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One Nation PAC
stated on October 1, 2016 a political mailer

"In two terms in the Missouri General Assembly, Jason Kander passed ZERO bills that were signed into law."

Mostly False

By Natalia Alamdari • November 3, 2016

Eric Greitens
stated on September 29, 2016 a press release

Says Chris Koster "fell silent" as attorney general in pursuing a case against a free classified service accused of promoting prostitution after accepting "over $12,000 in campaign contributions' from people affiliated with the service."

Mostly False

By Natalia Alamdari • November 2, 2016

Vicky Hartzler
stated on March 24, 2016 an interview with ABC17 News

"We have less Americans working now than in the ’70s."

Mostly False

By Conner Smith • March 26, 2016

Roy Blunt
stated on January 15, 2016 a news release

"The [Obama] administration’s regulatory assault on coal-fired energy has put thousands of Americans out of work"

Mostly False

By Mike Jenner • March 17, 2016

Juan Williams
stated on November 10, 2015 episode of Fox News' "The Five"

Says a car driving former University of Missouri System President Tim Wolfe "ran through the students, hit one of them" at the MU Homecoming Parade.

Mostly False

By Adam Aton • November 18, 2015

Emanuel Cleaver
stated on August 11, 2015 on 'Up to Date'

Two years ago motorists in Ferguson, a city of 20,000 people, "received 31,000 citations. That's at least one citation per person plus 10,000 for visitors. The city is still surviving only on traffic tickets; there's virtually no industry there."

Mostly False

By Sean Nelson • October 22, 2015

National Republican Senatorial Committee
stated on September 14, 2015

Says Missouri Democratic Senate candidate Jason Kander is "attending fancy dinners all over the country."

Mostly False

By Rachel Brooks • October 2, 2015

Jay Nixon
stated on August 20, 2015 comments at the Missouri State Fair

"Almost nine out of every 10 pennies that would be spent" turning a 200-mile stretch of Interstate 70 into a toll road "would be from folks outside Missouri."

Mostly False

By Allison Graves • September 29, 2015

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