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Eric Greitens

Eric Greitens

Eric Greitens, a combat veteran who served in Afghanistan and Iraq, founded The Mission Continues, a Missouri-based non-profit that helps returning veterans. He won his race for Missouri governor as a Republican in 2016. He resigned on May 29, 2018 after he was charged with felony computer tampering and faced allegations related to an extramarital affair.

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Eric Greitens
Eric Greitens
stated on March 2, 2021 an interview on 97.1 KTFK
By ending the Keystone XL Pipeline project, President Joe Biden “imperiled one of Donald Trump's most significant achievements, which was that we had achieved American energy independence.”
Mostly False
By William Skipworth • March 19, 2021
Eric Greitens
Eric Greitens
stated on July 12, 2017 a Facebook post
"When we came into office, we saw that Missouri had 113,000 regulations. That’s more than 7.5 million words; it’s 40 dictionaries worth of regulations."
Mostly True
By Patrick Mueller • November 15, 2017
Eric Greitens
Eric Greitens
stated on August 23, 2017 a Facebook live video
The University of Missouri saw "the biggest drop in enrollment of any major university in the country" since the 2015 protests.
Mostly False
By Riley Newton, Tateanna McCaskill • October 31, 2017
Eric Greitens
Eric Greitens
stated on August 13, 2017 a Facebook live video
"Seventy-three percent of our veterans are graduating from drug courts. By contrast, I think most of the people in the very good drug court program — the graduation rate’s like 53, 55 percent. The point of that is that drug courts are working for veterans."
Mostly True
By Emily Sanderson, Tessa Weinberg • October 21, 2017
Eric Greitens
Eric Greitens
stated on August 23, 2017 a Facebook Live
"Since we took office, we have been outpacing the nation in job growth."
Half-True
By Riley Newton, Tateanna McCaskill • September 21, 2017
Eric Greitens
Eric Greitens
stated on August 23, 2017 a Facebook live conversation
"Just in our first six months in office, Missouri moved up the rankings nine places ... of the best states to do business."
Half-True
By Carolina Vargas, Emma Diltz • September 10, 2017
Eric Greitens
Eric Greitens
stated on February 8, 2017 a television interview
"Over the past 25 years, job growth in right-to-work states has been twice as high as in non-right-to-work states. ... The facts are just so clear that this is going to lead to more jobs and higher pay for the people of Missouri."
Half-True
By Allison Colburn • April 6, 2017
Eric Greitens
Eric Greitens
stated on February 2, 2017 a budget speech at Nixa’s Early Childhood Center
  "K-12 education is getting more money this year than they did last year. ... It is a total increase of 4.1 percent."
Mostly False
By Jen Para • March 28, 2017
Eric Greitens
Eric Greitens
stated on January 17, 2017 State of the State address
"Three of the 11 most violent cities in the U.S. are in Missouri — St. Louis, Kansas City, and Springfield."
Half-True
By Allison Colburn • March 3, 2017
Eric Greitens
Eric Greitens
stated on January 17, 2017 his state of the state address
"Over 200 of our 520 school districts did not have a single student in physics."
Mostly False
By Grace Hase • February 24, 2017
Eric Greitens
Eric Greitens
stated on September 30, 2016 a press release
Says Chris Koster "opposes right-to-work efforts because he has taken $8 million from ‘union bosses.’"
Half-True
By Erika Stark • November 3, 2016
Eric Greitens
Eric Greitens
stated on September 30, 2016 a press release
Chris Koster "opposed protecting the women of Missouri" because he "was one of only four senators to vote against" a bill ending the practice of making rape victims pay for their own rape kits.
Half-True
By Ellen Cagle • November 2, 2016
Eric Greitens
Eric Greitens
stated on September 29, 2016 a press release
Says Chris Koster "fell silent" as attorney general in pursuing a case against a free classified service accused of promoting prostitution after accepting "over $12,000 in campaign contributions' from people affiliated with the service."
Mostly False
By Natalia Alamdari • November 2, 2016
Eric Greitens
Eric Greitens
stated on August 11, 2016 an interview on Fox & Friends
"We had the Democratic Governors Association and the Obama political machine come into a Republican primary to try and rig the election by spending $1 million against me in the last couple of days."
Mostly True
By Ellen Cagle • September 21, 2016
Eric Greitens
Eric Greitens
stated on March 17, 2016 a gubernatorial debate
"We have ten different tax brackets and if you’re making $9,000, you’re already in the top tax bracket."
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By Conner Smith • March 22, 2016
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Chris Koster
Chris Koster
stated on September 13, 2016 a campaign ad
Republican gubernatorial candidate Eric Greitens "spent another $600,000 on image consultants" to rebrand his charity, The Mission Continues.
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By Anna Maples • November 6, 2016
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