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PolitiFact Nevada staff writer

Riley Snyder is a political fact-checker at PolitiFact Nevada, working out of KTNV Channel 13 Action News in Las Vegas. Previously, he covered the Nevada Legislature for the Associated Press and has interned for the Los Angeles Times, Las Vegas Sun and Reno Gazette-Journal.

He is a graduate of the University of Nevada, Reno where he majored in journalism. He works out of the KTNV studios in Las Vegas.

Featured Statements

Donald Trump
stated on October 30, 2016 in a campaign speech.:

Says Nevadans will have a "double-digit hike in their Obamacare premiums for the year" and "10 of Nevada’s 16 counties will only have one Obamacare...exchange insurer"

By Riley Snyder • November 4, 2016
Joe Heck
stated on October 25, 2016 in a political ad.:

Says "Catherine Cortez Masto indicted (Brian Krolicki), who was an innocent man, in order to save Harry Reid's political career"

By Riley Snyder • November 1, 2016
Catherine Cortez Masto
stated on October 14, 2016 in a Nevada U.S. Senate debate.:

Says Joe Heck "voted to shut down the government."

By Riley Snyder • October 20, 2016
Hillary Clinton
stated on October 20, 2016 in in a debate:

Says Donald Trump "used undocumented labor to build the Trump Tower."

By Linda Qiu • October 20, 2016
Hillary Clinton
stated on October 19, 2016 in the third 2016 presidential debate:

"What the District of Columbia was trying to do (with its handgun ban) was to protect toddlers from guns."

By Riley Snyder • October 20, 2016
Lesley Cohen
stated on September 24, 2016 in a political mail piece.:

"It’s bad enough that (Stephen) Silberkraus appeared in a sexual fetish film where women were kidnapped from their homes and forced to live naked in kennels and trained to be pets. But when Silberkraus isn’t acting in films that degrade women, he’s stalking them in his personal time."

By Riley Snyder • October 6, 2016
Senate Leadership Fund
stated on September 13, 2016 in a television ad:

Says "Catherine Cortez Masto failed Nevada rape victims. While attorney general, thousands of rape kits were never sent for DNA analysis."

By Riley Snyder • September 28, 2016
LIBRE Initiative
stated on September 13, 2016 in a digital ad:

"Latinos in Nevada support Educational Savings Accounts, helping more than 450,000 students access better schools. But Catherine Cortez Masto is against it."

By Riley Snyder • September 19, 2016
Catherine Cortez Masto
stated on August 29, 2016 in a television ad:

Says "Joe Heck voted 10 times to defund Planned Parenthood ... and Heck opposes a woman's right to choose, even when her health is at risk."

By Riley Snyder • September 6, 2016
Ruben Kihuen
stated on August 15, 2016 in a press conference:

"In Congress, (Cresent Hardy) voted to defund DACA."

By Riley Snyder • August 25, 2016

Hillary Clinton correctamente dice: Torre Trump en parte construida por trabajadores indocumentados

By Linda Qiu • November 2, 2016
PolitiFact Sheet: Challenges and questions remain for proposed Las Vegas stadium

By Bryan Callahan • September 14, 2016
Fact-checking the third night of the Democratic National Convention

By Allison Graves • July 28, 2016
Nevada Republican goofs at RNC, wrongly claims Las Vegas is capital of Nevada

By Riley Snyder • July 20, 2016
Fact-checking the second night of the 2016 Republican National Convention

By Allison Graves • July 19, 2016
Fact-checking claims about the Nevada convention chaos

By Lauren Carroll • May 19, 2016
Fact-Check-A-Thon calls out misleading TV ads in 2016 primaries

By Katie Sanders • March 8, 2016