Fact Check Posts – Page 171

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

Marco Rubio
stated on March 22, 2010 in a fundraising E-mail.:

"The path to ObamaCare becoming law all started with Charlie Crist supporting President Obama's $787 billion stimulus."

By Aaron Sharockman • April 7, 2010

John McCain
stated on April 3, 2010 a comment on Newsweek magazine's Web site :

"I never considered myself a maverick."

By Louis Jacobson • April 6, 2010

Silvestre Reyes
stated on March 11, 2010 an e-mail blast:

"An audit of the last census found that over 370,000 people living in Texas were not counted, and our state lost an estimated $1 billion in federal funds as a result."

By W. Gardner Selby • April 6, 2010

Rick Perry
stated on April 2, 2010 a column:

"The number of uninsured people in Massachusetts is about the same as it was when the mandates were passed in 2006."

By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • April 5, 2010

John Carter
stated on March 21, 2010 a press release:

"The bill also provides full federal funding for abortions…"

By W. Gardner Selby • March 29, 2010

Republican Party of Florida
stated on March 19, 2010 a news release:

The Democratic health care plan is a "government takeover of nearly 20 percent of our economy."

By Bill Adair • March 19, 2010

J.D. Hayworth
stated on March 14, 2010 a radio interview:

"The Massachusetts Supreme Court...defined marriage as simply, quote, the establishment of intimacy ... I guess that would mean if you really had affection for your horse, I guess you could marry your horse."

By Robert Farley • March 18, 2010

Rush Limbaugh
stated on March 9, 2010 his talk show:

People "can't go fishing anymore because of Obama."

By Catharine Richert • March 17, 2010

Rick Perry
stated on March 10, 2010 a Web post:

My "border security efforts have led to a 60 percent decrease in border crime."

By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • March 16, 2010

Americans for Prosperity
stated on March 16, 2010 a TV ad:

"A government panel that didn't include cancer specialists says women shouldn't receive mammograms until age 50...If government takes over health care, recommendations like these could become the law for all kinds of diseases."

By Robert Farley • March 16, 2010

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