Latest Fact-Checks In Elections

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Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on February 6, 2020 a speech
Says Republicans just won two congressional seats in North Carolina “that were not supposed to be won.”
Mostly False
By Paul Specht • February 11, 2020
William Barr
William Barr
stated on December 9, 2019 a statement
"The Inspector General’s report now makes clear that the FBI launched an intrusive investigation of a U.S. presidential campaign on the thinnest of suspicions."
Mostly False
By Bill McCarthy • December 11, 2019
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on November 1, 2019 a rally in Mississippi
Says "Stacey Abrams wants to give illegal aliens the right to vote."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • November 6, 2019
Elizabeth Warren
Elizabeth Warren
stated on October 10, 2019 a Facebook ad
"If Trump tries to lie in a TV ad, most networks will refuse to air it. But Facebook just cashes Trump’s checks."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • October 15, 2019
Tulsi Gabbard
Tulsi Gabbard
stated on June 28, 2019 an interview
"There’s a hacking conference that’s held every year in Las Vegas, where I think a 14- or 15-year old-girl from Florida hacked into a replica of Florida’s election system in less than 15 minutes."
Mostly False
July 3, 2019
Charles Payne
Charles Payne
stated on June 17, 2019 a TV appearance
"When President Obama was elected, the market crashed … Trump was up 9%, President Obama was down 14.8% and President Bush was down almost 4%. There is an instant reaction on Wall Street."
Mostly False
By Bill McCarthy • June 25, 2019
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on June 16, 2019 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
Jared Kushner
Jared Kushner
stated on April 1, 2019 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
Club for Growth
Club for Growth
stated on March 10, 2019 a TV ad
Says Beto O'Rourke's "father-in-law, a billionaire real estate developer who bankrolled a Super PAC to buy Beto a congressional seat…"
Mostly False
By Madlin Mekelburg • March 14, 2019
Mitch McConnell
Mitch McConnell
stated on February 26, 2019 a speech
Says NC absentee voters have "no way" to know if ballots are delivered
Mostly False
By Paul Specht • March 7, 2019
Phil Berger
Phil Berger
stated on December 19, 2018 a press release
Says former North Carolina elections board chairman "tried to drag a cancer-stricken woman out of her hospital bed to testify at her son’s hearing on the first day of early voting over a bogus complaint that the board hadn’t even fully investigated."
Mostly False
By Paul Specht • January 8, 2019
North Carolina Democratic Party
North Carolina Democratic Party
stated on December 27, 2018 a tweet
Legislators are "ramming through a provision that’ll make investigations like #NC09 less transparent."
Mostly False
By Paul Specht • January 7, 2019
North Carolina Republican Party
North Carolina Republican Party
stated on December 2, 2018 a press release
"There aren’t enough ballots in question to change the outcome" of the Harris vs. McCready race in NC Congressional District 9.
Mostly False
By Paul Specht • December 4, 2018
Kevin Cramer
Kevin Cramer
stated on October 18, 2018 North Dakota Senate debate
"The standard of voting in North Dakota is the easiest in the country."
Mostly False
By Manuela Tobias • October 23, 2018
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on October 9, 2018 blog post
"Indiana has purged no less than 20,000 voters in violation of a federal court order."
Mostly False
By Manuela Tobias • October 17, 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
Brad Schimel
Brad Schimel
stated on August 12, 2018 a video
"We need an ID" to "buy a beer."  
Mostly False
August 22, 2018
AmericanJournalReview.com
AmericanJournalReview.com
stated on August 8, 2018 an article
"Red Alert: Major Signs of Voter Fraud Uncovered In Ohio."  
Mostly False
By Lucia Geng • August 20, 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
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on July 31, 2018 a tweet
"Collusion is not a crime."  
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • July 31, 2018
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