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Barry Hinckley
Barry Hinckley
stated on January 17, 2012 a YouTube video
"Sheldon Whitehouse's failure of leadership, the adding of almost $8 trillion in debt in his first full term, is shameful..."
Half-True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • January 31, 2012
Travis Rowley
Travis Rowley
stated on January 21, 2012 an opinion column
"Martin Luther King was a Republican."
False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • January 29, 2012
Lincoln Chafee
Lincoln Chafee
stated on January 11, 2012 a news conference
The InterLink at T.F. Green Airport is the closest air-rail link in the country.
False
By Alex Kuffner • January 26, 2012
National Republican Congressional Committee
National Republican Congressional Committee
stated on January 22, 2012 a news release
 Rep. David Cicilline is responsible for the federal loan guarantee to Solyndra, the failed solar company
Pants on Fire!
By Alex Kuffner • January 22, 2012
Stephanie DeSilva
Stephanie DeSilva
stated on January 11, 2012 a news release
"[Mitt] Romney and [Brendan] Doherty certainly have a lot in common, like flip-flopping on abortion -- in Doherty's case, in a little over a week."
Half-True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • January 19, 2012
John DePetro
John DePetro
stated on January 13, 2012 an assertion on his WPRO radio show
"[The] ACLU and atheists in Denver are demanding the NFL stop [Tim Tebow] from praying on the sidelines."
Pants on Fire!
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • January 18, 2012
Angel Taveras
Angel Taveras
stated on January 8, 2012 a newspaper commentary
"In Connecticut and New York, students at Achievement First schools consistently outperform city and statewide averages."
Half-True
By Alex Kuffner • January 15, 2012
Einer Elhauge
Einer Elhauge
stated on January 5, 2012 a commentary in the New England Journal of Medicine
"In 1790, the first Congress, which was packed with framers, required all ship owners to provide medical insurance for seamen; in 1798, Congress also required seamen to buy hospital insurance for themselves. In 1792, Congress enacted a law mandating that all able-bodied citizens obtain a firearm."
Mostly True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • January 13, 2012
Thomas Sgouros Jr.
Thomas Sgouros Jr.
stated on December 30, 2011 an appearance on Rhode Island PBS's "A Lively Experiment"
"[If] you apply for a job, the chances are 1 in 7 that you are going to be denied that job unfairly if everybody is forced to use E-Verify."
False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • January 10, 2012
Sheldon Whitehouse
Sheldon Whitehouse
stated on December 13, 2011 a Senate hearing
"[Renewable energy] projects . . . get us off foreign oil and away, step by step, from these foreign entanglements that we have to get into to defend our oil supply."
Mostly False
By Alex Kuffner • January 8, 2012
David Cicilline
David Cicilline
stated on December 25, 2011 an appearance on WPRI's Newsmakers
"I think with the exception of the last year or maybe the last two years, we were at 100 percent" when it came to contributing to the Providence pension fund.
Mostly True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • January 6, 2012
Chain email
Chain email
stated on December 10, 2011 a message via the Internet
"What is the proper collective noun for a group of baboons? Believe it or not . . . a Congress!"
Pants on Fire!
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • January 2, 2012
David Cicilline
David Cicilline
stated on November 18, 2011 a fundraising letter
Enacting the Right-to-Carry Act would amount to "expanding the rights of sex offenders, terrorists, child predators, and abusers to carry concealed weapons across state lines.’’
Half-True
By Lynn Arditi • January 1, 2012
Eric Holder
Eric Holder
stated on December 13, 2011 a speech
"After filing a lawsuit in Rhode Island, we reached an agreement with state agencies that resulted in more voters being registered in the first full month after our lawsuit than in the entire previous two-year reporting period."
True
By Alex Kuffner • December 29, 2011
Barry Hinckley
Barry Hinckley
stated on December 4, 2011 an appearance on WPRI's "Newsmakers" program
"Our tax code is . . . 80,000 pages."
False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • December 27, 2011
Anne Nolan
Anne Nolan
stated on November 27, 2011 a news show
"We have one of the highest percentages per capita of nonprofits in this state of any state in the union."
Mostly True
By Alex Kuffner • December 25, 2011
Michael Chippendale
Michael Chippendale
stated on December 16, 2011 a public forum
"Hydrogen sulfide . . . [was] used in the genocide of Jews in Germany. "
False
By Alex Kuffner • December 21, 2011
Theresa Price
Theresa Price
stated on December 10, 2011 a speech during a rally on homelessness
"Rhode Island is leading our nation in foreclosures."
False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • December 20, 2011
Eugene McKenna
Eugene McKenna
stated on November 25, 2011 a news story
"Rhode Island already gets more revenue per capita from gambling than any other state in the country."
True
By Alex Kuffner • December 14, 2011
Chain email
Chain email
stated on November 28, 2011 a message via the Internet
While CEOs of some large charities have big salaries, the heads of some veterans groups do the job for free.
Pants on Fire!
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • December 11, 2011
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