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Mia Osmonbekov is a staff writer with PolitiFact. She is majoring in journalism at Arizona State University and minoring in Spanish. She is a borderlands reporter for ASU's Cronkite News and assignment editor for The State Press at ASU. She previously interned with The Arizona Capitol Times and La Voz del Interior in Cordoba, Argentina.

Featured Statements

WinSenate
stated on October 24, 2024 in a Facebook ad:

“Kari Lake is threatening Social Security and Medicare.”

By Mia Osmonbekov • November 4, 2024
Kari Lake
stated on October 23, 2024 in a press conference:

"Ruben Gallego wanted to defund the police. He actually co-sponsored legislation to defund the police.”

By Mia Osmonbekov • October 25, 2024
Ruben Gallego
stated on October 9, 2024 in a debate:

Arizona U.S. Senate candidate Kari Lake “was against” the child tax credit expansion “when the bill was on the floor.”

By Mia Osmonbekov • October 18, 2024
Ruben Gallego
stated on August 17, 2024 in a post on X:

“MAGA Republicans like Kari Lake support Project 2025, which would raise the retirement age for 73% of Arizonans.”

By Mia Osmonbekov • September 26, 2024
Kari Lake
stated on September 13, 2024 in a post on X:

Rep. Ruben Gallego’s “first act in Congress was to propose legislation to BAN the use of the term ‘illegal alien.’”

By Mia Osmonbekov • September 19, 2024

'Transgender monkeys'? Musk highlights misleading posts in push for new Government Efficiency group

By Caleb McCullough • November 18, 2024
Fact-checking the Arizona Senate debate between Ruben Gallego, Kari Lake

By Louis Jacobson • October 10, 2024