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Lynn Jenkins
Lynn Jenkins
stated on July 29, 2014 a press conference:
In the "do-nothing Senate," there are 352 House bills "sitting on Harry Reid’s desk awaiting action," including 55 introduced by Democrats.  
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • August 6, 2014
Don't Let Florida Go To Pot
Don't Let Florida Go To Pot
stated on August 5, 2014 on their website:
"25 percent of all drug-related fatal vehicle accidents in the U.S. involve marijuana."
Half-True
By Joshua Gillin • August 5, 2014
Charlotte Nash
Charlotte Nash
stated on July 15, 2014 at a commission meeting :
  Gwinnett County government has made "significant cutbacks in staffing."
Half-True
By Nancy Badertscher • August 5, 2014
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on August 1, 2014 a press statement:
"Attorney General Eric Holder’s own Justice Department precleared the voting changes in the 2011 law" about early voting in Florida.
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • August 4, 2014
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on July 23, 2014 an interview with Sean Hannity of Fox News:
Says three Ukrainians recently captured on a West Texas ranch are among "individuals from countries that have strong terrorist ties being apprehended" near the state’s border with Mexico.
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • July 31, 2014
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on July 23, 2014 a speech to the NAACP in Las Vegas:
The Obama administration's policies "have reduced minority dropout rate by 25 percent."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • July 29, 2014
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on July 23, 2014 a speech at Catholic University:
"Having an active father makes children 98 percent more likely to graduate from college."
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • July 29, 2014
Jamie Weinstein
Jamie Weinstein
stated on July 18, 2014 comments on HBO's "Real Time with Bill Maher":
The states that are doing "better" are the ones that have no state income tax.  
Half-True
By Derek Tsang • July 28, 2014
Brookhaven
Brookhaven
stated on July 21, 2014 a city mailer:
Brookhaven homeowners pay hundreds of dollars less in property taxes compared with owners of the same-value homes in unincorporated DeKalb County.
Half-True
By April Hunt • July 28, 2014
Ruth Marcus
Ruth Marcus
stated on July 27, 2014 comments on NBC's "Meet the Press":
"The best evidence is that you lose -- if you use marijuana as a teenager regularly -- eight IQ points."    
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • July 27, 2014
Charlie Crist
Charlie Crist
stated on July 23, 2014 a TV ad:
Says Rick Scott cut "Bright Futures scholarships in half."
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • July 25, 2014
Glenn Beck
Glenn Beck
stated on July 17, 2014 an interview of Gov. Rick Perry:
Says a 9-year-old girl was recently raped in Austin, Texas, by a guy previously "caught four times and released."
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • July 25, 2014
Rula Jebreal
Rula Jebreal
stated on July 22, 2014 comments on MSNBC:
Between June 30 and July 10, CNN interviewed "17 Israeli public officials versus one" Palestinian official.  
Half-True
By Katie Sanders, Linda Qiu • July 24, 2014
Angel Taveras
Angel Taveras
stated on July 12, 2014 an interview with The Providence Journal:
"If you look at what we’ve done over the last several years, the crime rate has actually gone down in [Providence] and . . . the number of shootings has been going down."
Half-True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • July 24, 2014
Pat Buchanan
Pat Buchanan
stated on July 17, 2014 comments on Fox News:
"Right now, one third of all illegal aliens are going to California."  
Half-True
By Linda Qiu • July 23, 2014
Ismael Ozanne
Ismael Ozanne
stated on June 7, 2014 a speech:
"I’m running the second-largest county district attorney’s office … at 1985 staffing levels."
Half-True
By Tom Kertscher • July 23, 2014
Mark O'Mara
Mark O'Mara
stated on July 16, 2014 comments on CNN:
"Literally, by the time a child is 18 years of age, they've killed over 100,000 people in video games and other online things."
Half-True
By Linda Qiu • July 21, 2014
Jeff Mann
Jeff Mann
stated on July 10, 2014 an Atlanta Press Club debate:
DeKalb County has been recognized in recent years as having one the best sheriff’s departments in the nation.  
Half-True
By April Hunt • July 19, 2014
Vernon Jones
Vernon Jones
stated on July 10, 2014 an Atlanta Press Club debate:
Jeff Mann has an ethics complaint against him alleging he used county workers for campaign work, which is an indictable offense.
Half-True
By April Hunt • July 19, 2014
Susan Happ
Susan Happ
stated on June 30, 2014 a press release:
"At some point in their lives, 99% of women use birth control."
Half-True
By James B. Nelson • July 18, 2014
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