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Debbie Wasserman Schultz
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
stated on June 5, 2011 an interview with political commentator Roland Martin
By advocating new requirements for voters to show ID cards at the polls, Republicans "want to literally drag us all the way back to Jim Crow laws."
False
By Louis Jacobson • June 9, 2011
Robert Watson
Robert Watson
stated on April 26, 2011 a speech on the House floor
"I'm well aware that medical marijuana is a recognized, medical, viable treatment for this sort of [pancreas] pain condition."
False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • May 8, 2011
Richard Ferruccio
Richard Ferruccio
stated on March 8, 2011 a radio interview
"What we have now is the most generous, in my opinion, 'good time' bill in the entire United States."
False
By Peter Lord • March 21, 2011
Charles Reed
Charles Reed
stated on March 11, 2011 an oped column.
The Texas Constitution "still contains Jim Crow provisions about the poll tax and restrictions on women having the right to vote."
False
By W. Gardner Selby • March 19, 2011
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on January 27, 2011 comments at a bill signing ceremony
Wisconsin employers have repeatedly said in surveys that our anti-business litigation climate is one of the most important factors affecting their expansion decisions.
False
By Dave Umhoefer • February 2, 2011
Anthony Weiner
Anthony Weiner
stated on January 19, 2011 a speech on the House floor
The health care law includes tort reform.
False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • January 21, 2011
National Federation of Independent Business-Wisconsin
National Federation of Independent Business-Wisconsin
stated on January 4, 2011 a news release
Wisconsin’s lawsuit rules are so anti-business that the state’s system is "one of the most promiscuous" in America.
False
By Dave Umhoefer • January 9, 2011
Edwin Pacheco
Edwin Pacheco
stated on October 4, 2010 a press release from the Rhode Island Democratic Party
Says Christopher Little has "a history of working against environmental protection by defending the worst types of corporate polluters"
False
By John Hill • October 19, 2010
Florida Democratic Party
Florida Democratic Party
stated on October 10, 2010 a TV ad.
Shows in a television ad that police took evidence from Solantic, Rick Scott's new health care company, after allegations emerged that the company was engaging in fraud.
False
By Aaron Sharockman • October 12, 2010
Scott Hassett
Scott Hassett
stated on September 21, 2010 an email to supporters
Says Wisconsin Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen "knew about (the Ken Kratz sexting) case for nearly a year and did nothing about it."
False
October 4, 2010
Joseph Fernandez
Joseph Fernandez
stated on August 25, 2010 a candidate mailing
I "kicked crooked cops and government officials off the public pension rolls."
False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • September 10, 2010
Jan Brewer
Jan Brewer
stated on June 25, 2010 a television interview
"The majority of the people that are coming to Arizona and trespassing are now becoming drug mules."
False
By Louis Jacobson • June 30, 2010
Concernedcitizen4U
Concernedcitizen4U
stated on June 10, 2010 a video
Thurbert Baker kept a teen in jail "who didn't even commit a felony."
False
By Eric Stirgus • June 18, 2010
Chain email
Chain email
stated on June 9, 2010 a chain e-mail
Presidents Hoover, Truman and Eisenhower collectively ordered the deportation of at least 15 million illegal aliens.
False
By Louis Jacobson • June 10, 2010
Chain email
Chain email
stated on June 3, 2010 a chain e-mail circulated on the Internet
Once the U.S. government signs a U.N. treaty on conventional arms, "all U.S. citizens will be subject to those gun laws created by foreign governments."
False
By Louis Jacobson • June 9, 2010
Carly Fiorina
Carly Fiorina
stated on March 10, 2010 a Web ad
Sen. Barbara Boxer "passed only three bills in 18 years" into law.
False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • May 28, 2010
John Huppenthal
John Huppenthal
stated on April 26, 2010 an interview on MSNBC's Hardball
Under the new Arizona immigration law, police can't stop someone to check their immigration status unless they think they see something illegal.
False
By Louis Jacobson • April 28, 2010
Rick Green
Rick Green
stated on March 25, 2010 a YouTube video
"When you look at the nearly 150 men and women who have served us on the Texas Supreme Court, more than half of them had zero prior judicial experience."
False
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • April 16, 2010
Jeffrey Toobin
Jeffrey Toobin
stated on April 12, 2010 an interview on Comedy Central's "The Colbert Report"
"A filibuster has never really been successfully used against a Supreme Court justice."
False
By Louis Jacobson • April 14, 2010
Farouk Shami
Farouk Shami
stated on February 8, 2010 a Democratic debate
"We have killed lots of innocent people in the state of Texas."
False
By W. Gardner Selby • February 14, 2010
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