copenlu/druid huggingface dataset:
Claim: “Congress has one job here: to count electoral votes that have in fact been cast by any state.” (Mike Gallagher, 2021-01-03)
Evidence (2020-10-22): Each state has as many electoral votes as it has senators and representatives combined (or, in the case of the District of Columbia, as many as it would have if it were a state). There are 538 in total, with 270 votes needed to win. As the Congressional Research Service puts it, the electors "tend to be a mixture of state and local elected officials, party activists, local and state celebrities, and ordinary citizens." [...] Each state is supposed to submit one set of electoral votes to Congress, and that’s what usually happens. Following the disputed Hayes-Tilden election of 1876, in which three states submitted two conflicting sets of returns, Congress passed the Electoral Count Act to try to set rules in case such a thing ever happened again. Under that law, if two conflicting sets are submitted – say, one by a Republican-run legislature and one by a Democratic governor – and the House and Senate cannot agree on which set is the legitimate one, then the electoral votes certified by the state’s governor are supposed to prevail. (Even stranger things are possible: In 1960, Hawaii’s governor first certified Vice President Richard Nixon’s electors, but after a recount certified Sen. John F. Kennedy’s electors. Both slates of electors met and voted for their pledged candidate; when the time came for Congress to decide which slate was the legitimate one, Nixon voluntarily deferred to Kennedy.)
Claim: “Congress has one job here: to count electoral votes that have in fact been cast by any state.” (Mike Gallagher, 2021-01-03)
Evidence (2020-12-03): Voting is fundamental to our constitutional republic, and your civic participation is critical to our success as a state. [...] How can I become involved in the electoral process as a high school or college student?
Claim: “Congress has one job here: to count electoral votes that have in fact been cast by any state.” (Mike Gallagher, 2021-01-03)
Evidence (2020-12-09): - Dec. 8 was "safe harbor" day. Every state except Wisconsin met the deadline to certify its votes free of legal challenges, which locks Congress in to accepting the votes of the state’s electors on Dec. 14. [...] Boxes that were packed with ballots that had already been opened but not counted were resealed and placed under the table for the next session of counting, Watson said in the affidavit. [...] Sen. Lindsey O. Graham (R-S.C.) also had cited Hopkins’s story of purported fraud in asking the Justice Department to investigate. Attorney General William P. Barr subsequently authorized federal prosecutors to open probes into credible allegations of voting irregularities. The head of the Justice Department’s Election Crimes Branch stepped down in protest, telling colleagues in an email that Barr’s directive violated a long-standing department policy intended to prevent political interference in election results.
Claim: “Congress has one job here: to count electoral votes that have in fact been cast by any state.” (Mike Gallagher, 2021-01-03)
Evidence (2024-08-10): If you require special assistance (i.e. large print, taped materials, etc.) contact the Office of Elections at 453-VOTE (8683).
Claim: “Congress has one job here: to count electoral votes that have in fact been cast by any state.” (Mike Gallagher, 2021-01-03)
Evidence (2020-12-22): As President Trump continues to claim falsely that he, and not Joe Biden, won the Nov. 3 presidential election, Congress will meet in a joint session Wednesday to formally count the votes of the Electoral College. The states have already counted their own electors, and Biden won with 306 to 232 for Trump. Now it's up to Congress to tally the votes as submitted by the states. [...] As recently as 2005, two Democrats — Rep. Stephanie Tubbs Jones and Sen. Barbara Boxer — objected to Ohio's electors, believing there were irregularities in that state's presidential election. The House and Senate each rejected the objection, and the joint session resumed, counting Ohio's electors.
Claim: “Congress has one job here: to count electoral votes that have in fact been cast by any state.” (Mike Gallagher, 2021-01-03)
Evidence (2024-01-01): Deadline: Ballots must be inserted into a drop box by 8 p.m. on Election Day to be counted. [...] If a living voter casts an absentee ballot prior to Election Day and the clerk learns they have died before the ballot is tabulated, the deceased voter’s ballot is rejected and will not be counted. This procedure regularly results in the rejection of thousands of ballots during statewide and federal elections. There are safeguards in place to ensure an absentee ballot cannot be voted on behalf of another individual (deceased or otherwise), including a signature match performed on the signed absentee ballot envelope.
