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Latest Fact-Checks By Steve Contorno

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Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on January 13, 2015 his book, "American Dreams":
"If people work and make more money, they lose more in benefits than they would earn in salary."
Mostly False
By Steve Contorno • January 14, 2015
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on December 17, 2014:
"The reason why Cubans don't have access to 21st century telecommunications — like smart phones, like access to the Internet — is because it is illegal in Cuba."
Mostly True
By Lauren Carroll, Steve Contorno • December 19, 2014
Peter King
Peter King
stated on December 9, 2014 a radio show appearance:
"Nobody suffered any lasting injuries" from the CIA interrogation program.
Pants on Fire!
By Steve Contorno • December 15, 2014
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on December 3, 2014 a speech to business leaders:
"We are younger than our competitors, and this is entirely because of immigration."
Mostly True
By Steve Contorno • December 9, 2014
Marc Morial
Marc Morial
stated on November 30, 2014 an appearance on 'Fox News Sunday':
"The number of killings of citizens by police is at a two-decade high."
Half-True
By Steve Contorno • December 3, 2014
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on November 16, 2014 a press conference in Australia.:
"My position hasn’t changed" on using executive authority to address immigration issues.
False
By Steve Contorno • November 20, 2014
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on November 16, 2014 Brisbane, Australia, for the G20 summit:
Says Jonathan Gruber was "some adviser who never worked on our staff."
Mostly False
By Steve Contorno • November 19, 2014
Xi Jinping
Xi Jinping
stated on November 12, 2014 a press conference in Beijing.:
"China has made enormous progress in its human rights. That is a fact recognized by all the people in the world."
Mostly False
By Steve Contorno • November 17, 2014
Chain email
Chain email
stated on October 30, 2014 a chain email:
"Over 214,000 doctors opt out of Obamacare exchanges."
False
By Steve Contorno • November 6, 2014
Color of Change
Color of Change
stated on October 29, 2014 an Arkansas flyer:
Republicans are "trying to impeach our president."
Mostly False
By Lauren Carroll, Steve Contorno • October 30, 2014
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on October 18, 2014 the president's weekly national address:
"You cannot get (Ebola) from just riding on a plane or bus."
Mostly True
By Steve Contorno • October 29, 2014
Rand Paul
Rand Paul
stated on October 16, 2014 an interview with a New Hampshire radio station:
Ebola is "incredibly contagious," "very transmissible" and "easy to catch."
Mostly False
By Steve Contorno • October 27, 2014
Adam Kinzinger
Adam Kinzinger
stated on October 26, 2014 comments on ABC's "This Week":
Says Rand Paul "has put out budgets to cut the military in half."  
False
By Steve Contorno • October 26, 2014
Charlie Crist
Charlie Crist
stated on October 21, 2014 a debate:
Says high-speed rail would have created 60,000 jobs.
False
By Katie Sanders, Steve Contorno • October 22, 2014
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on October 15, 2014 a debate:
"While (Charlie Crist) was governor, utility costs went up 30 percent and went from below the national average to above the national average. Since I got elected, utility rates have come down 11 percent and now we are below the average."
False
By Steve Contorno • October 21, 2014
Larry Pressler
Larry Pressler
stated on October 16, 2014 a campaign forum:
"All four on Mount Rushmore, they were all independents at one critical point in their career."
False
By Steve Contorno • October 16, 2014
Alison Lundergan Grimes
Alison Lundergan Grimes
stated on October 13, 2014 a debate:
Raising the minimum wage to $10.10 an hour, "would help lift over a million Americans out of poverty."
Mostly True
By Steve Contorno • October 14, 2014
Mitch McConnell
Mitch McConnell
stated on October 13, 2014 a debate:
Raising the minimum wage to $10.10 an hour "will destroy between half a million and one million jobs."
Mostly True
By Steve Contorno • October 14, 2014
Alison Lundergan Grimes
Alison Lundergan Grimes
stated on October 6, 2014 a campaign ad:
"The only candidate pocketing big money from people who want to destroy coal is Mitch McConnell."
False
By Steve Contorno • October 8, 2014
Terri Lynn Land
Terri Lynn Land
stated on October 25, 2014 a campaign statement to a local newspaper:
On support for the auto bailouts.
Full Flop
By Steve Contorno • October 6, 2014
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