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Meagan Wolfe
Meagan Wolfe
stated on November 5, 2021 TV interview:
"Only a court can decide that somebody is incompetent to vote" -- the state Election Commission "cannot force facilities, private facilities, to allow special voting deputies" inside.
Mostly True
By D.L. Davis • November 18, 2021
Rosemary Laird
Rosemary Laird
stated on March 14, 2017 a Florida Senate committee hearing:
"Currently, half a million Floridians have Alzheimer’s disease, and in less than 10 years, a 40 percent growth rate means that another 200,000 Floridians will develop this devastating illness."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • March 14, 2017
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on September 12, 2016 an interview on CNN:
"You've got a medical report on me that meets the same standard as Mitt Romney and Barack Obama."
Mostly True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • September 14, 2016
Tom Harkin
Tom Harkin
stated on July 26, 2016 in a speech at the Democratic National Convention:
Says "employers are still allowed to pay people with disabilities below the minimum wage."
Mostly True
By Taylor Leighton • August 12, 2016
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on July 26, 2015 a tweet:
Wisconsin's pension system is the "only one fully funded in the country."
Mostly True
By Tom Kertscher • August 14, 2015
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on March 5, 2013 a State of the State speech:
"For the first time in eight years, our budget also increases funding for persons with disabilities by $36 million to help more disabled people receive community-based services."
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • March 7, 2013
Chris Christie
Chris Christie
stated on February 21, 2012 his budget speech:
"New Jersey has the second highest rate of institutionalization" of people with developmental disabilities "in America. Only Texas puts more of its citizens -- confines more of its citizens -- to institutions than New Jersey. "
Mostly True
By Erin O'Neill • February 26, 2012
Tom Coburn
Tom Coburn
stated on December 1, 2010 a meeting of the Simpson-Bowles deficit commission:
"One in 19 Americans today get SSDI or SSI. That's one in 19 Americans (who) are disabled."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • December 14, 2010
Margaret Gomez
Margaret Gomez
stated on February 15, 2010 a campaign flier.:
Says she "stopped Capital Metro from raising fares for senior and disabled citizens."
Mostly True
By Ciara O'Rourke • February 22, 2010