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Kyleen Wright
Kyleen Wright
stated on December 6, 2011 a Twitter message.
Says murder is the chief cause of death for pregnant women.
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • December 26, 2011
Richard Franklin III
Richard Franklin III
stated on November 29, 2011 an address to the Central Texas Democratic Forum
Says a trash mound on U.S. 290 is 800 feet tall.
Mostly False
By Sue Owen • December 22, 2011
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on December 10, 2011 a Republican presidential debate
A study says Massachusetts has lost 18,000 jobs because residents were required to obtain health insurance under an act signed into law by Mitt Romney.
Mostly False
By Angie Drobnic Holan, Meghan Ashford-Grooms • December 19, 2011
Lloyd Doggett
Lloyd Doggett
stated on December 8, 2011 an opinion article at HuffingtonPost.com
Says that according to one economist, $1 of unemployment benefits boosts the economy by $1.61.
Mostly False
By Sue Owen • December 15, 2011
Ron Paul
Ron Paul
stated on November 22, 2011 the CNN Republican presidential debate.
Says the Department of Defense changed its definitions of al-Qaeda and the Taliban making it so almost anybody can be loosely associated with the groups.
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • December 4, 2011
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on October 1, 2011 remarks at a campaign stop October 1, 2011, in New Hampshire
"I have sent over $400 million to the border of Mexico in the form of Texas Ranger recon teams."
Mostly False
By Sue Owen, W. Gardner Selby • November 22, 2011
Greg Abbott
Greg Abbott
stated on November 9, 2011 a tweet
"Obama has (a) new Christmas tree tax."
Mostly False
By Janie Har, Louis Jacobson, Meghan Ashford-Grooms • November 20, 2011
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on November 16, 2011 a television ad
Says President Barack Obama thinks Americans are lazy.
Mostly False
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • November 17, 2011
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on September 29, 2011 a campaign video.
President Barack Obama, Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid support Rick Perry’s "decision to give in-state tuition to illegal immigrants."
Mostly False
By Sue Owen • November 10, 2011
Rachel Maddow
Rachel Maddow
stated on October 25, 2011 a TV commentary.
Says "tanking" Rick Perry’s federal tax plan has "huge tax cuts for rich people and big tax hikes for everyone else."
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • November 2, 2011
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on October 11, 2011 the Blooomberg/Washington Post Republican presidential debate.
Says that "we brought CHI Manufacturing, that had business in China, back to" Texas.
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • October 31, 2011
Burnt Orange Report
Burnt Orange Report
stated on October 3, 2011 a blog post.
Says Texas Senate hopeful Donna Campbell doesn’t live in the district she’s hoping to win in 2012.
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • October 17, 2011
Jose Rodriguez
Jose Rodriguez
stated on September 9, 2011 a press release.
Says El Paso was named America’s "Safest Large City" a year after San Antonio, Houston and Dallas had the nation’s highest crime rates.
Mostly False
By Sue Owen • October 11, 2011
Ron Paul
Ron Paul
stated on September 7, 2011 a presidential debate
Says Rick Perry wrote a letter "supporting Hillarycare."
Mostly False
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • September 24, 2011
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on September 12, 2011 a Republican presidential debate in Tampa, Florida.
Says Mitt Romney wrote that if Social Security was done "in the private sector, it would be called criminal."
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • September 22, 2011
Keep Conservatives United
Keep Conservatives United
stated on September 1, 2011 a video advertisement.
Says "Rick Perry doubled spending in a decade."
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • September 14, 2011
Kinky Friedman
Kinky Friedman
stated on August 24, 2011 an opinion column.
Says Barack Obama’s "favorability rating in Israel once clocked in at 4 percent."
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • September 4, 2011
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on August 14, 2011
Says his hometown of Paint Creek, Texas, "doesn’t even have a ZIP code."
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • August 27, 2011
Progress Texas
Progress Texas
stated on July 5, 2011 a statement for Twitter
"Rick Perry ended full-day Pre-K for 100,000 Texas children."
Mostly False
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • August 5, 2011
Alliance for Retired Americans
Alliance for Retired Americans
stated on July 12, 2011 an email blast
"Social Security doesn’t contribute a penny to the deficit."
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • August 2, 2011
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