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Joy Reid
Joy Reid
stated on August 4, 2014 comments on her MSNBC show
"So far, the war in Gaza has left more than 1,800 Palestinians dead -- the population equivalent to 100 9/11s."  
Mostly False
By Derek Tsang • August 7, 2014
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on June 30, 2014 a TV interview
"All Aboard Florida is a 100 percent private venture. There is no state money involved."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • August 7, 2014
Shelley Moore Capito
Shelley Moore Capito
stated on July 29, 2014 a campaign ad
"The president's come out with rules that say, 'No new coal-fired power plants.' "
Mostly False
By Steve Contorno • August 7, 2014
Ralph Mollis
Ralph Mollis
stated on August 10, 2014 a TV debate
"The per-pupil cost in the [Blackstone Valley Prep] Mayoral Academy far outweighs the per-pupil cost in Cumberland public schools."
Mostly False
By Karen Lee Ziner • August 7, 2014
Marilinda Garcia
Marilinda Garcia
stated on June 27, 2014 in a campaign tweet
Says U.S. Rep. Ann McLane Kuster used $293,000 of taxpayer money to send campaign mail.
Mostly False
By Jim Haddadin • August 4, 2014
SEIU
SEIU
stated on July 29, 2014 a Spanish-language radio ad
Says U.S. Senate candidate Cory Gardner "blocked immigration reform" and "voted to deport our DREAMers."
Mostly False
By Steve Contorno • August 4, 2014
Charlie Crist
Charlie Crist
stated on July 31, 2014 a campaign commercial
Says Rick Scott "raised property taxes."
Mostly False
By Joshua Gillin • August 1, 2014
GeorgiaCarry.org
GeorgiaCarry.org
stated on April 9, 2014 an interview with Georgia Public Broadcasting
Since 1999, 440 people have been killed in attacks on church property in the United States.  
Mostly False
By April Hunt • August 1, 2014
Sheila Jackson Lee
Sheila Jackson Lee
stated on July 30, 2014 a House floor speech
"We did not seek an impeachment of President Bush."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • July 31, 2014
Ed MacDougall
Ed MacDougall
stated on July 26, 2014 a radio ad
Says U.S. House candidate Carlos Curbelo "opposes the repeal of Obamacare."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • July 31, 2014
Cory Gardner
Cory Gardner
stated on July 28, 2014 an interview on Univision Radio
"We would create thousands of jobs in Colorado, if the Keystone Pipeline were to be built."
Mostly False
By Steve Contorno • July 31, 2014
Lawrence O'Donnell
Lawrence O'Donnell
stated on July 23, 2014 comments on his show
Because of the current immigration crisis, Republicans want to "repeal" a 2008 law that President George W. Bush signed and "want to be on record as not wanting to protect children from ... sex trafficking."    
Mostly False
By Derek Tsang • July 31, 2014
Concerned Veterans for America
Concerned Veterans for America
stated on July 25, 2014 a television ad
Says Rep. Bruce Braley, D-Iowa, "skipped an important VA reform hearing to attend three fundraisers."
Mostly False
By Lauren Carroll • July 30, 2014
Tom Cotton
Tom Cotton
stated on July 25, 2014 campaign email
Says Mark Pryor "continues to insist" that Obamacare is "an amazing success."
Mostly False
By Lauren Carroll • July 29, 2014
Chris Moews
Chris Moews
stated on July 14, 2014 an interview
Milwaukee County taxpayers paid $370,000 to settle a lawsuit over a decision by Sheriff David A. Clarke Jr. to use "untrained corrections officers" rather than deputies to patrol the lakefront.
Mostly False
By James B. Nelson • July 29, 2014
Republican Party of Florida
Republican Party of Florida
stated on July 22, 2014 a TV ad
"With Rick Scott, there are more funds for preschool education."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • July 24, 2014
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
stated on July 22, 2014 an interview with a Las Vegas news network
"There were 36 states where Republicans who were in charge refused to implement a state (health insurance) exchange."
Mostly False
By Molly O'Connor • July 24, 2014
Lou Dobbs
Lou Dobbs
stated on July 21, 2014 a broadcast of "Lou Dobbs Tonight"
Obama’s 2012 policy on younger immigrants "created these children coming across" the border.
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • July 23, 2014
Mitch McConnell
Mitch McConnell
stated on July 17, 2014 a press release
Says a new report shows the "devastating tax hikes (in the health care law) will have on middle-class Kentuckians."
Mostly False
By Steve Contorno • July 23, 2014
New Approach Oregon
New Approach Oregon
stated on June 26, 2014 a Facebook post
76 percent of doctors support the use of medical marijuana
Mostly False
By Dana Tims • July 22, 2014
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