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Search results for "45,000 votes will be discarded in Louisiana"

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Fact-checks (6640)

House Majority PAC stated on September 12, 2018 in campaign ad:
Says Dino Rossi "stripped" health care "from 45,000 children."
By Manuela Tobias• September 18, 2018
Facebook posts stated on November 05, 2020 in a Facebook post:
Thousands of military ballots were found in the trash in Wisconsin.
By Samantha Putterman• November 5, 2020
TikTok posts stated on June 01, 2023 in a TikTok:
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton was “caught on tape saying he discarded 2.5 million mail-in ballots in Texas.”
By Sara Swann• June 6, 2023
Donald Trump stated on October 20, 2020 in a rally in Erie, Pa.:
“Phony” ballots “were printed without my name on it.”
By Amy Sherman• October 21, 2020
X posts stated on October 09, 2025 in a post on X:
“If you vote no on Prop 50 to stop the redistricting, it shows through the envelope,” making it easy for Democrats to cheat.
By Maria Ramirez Uribe• October 14, 2025
The Other 98% stated on August 24, 2014 in a Facebook post:
"McDonald’s workers in Denmark have a union. Earn $45,000/year."
By Jon Greenberg• September 3, 2014
Seth Magaziner stated on April 13, 2014 in an appearance on “10 News Conference”:
"In Rhode Island today, 25 percent of our households either don't have a bank account at all, or they have a bank account and they're still relying on high-cost financial services like payday loans, pawn shop check cashing and so on."
By C. Eugene Emery Jr.• April 21, 2014
Facebook posts stated on November 05, 2020 in an Instagram post:
An election worker in Georgia threw away a ballot.
By Tom Kertscher• November 7, 2020
Facebook posts stated on July 11, 2020 in a Facebook post:
The coronavirus can’t be so dangerous because there are no biohazard bins for COVID-19 masks and gloves.
By Gabrielle Settles• July 22, 2021
John Kasich stated on September 25, 2011 in a television interview:
"Since the beginning of the year we've created a net increase of 45,000 jobs."
By Peter Krouse• September 12, 2011
Instagram posts stated on October 20, 2024 in an Instagram post:
If an election worker writes anything on your ballot before you put it in the voting machine, “your ballot could be disqualified.”
By Mia Penner• October 23, 2024
John Bel Edwards stated on November 11, 2015 in a campaign ad:
Says David Vitter "answered a prostitute’s call minutes after he skipped a vote honoring 28 soldiers who gave their lives in defense of our freedom."
By Charles Maldonado• November 19, 2015
Chris Chocola stated on March 19, 2014 in an op-ed supporting Senate candidate Chris McDaniel:
Says Sen. Thad Cochran "voted to spend hundreds of millions of dollars on ... the Bridge to Nowhere in Alaska instead of shifting the money to repair a bridge damaged by Hurricane Katrina."
By Louis Jacobson• March 27, 2014
Facebook posts stated on September 28, 2020 in Facebook post:
“A federal judge just ordered Wisconsin must have all ballots counted by 8 p.m. on the day of the election.”
By Laura Schulte• September 30, 2020
Gary Chambers Jr. stated on February 09, 2022 in a campaign video:
"One in 13 Black Americans are deprived of the right to vote."
By Amy Sherman• February 15, 2022
Facebook posts stated on November 03, 2021 in a Facebook post:
“Trash bins discovered outside the Gloucester County Board of Elections containing blank ballots as well as bags of shredded ballots from Tuesday’s election!”
By Samantha Putterman• November 5, 2021
Viral image stated on July 13, 2020 in a video on Facebook:
“Registered Republican not allowed to vote.”
By Tom Kertscher• July 14, 2020
Facebook posts stated on September 24, 2021 in a Facebook post:
Arizona “could decertify” the 2020 presidential election
By Amy Sherman• September 29, 2021
Karina Wood stated on February 12, 2015 in testimony before the R.I. Senate Judiciary Committee:
Cigarette butts "poison babies and small children because of the nicotine in them."
By C. Eugene Emery Jr.• February 23, 2015
Frank Luntz stated on April 06, 2016 in a tweet:
"Team Trump has accused Ted Cruz of fraud" in Iowa, Texas, Colorado, Oklahoma, Louisiana, Kansas, Maine, Utah and Wisconsin."
By W. Gardner Selby• April 11, 2016

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By Jon Greenberg• February 24, 2021

Here’s why Georgia’s Republican officials are confident in their presidential election results

By Bill McCarthy• January 5, 2021

Alan Grayson claims 45,000 people die a year because they lack health insurance

By Katie Sanders• September 6, 2013

Alan Grayson claims 45,000 people die a year because they lack health insurance

By Katie Sanders• August 30, 2013

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By Tom Kertscher• October 25, 2022

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By Linda Qiu• March 29, 2016

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