Claim: “Congress has one job here: to count electoral votes that have in fact been cast by any state.” (Mike Gallagher, 2021-01-03)
Evidence (2024-08-22): - Selection of electors - Meeting of electors who cast votes for the president and vice president - Counting of the electors’ votes by Congress [...] Each state gets as many electors as it has members of Congress (House and Senate). Including Washington, D.C.’s three electors, there are currently 538 electors in all. Find out how many electoral votes each state gets. Each state’s political parties choose their own slate of potential electors. Who is chosen to be an elector, how, and when varies by state. Learn more about how electors are chosen.
Claim: “Congress has one job here: to count electoral votes that have in fact been cast by any state.” (Mike Gallagher, 2021-01-03)
Evidence (2023-07-06): The Electoral College process consists of the selection of the electors, the meeting of the electors where they vote for President and Vice President, and the counting of the electoral votes by Congress. [...] The meeting of the electors takes place on the first Tuesday after the second Wednesday in December after the general election. The electors meet in their respective States, where they cast their votes for President and Vice President on separate ballots. Your State’s electors’ votes are recorded on a Certificate of Vote, which is prepared at the meeting by the electors. Your State’s Certificate of Vote is sent to Congress, where the votes are counted, and to NARA, as part of the official records of the Presidential election. Each State’s electoral votes are counted in a joint session of Congress on the 6th of January in the year following the meeting of the electors. Members of the House and Senate meet in the House Chamber to conduct the official count of electoral votes. The Vice President of the United States, as President of the Senate, presides over the count in a strictly ministerial manner and announces the results of the vote. The President of the Senate then declares which persons, if any, have been elected President and Vice President of the United States.
Claim: “Congress has one job here: to count electoral votes that have in fact been cast by any state.” (Mike Gallagher, 2021-01-03)
Evidence (2023-03-24): The Congress finds that, through the use of various practices and procedures, citizens of language minorities have been effectively excluded from participation in the electoral process. Among other factors, the denial of the right to vote of such minority group citizens is ordinarily directly related to the unequal educational opportunities afforded them resulting in high illiteracy and low voting participation. The Congress declares that, in order to enforce the guarantees of the fourteenth and fifteenth amendments to the United States Constitution, it is necessary to eliminate such discrimination by prohibiting these practices, and by prescribing other remedial devices. [...] Congress hereby directs the Director of the Census forthwith to conduct a survey to compile registration and voting statistics: (i) in every State or political subdivision with respect to which the prohibitions of section 10303(a) of this title are in effect, for every statewide general election for Members of the United States House of Representatives after January 1, 1974; and (ii) in every State or political subdivision for any election designated by the United States Commission on Civil Rights. Such surveys shall only include a count of citizens of voting age, race or color, and national origin, and a determination of the extent to which such persons are registered to vote and have voted in the elections surveyed.
Claim: “Congress has one job here: to count electoral votes that have in fact been cast by any state.” (Mike Gallagher, 2021-01-03)
Evidence (2024-03-01): We don’t know what would happen if a candidate who, dies after or becomes incapacitated between the meeting of electors and the counting of electoral votes in Congress. [...] Under Federal law, an objection to a state’s electoral votes may be made to the President of the Senate during the Congress’s counting of electoral votes in January. The objection must be made in writing and signed by at least one-fifth of the Senators and one-fifth of the members of the House of Representatives. Only two grounds for objection are acceptable: that the electors of the State were not lawfully certified under a certificate of ascertainment, or that the vote of one or more electors has not been regularly given. Both the Senate and the House of Representatives debate the objection separately. After the debate, both the Senate and the House of Representatives rejoin and both must agree to reject the votes. Under a previous version of the statute (which required only that one member of each chamber sign the objection), Congress broke to consider objections from the 2004 and 2020 Presidential elections. In January 2005, Ohio’s 20 Electoral votes were challenged. After debate, the Senate and the House failed to agree to reject the votes. Ohio’s 20 Electoral votes for President Bush and Vice President Cheney were counted. In January 2021, despite objections to the Electoral votes in numerous States, no objection was sustained and all votes were counted.
