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Latest Fact-Checks On Lincoln Chafee

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Lincoln Chafee
Lincoln Chafee
stated on October 13, 2015 in presidential debate:
"I am very proud that over my almost 30 years of public service I have had no scandals."
Mostly True
By Mark Reynolds • October 15, 2015
Lincoln Chafee
Lincoln Chafee
stated on June 14, 2015 in Campaign speech :
"One of the reasons I believe we’re in trouble in Yemen is we lost the population on drone strikes issues. That’s what stirred up the population. That’s what is happening in Yemen."  
Half-True
By Mark Reynolds • July 26, 2015
Lincoln Chafee
Lincoln Chafee
stated on June 7, 2015 in comments on CNN's "State of the Union":
Says Ronald Reagan "talked about" converting the United States to the metric system.
Half-True
By Lauren Carroll • June 7, 2015
Lincoln Chafee
Lincoln Chafee
stated on May 10, 2015 in an interview on CNN:
"We had the biggest drop of the rate of unemployment (in) all but 4 states."
Mostly False
By Mark Reynolds • May 10, 2015
Lincoln Chafee
Lincoln Chafee
stated on November 14, 2014 in a newspaper interview:
Rhode Island's legislature is "the strongest in the country."
True
By Katie Mulvaney • November 30, 2014
Lincoln Chafee
Lincoln Chafee
stated on January 15, 2014 in his state of state speech:
"Since I took office in January 2011, we have created 11,100 Rhode Island-based jobs."
Half-True
By John Hill • February 2, 2014
Lincoln Chafee
Lincoln Chafee
stated on September 22, 2013 in a television interview:
Forty-six states have a line-item veto for the governor.
Mostly True
By Gregory Smith • October 6, 2013
Lincoln Chafee
Lincoln Chafee
stated on June 5, 2013 in a newspaper story:
Farming is "one of the fastest growing areas of our economy."
Mostly False
By Gregory Smith • July 18, 2013
Lincoln Chafee
Lincoln Chafee
stated on January 16, 2013 in his State of the State address:
The state budget proposal has been submitted "on time and [it's] the earliest that a governor has done so in over two decades."
True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • January 18, 2013
Lincoln Chafee
Lincoln Chafee
stated on December 1, 2012 in a newspaper interview:
"The five economic indicators that the federal government tracks - for the first time since August 2006 - were positive this October."
True
By John Hill • December 9, 2012
Lincoln Chafee
Lincoln Chafee
stated on February 3, 2012 in a news show:
"The commercial property tax [in Providence] is second highest in the country behind Detroit."
Mostly True
By Alex Kuffner • February 10, 2012
Lincoln Chafee
Lincoln Chafee
stated on January 11, 2012 in a news conference:
The InterLink at T.F. Green Airport is the closest air-rail link in the country.
False
By Alex Kuffner • January 26, 2012
Lincoln Chafee
Lincoln Chafee
stated on October 24, 2011 in in a hearing:
"If Rhode Island does a hybrid [retirement] plan we’ll be the first state in the nation to do this.’’
False
By Lynn Arditi • November 2, 2011
Lincoln Chafee
Lincoln Chafee
stated on November 15, 2010 in comments to reporters following a news conference:
"Rhode Island is one of only six states" to use E-Verify.
False
By Cynthia Needham • November 19, 2010
Lincoln Chafee
Lincoln Chafee
stated on November 3, 2010 in a news conference:
Experts say the property tax "is the most harmful to economic growth and . . . the sales tax is least harmful."
Mostly False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • November 14, 2010
Lincoln Chafee
Lincoln Chafee
stated on July 27, 2010 in in a comment on the John DePetro Show:
"I remember one of [Curt Schilling's] teammates said he painted his sock, the bloody sock."
False
By Cynthia Needham • July 27, 2010
Lincoln Chafee
Lincoln Chafee
stated on June 18, 2010 in Lincoln Chafee, a posting on his website, Chafee for Governor:
If Rhode Island applied a 1-percent sales tax on all items exempt from sales tax, ''the state would receive an additional $89,376,857.''
Mostly True
By John Hill • June 30, 2010
Lincoln Chafee
Lincoln Chafee
stated on May 4, 2010 in a candidate forum:
"Fifty-three percent of teens in Central Falls are getting pregnant."
False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • June 25, 2010