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Phil Scott
Phil Scott
stated on October 10, 2018 campaign debate:
"We had a waiting list in Chittenden County when I came into office of about 700. ... We opened a new treatment hub in St. Albans, and it reduced that number to zero."
Half-True
By Lola Duffort • November 8, 2018
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on November 6, 2018 a Facebook post:
Mexico is providing professional charter buses for the migrant caravan.
Half-True
By Samantha Putterman • November 8, 2018
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on November 7, 2018 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
Josh Hawley
Josh Hawley
stated on October 25, 2018 a debate:
Says a manufacturing operation in his hometown that made gunstock for Remington rifles "closed down, we lost those jobs and it's been devastating for my little town."
Half-True
By Titus Wu • November 5, 2018
Claire McCaskill
Claire McCaskill
stated on October 2, 2018 a campaign ad:
"Nonpartisan experts have consistently ranked Claire one of the most independent senators — right in the middle."  
Half-True
By Morgan Keith • November 5, 2018
House Majority PAC
House Majority PAC
stated on October 26, 2018 a TV ad:
Says Ohio U.S. Rep. Steve Chabot "voted to cut health care for kids, affecting up to half the families at Cincinnati’s own Children’s Hospital."
Half-True
By Samantha Putterman • November 5, 2018
Dan McCready
Dan McCready
stated on October 10, 2018 a debate:
"Mark Harris has said he would cut Social Security and Medicare."
Half-True
By Paul Specht • November 2, 2018
Michael Schirling
Michael Schirling
stated on October 2, 2018 Schirling to Boston.com Oct. 2, responding to an SNL skit:
"We invite SNL viewers to Vermont to see all that we have to offer, including our increasingly diverse communities... The leaves are changing and so is Vermont."
Half-True
By Anne Wallace Allen • October 31, 2018
Tony Evers
Tony Evers
stated on September 25, 2018 a campaign ad:
Says he "raised graduation rates to nearly 90 percent."
Half-True
By D.L. Davis • October 31, 2018
Ricardo Lara
Ricardo Lara
stated on October 24, 2018 full-page newspaper ads:
As California's Insurance Commissioner, "Steve Poizner pledged to block immigrant children from ever getting MediCal health insurance."
Half-True
By Chris Nichols, Sami Soto • October 30, 2018
Troy Balderson
Troy Balderson
stated on October 20, 2018 a television interview:
"A lot of people are still dealing with lack of access to health care. There are counties out there, in my former Senate district, that didn’t have doctors and providers."  
Half-True
By Stephen Koff • October 30, 2018
Kathy Manning
Kathy Manning
stated on October 23, 2018 a debate:
"I'm not taking any corporate PAC money."
Half-True
By Will Doran • October 28, 2018
Tammy Baldwin
Tammy Baldwin
stated on October 22, 2018 a speech:
Under the Republican tax reform law, "83 percent of the benefits go to the top 1 percent of individuals and large multinational corporations."  
Half-True
By Tom Kertscher • October 26, 2018
Don Bacon
Don Bacon
stated on October 16, 2018 a debate:
Says revenues "are actually up after tax reform."
Half-True
By Samantha Putterman • October 25, 2018
Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee
Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee
stated on October 22, 2018 a campaign ad:
Says "over 40 Republican leaders denounced" Steve Watkins’ campaign  
Half-True
By Stephen Koff • October 25, 2018
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on October 21, 2018:
"Stacey Abrams burning the flag of the state she seeks to serve as Governor."
Half-True
By Ciara O'Rourke • October 25, 2018
Andrew Gillum
Andrew Gillum
stated on October 24, 2018 a WPBF debate:
Says Ron DeSantis has not revealed $145,000 in receipts of public taxpayer money.
Half-True
By Miriam Valverde • October 24, 2018
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on October 12, 2018 a speech:
"All across Ohio, steel mills are reopening."
Half-True
By Kyra Haas • October 24, 2018
Occupy Democrats
Occupy Democrats
stated on October 15, 2018 a post on Facebook:
"The Postal Service only gives tribal residents PO boxes. The Republican-controlled Supreme Court just said it’s totally okay for North Dakota to demand that ONLY residents with street addresses can vote. Native Americans were the last to get the right to vote, and now they are the first to lose it."
Half-True
By Tessa Weinberg • October 23, 2018
Kathy Manning
Kathy Manning
stated on October 9, 2018 a television ad:
Says Ted Budd "voted to gut protections for pre-existing conditions … letting insurance companies deny coverage for (necessary) treatment."
Half-True
By Bill McCarthy • October 22, 2018
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