Fact Check Posts – Page 11

Barack Obama
stated on October 16, 2012 in the second presidential debate:

Says Mitt Romney "called the Arizona law a model for the nation."

By Louis Jacobson • October 17, 2012

Jon Husted
stated on August 15, 2012 in an interview with reporters:

A member of the redistricting commission proposed in Issue 2 "could accept a bribe from somebody" and "couldn’t be removed from this commission."

By Joe Guillen • October 11, 2012

Government is Not God PAC
stated on September 23, 2012 in a newspaper advertisement:

"Barack Hussein Obama will ... force Christian schools to hire non-Christian teachers."

By Katie Sanders, Louis Jacobson • September 26, 2012

John G. Edwards
stated on June 5, 2012 in a debate on the House floor:

Decriminalizing marijuana "will save the state anywhere from $4 (million) to $11 million dollars."

By Tom Mooney • June 17, 2012

Anastasia Williams
stated on May 16, 2012 in a House Judiciary Committee hearing:

In 2011, Alabama and Massachusetts passed legislation allowing non-citizens who are legal residents to vote in state and local elections.

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • May 27, 2012

stated on May 10, 2012 in a TV ad:

Says Gov. Scott Walker said "no to equal pay for equal work for women."

By Tom Kertscher • May 17, 2012

Kathleen Falk
stated on April 17, 2012 in a newspaper interview:

Wisconsin women "are paid 81 cents to the dollar of a man doing the same job."

By Tom Kertscher • May 2, 2012

Ron Paul
stated on April 10, 2012 in a speech at Texas A&M University.:

"Just on Jan. 1 of this year, there were 40,000 new laws put on the books in one day."

By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • April 27, 2012

Wisconsin Medical Society
stated on April 19, 2012 in an interview:

Under a new law, doctors performing drug-induced abortions could be charged if women don’t return to them for follow-up care

By Dave Umhoefer • April 27, 2012

Kathleen Falk
stated on March 24, 2012 in a speech:

Says Wisconsin women facing pay discrimination can't "do something about it" under bill passed by Republicans.

By Tom Kertscher • April 10, 2012

Barack Obama
stated on April 2, 2012 in a Rose Garden press conference:

If the Supreme Court throws out the federal health care law, it "would be an unprecedented, extraordinary step of overturning a law that was passed by a strong majority of a democratically elected Congress."

By Molly Moorhead • April 4, 2012

Christine Sinicki
stated on February 21, 2012 in a legislative floor speech:

While fighting a move to toughen penalties for workplace gender discrimination, state Sen. Glenn Grothman said "he didn’t believe women belonged in the workplace" but belonged "at home, cooking and cleaning and having babies."

By Dave Umhoefer • March 4, 2012

Rick Santorum
stated on February 19, 2012 in a speech :

Claims Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg said "she prefers the South African Constitution over the United States Constitution."

By Willoughby Mariano • February 28, 2012

Marco Rubio
stated on February 9, 2012 in a speech at the CPAC conference:

Says a U.S. Supreme Court justice suggested that some U.S. cases will be decided based on South African law.

By Amy Sherman • February 14, 2012

Gerald McCormick
stated on January 19, 2012 in House floor debate over amending the state constitution to prohibit an income tax.:

The state constitution "clearly says there’s not to be a state income tax in Tennessee."

By Tom Humphrey • February 9, 2012

Lamar Smith
stated on January 20, 2012 in an opinion column.:

"Illegal counterfeiting and piracy costs the U.S. economy $100 billion... every year."

By W. Gardner Selby • February 6, 2012

Wisconsin Association for Justice
stated on October 31, 2011 in a news release:

A state bill would end a longstanding requirement that local governments repair highways and sidewalks -- and block injured citizens from suing over neglected maintenance.

By Dave Umhoefer • November 4, 2011

Rick Perry
stated on August 17, 2011 in a speech at "Politics and Eggs" in Bedford, N.H.:

Says Texas gained 21,000 doctors due to tort reform.

By Jon Greenberg • August 25, 2011

Mike Haridopolos
stated on June 29, 2011 in a posting on Twitter:

Florida’s proposed Health Care Freedom Act "will allow Floridians to opt out of Obama’s govt. takeover of healthcare!"

By Janet Zink • July 13, 2011

Samuel DeMaio
stated on June 9, 2011 in an interview on FOX 5's "Good Day New York":

Says he can’t release his internal affairs record because there are Attorney General guidelines in place protecting it.

By Erin O'Neill • June 30, 2011

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