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Latest Fact-Checks In Elections

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Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on June 23, 2019 in an interview on "Meet the Press":
California "admitted" there were "a million" illegal votes in the 2016 presidential election. 
Pants on Fire!
By Chris Nichols • June 24, 2019
Beto O'Rourke
Beto O'Rourke
stated on June 13, 2019 in an interview with Stephen Colbert:
In 2018, when he ran for senator, "young voter turnout in early voting was up 500%. We won more votes than any Democrat has in the history of the state of Texas."
True
By Louis Jacobson • June 24, 2019
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on June 16, 2019 in an ABC News interview:
"Well, I got 52% (of women voters). And I will tell you — in my opinion I might have won women. ... Hey, Hillary Clinton focused on women, and I did phenomenally well."
Mostly False
By Stefanie Pousoulides • June 20, 2019
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stated on June 12, 2019 in a Facebook post:
"Barack Obama said, ‘If we don’t do something about this president, I will’ at DNC fundraiser last night."
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • June 19, 2019
Mark Pocan
Mark Pocan
stated on May 29, 2019 in a tweet:
Says Donald Trump's claim that "there was insufficient evidence and therefore, in our country, a person is innocent" directly contradicts Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s statement.
Mostly True
By Eric Litke • May 30, 2019
Marcia Fudge
Marcia Fudge
stated on May 8, 2019 in a hearing:
Ohio "thought that our (voting) machines were so awful we got rid of them, but South Carolina bought them. This is true. South Carolina bought all the machines we got rid of because they were not effective."
False
By Amy Sherman • May 23, 2019
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on May 22, 2019 in remarks in the Rose Garden:
Says Pennsylvania Republican nominee for Congress Fred Keller "was a 50-50 shot" before his landslide victory.
False
By Louis Jacobson • May 22, 2019
Stony Rushing
Stony Rushing
stated on April 9, 2019 in a Facebook post:
Says "5 out of 10" GOP candidates don’t live in North Carolina’s 9th Congressional District.
True
By Paul Specht • April 25, 2019
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on April 22, 2019 in a CNN town hall.:
"In my own state of Vermont, from the very first days of our state's history, what our Constitution says is that everybody can vote. That is true. So people in jail can vote."
True
By Ellie French • April 24, 2019
Jared Kushner
Jared Kushner
stated on April 23, 2019 in an interview:
Russia’s interference in the 2016 election amounted to "a couple of Facebook ads."
Pants on Fire!
By John Kruzel • April 24, 2019
Mac Heller
Mac Heller
stated on April 7, 2019 in an interview on CNN:
"The 2008 election was the first election in which voters of color comprised over 25 percent of the electorate, and that number is going up."
True
By Amy Sherman • April 23, 2019
William Barr
William Barr
stated on April 18, 2019 in a press conference:
"The White House fully cooperated with the Special Counsel’s investigation."
False
By John Kruzel • April 22, 2019
Eric Burlison
Eric Burlison
stated on February 13, 2019 in a Senate hearing:
Says SJR 11 "seeks to fix what is very quickly becoming a problem in Missouri — initiative petitions and referendums are being filed at record highs."
Mostly True
By Yue Yu • April 17, 2019
Candace Owens
Candace Owens
stated on April 9, 2019 in a House Judiciary Committee hearing:
The Southern strategy is a "myth" that "never happened."  
False
By Amy Sherman • April 10, 2019
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on March 14, 2019 in a Facebook post:
In 20 years "there will be enough Muslim voters in the U.S. to elect the president."
False
By Samantha Putterman • April 10, 2019
Jared Kushner
Jared Kushner
stated on April 1, 2019 in an interview with Laura Ingraham on Fox News:
Florida "passed a law where former felons can now vote. We've had more ex-felons register as Republicans than Democrats."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • April 8, 2019
Republican Party of Wisconsin
Republican Party of Wisconsin
stated on April 3, 2019 in a tweet:
"FYI: the last statewide recount in WI was in 2016. After that recount, the vote margin changed by only 131 out of the 2.7 million votes cast." 
Mostly True
By D.L. Davis • April 7, 2019
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stated on March 18, 2019 in a Facebook post:
Says Donna Brazile is a "criminal."
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • March 29, 2019
John Carter
John Carter
stated on February 18, 2019 in a speech:
"I was the first elected Republican in Williamson County history."
Half-True
By Madlin Mekelburg • March 22, 2019
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on March 10, 2019 in speech at a rally in Concord, New Hampshire:
I received "more votes from young people — black, white, Latino, Asian American and Native American — than Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton combined."
Mostly True
By Kit Norton • March 16, 2019
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