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Americans for Prosperity
Americans for Prosperity
stated on February 21, 2014 a TV ad:
Says Alaska Sen. Mark Begich "is on record supporting a carbon tax, even pushing Harry Reid to make it a priority."
Mostly False
By Julie Kliegman • February 25, 2014
Republican Party of Florida
Republican Party of Florida
stated on February 10, 2014 in a campaign mailer:
Says Alex Sink supported "higher property taxes."
Mostly False
By Joshua Gillin • February 24, 2014
Dan Sullivan
Dan Sullivan
stated on February 20, 2014 a campaign email blast:
Says Alaska Sen. Mark Begich supported President Barack Obama’s economic policies "97 percent of the time."
Mostly False
By Julie Kliegman • February 21, 2014
Republican Party of Florida
Republican Party of Florida
stated on February 17, 2014 a campaign mailer:
Says Alex Sink "supported higher sales taxes."
Mostly False
By Joshua Gillin • February 21, 2014
Republican Party of Wisconsin
Republican Party of Wisconsin
stated on February 10, 2014 a press release:
As state Commerce secretary, Mary Burke drafted, sponsored and promoted "budgets that raised taxes by billions, created high structural deficits and raided funds to finance huge spending hikes."
Mostly False
By Dave Umhoefer • February 19, 2014
Florida Democratic Party
Florida Democratic Party
stated on February 6, 2014 a robocall to 13th Congressional District voters:
Says David Jolly "supports privatizing Social Security."
Mostly False
By Joshua Gillin • February 17, 2014
National Republican Congressional Committee
National Republican Congressional Committee
stated on February 12, 2014 a television ad:
"Nonpartisan government analysts say Obamacare will cost our economy up to 2.5 million jobs."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson, Steve Contorno • February 14, 2014
Patriot Majority USA
Patriot Majority USA
stated on February 12, 2014 a campaign ad:
Says North Carolina Republican Senate candidate Thom Tillis "supports a plan that would end Medicare as we know it."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • February 14, 2014
Senate Majority PAC
Senate Majority PAC
stated on January 8, 2014 a campaign ad:
Says that as a U.S. senator, Scott Brown "delivered for Wall Street, saving big banks $19 billion in taxes."
Mostly False
By Jim Haddadin • February 11, 2014
George Will
George Will
stated on February 9, 2014 a roundtable discussion on "Fox News Sunday":
"Social Security was advocated … in the 1930s as a way of getting people to quit working, because they thought we were confined to a permanent scarcity of jobs in this country."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • February 11, 2014
Eric Cantor
Eric Cantor
stated on February 4, 2014 a news release.:
"The CBO’s latest report confirms what Republicans have been saying for years now. Under Obamacare, millions of hardworking Americans will lose their jobs."
Mostly False
By Sean Gorman • February 7, 2014
Charlie Crist
Charlie Crist
stated on January 28, 2014 a press conference:
"I always supported civil unions."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • February 7, 2014
John Boehner
John Boehner
stated on February 4, 2014 a tweet:
Says President Barack Obama’s health care law is "expected to destroy 2.3 million jobs."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • February 5, 2014
Gretchen Carlson
Gretchen Carlson
stated on February 4, 2014 a broadcast of Fox News' "The Real Story":
"The CBO now says the president's health care law will cut the number of full-time jobs in the United States by 2.3 million by 2021."
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • February 5, 2014
Bill O'Reilly
Bill O'Reilly
stated on February 2, 2014 a special broadcast on Fox:
Says he didn't tell viewers that the Obama campaign hid news about the motives behind the attack in Benghazi because Obama was running for re-election.
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • February 4, 2014
Terry McAuliffe
Terry McAuliffe
stated on January 13, 2014 a speech.:
Virginia is "the No. 1 recipient of federal dollars."
Mostly False
By Sean Gorman • January 31, 2014
Nathan Deal
Nathan Deal
stated on January 28, 2014 an interview:
"We have been confronted with an unexpected storm that has hit the metropolitan area."
Mostly False
By Eric Stirgus, Nancy Badertscher • January 30, 2014
Americans for Prosperity: Florida
Americans for Prosperity: Florida
stated on December 3, 2013 a Web video:
Says state Sens. Greg Evers, Nancy Detert and Charles Dean "got a failing grade from conservatives."
Mostly False
By Rochelle Koff • January 28, 2014
Nancy Grace
Nancy Grace
stated on January 14, 2014 a segment on 'Nancy Grace':
People on pot "shoot each other ... stab each other ... strangle each other, drive under the influence, kill families."  
Mostly False
By Katie Sanders • January 24, 2014
Florida for All
Florida for All
stated on January 20, 2014:
"Rick Scott’s Administration spent over $100,000 of taxpayer money during their first voter purge attempt in 2012."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • January 23, 2014
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