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Josh Hawley
Josh Hawley
stated on August 20, 2018 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
Congressional Leadership Fund
Congressional Leadership Fund
stated on September 12, 2018 a campaign ad:
Says Minnesota U.S. House candidate Joe Radinovich has "spent his life running from the law, charged with 18 crimes."
Mostly False
By Stephen Koff • September 17, 2018
Erika Harold
Erika Harold
stated on August 13, 2018 a TV ad:
Says "Mike Madigan and Kwame Raoul team up to raise property taxes."
Mostly False
By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • September 16, 2018
Jim Justice
Jim Justice
stated on August 17, 2018 a tweet:
"According to SCUBA divers, Summersville Lake is the clearest freshwater lake east of the Mississippi River."
Mostly False
By Liz Newton, Jamie Green • September 13, 2018
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on September 5, 2018 a TV ad:
"A teacher watched hard-core pornography in his classroom," along with other inappropriate behavior, but Tony Evers didn't revoke the teacher's license and "the teacher is still in the classroom."
Mostly False
By Tom Kertscher • September 13, 2018
One Nation PAC
One Nation PAC
stated on August 31, 2018 a digital ad:
Says Joe Donnelly "voted to grant amnesty to millions of illegal immigrants, including criminals, drunk drivers, domestic violence, and worse."
Mostly False
By Manuela Tobias • September 12, 2018
Gavin Newsom
Gavin Newsom
stated on August 17, 2018 a TV interview:
Says John Cox "parroted, parroted Trump — almost verbatim — on the children’s separation issues at the border."
Mostly False
By Chris Nichols • September 12, 2018
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on September 7, 2018 a blog post:
Says Beto O’Rourke's campaign "told Texas VFW to remove their American flag" because O'Rourke has "an aversion to the American flag and symbols of patriotism."
Mostly False
By Kyra Haas • September 12, 2018
Martha McSally
Martha McSally
stated on August 23, 2018 a campaign ad:
"While we were in harm’s way in uniform, Kyrsten Sinema was protesting us in a pink tutu and denigrating our service."
Mostly False
By Miriam Valverde • September 10, 2018
Vicky Hartzler
Vicky Hartzler
stated on August 14, 2018 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
Katie Porter
Katie Porter
stated on September 5, 2018 a campaign ad:
Says "Mimi Walters raised taxes on middle-class Californians." 
Mostly False
By Samantha Putterman • September 7, 2018
Congressional Leadership Fund
Congressional Leadership Fund
stated on August 27, 2018 in a TV ad:
"In Augusta, (Jared) Golden voted to let welfare recipients use your tax dollars to buy tattoos, tobacco, alcohol, even lottery tickets."
Mostly False
By Kyra Haas • September 7, 2018
Tony Evers
Tony Evers
stated on August 27, 2018 a TV ad:
Says Scott Walker refused federal funds and "Wisconsin families now pay nearly 50% more than Minnesotans for the same health care."
Mostly False
By Eric Litke • September 7, 2018
Andrew Cuomo
Andrew Cuomo
stated on August 29, 2018 a debate between Democratic candidates for governor, at Hofstra University.:
"We passed the toughest gun control law in the United States of America, the SAFE Act."
Mostly False
By Jill Terreri Ramos • September 6, 2018
Saundra McDowell
Saundra McDowell
stated on August 20, 2018 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
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on September 3, 2018 in a tweet:
"Two long running, Obama era, investigations of two very popular Republican Congressmen were brought to a well publicized charge, just ahead of the Mid-Terms, by the Jeff Sessions Justice Department."
Mostly False
By John Kruzel • September 4, 2018
JB Pritzker
JB Pritzker
stated on August 24, 2018 a TV ad:
Says Bruce Rauner is "misquoting newspapers to lie about J.B. Pritzker."
Mostly False
By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • September 2, 2018
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on August 21, 2018 a rally in Charleston, W.Va.:
"A few months ago, it hit where West Virginia is, on a per capita basis, one of the most successful (gross domestic product) states in our union."
Mostly False
By Warren Sterling • August 31, 2018
YourNewsWire.com
YourNewsWire.com
stated on August 21, 2018 in a blog post:
"California lawmakers are planning to push free abortion pills on all students across the state as part of a ‘super progressive’ new policy."
Mostly False
By Kyra Haas • August 30, 2018
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on August 22, 2018 a tweet:
Says the "South African Government is now seizing land from white farmers" and alleges a "large scale killing of farmers" in the country.
Mostly False
By Katie Akin • August 24, 2018
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