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Julianna Rennie is a junior at Duke University studying journalism and public policy. She is the student editor for The 9th Street Journal. Her work can also be found in The Chronicle, The Charlotte Observer and Columbia Journalism Review.

Featured Statements

Mark Meadows
stated on November 15, 2019 in a tweet:

Says "President Obama fired every Bush appointed ambassador upon his election."

By Julianna Rennie • November 21, 2019
Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee
stated on September 29, 2019 in a tweet:

Says Thom Tillis voted to support Trump’s emergency declaration to fund the border wall even though it would "raid $80 million from North Carolina."

By Julianna Rennie • November 6, 2019
Michelle Malkin
stated on September 10, 2019 in an appearance on The Ingraham Angle:

Says Pat McCrory "shepherded in driver’s licenses for illegal aliens in the aftermath of the 9/11 terrorist attacks."

By Julianna Rennie • September 30, 2019
Dan Bishop
stated on August 30, 2019 in a campaign ad:

Says Dan McCready "really admires socialism."

By Julianna Rennie • September 6, 2019
Dan McCready
stated on August 28, 2019 in a debate on WBTV:

Says Dan Bishop "took the only vote from either party — the only vote — against pharmacists being able to tell people about lower-cost drugs."

By Julianna Rennie • September 3, 2019
Eric Swalwell
stated on April 14, 2019 in a campaign rally:

In 2017, the first piece of legislation that Republicans passed "made it easier for the mentally ill to purchase guns."

By Julianna Rennie • April 22, 2019
John Hickenlooper
stated on March 31, 2019 in in an interview on MSNBC:

"We got to almost universal coverage in health care in Colorado."

By Julianna Rennie • April 11, 2019
Facebook posts
stated on March 20, 2019 in posts online:

"President Trump’s wall costs less than the ObamaCare website."

By Julianna Rennie • March 29, 2019
Facebook posts
stated on March 18, 2019 in posts online:

ATM users in distress can enter their PIN backwards to secretly call the police.

By Julianna Rennie • March 26, 2019

Who is John Hickenlooper? A bio of the Democratic presidential candidate

By Julianna Rennie • June 25, 2019
Who is Tim Ryan? A bio of the Democratic presidential candidate

By Julianna Rennie • June 24, 2019
Who is Marianne Williamson? A bio of the Democratic presidential candidate

By Julianna Rennie • June 11, 2019
Sarah Sanders and the history of press secretary falsehoods

By Julianna Rennie • April 24, 2019
What Democrats said about Trump, collusion before Mueller report

By Jon Greenberg • March 25, 2019