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Obama's heckler
Obama's heckler
stated on November 25, 2013 comments during the president's speech
President Barack Obama has the "power to stop deportation for all undocumented immigrants in this country."
Mostly False
By Aaron Sharockman • November 26, 2013
Ken Cuccinelli
Ken Cuccinelli
stated on November 18, 2013 an interview.
Mark Warner cast "the tiebreaking vote" to pass Obamacare.
Mostly False
By Sean Gorman • November 25, 2013
Pat McCrory
Pat McCrory
stated on November 20, 2013 an interview on MSNBC's "The Daily Rundown"
"If you survey, most (North Carolina) Democrats also agree with our (election) laws and voter ID."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • November 22, 2013
Jody Conradt
Jody Conradt
stated on September 28, 2013 a Texas Tribune Festival panel
"All" University of Texas "student-athletes get an iPad."
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • November 22, 2013
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on November 15, 2013 a news release about Florida's tourism statistics
Florida "remains the top travel destination across the world."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • November 21, 2013
Jim Rubens
Jim Rubens
stated on November 4, 2013 an email
"In Jeanne Shaheen, New Hampshire has a Senator who was the deciding vote to pass Obamacare."
Mostly False
By Jim Haddadin • November 19, 2013
Greg Abbott
Greg Abbott
stated on November 4, 2013 as quoted in an Associated Press news story
In "reality," there have "been no problems whatsoever" with the Texas voter ID law.
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • November 19, 2013
Nancy Pelosi
Nancy Pelosi
stated on November 17, 2013 an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press"
"The (health care) law does not demand that all of these cancellations go out."
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • November 17, 2013
Larry Ashley
Larry Ashley
stated on November 7, 2013 a Florida House criminal justice subcommittee hearing
"Florida sheriffs unequivocally support" the "stand your ground" law.
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • November 15, 2013
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on November 8, 2013 in an interview on the "Tonight Show"
"Under President (George W.) Bush, prosecution of gun crimes was 30 percent higher than it is under President Obama."
Mostly False
By Julie Kliegman • November 15, 2013
City of Austin
City of Austin
stated on November 6, 2013 a press release
"Onion Creek’s highest flow rate" on a recent night of flooding "was 120,000 cubic feet per second, which is nearly double the average flow rate of Niagara Falls."
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • November 14, 2013
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on November 8, 2013 an interview on NBC's "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno"
"In the last four years, our economy has grown on average 0.9 percent a year."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • November 13, 2013
Jay Leno
Jay Leno
stated on November 8, 2013 a broadcast of the "Tonight Show"
"Social Security took seven years before anybody got the first check."
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • November 12, 2013
Frank Fahrenkopf
Frank Fahrenkopf
stated on October 19, 2013 an opinion piece in the "Miami Herald"
"The majority of people travelling to these destination resorts are not going for the primary purpose of gambling."   
Mostly False
By Rochelle Koff • November 12, 2013
Larry Elder
Larry Elder
stated on November 4, 2013 CNN's "Crossfire" roundtable
"When you add a dollar value to mandates," government took almost 50 percent "of the American people’s money."
Mostly False
By Katie Sanders • November 8, 2013
Republican Party of Florida
Republican Party of Florida
stated on October 30, 2013 a YouTube attack ad
Says Alex Sink supported "a $5.2 billion increase in Florida's debt."
Mostly False
By Julie Kliegman • November 7, 2013
Americans for Prosperity
Americans for Prosperity
stated on October 29, 2013 a television ad
Says "new mandates are already reducing full-time employment."
Mostly False
By Steve Contorno • November 6, 2013
Rush Limbaugh
Rush Limbaugh
stated on October 30, 2013 comments on his radio show
"If your plan is the result of collective bargaining, no subsequent changes by anybody -- insurance companies, Obamacare -- can force your grandfathered policy to change."
Mostly False
By Katie Sanders • November 4, 2013
Ezekiel Emanuel
Ezekiel Emanuel
stated on November 3, 2013 a "Fox News Sunday" interview
"The insurance companies are making that choice (to cancel or change policies), not the president."
Mostly False
By Julie Kliegman • November 3, 2013
Matt Rinker
Matt Rinker
stated on October 29, 2013 a flier
"Natalyn Archibong skipped (Atlanta) City Council meetings or was late 90% of the time. Then she voted herself a pay raise."
Mostly False
By Eric Stirgus • November 2, 2013
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