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Martin Frost
Martin Frost
stated on August 12, 2011 in a column in "POLITICO":
Says Rick Perry flip-flopped on gay marriage by first saying it was a state’s rights issue and then saying he was in favor of a federal constitutional amendment banning gay marriage.
Mostly False
By Martha M. Hamilton • August 19, 2011
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on July 29, 2011 in an e-mail:
"If the debt ceiling is surpassed, our nation will not go into default as some suggest."
Half-True
By Amy Sherman, Louis Jacobson, Martha M. Hamilton • August 2, 2011
Betty McCollum
Betty McCollum
stated on February 16, 2011 in press release, Rep. Betty McCollum:
Says the Army is spending $7 million to sponsor a NASCAR team.
True
By Martha M. Hamilton • March 3, 2011
Bumper Sticker
Bumper Sticker
stated on December 20, 2010 in Washington, D.C.:
"CEOs now earn 431 times what their workers earn."
Half-True
By Martha M. Hamilton • December 21, 2010
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on October 27, 2010 in an interview on "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart":
"Most of the jobs that we lost were lost before the economic policies we put in place had any effect."
True
By Martha M. Hamilton • October 28, 2010
Mark Tapscott
Mark Tapscott
stated on August 23, 2010 in an opinion column in "The Washington Examiner":
"Obama’s stimulus, passed in his first month in office, will cost more than the entire Iraq War."
Mostly False
By Lukas Pleva, Martha M. Hamilton • August 25, 2010
Sharron Angle
Sharron Angle
stated on July 7, 2010 in a local radio interview:
On whether BP's $20 billion fund to compensate oil spill victims is "a slush fund."
Full Flop
By Martha M. Hamilton • July 13, 2010
Jan Brewer
Jan Brewer
stated on July 1, 2010 in a Fox News interview with Greta Van Susteren:
"Law enforcement in the state of Arizona supports" the state's new immigration law.
Half-True
By Martha M. Hamilton • July 8, 2010