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Nadia Pflaum is a reporter with PolitiFact Ohio.

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Ohio Republican Party
stated on October 28, 2016 in a campaign mailer:

"Casey Weinstein: No faith in our military" ... "When some of our cadets wanted to watch a religious film, Casey Weinstein sued the U.S. military. Sued our soldiers?"

By Nadia Pflaum • November 7, 2016
Bloggers
stated on September 30, 2016 in an online article:

"Tens of thousands of fraudulent Clinton votes found in Ohio warehouse."

By Nadia Pflaum • November 1, 2016
Donald Trump
stated on October 22, 2016 in a rally outside Cleveland:

Says Ohio’s I-X Center "used to be a great plant," but "thousands of people of worked here, and they left" when their jobs were moved overseas.

By Nadia Pflaum • October 31, 2016
Rob Portman
stated on October 20, 2016 in the Ohio Senate debate:

Says Ted Strickland "in this campaign bragged about his A-plus rating with the NRA. ... He has said he has a mixed and spotty record on this issue and that he can be criticized for it. Those are his words, not mine. So I don’t know where he is on this issue."

By Nadia Pflaum • October 20, 2016
Ted Strickland
stated on October 20, 2016 in the U.S. Senate debate in Cleveland:

Says Rob Portman was a registered foreign agent whose "client was Haiti, at a time when the Baby Doc, Duvalier, who was a despot, was killing people."

By Linda Qiu • October 20, 2016
Rob Portman
stated on October 17, 2016 in at a debate in Columbus, Ohio:

Says Sen. Rob Portman says Ted Strickland earned $400,000 a year as a lobbyist after leaving Ohio for Washington.

By Nadia Pflaum • October 20, 2016
Ted Strickland
stated on October 14, 2016 in in a Ohio senatorial candidate debate:

Says Sen. Rob Portman said, "It would be irresponsible not to cut Medicare."

By Nadia Pflaum • October 19, 2016
ClearPath Action Fund
stated on September 28, 2016 in a campaign ad:

Says "Rob Portman voted for the bipartisan bill to affirm climate change is real, humans significantly contribute to it and it needs to be addressed."

By Nadia Pflaum • October 10, 2016
Ted Strickland
stated on September 21, 2016 in a campaign ad:

Says Rob Portman "even voted to allow people on the terrorism watch list to buy guns."

By Nadia Pflaum • September 29, 2016
Donald Trump
stated on September 8, 2016 in a rally in Cleveland:

"We spend more per student than almost any other major country in the world."

By Nadia Pflaum • September 21, 2016