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Latest Fact-Checks In Elections

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Doug Jones
Doug Jones
stated on August 6, 2020 in a campaign ad:
Says Tommy Tuberville “is for privatizing Social Security and cutting Medicare.”
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • August 13, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on July 24, 2020 in social media posts:
Social media posts claim the U.S. Postal Service “says you should give mail in ballots at least 14 days roundtrip. So, if you plan to vote by mail, election day isn’t November 3. It’s October 20th.”
Half-True
By Chris Nichols • July 28, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on June 28, 2020 in a Facebook post:
“Two stamps needed for mail-in ballots.”
Half-True
By Tom Kertscher • July 23, 2020
Amy Klobuchar
Amy Klobuchar
stated on May 16, 2020 in a tweet:
“80% of the people” want the option of vote by mail
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • May 21, 2020
Jay Ashcroft
Jay Ashcroft
stated on April 14, 2020 in 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
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on April 7, 2020 in a Facebook post:
“Conservative Supreme Court Justices vote remotely to deny Wisconsin voters their right to vote remotely.”
Half-True
By Eric Litke • April 9, 2020
David Lewis
David Lewis
stated on March 26, 2020 in a tweet:
“Pelosi tried to block voter ID/absentee ballot protections.”
Half-True
By Paul Specht • April 7, 2020
Brad Parscale
Brad Parscale
stated on February 25, 2020 in a Tweet:
“Did you see President Trump’s RECORD TURNOUT? Iowa - 32,389 Republicans.”
Half-True
By Rylee Wilson • March 20, 2020
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on February 24, 2020 in a post on Facebook:
"Cuba has a lung cancer vaccine we in the US had no access to because we sanctioned Cuba.”
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • March 4, 2020
Michael Bloomberg
Michael Bloomberg
stated on February 26, 2020 in a CNN town hall:
“I certainly supported Barack Obama and Joe Biden. ... I was there both times for them.”
Half-True
By Miriam Valverde • March 3, 2020
Jerry Tillman
Jerry Tillman
stated on November 15, 2019 in a speech:
Says the U.S. Constitution "doesn’t say anything about (redistricting) being fair. … it’s set up to be partisan."
Half-True
By Paul Specht • November 26, 2019
John Carter
John Carter
stated on February 18, 2019 in a speech:
"I was the first elected Republican in Williamson County history."
Half-True
By Madlin Mekelburg • March 22, 2019
Club for Growth
Club for Growth
stated on March 10, 2019 in in a TV ad:
Says Beto O’Rourke did his father-in-law’s "bidding on the El Paso City Council, pushing a downtown redevelopment scheme to bulldoze a poor Hispanic neighborhood while enriching developers like his father-in-law."
Half-True
By Madlin Mekelburg • March 14, 2019
Chuck McGrady
Chuck McGrady
stated on February 13, 2019 in a press conference:
Says "nearly half" of House Republicans have supported a nonpartisan redistricting bill.
Half-True
By Paul Specht • February 15, 2019
Matthew Rothschild
Matthew Rothschild
stated on January 3, 2019 in a radio interview:
The NRA is "one of the biggest lobbyists here in the capital. They spend a ton of money during elections. …  they spent more than a million dollars here in Wisconsin on the 2018 elections. Most of that was for Walker, or more specifically against Evers."
Half-True
By D.L. Davis • January 24, 2019
Terry Van Duyn
Terry Van Duyn
stated on November 27, 2018 in a speech:
"Over 1,000 people were denied a ballot on Election Day" in the 2016 North Carolina primaries.
Half-True
By Paul Specht • December 11, 2018
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on November 7, 2018 in in a press conference:
"This election marks the largest Senate gains for a president's party in a first midterm election since at least President Kennedy's in 1962."
Half-True
By John Kruzel • November 8, 2018
Kathy Manning
Kathy Manning
stated on October 23, 2018 in a debate:
"I'm not taking any corporate PAC money."
Half-True
By Will Doran • October 28, 2018
Yes on 10 campaign
Yes on 10 campaign
stated on September 28, 2018 in a TV advertisement:
California’s rent control measure Proposition 10 would have "No effect on homeowners"
Half-True
By Chris Nichols • October 5, 2018
Congressional Leadership Fund
Congressional Leadership Fund
stated on September 19, 2018 in a TV ad:
Says Kansas U.S. House candidate Paul Davis was caught with a stripper during a drug raid and later voted to "allow strip clubs to open near homes, churches, schools and daycare facilities."
Half-True
By Samantha Putterman • October 1, 2018
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