Fact Check Posts – Page 138

Duncan Hunter
stated on October 7, 2014 an interview with Greta Van Susteren of Fox News:

"At least 10 ISIS fighters have been caught coming across the Mexican border in Texas" and there are "dozens more that did not get caught by the Border Patrol."

By Dylan Baddour, W. Gardner Selby • October 10, 2014

Morgan Brittany
stated on October 7, 2014 an article on the WND website:

"According to a government supplier of emergency products, the Disaster Assistance Response Team was told to be prepared to be activated in the month of October for an outbreak of Ebola."

By Jon Greenberg • October 8, 2014

Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee
stated on September 30, 2014 a campaign commercial:

Says U.S. Rep. Steve Southerland "voted himself health care for life."

By Joshua Gillin • October 8, 2014

William Benson Huber
stated on September 28, 2014 an op-ed in the "New York Post":

The non-profit group Feeding America is lying when it claims "that one in five kids is fighting starvation daily" in the United States.

By Jon Greenberg • October 1, 2014

National Rifle Association
stated on September 24, 2014 a campaign ad:

"Mary Landrieu voted to take away your gun rights."

By Steve Contorno • October 1, 2014

David Perdue
stated on September 17, 2014 In a television ad:

"Michelle Nunn’s own plan says she funded organizations linked to terrorists."

By April Hunt • September 26, 2014

Wendy Davis
stated on September 23, 2014 speaking to reporters:

"Greg Abbott and his surrogates have referred to women who have been the victims of rape or incest as though somehow what they are confronting is a minor issue."

By W. Gardner Selby • September 25, 2014

Bill Cassidy
stated on September 19, 2014 a campaign ad:

Says Mary Landrieu voted to fund benefits for illegal immigrants ahead of veterans.

By Steve Contorno • September 25, 2014

Facebook posts
stated on September 18, 2014 a Facebook meme:

Congress includes 36 people accused of spousal abuse, 84 arrested for drunk driving in the past year, 71 with terrible credit and more.

By Lauren Carroll • September 24, 2014

Bloggers
stated on September 18, 2014 a chain email:

Was Martha Kanter "dispatched to Corvallis with $17 million in stimulus money" to save Craig Robinson’s job?

By Dana Tims • September 23, 2014

Rick Scott
stated on August 27, 2014 TV ad:

A Scott Rothstein victim says that he was "swindled" by Charlie Crist.

By Amy Sherman • September 22, 2014

Todd Staples
stated on September 8, 2014 oped commentary:

"To deprive" underprivileged children "of a meat-based protein during school lunch is most likely depriving them of their only source of protein for the day."

By Dylan Baddour • September 21, 2014

Tom Cotton
stated on September 18, 2014 a campaign ad:

Says "President Obama hijacked the farm bill (and) turned it into a food stamp bill."

By Lauren Carroll • September 19, 2014

Mika Brzezinski
stated on September 16, 2014 a segment on MSNBC's "Morning Joe":

"Super Bowl Sunday has the highest rate of domestic violence."

By Katie Sanders • September 18, 2014

Bloggers
stated on September 15, 2014 Internet posts:

"Three of five detainees swapped (for Bowe Bergdahl) are now ISIS leaders."

By Louis Jacobson • September 18, 2014

Lois Frankel
stated on September 12, 2014 a fundraising email :

Recently Rick Scott "closed 30 women’s health care centers across the state."

By Amy Sherman • September 18, 2014

Dan Patrick
stated on August 28, 2014 a press release:

"As chair of the Senate Education Committee, I led the charge to restore most of the education cuts from last session."

By W. Gardner Selby • September 15, 2014

Facebook posts
stated on September 11, 2014 a post on Facebook:

A flight from Atlanta to Houston was canceled due to a "terrorist dry run."

By Derek Tsang • September 11, 2014

Facebook posts
stated on August 27, 2014 a Facebook meme:

"McDonald’s hamburgers are only 15 percent ‘real beef.’ The other 85 percent is meat filler cleansed with ammonia, which causes stomach and intestinal cancer."

By Linda Qiu • September 3, 2014

Mark Begich
stated on August 29, 2014 a campaign ad:

Says Dan Sullivan approved a "light sentence" for a sex offender who got out of prison and is now charged with a gruesome murder and sexual assault.

By Lauren Carroll • September 3, 2014

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