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Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on September 24, 2013 a news release
"Wisconsin ranks No. 2 in economic growth", according to the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia.
Mostly False
By James B. Nelson • November 1, 2013
Terry McAuliffe
Terry McAuliffe
stated on October 16, 2013 a TV ad.
Ken Cuccinelli would "take money away from public schools to fund private schools."
Mostly False
By Nancy Madsen • November 1, 2013
Maria Sachs
Maria Sachs
stated on October 1, 2013 a press conference at AutoNation in Fort Lauderdale
"In 2011, texting surpassed alcohol as the leading contributing factor in teen driving deaths."  
Mostly False
By Rochelle Koff • October 29, 2013
Diane Ravitch
Diane Ravitch
stated on October 15, 2013 a speech
"Test scores had gone up steadily for 40 years until No Child Left Behind and Race to the Top."    
Mostly False
By John Hill • October 27, 2013
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on October 22, 2013 an interview on "The O'Reilly Factor."
In Florida, "300,000 people are going to lose their individual coverage because of Obamacare. Now those people next year, they don’t have health insurance."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • October 25, 2013
Greg Abbott
Greg Abbott
stated on October 18, 2013 a Facebook page
Wendy Davis is "threatening to raise taxes up to $35 billion."
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • October 25, 2013
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on October 21, 2013 Facebook posts
Congress, criminals, Scientologists and other groups are exempt from Obamacare.
Mostly False
By Julie Kliegman • October 24, 2013
Tommy Thompson
Tommy Thompson
stated on September 25, 2013 an interview
"Wisconsin is not as obese as the national average is. The national average, 35.7 percent of the population is obese. In Wisconsin, it's closer to 26 percent."
Mostly False
October 24, 2013
Sean Hannity
Sean Hannity
stated on October 21, 2013 a broadcast of the Sean Hannity Show on WBAP AM
"In 45 out of 50 states, on average men are seeing their premiums double, going up 99 percent. Women up 62 percent."
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • October 24, 2013
Andrew Napolitano
Andrew Napolitano
stated on October 17, 2013 an interview on "Fox and Friends"
"Woodrow Wilson borrowed $30 billion to fund World War I in 1917. That money has not been paid back. And we are still paying interest on it."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • October 23, 2013
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on October 20, 2013 an interview on "Fox News Sunday"
"I never was in favor of shutting down the government. … (I) voted to fund the government fully."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • October 23, 2013
Paul Broun
Paul Broun
stated on September 29, 2013 a newspaper op-ed
According to a federal report, Obamacare will increase the long-term federal deficit by $6.2 trillion.
Mostly False
By Janel Davis • October 22, 2013
Mark Obenshain
Mark Obenshain
stated on October 4, 2013 a campaign brochure.
"Mark Herring voted to allow sex offenders, including rapists, to serve shorter sentences."
Mostly False
By Nancy Madsen, Warren Fiske • October 21, 2013
Tim Curtis
Tim Curtis
stated on October 15, 2013 a meeting about Common Core in Tampa
Common Core means "there are over 300 data elements the government is going to be collecting about your children and about you."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • October 21, 2013
Louie Gohmert
Louie Gohmert
stated on October 15, 2013 an interview with Fox News
"We went from $160 billion deficit spending in (President George W.) Bush's last year to $1.6 trillion the following year."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • October 18, 2013
Mick Mulvaney
Mick Mulvaney
stated on October 16, 2013 an interview with CBS News
The "president has given 1,100 special waivers to his friends" for Obamacare.
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • October 18, 2013
Michael Thurmond
Michael Thurmond
stated on October 3, 2013 a community meeting
When SACS came back to the DeKalb County School District to give a midterm review, we got straight A’s.
Mostly False
By Janel Davis • October 17, 2013
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
stated on October 8, 2013 in a press release
Chris Christie "cut equal pay for women, calling it 'senseless bureaucracy.' "
Mostly False
By Julie Kliegman • October 17, 2013
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on September 24, 2013 speech advocating repeal of Obamacare law
"Neville Chamberlain told the British people: ‘Accept the Nazis. Yes, they will dominate the continent of Europe, but that is not our problem. Let's appease them. Why? Because it can't be done. We cannot possibly stand against them.’"
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • October 16, 2013
Jennifer Horn
Jennifer Horn
stated on October 23, 2013 remarks at a party fundraiser
Says Jeanne Shaheen "got behind the idea of using the IRS to target American citizens for their political views."
Mostly False
By Kaitlin Mulhere • October 16, 2013
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