Fact Check Posts – Page 6

Gary Black
stated on May 13, 2022 in a radio interview:

In 2020, when Raphael Warnock ran a campaign ad featuring himself with a beagle, “that wasn’t his dog.”

By Louis Jacobson • May 23, 2022

Kelda Helen Roys
stated on May 8, 2022 in TV interview:

Because of U.S. Senate rules, Democrats need "more than a majority ... to codify Roe vs. Wade."

By D.L. Davis • May 11, 2022

Eric Toney
stated on April 14, 2022 in News release:

The state crime lab under Attorney General Josh Kaul "is testing significantly less items than former AG Brad Schimel and is still taking longer to test many categories of key items in comparison to Schimel, including DNA."

By D.L. Davis • May 10, 2022

Andrea Stewart-Cousins
stated on May 3, 2022 in a news conference:

When the New York State Senate voted to legalize abortion in 1970, 12 Republican senators voted in favor of it.

By Jill Terreri Ramos • May 7, 2022

Lee Zeldin
stated on April 12, 2022 in a tweet:

“New York leads the U.S. in population loss.”

By Elizabeth Egan, Marnique O. Panepento • May 6, 2022

Keith Pekau
stated on April 11, 2022 in in a campaign advertisement:

We’ve reduced crime to its lowest level in 27 years.

By Analisa Trofimuk • May 1, 2022

Kathy Hochul
stated on April 19, 2022 in a campaign commercial:

Since taking office, Hochul has passed more than 400 new bills

By Jill Terreri Ramos • April 30, 2022

Melissa Agard
stated on April 11, 2022 in Twitter:

Cannabis reform "is supported by the majority of the residents of our state, including a majority of Republicans."

By D.L. Davis • April 29, 2022

Jennifer Konfrst
stated on March 21, 2022 in a press release:

Only 2% of K-12 students would benefit from Iowa’s school voucher bill.

April 7, 2022

Tim Kaine
stated on March 15, 2022 in a tweet.:

“Virginia women are paid 80 cents for every dollar paid to Virginia men.”

By Warren Fiske • March 18, 2022

Nikki Fried
stated on February 21, 2022 in a virtual town hall meeting:

Florida is "49th in the nation when it comes to (Medicaid) funding” for people with disabilities.

By Yacob Reyes • March 14, 2022

Kathy Hochul
stated on February 27, 2022 in a news conference:

“We are No. 1 among all large states in having fully vaccinated teenagers. We are No. 2 in all large states for having fully vaccinated five- to 11- year-olds.”

By Jill Terreri Ramos • March 11, 2022

Glenn Grothman
stated on February 3, 2022 in Twitter:

"The US has made strides in reducing carbon emissions that other parts of the world have not."

By D.L. Davis • March 11, 2022

Robert Ortt
stated on January 22, 2022 in a news release:

“With the ongoing pandemic, our State Park attendance is at the highest it’s ever been.”

By Meghan Hall • March 9, 2022

Ted Cruz
stated on February 16, 2022 in a committee meeting:

"In 2020, more journalists were killed in Mexico than in any other country in the world."

By Nusaiba Mizan • February 28, 2022

John Cornyn
stated on February 14, 2022 in a tweet:

"100,000 Americans died of an overdose in a single year."

By Nusaiba Mizan • February 21, 2022

Jennifer McClellan
stated on February 15, 2022 in an op-ed.:

“More than half of Virginia’s school buildings are older than 50 years.”

By Warren Fiske • February 18, 2022

Tony Evers
stated on January 13, 2022 in News release:

Says he has issued more pardons than “any Wisconsin governor in contemporary history.”

By Alan Hovorka • February 15, 2022

Brian Tyler Cohen
stated on February 2, 2022 in a tweet:

"Iowa Republicans have introduced a bill that would put government-installed cameras in every single classroom to livestream school activities for parents to spy on teachers and children."

By Rylee Wilson • February 8, 2022

Joni Ernst
stated on January 23, 2022 in an interview:

In Iowa, “since we have put a number of the voting laws into place over the last several years — voter ID is one of those — we've actually seen voter participation increase, even in off-election years.”

By Lyle Muller • January 26, 2022

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