Claim: “Congress has one job here: to count electoral votes that have in fact been cast by any state.” (Mike Gallagher, 2021-01-03)
Evidence (2020-01-01): The National Archives and Records Administration is the federal agency responsible for coordinating certain functions of the Electoral College between the States and Congress in regard to the Electoral College vote for President. [...] Ballot access is controlled by each state according to state law, even for federal elections. [...] If you believe that a federal election has been administered fraudulently, contact the nearest branch of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).
Claim: “Congress has one job here: to count electoral votes that have in fact been cast by any state.” (Mike Gallagher, 2021-01-03)
Evidence (2024-01-01): FACT: Ballot-counting machines are tested, verified for accuracy, and certified before every election. [...] Counted votes - Wide [...] Greater MN: 1-877-600-VOTE (8683)
Claim: “Congress has one job here: to count electoral votes that have in fact been cast by any state.” (Mike Gallagher, 2021-01-03)
Evidence (2024-04-12): The answer is: just about no one. Every legitimate study ever done on the question shows that voting by noncitizens in state and federal elections is vanishingly rare. That includes the Brennan Center’s own study of 42 jurisdictions in the 2016 general election. We found that election officials in those places, who oversaw the tabulation of 23.5 million votes, referred only an estimated 30 incidents of suspected noncitizen voting for further investigation or prosecution. In other words, even suspected — not proven — noncitizen votes accounted for just 0.0001 percent of the votes cast. But you don’t have to take our word for it: the Cato Institute will also tell you, "Noncitizens don’t illegally vote in detectable numbers." [...] It should come as no surprise then that in the extremely rare instances when a noncitizen does cast a ballot, it’s usually an accident. Sadly, there have been times when noncitizens are misled by mistaken officials into thinking that they’re eligible — and they can face serious consequences even as a result of a mistake. But noncitizen voting is simply not a widespread or even a significant occurrence. And it’s already illegal. We don’t need new laws to stop it from happening. If Congress wants to improve our electoral system, it should focus instead on guaranteeing and protecting the freedom to vote for eligible voters.
Claim: Eric Schmitt “sponsored a bill to spend $480 million of your tax dollars” on cargo hub for airlines "owned by China's Communist Party” and "voted to let China buy up Missouri farmland." (Team PAC, 2022-02-07)
Evidence (2022-02-07): A bill Schmitt sponsored originally called for $480 million in tax credits, not state expenditures, for the Missouri hub. A law Schmitt voted for allows for limited ownership of Missouri agricultural land by foreign businesses.
Claim: Eric Schmitt “sponsored a bill to spend $480 million of your tax dollars” on cargo hub for airlines "owned by China's Communist Party” and "voted to let China buy up Missouri farmland." (Team PAC, 2022-02-07)
Evidence (2022-04-19): Eric Schmitt: Campaign website Biography: Eric Schmitt earned his undergraduate degree from Truman State University and his law degree from Saint Louis University. He worked as a lawyer in private practice for 16 years. In 2008, he was elected to the state Senate, then eight years later was elected state treasurer. When Hawley won his race for the U.S. Senate in 2018, Schmitt was appointed to succeed him as attorney general. Core policies: Schmitt touts his work as attorney general in advancing conservative causes. He cited a lawsuit he filed against the Chinese government and the Chinese Communist Party, his investigation of "big tech," his brief supporting a pro-Trump 2020 election lawsuit, his defense of a high-school coach’s religious freedom, and his lawsuit seeking reinstatement of the Keystone XL pipeline, which was canceled by Biden. He also cites his work on the Safer Streets Initiative, which targeted violent crime, as well as his efforts to address a rape kit backlog.
