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Latest Fact-Checks In Ohio

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Donald Trump
stated on October 12, 2026 in a rally in Youngstown, Ohio:
Ohio gubernatorial candidate Dr. Amy Acton “is trying to double your state income tax.”
False
By Cami Henry-Seymore • October 27, 2026
Senate Leadership Fund
stated on September 28, 2026 in an ad:
“Sherrod Brown supports sex changes for minors. Irreversible surgery on kids. Like me,” Soren Aldaco.
Pants on Fire!
By Loreben Tuquero • October 14, 2026
Amy Acton
stated on September 21, 2026 in a campaign ad:
Vivek Ramaswamy “pushed an Alzheimer’s drug that he knew didn’t work. He made hundreds of millions of dollars scamming people.”
Mostly False
By Cami Henry-Seymore • October 12, 2026
Sherrod Brown
stated on September 18, 2026 in an ad:
Sen. Jon Husted voted “to kick 490,000 Ohioans off their healthcare.”
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • October 9, 2026
Senate Leadership Fund
stated on September 16, 2026 in an ad:
Sherrod Brown supports “forcing childhood sex change surgery.”
False
By Louis Jacobson • October 1, 2026
Sherrod Brown
stated on September 3, 2026 in a campaign ad:
Sen. Jon Husted “led the push to bring data centers to Ohio and gave billions of tax dollars to make it happen.”
Mostly True
By Cami Henry-Seymore • September 23, 2026
Jon Husted
stated on August 4, 2026 in a Fox News interview:
When he was a senator, Sherrod Brown “supported Social Security payments for illegals, healthcare for illegals and COVID checks for illegals.”
False
By Cami Henry-Seymore • August 25, 2026
Vivek Ramaswamy
stated on April 24, 2026 in an ad:
In 2020, “Amy Acton called off Ohio’s election at the last minute.”
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • May 13, 2026
Facebook posts
stated on December 15, 2024 in Facebook posts:
Residents in states across the U.S. are eligible for a $2,200 holiday stimulus payment.
False
By Sofia Ahmed • December 20, 2024
Threads posts
stated on November 1, 2024 in una publicación en Threads:
“Informan que las boletas electorales de Ohio muestran el nombre de Donald Trump mal escrito”.
False
By Marta Campabadal Graus, Sofia Ahmed • November 6, 2024
X posts
stated on October 31, 2024 in X posts:
“Ballots in Ohio are showing Trump’s name misspelled!”
False
By Sofia Ahmed • November 1, 2024
Senate Leadership Fund
stated on September 3, 2024 in a campaign ad:
U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown “supported allowing puberty blockers and sex-change surgeries for minor children.”
Mostly False
By Seth A. Richardson • October 11, 2024
Senate Leadership Fund
stated on September 24, 2024 in a campaign ad:
U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown voted to “allow transgender biological men to compete in girls’ sports.”
False
By Seth A. Richardson • October 10, 2024
JD Vance
stated on October 1, 2024 in a debate:
Says immigrants with temporary protections in Springfield, Ohio, are “illegal immigrants.”
False
By Maria Ramirez Uribe • October 3, 2024
Donald Trump
stated on September 18, 2024 in a speech in New York:
When Haitians go to school in Springfield, Ohio, they “take the place of our children in school” and “each one will have a private interpreter.”
False
By Amy Sherman • September 23, 2024
Sherrod Brown
stated on September 4, 2024 in a TV interview:
Of Bernie Moreno, “Now, he’s arguing for a national abortion ban, no exceptions.”
Half-True
By Caleb McCullough • September 19, 2024
Bernie Moreno
stated on September 9, 2024 in an Instagram post:
“Illegal” Haitians in Springfield, Ohio, are “reportedly killing and eating pets.”
Pants on Fire!
By Seth A. Richardson • September 18, 2024
X posts
stated on September 14, 2024 in una publicación en X:
Este es “vídeo de una inmigrante haitiana que asesinó y se comió al gato de sus vecinos” en Springfield, Ohio.
Pants on Fire!
By Maria Briceño, Sofia Ahmed • September 18, 2024
Instagram posts
stated on September 9, 2024 in Instagram posts:
A Haitian woman was arrested in Springfield, Ohio, for eating a cat.
Pants on Fire!
By Sofia Ahmed • September 12, 2024
Donald Trump
stated on September 10, 2024 in at a Sept. 10 presidential debate:
“In Springfield (Ohio), they’re eating the dogs, the people that came in, they’re eating the cats. They’re eating, they’re eating the pets of the people that live there.”
Pants on Fire!
By Jeff Cercone • September 11, 2024
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