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Angel Taveras
Angel Taveras
stated on May 12, 2014 in a fundraising letter:
I turned "a $110 million deficit into a $1.6 million surplus for our city."
Mostly False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • May 25, 2014
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on May 6, 2014 in a report:
The Obama administration spent "$205,075 in ‘stimulus’ funds to relocate a shrub that sells for $16."
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • May 23, 2014
Ed Schultz
Ed Schultz
stated on May 20, 2014 in a segment on "The Ed Show":
Walmart employees receive "roughly $5,800" in public assistance per year.
Mostly False
By Katie Sanders • May 23, 2014
Democratic Party of Virginia
Democratic Party of Virginia
stated on March 26, 2014 in a news release.:
In 2007, Ed Gillespie "was paid $300,000 to be the frontman for a coalition that made the individual mandate the centerpiece of its health reform plan."
Mostly False
By Sean Gorman • May 23, 2014
Tammy Baldwin
Tammy Baldwin
stated on May 8, 2014 in a radio interview:
"The average person who gets the minimum wage in America is 35 years old."
Mostly False
By Dave Umhoefer • May 21, 2014
Dan Sullivan
Dan Sullivan
stated on April 29, 2014 in a radio ad:
Says Mark Begich "has taken campaign cash from the Kochs" while Dan Sullivan hasn’t.
Mostly False
By Julie Kliegman • May 19, 2014
Dick Cheney
Dick Cheney
stated on May 18, 2014 in an interview on "Fox News Sunday":
"At the mere request from Putin, President Obama withdrew the plans for a missile defense program based in Poland and the Czech Republic."  
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • May 19, 2014
Campaign for Liberty
Campaign for Liberty
stated on April 29, 2014 in a petition.:
"Estimates for adopting Obamacare’s Medicaid expansion show it will cost Virginia taxpayers $902 million through 2022."
Mostly False
By Nancy Madsen • May 19, 2014
Robert Malin
Robert Malin
stated on April 20, 2014 in a TV interview:
"Fifty percent of Americans will go hungry at some time in their lives."
Mostly False
By Karen Lee Ziner • May 18, 2014
Ronan Farrow
Ronan Farrow
stated on May 5, 2014 in a segment on "Ronan Farrow Daily":
Congress' decision to "spend less around the world" on embassy security contributed to "tragedies" like Benghazi.
Mostly False
By Katie Sanders • May 13, 2014
Thomas Garrett Jr.
Thomas Garrett Jr.
stated on April 2, 2014 in an op-ed.:
"Last year the (Medicaid Fraud Control Unit) in Virginia alone recovered over $200 million!"
Mostly False
By Sean Gorman • May 12, 2014
Defending Main Street
Defending Main Street
stated on April 17, 2014 in a campaign ad in Idaho:
Says the Club for Growth tries to defeat Republicans, and that its president called Nancy Pelosi "the person I respect the most in Washington."
Mostly False
By Steve Contorno • May 7, 2014
Tom Coburn
Tom Coburn
stated on May 1, 2014 in an interview on MSNBC's "Morning Joe":
The death penalty "is a deterrent that does affect and impact people."
Mostly False
By Julie Kliegman • May 6, 2014
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
stated on May 4, 2014 in comments on ABC's "This Week":
"More whites believe in ghosts than believe in racism."
Mostly False
By Katie Sanders • May 4, 2014
Cokie Roberts
Cokie Roberts
stated on May 4, 2014 in comments on ABC's "This Week":
In discussing the attacks on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya, "Ms. Rice did say 'a terrorist attack.' It’s not that she put the whole thing on the video."  
Mostly False
By Julie Kliegman • May 4, 2014
Republican Party of Texas
Republican Party of Texas
stated on April 11, 2014 in a tweet and chart:
"Wendy Davis has already taken more $ from teacher unions than the past 3 Democrat gubernatorial candidates combined."
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • May 2, 2014
Tom Corbett
Tom Corbett
stated on April 30, 2014 in a radio ad:
"On (Tom) Wolf’s watch, taxes were high, killing 100,000 PA jobs."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • May 2, 2014
Kelli Stargel
Kelli Stargel
stated on April 28, 2014 in a newspaper editorial:
"In states where beer is unregulated, the per capita production is significantly higher."
Mostly False
By Joshua Gillin • May 1, 2014
Kelli Stargel
Kelli Stargel
stated on April 28, 2014 in a newspaper editorial:
"Higher beer production and higher consumption go hand-in-hand."
Mostly False
By Joshua Gillin • May 1, 2014
Dana Perino
Dana Perino
stated on April 22, 2014 in a broadcast of "The Five" on Fox News:
"A lot of the problems with forest fires ... is because of bad policy (not to clear out the forests) that was put in place by environmentalists."
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • May 1, 2014
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