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PolitiFact Missouri reporter

William Skipworth is a reporter for PolitiFact Missouri. He also reports for the Columbia Missourian and studies investigative journalism at the University of Missouri.

Featured Statements

Missouri House Democratic Caucus
stated on March 22, 2021 in a tweet:

"An average of nearly 5,000 Missourians were contracting COVID every day in November."

By William Skipworth • April 24, 2021
Eric Greitens
stated on March 2, 2021 in an interview on 97.1 KTFK:

By ending the Keystone XL Pipeline project, President Joe Biden “imperiled one of Donald Trump's most significant achievements, which was that we had achieved American energy independence.”

By William Skipworth • March 19, 2021
Roy Blunt
stated on February 25, 2021 in a tweet:

Says his amendment on a budget bill “would have helped get kids back in school after teachers were vaccinated. Every single Senate Democrat voted against it.”

By William Skipworth • March 10, 2021
Josh Hawley
stated on January 4, 2021 in a tweet:

Says activists threatened his family and “screamed threats, vandalized, and tried to pound open our door.”

By William Skipworth • January 8, 2021
Liberty Alliance
stated on October 14, 2020 in a Facebook post:

"Beware - George Soros is starting a Fake News site in Missouri”

By William Skipworth • December 4, 2020
Nicole Galloway
stated on September 26, 2020 in a campaign ad:

"Mike Parson opposes protections for pre-existing conditions.”

By William Skipworth • October 30, 2020
Nicole Galloway
stated on October 4, 2020 in a Facebook post:

Says "Gov. Parson’s administration purged 100,000 kids from Medicaid rolls."

By William Skipworth • October 23, 2020
Uniting Missouri PAC
stated on September 2, 2020 in a campaign ad:

Says Nicole Galloway's campaign “is being bankrolled by the same extremists who want to defund our police."

By William Skipworth • October 14, 2020
Mike Parson
stated on August 18, 2020 in a press conference:

“All Missouri’s high-risk areas have mask mandates in place.”

By William Skipworth • October 6, 2020

They said what? Fact-checking the Missouri governor debate

By Benjamin Brink • October 10, 2020