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Latest Fact-Checks On Claire McCaskill

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Claire McCaskill
stated on October 25, 2018 in a debate:
“The Collins-Nelson bill will not protect pre-existing conditions. It has nothing to do with pre-existing conditions.”
Mostly False
By Dylan Sherman • November 5, 2018
Claire McCaskill
stated on October 2, 2018 in a campaign ad:
“Nonpartisan experts have consistently ranked Claire one of the most independent senators — right in the middle.”  
Half-True
By Morgan Keith • November 5, 2018
Claire McCaskill
stated on October 25, 2018 in a debate:
“I made my decision on Kavanaugh before the allegations surfaced, and it was all about Kavanaugh’s alliance and allegiance to dark money and unlimited political contributions.”
Mostly False
By Kyra Haas • November 1, 2018
Claire McCaskill
stated on September 10, 2018 in a Q&A at Truman State University:
“My opponent is endorsed by Citizens United.”
True
By Sten Spinella • October 25, 2018
Claire McCaskill
stated on September 10, 2018 in a Q&A at Truman State University:
 “I voted to defund sanctuary cities.”
Half-True
By Titus Wu • October 6, 2018
Claire McCaskill
stated on August 23, 2018 in an op-ed for the Springfield News-Leader:
Says a Josh Hawley lawsuit “would take away important prescription drug coverage for seniors through Medicare and end all of the consumer protections under the ACA.”
True
By Hannah Archambault, Matthew Hall, Theo DeRosa • September 13, 2018
Claire McCaskill
stated on November 22, 2017 in a press release:
“Fentanyl is now killing more Americans than heroin or any other opioid.”
Half-True
By Tateanna McCaskill • December 22, 2017
Claire McCaskill
stated on October 10, 2017 in a campaign statement:
Says Josh Hawley “broke his promise to create a Public Corruption Unit to crack down on the pay-to-play culture of Jefferson City.”
Mostly False
By Emily McCarter, Lucille Sherman • November 24, 2017
Claire McCaskill
stated on August 22, 2017 in a town hall in Monett, Mo.:
“We’re the only developed nation in the world that doesn’t have paid maternity leave.”
Mostly True
By Emily McCarter, Lucille Sherman • September 28, 2017
Claire McCaskill
stated on April 5, 2017 in a news release:
“Due to the recent downturn in steel production, more than 13,600 Americans have been laid off and the steel industry is facing billions in losses.”
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By Austin Hough • May 30, 2017
Claire McCaskill
stated on April 14, 2017 in a town hall:
“If Donald Trump would stay home from Mar-a-Lago one weekend, it would pay the entire meals on wheels budget for the state of Missouri for almost two years.”  
False
By Grace Hase • May 23, 2017
Claire McCaskill
stated on March 28, 2017 in a tweet:
“We have 5 percent of world population. 80 percent of opioids.”
False
By Gary Garrison • May 10, 2017
Claire McCaskill
stated on January 31, 2017 in a Senate hearing for Rex Tillerson’s nomination for U.S. Secretary of State:
“Nobody applies to the United States for refugee status. They apply to the United Nations.”
False
By Aleissa Bleyl • April 24, 2017
Claire McCaskill
stated on February 14, 2017 in a press release on her website:
Small businesses “create two out of every three American jobs.”
True
By Austin Hough • March 18, 2017
Claire McCaskill
stated on March 2, 2017 in a tweet:
“I’ve been on the Armed Services (Committee) for 10 years. No call or meeting w/ Russian ambassador. Ever.”
False
By Lauren Carroll • March 2, 2017
Claire McCaskill
stated on January 23, 2017 in an interview on MSNBC's "Morning Joe":
“Not one dime of the tax cut that they are going to enact with the repeal of Obamacare will go to people who make under $200,000.”
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • January 26, 2017
Claire McCaskill
stated on August 21, 2015 in comments to HBO host Bill Maher:
“You wonder why you don’t see Rand Paul as much; he’s still shopping for his billionaire. He’s like the only one who hasn’t found a billionaire to fund his super PAC.”
False
By Katherine Knott • October 20, 2015
Claire McCaskill
stated on June 1, 2014 in an appearance on "Fox News Sunday":
Says Hillary Clinton “laid the groundwork” for getting chemical weapons out of Syria.
Mostly False
By Steve Contorno • June 4, 2014
Claire McCaskill
stated on October 25, 2009 in an interview on "This Week with George Stephanopolous.":
A “fairly limited number of people, 25 million to 30 million,” will be allowed to access a national health insurance exchange.
True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • October 26, 2009