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Donald Trump
stated on October 26, 2018 in a rally in North Carolina:

"The Democrats want to invite caravan after caravan of illegal aliens into our country. And they want to sign them up for free health care, free welfare, free education, and for the right to vote."

False

By Miriam Valverde • November 1, 2018

Heidi Heitkamp
stated on October 28, 2018 in an op-ed in the Bismarck Tribune:

"President Donald Trump even referred to one of (Kevin) Cramer’s health care repeal bills as 'mean' because the bill gutted protections for North Dakotans with preexisting conditions."

Mostly True

By Dror Sharon • November 1, 2018

Joe Manchin
stated on October 3, 2018 in a tweet:

West Virginia "has the highest overdose rate per capita of any state in our nation."

True

By Davis Versprille • November 1, 2018

Duncan Hunter
stated on September 26, 2018 in a campaign ad:

Says "Ammar Campa-Najjar is working to infiltrate Congress" and "is being supported by CAIR and the Muslim Brotherhood."

Pants on Fire!

By Louis Jacobson • November 1, 2018

Kevin Cramer
stated on October 26, 2018 in U.S. Senate debate:

"Protections on pre-existing conditions have been there since the 1970s."

False

By Manuela Tobias • November 1, 2018

Donald Trump
stated on October 10, 2018 in a rally in Erie, Pa.:

Says "Bob Casey voted in favor of deadly sanctuary cities that released thousands upon thousands of illegal alien criminals and vicious gang members to prey on Pennsylvania streets, to prey all over this country."

False

By Jon Greenberg • October 31, 2018

Karin Housley
stated on October 18, 2018 in an ad:

"Tina (Smith) profited from the opioid crisis."

False

By Kyra Haas • October 31, 2018

Jon Tester
stated on October 10, 2018 in in an ad:

"Matt Rosendale supports plans that don’t have to cover (pre-existing conditions)."

True

By John Kruzel • October 31, 2018

Donald Trump
stated on October 24, 2018 in a campaign rally in Wisconsin:

"Democrats oppose any effort to secure our border."

False

By Miriam Valverde • October 30, 2018

National Republican Congressional Committee
stated on October 18, 2018 in a campaign ad:

Says "billionaire George Soros bankrolls" Minnesota Democrat Dan Feehan, who is "employed by a Soros-funded liberal outfit in D.C." and his campaign is "propped up by out of state super PACs backed by Soros' millions."

False

By Stephen Koff • October 30, 2018

John Culberson
stated on October 25, 2018 in a TV ad:

Says Texas Democrat Lizzie Pannill Fletcher contradicted herself on her health care position by saying "we need universal health care."

False

By Samantha Putterman • October 30, 2018

Troy Balderson
stated on October 20, 2018 in a television interview:

"A lot of people are still dealing with lack of access to health care. There are counties out there, in my former Senate district, that didn’t have doctors and providers."

Half-True

By Stephen Koff • October 30, 2018

Donald Trump
stated on October 27, 2018 in a rally in Murphysboro, Ill.:

Says he didn't cancel a political rally because after Sept. 11, "the New York Stock Exchange was open the following day."

False

By Louis Jacobson • October 29, 2018

Congressional Leadership Fund
stated on October 26, 2018 in a campaign ad:

Says Dan Feehan "would vote with Pelosi for open borders and amnesty, putting Minnesota families at risk."

False

By Stephen Koff • October 29, 2018

Erik Paulsen
stated on October 17, 2018 in a TV ad:

Says "sleazy Keith Ellison and shady Dean Phillips both caught up in another sexual harassment scandal" and that Phillips is "charged with ignoring sexual harassment and discrimination at his companies."

False

By Samantha Putterman • October 29, 2018

National Republican Senatorial Committee
stated on October 24, 2018 in a digital ad:

"We know dangerous criminals can slip through immigration at airports just like ours. Yet Joe Donnelly stood right here with the radical left against all efforts to secure our most vulnerable entry points."

False

By Manuela Tobias • October 26, 2018

Don Bacon
stated on October 16, 2018 in a debate:

Says revenues "are actually up after tax reform."

Half-True

By Samantha Putterman • October 25, 2018

Marsha Blackburn
stated on October 11, 2018 in an attack ad:

Says Phil Bredesen "lured illegal immigrants to Tennessee."

Mostly False

By Jon Greenberg • October 25, 2018

Donald Trump
stated on October 24, 2018 in a rally in Mosinee, Wis.:

"Many presidents don’t get the chance to put a Supreme Court justice on."

False

By Louis Jacobson • October 25, 2018

Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee
stated on October 22, 2018 in a campaign ad:

Says "over 40 Republican leaders denounced" Steve Watkins’ campaign

Half-True

By Stephen Koff • October 25, 2018

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