Claims rated half true

• Dirty Derek's in so deep to them, he'd not only raise your premiums, he'd cut your Medicare.

  Marcy Kaptur · A 30-second campaign television advertisement, "Works for Us," from Kaptur for OH CD-09, as catalogued by AdImpact · October 16, 2026

  FactCheck.org rated this Recent Democratic attack ads, however, misleadingly frame the OBBBA or Republican policies as a major assault on Medicare., October 16, 2026 · the check

  Our check against the record: The record does not settle it.

• …he protected men who abused young girls by voting in the Senate to block the release of the Epstein files.

  Sherrod Brown · A campaign television advertisement, "Complete Lie" · October 8, 2026

  FactCheck.org rated this The ad goes on to misleadingly say that Brown’s opponent in the Senate race, Republican Sen. Jon Husted, voted to block the release of the Epstein files, a claim we’ve written about before., October 12, 2026 · the check

  Our check against the record: The record does not settle it.

• to kick 490,000 Ohioans off their healthcare

  Sherrod Brown · A campaign television advertisement in which voters speak the lines · September 18, 2026

  PolitiFact rated this Half-True, October 9, 2026 · the check

  Our check against the record: The record does not settle it.

• We now have historic low unemployment in America among all groups of people

  Kamala Harris · An interview on 60 Minutes · October 7, 2024

  PolitiFact rated this Half True, October 8, 2024 · the check

  Our check against the record: Does not match the record.

• is arguing for a national abortion ban, no exceptions

  Sherrod Brown · A campaign statement · 2024

  PolitiFact rated this Half True, September 19, 2024 · the check

  Our check against the record: The record does not settle it.

• Joe Biden’s wasteful spending has sent prices skyrocketing

  Jane M. Timken · A campaign advertisement · April 13, 2022

  PolitiFact rated this Half True, April 20, 2022 · the check

  Our check against the record: The record does not settle it.

• A lot of people are still dealing with lack of access to health care. There are counties out there, in my former Senate district, that didn’t have doctors and providers.

  Troy Balderson · A WBNS-TV program on the 2018 race for Ohio's 12th Congressional District · October 20, 2018

  PolitiFact rated this Half True, October 30, 2018 · the check

  Our check against the record: The record does not settle it.

• is actually representing the drug companies that have killed our kids

  Dave Yost · 2018 Attorney General campaign TV ad about Steve Dettelbach's law firm, BakerHostetler · October 2018

  WSYX ABC6 (Columbus) rated this misleading, October 17, 2018 · the check

  Our check against the record: The record does not settle it.

• O’Connor’s campaign has raised 90 percent of his campaign funds from liberal out of staters

  Troy Balderson · A campaign statement published in Cleveland and Columbus newspapers · September 6, 2018

  PolitiFact rated this Half True, September 25, 2018 · the check

  Our check against the record: The record does not settle it.

• went to Washington, D.C., and he became a lobbyist. He made $400,000 a year.

  Rob Portman · A 2016 Ohio Senate debate · October 2016

  PolitiFact rated this Half True, October 20, 2016 · the check

  Our check against the record: The record does not settle it.

• we don't have a super PAC, and quite frankly, we don't want one that spends millions to spew out lies

  Ted Strickland · Campaign fundraising email · May 2016

  PolitiFact rated this Half True, May 31, 2016 · the check

  Our check against the record: The record does not settle it.

• $7 per cup

  John Patrick Carney · 2014 Carney campaign television ad attacking Auditor Dave Yost's office spending · September 29, 2014

  Cincinnati CityBeat editorial board rated this rated false/misleading -- the $7,000 figure was Yost's own request to the state Controlling Board covering two days of "coffee breaks," not a per-cup price, and the conference served $3 bottles of soda with the tab covered by registration fees, October 29, 2014 · the check

  Our check against the record: The record does not settle it.

• nearly 250,000 jobs have been created

  John Kasich · "Kasich Listened" 2014 re-election television ad · August 20, 2014

  NBC4/NBC News rated this Overstated, August 20, 2014 · the check

  Our check against the record: The record does not settle it.

• The Social Security trust fund is sound. Without anything being done, it would function well into 2038; and even after that time with no changes, we could pay 80 percent of the benefits that people have earned.

  Marcy Kaptur · A floor speech in the U.S. House of Representatives · April 11, 2013

  PolitiFact rated this Half True, May 15, 2013 · the check

  Our check against the record: The record does not settle it.

• Ohio is doing better right now than the national average on all the (economic) numbers

  Keith Faber · A statement as president of the Ohio Senate · January 2013

  PolitiFact rated this Half True, February 4, 2013 · the check

  Our check against the record: The record does not settle it.

• In the process, 20,000 Delphi salaried retirees lost up to 70 percent of their pensions. Gov. Romney will make decisions based on what’s best for the economy and for American workers, not based on political favoritism and backroom deals.

  Michael Turner · A statement issued through Mitt Romney's presidential campaign · April 2012

  PolitiFact rated this Half True, September 24, 2013 · the check

  PolitiFact rated this Mostly False, April 30, 2012 · the check

  Our check against the record: The record does not settle it.

• oversaw a spending spree that doubled the deficit

  Lee Fisher · Campaign attack on Portman's record as OMB director, per PolitiFact. · September 2010

  PolitiFact rated this Half True, September 9, 2010 · the check

  Our check against the record: The record does not settle it.

• Ohio has lost about 150,000 jobs

  Rob Portman · Campaign statement on the federal stimulus, per PolitiFact. · July 2010

  PolitiFact rated this Half True, July 28, 2010 · the check

  Our check against the record: Matches the record.

• within a day’s drive of 60 percent of the U.S. population.

  Michael Turner · A letter from Ohio's congressional delegation to NASA · April 30, 2010

  PolitiFact rated this Half True, April 14, 2011 · the check

  Our check against the record: The record does not settle it.

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