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John Oliver
John Oliver
stated on May 11, 2014 a segment on "Last Week Tonight":
"28 percent of Kentuckians don’t have any online access."
Half-True
By Steve Contorno • May 14, 2014
John Stone
John Stone
stated on April 23, 2014 campaign website and YouTube video:
Says he’s "the only licensed firearms dealer in America running for Congress."  
Half-True
By Nancy Badertscher • May 14, 2014
Joe Scarborough
Joe Scarborough
stated on May 12, 2014 a broadcast of MSNBC's "Morning Joe":
Americans "bought into climate change" in 2004-06, but then most "began wandering away from this issue."
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • May 13, 2014
Matt Caldwell
Matt Caldwell
stated on April 30, 2014 a Florida House discussion of SB 392:
There is no "incontrovertible proof that speed, in and of itself, is the contributing factor to increasing (vehicular) fatalities."
Half-True
By Joshua Gillin • May 12, 2014
Sean Duffy
Sean Duffy
stated on May 3, 2014 an interview:
"Explosive growth in Medicare" is the reason federal deficit spending is predicted to top $1 trillion again after falling to $600 billion annually.
Half-True
By Dave Umhoefer • May 11, 2014
Charles Schumer
Charles Schumer
stated on May 5, 2014 an interview on MSNBC:
If you work 40 hours a week at the proposed minimum wage of $10.10 an hour, "you get out of poverty."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • May 8, 2014
Dan Kaufman
Dan Kaufman
stated on March 29, 2014 an opinion article:
The proposed Gogebic mine in northern Wisconsin "could be extended as long as 21 miles."  
Half-True
By James B. Nelson • May 8, 2014
Van Jones
Van Jones
stated on May 4, 2014 a roundtable on ABC's "This Week":
In some states, African-Americans are three times more likely to be sentenced to death than whites for the same crime.
Half-True
By Katie Sanders • May 7, 2014
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on May 15, 2014 an ad:
Under his leadership, more people in Wisconsin "have access to health care."
Half-True
By Tom Kertscher • May 7, 2014
Charlie Crist
Charlie Crist
stated on April 25, 2014 a post on his campaign website:
Says Rick Scott’s record on jobs includes Florida "ranked 2nd in the nation in long-term unemployment."
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • May 6, 2014
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on May 1, 2014 a meme shared on social media:
"Every single one of the 41 Republican senators who just blocked a raise in the minimum wage will receive a $2,800 cost-of-living adjustment on January 1, 2015."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • May 6, 2014
Senate Majority PAC
Senate Majority PAC
stated on April 27, 2014 a TV ad:
Says "Scott Brown’s carrying some big oil baggage" because he "collected over $400,000 in campaign contributions."
Half-True
By Julie Kliegman • May 1, 2014
Dan Patrick
Dan Patrick
stated on April 28, 2014 a mailer to voters:
"PolitiFact Texas gave" a David Dewhurst TV ad "a ‘Pants-on-Fire’ rating as an outrageous lie."
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • May 1, 2014
Rand Paul
Rand Paul
stated on April 23, 2014 a news conference:
40 percent of illegal immigrants "had a visa and then became illegal," mostly because "they changed jobs."
Half-True
By Tom Kertscher • April 29, 2014
David Dewhurst
David Dewhurst
stated on April 16, 2014 a video ad:
Dan Patrick "got caught not paying his taxes" and "pocketed his employees’ payroll taxes."
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • April 28, 2014
Annette Taddeo
Annette Taddeo
stated on April 21, 2014 an interview on MSNBC:
"Over 20 percent of the electorate is Hispanic" in Florida.
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • April 28, 2014
Mark Udall
Mark Udall
stated on April 21, 2014 a campaign ad:
Says Cory Gardner "championed an eight-year crusade to outlaw birth control here in Colorado."
Half-True
By Steve Contorno • April 25, 2014
Jimmy Carter
Jimmy Carter
stated on April 6, 2014 interview while promoting book:
Atlanta is the No. 1 trading point for sexual slavery in America. Between 100 and 200 girls are sold into slavery in Atlanta every month.
Half-True
By Nancy Badertscher • April 25, 2014
Bob Cole
Bob Cole
stated on March 31, 2014 morning radio show on KOKE-FM:
Capital Metro originally said MetroRail's yearly operating costs would be "about $2.5 million. Last year ... it cost $13 million to operate."
Half-True
By Sue Owen • April 24, 2014
The Tax Foundation
The Tax Foundation
stated on April 23, 2014 a Facebook post:
"Americans will spend more on taxes in 2014 than they will on food, clothing and housing combined."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • April 23, 2014
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