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Jack Kingston
stated on March 12, 2017 in an interview on CNN:

"I remember years ago looking at a CBO report that in 1964 predicted that Medicare would cost $9 billion 10 years later. And I think it was already over $100 billion at that point."

False

By Sarah Waychoff • March 20, 2017

Tom Price
stated on November 30, 2016 in a speech:

"In the last five years only one out of 60 -- one out of 60 -- appropriations bills has been passed on time before the end of the fiscal year."

Mostly True

By Ariella Phillips • December 21, 2016

Bloggers
stated on November 29, 2016 in Townhall.com :

Hillary Clinton in 2005 co-sponsored legislation that would jail flag burners.

True

By Jim Tharpe • December 2, 2016

Various media reports 2
stated on November 10, 2016 in news media reports:

Newt Gingrich has been a proponent of selecting a president by popular vote instead of the Electoral College.

True

By Ariella Phillips, Jim Tharpe • November 16, 2016

Brian Kemp
stated on October 19, 2016 in a tweet:

The "left" is blatantly attempting to disrupt Georgia’s elections.

False

By Ariella Phillips • October 29, 2016

Nathan Deal
stated on September 9, 2016 in education conference:

"We have almost 68,000 Georgia students who are required by law to attend a chronically failing school."

Mostly True

By Ariella Phillips • October 26, 2016

Social Media
stated on October 17, 2016 in social media sites:

Creflo Dollar has endorsed Republican Donald Trump for president.

Pants on Fire!

By Jim Tharpe • October 19, 2016

Jim Barksdale
stated on September 29, 2016 in a campaign video:

Sen. Johnny Isakson voted for a trade agreement, "with China costing Georgia 93,000 jobs."

Half-True

By Ariella Phillips • October 15, 2016

Kasim Reed
stated on September 16, 2016 in a White House press conference:

"If you look at any real analysis," the Trans-Pacific Partnership is "going to generate better-paying jobs that are more stable."

Half-True

By PolitiFact Staff • September 30, 2016

Newt Gingrich
stated on September 19, 2016 in in a Facebook post and video:

Hillary Clinton said, "with a straight face, that the terrorist attacks this weekend were caused by Donald J. Trump"

Half-True

By Jim Tharpe • September 23, 2016

Jim Barksdale
stated on September 15, 2016 in On his campaign website:

In Georgia, women earn 82 cents for every dollar earned by men.

Half-True

By Jim Tharpe • September 16, 2016

Jimmy Carter
stated on August 22, 2016 in interview with an AP reporter in Memphis:

Both the Democratic and Republican candidates for president in 2016 are "quite unpopular."

True

By Jim Tharpe • August 31, 2016

Allen Buckley
stated on July 13, 2016 in a campaign statement:

"U.S. Sen. Johnny Isakson has voted for $7 trillion of our national debt!"

Mostly True

By Jim Tharpe • August 10, 2016

Georgians for Bernie Sanders for President
stated on May 23, 2016 in Facebook post.:

Polls show Bernie Sanders would do better than Hillary Clinton in a head-to-head battle against Donald Trump.

Mostly True

By Jim Tharpe • June 8, 2016

Video for Atlanta Super Bowl bid presentation
stated on May 24, 2016 in Super Bowl bid:

"Our population has grown from about 1 million in the 1970s to almost 7 million today."

Half-True

By Jim Tharpe • June 8, 2016

Vernon Keenan
stated on April 26, 2016 in Newspaper interview :

The city of Clarkston "can’t decriminalize marijuana. Only state legislators and Congress can do that."

True

By Jim Tharpe • May 11, 2016

Tom Price
stated on March 28, 2016 in a Medium post:

A study "from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Harvard, and Dartmouth concluded that Medicaid’s value to its beneficiaries is significantly lower than the actual cost of the program."

Half-True

By Louis Jacobson • April 8, 2016

Viral media reports
stated on March 22, 2016 in Newspaper, television and social media:

Emory University students were provided counseling after someone wrote "Trump 2016" in chalk on campus.

Mostly False

By Jim Tharpe • March 31, 2016

Romney allies
stated on March 18, 2016 in The New York Times:

Mitt Romney did not "endorse" Ted Cruz, even though he said he is voting for Cruz and urged others to do likewise.

Half-True

By Jim Tharpe • March 24, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on March 13, 2016 in Donald Trump on Sunday, March 13th, 2016, in an interview on "Meet the Press":

Says a YouTube video shows Thomas DiMassimo, the man who rushed Trump at an Ohio rally, "dragging the American flag on the ground like it was a piece of garbage."

True

By Jim Tharpe • March 17, 2016

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