Claim: "As the State Department warned Mizzou in July 2019, and as I have repeatedly stated,  presented security risks for students & university as a whole."
Fact-check: Josh Hawley exaggerates State Department warning in claim about Confucius Institute
Verdict: barely-true
Organisation: PolitiFact
Author: Tyler Messner
Date published: 2020-02-28T00:00:00