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Colin Deppen

Colin Deppen

Reporter

Colin Deppen is a reporter/curator at The Incline in Pittsburgh and has previously worked for news organizations across the state of Pennsylvania, including the Patriot-News and PennLive.com in Harrisburg. 

cdeppen@theincline.com

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Latest Fact-Checks By Colin Deppen

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Scott Wagner
Scott Wagner
stated on October 11, 2018 Campaign email:
"Our unemployment rate is 20 percent higher than the national average."   
False
By Colin Deppen • October 18, 2018
Jeff Bartos
Jeff Bartos
stated on October 6, 2018 a televised debate:
Capital punishment is a "specific deterrent with the most heinous crimes."
Mostly False
By Colin Deppen • October 11, 2018
Lou Barletta
Lou Barletta
stated on June 7, 2018 an interview:
"The city that I was mayor of was 50 percent Latino, and I won with 90 percent of the vote..." 
Mostly False
By Colin Deppen • June 12, 2018
Keith Rothfus
Keith Rothfus
stated on May 22, 2018 a press release:
"Since the end of the financial crisis, we have seen an average of one community bank or credit union disappear every day."
Mostly True
By Colin Deppen • May 31, 2018
Scott Wagner
Scott Wagner
stated on May 21, 2018 Fundraising email:
Gov. Wolf is trying to implement "a severance tax that would be financed by Pennsylvania’s working class"
Mostly False
By Colin Deppen • May 25, 2018
Paul Mango
Paul Mango
stated on May 7, 2017 a campaign video:
"Today, we (in Pennsylvania) have higher unemployment and lower job growth than most."
Mostly True
By Colin Deppen • April 9, 2018
Tom Wolf
Tom Wolf
stated on March 23, 2018 Campaign video:
"Pennsylvania (is) the only state in the country not to tax drillers."
Half-True
By Colin Deppen • March 30, 2018
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on March 14, 2018 Private fundraiser:
Says Conor Lamb "ran on a campaign that said very nice things about me."
False
By Colin Deppen • March 22, 2018
Conor Lamb
Conor Lamb
stated on March 13, 2018 an election night speech:
Says he didn't take "corporate PAC money." 
Mostly True
By Colin Deppen • March 17, 2018
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Latest Articles By Colin Deppen

Are Pennsylvania Democrats fleeing the party to become Republicans?
Conor Lamb
Daryl Metcalfe
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