Latest Fact-checks on Eric Greitens 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.” Eric Greitens stated on July 12, 2017 in 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." Eric Greitens stated on August 23, 2017 in 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. Eric Greitens stated on August 13, 2017 in 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." Eric Greitens stated on August 23, 2017 in a Facebook Live: "Since we took office, we have been outpacing the nation in job growth." Eric Greitens stated on August 23, 2017 in 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." Eric Greitens stated on February 8, 2017 in 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." Eric Greitens stated on February 2, 2017 in 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." Eric Greitens stated on January 17, 2017 in 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." Eric Greitens stated on January 17, 2017 in his state of the state address: "Over 200 of our 520 school districts did not have a single student in physics." Eric Greitens stated on September 30, 2016 in a press release: Says Chris Koster "opposes right-to-work efforts because he has taken $8 million from ‘union bosses.’" Eric Greitens stated on September 30, 2016 in 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. Eric Greitens stated on September 29, 2016 in 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." Eric Greitens stated on August 11, 2016 in 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." Eric Greitens stated on March 17, 2016 in a gubernatorial debate: "We have ten different tax brackets and if you’re making $9,000, you’re already in the top tax bracket."
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.” Eric Greitens stated on July 12, 2017 in 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." Eric Greitens stated on August 23, 2017 in 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. Eric Greitens stated on August 13, 2017 in 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." Eric Greitens stated on August 23, 2017 in a Facebook Live: "Since we took office, we have been outpacing the nation in job growth." Eric Greitens stated on August 23, 2017 in 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." Eric Greitens stated on February 8, 2017 in 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." Eric Greitens stated on February 2, 2017 in 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." Eric Greitens stated on January 17, 2017 in 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." Eric Greitens stated on January 17, 2017 in his state of the state address: "Over 200 of our 520 school districts did not have a single student in physics." Eric Greitens stated on September 30, 2016 in a press release: Says Chris Koster "opposes right-to-work efforts because he has taken $8 million from ‘union bosses.’" Eric Greitens stated on September 30, 2016 in 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. Eric Greitens stated on September 29, 2016 in 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." Eric Greitens stated on August 11, 2016 in 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." Eric Greitens stated on March 17, 2016 in a gubernatorial debate: "We have ten different tax brackets and if you’re making $9,000, you’re already in the top tax bracket."
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.”
Eric Greitens stated on July 12, 2017 in 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."
Eric Greitens stated on August 23, 2017 in 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.
Eric Greitens stated on August 13, 2017 in 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."
Eric Greitens stated on August 23, 2017 in a Facebook Live: "Since we took office, we have been outpacing the nation in job growth."
Eric Greitens stated on August 23, 2017 in 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."
Eric Greitens stated on February 8, 2017 in 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."
Eric Greitens stated on February 2, 2017 in 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."
Eric Greitens stated on January 17, 2017 in 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."
Eric Greitens stated on January 17, 2017 in his state of the state address: "Over 200 of our 520 school districts did not have a single student in physics."
Eric Greitens stated on September 30, 2016 in a press release: Says Chris Koster "opposes right-to-work efforts because he has taken $8 million from ‘union bosses.’"
Eric Greitens stated on September 30, 2016 in 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.
Eric Greitens stated on September 29, 2016 in 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."
Eric Greitens stated on August 11, 2016 in 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."
Eric Greitens stated on March 17, 2016 in a gubernatorial debate: "We have ten different tax brackets and if you’re making $9,000, you’re already in the top tax bracket."