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Latest Fact-Checks In Pennsylvania

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Scott Wagner
Scott Wagner
stated on October 11, 2018 Campaign email:
"Our unemployment rate is 20 percent higher than the national average."   
False
By Colin Deppen • October 18, 2018
Jeff Bartos
Jeff Bartos
stated on October 6, 2018 a televised debate:
Capital punishment is a "specific deterrent with the most heinous crimes."
Mostly False
By Colin Deppen • October 11, 2018
National Republican Congressional Committee
National Republican Congressional Committee
stated on September 12, 2018 a TV ad:
Scott Wallace wants to tax families of five for 'irresponsible breeding'
False
By Sarah Anne Hughes • September 14, 2018
Mike Pence
Mike Pence
stated on July 22, 2018 an opinion piece for the Philadelphia Inquirer:
"[The] unemployment rate in the Philadelphia metro area is now at its lowest level ever recorded."
Mostly True
By Sarah Anne Hughes • July 23, 2018
Lou Barletta
Lou Barletta
stated on June 7, 2018 an interview:
"The city that I was mayor of was 50 percent Latino, and I won with 90 percent of the vote..." 
Mostly False
By Colin Deppen • June 12, 2018
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on June 4, 2018 a tweet:
Philadelphia Eagles players stayed "in the Locker Room for the playing of our our National Anthem" or were "kneeling."
False
By Michaela Winberg • June 5, 2018
Keith Rothfus
Keith Rothfus
stated on May 22, 2018 a press release:
"Since the end of the financial crisis, we have seen an average of one community bank or credit union disappear every day."
Mostly True
By Colin Deppen • May 31, 2018
Scott Wagner
Scott Wagner
stated on May 21, 2018 Fundraising email:
Gov. Wolf is trying to implement "a severance tax that would be financed by Pennsylvania’s working class"
Mostly False
By Colin Deppen • May 25, 2018
Paul Mango
Paul Mango
stated on May 7, 2017 a campaign video:
"Today, we (in Pennsylvania) have higher unemployment and lower job growth than most."
Mostly True
By Colin Deppen • April 9, 2018
Tom Wolf
Tom Wolf
stated on March 23, 2018 Campaign video:
"Pennsylvania (is) the only state in the country not to tax drillers."
Half-True
By Colin Deppen • March 30, 2018
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on March 14, 2018 Private fundraiser:
Says Conor Lamb "ran on a campaign that said very nice things about me."
False
By Colin Deppen • March 22, 2018
Conor Lamb
Conor Lamb
stated on March 13, 2018 an election night speech:
Says he didn't take "corporate PAC money." 
Mostly True
By Colin Deppen • March 17, 2018
Lou Barletta
Lou Barletta
stated on November 29, 2017 a tweet:
"GDP is booming. Let’s spread the prosperity to the middle class with big #TaxCuts. Our #TaxReform package doubles standard deduction, brings $$$ back home, and reduces rates for ALL taxpayers. We will #MAGA."
Mostly False
By Zari Tarazona • December 6, 2017
Martina White
Martina White
stated on August 31, 2017 In a statement to the Northeast Times:
"It is shocking to me that Police Commissioner Richard Ross and Mayor Jim Kenney allowed this illegal occupation to go on for hours without taking any action to enforce the law…"
False
By Mark Dent • September 1, 2017
Scott Wagner
Scott Wagner
stated on August 2, 2017 a campaign video.:
Eighty percent of the school tax bills in the state of Pennsylvania went up over last year.
Half-True
By Anna Orso • August 9, 2017
Paul Mango
Paul Mango
stated on July 24, 2017 a Facebook post:
"As Governor, Wolf has already proposed more than $8B in tax increases."
Half-True
By Sarah Anne Hughes • August 2, 2017
Jeff Sessions
Jeff Sessions
stated on July 21, 2017 In a speech:
Preliminary murder rates in Philadelphia "will put the murder rate at the highest of this decade in the city."
Mostly False
By Mark Dent • July 24, 2017
Bob Casey
Bob Casey
stated on July 5, 2017 a tweet:
The GOP health care proposal would slash more than $135 million in federal funding available to PA schools.
False
By Anna Orso • July 11, 2017
Pat Toomey
Pat Toomey
stated on July 5, 2017 At a "town hall":
"Sanctuary cities are extremely dangerous."
Mostly False
By Mark Dent • July 8, 2017
Pat Toomey
Pat Toomey
stated on June 25, 2017 On "Face The Nation":
"Remember, Obamacare created a new category of eligibility. Working-age, able-bodied adults with no dependents for the first time became eligible for Medicaid if their income is below 138 percent of the poverty level. We’re going to continue that eligibility. No one loses coverage."
Half-True
By Mark Dent • June 27, 2017
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