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Wendy Davis
Wendy Davis
stated on April 22, 2014 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in a website:
David Perdue supports Common Core
Mostly False
By Eric Stirgus • April 29, 2014
Thom Tillis
Thom Tillis
stated on April 15, 2014 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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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