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Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on July 30, 2018 in a campaign ad
Says Bill Nelson "doesn’t pay payroll taxes for his employees. He doesn’t even provide them with health benefits. It’s stealing money from Medicare and Social Security."
Mostly False
By Katie Akin • August 16, 2018
Gwen Graham
Gwen Graham
stated on August 3, 2018 in a livestreamed interview
"The teachers in (charter) schools don't even have to be certified."
Mostly False
By Katie Akin • August 15, 2018
Josh Hawley
Josh Hawley
stated on August 7, 2018 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
Republican Governors Association
Republican Governors Association
stated on July 18, 2018 a TV ad
Says Richard Cordray "secretly collected hundreds of millions of credit card accounts and mortgages. Worse, Cordray failed to protect our information. It was hacked over 200 times."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • August 14, 2018
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on August 10, 2018 a tweet
"Most of that money (made by the NFL) goes to the players."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • August 13, 2018
Josh Pade
Josh Pade
stated on June 1, 2018 an interview
"Wisconsin's still one of the highest-taxed states in the country."
Mostly False
By Diana Dombrowski • August 10, 2018
Richard Cordray
Richard Cordray
stated on July 25, 2018 a Facebook ad
"Education Secretary Betsy DeVos owes Ohio $5.3 million for campaign finance violations and Mike DeWine's office refuses to collect the fine."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • August 7, 2018
Tammy Baldwin
Tammy Baldwin
stated on July 31, 2018 a TV ad
"New reports show Kevin Nicholson made over $1 million advising companies that shut down Wisconsin plants and laid off 1,900 people."  
Mostly False
August 7, 2018
Kevin Cramer
Kevin Cramer
stated on July 31, 2018 a radio interview
"I've always voted for keeping the government open. I’ve never cast a vote to shut down the government."
Mostly False
By Manuela Tobias • August 6, 2018
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on August 2, 2018 an interview with CBS News
States "haven't even begun to spend the (election security) money they have now."  
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • August 3, 2018
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on June 19, 2018 a TV ad
Says he made "a record investment in schools."  
Mostly False
August 3, 2018
Equity Forward
Equity Forward
stated on July 23, 2018 an ad
Says HHS Secretary Alex Azar called family separations at the border and detention of children in cages "one of the great acts of American generosity and charity" and "is now in charge."
Mostly False
By Miriam Valverde • August 2, 2018
Gwen Graham
Gwen Graham
stated on July 18, 2018 a tweet
"When a sinkhole began dumping toxic water in Florida's aquifer, Rick Scott tried to cover it up."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • August 1, 2018
Nancy Pelosi
Nancy Pelosi
stated on July 26, 2018 a tweet
"Between the first and second quarters of 2018 — after the tax cuts were enacted — real wages fell by 1.8 percent."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • August 1, 2018
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on July 25, 2018 a blog post
"SHOCK REPORT: Senator McCaskill BUSTED Funneling Millions of Tax Dollars to Her Hubby."
Mostly False
By Bill McCarthy • August 1, 2018
The Other 98%
The Other 98%
stated on July 24, 2018 a Facebook post
"Trump just gave a $12 billion bailout to farmers hurt by his failed tariffs. This will cost every household in the U.S. $95 … Trump is borrowing the money from China since his tax cuts blew a trillion dollar hole in the deficit."
Mostly False
By Lucia Geng • August 1, 2018
Mahlon Mitchell
Mahlon Mitchell
stated on June 19, 2018 an interview
Says Scott Walker "has cut more from public education than he's put back in, obviously. He took $1.6 billion and some change away and then puts back $630 million and he's calling that progress."
Mostly False
August 1, 2018
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on July 31, 2018 a tweet
"Collusion is not a crime."  
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • July 31, 2018
Matt Flynn
Matt Flynn
stated on April 12, 2018 a TV interview
Says Foxconn "is under investigation in mainland China for securities fraud, environmental fraud and labor fraud."
Mostly False
By Ahmed Elbenni • July 31, 2018
Dorothy Brown
Dorothy Brown
stated on July 15, 2018 a radio interview
"Pre-K has gone down since the current mayor took office."
Mostly False
By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • July 29, 2018
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