Fact Check Posts – Page 156

Ted Cruz
stated on January 12, 2012 a handout.:

David Dewhurst has a "record of promoting an income tax."

By W. Gardner Selby • February 10, 2012

Chain email
stated on February 2, 2012 a message via the Internet:

"If you sell your house after 2012 you will pay a 3.8 percent sales tax on it."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • February 7, 2012

Stacey Campfield
stated on January 26, 2012 an interview with Michelangelo Signorile on the Sirius satellite radio show “OutQ.”:

AIDS was transmitted to humans because "one guy" had sex with "a monkey" and then started "having sex with men."

By Zack McMillin • February 3, 2012

Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee
stated on January 5, 2012 a press release.:

Congressman Scott DesJarlais "is spending his one year anniversary on vacation -- only working 6 days in all of January."

By Michael Collins • February 2, 2012

True The Vote
stated on December 12, 2011 a Web post.:

"Eric Holder is supportive of the NAACP's efforts to get the United Nations involved in our elections."

By W. Gardner Selby • January 27, 2012

Mitch Daniels
stated on January 24, 2012 a Republican response to the State of the Union address:

"Nearly half of all persons under 30 did not go to work today."

By Louis Jacobson • January 25, 2012

Newt Gingrich
stated on January 23, 2012 a Republican presidential primary debate:

Newt Gingrich says electric co-ops and credit unions are "government-sponsored enterprises" like Freddie Mac.

By Jon Greenberg, Molly Moorhead • January 24, 2012

Ken Cuccinelli
stated on January 13, 2012 an interview. :

Says the D.C. city council passed a law banning lethal rat trapping.

By Sean Gorman • January 23, 2012

National Republican Congressional Committee
stated on January 22, 2012 a news release:

Rep. David Cicilline is responsible for the federal loan guarantee to Solyndra, the failed solar company

By Alex Kuffner • January 22, 2012

Rick Santorum
stated on January 11, 2012 comment to reporters.:

Rick Santorum says Rick Perry requested 1,200 earmarks as governor of Texas.

By Katie Glueck • January 20, 2012

Ted Cruz
stated on January 12, 2012 a U.S. Senate debate hosted by Empower Texans and the Texas Public Policy Foundation:

Says Barack Obama "began his presidency going on a worldwide apology tour."

By W. Gardner Selby • January 20, 2012

Suzanne Bonamici
stated on January 17, 2012 a press release:

PolitiFact Oregon gave Rob Cornilles a Pants on Fire for a claim about taxes and fees.

By Janie Har • January 18, 2012

Mitt Romney
stated on January 16, 2012 a Republican presidential debate in Myrtle Beach, S.C.:

The U.S. military is at risk of losing its "military superiority" because "our Navy is smaller than it's been since 1917. Our Air Force is smaller and older than any time since 1947."

By Louis Jacobson • January 18, 2012

Judy Manning
stated on January 4, 2012 an interview:

"When [Mitt Romney] was the governor of Massachusetts, he performed 100 — and I’m not sure this number is right, but my mind says it’s about 180 gay marriages."

By Eric Stirgus • January 18, 2012

John DePetro
stated on January 13, 2012 an assertion on his WPRO radio show:

"[The] ACLU and atheists in Denver are demanding the NFL stop [Tim Tebow] from praying on the sidelines."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • January 18, 2012

Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee
stated on January 5, 2012 a news release:

Freshman Rep. Bob Gibbs "is spending his one year anniversary on vacation — only working 6 days in all of January."

By Tom Feran • January 16, 2012

Steve Cohen
stated on November 20, 2011 appearance on MSNBC's "UP w/Chris Hayes":

"The Republicans have never done anything really to balance the budget."

By Zack McMillin • January 13, 2012

Restore Our Future
stated on January 12, 2012 a television ad:

Says Newt Gingrich "co-sponsored a bill with Nancy Pelosi that would have given $60 million a year to a U.N. program supporting China’s brutal one-child policy."

By Angie Drobnic Holan • January 12, 2012

Barack Obama
stated on January 11, 2012 a page on the Obama campaign website:

"Mitt Romney, Rick Perry, and Newt Gingrich all say they would cut foreign aid to Israel — and every other country — to zero."

By Louis Jacobson • January 12, 2012

Rob Cornilles
stated on January 3, 2012:

"She’s voted for 60 tax increases, hurting the middle class and small businesses."

By Janie Har • January 10, 2012

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