Latest Fact Checks By Steve Contorno

Alison Lundergan Grimes says raising the minimum wage would lift a million people out of poverty

By Steve Contorno

October 14, 2014

Raising the minimum wage to $10.10 an hour, "would help lift over a million Americans out of poverty."

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Mitch McConnell says minimum wage hike would ‘destroy’ 500,000 to 1 million jobs

By Steve Contorno

October 14, 2014

Raising the minimum wage to $10.10 an hour "will destroy between half a million and one million jobs."

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Alison Lundergan Grimes says Mitch McConnell, not she, is taking money from anti-coal groups

By Steve Contorno

October 8, 2014

"The only candidate pocketing big money from people who want to destroy coal is Mitch McConnell."

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Michigan Republican Senate candidate now says she would have supported the auto bailout

By Steve Contorno

October 6, 2014

On support for the auto bailouts.

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Thom Tillis claims Kay Hagan didn’t attend half the Armed Services Committee hearings this year

By Steve Contorno

October 2, 2014

Says Sen. Kay Hagan "has missed half of the (Senate Armed Services) Committee's hearings in 2014."

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Scary NRA ad claims Mary Landrieu voted to take away gun rights

By Steve Contorno

October 1, 2014

"Mary Landrieu voted to take away your gun rights."

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Bill Cassidy says Mary Landrieu ‘put illegal immigrants ahead of veterans’

By Steve Contorno

September 25, 2014

Says Mary Landrieu voted to fund benefits for illegal immigrants ahead of veterans.

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Rep. Peter King says Islamic State tried to attack Fort Knox in 2011

By Steve Contorno

September 23, 2014

"In 2011, (the Islamic State) attempted to attack Fort Knox."

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Katrina vanden Heuvel: Americans support airstrikes against ISIS but not ground troops

By Steve Contorno

September 21, 2014

Americans now "support strikes (against ISIS) but the support for ground troops is not there. The support is very thin."

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Would billionaire environmentalist Tom Steyer profit if Keystone Pipeline was killed?

By Steve Contorno

September 19, 2014

Says Tom Steyer is a "California billionaire who stands to profit by blocking Keystone" and "is spending big to help" Bruce Braley.  

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Minimum wage means most 2-bedroom apartments are out of reach

By Steve Contorno

September 18, 2014

"There is no state in the U.S. where a 40-hour minimum wage work week is enough to afford a two-bedroom apartment."

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Former CIA director: Obama said Syrian opposition was made up of doctors and pharmacists

By Steve Contorno

September 14, 2014

"The president referred to the Syrian opposition just a few months ago as pharmacists and doctors, and so on."  

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