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Upendra Chivukula
Upendra Chivukula
stated on August 5, 2012 an interview posted on BlueJersey.com:
"One of the key things about Leonard Lance is that in 2008, when you look at [the] Project Vote Smart website, he was not for guns. Now he has gone too far to the right, saying that you can carry concealed weapons in national parks."
Mostly False
By Erin O'Neill • August 9, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on August 5, 2012 a campaign ad:
"In June, jobless ranks were higher in nearly 90 percent of U.S. cities."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • August 8, 2012
TriMet
TriMet
stated on July 7, 2012 a newspaper ad:
"Without Westside MAX, we’d need to add 2.9 lanes to the Sunset Highway."
Mostly False
By Janie Har • August 6, 2012
Nathan Deal
Nathan Deal
stated on July 19, 2012:
Says his plan to end the toll on Ga. 400 fulfills his campaign promise to commuters.
Mostly False
By Willoughby Mariano • August 6, 2012
Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee
Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee
stated on July 30, 2012 a video posted on YouTube:
Says Congressman Jon Runyan does not want to cut taxes for the middle class, but only for millionaires.
Mostly False
By Bill Wichert • August 5, 2012
Scott Garrett
Scott Garrett
stated on July 29, 2012 an op-ed on NorthJersey.com:
"The president’s health care law raids Medicare by more than $500 billion and creates a Medicare rationing board — a group of 15 unelected bureaucrats — to slow the growth of Medicare spending."
Mostly False
By Erin O'Neill • August 3, 2012
Americans For Tax Reform
Americans For Tax Reform
stated on July 31, 2012 a blog post:
"U.S. Olympic medal winners will owe up to $9,000 to the IRS."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • August 1, 2012
Club for Growth
Club for Growth
stated on July 13, 2012 a television ad:
Says U.S. Senate candidate Eric Hovde has ‘no problem with raising taxes.’  
Mostly False
By Dave Umhoefer • August 1, 2012
Michael J. Gardiner
Michael J. Gardiner
stated on July 26, 2012 a debate:
After the 9/11 terrorist attacks grounded commercial air traffic, "there was a temperature drop while the airplanes weren't flying, for the week afterwards."
Mostly False
By Tom Mooney • August 1, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on July 29, 2012 an interview on 'Face the Nation.':
President Ronald Reagan sent troops into conflict "only in one circumstance, which was in Grenada … We were in a peacekeeping setting in Lebanon."
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • July 31, 2012
Dave Weldon
Dave Weldon
stated on July 23, 2012 a mock debate:
Embryonic stem cell research is at a "dead end, with no one good example of a successful treatment."
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By Katie Sanders • July 31, 2012
Mike Huckabee
Mike Huckabee
stated on July 5, 2012 a Facebook post:
"The White House has three staff calligraphers making between $86,000 and $97,000 each, and just one National Security Director. She makes $55,000."
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • July 30, 2012
Lights For Liberty
Lights For Liberty
stated on July 19, 2012 press release:
"The voting public had no say" in the Atlanta region’s proposed transportation project list.
Mostly False
By Eric Stirgus • July 28, 2012
Priorities USA Action
Priorities USA Action
stated on July 25, 2012 a video shown on cable news shows:
Says Romney had the uniforms for the 2002 Winter Olympic games made in Burma.
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • July 27, 2012
Texans for Accountable Government
Texans for Accountable Government
stated on July 26, 2012 an email blast.:
Says PolitiFact "validated and independently documented" its "criminal history" claims about Adan Ballesteros.
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • July 27, 2012
Dave Weldon
Dave Weldon
stated on July 22, 2012 a robocall:
"This year in Congress (Connie Mack IV) has missed almost half of his votes."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • July 25, 2012
Greg Abbott
Greg Abbott
stated on July 15, 2012 an interview with Fox News.:
Says Texas proved in court that more than 200 dead people voted in the latest Texas election.
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • July 24, 2012
Adan Ballesteros
Adan Ballesteros
stated on July 14, 2012 a political flier:
Says Michael Cargill was "arrested and incarcerated in Bell County."
Mostly False
By Sue Owen • July 24, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on July 18, 2012 a campaign commercial:
Stimulus dollars paid for "windmills from China."
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • July 23, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on June 26, 2012 a fundraising email:
Says he could be "the first president in modern history to be outspent."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • July 20, 2012
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