Latest Fact-Checks In Missouri

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Jay Ashcroft
Jay Ashcroft
stated on April 14, 2020 a radio interview
“When you look at Wisconsin, in their largest city they normally have roughly 500 polling places. They just had their election a week ago, and they had five. That is ludicrous.”
Half-True
By Sara Dingmann • May 15, 2020
Louis Riggs
Louis Riggs
stated on April 21, 2020 an opinion piece in the Missouri Times
“Nearly half of (Missouri) counties have not reported positive (COVID-19) cases.”
False
By Sara Dingmann • May 13, 2020
Cindy O’Laughlin
Cindy O’Laughlin
stated on March 22, 2020 a Facebook post
“I see no time in the history of this country when perfectly healthy people have been basically confined to their homes or only able to do essential things as in Kansas City or St. Louis.”
False
By Jack Kosowski • May 4, 2020
Adam Schnelting
Adam Schnelting
stated on February 24, 2020 an op-Ed for The Missouri Times
“Replacing marriage licenses with domestic union contracts does not alter state or federal benefits.”
Mostly False
By Julia Garlich • March 20, 2020
Eric Burlison
Eric Burlison
stated on January 20, 2020 a tweet
“Remember, the American Revolution began when they came for the guns.”
Half-True
By Anna Peterson • March 18, 2020
Sherill Sellman
Sherill Sellman
stated on February 12, 2020 remarks on the Jim Bakker show
Silver Solution used on strains of coronavirus "totally eliminate it. Kills it. Deactivates it.”
Pants on Fire!
By Julia Garlich • March 17, 2020
Mike Parson
Mike Parson
stated on February 14, 2020 a speech
“Right now we have over 40,000 new jobs in a little over 18 months” in Missouri.
False
By Jack Kosowski • March 16, 2020
Cheri Toalson Reisch
Cheri Toalson Reisch
stated on February 1, 2020 a House Special Committee hearing on Criminal Justice
“In Boone County (Missouri) with a 1.7% unemployment rate, we can’t find enough people, we can’t fill all the job openings.”
Mostly True
By Sean Na • March 10, 2020
Viral image
Viral image
stated on February 5, 2020 a Facebook post
Says a photo shows Patrick Mahomes wearing a shirt that says, “The Great State of Kansas.”
Pants on Fire!
February 6, 2020
Eric Schmitt
Eric Schmitt
stated on November 25, 2019 a roundtable
"You have literally 140 people dying every day of opioid-related overdoses."
Mostly True
By Madison Czopek • December 31, 2019
Jeff Jensen
Jeff Jensen
stated on November 20, 2019 an interview with St. Louis Public Radio
"It’s nothing I do, but the probation office here in the Eastern District of Missouri is the best in the country. They have about a 7.5% recidivism rate, compared to national averages of 70 or 80%"
Half-True
By Libby Stanford • December 31, 2019
Jean Evans
Jean Evans
stated on October 7, 2019 Missouri Times article
"Missouri, in general, has more crime, percentage-wise, than the rest of the country. So, we are seeing overall crime throughout the country is going down but not here in Missouri."
Half-True
By Greta Serrin • November 25, 2019
Brian Treece
Brian Treece
stated on October 17, 2019 a press conference
Columbia, Mo., is "one of the fastest growing cities in the region, the only city in the state to grow jobs faster than the nation as a whole."
Mostly False
By Libby Stanford • November 16, 2019
Nicole Galloway
Nicole Galloway
stated on October 12, 2019 a mass email
"Missouri has one of the highest rates of uninsured children in the country."
Half-True
By Caitlyn Rosen • November 16, 2019
Kay Hoflander
Kay Hoflander
stated on October 11, 2019 a fundraising email
"All signs seem to point to Hillary (Clinton) laying the groundwork to run for president again."
False
By Madison Czopek • November 15, 2019
Mike Parson
Mike Parson
stated on September 8, 2019 a campaign announcement
"Wages are on the rise — in fact we were the top small-business wage growth state in the nation."
Mostly True
By Joe Noser • October 31, 2019
Glenn Kage
Glenn Kage
stated on September 16, 2019 a Missouri Times interview
"General Motors is making record profits."
Half-True
By Caitlyn Rosen • October 25, 2019
Chain email
Chain email
stated on October 25, 2019 a chain email
"14,000 abandoned wind turbines litter the United States."
Pants on Fire!
By Madison Czopek • October 25, 2019
Josh Hawley
Josh Hawley
stated on September 10, 2019 a tweet
"Meth production in MO has cratered over last decade. MO Hwy Patrol reported 1,326 meth lab seizures in 2006, only 50 in 2018."
True
By Greta Serrin • October 10, 2019
Sam Graves
Sam Graves
stated on August 29, 2019 a newsletter
"The average bridge in Missouri is 48 years old — most were only designed to last for 50 years."
Mostly True
By Madison Czopek • October 2, 2019
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