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Latest Fact-Checks By Eric Stirgus

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Casey Cagle
Casey Cagle
stated on January 22, 2014 an interview
"For every week that (state lawmakers are) able to cut off our timeline, it saves (Georgia taxpayers) approximately $100,000."
True
By Eric Stirgus • March 4, 2014
Americans for Prosperity Georgia chapter
Americans for Prosperity Georgia chapter
stated on February 20, 2014 a press conference
"Georgia’s civil forfeiture laws are among the worst in the country and the very worst in the South."
Mostly True
By Eric Stirgus • March 3, 2014
Mary Margaret Oliver
Mary Margaret Oliver
stated on February 18, 2014 a meeting
More than 80 percent of Georgians don’t support legislation to ease gun restrictions in houses of worship, in bars and on campuses.
Half-True
By Eric Stirgus • February 26, 2014
Americans for Prosperity Georgia chapter
Americans for Prosperity Georgia chapter
stated on February 17, 2014 an article
"Obamacare will mean 2.1 million fewer jobs by 2021."
Half-True
By Eric Stirgus • February 24, 2014
Kasim Reed
Kasim Reed
stated on January 31, 2014 a speech
The annual gross domestic product of metro Atlanta is "bigger than 28 states in the union."
True
By Eric Stirgus • February 18, 2014
David Perdue
David Perdue
stated on February 5, 2014 a video
Dollar General "added 2,500 stores and 20,000 jobs" during his four-year tenure as CEO.
Mostly True
By Eric Stirgus • February 14, 2014
Kasim Reed
Kasim Reed
stated on January 31, 2014 a speech
"Right now, we only keep 50 percent of Georgia Tech's graduates."
Mostly True
By Eric Stirgus • February 11, 2014
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on January 29, 2014 a Facebook post
The cost of the food stamp program is at an all-time high.  
Mostly True
By Eric Stirgus • February 7, 2014
Raphael Warnock
Raphael Warnock
stated on January 20, 2014 a speech
"Georgia has the fifth-highest number of uninsured people of any state in the union."  
True
By Eric Stirgus • February 3, 2014
Charley English
Charley English
stated on January 29, 2014 a press conference
"It still had not gotten terrible on the roads" by 2 to 3 p.m. Tuesday.
False
By Eric Stirgus, Nancy Badertscher • January 31, 2014
Nathan Deal
Nathan Deal
stated on January 28, 2014 an interview
"We have been confronted with an unexpected storm that has hit the metropolitan area."
Mostly False
By Eric Stirgus, Nancy Badertscher • January 30, 2014
Rick Allen
Rick Allen
stated on January 10, 2014 a tweet
U.S. Rep. John Barrow, D-Ga., does not want to audit the Federal Reserve.
False
By Eric Stirgus • January 28, 2014
Nathan Deal
Nathan Deal
stated on January 15, 2014 a speech
"During my administration, funding for education has increased by over $930 million."
Half-True
By Eric Stirgus • January 22, 2014
Nathan Deal
Nathan Deal
stated on January 15, 2014 a speech
"(M)ore Georgians have jobs than at any other time since October 2008."
True
By Eric Stirgus, Nancy Badertscher • January 21, 2014
David Scott
David Scott
stated on January 6, 2014 a letter
President Barack Obama’s judicial appointments for Georgia and the region were drafted in secret and not vetted by legal groups among the president’s supporters.
Mostly True
By Eric Stirgus • January 17, 2014
Americans United for Change
Americans United for Change
stated on January 14, 2014 a press release
"Sens. Isakson’s, Chambliss’ Votes Against Unemployment Insurance Were Votes to Kill Nearly 6,000 Georgia Jobs."
Half-True
By Eric Stirgus • January 14, 2014
Tom Graves
Tom Graves
stated on December 19, 2013 a Tweet
"More Americans believe the moon landing was fake than believe Obamacare is affordable."
Half-True
By Eric Stirgus • January 3, 2014
Kimberly Nelson
Kimberly Nelson
stated on December 3, 2013 a meeting
"The commission form of government is definitely losing favor in the United States."  
True
By Eric Stirgus • December 31, 2013
Paul Broun
Paul Broun
stated on December 11, 2013 an interview
"(Jack Kingston) had more earmarks at one time than every member of the Georgia delegation put together."  
False
By Eric Stirgus • December 30, 2013
Eugene Yu
Eugene Yu
stated on December 9, 2013 a website
Says "Harry Reid has a better voting attendance record than these three Congressmen!"
Mostly True
By Eric Stirgus • December 17, 2013
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