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Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on October 1, 2018 a White House press event
"Since NAFTA’s adoption, the United States racked up trade deficits totaling more than $2 trillion."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • October 1, 2018
Patrick Morrisey
Patrick Morrisey
stated on September 7, 2018 a tweet
"Joe Manchin has a ‘D' rating from the NRA."
Mostly True
By Liz Newton, Jamie Green • September 28, 2018
E. Gordon Gee
E. Gordon Gee
stated on February 12, 2018 a letter to the university community
West Virginia University’s incoming freshman class has the "highest-ever GPA"
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By Davis Versprille, Zack Schwehm • September 28, 2018
Corey Stewart
Corey Stewart
stated on July 21, 2018 a debate.
Tim Kaine: "opposes everything President Trump does."
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By Warren Fiske • September 26, 2018
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on September 17, 2018 a poll
"Tony Evers says that tax dollars should pay for the abortions just like they pay for tonsillectomies."
Mostly True
September 26, 2018
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on September 20, 2018 an interview with Fox News' Sean Hannity
Under the North American Free Trade Agreement, "we lost thousands of plants."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • September 24, 2018
Cort VanOstran
Cort VanOstran
stated on August 21, 2018 a press release
Says "Rep. Ann Wagner, a three-term incumbent, has never held a town hall in the Second District."
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By Titus Wu, Sten Spinella • September 22, 2018
Josh Hawley
Josh Hawley
stated on September 19, 2018 a video
Says "Claire McCaskill receives the second-most contributions from insurance companies in the entire Senate."
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By Louis Jacobson • September 21, 2018
Patrick Morrisey
Patrick Morrisey
stated on September 4, 2018 a campaign ad
Says he "beat (President Barack) Obama at the Supreme Court, saving coal jobs."
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By Anja Martin • September 20, 2018
West Virginia Republican Party
West Virginia Republican Party
stated on September 4, 2018 a tweet
"In 2017, the number of new business registrations in West Virginia grew nearly 11 percent (8,318 new businesses registered for the year). This comes off the heels of a 12 percent increase in new business registrations during 2016."
Mostly True
By Alanna Longnecker, Adrianne Uphold • September 20, 2018
Tony Evers
Tony Evers
stated on August 16, 2018 a public forum
"Special education categorical aid" from the state "hasn’t been raised in over a decade."
Mostly True
By D.L. Davis • September 20, 2018
Phil Bredesen
Phil Bredesen
stated on August 24, 2018 a press release
Says Marsha Blackburn "at the behest of the pharmaceutical industry, co-sponsored a law that weakened DEA enforcement efforts against drug distribution companies that were supplying corrupt doctors and pharmacists who peddled narcotics to the black market."  
Mostly True
By Jon Greenberg • September 18, 2018
House Majority PAC
House Majority PAC
stated on September 12, 2018 campaign ad
Says Dino Rossi "stripped" health care "from 45,000 children."
Mostly True
By Manuela Tobias • September 18, 2018
Tammy Baldwin
Tammy Baldwin
stated on September 10, 2018 a TV ad
Says Leah Vukmir was "just about the only legislator who stood with the insurance companies" and "voted against oral chemotherapy."  
Mostly True
September 14, 2018
Republican Governors Association
Republican Governors Association
stated on September 12, 2018 an ad
Says Andrew Gillum "wants to increase Florida taxes by a billion dollars."
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • September 14, 2018
Patrick Morrisey
Patrick Morrisey
stated on August 21, 2018 a Donald Trump rally in Charleston, W.Va.
Says Joe Manchin "strongly supported and voted for Hillary Clinton after she said, ‘We’re going to put a lot of coal miners and coal companies out of work.’"
Mostly True
By Kristen Mohammadi • September 13, 2018
Aftab Pureval
Aftab Pureval
stated on August 28, 2018 a campaign ad
Says Steve Chabot "voted to strip insurance protections for pre-existing conditions."  
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By Stephen Koff • September 12, 2018
Joe Scarborough
Joe Scarborough
stated on September 11, 2018 a newspaper column
"President Trump’s Republican Party will create more debt in one year than was generated in the first 200 years of America’s existence."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • September 12, 2018
Congressional Leadership Fund
Congressional Leadership Fund
stated on August 17, 2018 A campaign ad
Says Joe Radinovich "was cited 30 times for not paying court fines."
Mostly True
By Stephen Koff • September 10, 2018
Michael Lee
Michael Lee
stated on August 28, 2018 Tweet
Teacher pay has increased under Republican leadership every year for the past 5 years.  In fact, even according to the national teacher's unions own rankings, NC ranked number 2 in the U.S. for fastest rising teacher pay 2016-2017.
Mostly True
By Rashaan Ayesh • September 7, 2018
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