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Dan Sullivan
Dan Sullivan
stated on March 23, 2022 in a Senate hearing:
In cutting greenhouse gas emissions, the United States is “the leader in the world by far.”
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • April 6, 2022
Wisconsin Manufacturers and Commerce
Wisconsin Manufacturers and Commerce
stated on March 7, 2022 in TV ad:
Says Gov. Tony Evers "tried to make us pay even more at the pump by hiking the gas tax."
Half-True
By D.L. Davis • April 1, 2022
Joni Ernst
Joni Ernst
stated on March 19, 2022 in an email newsletter:
“Gas prices have been going up since the president’s first day in office, starting with his move to shut down the Keystone XL pipeline.”
Half-True
March 30, 2022
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on March 27, 2022 in a post:
"JUST IN: The Vatican has invited Chelsea Clinton, Dr. Fauci, New Age figure Deepak Chopra and the CEOs of Moderna and Pfizer to speak at a May conference focusing on 'health' and the 'soul.'"
Half-True
March 29, 2022
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on March 24, 2022 in a Facebook post:
“Amy Coney Barrett overturned a $6.7M verdict after a prison guard repeatedly raped a 19-year-old inmate who was 8 months pregnant.”
Half-True
March 29, 2022
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on March 17, 2022 in a Facebook post:
The United Nations sent out an email instructing staff not to use the words “invasion” or “war’” when referring to Ukraine.
Half-True
By Samantha Putterman • March 28, 2022
John Cornyn
John Cornyn
stated on March 22, 2022 in a Senate judiciary committee hearing:
Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson called former President George W. Bush and former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld as “war criminals in a legal filing.”
Half-True
March 24, 2022
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on March 22, 2022 in a Facebook post:
Photo shows a Home Depot worksheet on “privilege” used to train its employees.
Half-True
By Samantha Putterman • March 24, 2022
Wisconsin Initiative
Wisconsin Initiative
stated on February 23, 2022 in TV ad:
“Gov. Tony Evers brought Republicans and Democrats together to cut income taxes for the middle class.”
Half-True
By Madeline Heim • March 22, 2022
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on March 14, 2022 in a Facebook post:
“Wladimir Klitschko has auctioned off his 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games gold medal to raise money for the children of Ukraine.”
Half-True
By Bill McCarthy • March 16, 2022
Tom Suozzi
Tom Suozzi
stated on January 21, 2022 in a campaign ad:
“The Manhattan DA is actually proposing to downgrade armed robbery to a misdemeanor, and to stop prosecuting resisting arrest.”
Half-True
By Tyler Smith, Jonny Walker • March 16, 2022
Ashley Hinson
Ashley Hinson
stated on March 6, 2022 in a tweet:
California has instituted a "bacon ban."
Half-True
March 11, 2022
Glenn Grothman
Glenn Grothman
stated on February 3, 2022 in Twitter:
Says President Joe Biden "is trying to send taxpayer dollars to manufacturers overseas that do not abide by the same (carbon emission) standards we do at home."
Half-True
By D.L. Davis • March 11, 2022
Jamaal Bowman
Jamaal Bowman
stated on January 26, 2022 in a tweet:
“More white legacy students get admitted to top universities than Black & Latinx students admitted through affirmative action.”
Half-True
By Elizabeth Egan, Marnique O. Panepento • March 7, 2022
Mike Gibbons
Mike Gibbons
stated on March 1, 2022 in an ad:
Joe Biden's sanctions on Russia “are riddled with loopholes and don't even start for 30 days. They have carve outs for the energy and financial sectors.”
Half-True
March 4, 2022
David Willis
David Willis
stated on February 17, 2022 in a speech:
There are now zero students, staff or anyone “related to the school system” in Union County” hospitalized with COVID-19, despite harsh criticism of school COVID policy.
Half-True
By Paul Specht • March 2, 2022
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on March 1, 2022 in his State of the Union address:
“Our economy created over 6.5 million new jobs just last year, more jobs in one year than ever before in the history of the United States of America.”
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • March 2, 2022
Jake LaTurner
Jake LaTurner
stated on February 25, 2022 in an ad:
The Keystone XL pipeline "would have produced 830,000 barrels of oil per day, more than enough to offset what we import from Russia."
Half-True
February 28, 2022
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on February 20, 2022 in a public Facebook group:
Photos show “Ukrainian Christians pray outdoors, in the snow, for their country in this phase of war danger.”
Half-True
February 25, 2022
Glenn Youngkin
Glenn Youngkin
stated on February 17, 2022 in a rally.:
Virginia is "one of only a handful of states that actually taxes our veterans’ retirement.”
Half-True
By Warren Fiske • February 23, 2022
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