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Latest Fact-Checks In Ohio

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Richard Cordray
Richard Cordray
stated on May 17, 2018 a tweet:
"Ohio's (payday lending) laws are now the worst in the nation. Things have gotten so bad that it is legal to charge 594 percent interest on loans."
True
By Amy Sherman • June 8, 2018
Sherrod Brown
Sherrod Brown
stated on May 18, 2018 a TV ad:
"Jim Renacci has been a lobbyist even while in Congress" and "voted to make it easier for lobbyists to hold key government positions and harder to investigate conflicts of interest."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • May 31, 2018
Keith Faber
Keith Faber
stated on May 11, 2018 a statement to the press:
"Thanks to the strong charter school reforms put in place while I was Senate President" the online charter school ECOT "was caught and is out of business."  
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • May 17, 2018
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on May 5, 2018 a speech in Cleveland:
A "catch and release" immigration policy "is a Democrat rule, Sherrod Brown, this is a Democrat rule."
False
By Amy Sherman • May 11, 2018
Jim Renacci
Jim Renacci
stated on April 25, 2018 a radio interview:
"President Trump is still supported by almost 85 percent of the Republican Party in the state of Ohio, and that's from recent polling, and still has a 58 percent approval rating in Ohio."
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • May 4, 2018
Dennis Kucinich
Dennis Kucinich
stated on April 19, 2018 a radio interview:
Says of disclosing his $20,000 speech about Syria, "there was no hiding. I released it."
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • April 26, 2018
Sherrod Brown
Sherrod Brown
stated on April 9, 2018 a speech to the City Club of Cleveland:
"Right now in Ohio 200,000 people are getting opioid treatment because they have insurance under the Affordable Care Act."
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • April 20, 2018
Richard Cordray
Richard Cordray
stated on April 2, 2018 a campaign website:
"Since 1999, firearm deaths in Ohio have risen 58 percent."
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • April 12, 2018
Mike DeWine
Mike DeWine
stated on March 20, 2018 a TV ad:
Says Mary Taylor has a work schedule that is "almost untraceable."
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • April 3, 2018
Mike Gibbons
Mike Gibbons
stated on February 20, 2018 an interview:
"A lot" of Sen. Sherrod Brown’s policies "reflect that interest in Marxism" and a fondness for communism.
False
By Amy Sherman • March 27, 2018
Onward Ohio
Onward Ohio
stated on March 20, 2018 a TV ad:
"In the Senate, (Mike) DeWine voted with Hillary Clinton to let illegal immigrants receive Social Security. And in Ohio, DeWine allowed illegal immigrants to receive driver's licenses."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • March 23, 2018
Dennis Kucinich
Dennis Kucinich
stated on January 29, 2018 on a campaign website:
The default rate for college students has grown from 40 percent 10 years ago to about 50 percent today, and "perhaps as many as 800,000 young Ohioans are facing default on their student loans."
False
By Amy Sherman • March 20, 2018
Dennis Kucinich
Dennis Kucinich
stated on February 27, 2018 a speech:
Says Richard Cordray directed an Ohio commission to "permit an armed group to have a rally on the statehouse grounds, even taking the extraordinary step of assuming personal responsibility for waiving an insurance requirement in the event of an incident."
True
By Amy Sherman • March 13, 2018
Mary Taylor
Mary Taylor
stated on January 29, 2018 a speech:
Says Mike DeWine "flip-flopped on the gun issue and has earned an F from the NRA."
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • March 6, 2018
Tim Ryan
Tim Ryan
stated on February 20, 2018 an interview on CNN:
"Seventy to 80 percent of NRA members support a universal background check."
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • February 27, 2018
JD Vance
JD Vance
stated on December 31, 2017 an interview on Face the Nation:
Says "50 percent of venture capital goes to California. Most of the rest of it goes to New York and Massachusetts."
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • February 20, 2018
Jim Renacci
Jim Renacci
stated on January 24, 2018 an interview on Fox Business Network:
In 2005 or 2006 U.S. Sen. Chuck Schumer "voted for the wall."
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • February 13, 2018
Ohio Democratic Party
Ohio Democratic Party
stated on January 4, 2018 a press release:
Says Mike DeWine "interfered with and stifled" a sexual harassment investigation and then "eliminated the office that investigated harassment claims within the AG’s office."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • February 6, 2018
Richard Cordray
Richard Cordray
stated on December 14, 2017 a speech:
On taxes, "if you go back and look 50 years ago, individuals paid about 7 percent of the total and corporations paid 5 percent. Fast forward 50 years: individuals still 7 percent, corporations (are) down to 2 percent."
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • January 30, 2018
Jon Husted
Jon Husted
stated on January 3, 2018 a tweet:
"When we say ‘one vote matters,’ it’s not just a saying – it has proven true 141 times in #Ohio over the last five years."
True
By Amy Sherman • January 23, 2018
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