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Keep Conservatives United
Keep Conservatives United
stated on September 1, 2011 a video advertisement.:
Says "Rick Perry doubled spending in a decade."
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • September 14, 2011
Michele Bachmann
Michele Bachmann
stated on September 12, 2011 the CNN/Tea Party Express debate in Tampa:
"We know that President Obama stole over $500 billion out of Medicare to switch it over to Obamacare."
Mostly False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • September 13, 2011
Newt Gingrich
Newt Gingrich
stated on September 7, 2011 a debate:
Ben Bernanke has been the most "inflationary" chairman in the history of the Federal Reserve.
Mostly False
By Eric Stirgus • September 12, 2011
John Kasich
John Kasich
stated on September 25, 2011 a television interview:
"Since the beginning of the year we've created a net increase of 45,000 jobs."
Mostly False
By Peter Krouse • September 12, 2011
Matt Wand
Matt Wand
stated on August 28, 2011 guest column :
Says "Every time the Legislature 'suspended' the kicker, most recently the corporate kicker in 2007, Salem spent every penny and failed to stabilize the state's revenues."
Mostly False
By Janie Har • September 10, 2011
Donna Shalala
Donna Shalala
stated on August 29, 2011 a video statement:
"The academic achievements of our student-athletes are mentioned in the same breath and spirit as Notre Dame and Stanford."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • September 9, 2011
Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee
Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee
stated on August 20, 2011 a gas station advertisement:
"Congressman Bill Young voted to cut taxes for millionaires and end your Medicare." 
Mostly False
By Becky Bowers • September 7, 2011
Kinky Friedman
Kinky Friedman
stated on August 24, 2011 an opinion column.:
Says Barack Obama’s "favorability rating in Israel once clocked in at 4 percent."
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • September 4, 2011
Bob Casey
Bob Casey
stated on August 26, 2011 a conference call with reporters:
In Afghanistan, "it is very, very rare that someone who is killed in action is not killed by an" improvised explosive device, or IED.
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • August 30, 2011
Joseph Cryan
Joseph Cryan
stated on August 21, 2011 an op-ed piece published on CourierPostOnline.com:
Says direct shipment of wine "makes underage drinking as simple as a mouse click."
Mostly False
By Erin O'Neill • August 29, 2011
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on August 14, 2011:
Says his hometown of Paint Creek, Texas, "doesn’t even have a ZIP code."
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • August 27, 2011
Sean Duffy
Sean Duffy
stated on July 20, 2011 an op-ed piece in the Washington Times:
The Dodd-Frank financial-reform law’s hundreds of new rules will force small banks and credit unions to burn up "an estimated 2,260,631 labor hours just for compliance."
Mostly False
By Dave Umhoefer • August 22, 2011
Martin Frost
Martin Frost
stated on August 12, 2011 a column in "POLITICO":
Says Rick Perry flip-flopped on gay marriage by first saying it was a state’s rights issue and then saying he was in favor of a federal constitutional amendment banning gay marriage.
Mostly False
By Martha M. Hamilton • August 19, 2011
Tammy Baldwin
Tammy Baldwin
stated on August 10, 2011 an interview:
Democrats failed to flip the Wisconsin state Senate because recall elections were in the "deepest red districts in the state."
Mostly False
By Dave Umhoefer • August 19, 2011
Democratic Party of Wisconsin
Democratic Party of Wisconsin
stated on August 1, 2011 a news release:
Under Gov. Scott Walker, "unemployment is increasing in Wisconsin at twice the rate it is nationally."
Mostly False
By Tom Kertscher • August 18, 2011
Kevin DeWine
Kevin DeWine
stated on August 8, 2011 a news release:
"President Obama and Democrats' spending addiction has driven our national debt to historic proportions, maxed out our national credit card and has now led to the Democrat Downgrade of our country's AAA credit rating."
Mostly False
By Tom Feran • August 12, 2011
Kim Simac
Kim Simac
stated on July 21, 2011 a letter and news release:
Says Democratic state Sen. Jim Holperin "voted against a property tax freeze" in 2009 and then voted for a "$1.5 billion property tax hike."
Mostly False
By Dave Umhoefer • August 12, 2011
Newt Gingrich
Newt Gingrich
stated on July 31, 2011 a newspaper interview:
Says his Twitter account has 1.3 million followers.
Mostly False
By Eric Stirgus • August 9, 2011
Jim DeMint
Jim DeMint
stated on August 3, 2011 an interview with "The State" newspaper:
The debt-ceiling bill "doesn’t cut the debt. It will add about $7 trillion in new debt over the next 10 years."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • August 8, 2011
Wisconsin Sierra Club
Wisconsin Sierra Club
stated on July 23, 2011 in campaign fliers:
Says state Sen. Alberta Darling is "allowing mercury to harm our children" because she voted against an electronics recycling bill.
Mostly False
By Dave Umhoefer • August 5, 2011
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