Latest Fact-Checks By Nadia Pflaum

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Donald Trump
stated on July 21, 2016 in the 2016 Republican National Convention:

"Forty-three million Americans are on food stamps."

True

By Nadia Pflaum • July 22, 2016

Hugh Hewitt
stated on July 20, 2016 in an MSNBC panel:

"A million Democrats deserted (Howard Dean’s) party and joined my party because of Donald Trump in Ohio this year."

Mostly False

By Nadia Pflaum • July 21, 2016

Chris Christie
stated on July 19, 2016 in a speech at the Republican National Convention:

Says "(Clinton) called President Assad a ‘reformer.’ She called Assad a ‘different kind of leader.’ "

Half-True

By Nadia Pflaum • July 20, 2016

Mike Cernovich
stated on July 14, 2016 in his blog:

"The Cleveland police has issued a stand down order to officers."

Pants on Fire!

By Nadia Pflaum • July 18, 2016

Sherrod Brown
stated on July 3, 2016 in an interview on ABC "This Week" :

Says Donald Trump made a lot of money from outsourcing jobs thanks to NAFTA "but never, ever raised his voice against it when Congress was considering it."

Mostly False

By Nadia Pflaum • July 8, 2016

Hillary Clinton
stated on June 27, 2016 in a rally in Cincinnati, Ohio:

"Cincinnati is already one of the biggest cities in the country to run 100 percent on clean energy."

Half-True

By Nadia Pflaum • July 1, 2016

Hillary Clinton
stated on June 21, 2016 in a rally in Columbus, Ohio:

Says Donald Trump called pregnant employees "an inconvenience."

True

By Nadia Pflaum • June 24, 2016

Steve Chabot
stated on June 8, 2016 in his campaign blog:

Says the Clinton Foundation "accepted millions and millions of dollars from governments like Algeria, Saudi Arabia, Oman and the United Arab Emirates," which violated "a ban on all contributions to the Foundation from foreign nations."

Mostly False

By Nadia Pflaum • June 20, 2016

Joyce Beatty
stated on May 25, 2016 in in a press conference:

In Ohio, "each year an estimated 1,000 children become victims of human trafficking, and over 3,000 more are at risk."

Mostly False

By Nadia Pflaum • June 10, 2016

Ted Strickland
stated on May 14, 2016 in a fundraising email by campaign manager:

"While Rob Portman relies on his super PAC and a handful of billionaires to do his dirty work, we don’t have a super PAC, and quite frankly, we don’t want one that spends millions to spew out lies and distortions."

Half-True

By Nadia Pflaum • May 31, 2016

Rob Portman
stated on May 17, 2016 in a radio interview:

Ohio is "probably top five in the country, sadly, in terms of heroin overdoses. It’s now exceeded car accidents as the No. 1 cause of death in Ohio."

Half-True

By Nadia Pflaum • May 23, 2016

Ted Strickland
stated on May 9, 2016 in a campaign stop at Steelworkers 1104 in Lorain, Ohio:

Trade deals are negotiated in "secret" and, unlike corporate interests, politicians never invite "the leaders of the AFL-CIO or steelworkers or the mine workers to come in and sit down in these meetings."

Half-True

By Nadia Pflaum • May 19, 2016

Fighting for Ohio PAC
stated on May 6, 2016 in Fighting for Ohio PAC ad:

Says Ted Strickland admits his record on jobs and taxes is "mixed and spotty."

False

By Nadia Pflaum • May 13, 2016

Joe Roman
stated on April 25, 2016 in a Plain Dealer article:

Says $15-an-hour proposal in Cleveland is "the most aggressive minimum wage increase in the country."

True

By Nadia Pflaum • May 9, 2016

John Kasich
stated on April 24, 2016 in comments on "Face the Nation":

"After my first year as governor, I was one of the most unpopular governors, maybe the most unpopular governor in the country. ... It changed."

True

By Nadia Pflaum • May 2, 2016

Occupational Knowledge International
stated on April 20, 2016 in a petition on Change.org:

Says Sherwin-Williams is "making lead paint and poisoning people around the world."

Half-True

By Nadia Pflaum • April 26, 2016

Ohio Democratic Party
stated on April 8, 2016 in a Facebook post:

Says Republican presidential candidate and Gov. John Kasich has spent 177 days out of state and used $350,000 in taxpayer money on his "costly campaign."

True

By Nadia Pflaum • April 19, 2016

Ted Cruz
stated on April 3, 2016 in ad paid for by campaign for Ted Cruz:

Says a company that got tax breaks from the state later "laid off 100 Ohioans, even as its CEO cut a half-million-dollar check to Kasich’s super PAC."

Mostly True

By Nadia Pflaum • April 12, 2016

Trusted Leadership PAC
stated on March 29, 2016 in a Trusted Leadership PAC ad :

"Millionaires working side by side with George Soros are bankrolling (John Kasich’s) super PAC."

False

By Nadia Pflaum • April 4, 2016

Ted Strickland
stated on March 17, 2016 in campaign ad, "Beltway Rob":

"It was (Rob Portman’s) job to stop China’s illegal dumping of steel. He failed, looked the other way, did nothing."

False

By Nadia Pflaum • April 1, 2016

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