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Robyn Vining
Robyn Vining
stated on October 25, 2020 in an interview:
My 2018 election was the first time Speaker Robin Vos has lost a Republican-held seat
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By Eric Litke • October 29, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on October 25, 2020 in a post on Facebook:
Joe Biden “wants to get rid of something called ‘stepped up basis’” that reduces inheritance taxes.
True
October 29, 2020
Chris Jacobs
Chris Jacobs
stated on October 22, 2020 in campaign mailer:
“While serving as Town Supervisor, Nate McMurray voted to raise taxes on homeowners.”
True
By Jill Terreri Ramos • October 28, 2020
Roy Cooper
Roy Cooper
stated on October 14, 2020 in a debate:
Georgia has “almost 100,000 more (COVID-19) cases, almost twice as many deaths and almost 600 more nursing home deaths than North Carolina.”
True
By Paul Specht • October 15, 2020
Jim Justice
Jim Justice
stated on September 14, 2020 in a Facebook post:
“West Virginia has one of the greatest percentages of veterans in any state.”
True
By Ivy Ward, Melissa Stone • October 15, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on October 4, 2020 in a Facebook post:
“Wisconsin Republicans have not passed a single bill in 6 months.”
True
By Eric Litke • October 7, 2020
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on October 5, 2020 in an NBC town hall in Miami:
The president's own FBI director said that the greatest domestic terrorist threat is white supremacists.
True
By Amy Sherman • October 6, 2020
Phil Scott
Phil Scott
stated on September 29, 2020 in a debate:
“That 5% (wealth tax) starts at $159,000 per family.”
True
By Kit Norton • October 4, 2020
Michael Burgess
Michael Burgess
stated on September 19, 2020 in a tweet:
“In the last 10 years less than half of adults in the U.S. received a flu shot.”
True
By Madlin Mekelburg • September 25, 2020
Chris Larson
Chris Larson
stated on September 23, 2020 in a tweet:
“(Republicans) have the power to overturn the (state of emergency) order by joint resolution and they refuse to do it.”
True
By Eric Litke • September 25, 2020
Caleb Rowden
Caleb Rowden
stated on September 4, 2020 in a post on Medium:
“Over three months after receiving CARES Act relief funds from the state, the county has still not made those dollars available to help struggling Mid-Missourians.”
True
By Paul Schloesser • September 18, 2020
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on September 13, 2020 in an op-ed on the CNN website:
“Iran has stockpiled 10 times as much enriched uranium as it had” in 2016.
True
By Jon Greenberg • September 17, 2020
Nick Freitas
Nick Freitas
stated on September 4, 2020 in a radio interview.:
Abigail Spanberger “has voted with Nancy Pelosi over 90% of the time…”
True
By Warren Fiske • September 9, 2020
Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee
Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee
stated on August 26, 2020 in a TV ad.:
Nick Freitas “supports a plan letting insurance companies deny coverage for preexisting conditions like asthma or diabetes.”
True
By Warren Fiske • September 3, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on August 26, 2020 in a Facebook post:
“Video showed police thank (Kyle Rittenhouse) & give him water prior to the killings”
True
By Eric Litke • August 28, 2020
Chris Larson
Chris Larson
stated on August 24, 2020 in Facebook post:
Police are "20.8 times more likely to kill than be killed by a criminal."
True
By Madeline Heim • August 27, 2020
Michelle Obama
Michelle Obama
stated on August 17, 2020 in a Democratic convention speech:
“In one of the states that determined the outcome” of the 2016 presidential race, “the winning margin averaged out to just two votes per precinct, two votes.”
True
By Louis Jacobson • August 18, 2020
National Republican Senatorial Committee
National Republican Senatorial Committee
stated on July 17, 2020 in an ad:
Cal Cunningham "voted for over $1 billion in new taxes.”
True
By Paul Specht • August 13, 2020
Cory Booker
Cory Booker
stated on July 30, 2020 in an interview:
Says the U.S. Senate is “dominated by millionaires” and that he is “not one of them.”
True
By Jessica Calefati • August 13, 2020
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on August 5, 2020 in a tweet:
"The GOP lawyer who helped Kanye West get on the ballot in Wisconsin is actively working for Donald Trump's campaign."
True
By Haley BeMiller • August 6, 2020
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