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Lucia Geng is a 2018 intern at PolitiFact. She attends the University of Chicago.

Featured Statements

Bloggers
stated on August 22, 2018 in a blog post:

"US President D. Trump Approves Scholarship for 50,000 African Student to Study in USA 2018"

By Lucia Geng • August 27, 2018
Bloggers
stated on August 23, 2018 in a blog post:

"NASA says an asteroid bigger than a football pitch is heading towards Earth."

By Lucia Geng • August 24, 2018
Bloggers
stated on August 22, 2018 in a blog post:

"JUST IN: Actor ‘Vin Deisel’ dies after a Failed Attempt to Perfect a Stunt on set."

By Lucia Geng • August 23, 2018
Frank White
stated on August 6, 2018 in a campaign ad:

"Ashley Moody was a lifelong Democrat."

By Lucia Geng • August 21, 2018
AmericanJournalReview.com
stated on August 8, 2018 in an article:

"Red Alert: Major Signs of Voter Fraud Uncovered In Ohio."

By Lucia Geng • August 20, 2018
Florida Democratic Party
stated on August 5, 2018 in a tweet:

Says Rick Scott "cut $700 million from water management."

By Lucia Geng • August 14, 2018
Jeff Greene
stated on July 29, 2018 in a TV interview:

"There is a big correlation between third grade reading level and whether you go to college or whether you go to prison. And in Florida right now only 56 percent of kids are coming out of third grade at third grade reading level."

By Katie Akin • August 7, 2018
The Other 98%
stated on July 24, 2018 in a Facebook post:

"Trump just gave a $12 billion bailout to farmers hurt by his failed tariffs. This will cost every household in the U.S. $95 … Trump is borrowing the money from China since his tax cuts blew a trillion dollar hole in the deficit."

By Lucia Geng • August 1, 2018
Kamala Harris
stated on July 19, 2018 in a tweet:

"In 99 percent of counties in America, someone making the minimum wage working full time can’t afford a 1-bedroom apartment."

By Lucia Geng • July 25, 2018
Bloggers
stated on July 11, 2018 in a blog post:

"Woman set to testify against Clintons blown up in home explosion."

By Lucia Geng • July 18, 2018

Fact-checking the Florida candidates for governor and U.S. Senate

By Amy Sherman • August 29, 2018
Fact-checking the Florida primary candidates for governor

By Amy Sherman • August 27, 2018
Fact-checking DeSantis and Putnam in Florida Republican debate for governor

By Amy Sherman • August 9, 2018
Fact-checking the Florida Democratic primary debate for governor

By Katie Akin • August 3, 2018
What Trump’s Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh has said on abortion

By Allison Graves • July 10, 2018
President Trump's Supreme Court Pick: Brett Kavanaugh

By Lucia Geng • July 10, 2018
Fact-checking Donald Trump in Singapore about North Korea

By Louis Jacobson • June 12, 2018