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Senate Leadership Fund
Senate Leadership Fund
stated on October 16, 2018 in a campaign ad:
Says Claire McCaskill "even said this about private planes, ‘that normal people can afford it.’"
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • October 17, 2018
Claire McCaskill
Claire McCaskill
stated on September 10, 2018 in a Q&A at Truman State University:
 "I voted to defund sanctuary cities."
Half-True
By Titus Wu • October 6, 2018
Ann Wagner
Ann Wagner
stated on August 27, 2018 in a tweet:
"Since passage of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, Walmart 'increased their starting wage to $11/hr & has given about $400 million in bonuses.'"
True
By Hannah Archambault, Matthew Hall • October 5, 2018
Renee Hoagenson
Renee Hoagenson
stated on August 28, 2018 in a tweet:
"Missouri has the worst roads in the Midwest and nearly the worst roads in the country."
Half-True
By Theo DeRosa, Kathryn B. Palmer • October 5, 2018
Steve West
Steve West
stated on September 27, 2018 in a page on his campaign website:
"PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANIES that manufacture vaccines have IMMUNITY FROM PROSECUTION!"
Mostly False
By Andrew Withers, Dylan Sherman • September 27, 2018
Cort VanOstran
Cort VanOstran
stated on August 21, 2018 in a press release:
Says "Rep. Ann Wagner, a three-term incumbent, has never held a town hall in the Second District."
Mostly True
By Titus Wu, Sten Spinella • September 22, 2018
Josh Hawley
Josh Hawley
stated on September 19, 2018 in a video:
Says "Claire McCaskill receives the second-most contributions from insurance companies in the entire Senate."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • September 21, 2018
Josh Hawley
Josh Hawley
stated on August 20, 2018 in an op-ed for the Springfield News-Leader:
Since 2009, "millions of Americans have lost their health care plans."
Mostly False
By Morgan Keith, Ryan Hanrahan • September 20, 2018
Claire McCaskill
Claire McCaskill
stated on August 23, 2018 in an op-ed for the Springfield News-Leader:
Says a Josh Hawley lawsuit "would take away important prescription drug coverage for seniors through Medicare and end all of the consumer protections under the ACA."
True
By Hannah Archambault, Matthew Hall, Theo DeRosa • September 13, 2018
Vicky Hartzler
Vicky Hartzler
stated on August 14, 2018 in a tweet:
Current school lunch requirements "cause large amounts of food waste and diminished use of school lunches!"
Mostly False
By Kathryn B. Palmer • September 9, 2018
Saundra McDowell
Saundra McDowell
stated on August 20, 2018 in remarks on "The Weekend Report":
If Missouri Amendment 1 passes, the auditor's office "could take one district, St. Louis here, and merge it with a district in southwest Missouri, a Republican district, and they don't even have to touch."
Mostly False
By Titus Wu, Sten Spinella • September 5, 2018
Josh Hawley
Josh Hawley
stated on August 7, 2018 in a speech:
"I am the only (state attorney general) in America fighting to hold the big tech companies accountable for their behavior."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • August 14, 2018
Parker Briden
Parker Briden
stated on November 13, 2017 in a St. Louis Post-Dispatch article:
"We've seen funding increases for schools. We haven't seen a corresponding performance increase."
Mostly False
By Katelyn Brown • December 26, 2017
Cora Faith Walker
Cora Faith Walker
stated on November 9, 2017 in a guest commentary in the St. Louis American:
"The average life expectancy for African Americans in Saint Louis and Saint Louis County varies by as much as 18 years compared to the white population, with nearly half of all African-American kids under the age of 18 living in poverty."
Mostly True
By Emily Sanderson, Tessa Weinberg • December 25, 2017
Jason Smith
Jason Smith
stated on November 13, 2017 in a tweet:
"Check out the record of #jobs created by #TaxCuts 7.8 million new jobs after Bush’s 2003 tax cuts 12 million new jobs after Kennedy's 1964 tax cuts 14.8 MILLION new jobs after Ronald Reagan’s tax cuts in 1981."
Mostly False
By Emma Diltz • December 24, 2017
Claire McCaskill
Claire McCaskill
stated on November 22, 2017 in a press release:
"Fentanyl is now killing more Americans than heroin or any other opioid."
Half-True
By Tateanna McCaskill • December 22, 2017
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on November 29, 2017 in a speech in St. Charles, Mo.:
Missouri is one of "13 states this year have seen unemployment drop to the lowest levels in the history of their state."
False
By Lucille Sherman • December 15, 2017
Patrick McKenna
Patrick McKenna
stated on October 19, 2017 in a Kansas City Business Journal article:
"Officials at Hyperloop One have referred to the route as one of the best they've ever seen."
Half-True
By Patrick Mueller • December 15, 2017
Roy Blunt
Roy Blunt
stated on October 13, 2017 in a speech:
Missouri "is leading the country when it comes to improving services for mental and behavioral health. Innovation is happening right here." 
Mostly True
By Carolina Vargas • December 15, 2017
Vicky Hartzler
Vicky Hartzler
stated on October 30, 2017 in a news release:
"In Missouri, there are still (FEMA) cases pending from floods that occurred in 2013."
Mostly True
By Riley Newton, Tateanna McCaskill • December 14, 2017
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