Comparisons are tricky
"When comparing state by state, the data clearly demonstrates that over 20 other states with (Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs) are still substantially worse off than Missouri in terms of curbing the effects of opioid abuse."
— PolitiFact Missouri on Thursday, May 2nd, 2019
An incomplete portrayal
"80 percent of impeachments in Missouri have been against judges."
— PolitiFact Missouri on Monday, February 25th, 2019
Asylum cannot be sought from outside U.S.
"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
Voices heard
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
Sluggish response by many to ECOT
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
Both parts of claim partly accurate, partly overstated
"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
Ohr wasn't the only one to give the FBI the dossier
"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
No one person to blame in 2010
"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
But words on the screen in the ad don’t match what the narrator says
"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
Attorney-client privilege involved
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
Longtime defender of Milwaukee archdiocese
Says he was "not part of transferring" any priests accused of sexual abuse.
Nugget found while cherry picking
Says Tammy Baldwin's record includes "opposing harsher punishments for criminals who commit violent crimes near schools."
— PolitiFact Wisconsin on Tuesday, August 7th, 2018
Whether teacher's behavior violated state law key
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
Overshoots the data
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
Exaggerated linkage
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
Was in 2009
Says Brett Kavanaugh "has said the president shouldn't be investigated."
— PolitiFact National on Tuesday, July 10th, 2018
Ignores the full record
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
Using aggressive accounting
The Mueller investigation is "soon to be $20,000,000."
— PolitiFact National on Wednesday, May 23rd, 2018
Oversells claim of partisan bias
Robert Mueller’s investigative team has "13 hardened Democrats, some big Crooked Hillary supporters, and Zero Republicans."
— PolitiFact National on Wednesday, March 21st, 2018
Pledge was to Constitution, not NRA agenda
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