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Senate Leadership Fund
Senate Leadership Fund
stated on September 18, 2018 a television ad
Says Tennessee Senate candidate Phil Bredesen "supports single-payer health care."  
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • September 20, 2018
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on September 18, 2018 an exchange with reporters
On investigating during the Supreme Court confirmation process, "The FBI doesn’t do that."
False
By Jon Greenberg • September 20, 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
Phil Bredesen
Phil Bredesen
stated on August 24, 2018 a press release
Says Marsha Blackburn "at the behest of the pharmaceutical industry, co-sponsored a law that weakened DEA enforcement efforts against drug distribution companies that were supplying corrupt doctors and pharmacists who peddled narcotics to the black market."  
Mostly True
By Jon Greenberg • September 18, 2018
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on September 13, 2018 tweets
Says 3,000 people "did not die" in two hurricanes that hit Puerto Rico. That death toll estimate was "done by Democrats."
False
By Amy Sherman • September 18, 2018
House Majority PAC
House Majority PAC
stated on September 12, 2018 campaign ad
Says Dino Rossi "stripped" health care "from 45,000 children."
Mostly True
By Manuela Tobias • September 18, 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
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on September 11, 2018 press conference
"Puerto Rico’s electric grid and their electric generating plant was dead before the storms ever hit. It was in very bad shape. It was in bankruptcy. It had no money. It was largely -- you know, it was largely closed."
Half-True
By Manuela Tobias • September 13, 2018
Jeff Merkley
Jeff Merkley
stated on September 11, 2018 an MSNBC interview
Says the Trump administration transferred $10 million from FEMA to ICE.
True
By Miriam Valverde • September 13, 2018
One Nation PAC
One Nation PAC
stated on August 31, 2018 a digital ad
Says Joe Donnelly "voted to grant amnesty to millions of illegal immigrants, including criminals, drunk drivers, domestic violence, and worse."
Mostly False
By Manuela Tobias • September 12, 2018
Kamala Harris
Kamala Harris
stated on September 7, 2018 a tweet
Says at his confirmation hearing Brett Kavanaugh said birth control methods could be considered "abortion-inducing drugs."
False
By Manuela Tobias • September 10, 2018
Congressional Leadership Fund
Congressional Leadership Fund
stated on August 17, 2018 A campaign ad
Says Joe Radinovich "was cited 30 times for not paying court fines."
Mostly True
By Stephen Koff • September 10, 2018
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on September 6, 2018 a rally in Billings, Mont.
"When Abraham Lincoln made the Gettysburg Address speech, the great speech, do you know he was ridiculed? He was ridiculed."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • September 7, 2018
Congressional Leadership Fund
Congressional Leadership Fund
stated on September 4, 2018 A campaign ad
"Your family" will pay $2,500 "after Kara Eastman eliminates your tax cut."
False
By Stephen Koff • September 7, 2018
Congressional Leadership Fund
Congressional Leadership Fund
stated on August 8, 2018 an ad
Says Amy McGrath "wants to fund more welfare for people who can work, but don’t."
Half-True
By Katie Akin • September 7, 2018
Congressional Leadership Fund
Congressional Leadership Fund
stated on August 27, 2018 in a TV ad
"In Augusta, (Jared) Golden voted to let welfare recipients use your tax dollars to buy tattoos, tobacco, alcohol, even lottery tickets."
Mostly False
By Kyra Haas • September 7, 2018
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on September 5, 2018 an exchange with reporters
"We’re making (Medicare) stronger. We’re making Social Security stronger."  
False
By Jon Greenberg • September 6, 2018
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on September 5, 2018 a tweet
"Someone can write an article or book, totally make up stories and form a picture of a person that is literally the exact opposite of the fact, and get away with it without retribution or cost. Don’t know why Washington politicians don’t change libel laws?"
False
By Louis Jacobson • September 5, 2018
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on September 3, 2018 in a tweet
"Two long running, Obama era, investigations of two very popular Republican Congressmen were brought to a well publicized charge, just ahead of the Mid-Terms, by the Jeff Sessions Justice Department."
Mostly False
By John Kruzel • September 4, 2018
West Virginia Republican Party
West Virginia Republican Party
stated on August 10, 2018 a tweet
"For only the second time since 2000, there are more job openings than Americans who are unemployed."
True
By Anja Martin • August 31, 2018
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