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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.

By Tateanna McCaskill, Riley Newton• October 31, 2017

Anthony Tata stated on February 19, 2017 in an interview on CNN:

"The sanctions that we put on (Russia) for the Crimea annexation and meddling in Ukraine ... have absolutely crushed the ruble by 50 percent. And GDP from 2014 to 2016 is 50 percent down in Russia, as well."

By Lauren Carroll• February 21, 2017

Jeff Sessions stated on October 19, 2018 in a speech:

An agreement between the city of Chicago and the ACLU caused "virtually all of the rise in homicides" in 2016.

By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller• October 23, 2018

Andrew Yang stated on March 22, 2019 in an interview:

"America’s life expectancy has declined for the last three years in a row, the first time in a hundred years, because of surges in suicides and drug overdoses."

By Tom Kertscher• April 3, 2019

Jan Schakowsky stated on February 12, 2020 in committee hearing remarks:

“We’ve also seen in the time that he’s (Donald Trump) been president, an increase in carbon emissions going absolutely in the wrong way.”

By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller• February 16, 2020

Jim Justice stated on September 19, 2018 in a tweet:

"WV's tourism industry grew at a rate 30% above the national rate in 2017. This increase reversed a four-year decline in which travel-generated spending fell more than $600 million."

By Matt Minard• December 14, 2018

Donald Trump stated on October 28, 2019 in a speech:

"Over the last two years, the number of murders in America and America’s major cities has dropped, unlike here (Chicago), by more than 10%."

By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller• October 29, 2019

My City Bikes stated on December 07, 2015 in news release:

"Bicycle ownership drops by half while obesity in Rhode Island rises by 154 percent"

By Mark Reynolds• January 3, 2016

Joe Manchin stated on October 22, 2017 in An MSNBC interview:

Says West Virginia is "down to around 50 percent of the adult workers who are actually working now because of addiction or conviction."

By Allison Colburn• October 27, 2017

Kim Reynolds stated on January 07, 2021 in a news conference:

Before COVID-19, “more Iowans (were) working than at any other time in our state history."

By Sarah Watson• January 11, 2021

Donald Trump stated on October 09, 2016 in the second presidential debate:

"We have an increase in murder within our cities, the biggest in 45 years."

By Louis Jacobson• October 10, 2016

Pat Stevens stated on January 24, 2012 in a news article:

The Atlanta area’s water planning district "is now the national leader in conservation."

By Willoughby Mariano• March 6, 2012

UndergroundNewsReport.com stated on February 28, 2017 in an Internet post:

"Man pardoned by Obama three months ago arrested for murder."

By Joshua Gillin• March 6, 2017

Austin Board of Realtors PAC stated on October 29, 2016 in a mailer spotted by an Austin voter:

Says Gerald Daugherty is endorsed by the Austin American-Statesman.

By W. Gardner Selby• November 1, 2016

Barack Obama stated on June 01, 2016 in in a town hall:

"We've seen more manufacturing jobs created since I've been president than anytime since the 1990s. That's a fact."

By Neelesh Moorthy• June 16, 2016

Dana Young stated on June 21, 2016 in a tweet:

"DUI arrests dropped significantly in Tampa once Uber began operating here."

By Allison Graves• June 29, 2016

John Oliver stated on February 14, 2016 in a TV show:

In Sauk City, Wisconsin, "the ID office" that provides identification for voting "is only open on the fifth Wednesday of every month" -- a total of four days in 2016.

By Tom Kertscher• February 19, 2016

Lena Taylor stated on March 14, 2019 in a community meeting:

Says Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett did not want a juvenile facility in Milwaukee, "has never been to a juvenile facility," and "didn't want it to be done."

By D.L. Davis• April 2, 2019

Scott Walker stated on July 13, 2015 in a speech:

Says because of his actions, Wisconsin "property taxes today are lower than they were four years ago."

By Tom Kertscher• July 15, 2015

Alan Grayson stated on May 15, 2016 in an interview with CBS4:

Says Patrick Murphy "switched his vote on All Aboard Florida ... because his father tried to get in a bid to build it and was unsuccessful."

By Amy Sherman• May 18, 2016

Has West Virginia's economy boomed since Trump, Justice took office?

By Darby Coughlin, Mackenzie Myers• October 3, 2019

Trump, Clinton win big in Northeast primaries

By Linda Qiu, Liepa Zelniene• April 26, 2016

The record-setting 2020 Democratic primary field: What you need to know

By Louis Jacobson• May 2, 2019

Taking the measure of the federal workforce under Donald Trump

By Louis Jacobson• January 22, 2018

In Context: Gov. Scott Walker's much-scrutinized comments on the state's gay marriage ban

By Dave Umhoefer• May 30, 2014

Explaining the numbers behind the rise in reported hate crimes

By Yanqi Xu• April 3, 2019

Increase in murders by immigrants in Tulsa?

By Jon Greenberg• March 20, 2018

Who's to blame for the Flint water crisis?

By Louis Jacobson• February 15, 2016

Have fatal shootings by police in California dropped 40 percent since 2015?

By Chris Nichols• March 7, 2019

Who is Steve Bullock? A bio of the Democratic presidential candidate

By Stefanie Pousoulides• June 18, 2019

Russia's social media efforts in 2016 were not just false but inflammatory

By John Kruzel• December 21, 2017

How big is coal mining compared to other occupations?

By Louis Jacobson• July 21, 2017

David Simpson says agent went through airport scanners undetected

By W. Gardner Selby• February 27, 2012

Fact-checker’s guide to Hillary Clinton's UC Davis speech

By Chris Nichols• October 12, 2017

A look at local claims

By April Hunt• May 22, 2015

Kamala Harris: Criminal justice reformer, or defender of the status quo? The record is mixed

By Louis Jacobson, Chris Nichols• January 29, 2019

Fact-checking Sen. Bill Nelson’s claims about Russia hacking Florida’s election system

By Amy Sherman• August 22, 2018

PunditFact fact-checks the Jan. 25 news shows

By Lauren Carroll, Katie Sanders, Aaron Sharockman• January 25, 2015

High Five: Our most-clicked items for January

By James B. Nelson• February 3, 2016

Explaining the NCAA's logic in singling out North Carolina

By Will Doran• September 13, 2016

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