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Ari Melber
Ari Melber
stated on November 18, 2013 a talk on MSNBC's "The Cycle":
Says Barack Obama’s approval rating "is right in the average" for second-term presidents at this point.
Half-True
By Katie Sanders • November 20, 2013
Alison Lundergan Grimes
Alison Lundergan Grimes
stated on October 28, 2013 a campaign ad:
Says Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell has "blocked the Senate over 400 times."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • November 20, 2013
Tom Cotton
Tom Cotton
stated on November 13, 2013 a campaign ad:
Says Mark Pryor "cut Medicare to pay for Obamacare."
Half-True
By Julie Kliegman • November 19, 2013
Herman Cain
Herman Cain
stated on November 15, 2013 a video on Cain TV:
Says Thomas Jefferson said, "You might be able to fool the people for awhile, and they may go astray, but sooner or later the American people are going to wake up and they will correct the course."
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • November 19, 2013
Mary Burke
Mary Burke
stated on November 6, 2013 an interview:
"You've seen where we're now going from a $700 million surplus to getting into the next biennium with almost a $750 million deficit."
Half-True
By Dave Umhoefer • November 19, 2013
Nancy Pelosi
Nancy Pelosi
stated on November 17, 2013 an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press":
Says the number of Democrats who voted for the GOP measure allowing health plan renewals is close to the number who voted on GOP bills to delay mandates on employers and individuals.
Half-True
By Katie Sanders • November 17, 2013
Ellen Qualls
Ellen Qualls
stated on November 12, 2013 comments on Fox News Channel:
Obamacare "was the Republican plan in the early '90s."
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • November 15, 2013
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on November 13, 2013 a book:
"The $3.6 billion deficit we inherited has turned into more than a half-billion-dollar surplus."
Half-True
By Dave Umhoefer • November 15, 2013
Michael Mule'
Michael Mule'
stated on November 4, 2013 an interview:
"Georgia has lost 14 percent of its jobs paying more than $50,000 a year and added 15 percent to its Medicaid rolls during the recovery."
Half-True
By Eric Stirgus • November 13, 2013
Dennis Linthicum
Dennis Linthicum
stated on November 1, 2013 his campaign website.:
Says the U.S. national debt has tripled during Rep. Greg Walden’s time in Congress.
Half-True
By Ian K. Kullgren • November 11, 2013
Greg Abbott
Greg Abbott
stated on November 7, 2013 a donation web page:
Wendy Davis is "fighting to bring ... Bloomberg-style gun control to Texas."
Half-True
By Sue Owen • November 8, 2013
Charlie Crist
Charlie Crist
stated on November 4, 2013 a speech announcing his candidacy for governor:
Charlie Crist stopped "layoffs of some 20,000 school teachers during the global economic meltdown."
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • November 7, 2013
Ed Schultz
Ed Schultz
stated on November 5, 2013 a broadcast of the "Ed Schultz Show":
Says Chris Christie fired 6,000 teachers.
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • November 7, 2013
Sid Covington
Sid Covington
stated on October 28, 2013 an opinion column by Sid Covington, the district's chairman of the board:
A planning group said that to meet anticipated traffic demands by 2035, Interstate 35 between Austin and Round Rock will need a dozen additional lanes going north and 14 additional southbound lanes.
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • November 6, 2013
Janet Bewley
Janet Bewley
stated on October 24, 2013 a speech:
"The Legislature passed Gov. Walker’s so-called property tax relief bill," but the Republicans "are still raising your property taxes."  
Half-True
By Tom Kertscher • November 6, 2013
Portland Association of Teachers
Portland Association of Teachers
stated on October 10, 2013 a newsletter.:
Says administrator salaries were increased, "but other school employees were left behind."  
Half-True
By Ian K. Kullgren • November 5, 2013
Mike Rogers
Mike Rogers
stated on November 3, 2013 an interview on CBS' "Face the Nation":
In 1929, the Secretary of State shut down a program that was "collecting information to protect America" because it was "unseemly," but that move led to "millions and millions" of deaths in World War II.
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • November 4, 2013
Van Jones
Van Jones
stated on November 3, 2013 a panel on ABC's "This Week":
"Only 14 percent of Americans were able to keep these individual market plans for two years" before Obamacare became law.
Half-True
By Katie Sanders • November 3, 2013
Republican Party of Florida
Republican Party of Florida
stated on October 30, 2013 a YouTube attack ad:
As CFO, Alex Sink oversaw "a $27 billion loss in the state's pension fund."
Half-True
By Julie Kliegman • November 1, 2013
Pam Stewart
Pam Stewart
stated on October 15, 2013 a public hearing in Tampa:
For the state of Florida, "there is not an additional cost with implementation of the Common Core standards."
Half-True
By Jeffrey S. Solochek • October 27, 2013
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