Claim: Eric Schmitt “sponsored a bill to spend $480 million of your tax dollars” on cargo hub for airlines "owned by China's Communist Party” and "voted to let China buy up Missouri farmland." (Team PAC, 2022-02-07)
Evidence (2024-02-13): Twenty-two Republican senators voted to pass the bill, a greater number than voted to advance it in any of the earlier procedural votes. [...] Schmitt, speaking on the floor at 1:30 a.m. Tuesday morning, however, predicted the Senate bill isn’t going anywhere in the House. [...] Chuck Schumer eric schmitt
Claim: Eric Schmitt “sponsored a bill to spend $480 million of your tax dollars” on cargo hub for airlines "owned by China's Communist Party” and "voted to let China buy up Missouri farmland." (Team PAC, 2022-02-07)
Evidence (2016-02-02): Bond funding = $480M at 7%/yr [...] Remaining cost to be funded = 800-480 = $320M
Claim: Eric Schmitt “sponsored a bill to spend $480 million of your tax dollars” on cargo hub for airlines "owned by China's Communist Party” and "voted to let China buy up Missouri farmland." (Team PAC, 2022-02-07)
Evidence (2024-03-05): Answer rating1.0 (1 vote)
Claim: Eric Schmitt “sponsored a bill to spend $480 million of your tax dollars” on cargo hub for airlines "owned by China's Communist Party” and "voted to let China buy up Missouri farmland." (Team PAC, 2022-02-07)
Evidence (2023-12-11): By Samantha Putterman• August 8, 2023 Rick Perry stated on September 30, 2011 in a speech: Coca-Cola’s CEO "said he finds it easier to do work in China than in the United States." By Eric Stirgus• October 10, 2011 Team PAC stated on February 07, 2022 in an ad: Eric Schmitt "sponsored a bill to spend $480 million of your tax dollars" on cargo hub for airlines "owned by China's Communist Party" and "voted to let China buy up Missouri farmland." By Tom Kertscher• February 9, 2022 TikTok posts stated on November 11, 2023 in a TikTok post: "Israel has changed their barcode from 729 to 871 … as the public was boycotting Israeli products." By Kwasi Gyamfi Asiedu• November 21, 2023 Marco Rubio stated on March 14, 2013 in a CPAC speech: "The Chinese government provides their people no access to the Internet." By Katie Sanders, Amy Sherman• March 15, 2013 Mike Pence stated on August 18, 2023 in comments at a conference: "After China sent a balloon over strategic sites in the United States … President Biden literally sent the secretary of state hat in hand to go kowtow and ask for a meeting."
Claim: Eric Schmitt “sponsored a bill to spend $480 million of your tax dollars” on cargo hub for airlines "owned by China's Communist Party” and "voted to let China buy up Missouri farmland." (Team PAC, 2022-02-07)
Evidence (2019-11-25): Eric Schmitt was sworn in as the 43rd Attorney General for the State of Missouri on Jan. 3, 2019. He previously served as a state senator and as the state treasurer of Missouri.
Claim: Eric Schmitt “sponsored a bill to spend $480 million of your tax dollars” on cargo hub for airlines "owned by China's Communist Party” and "voted to let China buy up Missouri farmland." (Team PAC, 2022-02-07)
Evidence (2024-09-24): PolitiFact Missouri is a project of the University of Missouri and PolitiFact to help you find the truth in politics. Reporters and researchers examine statements by Missouri elected officials and candidates and anyone else who speaks up on matters of public importance. We research their statements and then rate the accuracy on our Truth-O-Meter.
Claim: Eric Schmitt “sponsored a bill to spend $480 million of your tax dollars” on cargo hub for airlines "owned by China's Communist Party” and "voted to let China buy up Missouri farmland." (Team PAC, 2022-02-07)
Evidence (2024-09-27): Eric Stephen Schmitt[1] (born June 20, 1975) is an American lawyer and politician serving as the junior United States senator from Missouri since 2023. A member of the Republican Party, Schmitt served as the 43rd Missouri Attorney General from 2019 to 2023. [...] - ^ "Senator Eric Schmitt". www.senate.mo.gov. Retrieved September 19, 2016. [...] - ^ "Sen. Eric Schmitt". GovTrack. Retrieved September 12, 2023.
