 4, 2022
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on October 27, 2022 in a tweet:
Only Democratic cities take “‘days’ to count their votes” while “the rest of the country manages to get it done on election night.”
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman, Louis Jacobson • October 28, 2022
Citizens for Sanity
Citizens for Sanity
stated on October 7, 2022 in an ad:
“Every single Senate Democrat voted against hiring more border agents. They voted against deporting felons. And they voted against ending catch and release.”
Mostly False
By Maria Ramirez Uribe • October 21, 2022
National Republican Senatorial Committee
National Republican Senatorial Committee
stated on October 6, 2022 in News release:
“Mandela Barnes came out in favor of abortion up until the moment of birth.”
Mostly False
By Vanessa Swales • October 20, 2022
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on October 2, 2022 in a Facebook post:
In Texas, a person can register a dead relative to vote and then cast a mail ballot in their name.
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • October 17, 2022
Tony Evers
Tony Evers
stated on October 6, 2022 in Campaign email:
Says “Tim Michels wants to defund public education — calling it ‘the definition of insanity’ to continue to fund public schools.”
Mostly False
By Madeline Heim • October 17, 2022
Club for Growth
Club for Growth
stated on October 5, 2022 in an ad:
As attorney general, Catherine Cortez Masto “opposed tougher laws on methamphetamine dealers.”
Mostly False
By Maria Ramirez Uribe • October 14, 2022
Tim Michels
Tim Michels
stated on September 4, 2022 in Twitter:
Says Tony Evers is “a career politician.”
Mostly False
By Vanessa Swales • October 7, 2022
Newt Gingrich
Newt Gingrich
stated on September 29, 2022 in On Fox News:
Pennsylvania Senate candidate John Fetterman’s tattoo references ‘heroin use’ and the Crips
Mostly False
By Michael Majchrowicz • October 5, 2022
Ted Nugent
Ted Nugent
stated on September 20, 2022 in a Facebook post:
Michigan’s Proposal 2 “will permanently put in the Constitution that you never have to show an ID to vote ever again.”
Mostly False
By Madison Czopek • September 30, 2022
Catherine Cortez Masto
Catherine Cortez Masto
stated on August 18, 2022 in an ad:
Adam Laxalt took “campaign cash” from drug companies “and used his office to block local attempts at holding one of the worst offenders accountable.”
Mostly False
By Maria Ramirez Uribe • September 23, 2022
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on August 14, 2022 in a Facebook post:
"FEC charges (Beto O'Rourke's 2018 campaign) Illegal Campaign Contributions."
Mostly False
By Nusaiba Mizan • September 8, 2022
Tom Cotton
Tom Cotton
stated on August 31, 2022 in a tweet:
“60% of Alaska voters voted for a Republican, but thanks to a convoluted process and ballot exhaustion — which disenfranchises voters — a Democrat ‘won.’"
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • September 2, 2022
Social Media
Social Media
stated on August 30, 2022 in social media posts:
In New York, you need to show identification to buy whipped cream, but not to vote.
Mostly False
By Jill Terreri Ramos • September 1, 2022
Republican Governors Association
Republican Governors Association
stated on July 29, 2022 in Email:
"Governor Tony Evers gave counties the green light to defund Wisconsin's police departments."
Mostly False
By Alan Hovorka • August 12, 2022
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