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Latest Fact-Checks By Lauren Carroll

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Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on October 19, 2014 an interview on CNN
"Obama, instead of nominating a health professional, he nominated someone who is an anti-gun activist (for surgeon general)."
False
By Lauren Carroll • October 23, 2014
Tom Cotton
Tom Cotton
stated on October 13, 2014 a debate
Says Mark Pryor "votes with Obama 93 percent of the time."
Mostly True
By Lauren Carroll • October 22, 2014
Tavis Smiley
Tavis Smiley
stated on October 19, 2014 comments on ABC's "This Week"
"This (Ebola) is not as bad as SARS was in 2003."
Mostly False
By Lauren Carroll • October 19, 2014
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on October 15, 2014 a debate at Broward College
"3,000 teachers lost their jobs when (Crist) was governor."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman, Lauren Carroll • October 16, 2014
John McCain
John McCain
stated on October 12, 2014 comments on CNN's "State of the Union"
"We were told there would never be a case of Ebola in the United States."
False
By Lauren Carroll • October 12, 2014
Pat Roberts
Pat Roberts
stated on October 1, 2014 a Web video
"20,000 Kansans lost their health insurance because of (Obamacare)."
False
By Lauren Carroll • October 9, 2014
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on October 2, 2014 a speech at Northwestern University
The cost of "health care is now the single-biggest factor driving down" the federal budget deficit.
Mostly True
By Lauren Carroll • October 8, 2014
Kay Hagan
Kay Hagan
stated on October 7, 2014 a debate
Says Thom Tillis "has cut $500 million from public education."
Half-True
By Lauren Carroll, Max Fischer-Zernin • October 8, 2014
Lindsey Graham
Lindsey Graham
stated on October 5, 2014 comments on CNN's "State of the Union"
Under sequestration, the military was cut "down to the smallest Army since 1940, the smallest Navy since 1915."
Half-True
By Lauren Carroll • October 5, 2014
Joni Ernst
Joni Ernst
stated on September 28, 2014 a debate
Says Bruce Braley "threatened to sue a neighbor over chickens that came onto (his) property."
False
By Lauren Carroll • October 2, 2014
Joni Ernst
Joni Ernst
stated on September 28, 2014 a debate
Says personhood legislation she sponsored would not have restricted access to reproductive services and was "simply a statement that I support life."
Half-True
By Lauren Carroll • September 30, 2014
LZ Granderson
LZ Granderson
stated on September 28, 2014 comments on CNN's "State of the Union"
Says President Barack Obama has launched "twice as many strikes (on) countries that are predominantly Muslim" than President George W. Bush.
Mostly True
By Lauren Carroll • September 28, 2014
Dan Sullivan
Dan Sullivan
stated on September 19, 2014 an email to supporters
"Sen. Mark Begich cast the deciding vote in favor of President Obama’s authority to issue executive amnesty to illegal aliens."
False
By Lauren Carroll • September 25, 2014
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on September 18, 2014 a Facebook meme
Congress includes 36 people accused of spousal abuse, 84 arrested for drunk driving in the past year, 71 with terrible credit and more.
Pants on Fire!
By Lauren Carroll • September 24, 2014
Dan Sullivan
Dan Sullivan
stated on September 17, 2014 a Facebook meme
Says Sen. Mark Begich is ineffective because he has only "passed one bill, the naming of a building."
Half-True
By Lauren Carroll • September 22, 2014
George Will
George Will
stated on September 21, 2014 a panel on "Fox News Sunday"
"Last week's three most-viewed television programs were Sunday Night Football, Thursday Night Football and Monday Night Football." 
True
By Lauren Carroll • September 21, 2014
Tom Cotton
Tom Cotton
stated on September 18, 2014 a campaign ad
Says "President Obama hijacked the farm bill (and) turned it into a food stamp bill."
Pants on Fire!
By Lauren Carroll • September 19, 2014
Trent Franks
Trent Franks
stated on September 12, 2014 a phone conference
"It is true that we know that ISIS is present in Ciudad Juarez (Mexico)"
Mostly False
By Lauren Carroll • September 17, 2014
Alison Lundergan Grimes
Alison Lundergan Grimes
stated on August 15, 2014 A campaign ad
Says Mitch McConnell voted "three times for corporate tax breaks that send Kentucky jobs overseas."
Mostly False
By Lauren Carroll • September 12, 2014
John McCain
John McCain
stated on September 10, 2014 an interview on CNN
Says President Obama "has never made a statement ... that he wanted a residual force left (in Iraq)."
Mostly True
By Lauren Carroll • September 12, 2014
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