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Mary McNaughton is a reporter with PolitiFact New York and a student at St. Bonaventure University. She has written for Her Campus.

Featured Statements

Carl Weisbrod
stated on March 3, 2024 in an op-ed:

“The average commute time for people who drive to work in (New York City) is 43 minutes, the longest in the nation.”

By Mary McNaughton • March 25, 2024
George Borrello
stated on February 5, 2024 in a post on X:

“NYC will give $1,000 taxpayer-funded credit cards to migrants.”

By Mary McNaughton • February 21, 2024
Charles Schumer
stated on March 28, 2023 in a Senate floor speech:

Sen. Tommy Tuberville is preventing military promotions “because he objects to women within the military getting access to reproductive care.”

By Mary McNaughton • May 4, 2023
Nicholas Langworthy
stated on February 10, 2023 in a tweet:

Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm met "with the radical green energy group behind the gas stove ban," which "has ties to the" Chinese Communist Party.

By Conor Amendola • March 9, 2023