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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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