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Color of Change
Color of Change
stated on October 29, 2014 in an Arkansas flyer:
Republicans are "trying to impeach our president."
Mostly False
By Lauren Carroll, Steve Contorno • October 30, 2014
Gina Raimondo
Gina Raimondo
stated on October 7, 2014 in in television commercial:
"I fought 38 Studios from the beginning."
Mostly False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • October 30, 2014
Dan Patrick
Dan Patrick
stated on October 22, 2014 in a TV ad, "Better Schools":
Leticia Van de Putte "voted to stop schools from removing teachers convicted of a felony."
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • October 29, 2014
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on October 29, 2014 in a meme on social media:
Says Sen. Elizabeth Warren "lives in a $5.4 million mansion."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • October 29, 2014
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on October 21, 2014 in a CNN debate:
"We have spent $350 million to deal with sea-level rise" in the Miami area and "hundreds of millions of dollars to deal with coral reefs."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • October 29, 2014
Charlie Crist
Charlie Crist
stated on October 27, 2014 in a TV ad:
"Rick Scott vetoed funding for 30 Florida rape crisis centers. Scott said the centers weren’t needed."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • October 28, 2014
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on October 21, 2014 in the CNN debate:
Says Charlie Crist wants felons who "commit a heinous crime" such as "intentional permanent disfigurement of a child, you walk out of jail, you immediately get to vote."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • October 27, 2014
Rand Paul
Rand Paul
stated on October 16, 2014 in an interview with a New Hampshire radio station:
Ebola is "incredibly contagious," "very transmissible" and "easy to catch."
Mostly False
By Steve Contorno • October 27, 2014
Nathan Deal
Nathan Deal
stated on October 22, 2014 in an Atlanta Journal-Constitution story:
Georgia has elected more African-American leaders than any other state in the country.  
Mostly False
By April Hunt • October 27, 2014
Scott Brown
Scott Brown
stated on October 21, 2014 in a debate:
Says Jeanne Shaheen "voted to pave the way for a new national energy tax."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • October 24, 2014
National Republican Congressional Committee
National Republican Congressional Committee
stated on October 24, 2014 in an ad:
Rep. Carol Shea-Porter "votes with Nancy Pelosi’s Democrats 95 percent of the time," but Frank Guinta "will take on both parties" and has "independent New Hampshire values."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • October 24, 2014
Allen West
Allen West
stated on October 20, 2014 in a tweet:
"U.S. troops are getting only 4 hours of Ebola training before deployment to Liberia."
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • October 23, 2014
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on October 17, 2014 in a debate:
The projected $1.8 billion state budget shortfall for 2015-’17 "actually comes from an assumption based on zero growth. That just doesn’t happen."
Mostly False
By Dave Umhoefer • October 23, 2014
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on October 21, 2014 in a gubernatorial debate in Jacksonville:
Says Charlie Crist could have expanded Medicaid after the health care law passed but didn't.
Mostly False
By Joshua Gillin • October 22, 2014
Tim Murphy
Tim Murphy
stated on October 19, 2014 in an interview on Fox News Sunday:
Blocking travel from countries with Ebola should be possible because President Barack Obama "has sealed off Israel in the past."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • October 21, 2014
Sheryl Cole
Sheryl Cole
stated on October 15, 2014 in a "Ballot Boxing" candidate forum:
"This year," the Austin City Council "granted a small homestead" property tax "exemption of $5,000... applied equally to everyone. And we also granted an exemption for the elderly and the disabled members of the community."
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • October 21, 2014
Cory Gardner
Cory Gardner
stated on October 15, 2014 in a debate:
The CDC is "spending money on things like jazzercise, urban gardening and massage therapy" that could be redirected to Ebola.
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • October 20, 2014
Tavis Smiley
Tavis Smiley
stated on October 19, 2014 in comments on ABC's "This Week":
"This (Ebola) is not as bad as SARS was in 2003."
Mostly False
By Lauren Carroll • October 19, 2014
Mary Burke
Mary Burke
stated on October 10, 2014 in a debate:
Under Scott Walker’s policies, "the typical Wisconsin family has actually seen their real income drop by nearly $3,000 in the last four years."
Mostly False
By Dave Umhoefer • October 17, 2014
Mark Shields
Mark Shields
stated on October 10, 2014 in a broadcast of PBS' "Newshour":
Republicans "made it easier to buy a gun" in states they won in 2010.
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • October 16, 2014
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