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Wilton Gregory stated on March 31, 2014 in in the Georgia Bulletin, the Catholic newspaper:
The Cathedral of Christ the King is one of the Archdiocese of Atlanta’s largest and fastest-growing parishes.                                                                                                              
By Nancy Badertscher• May 2, 2014
Ann McLane Kuster stated on June 05, 2017 in a meeting with nonprofit leaders:
For 22 percent of N.H. Meals on Wheels recipients, the delivery driver is "the only human contact in their life from week to week."
By Nick Reid• June 9, 2017
Mitch McConnell stated on February 17, 2010 in a press release:
"$100,000 in stimulus funds (were) used for a Martini Bar and Brazilian Steakhouse."
By Robert Farley• February 19, 2010
Viral image stated on December 22, 2018 in a post on Facebook:
“The first Statue of Liberty given to the U.S. by France was a Black woman which the U.S. rejected.”
By Noah Y. Kim• July 31, 2020
Brian Treece stated on October 17, 2019 in a press conference:
Columbia, Mo., is "one of the fastest growing cities in the region, the only city in the state to grow jobs faster than the nation as a whole."
By Libby Stanford• November 16, 2019
Viral image stated on August 19, 2024 in a Facebook post:
“Travis Kelce kneels during national anthem fined $10 million and thrown out of the game.”
By Ciara O'Rourke• August 21, 2024
Joseph Crowley stated on July 26, 2016 in a speech at the Democratic convention:
Says Donald Trump "cashed in" on Sept. 11,  "collecting $150,000 in federal funds intended to help small businesses recover — even though days after the attack Trump said his properties were not affected."
By Linda Qiu• July 27, 2016
Instagram posts stated on January 14, 2020 in an Instagram post:
Says Martin Luther King Jr. "was killed (smothered) in the hospital" and "the US government was found guilty in a court of law of conspiring to kill him."
By Daniel Funke• January 17, 2020
Claire McCaskill stated on April 14, 2017 in a town hall:
"If Donald Trump would stay home from Mar-a-Lago one weekend, it would pay the entire meals on wheels budget for the state of Missouri for almost two years."  
By Grace Hase• May 23, 2017
Chris Collins stated on December 13, 2016 in an interview with Buffalo news station WGRZ:
ExxonMobil CEO Rex Tillerson "will have to divest his holdings, that’s a requirement" to serve as Secretary of State.
By Dan Clark• December 30, 2016
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
Viral image stated on June 22, 2020 in a viral image:
“Joe Biden’s great-grandfather Joseph J. Biden was a slave-owner and fought” for the Confederacy.
By Tom Kertscher• June 26, 2020
Robert McKinzie stated on February 19, 2019 in a Fort Lauderdale City Commission meeting:
The word picnic is a "racially insensitive word."
By Amy Sherman• February 21, 2019
Brian Joseph stated on February 10, 2019 in a newspaper interview:
"The catalytic converter used in automobiles was invented in West Virginia."
By Patrick Downey, Kenneth Harmonay• March 27, 2019
Facebook posts stated on October 14, 2023 in a Facebook post:
President Joe Biden declared a federal emergency and deployed the National Guard in October.
By Ciara O'Rourke• October 18, 2023
JD Vance stated on September 17, 2024 in comments made at a campaign rally:
“We're bankrupting a lot of hospitals by forcing these hospitals to provide care for people who don't have the legal right to be in our country.”
By Sam Whitehead• October 23, 2024
Breitbart stated on January 30, 2018 in a headline:
"Fall River, Massachusetts was not 'built by immigrants.' "
By Amy Sherman• February 1, 2018
Rick Scott stated on March 05, 2013 in his State of the State speech:
A "legacy of taxing and borrowing … crippled the economy we inherited two years ago."
By Louis Jacobson• March 5, 2013
Instagram posts stated on October 29, 2022 in Instagram post:
Photo shows Stanford scientists' "3D model of how Joseph, the husband of Mary the Mother of Jesus Christ, might have looked.”
By Michael Majchrowicz• November 4, 2022
Ryan Eller stated on August 31, 2015 in a CNN interview:
"Jesus was an undocumented immigrant."
By Joshua Gillin• September 3, 2015

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Do many upstate lawmakers not represent a millionaire, as Cuomo said?

By Dan Clark• February 9, 2018

Letter from a Rachel Maddow fan

By Bill Adair• May 11, 2012

What pediatricians want parents to know about the upcoming COVID-19 shots for children under 5

By Samantha Putterman• February 3, 2022

Fact-checking a mixed bag of accusations on Trump and 9/11

By Sophie Austin, Stefanie Pousoulides• September 11, 2019

U.S. Rep. James Langevin says 60 percent of the weapons used in crimes come from 1 percent of U.S. gun dealers

By C. Eugene Emery Jr.• November 12, 2013

Fact-checking claims about the Insurrection Act, martial law after Capitol riot

By Noah Y. Kim, Samantha Putterman• January 11, 2021

The stimulus is funding what?

By Robert Farley• February 19, 2010

Looking at claims Kamala Harris is the descendant of a slave owner

By Ciara O'Rourke• August 14, 2020

Bob Menendez, Joe Kyrillos debate claims revisited on Truth-O-Meter

By Caryn Shinske• November 4, 2012

Why do some people think mass shootings are staged every time?

By Daniel Funke• August 8, 2019

Robert Menendez, Joe Kyrillos claims tested on Truth-O-Meter

By Caryn Shinske• October 9, 2012

Fact-checking Dr. Joseph Ladapo, Florida’s surgeon general, about the whooping cough vaccine

By Samantha Putterman• September 11, 2025

Does St. Petersburg have the No. 3 waterfront in all of North America?

By Joshua Gillin• August 2, 2013

Bill Foster and Rick Kriseman clash over St. Petersburg economy

By Katie Sanders• October 17, 2013

St. Pete mayor moves forward on Krise-O-Meter promises

By Joshua Gillin• September 24, 2015

What we know about the St. Louis couple who pointed guns at protesters, fearing 'angry mob'

By Tom Kertscher• June 30, 2020

Fact-checking the St. Petersburg mayoral debate between Rick Baker, Rick Kriseman

By Allison Graves, Katie Sanders• July 26, 2017

Checking on the GOP's constitutional promise

By Abby Brownback, Louis Jacobson• March 18, 2011

Sorting fact from fiction on Election Day

By Bill Wichert• June 5, 2012

Political vitriol is bad these days, but experts say it’s been worse

By Tom Kertscher• January 17, 2011