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Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on October 12, 2018 post on Facebook
Say Socialist candidate Norman Thomas said in 1944 that the Democratic Party had adopted the Socialist platform.  
False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • November 2, 2018
National Republican Congressional Committee
National Republican Congressional Committee
stated on October 30, 2018 a TV ad
Says Maine Democrat Jared Golden "supports using your Social Security to fund other government programs."
Pants on Fire!
By Samantha Putterman • November 2, 2018
Gil Cisneros
Gil Cisneros
stated on September 17, 2018 a spoof website
Says California Republican Young Kim is "a tax cheat" who "illegally claimed a $7,000 annual homestead exemption on a house she wasn’t living in," had "multiple tax liens placed on her" as a result and "owes over $10,000 in unpaid federal income taxes."  
Mostly False
By Stephen Koff • November 2, 2018
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on October 30, 2018 a post on Facebook
Photo shows members of the migrant caravan dragging a Mexican official.
Pants on Fire!
By Ciara O'Rourke • November 2, 2018
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on October 28, 2018 a post on Instagram
"A 97 year-old Holocaust survivor was killed for being Jewish yesterday. In the United States. Let that sink in."    
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • November 2, 2018
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on October 23, 2018 a campaign ad
Says Tony Evers wants to give in-state tuition and drivers licenses to "illegal aliens."
Mostly True
By Eric Litke, Tom Kertscher • November 2, 2018
Dave Brat
Dave Brat
stated on October 21, 2018 a radio interview.
On Abigail Spanberger: "She got $2.2 million from ActBlue...That is the George Soros resistance group."  
Pants on Fire!
By Warren Fiske • November 2, 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
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on October 31, 2018 a tweet
"Democrats let him (cop killer Luis Bracamontes) into our country," and "Democrats let him stay."
Pants on Fire!
By Jon Greenberg, Miriam Valverde • November 1, 2018
Ken Paxton
Ken Paxton
stated on October 25, 2018 a TV ad
Says Ken Paxton "shut down the world’s largest human trafficking marketplace."
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • November 1, 2018
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on October 26, 2018 a rally in North Carolina
"The Democrats want to invite caravan after caravan of illegal aliens into our country. And they want to sign them up for free health care, free welfare, free education, and for the right to vote."
False
By Miriam Valverde • November 1, 2018
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on October 21, 2018 a post on Facebook
"Soros Letter Reveals Plot to ‘Take Down Borders’ with Migrant Caravan Invasions"  
Pants on Fire!
By Tessa Weinberg • November 1, 2018
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on September 29, 2018 a rally in Wheeling, W.Va.
"Household income among Hispanic Americans has just set a new record high."
True
By Matt Minard • November 1, 2018
Heidi Heitkamp
Heidi Heitkamp
stated on October 28, 2018 an op-ed in the Bismarck Tribune
"President Donald Trump even referred to one of (Kevin) Cramer’s health care repeal bills as 'mean' because the bill gutted protections for North Dakotans with preexisting conditions."
Mostly True
By Dror Sharon • November 1, 2018
Joe Manchin
Joe Manchin
stated on October 3, 2018 a tweet
West Virginia "has the highest overdose rate per capita of any state in our nation."
True
By Davis Versprille • November 1, 2018
Kendra Fershee
Kendra Fershee
stated on September 19, 2018 a Facebook post
"Poverty in WV is more than 5% higher than the national average."
Mostly True
By Liz Newton, Jamie Green • November 1, 2018
Josh Hawley
Josh Hawley
stated on October 18, 2018 a debate
Says Claire McCaskill "voted against including health records in the background check system."
Mostly False
By Kathryn B. Palmer • November 1, 2018
Duncan Hunter
Duncan Hunter
stated on September 26, 2018 a campaign ad
Says "Ammar Campa-Najjar is working to infiltrate Congress" and "is being supported by CAIR and the Muslim Brotherhood."
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • November 1, 2018
Claire McCaskill
Claire McCaskill
stated on October 25, 2018 a debate
"I made my decision on Kavanaugh before the allegations surfaced, and it was all about Kavanaugh's alliance and allegiance to dark money and unlimited political contributions."
Mostly False
By Kyra Haas • November 1, 2018
Kevin Cramer
Kevin Cramer
stated on October 26, 2018 U.S. Senate debate
"Protections on pre-existing conditions have been there since the 1970s."
False
By Manuela Tobias • November 1, 2018
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