Latest Fact-Checks In New Hampshire

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Maggie Hassan
stated on September 15, 2016 a speech

"During her first four years in Washington Sen. Ayotte voted with the Koch brothers nearly 90 percent of the time."

Half-True

By Allie Morris • September 24, 2016

Chris Sununu
stated on September 7, 2016 an ad

Says crime is ‘rising’ in Manchester and has gone up 19 percent under Mayor Ted Gatsas.

Half-True

By Ella Nilsen • September 12, 2016

Ted Gatsas
stated on September 1, 2016 an ad

Chris "Sununu supported Obama’s Common Core agenda, taking away local control of our schools."

Mostly False

By Allie Morris • September 12, 2016

Colin Van Ostern
stated on September 6, 2016 a debate

"I cast the deciding vote extending Medicaid health care coverage to 50,000 of our fellow citizens,"

Mostly False

By Allie Morris • September 8, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on August 2, 2016 an interview with the Washington Post

"I’m beating (Kelly Ayotte) in the polls by a lot."

Pants on Fire!

By Allie Morris • August 5, 2016

Frank Guinta
stated on July 4, 2016 an email

"Granite State shipbuilders . . . built the first ship that sailed into battle under a new American flag."

Half-True

By Nick Reid • July 16, 2016

Americans for Responsible Solutions
stated on May 24, 2016 an ad

Says Kelly Ayotte "stands with the Washington gun lobby. They fund her campaigns."

Half-True

By Nick Reid • June 30, 2016

Maggie Hassan
stated on June 21, 2016 a campaign statement

Says Kelly Ayotte "voted again yesterday against a proposal to expand background checks -- (buyers) can continue to simply go online or to gun shows to purchase guns without background checks."

True

By Allie Morris • June 21, 2016

Kelly Ayotte
stated on May 18, 2016 a press release

Says Maggie Hassan was "out of state on 30 days over the last three months."

Mostly True

By Clay Wirestone • May 27, 2016

Maggie Hassan
stated on April 12, 2016 a press release

"Kelly Ayotte has voted four times against the federal Paycheck Fairness Act."

Mostly True

By Clay Wirestone • April 29, 2016

Maggie Hassan
stated on April 8, 2016 an editorial board interview with the Concord Monitor

Kelly Ayotte "has voted to defund Planned Parenthood" six times.

Mostly True

By Allie Morris • April 29, 2016

Shawn O'Connor
stated on April 25, 2016 a press release

"A simple review of the Backroom’s health code records will reveal that the restaurant already has a long-standing problem with rodent infestations."

Pants on Fire!

By Allie Morris • April 27, 2016

Jack Falanagan
stated on March 10, 2016 a speech

Says New Hampshire’s second congressional district includes two counties where "almost 5 percent if not more" of residents are enrolled in the state’s expanded Medicaid program.

True

By Clay Wirestone • April 15, 2016

Jennifer Horn
stated on March 16, 2016 a press release

"For more than 80 years, there has not been a nomination and confirmation of a Supreme Court Justice in a presidential election year. This is simply not the time to break with decades of bipartisan practice."

Half-True

By Clay Wirestone • March 18, 2016

New Hampshire Republican Party
stated on February 16, 2016 an online petition

"Given the results of the primary, the vote of one New Hampshire superdelegate is equal to the votes of about 10,000 grassroots activists."

Mostly True

By Clay Wirestone • March 18, 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."

False

By Allie Morris • February 22, 2016

New Hampshire Democratic Party
stated on February 16, 2016 a press release

Blocking a U.S. Supreme Court nomination during the remaining months of President Obama’s term "would leave the nation’s highest court with an unprecedented year-long vacancy."

Mostly False

By Clay Wirestone • February 19, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on February 13, 2016 a Republican debate

"In New Hampshire, I spent $3 million. Jeb Bush spent $44 million. He came in five, and I came in number one."

Mostly True

By Nick Reid • February 19, 2016

Marco Rubio
stated on February 2, 2016 an interview in Bow, N.H.

"Ted Cruz defended a Chinese company that stole an invention from an American inventor."

Mostly True

By Jonathan Van Fleet • February 7, 2016

Bernie Sanders
stated on February 2, 2016 a campaign event in Keene, N.H.

Says Goldman Sachs CEO said Congress would "have to cut Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid and give huge tax breaks to the wealthy and the large corporations."

Half-True

By Clay Wirestone • February 5, 2016

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