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Burger King
Burger King
stated on August 26, 2014 a Facebook post:
After merging with Tim Hortons of Canada, Burger King is "not moving. … Our headquarters will remain in Miami" and "(we) will continue to pay all of our federal, state and local U.S. taxes."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • August 29, 2014
NextGen Climate Action Committee
NextGen Climate Action Committee
stated on August 22, 2014 a TV ad:
Rick Scott took $200,000 from a family that leased land for drilling "and now he is trying to hide from it."
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • August 28, 2014
Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee
Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee
stated on August 21, 2014 a campaign ad:
"Cory Gardner is sponsoring a bill to ban all abortions right now."
Half-True
By Steve Contorno • August 28, 2014
Greg Abbott
Greg Abbott
stated on July 10, 2014 an email blast:
"The growth rate of women-owned businesses in Texas has nearly doubled that of the nation since President Obama has taken office."
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • August 26, 2014
John Carlevale
John Carlevale
stated on August 10, 2014 an interview on WPRI's "Newsmakers" program:
"Over 60 percent of the provisional ballots cast in [the 2012] election were disqualified because those folks were not duly registered as voters."
Half-True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • August 26, 2014
Republican Party of Florida
Republican Party of Florida
stated on August 17, 2014 a TV ad:
Ponzi schemer Scott Rothstein "gave hundreds of thousands of campaign cash to control Crist’s appointments of key state judges."
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • August 25, 2014
Anthony Johnson
Anthony Johnson
stated on August 20, 2014 a political debate:
"We’ve seen highway fatalities actually decrease in Colorado" since marijuana use was legalized.
Half-True
By Dana Tims • August 22, 2014
Democratic Party of Georgia
Democratic Party of Georgia
stated on July 28, 2014 press release:
David Perdue led efforts to ship thousands of jobs overseas.
Half-True
By April Hunt • August 22, 2014
Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee
Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee
stated on August 18, 2014 a campaign ad:
Says Iowa Republican Senate candidate Joni Ernst "would privatize Social Security."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • August 21, 2014
Michael Medved
Michael Medved
stated on August 19, 2014 a Web post from the "Michael Medved Show":
"More whites than blacks are victims of deadly police shootings."
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • August 21, 2014
Martha Robertson
Martha Robertson
stated on August 12, 2014 a campaign ad:
Says Rep. Tom Reed, R-N.Y., "voted to raise the Social Security retirement age on us."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • August 19, 2014
NextGen Climate Action Committee
NextGen Climate Action Committee
stated on August 8, 2014 TV ad:
Says Rick Scott took $200,000 in campaign contributions from a company that "profited off pollution."
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • August 15, 2014
Alison Lundergan Grimes
Alison Lundergan Grimes
stated on July 30, 2014 a campaign ad:
Says Mitch McConnell voted "two times against the Violence Against Women Act."
Half-True
By Steve Contorno • August 13, 2014
NextGen Climate Action Committee
NextGen Climate Action Committee
stated on August 8, 2014 a campaign ad:
Says Rick Scott "is letting Duke (Energy) keep collecting billions" despite troubled power plants.
Half-True
By PolitiFact Staff • August 13, 2014
LIBRE Initiative
LIBRE Initiative
stated on August 10, 2014 a Facebook post:
"The startup rate of Hispanic businesses is three times the national rate."
Half-True
By Lauren Carroll • August 12, 2014
Mark Emmert
Mark Emmert
stated on August 10, 2014 comments on ABC's "This Week":
"More (student-athletes) graduate than the students who aren't student-athletes."
Half-True
By Lauren Carroll • August 10, 2014
Lindsey Graham
Lindsey Graham
stated on August 10, 2014 comments on "Fox News Sunday":
Top U.S. intelligence officials have told "every member of Congress, including the president, we’re about to be attacked in a serious way because (of) the threat emanating from Syria and Iraq."
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • August 10, 2014
Cormick Lynch
Cormick Lynch
stated on August 3, 2014 a debate on WPRI's Newsmakers:
The cost of "college education has gone up 1,200 percent since 1978."
Half-True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • August 10, 2014
Juan
Juan "Chuy" Hinojosa
stated on July 21, 2014 a press release:
"We have less crime in the (Rio Grande) Valley than we do in other major Texas cities."
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • August 8, 2014
Charlie Crist
Charlie Crist
stated on July 10, 2014 a fundraising email:
"All Aboard Florida is receiving millions in Florida taxpayer dollars."
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • August 7, 2014
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