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Ken Mercer
Ken Mercer
stated on February 19, 2010 an advertisement
Challenger Tim Tuggey "is a lobbyist who donated over $41,000 to Democrats who support abortion and same-sex marriage."
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • March 1, 2010
Charles Schumer
Charles Schumer
stated on January 21, 2010 a press conference
"With a stroke of a pen, the (U.S. Supreme Court) decided to overrule the 100-year-old ban on corporate expenditures."
Mostly False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • January 22, 2010
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on December 22, 2009 an interview with the Washington Post
"I didn't campaign on a public option."
Mostly False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • December 23, 2009
Michael Moore
Michael Moore
stated on September 29, 2009 a press conference
After Fahrenheit 9/11 came out, "Bush's approval rating never was better, it only got worse."
Mostly False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • October 1, 2009
Ralph Nader
Ralph Nader
stated on June 18, 2008 an interview with "Democracy Now!," an independent radio program
"I didn't say" it doesn't really matter whether Gore or Bush is president.
Mostly False
By Alexander Lane • June 30, 2008
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on June 1, 2008 San Juan, Puerto Rico
"We are winning the popular vote."
Mostly False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • June 3, 2008
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on May 23, 2008 Sioux Falls, S.D.
It doesn't make sense "historically" to drop out because the 1968 race was still competitive when "Bobby Kennedy was assassinated in June in California."
Mostly False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • May 26, 2008
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on May 13, 2008 a speech in Charleston, W.Va.
"The White House is won in the swing states, and I am winning the swing states."
Mostly False
By Bill Adair • May 16, 2008
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on March 24, 2008 an interview with the Philadelphia Daily News editorial board
"My husband didn't wrap up the nomination until June."
Mostly False
By Stephanie Garry • April 9, 2008
John McCain
John McCain
stated on February 3, 2008 an interview on "Face the Nation"
In the Florida Republican primary, "we got a very large percentage of the, quote, conservative vote."
Mostly False
February 5, 2008
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