Fact Check Posts – Page 170

John Loughlin
stated on July 9, 2010 a comment on The Helen Glover Show:

Transporting drugs "is the price of admission" for people crossing the border illegally.

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • July 20, 2010

Rick Perry
stated on July 13, 2010 an interview:

"We don't get a lot of calls from this White House… I have, frankly, never had a call from them."

By W. Gardner Selby • July 19, 2010

Bill White
stated on June 17, 2010 a press conference.:

Says Gov. Rick Perry is "by far and away the highest-paid state employee on an hourly basis."

By W. Gardner Selby • July 12, 2010

Stephen Archambault
stated on June 28, 2010 a speech at the state Democratic convention:

Blue Cross headquarters has "a $30,000 granite table."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • July 11, 2010

Bill Lynch
stated on May 19, 2010 posting on his website:

Blue Cross’ new $90-million Providence headquarters "was outfitted with $25 million in decor."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • June 28, 2010

Vernon Jones
stated on June 3, 2010 a candidate forum:

"Four years as a congressman, he [U.S. Rep. Hank Johnson] never talked about MARTA."

By Eric Stirgus • June 27, 2010

Rick Scott
stated on June 23, 2010 a campaign mail piece.:

"Bill McCollum has accepted thousands from lobbyists for Planned Parenthood."

By Aaron Sharockman • June 25, 2010

Michael J. Gardiner
stated on June 22, 2010 a posting on his website:

U.S. Rep. Jim Langevin didn't want a border fence to block illegal immigration "because he is afraid that someone will get hurt trying to go around the fence."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • June 25, 2010

Ed Schultz
stated on June 22, 2010 a commentary on MSNBC's "The Ed Show":

With his decision on whether to fire Gen. Stanley McChrystal, President Obama "has to fix yet another problem he inherited from the Bush administration."

By Louis Jacobson • June 23, 2010

Rick Barber
stated on June 13, 2010 a political ad:

"Without representation, (the IRS) can increase taxes."

By Robert Farley • June 18, 2010

Jim DeMint
stated on May 26, 2010 YouTube video of a floor speech:

"Ninety-four percent of the bills that pass the Senate have no debate, no vote, no amendments, no reading of the bill, no online disclosure."

By Louis Jacobson • June 17, 2010

Karen Handel
stated on June 9, 2010 a newspaper article:

Says she was never a member of the Georgia Log Cabin Republicans.

By Jim Tharpe • June 16, 2010

Roy Barnes
stated on February 12, 2010 a speech:

Georgia could get money for schools by scraping "the gold off the gold dome" of the state Capitol.

By Jim Tharpe • June 15, 2010

Chain email
stated on June 10, 2010 a chain e-mail:

Starting in 2011, "you will be required to pay taxes" on "the value of whatever health insurance you are given by the company."

By Angie Drobnic Holan • June 10, 2010

Chain email
stated on June 9, 2010 a chain e-mail:

"In 20 years there will be enough Muslim voters in the U.S. to elect the president by themselves."

By Louis Jacobson • June 10, 2010

Bloggers
stated on June 8, 2010 a rumor widely discussed on the Internet.:

Barack Obama appeared in the video for 'Whoomp! (There it is!)'

By Cristina Silva • June 8, 2010

Rick Perry
stated on May 19, 2010 a speech:

"My opponent in November of 2008 sent a missive to the White House, to President Obama-elect, and said, 'Here's how you need to sell cap-and-trade to the American people.' "

By W. Gardner Selby • June 8, 2010

Dan Fanelli
stated on June 3, 2010 a video on his campaign website:

Under the new health care law, the elderly will be denied care when they have "passed the age limit for treatment."

By Amy Sherman • June 7, 2010

Carly Fiorina
stated on June 2, 2010 a campaign commercial:

"Barbara Boxer's worried about the weather" instead of terrorism as the biggest threat to national security.

By Louis Jacobson, Robert Farley • June 4, 2010

Boyd Richie
stated on May 20, 2010 an e-mail blast.:

Says Gov. Rick Perry is "spending Texans’ hard-earned money to live like Louie XIV."

By W. Gardner Selby • May 26, 2010

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