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Guns

Patrick Morrisey

Sen. Joe Manchin "stands with Hillary Clinton and D.C. Dems on gun control, higher taxes, amnesty, and Planned Parenthood."

— PolitiFact West Virginia on Thursday, October 4th, 2018

Mostly True

Correct for 2018; better scores earlier

Guns

Patrick Morrisey

"Joe Manchin has a ‘D' rating from the NRA."

— PolitiFact West Virginia on Friday, September 28th, 2018

Mostly False

Cuomo thinks his law is best

Guns

"We passed the toughest gun control law in the United States of America, the SAFE Act."

— PolitiFact New York on Thursday, September 6th, 2018

Mostly True

NRA not a formal party

Guns

Says he was sued by the NRA and the gun lobby "all because in my city we refused to repeal an ordinance which said you couldn’t shoot guns in city parks."

— PolitiFact Florida on Wednesday, September 5th, 2018

False

Rush to judgment

Guns

"It appears that the (Jacksonville) shooter was part of the Trump 'Resistance'."

— PunditFact on Tuesday, August 28th, 2018

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