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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
Democratic Hispanic Caucus, Miami-Dade Chapter
Democratic Hispanic Caucus, Miami-Dade Chapter
stated on January 16, 2014
In 2011, Carlos López-Cantera "staunchly supported" a Florida bill modeled after Arizona’s immigration law
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • January 21, 2014
Scott Turner
Scott Turner
stated on January 8, 2014 a speech
"I started the whole year" as a senior on the University of Illinois football team and "led the team in interceptions and tackles from defensive back."
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • January 15, 2014
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on January 12, 2014 comments on CBS' "Face the Nation"
"Under Obamacare, when you turn Medicaid over to the states ... the money will be available up front for the expansion for a few years. Then, the money will go away."
Mostly False
By Katie Sanders • January 13, 2014
David Jolly
David Jolly
stated on January 6, 2014 comments at a public form
"I have never lobbied for offshore oil drilling."
Mostly False
By Joshua Gillin • January 10, 2014
Kathleen Peters
Kathleen Peters
stated on January 8, 2014 a campaign mailer
"When I was Mayor of South Pasadena, we actually reduced the property taxes we collected."
Mostly False
By Joshua Gillin • January 10, 2014
Rachel Maddow
Rachel Maddow
stated on January 2, 2014 comments on her show
The Foundation for Government Accountability, which supported a Florida law requiring drug testing of welfare recipients, is a "Koch brothers affiliated group."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman, Katie Sanders • January 9, 2014
Tom Coburn
Tom Coburn
stated on December 17, 2013 Coburn's "Wastebook 2013"
"Oregon is spending $10 million advertising Obamacare with ads that don’t even mention the program and how to enroll in it" and that don’t "mention the word ‘insurance.’"
Mostly False
By Dana Tims • January 8, 2014
X posts
X posts
stated on January 7, 2014 posts on Twitter
It’s warmer on Mars than it is in parts of the United States and Canada during the polar vortex.
Mostly False
By Julie Kliegman • January 7, 2014
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on December 29, 2013 a Facebook post
The No. 2 owner of Fox News is Prince Alwaleed bin Talal, who said, "A strong American Government is not good for us."
Mostly False
By Katie Sanders • January 6, 2014
Gene Sperling
Gene Sperling
stated on January 5, 2014 an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press"
The Obama administration offered "no magic number" of people that needed to sign up for health care on the marketplaces.
Mostly False
By Katie Sanders • January 5, 2014
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