Latest Fact-Checks By Manuela Tobias

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House Majority PAC
House Majority PAC
stated on September 12, 2018 in campaign ad:
Says Dino Rossi "stripped" health care "from 45,000 children."
Mostly True
By Manuela Tobias • September 18, 2018
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on September 13, 2018 in blog post headline:
"Couple Arrested For Selling ‘Golden Tickets To Heaven."
Pants on Fire!
By Manuela Tobias • September 17, 2018
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on September 11, 2018 in press conference:
"Puerto Rico’s electric grid and their electric generating plant was dead before the storms ever hit. It was in very bad shape. It was in bankruptcy. It had no money. It was largely -- you know, it was largely closed."
Half-True
By Manuela Tobias • September 13, 2018
One Nation PAC
One Nation PAC
stated on August 31, 2018 in a digital ad:
Says Joe Donnelly "voted to grant amnesty to millions of illegal immigrants, including criminals, drunk drivers, domestic violence, and worse."
Mostly False
By Manuela Tobias • September 12, 2018
Kamala Harris
Kamala Harris
stated on September 7, 2018 in a tweet:
Says at his confirmation hearing Brett Kavanaugh said birth control methods could be considered "abortion-inducing drugs."
False
By Manuela Tobias • September 10, 2018
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on August 24, 2018 in :
"Trump: ‘I am sending troops to South Africa and they will not leave until the killing stop and the land issue resolved.’ "
Pants on Fire!
By Manuela Tobias • August 24, 2018
Heidi Heitkamp
Heidi Heitkamp
stated on August 16, 2018 in a campaign ad:
Says Kevin Cramer voted to let insurance companies go back to denying coverage for 300,000 North Dakotans with pre-existing conditions.
Half-True
By Manuela Tobias • August 24, 2018
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on August 21, 2018 in :
"I want clean air. I want crystal clean water. And we’ve got it. We’ve got the cleanest country in the planet right now."
Mostly False
By Manuela Tobias • August 23, 2018
Joe Donnelly
Joe Donnelly
stated on August 13, 2018 in Twitter video:
Says Mike Braun has supported two proposals and a lawsuit to end coverage for people with pre-existing conditions.
Mostly True
By Manuela Tobias • August 20, 2018
Joe Donnelly
Joe Donnelly
stated on August 8, 2018 in a press release:
Says "43 of Joe’s legislative proposals have become law, including 21 since President Trump took office."
Mostly True
By Manuela Tobias • August 13, 2018
Sonny Perdue
Sonny Perdue
stated on July 26, 2018 in a press release:
"America’s hard-working agricultural producers … have taken a disproportionate hit when it comes to illegal retaliatory tariffs."
Mostly True
By Manuela Tobias • August 9, 2018
Kevin Cramer
Kevin Cramer
stated on July 31, 2018 in a radio interview:
"I've always voted for keeping the government open. I’ve never cast a vote to shut down the government."
Mostly False
By Manuela Tobias • August 6, 2018
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on July 31, 2018 in rally in Tampa:
"U.S. Steel just announced that they are building six new steel mills."
False
By Manuela Tobias • August 2, 2018
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
stated on July 26, 2018 in an interview on the Daily Show:
"Just last year we gave the military a $700 billion budget increase, which they didn’t even ask for."
False
By Manuela Tobias • August 1, 2018
Amy Klobuchar
Amy Klobuchar
stated on July 9, 2018 in a tweet:
Says Judge Brett Kavanaugh "ruled that the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau was unconstitutional (reversed by full Circuit Court)."  
Mostly True
By Manuela Tobias • July 25, 2018
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on July 16, 2018 in a press conference with Vladimir Putin:
"The servers of the Pakistani gentleman that worked on the DNC" are "missing."
False
By Amy Sherman, Manuela Tobias • July 16, 2018
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on July 10, 2018 in Facebook post:
Says Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh’s opinion that a president "may decline to enforce a statute . . . when the president deems the statute unconstitutional" is "contrary to 200 years of Supreme Court precedent."
Mostly False
By Manuela Tobias • July 16, 2018
Chris Murphy
Chris Murphy
stated on July 9, 2018 in a tweet:
On assault weapons, Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh’s position is "way out of the judicial mainstream, far to the right of even late Justice Scalia."
Mostly False
By Manuela Tobias • July 11, 2018
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on June 28, 2018 in a blog post headline:
"Maxine Waters Is Getting Criminally Charged!"
False
By Manuela Tobias • June 29, 2018
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on June 25, 2018 in a blog post headline:
"Mexico’s Next President Calls for An Invasion Of The US"
Pants on Fire!
By Manuela Tobias • June 25, 2018
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