Latest Fact-Checks In Missouri

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Roy Blunt
Roy Blunt
stated on November 19, 2017 an interview on "Meet the Press"
"In the current law, if you report harassment, you're the one that has to go into 20 hours of counseling before you can decide whether you were really harassed."
Half-True
By Emily McCarter • December 8, 2017
Missouri Department of Economic Development
Missouri Department of Economic Development
stated on October 19, 2017 a proposal to Amazon.com
Among states, Missouri ranks "3rd (in) average yearly growth of high-tech industries."
Mostly True
By Kathryn Hardison • November 27, 2017
Ann Wagner
Ann Wagner
stated on November 1, 2017 a campaign website
"Satanists have teamed up with the ACLU and Planned Parenthood in Missouri to roll back the rights of the unborn."
False
By Emily Sanderson, Tessa Weinberg • November 24, 2017
Claire McCaskill
Claire McCaskill
stated on October 10, 2017 a campaign statement
Says Josh Hawley "broke his promise to create a Public Corruption Unit to crack down on the pay-to-play culture of Jefferson City."
Mostly False
By Emily McCarter, Lucille Sherman • November 24, 2017
Nick Schroer
Nick Schroer
stated on October 17, 2017 a tweet
"FBI Uniform Crime Report for 2016 shows more than four times as many people were stabbed to death than were killed with rifles of any kind."
Mostly True
By Katelyn Brown • November 18, 2017
Eric Greitens
Eric Greitens
stated on July 12, 2017 a Facebook post
"When we came into office, we saw that Missouri had 113,000 regulations. That’s more than 7.5 million words; it’s 40 dictionaries worth of regulations."
Mostly True
By Patrick Mueller • November 15, 2017
Stacey Newman
Stacey Newman
stated on October 2, 2017 a Missourinet article
"Part of this omnibus gun bill that year (was) legalizing machine guns in the state of Missouri."
Half-True
By Emily Sanderson, Tessa Weinberg • November 3, 2017
Eric Greitens
Eric Greitens
stated on August 23, 2017 a Facebook live video
The University of Missouri saw "the biggest drop in enrollment of any major university in the country" since the 2015 protests.
Mostly False
By Riley Newton, Tateanna McCaskill • October 31, 2017
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on September 21, 2017 a speech at Westminster College in Fulton, Mo.
"The six wealthiest people in the world (have) as much wealth as the bottom half of the world’s population, 3.7 billion people."
Mostly True
By Carolina Vargas, Emma Diltz • October 31, 2017
Pete Hegseth
Pete Hegseth
stated on September 17, 2017 a Fox News segment
"The city (of St. Louis) is no stranger to violence. There were 5,762 violent crimes in 2015 alone, including 188 homicides. The highest rate per capita in the country, according to FBI crime statistics."
Mostly True
By Emily McCarter, Lucille Sherman • October 24, 2017
Eric Greitens
Eric Greitens
stated on August 13, 2017 a Facebook live video
"Seventy-three percent of our veterans are graduating from drug courts. By contrast, I think most of the people in the very good drug court program — the graduation rate’s like 53, 55 percent. The point of that is that drug courts are working for veterans."
Mostly True
By Emily Sanderson, Tessa Weinberg • October 21, 2017
Roy Blunt
Roy Blunt
stated on September 8, 2017 a tweet
"Our tax code has nearly doubled since 1985."
True
By Katelyn Brown • October 17, 2017
Andrew Koenig
Andrew Koenig
stated on August 18, 2017 a tweet
"It's time to remove any statue of Margaret Sanger who was a white suprematist (sic), spoke at kkk events & supported by democrats. #prolife"
Mostly False
By Allie Pecorin, Katie Parkins • October 5, 2017
Claire McCaskill
Claire McCaskill
stated on August 22, 2017 a town hall in Monett, Mo.
"We’re the only developed nation in the world that doesn’t have paid maternity leave."
Mostly True
By Emily McCarter, Lucille Sherman • September 28, 2017
Feministing
Feministing
stated on June 21, 2017 a web post
"Missouri Votes to Let Employers Fire People Who Use Birth Control."
Pants on Fire!
By Carolina Vargas, Emma Diltz • September 27, 2017
Andrew Koenig
Andrew Koenig
stated on August 30, 2017 a tweet
"The bill that I carried cutting MO’s income tax for 1st time in over 100 years will start its 1st phase in jan 1 2018. #moleg @Eric_Schmitt"
Mostly True
By Katelyn Brown, Patrick Mueller • September 26, 2017
Eric Greitens
Eric Greitens
stated on August 23, 2017 a Facebook Live
"Since we took office, we have been outpacing the nation in job growth."
Half-True
By Riley Newton, Tateanna McCaskill • September 21, 2017
Derrick Johnson
Derrick Johnson
stated on August 2, 2017 a travel advisory
"African Americans in Missouri are 75 percent more likely to be stopped and searched by law enforcement officers than caucasians."
Half-True
By Emily McCarter, Lucille Sherman • September 18, 2017
William Lacy Clay
William Lacy Clay
stated on August 18, 2017 an article in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch
"Calling for the assassination of the president is a federal crime."
Half-True
By Emily Sanderson, Tessa Weinberg • September 15, 2017
Roy Blunt
Roy Blunt
stated on September 8, 2017 a tweet
"Nearly 2/3 of rural Missourians don’t have access to broadband. That needs to change."
True
By Katelyn Brown, Patrick Mueller • September 15, 2017
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