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Latest Fact-Checks In Message Machine 2010

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Kendrick Meek
Kendrick Meek
stated on July 26, 2010 a television ad
"Warren Buffett called (Jeff) Greene's scheme 'financial weapons of mass destruction.' "
False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • July 30, 2010
Dave Aronberg
Dave Aronberg
stated on July 26, 2010 a mailer
Dave Aronberg "was the first to demand that BP create a billion-dollar fund to pay for the devastation."
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • July 29, 2010
Mark Dayton
Mark Dayton
stated on July 14, 2010 a campaign ad
"Tim Pawlenty has cut education funding in Minnesota. Classrooms are overcrowded. Districts have gone to four-day school weeks."
Half-True
By Erin Mershon • July 29, 2010
Kendrick Meek
Kendrick Meek
stated on July 26, 2010 a television ad
Democratic candidate Jeff Greene "ran for Congress as a California Republican."
True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • July 28, 2010
Americans for Job Security
Americans for Job Security
stated on July 9, 2010 an issue advocacy ad
"Jane Norton supported the largest tax hike in Colorado history."
Half-True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • July 26, 2010
Americans for Job Security
Americans for Job Security
stated on July 9, 2010 a television ad
The "state bureaucracy" Jane Norton managed "grew by $43 million in just three years."
Half-True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • July 26, 2010
Jane Norton
Jane Norton
stated on July 9, 2010 a television ad
"Ken Buck's (District Attorney's) office? His spending skyrocketed by 40 percent."
Mostly True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • July 26, 2010
Susana Martinez
Susana Martinez
stated on July 22, 2010 a campaign commercial
In New Mexico, Democratic gubernatorial candidate Diane Denish "spent federal stimulus funds on campaign Christmas cards."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • July 26, 2010
John McCain
John McCain
stated on May 7, 2010 a campaign ad
"Of all the illegals in America, more than half come through Arizona."
Mostly False
By Alex Holt • July 23, 2010
American Crossroads
American Crossroads
stated on July 18, 2010 a campaign commercial
"Recent data showed Nevada ranks 50th in the money received from" the stimulus bill.
False
By Louis Jacobson • July 23, 2010
Ron Johnson
Ron Johnson
stated on July 14, 2010 a campaign commercial
Russ Feingold "voted against the law that protected our lakes" and "was the only Great Lakes senator to vote no."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • July 19, 2010
John McCain
John McCain
stated on May 26, 2010 a political ad
As a Congressman, J.D. Hayworth was an avid earmarker who supported such pork as "$220,000 to renovate a Maine Blueberry farm" and "$5.8 million for a Vermont snowmobile trail."
Mostly True
July 16, 2010
Nathan Deal
Nathan Deal
stated on July 6, 2010 a TV campaign commercial
"Illegal aliens are costing Georgia taxpayers over a billion dollars every year."
Half-True
By Willoughby Mariano • July 16, 2010
Rob Teilhet
Rob Teilhet
stated on July 13, 2010 a telephone interview
"Ken Hodges badly botched this investigation and, as a result, justice wasn't done in this case."
False
By Eric Stirgus • July 15, 2010
Roy Barnes
Roy Barnes
stated on July 6, 2010 a campaign ad
The state Legislature attempted to "outlaw stem cell research, passes bills about microchips in the brain, and talks about seceding from the Union."
Mostly True
By Willoughby Mariano • July 11, 2010
Mark Kirk
Mark Kirk
stated on June 30, 2010 a campaign video
"At his father's bank, Alexi made tens of millions in risky loans to convicted mobsters. Then, the bank collapsed."
Half-True
July 8, 2010
Alexi Giannoulias
Alexi Giannoulias
stated on July 8, 2010 a campaign commercial
"He (Kirk) did violate Pentagon rules, twice actually, for improperly mingling politics with his military service."
True
July 8, 2010
Mark Kirk
Mark Kirk
stated on July 8, 2010 a campaign ad
"Alexi Giannoulias' top aide was a longtime BP lobbyist."
Mostly False
July 8, 2010
Doug MacGinnitie
Doug MacGinnitie
stated on June 23, 2010 a campaign commercial
"When you were casting your vote for Republicans, Brian Kemp was voting for Democrats."
Mostly False
By Willoughby Mariano • July 7, 2010
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on June 23, 2010 a campaign mail piece.
"Bill McCollum has accepted thousands from lobbyists for Planned Parenthood."
Pants on Fire!
By Aaron Sharockman • June 25, 2010
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