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Doonesbury
Doonesbury
stated on April 20, 2014 the "Doonesbury" comic strip:
Last election, the Koch brothers "spent three times what the top 10 unions spent combined."
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • April 23, 2014
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on April 11, 2014 a speech:
The U.S. Justice Department has "taken on more than 100 voting rights cases since 2009."
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • April 23, 2014
Broward County Police Benevolent Association
Broward County Police Benevolent Association
stated on April 15, 2014 a billboard:
"Hollywood is #1 in Broward homicides in 2013. Thanks Chief Fernandez!"
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • April 22, 2014
Gary Peters
Gary Peters
stated on April 14, 2014 a press release:
Says opposing the Paycheck Fairness Act is part of the Koch brothers’ agenda.
Half-True
By Steve Contorno • April 18, 2014
Anissa Naouai
Anissa Naouai
stated on April 16, 2014 comments on CNN:
"The U.S. spends more money on its military than the 16 biggest military budgets in the world" combined.
Half-True
By Aaron Sharockman • April 16, 2014
Marsha Blackburn
Marsha Blackburn
stated on April 12, 2014 a speech to the Freedom Summit in New Hampshire:
A recent Gallup poll found that 72 percent of Americans and 56 percent of Democrats "say the biggest threat to our nation's security is big government."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • April 16, 2014
Kenneth Block
Kenneth Block
stated on April 14, 2014 a campaign website:
In Rhode Island, "Nearly 9 percent of covered employees go out on short term disability every year, with an average outage from work of almost 12 weeks each."
Half-True
By John Hill • April 15, 2014
Nathan Deal
Nathan Deal
stated on April 9, 2014 campaign web site:
Says restoring Georgia pre-k to a 180-day program was a "real result" of his leadership.
Half-True
By Nancy Badertscher • April 11, 2014
Eric Bolling
Eric Bolling
stated on April 8, 2014 a discussion on Fox News' "The Five":
"Of all the jobs President Obama claims to have created since he started, only 38.5 percent are women. So 61.5 percent have gone to men."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • April 9, 2014
Jay Carney
Jay Carney
stated on April 4, 2014 a meme on Twitter:
"Who will raising the minimum wage actually help? … More than half work full-time. The average worker is 35 years old."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • April 8, 2014
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on April 1, 2014 a public address:
"More than 3 million young adults ... have gained insurance under (the Affordable Care Act) by staying on their family’s plan."
Half-True
By Julie Kliegman • April 7, 2014
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on March 26, 2014 an email from his campaign:
"Charlie Crist signed into law an automatic 15 percent annual tuition increase that put college further out of reach for many Floridians."
Half-True
By Joshua Gillin • April 3, 2014
Arian Foster
Arian Foster
stated on March 19, 2014 a tweet:
The NCAA will "get billions" from the men’s basketball tournament. "Players get a trophy."
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • April 1, 2014
Organizing for Action
Organizing for Action
stated on March 26, 2014 a fundraising email:
A Koch brothers group is "going to college campuses, giving away free booze to try to bribe young folks out of getting health insurance."
Half-True
By Julie Kliegman • April 1, 2014
Jack Kingston
Jack Kingston
stated on March 31, 2014 an interview:
"There are still more people uninsured today than when Obama was elected president."
Half-True
By Eric Stirgus • March 31, 2014
Terry McAuliffe
Terry McAuliffe
stated on February 26, 2014 a radio interview.:
State Medicaid expansion "will save our treasury $1 billion over the next eight years."
Half-True
By Nancy Madsen • March 30, 2014
Chris Chocola
Chris Chocola
stated on March 19, 2014 an op-ed supporting Senate candidate Chris McDaniel:
Says Sen. Thad Cochran "voted to spend hundreds of millions of dollars on ... the Bridge to Nowhere in Alaska instead of shifting the money to repair a bridge damaged by Hurricane Katrina."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • March 27, 2014
Barbara Boxer
Barbara Boxer
stated on March 25, 2014 an interview on MSNBC's "Jansing & Co.":
"Women take birth control, more than half of them, as a medication for other conditions."
Half-True
By Julie Kliegman • March 26, 2014
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on March 20, 2014 a speech in Orlando:
"Our high school graduation rate is the highest on record."
Half-True
By Steve Contorno • March 26, 2014
Florida Stop Common Core Coalition
Florida Stop Common Core Coalition
stated on March 19, 2014 a letter to supporters:
For educational testing, Florida "has chosen a company that has a significant history of promoting identification of the GLBT lifestyle for children as young as seven years old."
Half-True
By Jeffrey S. Solochek • March 24, 2014
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