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Wendy Davis
Wendy Davis
stated on April 22, 2014 an online post
"Under Greg Abbott, Texas four-year-olds would be forced to undergo standardized tests."
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • May 1, 2014
Friends of Greenlight
Friends of Greenlight
stated on April 16, 2014 an email to voters
Greenlight Pinellas "won’t take existing lanes from other vehicles."
Mostly False
By Joshua Gillin • April 30, 2014
Ending Spending Action Fund
Ending Spending Action Fund
stated on April 3, 2014 a television ad
Says Georgia Democratic Senate hopeful Michelle Nunn supports higher taxes.
Mostly False
By Eric Stirgus • April 30, 2014
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on April 26, 2014 a weekly address
"The average minimum wage worker is 35 years old."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • April 29, 2014
The David Perdue Files
The David Perdue Files
stated on April 21, 2014 a website
David Perdue supports Common Core
Mostly False
By Eric Stirgus • April 29, 2014
Thom Tillis
Thom Tillis
stated on April 15, 2014 a TV ad
Says a pro-Democratic ad is "false" for saying that he allowed two disgraced staffers in 2012 to "resign."
Mostly False
By Julie Kliegman • April 25, 2014
Rachel Maddow
Rachel Maddow
stated on April 21, 2014 a segment on 'The Rachel Maddow Show'
"Oklahoma’s Republican Gov. Mary Fallin signed a new law which makes you pay a special fee. It will essentially fine people for the crime of using solar power."
Mostly False
By Katie Sanders • April 24, 2014
Charlie Crist
Charlie Crist
stated on April 20, 2014 a TV interview
Says he hasn’t changed his view on abortion restrictions.
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • April 24, 2014
Kay Hagan
Kay Hagan
stated on April 17, 2014 a radio ad
Says North Carolina Republican Senate candidate Thom Tillis "called Obamacare ‘a great idea.’ "
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • April 22, 2014
Americans For Tax Reform
Americans For Tax Reform
stated on April 14, 2014 in a press release
"Obama has proposed 442 tax hikes since taking office."
Mostly False
By Angie Drobnic Holan, Tim Ryan • April 22, 2014
Jason Carter
Jason Carter
stated on April 8, 2014 social media posts
Women are paid 77 cents for every $1 men get for the same work.
Mostly False
By Eric Stirgus • April 21, 2014
Wisconsin Manufacturers and Commerce
Wisconsin Manufacturers and Commerce
stated on April 20, 2014 an opinion piece
"Typical minimum wage earners in America are teenagers living with their parents in middle class families."
Mostly False
By Dave Umhoefer • April 20, 2014
Michael Solomon
Michael Solomon
stated on April 3, 2014 a news release
"Pregnant women who stand for five to six hours at a time increase their risk of pre-term pregnancy by 80 percent."
Mostly False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • April 20, 2014
Nia-Malika Henderson
Nia-Malika Henderson
stated on April 16, 2014 comments on MSNBC
"Democrats very much are in the pocket of the NRA."
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • April 17, 2014
Michael Eric Dyson
Michael Eric Dyson
stated on April 14, 2014 a broadcast of "The Ed Show"
"We know that Sunday mornings have usually been given over to conservative white men."
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • April 17, 2014
David Boies
David Boies
stated on April 8, 2014 the Civil Rights Summit at the Lyndon B. Johnson Presidential Library
Every one of "more than 30 federal judges who have considered the issue of gay and lesbian rights since last June… ruled that marriage is a constitutional right and you cannot deprive individual citizens of that right based on their sexual orientation."
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • April 16, 2014
Will Wynn
Will Wynn
stated on March 30, 2014 a news story
More "25- to 34-year-olds are moving to Austin than any other city in America."
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • April 15, 2014
Jim DeMint
Jim DeMint
stated on April 3, 2014 a broadcast of "Vocal Point"
"A lot of the move to free the slaves ... did not come from the federal government. It came from a growing movement among the people, particularly people of faith."
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • April 15, 2014
Cory Gardner
Cory Gardner
stated on March 31, 2014 an interview on Fox News
Says Mark Udall "decided Obamacare. ... He passed Obamacare with his vote."
Mostly False
By Tim Ryan • April 15, 2014
Bill Nelson
Bill Nelson
stated on April 8, 2014 remarks at a committee hearing
"My state of Florida is now the third-largest state. We have surpassed New York in population."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • April 14, 2014
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