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Newt Gingrich
Newt Gingrich
stated on November 9, 2011 a Republican presidential debate in Michigan:
"By 2014, there will be one administrator for every teacher on college campuses in the United States."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson, Molly Moorhead • November 14, 2011
John Birch Society
John Birch Society
stated on November 4, 2011 an article on the group's website:
Under a Wisconsin bill, "minor offenses such as violating pet leash laws, seat belt laws, parking infractions, etc., would now be arrestable offenses."
Half-True
By Tom Kertscher • November 14, 2011
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on October 31, 2011 a television ad:
"We cut a record $15 billion from our state budget."
Half-True
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • November 14, 2011
Bill Clinton
Bill Clinton
stated on November 8, 2011 an interview on The Daily Show:
Solar and wind energy are "both cheaper than nuclear right now."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • November 11, 2011
Nancy Pelosi
Nancy Pelosi
stated on November 9, 2011 an interview with Jon Stewart on "The Daily Show":
In April 2009 "the Democrats were in control, and the congressional (approval) rating was 40 percent."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • November 11, 2011
State Tea Party Express
State Tea Party Express
stated on October 11, 2011 a television ad:
"In Wisconsin, Gov. Scott Walker has created a manufacturing-led jobs recovery. 30,000 new jobs were created this year, with 15,000 created in the struggling manufacturing sector."
Half-True
By James B. Nelson • November 11, 2011
Rick Santorum
Rick Santorum
stated on November 9, 2011 a Republican presidential debate in Michigan:
"The unemployment rate among (the) non-college-educated is well into the double digits in America. It's 4 percent or 5 percent for people who have college degrees."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • November 10, 2011
Newt Gingrich
Newt Gingrich
stated on November 9, 2011 a written opening statement for a debate:
Under President Barack Obama, "more Americans are in poverty ... than at any time since the Census Bureau began keeping records on it over 50 years ago."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • November 10, 2011
Progress Texas
Progress Texas
stated on October 20, 2011 an opinion column.:
"The Confederate battle flag never flew over Texas, but... you might soon see it on our license plates."
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • November 9, 2011
Rainbow/PUSH Coalition
Rainbow/PUSH Coalition
stated on October 28, 2011 a press release:
In Georgia, "hard-earned lottery dollars are doled out to the scion[s] of wealthy families."
Half-True
By Willoughby Mariano • November 9, 2011
Jon Huntsman
Jon Huntsman
stated on November 1, 2011 a speech on energy policy at University of New Hampshire:
The United States sends "$300 billion -- half our trade deficit -- overseas for oil to unstable and unfriendly regimes."
Half-True
By John Gregg • November 8, 2011
Wisconsin Anti-Violence Effort Educational Fund
Wisconsin Anti-Violence Effort Educational Fund
stated on October 30, 2011 website article, emails, direct mail:
"People are five to seven times more likely to be murdered in workplaces that allow firearms than in those that prohibit it."
Half-True
By Tom Kertscher • November 7, 2011
Adam Putnam
Adam Putnam
stated on October 30, 2011 an interview on the CBS News show "Sunday Morning":
Says the giant African land snail "carries human meningitis."
Half-True
By Becky Bowers • November 3, 2011
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on November 3, 2011 a campaign ad:
"Because of Barack Obama the mission in Iraq ended."
Half-True
By Molly Moorhead • November 3, 2011
H204TEXAS PAC
H204TEXAS PAC
stated on October 24, 2011 an email blast.:
Proposition 2 on November’s Texas ballot "does not cost state taxpayers any money."
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • November 3, 2011
Joseph Chiusolo
Joseph Chiusolo
stated on October 25, 2011 a press release:
Says "Essex County residents suffer the second highest property taxes in the nation."
Half-True
By Bill Wichert • November 2, 2011
Democratic National Committee
Democratic National Committee
stated on November 24, 2011 a campaign ad:
Says Mitt Romney’s housing policy is, "Don’t try and stop the foreclosure process. Let it run its course and hit the bottom."
Half-True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • November 1, 2011
John Lee
John Lee
stated on September 28, 2011 in a press release :
Says "Clackamas County has more urban renewal debt than all the other Oregon counties combined."
Half-True
By Janie Har • November 1, 2011
George LeMieux
George LeMieux
stated on October 5, 2011 a video on a website:
"The Christian Coalition gave (Adam) Hasner an F."
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • October 31, 2011
E. Gordon Gee
E. Gordon Gee
stated on October 4, 2011 a comment to a reporter:
"We are the poster child for compliance, and whenever we discover possible infractions we resolve and report it to the NCAA no matter how minor the violations."
Half-True
By Aaron Marshall • October 31, 2011
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