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Alexis Waiss is a reporter for PolitiFact Arizona and a student at Arizona State University’s Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication. She is an assignment editor and senior reporter for the university’s student-run news organization, The State Press.

Featured Statements

Kari Lake
stated on October 19, 2022 in a tweet:

The COVID-19 vaccine for children is proving to be “not only ineffective, it’s also proving to be dangerous.”

By Alexis Waiss • November 9, 2022
Kari Lake
stated on October 12, 2022 in a press conference:

Katie Hobbs “has voted to double our gas tax.”

By Alexis Waiss • November 3, 2022
Kris Mayes
stated on September 25, 2022 in a tweet:

Abraham Hamadeh says he will “lock up doctors, nurses, pharmacists” and “punish women for abortion.”

By Alexis Waiss • November 2, 2022
Arizona Democratic Party
stated on September 13, 2022 in a tweet:

Abraham Hamadeh misled "about his legal experience.”

By Alexis Waiss • October 18, 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