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An incomplete portrayal

Emery
Ed Emery

"80 percent of impeachments in Missouri have been against judges."

— PolitiFact Missouri on Monday, February 25th, 2019

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Asylum cannot be sought from outside U.S.

Johnson
Ron Johnson

"Every couple days we have a caravan size group of people apprehended trying to come into the country illegally, or coming to the ports of entry without documentation."

— PolitiFact Wisconsin on Friday, November 16th, 2018

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Voices heard

Blackburn
Marsha Blackburn

Under Phil Bredesen, in sexual harassment cases, his administration chose "to shred some of the documents so that women’s voices would never be heard."  

— PolitiFact National on Tuesday, October 2nd, 2018

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Sluggish response by many to ECOT

AFSCME People
AFSCME People

Says Mike DeWine took $40,000 from ECOT and "did nothing while the online for-profit school lied about enrollment and took millions meant for our kids."

— PolitiFact Ohio on Wednesday, September 12th, 2018

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Both parts of claim partly accurate, partly overstated

A Stronger Wisconsin
A Stronger Wisconsin

"When two judges said it was illegal to fire a teacher" who viewed pornography at school, "Tony Evers worked with Republicans and Democrats and changed the law."  

— PolitiFact Wisconsin on Wednesday, September 12th, 2018

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Ohr wasn't the only one to give the FBI the dossier

Meadows
Mark Meadows

"Bruce Ohr's wife, Nellie Ohr, worked for Fusion GPS – which was the firm hired by the Clinton campaign to write the dossier. Bruce Ohr gave the dossier to the FBI. The FBI then used the same dossier to spy on the Trump campaign."

— PolitiFact North Carolina on Tuesday, September 11th, 2018

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No one person to blame in 2010

DeWine
Mike DeWine

"While Richard Cordray was Attorney General, 12,000 rape kits like Allyssa's were left untested. Cordray's failure left serial rapists free to strike again. Then Mike DeWine became Attorney General. He tested all 12,000 rape kits. Now hundreds of rapists are behind bars."

— PolitiFact Ohio on Thursday, August 30th, 2018

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But words on the screen in the ad don’t match what the narrator says

Greater Wisconsin Committee
Greater Wisconsin Committee

"When the law stopped Tony Evers from revoking a teacher's license for viewing pornography, Tony worked with lawmakers from both parties to change the law so offenders could be kicked out of the classroom."  

— PolitiFact Wisconsin on Wednesday, August 29th, 2018

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Attorney-client privilege involved

Republican Party of Wisconsin
Republican Party of Wisconsin

Claims that Democratic candidate for governor Matt Flynn "told one child predator to ‘wait and see,’ when he should have turned him in to authorities."

— PolitiFact Wisconsin on Friday, August 10th, 2018

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Longtime defender of Milwaukee archdiocese

Flynn
Matt Flynn

Says he was "not part of transferring" any priests accused of sexual abuse.

— PolitiFact Wisconsin on Friday, August 10th, 2018

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Nugget found while cherry picking

Vukmir
Leah Vukmir

Says Tammy Baldwin's record includes "opposing harsher punishments for criminals who commit violent crimes near schools."

— PolitiFact Wisconsin on Tuesday, August 7th, 2018

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Whether teacher's behavior violated state law key

Republican Party of Wisconsin
Republican Party of Wisconsin

Says Tony Evers "didn't revoke the license of a teacher caught spreading pornography and commenting on the bodies of middle-school girls."

— PolitiFact Wisconsin on Monday, August 6th, 2018

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Overshoots the data

Missouri Democratic Party
Missouri Democratic Party

If a lawsuit backed by Josh Hawley succeeds, "nearly 2.5 million Missourians with pre-existing conditions could lose their health care coverage."

— PolitiFact National on Thursday, July 26th, 2018

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Exaggerated linkage

West Virginia Democratic Party
West Virginia Democratic Party

Says Patrick Morrisey’s "family’s firm was paid $500,000 to lobby AGAINST Trump’s last Supreme Court nominee, Neil Gorsuch."

— PolitiFact National on Friday, July 13th, 2018

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Was in 2009

Schumer
Charles Schumer

Says Brett Kavanaugh "has said the president shouldn't be investigated."

— PolitiFact National on Tuesday, July 10th, 2018

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Ignores the full record

Ohio Republican Party
Ohio Republican Party

Says Sherrod Brown in 1978 "voted for stricter removal standards (for voter registration) and then enforced them as Secretary of State."

— PolitiFact Ohio on Friday, June 29th, 2018

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Using aggressive accounting

Trump
Donald Trump

The Mueller investigation is "soon to be $20,000,000."

— PolitiFact National on Wednesday, May 23rd, 2018

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Oversells claim of partisan bias

Trump
Donald Trump

Robert Mueller’s investigative team has "13 hardened Democrats, some big Crooked Hillary supporters, and Zero Republicans."

— PolitiFact National on Wednesday, March 21st, 2018

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Pledge was to Constitution, not NRA agenda

Dallet
Rebecca Dallet

Says that during the Supreme Court campaign, Michael Screnock has "vowed to uphold the platform of the NRA."  

— PolitiFact Wisconsin on Wednesday, March 14th, 2018

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Mainly only the adjudicated and the involuntarily committed

Ryan
Paul Ryan

We "have laws on the books designed to prevent people with mental illnesses from getting firearms."

— PolitiFact Wisconsin on Monday, February 26th, 2018