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False

Not the biggest donor, not the same oligarch

Facebook posts
Facebook posts

Says Mitch McConnell's "biggest donor" is a "Russian oligarch that the GOP just lifted sanctions on."

— PolitiFact Facebook fact-checks on Thursday, February 14th, 2019

Mostly False

That's exaggerated

Evans
Jean Evans

"Constituents now face reality that all their personal issues will be made public" under Clean Missouri.

— PolitiFact Missouri on Thursday, December 6th, 2018

False

Misreads the campaign disclosures

Ocasio-Cortez
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

In her defeat of Republican Rep. Karen Handel, Democratic challenger Lucy McBath "was outspent 5-1."

— PolitiFact National on Wednesday, November 28th, 2018

Mostly True

Replicas, not actual fossils

Environmental Defense Fund Action
Environmental Defense Fund Action

Says Texas U.S. Rep. John Culberson "was caught using campaign cash on collectibles, including Civil War memorabilia and fossils."

— PolitiFact National on Saturday, November 3rd, 2018

Pants on Fire!

"Six degrees of separation" theory

Brat
Dave Brat

On Abigail Spanberger: "She got $2.2 million from ActBlue...That is the George Soros resistance group."  

— PolitiFact Virginia on Friday, November 2nd, 2018