Latest Fact Checks By Nadia Pflaum

Ohio Democratic Party bashes John Kasich’s ‘costly campaign’

By Nadia Pflaum

April 19, 2016

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."

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Ted Cruz ad revisits a controversy from Kasich’s governorship of Ohio

By Nadia Pflaum

April 12, 2016

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…

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No, George Soros is not bankrolling John Kasich’s campaign

By Nadia Pflaum

April 4, 2016

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

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Ted Strickland’s attack ad against Rob Portman twists facts on trade law

By Nadia Pflaum

April 1, 2016

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

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Bernie Sanders’ ad says Trans-Pacific Partnership could cost 448,000 jobs

By Nadia Pflaum

March 24, 2016

"The Trans-Pacific trade deal could cost America 448,000 more jobs."  

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John Kasich misquotes Truman on dogs, wins Ohio anyway

By Nadia Pflaum

March 17, 2016

"You know what Truman said, ‘You want a friend in Washington, buy a dog.’ "

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Most heroin in U.S. now comes across Mexican border, Rob Portman says

By Nadia Pflaum

March 14, 2016

"We understand that this heroin is primarily coming from Mexico, over the border."  

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John Kasich’s tax cut largest in the nation? Depends

By Nadia Pflaum

March 10, 2016

"As governor, Kasich delivered the largest tax cut in the nation."

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Prosecutor Tim McGinty claims credit for demolishing abandoned homes

By Nadia Pflaum

March 4, 2016

Says he "tore down hundreds of abandoned homes that served as havens for crime and reduce(d) the value of our neighborhoods."  

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Planned Parenthood president says half of Ohio’s abortion centers shut down under Gov. John Kasich

By Nadia Pflaum

February 22, 2016

"In Ohio, more than half the providers of safe and legal abortion have had to shut down" since Gov. John Kasich took office in 2011.

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Cuyahoga prosecutor Tim McGinty touts reduction in rape kits in reelection bid

By Nadia Pflaum

February 17, 2016

"We are almost halfway to our goal of 1,000 rapes prosecuted!"  

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Ad distorts John Kasich’s budget proposal, saying it raised taxes by billions

By Nadia Pflaum

February 12, 2016

"Kasich’s budget raised taxes by billions, hitting businesses hard and the middle class even harder."

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