Fact Check Posts – Page 122

Hillary Clinton
stated on June 30, 2014 an interview at the Aspen Ideas Festival:

"A salesclerk at Hobby Lobby who needs contraception … is not going to get that service through her employer’s health care plan because her employer doesn’t think she should be using contraception."

By Louis Jacobson • July 3, 2014

Democratic Party of Wisconsin
stated on June 12, 2014 a Facebook post:

"He’s been in office nearly four years now, but 40% of Wisconsinites don't know who (U.S. Sen.) Ron Johnson is."

By Tom Kertscher • July 2, 2014

Jack Kingston
stated on June 18, 2014 radio and television add:

U.S. Senate candidate David Perdue’s company took $3 million from the federal stimulus program that President Barack Obama created.

By Nancy Badertscher • June 30, 2014

Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence
stated on June 17, 2014 a gun-control rally claim:

An average of nine children a day in the U.S. die of gunshot wounds.

By Ian K. Kullgren • June 27, 2014

Progressive Choice Florida
stated on June 23, 2014 a radio ad:

Says Charlie Crist signed "the nation’s harshest marijuana laws."

By Amy Sherman, Joshua Gillin • June 27, 2014

Greg Abbott
stated on June 26, 2014 a billboard message:

"Wendy Davis’ legal work is currently under FBI investigation."

By W. Gardner Selby • June 27, 2014

Rick Scott
stated on June 23, 2014 a TV ad:

"Under Governor Crist, 3,000 teachers laid off."

By Amy Sherman • June 26, 2014

Ed Gillespie
stated on May 14, 2014 a news release.:

Mark Warner’s "record is one of acting against" the Keystone XL pipeline.

By Nancy Madsen • June 23, 2014

Jack Reed
stated on May 1, 2014 Senate floor speeches and during a news conference:

The Senate proposal to restore emergency unemployment benefits for five months was "fully paid for."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • June 22, 2014

Erin Lynch
stated on June 11, 2014 a speech on the floor of the Rhode Island Senate:

"The average age of the minimum wage worker is 35 years old."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • June 20, 2014

Republican Party of Georgia
stated on June 4, 2014 press release:

"Even when all other state agencies took cuts, Gov. [Nathan] Deal increased education spending every year."

By Nancy Badertscher • June 20, 2014

Nan Rich
stated on May 10, 2014 a speech:

"$3 billion over the next five years will be taken out of our public schools and be put into vouchers."

By Amy Sherman • June 19, 2014

Scott Brown
stated on June 10, 2014 a press release:

Says Jeanne Shaheen "voted for a measure that would have amounted to a new national energy tax."

By Jim Haddadin • June 18, 2014

Republican Party of Wisconsin
stated on May 30, 2014 a statement:

Under Gov. Scott Walker, "employer confidence now stands at 95 percent," compared to "only 10 percent" at the end of the "Gov. Jim Doyle-Mary Burke administration."

By Tom Kertscher • June 15, 2014

Everytown for Gun Safety
stated on June 11, 2014 an infographic that went viral:

There have been 74 "school shootings in America since Sandy Hook."

By Lauren Carroll • June 13, 2014

Mary Burke
stated on April 18, 2014 an interview:

"Already in Wisconsin we have seen fewer people pursuing education as a career" due to the Act 10 collective bargaining law.

By Dave Umhoefer • June 13, 2014

Republican Governors Association
stated on May 29, 2014 In a television ad:

Jason Carter supports using Georgia tax dollars to promote Obamacare

By April Hunt • June 11, 2014

Hillary Clinton
stated on June 9, 2014 an interview on ABC:

"We came out of the White House not only dead broke, but in debt."

By Jon Greenberg • June 10, 2014

Americans for Safe Access
stated on June 5, 2014 a TV ad:

Judging by a recent vote, Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz "thinks it's okay for medical marijuana patients to go to federal prison."

By Amy Sherman • June 10, 2014

Paul Ryan
stated on May 5, 2014 remarks at a forum:

Medicare is "going broke. The trust fund goes bankrupt in 2026."

By Tom Kertscher • June 5, 2014

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