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Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on October 2, 2022 in a Facebook post:
In Texas, a person can register a dead relative to vote and then cast a mail ballot in their name.
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • October 17, 2022
Tony Evers
Tony Evers
stated on October 6, 2022 in Campaign email:
Says “Tim Michels wants to defund public education — calling it ‘the definition of insanity’ to continue to fund public schools.”
Mostly False
By Madeline Heim • October 17, 2022
Club for Growth
Club for Growth
stated on October 5, 2022 in an ad:
As attorney general, Catherine Cortez Masto “opposed tougher laws on methamphetamine dealers.”
Mostly False
By Maria Ramirez Uribe • October 14, 2022
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on September 27, 2022 in Facebook post:
A study showed mRNA COVID-19 vaccines are harmful to infants who are breastfeeding.
Mostly False
October 12, 2022
Kari Lake
Kari Lake
stated on October 9, 2022 in an interview on CBS News' Face the Nation:
“Katie Hobbs voted for allowing a baby who survives an abortion — that the hospital would refuse medical care and allow the baby to die on a cold metal tray.”
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • October 12, 2022
Tim Michels
Tim Michels
stated on September 4, 2022 in Twitter:
Says Tony Evers is “a career politician.”
Mostly False
By Vanessa Swales • October 7, 2022
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on September 27, 2022 in a post:
"$12 billion more for Ukraine on top of $100+ billion while Jackson, Mississippi has yet to receive any funding to fix their water infrastructure."
Mostly False
By Gabrielle Settles • October 6, 2022
Newt Gingrich
Newt Gingrich
stated on September 29, 2022 in On Fox News:
Pennsylvania Senate candidate John Fetterman’s tattoo references ‘heroin use’ and the Crips
Mostly False
October 5, 2022
Ron DeSantis
Ron DeSantis
stated on October 2, 2022 in an interview with CNN:
Lee County, Florida, wasn't "even in the cone" of Hurricane Ian 72 hours before landfall.
Mostly False
By Yacob Reyes • October 4, 2022
Herschel Walker
Herschel Walker
stated on September 28, 2022 in an ad:
Raphael Warnock "called police thugs, then cut their funding."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • September 30, 2022
Ted Nugent
Ted Nugent
stated on September 20, 2022 in a Facebook post:
Michigan’s Proposal 2 “will permanently put in the Constitution that you never have to show an ID to vote ever again.”
Mostly False
September 30, 2022
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on September 23, 2022 in a screenshot:
"Only 325,000 American kids out of 19,000,000" were vaccinated against COVID-19.
Mostly False
September 27, 2022
Catherine Cortez Masto
Catherine Cortez Masto
stated on August 18, 2022 in an ad:
Adam Laxalt took “campaign cash” from drug companies “and used his office to block local attempts at holding one of the worst offenders accountable.”
Mostly False
By Maria Ramirez Uribe • September 23, 2022
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on September 16, 2022 in a post:
“Lifeguard/football player Joe Biden got five draft deferments for asthma during Vietnam.”
Mostly False
By Gabrielle Settles • September 21, 2022
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on September 8, 2022 in a Facebook post:
The World Economic Forum has called for the end of “wasteful private car ownership.”
Mostly False
By Andy Nguyen • September 21, 2022
Greg Abbott
Greg Abbott
stated on August 31, 2022 in a campaign event:
Three court rulings since May 2022 “have made it clear that it is unconstitutional to ban someone between the ages of 18 and 20 from being able to buy an AR.”
Mostly False
By Nusaiba Mizan • September 21, 2022
California Together, No On Proposition 1
California Together, No On Proposition 1
stated on August 16, 2022 in comments on its website:
“With Proposition 1, the number of abortion seekers from other states will soar even higher, costing taxpayers millions more.”
Mostly False
By Rachel Bluth • September 21, 2022
Liberal Groups
Liberal Groups
stated on September 6, 2022 in TV ad:
Says Tim Michels' family foundation "funded an organization that tracks women when they get near abortion clinics … he wants to treat women like they're the criminals."
Mostly False
By Madeline Heim • September 20, 2022
House Majority PAC
House Majority PAC
stated on September 13, 2022 in an ad:
"90% of (state Sen. Tom Barrett's) donors are from special interests"
Mostly False
By Todd Spangler • September 20, 2022
Tom Horne
Tom Horne
stated on August 21, 2022 in a tweet:
Under Kathy Hoffman, “student test scores plummeted. Even before COVID, under the current regime, over half of Arizona students were not proficient in reading or math.”
Mostly False
By Alexis Waiss, Renee Romo • September 19, 2022
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