Fact Check Posts – Page 163

Michele Bachmann
stated on March 26, 2011 a speech at the Conservative Principles PAC Conference

"One. That's the number of new drilling permits under the Obama administration since they came into office."

By Robert Farley • March 29, 2011

Jon Brien
stated on March 22, 2011 a news release

Woonsocket needs a garbage-burning power plant because "residents are paying through the nose for electricity that’s fueled by foreign oil, at prices that are skyrocketing."

By Peter Lord • March 27, 2011

WorldNetDaily
stated on July 10, 2010 a news report

"A U.S. Government Accountability Office report says Planned Parenthood Federation of America cannot find some $1.3 billion given to it by the federal government from 2002 through 2008."

By Angie Drobnic Holan • March 25, 2011

Grover Norquist
stated on March 24, 2011 a post on Twitter.

"Withheld union dues fund half of Dem (Democratic) campaigns in Florida."

By Aaron Sharockman • March 25, 2011

Rick Santorum
stated on March 7, 2011 a speech to the Iowa Faith and Freedom Coalition.

"Any child born prematurely, according to the president, in his own words, can be killed."

By Angie Drobnic Holan • March 10, 2011

Direct Action for Rights & Equality
stated on March 9, 2011 an online petition

"Roughly 25% of RI has a criminal record"

By Peter Lord • March 10, 2011

Mike Huebsch
stated on March 3, 2011 a statement made by a staffer during a court hearing.

Damage by protesters to the Wisconsin state Capitol will cost $7.5 million to repair.

By James B. Nelson • March 8, 2011

Florida Chamber of Commerce
stated on March 3, 2011 a radio ad.

Says "union bosses" bused protesters to a Central Florida education protest.

By Aaron Sharockman • March 7, 2011

Kenneth McKay
stated on February 27, 2011 a TV interview

Says Sheldon Whitehouse said on Senate floor: "Everybody in Rhode Island who disagrees with me about Obamacare is an Aryan, is a white supremacist."

By Peter Lord • March 6, 2011

Democratic Party of Wisconsin
stated on March 2, 2011 a news release

As part of efforts to rein in protesters, Republicans in Wisconsin have "bolted windows inside the Capitol shut."

By James B. Nelson • March 4, 2011

Glenn Beck
stated on February 25, 2011 his radio program

Says Michelle Obama has 43 people on her staff; Nancy Reagan had just 3.

By Robert Farley • March 4, 2011

Jay Hottinger
stated on February 9, 2011 a radio interview

Says Wendy’s founder "Dave Thomas left the state literally on his deathbed to avoid the estate tax."

By Tom Feran • March 2, 2011

Chain email
stated on February 24, 2011 a chain e-mail

Says that in a hearing, Rep. Gabrielle Giffords suggested to Gen. David Petraeus that the Army "put more emphasis on less environmentally damaging methods, like stabbing or clubbing enemy forces in order to minimize the carbon output."

By Louis Jacobson • March 1, 2011

Tom Niehaus
stated on February 23, 2011 interviews with reporters

"Unfortunately we have documented instances where people defecated in the (Statehouse) building."

By Reginald Fields • March 1, 2011

Jeff Wentworth
stated on February 22, 2011 an interview on MSNBC's "Hardball with Chris Matthews"

"We don’t have bars on campus in Texas. It’s against the law... no alcohol allowed."

By Ciara O'Rourke • February 26, 2011

Lena Taylor
stated on February 15, 2011 in a TV interview, as well as other venues

Hitler "abolished unions and that’s what" Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker is "doing today."

By Tom Kertscher • February 22, 2011

Dan Flynn
stated on February 14, 2011 a column

"Our children do not spend any time in school learning about our own U.S. Constitution."

By Ciara O'Rourke • February 21, 2011

Scott Walker
stated on February 18, 2011 a radio interview

Says under his budget-repair bill, "collective bargaining is fully intact."

By Tom Kertscher • February 19, 2011

Paul Ryan
stated on February 17, 2011 an appearance on a TV interview program

Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker’s move to limit collective bargaining rights has led to "riots" at the Capitol -- "It's like Cairo has moved to Madison these days."

By James B. Nelson • February 18, 2011

Chain email
stated on February 17, 2011 a chain e-mail

Welfare programs caused more long-term damage to Detroit than the atomic bomb caused to Hiroshima

By Peter Lord • February 18, 2011

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