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Asa Hutchinson
Asa Hutchinson
stated on December 11, 2023 comments at Stand with Crypto Alliance at St. Anselm College in New Hampshire
China is allowed to do crypto mining in the U.S.
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson, Rebecca Catalanello • December 15, 2023
Ron DeSantis
Ron DeSantis
stated on December 12, 2023 a CNN town hall
Florida “had a year-over-year reduction” in overdose deaths.
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • December 14, 2023
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on December 5, 2023 a post on X
“We’ve created close to 800,000 manufacturing jobs since I’ve taken office.”
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • December 13, 2023
Katrina Shankland
Katrina Shankland
stated on November 15, 2023 X, formerly Twitter
“I have been a state legislator for 11 years, passing over 170 bills into law and delivering for Wisconsin families.”
Mostly True
By Hope Karnopp • December 8, 2023
Jodi Emerson
Jodi Emerson
stated on November 7, 2023 Wisconsin Assembly
"On most campuses, you cannot destroy a chalked message unless you were the one that wrote it. You can't dump water on it, you can't even walk over it."
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By Hope Karnopp • December 5, 2023
Ron Johnson
Ron Johnson
stated on November 10, 2023 X, formerly Twitter
"In order to be a poll worker on the conservative side, you have to register through the Republican Party of Wisconsin."
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By Hope Karnopp • December 4, 2023
Bryan Steil
Bryan Steil
stated on September 28, 2023 Public appearance
“Washington, D.C., allows noncitizens to vote in (municipal elections)" so a Russian citizen, after living in Washington for 30 days can "vote for mayor in Washington, D.C. And they don’t even need to show their ID to do it.”
Mostly True
By Ricardo Torres • December 4, 2023
Karine Jean-Pierre
Karine Jean-Pierre
stated on November 20, 2023 a White House press briefing
“Because wages are rising, this Thanksgiving dinner is the fourth-cheapest ever as a percentage of average earnings.”
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By Louis Jacobson • November 21, 2023
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on November 14, 2023 remarks at the White House
“Last year alone, natural disasters in America caused $178 billion in damages.”
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By Louis Jacobson • November 15, 2023
Eric Ager
Eric Ager
stated on October 24, 2023 a speech on the house floor
“This map was drawn entirely in secret by an Ohio consultant … with taxpayer dollars.”
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By Paul Specht • November 15, 2023
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on November 1, 2023 a speech in Northfield, Minn.
"Over the past four decades, we’ve lost over 400,000 farms in America (and) over 140 million acres of farmland. And that’s an area roughly equal to the size of Minnesota, North and South Dakota combined.”
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson, Renee Romo • November 7, 2023
Rachael Cabral-Guevara,
Rachael Cabral-Guevara,
stated on October 18, 2023 Public hearing
Some individuals or businesses in Wisconsin are charging $2 or $2.25 an hour for child care.
Mostly True
By Hope Karnopp • November 7, 2023
MAGA Inc
MAGA Inc
stated on October 28, 2023 a TV ad in Iowa
Gov. Ron DeSantis “actually sponsored the bill to make Puerto Rico a state.”
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • November 1, 2023
Nikki Haley
Nikki Haley
stated on October 12, 2023 a town hall in Exeter, N.H.
China is “the largest developer of neuro-strike weapons, weapons engineered to change the brain activity of military commanders and segments of the population.”
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson, Samantha Putterman • November 1, 2023
Mike Johnson
Mike Johnson
stated on October 25, 2023 his acceptance speech as speaker
“In the time it’s going to take me to deliver this speech, we’ll go up another $20 million in debt.”
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • October 26, 2023
Chris Christie
Chris Christie
stated on October 18, 2023 an interview
“In the last 11 months, Customs and Border Patrol has averaged 200,000 apprehensions a month, and you know how many beds we have to detain people at the border? Thirty-eight thousand."
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By Maria Ramirez Uribe • October 20, 2023
Jim Justice
Jim Justice
stated on August 14, 2023 a post on X
"Credit card debt is above $1 trillion for the FIRST TIME EVER."
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By Ashala Moseberry • October 19, 2023
West Virginia Republican Party
West Virginia Republican Party
stated on August 17, 2023 a post on X
“Since Biden took office ... real wages have fallen monthly.”
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By Jacquie Broush • October 12, 2023
George Zimmerman
George Zimmerman
stated on July 11, 2023 an interview with the Daily Athenaeum
“The percentage of students that are going to college (in West Virginia) has been declining for five years.”
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By Aubrey Burkhardt • October 6, 2023
Shelley Moore Capito
Shelley Moore Capito
stated on August 23, 2023 a post on X
“#Bidenomics has led to mortgage rates hitting a 21-year high → over 7%.”
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By Sophia Bookwood • October 5, 2023
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