William Skipworth

PolitiFact Missouri reporter

William Skipworth is a reporter for PolitiFact Missouri. He also reports for the Columbia Missourian and studies investigative journalism at the University of Missouri.

wkskipworth@mail.missouri.edu

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Missouri House Democratic Caucus
stated on March 22, 2021 in a tweet:

"An average of nearly 5,000 Missourians were contracting COVID every day in November."

By William Skipworth • April 24, 2021

Eric Greitens
stated on March 2, 2021 in 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.”

By William Skipworth • March 19, 2021

Roy Blunt
stated on February 25, 2021 in a tweet:

Says his amendment on a budget bill “would have helped get kids back in school after teachers were vaccinated. Every single Senate Democrat voted against it.”

By William Skipworth • March 10, 2021

Josh Hawley
stated on January 4, 2021 in a tweet:

Says activists threatened his family and “screamed threats, vandalized, and tried to pound open our door.”

By William Skipworth • January 8, 2021

Liberty Alliance
stated on October 14, 2020 in a Facebook post:

"Beware - George Soros is starting a Fake News site in Missouri”

By William Skipworth • December 4, 2020

Nicole Galloway
stated on September 26, 2020 in a campaign ad:

"Mike Parson opposes protections for pre-existing conditions.”

By William Skipworth • October 30, 2020

Nicole Galloway
stated on October 4, 2020 in a Facebook post:

Says "Gov. Parson’s administration purged 100,000 kids from Medicaid rolls."

By William Skipworth • October 23, 2020

Uniting Missouri PAC
stated on September 2, 2020 in a campaign ad:

Says Nicole Galloway's campaign “is being bankrolled by the same extremists who want to defund our police."

By William Skipworth • October 14, 2020

Mike Parson
stated on August 18, 2020 in a press conference:

“All Missouri’s high-risk areas have mask mandates in place.”

By William Skipworth • October 6, 2020

Latest Articles By William Skipworth

They said what? Fact-checking the Missouri governor debate

By Benjamin Brink, Minh Connors, Noah Crider, Paul Schloesser, William Skipworth

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October 10, 2020