Fact Check Posts – Page 170

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

Bill White
stated on May 19, 2010 a Facebook post

"In three days last week, (Gov. Rick) Perry flew to five cities at taxpayers’ expense, holding press conferences, delivering $2,325,000 in checks."

By W. Gardner Selby • May 23, 2010

Michael Savage
stated on May 10, 2010 his website

Elena Kagan is "a New York City radical, Marxist lawyer through and through."

By Robert Farley • May 14, 2010

Ed Schultz
stated on May 5, 2010 a broadcast of the Ed Show

"Louisiana Sen. Mary Landrieu received almost $1.8 million from BP over the last decade."

By Catharine Richert • May 14, 2010

Florida Democratic Party
stated on May 8, 2010 a press release.

"McCollum admitted he didn't think that the subprime mortgage crisis was a big deal, telling reporters he thought that the subprime collapse had been exaggerated by the media and investors and that 'it's not the end of the world.' "

By Aaron Sharockman • May 11, 2010

J.D. Hayworth
stated on April 28, 2010 an interview on the Fox Business Network

"Up until two weeks ago, John McCain was a leading proponent of amnesty. Now with me challenging him, suddenly he has changed."

By Catharine Richert • May 5, 2010

Bill O'Reilly
stated on April 13, 2010 a segment on the Fox News show The O'Reilly Factor

"We researched to find out if anybody on Fox News had ever said you're going to jail if you don't buy health insurance. Nobody's ever said it."

By Louis Jacobson • April 27, 2010

Charlie Justice
stated on April 14, 2010 a web ad.

Links jailed lobbyist Jack Abramoff to Rep. C.W. Bill Young.

By Aaron Sharockman • April 26, 2010

John Carter
stated on April 12, 2010 a Twitter message

Says the new health care law delivers a "$13 billion tax increase on families with special needs."

By Ciara O'Rourke • April 19, 2010

Bill White
stated on March 9, 2010 a public interview

Says Republican state leaders are using "Soviet-style" budget management.

By W. Gardner Selby • April 15, 2010

Chain email
stated on April 9, 2010 chain e-mail

Obama said troops "whine about bearing the costs" of going to war.

By Angie Drobnic Holan • April 9, 2010

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