Claim: Eric Schmitt “sponsored a bill to spend $480 million of your tax dollars” on cargo hub for airlines "owned by China's Communist Party” and "voted to let China buy up Missouri farmland." (Team PAC, 2022-02-07)
Evidence (2022-11-08): Eric Schmitt 2023 - Present 2029 1 Eric Schmitt (Republican Party) is a member of the U.S. Senate from Missouri. He assumed office on January 3, 2023. His current term ends on January 3, 2029. [...] Eric Schmitt earned a degree from Truman State University and a juris doctor from Saint Louis University. Schmitt's career experience includes working as an attorney.[4][5]
Claim: Eric Schmitt “sponsored a bill to spend $480 million of your tax dollars” on cargo hub for airlines "owned by China's Communist Party” and "voted to let China buy up Missouri farmland." (Team PAC, 2022-02-07)
Evidence (2024-07-29): Schmitt is the junior senator from Missouri and is a Republican. He has served since Jan 3, 2023. Schmitt is next up for reelection in 2028 and serves until Jan 3, 2029. He is 49 years old. [...] Eric Schmitt sits on the following committees: Schmitt sponsors bills primarily in these issue areas:
Claim: Eric Schmitt “sponsored a bill to spend $480 million of your tax dollars” on cargo hub for airlines "owned by China's Communist Party” and "voted to let China buy up Missouri farmland." (Team PAC, 2022-02-07)
Evidence (2024-05-08): Joined @SenEricSchmitt on a letter: [...] Senator Eric Schmitt October 3, 2024 11:25 am [...] Senator Eric Schmitt please support bipartisan effort S. 597! It's time to get on board and #CosponsorS597 to stop the decades-old practice - #lawfulrobbery of our Social Security benefits. THE TIME IS NOW - Public service workers need your support. National WEP & GPO Repeal Movement
Claim: Eric Schmitt “sponsored a bill to spend $480 million of your tax dollars” on cargo hub for airlines "owned by China's Communist Party” and "voted to let China buy up Missouri farmland." (Team PAC, 2022-02-07)
Evidence (2021-09-04): In 2011, Schmitt was one of the main proponents of Aerotropolis, more colloquially known as "China Hub," a global cargo hub at Lambert-St. Louis International Airport which he believed would increase exports and foreign trade. [...] Unlike "China Hub" another bill garnering Schmitt’s support in 2013 did pass and effects Missouri to the present day. [...] Whether, or to what degree, Missouri agricultural land should be foreign owned is an important policy choice for the people of Missouri, a decision that should be made through their elected representatives and only after the specific proposal has been sufficiently vetted and openly considered.
Claim: Eric Schmitt “sponsored a bill to spend $480 million of your tax dollars” on cargo hub for airlines "owned by China's Communist Party” and "voted to let China buy up Missouri farmland." (Team PAC, 2022-02-07)
Evidence (2021-03-01): Senator Eric Schmitt has deep family roots in Missouri, stemming from six generations of farmers, teachers, and small business owners in cities like Tipton, Pilot Grove, Louisiana, and St. Louis. During World War II, his grandfather served in the 7th Army and later opened a small butcher shop, where Eric’s father worked while earning a diploma through night school. Their experiences instilled in Eric the importance of hard work and resilience. [...] In November 2022, Eric Schmitt was elected as Missouri’s United States Senator and he has the privilege today of serving on the Armed Services, Commerce, and Joint Economic Committees. As a member of these committees, he is focused on dismantling the alliance between the federal government and big tech, halting China’s bid for global dominance, fighting to ease the economic burden and pain inflicted on Missourians and Americans by the Biden Administration’s reckless spending, and ensuring our military is the most revered fighting force in the world. [...] Eric also served as the 46th State Treasurer of Missouri. He fought to safeguard taxpayer funds and created a statewide tool to allow citizens to track government spending easily. Previously, he served as a Missouri state senator, where he authored tax cuts, advocated for those with special needs, and fought to end taxation by citation.
Claim: Eric Schmitt “sponsored a bill to spend $480 million of your tax dollars” on cargo hub for airlines "owned by China's Communist Party” and "voted to let China buy up Missouri farmland." (Team PAC, 2022-02-07)
Evidence (2021-03-02): Bill has faced backlash [...] PolitiFact rated "Mostly True" a claim from conservative Stand for America that the bill contains unrelated projects. Examples cited in that fact check included a $1.5 million bridge connecting New York and Canada; a $100 million underground rail project in Silicon Valley; $480 million for Native American language preservation and maintenance; and $50 million in environmental justice grants. The bill would also raise the minimum wage to $15 an hour and change pension funding rules. [...] Contact Eric Litke at (414) 225-5061 or elitke@jrn.com. Follow him on Twitter at @ericlitke.