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Renee Romo is a reporter with PolitiFact Arizona and a student at Arizona State University. She is interning with Arizona Education News Service, a statewide source on education policy and practice in Arizona.

Featured Statements

Marianne Williamson
stated on November 7, 2023 in an event at a store in Manchester, N.H.:

Looking at “American aid to other countries … the vast majority of it is military aid.”

By Louis Jacobson • November 14, 2023
Marianne Williamson
stated on November 7, 2023 in an event in Manchester, N.H.:

“We sell arms to 60% of the world's autocrats. We are the world's largest arms exporters."

By Louis Jacobson • November 14, 2023
Joe Biden
stated on November 1, 2023 in a speech in Northfield, Minn.:

"Over the past four decades, we’ve lost over 400,000 farms in America (and) over 140 million acres of farmland. And that’s an area roughly equal to the size of Minnesota, North and South Dakota combined.”

By Louis Jacobson • November 7, 2023
Everytown for Gun Safety
stated on October 10, 2022 in an ad:

“Kari Lake is opposed to red flag laws.”

By Renee Romo • November 9, 2022
Tom Horne
stated on September 14, 2022 in a debate:

“Kids are resistant to COVID as opposed to older people.”

By Renee Romo • October 28, 2022
Adrian Fontes
stated on September 22, 2022 in a debate:

Mark Finchem “wants to strip Arizona’s citizens of their capacity to vote by mail.”

By Renee Romo • September 30, 2022
Tom Horne
stated on August 21, 2022 in a tweet:

Under Kathy Hoffman, “student test scores plummeted. Even before COVID, under the current regime, over half of Arizona students were not proficient in reading or math.”

By Renee Romo • September 19, 2022