Latest Fact-Checks By Julie Kliegman

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Dan Sullivan
stated on April 29, 2014 in a radio ad:

Says Mark Begich "has taken campaign cash from the Kochs" while Dan Sullivan hasn’t.

Mostly False

By Julie Kliegman • May 19, 2014

Jerry Brown
stated on May 18, 2014 in comments on ABC's "This Week":

"Virtually no Republican" in Washington accepts climate change science.

Mostly True

By Julie Kliegman • May 18, 2014

Marco Rubio
stated on May 11, 2014 in an interview on ABC's "This Week":

Human activity is not "causing these dramatic changes to our climate."

False

By Julie Kliegman • May 13, 2014

Rick Santorum
stated on May 11, 2014 in comments on CNN's "State of the Union.":

The CBO says that if you raise the minimum wage to $10.10 an hour, "half a million people would lose their jobs."

Mostly True

By Julie Kliegman • May 11, 2014

Hillary Clinton
stated on May 6, 2014 in a keynote speech:

"A small majority of Americans don’t think they like the Affordable Care Act, but a large majority of Americans don’t want to do away with the protections that are in the Affordable Care Act."

Mostly True

By Julie Kliegman • May 7, 2014

Tom Coburn
stated on May 1, 2014 in an interview on MSNBC's "Morning Joe":

The death penalty "is a deterrent that does affect and impact people."

Mostly False

By Julie Kliegman • May 6, 2014

Cokie Roberts
stated on May 4, 2014 in comments on ABC's "This Week":

In discussing the attacks on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya, "Ms. Rice did say 'a terrorist attack.' It’s not that she put the whole thing on the video."

Mostly False

By Julie Kliegman • May 4, 2014

Senate Majority PAC
stated on April 27, 2014 in a TV ad:

Says "Scott Brown’s carrying some big oil baggage" because he "collected over $400,000 in campaign contributions."

Half-True

By Julie Kliegman • May 1, 2014

Senate Majority PAC
stated on April 27, 2014 in a TV ad:

Says Scott Brown "voted to give oil companies big tax breaks."

Mostly True

By Julie Kliegman • April 30, 2014

Alicia Menendez
stated on April 27, 2014 in comments on ABC's "This Week":

"A white family is likely to have about six times as much wealth than a black or Hispanic family coming out of the recession."

True

By Julie Kliegman • April 27, 2014

Thom Tillis
stated on April 15, 2014 in a TV ad:

Says a pro-Democratic ad is "false" for saying that he allowed two disgraced staffers in 2012 to "resign."

Mostly False

By Julie Kliegman • April 25, 2014

Mike McFadden
stated on April 17, 2014 in a TV ad:

Says Al Franken "voted to exempt himself and Congress from enrolling in (the Affordable Care Act marketplaces)."

False

By Julie Kliegman • April 24, 2014

Ralph Reed
stated on April 20, 2014 in an interview on ABC's 'This Week':

"Social science is irrefutable" that children are better off being raised by a mom and a dad.

False

By Julie Kliegman • April 22, 2014

John Kerry
stated on April 17, 2014 in a speech:

"In the last couple of days, notices were sent (by officials in Ukraine) to Jews in one city indicating that they had to identify themselves as Jews."

False

By Julie Kliegman • April 18, 2014

Senate Majority PAC
stated on March 28, 2014 in a TV ad:

"Before Congress, (Tom) Cotton got paid handsomely working for insurance companies and corporate interests."

False

By Julie Kliegman • April 9, 2014

Barack Obama
stated on April 1, 2014 in a public address:

"More than 3 million young adults ... have gained insurance under (the Affordable Care Act) by staying on their family’s plan."

Half-True

By Julie Kliegman • April 7, 2014

Marco Rubio
stated on April 1, 2014 in an interview on Fox's 'Hannity':

Says the goal of the Affordable Care Act was to get 30 million people insured, but it only got 7 million.

Mostly False

By Julie Kliegman • April 4, 2014

Organizing for Action
stated on March 26, 2014 in a fundraising email:

A Koch brothers group is "going to college campuses, giving away free booze to try to bribe young folks out of getting health insurance."

Half-True

By Julie Kliegman • April 1, 2014

Barbara Boxer
stated on March 25, 2014 in an interview on MSNBC's "Jansing & Co.":

"Women take birth control, more than half of them, as a medication for other conditions."

Half-True

By Julie Kliegman • March 26, 2014

Marco Rubio
stated on March 23, 2014 in a video to supporters:

"Americans increasingly want (the Affordable Care Act) to be repealed."

Mostly False

By Julie Kliegman • March 25, 2014

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