Fact Check Posts – Page 147

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

Susan B. Anthony List
stated on April 23, 2013 a radio ad.:

New Virginia regulations on abortion clinics "provide the same sanitary environment we expect of dental offices."

By Sean Gorman • April 28, 2013

Rick Perry
stated on April 5, 2013 an interview on CNN.:

Says he has "yet to get a response" from Barack Obama to his August 2010 letter making border security requests.

By W. Gardner Selby • April 25, 2013

Associated Industries of Florida
stated on April 14, 2013 a TV ad:

The "working tax cut" created "over 40,000 new jobs in just the last four years."

By Katie Sanders • April 19, 2013

MacIver Institute
stated on April 9, 2013 a web posting:

"Gov. Scott Walker (is) more than halfway to (his) 250,000 jobs goal."

By James B. Nelson • April 17, 2013

Robin Vos
stated on April 5, 2013 a video briefing:

"In 2012, 1 in 4 Wisconsin schools had a subpar score on the Department of Public Instruction’s recent report cards" and are "failing" the children they serve.

By Dave Umhoefer • April 14, 2013

John Kasich
stated on March 20, 2013 an interview televised March 22 on “State of Ohio”:

Says that his transportation budget and Ohio Turnpike plan "would make sure we have lower tolls than we’ve had through the history of the turnpike."

By Henry J. Gomez • April 8, 2013

Jeff Tittel
stated on February 22, 2013 an opinion column for NJToday.net:

"A report by the US General Accountability Office (GAO) in 2008 found that the disposal of Katrina wastes by AshBritt in the south resulted in the creation of contaminated sites along the Gulf Coast and two new Superfund sites in New Orleans."

By Caryn Shinske • April 7, 2013

Chain email
stated on March 28, 2013 an email:

College students "who are NOT U.S. Citizens and who get the PELL Grant" plan to return to their home countries after getting free gas cards and child care.

By Amy Sherman • April 1, 2013

Ted Cruz
stated on March 16, 2013 a speech at the Conservative Political Action Conference:

Says the Democrats told the Catholic Church that they’ll use federal powers to shut down church charities and hospitals if the church doesn’t change its beliefs.

By Sue Owen • March 28, 2013

Liberals Are Cool
stated on March 17, 2013 an Internet meme:

"Q: What do these ‘Patriotic' Americans have in common? A: They are all Draft Dodgers."

By Caryn Shinske • March 24, 2013

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