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Stacey Evans stated on June 12, 2017 in a campaign video:

"I helped win one of the biggest private lawsuits against Medicare fraud in history. The government declined to pursue the case, so my firm did, and we recovered $324 million for taxpayers."

By Manuela Tobias• July 14, 2017

Colorado Citizens for Accountable Government stated on June 21, 2016 in a political mailer :

Says "while serving in the city council, Rachel Zenzinger voted to use tax dollars to take a taxpayer-funded junket to China."

By Alan Gathright• July 5, 2016

Evan Goyke stated on March 07, 2013 in a speech:

"The hole in the earth that’s going to be dug (for the proposed Gogebic mine) is bigger than my entire district."

By James B. Nelson• March 22, 2013

Stacey Abrams stated on October 02, 2017 in a public forum:

Says Stacey Evans "voted for (school) vouchers...in the beginning."

By Emily Tanaka• October 17, 2017

Viral image stated on June 01, 2024 in a Facebook post:

Photo shows actor Chris Evans signing a bomb amid the assault on Gaza.

By Ciara O'Rourke• June 7, 2024

John Carter stated on February 18, 2019 in a speech:

"I was the first elected Republican in Williamson County history."

By Madlin Mekelburg• March 22, 2019

Instagram posts stated on September 02, 2024 in a photo:

Image claims Tiger Woods said “Kamala's fake black accent is embarrassing and extremely offensive.”

By Kwasi Gyamfi Asiedu• September 4, 2024

Jean Evans stated on October 07, 2019 in Missouri Times article:

"Missouri, in general, has more crime, percentage-wise, than the rest of the country. So, we are seeing overall crime throughout the country is going down but not here in Missouri."

By Greta Serrin• November 25, 2019

Sarah Copelin-Wood stated on July 03, 2010 in a newspaper article:

"I have given $30,000 of my unused travel expenses over the years to supplement the school system's general budget."

By Eric Stirgus• September 22, 2010

Viral image stated on August 15, 2016 in viral image circulating on the internet:

Says there were multiple instances of voter fraud in Wood County, Ohio.

By Nadia Pflaum• August 16, 2016

Stacey Evans stated on November 18, 2011 in an op-ed:

"By fiscal year 2013, the state is expected to wipe through [HOPE scholarship] reserve funds."

By Eric Stirgus• November 28, 2011

Jean Evans stated on November 25, 2018 in a tweet:

"Constituents now face reality that all their personal issues will be made public" under Clean Missouri.

By Ryan Hanrahan• December 6, 2018

Facebook posts stated on April 03, 2020 in on social media:

In 1986, the founder of the Times Square Church prophesied that he saw “a plague coming on the world and the bars and church and government will shut down,” with New York City especially hard hit.

By Patrick Orsagos• April 24, 2020

Facebook posts stated on June 02, 2024 in a Facebook post:

“James Woods leaves Hollywood to join Mel Gibson’s new non-woke film studio.”

By Ciara O'Rourke• June 6, 2024

Lori Lightfoot stated on June 28, 2021 in remarks at a press conference:

Cook County’s criminal courts “have been shut down for 15 months.”

By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller• July 4, 2021

Lincoln Chafee stated on January 16, 2013 in his State of the State address:

The state budget proposal has been submitted "on time and [it's] the earliest that a governor has done so in over two decades."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr.• January 18, 2013

Michael Bloomberg stated on October 18, 2010 in an interview:

Georgia and other states with weak gun laws have more crime.

By Eric Stirgus• November 9, 2010

Bill Maher stated on September 14, 2010 in an interview on CNN's "Larry King Live":

"Do you know that we have pipes carrying natural gas in this country that are made of wood? I'm not joking."

By Louis Jacobson• September 17, 2010

James Woods stated on July 31, 2016 in a tweet:

Says Hillary Clinton wrote, "I believe the primary role of the state is to teach, train and raise children. Parents have a secondary role."

By Neelesh Moorthy• August 1, 2016

We the People petition stated on November 19, 2012 in a petition on the White House website:

"In one county alone in Ohio, President Obama received 106,258 votes. But there were only 98,213 eligible voters."

By Tom Feran• November 19, 2012

PolitiFact Florida’s top 10 fact-checks of 2011

By Angie Drobnic Holan• January 5, 2012

Does your natural gas flow through wood pipes?

By Louis Jacobson• September 20, 2010

Mailbag: PolitiFact reader swears Longoria catch was real

By Aaron Sharockman• June 8, 2011

PolitiFact fact-checks West Virginia's GOP Senate primary

By Louis Jacobson• May 7, 2018

Checking Rachel Maddow

By Bill Adair• August 12, 2010

PolitiFact fields fire after rating False a Rachel Maddow statement

By W. Gardner Selby• February 28, 2011

You and your neighbors, a virtual power plant? Growing effort is money-saving and climate friendly

By Tom Kertscher• August 8, 2023

Has Social Security stabilized poverty among the elderly?

By Angie Drobnic Holan, Louis Jacobson• September 20, 2011

Examining Jerry Brown’s veto of California wildfire legislation and the criticism of it

By Chris Nichols• November 16, 2018

Truth-O-Meter travels back in time

By Willoughby Mariano• September 26, 2010

On Facebook, posts about celebrity donations for Texas relief efforts went viral. They were baseless

By Loreben Tuquero• July 10, 2025

PolitiFact Florida's Top 10 fact-checks of 2013

By Amy Sherman• January 3, 2014

No link between Fort Bragg and New Orleans, Las Vegas incidents, officials say

By Jeff Cercone, Kwasi Gyamfi Asiedu• January 3, 2025

Staving off the stove police?

By Catharine Richert• July 22, 2009

UPDATED: How Beto O'Rourke is a yes and no on impeaching Donald Trump now

By W. Gardner Selby• July 25, 2018

Checking the pundits

By Bill Adair, Alexander Lane• April 10, 2009

From Miami '67 to Donald Trump 2020: The history of 'when the looting starts, the shooting starts'

By Jon Greenberg• May 29, 2020

Rick Perry said everyone gets a tax cut under his plan

By Martha M. Hamilton, W. Gardner Selby• November 7, 2011

PolitiFact's fact-checks of the week

By Aaron Sharockman• May 1, 2016

Rick Perry said his tax plan produces tax cuts for all