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Latest Fact-Checks In Candidate Biography

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Jacob Wohl
Jacob Wohl
stated on January 22, 2019 a tweet
"Kamala Harris is NOT eligible to be President."
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • January 22, 2019
Viral image
Viral image
stated on January 16, 2019 a Facebook post
Says Elizabeth Warren has a racist figurine in her kitchen.
Pants on Fire!
January 18, 2019
West Virginia Republican Party
West Virginia Republican Party
stated on November 3, 2018 a tweet
"What did Joe Manchin say about civility? Today, he said he wanted to ‘beat the living crap out of’ his Republican opponent during their debate."
Mostly True
By Adrianne Uphold • November 5, 2018
Missouri GOP
Missouri GOP
stated on September 10, 2018 a tweet
Says Sen. Claire McCaskill was named "most likely to be the most unpopular senator in the United States for four months in a row!"
Mostly False
By Dylan Sherman • October 28, 2018
Andrew Gillum
Andrew Gillum
stated on October 24, 2018 a WPBF debate
Says Ron DeSantis has not revealed $145,000 in receipts of public taxpayer money.
Half-True
By Miriam Valverde • October 24, 2018
Senate Leadership Fund
Senate Leadership Fund
stated on October 16, 2018 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
Heidi Heitkamp
Heidi Heitkamp
stated on September 26, 2018 a campaign ad
Says "On the Public Service Commission, (Kevin Cramer) raised his pay to over $93,650."
False
By Manuela Tobias • October 8, 2018
stated on September 14, 2018 a campaign ad
Says Brendan Kelly "spent his career" supporting Nancy Pelosi.
Pants on Fire!
By Stephen Koff • October 5, 2018
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on October 2, 2018 a rally in Southaven, Miss.
Says Sen. Richard Blumenthal said he served in Vietnam in "Da Nang Province. Soldiers dying left and right as we battled up the hill." And "then he cried when (the press) caught him."  
False
By Jon Greenberg • October 4, 2018
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on October 2, 2018 a rally in Southaven, Miss.
Says Sen. Richard Blumenthal "lied about his service" in Vietnam.
Mostly True
By Jon Greenberg • October 4, 2018
Marsha Blackburn
Marsha Blackburn
stated on September 25, 2018 a debate in Nashville, Tenn.
Under Phil Bredesen, in sexual harassment cases, his administration chose "to shred some of the documents so that women’s voices would never be heard."  
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • October 2, 2018
National Republican Senatorial Committee
National Republican Senatorial Committee
stated on August 7, 2018 a television ad
Says Sen. Joe Manchin has a "$700,000 D.C. luxury yacht."
Half-True
By Douglas Soule, Joseph Kennedy, Kenna Richards • September 28, 2018
Beto O'Rourke
Beto O'Rourke
stated on September 21, 2018 a debate at Southern Methodist University
Says he "did not try to leave the scene of the accident" that led to his arrest for driving while intoxicated.
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • September 25, 2018
Cort VanOstran
Cort VanOstran
stated on August 21, 2018 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
Mike Bishop
Mike Bishop
stated on September 19, 2018 a campaign ad
Says Michigan congressional candidate Elissa Slotkin "just parachuted into the district to run for Congress" and "admitted that she doesn’t know our area."
Half-True
By Samantha Putterman • September 19, 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
Texans Are
Texans Are
stated on September 12, 2018 a TV ad
Says Beto O’Rourke voted "against body armor for Texas sheriffs patrolling the border."  
False
By W. Gardner Selby • September 13, 2018
Patrick Morrisey
Patrick Morrisey
stated on August 21, 2018 a Donald Trump rally in Charleston, W.Va.
Says Joe Manchin "strongly supported and voted for Hillary Clinton after she said, ‘We’re going to put a lot of coal miners and coal companies out of work.’"
Mostly True
By Kristen Mohammadi • September 13, 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
Dan Kohl
Dan Kohl
stated on September 4, 2018 TV ads
"I'm not a politician."
Half-True
September 6, 2018
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