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Ray Lewis
Ray Lewis
stated on May 25, 2011 an interview:
"Do this research … watch how much crime picks up if you take away [football]."
False
By Eric Stirgus • June 17, 2011
E.J. Finocchio
E.J. Finocchio
stated on April 24, 2011 a television interview:
"Most of your serial killers, most of your people who commit domestic violence, they start off by abusing animals."
False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • May 31, 2011
Louie Gohmert
Louie Gohmert
stated on May 10, 2011 a radio interview.:
Says Gov. Rick Perry has been "begging" for the federal government to send the Coast Guard to patrol two lakes on the U.S.-Mexico border.
False
By W. Gardner Selby • May 24, 2011
Robert Watson
Robert Watson
stated on April 26, 2011 a speech on the House floor:
"I'm well aware that medical marijuana is a recognized, medical, viable treatment for this sort of [pancreas] pain condition."
False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • May 8, 2011
Stephen Ucci
Stephen Ucci
stated on March 30, 2011 a news release:
"A [bank] surveillance camera capturing a criminal’s face and other identifiable traits would certainly discourage robbery attempts and serve as a deterrent to robbers."
False
By Richard Salit • May 6, 2011
Richard Ferruccio
Richard Ferruccio
stated on March 8, 2011 a radio interview:
"What we have now is the most generous, in my opinion, 'good time' bill in the entire United States."
False
By Peter Lord • March 21, 2011
National Rifle Association
National Rifle Association
stated on February 10, 2011 a speech by Wayne LaPierre at the Conservative Political Action Conference:
"Across the board, violent crime in jurisdictions that recognize the Right to Carry is lower than in areas that prevent it."
False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • February 16, 2011
Bob Buckhorn
Bob Buckhorn
stated on January 4, 2011 a radio interview on WFLA-AM 970:
"There was no panhandling when I left office."
False
By Lee Logan • January 21, 2011
Lamar Smith
Lamar Smith
stated on December 15, 2010 a news release:
"In the last five years, 28,000 people have been killed along the U.S.-Mexico border."
False
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • December 31, 2010
Scott Fitzgerald
Scott Fitzgerald
stated on December 9, 2010 an interview with a newspaper editorial board:
"We continue to see these isolated incidents of people trying to vote five, six times a day."
False
By Dave Umhoefer • December 23, 2010
Loranne Ausley
Loranne Ausley
stated on October 11, 2010 a TV ad.:
"(Jeff) Atwater's busy helping his friends and wasting our tax dollars -- $48 million for a government building so lavish it's dubbed the 'Taj Mahal,' $100,000 for a golf musuem, and $110 million to build a private prison to help a big contributor."
False
By Aaron Sharockman • October 13, 2010
Erik Wallin
Erik Wallin
stated on September 27, 2010 a news release:
Says Peter Kilmartin voted "in favor of expanding the 'good behavior' statute to sex offenders."
False
By Cynthia Needham • October 7, 2010
Greg Abbott
Greg Abbott
stated on July 16, 2010 an interview with Fox News:
"More lives have been lost because of the war with the drug cartels in Juarez alone, just a few blocks from the United States of America, than have been lost in the war in Afghanistan."
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • October 5, 2010
Scott Hassett
Scott Hassett
stated on September 21, 2010 an email to supporters:
Says Wisconsin Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen "knew about (the Ken Kratz sexting) case for nearly a year and did nothing about it."
False
By Tom Kertscher • October 4, 2010
Jack Conway
Jack Conway
stated on September 14, 2010 a campaign video:
Says Rand Paul thinks drug-dealing, theft, burglary and prostitution should be decriminalized.
False
By Robert Farley • September 27, 2010
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
stated on September 19, 2010 ABC's "This Week":
It's "not true" that since he's been the president, executions in Iran have increased by four times.
False
By Robert Farley • September 23, 2010
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
stated on September 19, 2010 ABC's "This Week":
Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani "was never sentenced to stoning."
False
By Robert Farley • September 22, 2010
Joseph Fernandez
Joseph Fernandez
stated on August 25, 2010 a candidate mailing:
I "kicked crooked cops and government officials off the public pension rolls."
False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • September 10, 2010
Florida First Initiative
Florida First Initiative
stated on August 17, 2010 in a TV ad.:
"Reporters have uncovered another Scott company accused of criminal acts. But Scott won't come clean."
False
By Aaron Sharockman • August 20, 2010
Jeff Kottkamp
Jeff Kottkamp
stated on July 30, 2010 a position paper on his campaign website:
"Only a few months ago the FBI arrested three Broward County Commissioners for accepting millions of dollars in trade for illegal favors."
False
By Amy Sherman • July 30, 2010
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