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Cliff Hayes
Cliff Hayes
stated on November 23, 2022 in a TV interview.:
“When you compare us to the European Union, we're something like 23 times more likely” to have homicides and handgun killings.
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By Warren Fiske • December 2, 2022
Tony Evers
Tony Evers
stated on November 14, 2022 in Twitter:
“An overwhelming majority of Wisconsinites support restoring #Roe and legalizing marijuana.”
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By Madeline Heim • December 2, 2022
Raphael Warnock
Raphael Warnock
stated on November 19, 2022 in a speech:
Herschel Walker “wants a nationwide ban on abortion” and said no exceptions “not even for rape or incest or life of the mother.”
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By Amy Sherman • November 22, 2022
Julie Gunnigle
Julie Gunnigle
stated on September 15, 2022 in a debate:
"If Arizona were a country, it’d be the eighth largest incarcerator in the world."
Mostly True
By Tori Gantz • November 11, 2022
Val Demings
Val Demings
stated on October 31, 2022 in a campaign ad:
Sen. Marco Rubio "helped write the law to raise prescription prices."
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By Yacob Reyes • November 7, 2022
Kathy Hochul
Kathy Hochul
stated on October 25, 2022 in a debate:
The state is absorbing the cost of overtime pay for farmworkers, and farm owners do not have to pay any more.
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By Jill Terreri Ramos • November 5, 2022
Kari Lake
Kari Lake
stated on October 12, 2022 in a press conference:
Katie Hobbs “has voted to double our gas tax.”
Mostly True
By Alexis Waiss • November 3, 2022
Senate Majority PAC
Senate Majority PAC
stated on October 19, 2022 in Political ad:
Says "Ron Johnson is making excuses for rioters who tried to overthrow our government, even calling them ‘peaceful protests.’”
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By D.L. Davis • November 3, 2022
Amy Klobuchar
Amy Klobuchar
stated on October 30, 2022 in an interview on Meet the Press:
“One in six local election officials have received threats of violence” and threats against judges have doubled over four years and threats against members of Congress have increased by 10 times over five years.
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • November 1, 2022
Liz Cheney
Liz Cheney
stated on October 28, 2022 in an ad:
Kari Lake and Mark Finchem “have said that they will only honor the results of an election if they agree with it."
Mostly True
November 1, 2022
Maggie Hassan
Maggie Hassan
stated on October 19, 2022 in an ad:
"Don Bolduc wants to cut trillions from Medicare and end Social Security."
Mostly True
November 1, 2022
West Virginia Democratic Party
West Virginia Democratic Party
stated on August 25, 2022 in a tweet:
“Carol Miller is a multi-millionaire worth over $16 million.”
Mostly True
By Emily Oiler, Savannah Quinn • October 27, 2022
Tony Evers
Tony Evers
stated on October 19, 2022 in Campaign ad:
If a 12-year-old girl became pregnant because of rape or incest, "Tim Michels would force her to deliver the baby."
Mostly True
By Madeline Heim • October 21, 2022
Charlie Crist
Charlie Crist
stated on October 4, 2022 in a campaign ad:
"When I was your governor, we reduced insurance rates by 10%."
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By Yacob Reyes • October 19, 2022
Joe Manchin
Joe Manchin
stated on August 28, 2022 in a tweet:
“WV families making less than $400K & small businesses will NOT be targeted by the IRS.”
Mostly True
By Amanda Boring • October 18, 2022
Raphael Warnock
Raphael Warnock
stated on October 14, 2022 in a debate:
“Black women are 3 to 4 times more likely to die (from maternal mortality) even when they have the insurance and the income.”
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • October 17, 2022
Katie Hobbs
Katie Hobbs
stated on October 9, 2022 in an interview on CBS News' Face the Nation:
Kari Lake has “gone on the record saying she supports Arizona's complete abortion ban. She's called it a great law.”
Mostly True
By Jon Greenberg • October 12, 2022
Tim Ryan
Tim Ryan
stated on September 27, 2022 in a campaign ad:
“I voted with Trump on trade.”
Mostly True
By Jon Greenberg • October 4, 2022
West Virginia Republican Party
West Virginia Republican Party
stated on August 23, 2022 in a tweet:
“More fentanyl has crossed the border in the last two months under Biden than in 2019 under Trump.”
Mostly True
By Megan Bevins, Pearse Costello • October 3, 2022
Alex Mooney
Alex Mooney
stated on August 29, 2022 in a tweet:
“There have now been 16 straight months of OVER 150,000 illegal border crossings.”
Mostly True
By Eleanor Kenneweg, Maxwell Bruce • October 3, 2022
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