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Jim Chalmers, Shadow Treasurer

“This Liberal National government has taxed more, borrowed more and spent more than the last Labor government.”

RMIT ABC Fact Check rated this: Correct

RMIT ABC Fact Check says: Mr Chalmers's claim is correct. Figures on tax, debt and spending as a proportion of GDP have been higher on average under the Coalition government since 2013 than under the last Labor government. However, it's importan…

Mike Gibbons, 2022 candidate for GOP nomination for U.S. Senate in Ohio

“As Ohio treasurer, Josh Mandel loaned your money to Chinese business interests, and Mandel opposed a bill holding Communist China accountable when they cheated and stole American jobs.”

PolitiFact rated this: Mostly False

PolitiFact says: Mandel was the administrator of a state fund that invested public money in multinational corporations such as U.S.-based Exxon and Apple. The companies do business in China, but are not based there.

Club for Growth Action, Conservative Super PAC

“[Mark] Walker didn’t even vote to block a Democrat bill impeaching President Trump. Trump needed him. Walker abandoned him.”

FactCheck.org rated this: Misleading

FactCheck.org says: Walker voted against Trump’s first impeachment in late 2019, and he wasn't in Congress the second time Trump was impeached in 2021. In mid-2019, Walker missed a procedural vote on an impeachment resolution that failed.