Statement·self record·said 2018-08-22
“While Richard Cordray was Attorney General, 12,000 rape kits were left untested. Then Mike DeWine became Attorney General. He tested all 12,000 rape kits. Now hundreds of rapists are behind bars.”
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Verdict
Mixedby PolitiFact
2018-08-30Reasoning
PolitiFact rated this Half True: DeWine did clear the backlog and put offenders behind bars, but the ad omits that Cordray had begun addressing the statewide problem and the testing initiative took DeWine seven years.
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