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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
By Tom Kertscher • 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
By Tom Kertscher • 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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