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Jack Kingston
Jack Kingston
stated on March 12, 2017 in an interview on CNN:
"I remember years ago looking at a CBO report that in 1964 predicted that Medicare would cost $9 billion 10 years later. And I think it was already over $100 billion at that point."
False
By Sarah Waychoff • March 20, 2017
Jack Kingston
Jack Kingston
stated on July 8, 2014 in Friends of Jack Kingston flyer:
David Perdue "has never voted in a Republican primary until his name was on the ballot."
False
By Nancy Badertscher • July 18, 2014
Jack Kingston
Jack Kingston
stated on July 1, 2014 in an ad:
"Perdue mismanaged Pillowtex, and nearly 8,000 people got laid off."
Mostly False
By April Hunt • July 16, 2014
Jack Kingston
Jack Kingston
stated on June 19, 2014 in television ad:
David Perdue said he’d raise taxes.
Half-True
By April Hunt • July 8, 2014
Jack Kingston
Jack Kingston
stated on May 12, 2014 in Campaign ad:
President Obama has left the U.S. with the lowest number of active-duty troops since before World War II, putting the nation at risk.
Half-True
By Nancy Badertscher, Nick Fouriezos • July 7, 2014
Jack Kingston
Jack Kingston
stated on June 18, 2014 in radio and television add:
U.S. Senate candidate David Perdue’s company took $3 million from the federal stimulus program that President Barack Obama created.
Mostly False
By Nancy Badertscher • June 30, 2014
Jack Kingston
Jack Kingston
stated on March 31, 2014 in an interview:
"There are still more people uninsured today than when Obama was elected president."
Half-True
By Eric Stirgus • March 31, 2014
Jack Kingston
Jack Kingston
stated on August 1, 2013 in an interview:
Says an illegal immigrant fraudulently claimed children who actually lived in Mexico on income tax forms to collect more than $29,000.
Mostly True
By Eric Stirgus • August 27, 2013
Jack Kingston
Jack Kingston
stated on May 2, 2013 in a speech:
"In the past four years, (the U.S. Senate) has only passed nine out of 48 appropriation bills."
Mostly True
By Janel Davis • June 21, 2013
Jack Kingston
Jack Kingston
stated on December 18, 2012:
"Connecticut has the fifth toughest gun control laws in the country, including an assault weapons ban that bans 35 different weapons."
True
By Willoughby Mariano • January 2, 2013
Jack Kingston
Jack Kingston
stated on April 12, 2012:
Under President Barack Obama’s watch, "oil production on federal lands has decreased 14 percent over the past year."
Half-True
By Willoughby Mariano • April 24, 2012
Jack Kingston
Jack Kingston
stated on December 25, 2010 in a newspaper article:
The nation's food supply is "99.99 percent safe."
Mostly False
By Willoughby Mariano • January 19, 2011
Jack Kingston
Jack Kingston
stated on November 30, 2010 in a presentation:
"Sixteen [federal] programs exist to fight homelessness" and some of them are duplicative.
Mostly True
By Eric Stirgus • December 13, 2010