Fact Check Posts – Page 146

Bloggers
stated on June 25, 2013 a blog post on Breitbart

The immigration bill includes free "Obamacars," motorcycles or scooters.

By Amy Sherman • June 26, 2013

Lauren Benedict
stated on June 19, 2013 a Georgia's WIN List press release

U.S. Rep. Phil Gingrey wants public schools to teach women to "stay in their place."

By Janel Davis • June 26, 2013

Peter Barca
stated on June 5, 2013 a fund-raising email

Under Republican-backed state budget, the state education agency estimates expansion of Wisconsin’s school voucher program "could cost nearly $2 billion annually"

By Tom Kertscher • June 26, 2013

Rick Scott
stated on June 24, 2013 a TV interview

Says Florida didn’t offer special incentives to Deutsche Bank, which announced it will add 300 jobs in Florida.

By Katie Sanders • June 25, 2013

Jodie Laubenberg
stated on June 23, 2013 Texas House debate on Senate Bill 5.

Says a "rape kit" can be used to "clean out" women, "basically like" dilation and curettage.

By Sue Owen, W. Gardner Selby • June 24, 2013

Ron Hood
stated on June 12, 2013 House Bill 200

Says abortion increases the risk of breast cancer.

By Tom Feran • June 24, 2013

Barack Obama
stated on June 17, 2013 an interview with Charlie Rose

The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court "is transparent."

By Louis Jacobson • June 21, 2013

Charlene Lima
stated on June 13, 2013 a speech on the floor of the Rhode Island House of Representatives

Rhode Island "didn't ratify the 13th Amendment to the Constitution to pay federal income taxes. So Rhode Island doesn't even have to pay federal income taxes."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • June 19, 2013

Saxby Chambliss
stated on June 13, 2013 an interview on CNN's "The Situation Room"

"The United States has never stood by and seen innocent people slaughtered to the extent that's happening in Syria."

By Louis Jacobson • June 18, 2013

Chain email
stated on June 12, 2013 an email

A hidden provision in Obamacare taxes sporting goods as medical devices.

By Tom Feran • June 14, 2013

Progress Texas
stated on May 31, 2013 a tweet

Says two-thirds of groups targeted for IRS scrutiny were not conservative.

By Sue Owen • June 11, 2013

Chain email
stated on June 3, 2013 a chain email

Says "At age 76 when you most need it, you are not eligible for cancer treatment" under Affordable Care Act.

By Janie Har • June 8, 2013

Tom Letson
stated on May 16, 2013 an emailed news release

Says Gov. John Kasich implied that a portion of workers’ compensation rebates to employers "should be directed back to him in the form of campaign cash."

By Henry J. Gomez • June 7, 2013

Harry Alford
stated on February 22, 2013 a news conference

The National Rifle Association was "founded by religious leaders who wanted to protect freed slaves from the Ku Klux Klan."

By Tom Kertscher • June 5, 2013

Chain email
stated on May 29, 2013 a chain email

Says the word "Dhimmitude" is on page 107 of the health care law and means "Muslims are specifically exempted from the government mandate to purchase insurance."

By Angie Drobnic Holan • May 30, 2013

Michele Bachmann
stated on May 15, 2013 an interview on Fox News' "On the Record" with Greta Van Susteren

The IRS is going to be "in charge" of "a huge national database" on health care that will include Americans’ "personal, intimate, most close-to-the-vest-secrets."

By Louis Jacobson • May 20, 2013

John DePetro
stated on May 10, 2013 a comment on WPRO radio.

Boston Marathon bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev is buried "not far" from President Kennedy’s grave.

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • May 17, 2013

Wayne Smith
stated on April 17, 2013 an interview.

"Science has not shown greenhouse gases to be a problem."

By W. Gardner Selby • May 2, 2013

Republican Governors Association
stated on April 24, 2013 a news release reacting to FitzGerald's run for governor

Accuses Ed FitzGerald of "pay-to-play and corruption politics."

By Henry J. Gomez • April 30, 2013

Ohio Oil and Gas Association
stated on April 10, 2013 a TV/internet ad

"Nearly 40,000 new jobs have been created in the last year due to the new wells . . . right here in Ohio."

By Tom Feran • April 29, 2013

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