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Tom Cotton
Tom Cotton
stated on August 3, 2022 in an ad:
The Inflation Reduction Act "doubles the size of the IRS, raises your taxes and spends billions on a green energy slush fund."
Mostly False
August 23, 2022
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on August 16, 2022 in a Facebook post:
"The IRS is about to double in size, with 87,000 new armed agents and an additional $80 billion in order to primarily enhance IRS enforcement and operations.”
Mostly False
August 18, 2022
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on August 16, 2022 in a press release:
The IRS is adding 87,000 new agents, making the IRS “larger than (the) Pentagon, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Customs and Border Protection and the State Department combined.”
Mostly False
By Maria Ramirez Uribe, Sara Swann • August 17, 2022
Bob Good
Bob Good
stated on August 10, 2022 in a tweet.:
“Democrats are voting to add an army of 87,000 IRS agents who will target middle class taxpayers and conduct at least 1 million more audits each year. ”
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg, Warren Fiske • August 17, 2022
Republican Governors Association
Republican Governors Association
stated on July 29, 2022 in Email:
"Governor Tony Evers gave counties the green light to defund Wisconsin's police departments."
Mostly False
By Alan Hovorka • August 12, 2022
Kevin McCarthy
Kevin McCarthy
stated on August 9, 2022 in a tweet:
“Democrats' new army of 87,000 IRS agents will be coming for you — with 710,000 new audits for Americans who earn less than $75k.”
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • August 11, 2022
Ron DeSantis
Ron DeSantis
stated on August 4, 2022 in a press conference:
"They are literally chopping off the private parts of young kids."
Mostly False
By Yacob Reyes • August 10, 2022
Rebecca Kleefisch
Rebecca Kleefisch
stated on July 6, 2022 in TV ad:
“Tim Michels pushed for years to raise (Wisconsin’s) gas tax.”
Mostly False
By Madeline Heim • August 5, 2022
Mehmet Oz
Mehmet Oz
stated on July 28, 2022 in an ad:
John Fetterman wants to “eliminate life sentences for murderers."
Mostly False
August 3, 2022
Rebecca Kleefisch
Rebecca Kleefisch
stated on July 24, 2022 in Twitter:
"There is absolutely no reason why Wisconsin should be facing a worker shortage to the level we are when there are 123,000 more able-bodied childless adults on BadgerCare since the pandemic."
Mostly False
By D.L. Davis • August 2, 2022
Blake Masters
Blake Masters
stated on July 22, 2022 in remarks at a Trump rally in Arizona:
Sen. Mark Kelly “voted to legalize abortion up until the moment of birth.”
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • August 1, 2022
Mariannette Miller-Meeks
Mariannette Miller-Meeks
stated on July 17, 2022 in a newsletter:
The Democrats’ Women’s Health Protection Act of 2022 “would permit abortion up until delivery.”
Mostly False
By Lyle Muller • August 1, 2022
Robin Vos
Robin Vos
stated on July 8, 2022 in Twitter:
“The legislature has long maintained that the law never allowed these illegal drop boxes.”
Mostly False
By Madeline Heim • July 29, 2022
Qasim Rashid
Qasim Rashid
stated on July 18, 2022 in a tweet:
"North Carolina GOP is re-introducing a bill that says life begins at conception and anyone who destroys that fertilized egg is guilty of first-degree murder."
Mostly False
By Paul Specht • July 25, 2022
Charlie Crist
Charlie Crist
stated on July 14, 2022 in a campaign ad:
Ron DeSantis "opposes any background checks on guns, even for violent criminals."
Mostly False
By Yacob Reyes • July 22, 2022
Dave LaRock
Dave LaRock
stated on July 9, 2022 in a speech.:
“Virginia now has the most liberal abortion laws in the world.”
Mostly False
By Warren Fiske • July 22, 2022
Beto O'Rourke
Beto O'Rourke
stated on May 29, 2022 in a tweet:
"38,000 Texans had their license to carry denied, revoked, or suspended over the last five years because law enforcement deemed them too dangerous to carry a loaded gun in public. But thanks to Greg Abbott's new law, they don't need a license to carry anymore."
Mostly False
By Nusaiba Mizan • July 21, 2022
Mehmet Oz
Mehmet Oz
stated on July 18, 2022 in an ad:
“John Fetterman wants to release one-third of dangerous criminals back into our communities.”
Mostly False
July 21, 2022
Tim Michels
Tim Michels
stated on June 23, 2022 in Twitter:
The cancellation of the Keystone XL pipeline by Joe Biden “killed hundreds of jobs, sent gas prices way up.”
Mostly False
By Kelly Smits • July 21, 2022
Glenn Youngkin
Glenn Youngkin
stated on July 10, 2022 in a TV interview.:
“In Virginia, we actually do protect same-sex marriage.”
Mostly False
By Warren Fiske • July 15, 2022
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