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Latest Fact-Checks On Nathan Deal

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Nathan Deal
Nathan Deal
stated on April 30, 2013 a speech
The state of Georgia lost 16 percent of its employees last year, and that percentage has risen over the past three years.
Half-True
By Janel Davis • May 24, 2013
Nathan Deal
Nathan Deal
stated on January 17, 2013 a speech
Since taking office in January 2011, "the ‘rainy day’ fund has increased by 226 percent."
True
By Eric Stirgus • January 29, 2013
Nathan Deal
Nathan Deal
stated on January 17, 2013 a twitter post
"Spending of government money is 17 percent less than it was a decade ago."
True
By Eric Stirgus • January 29, 2013
Nathan Deal
Nathan Deal
stated on January 17, 2013 a twitter post
"Since last year’s address, more than 10,000 jobs created -- many on the high end of the employment scale."
Mostly True
By Eric Stirgus • January 29, 2013
Nathan Deal
Nathan Deal
stated on November 29, 2012 a television interview
Taxpayers are "on the hook ... for less than a third" of the proposed new Atlanta Falcons stadium, and those funds are "repaid from money that comes from outsiders."
Half-True
By Willoughby Mariano • January 4, 2013
Nathan Deal
Nathan Deal
stated on October 1, 2012 news release
The  Georgia Department of Economic Development assisted with the creation of 28,776 jobs, an increase of 29 percent from last fiscal year, and $5.97 billion in investments, a 32 percent increase.  
Half-True
By Janel Davis • October 16, 2012
Nathan Deal
Nathan Deal
stated on July 19, 2012
Says his plan to end the toll on Ga. 400 fulfills his campaign promise to commuters.
Mostly False
By Willoughby Mariano • August 6, 2012
Nathan Deal
Nathan Deal
stated on May 7, 2012 a press release
"Since the beginning of the economic downturn in FY 2008, the state workforce has been reduced by 12.4 percent as part of overall cost savings measures to balance the budget to reduce revenues."
Mostly False
By Chris Joyner • June 22, 2012
Nathan Deal
Nathan Deal
stated on June 13, 2012 a blog post
The Americans for Tax Reform pledge "relates to new taxes that were going to be initiated by legislative action."
False
By Eric Stirgus, Willoughby Mariano • June 18, 2012
Nathan Deal
Nathan Deal
stated on May 10, 2010 pledge
On opposing any and all efforts to increase taxes.
Full Flop
By Eric Stirgus • June 8, 2012
Nathan Deal
Nathan Deal
stated on April 17, 2012 a speech before the Atlanta Press Club
Before the HOPE scholarship, "70 percent of the high school students who made 1400 or above on their SAT left the state of Georgia. Now, 70 percent of those stay in the state of Georgia."
Mostly False
By Willoughby Mariano • May 1, 2012
Nathan Deal
Nathan Deal
stated on March 27, 2012 a press release
"As the usage [of synthetic marijuana] has dramatically increased, instances of violence, bodily harm and even death have risen with it."
Mostly True
By Willoughby Mariano • April 9, 2012
Nathan Deal
Nathan Deal
stated on January 31, 2012 a television commercial
"One out of every three automobile fatalities can be attributed to alcohol."
True
By Willoughby Mariano • February 3, 2012
Nathan Deal
Nathan Deal
stated on January 10, 2012 his State of the State address
Siemens has been unable to fill approximately 200 skilled trade positions in metro Atlanta.
False
By Willoughby Mariano • January 30, 2012
Nathan Deal
Nathan Deal
stated on January 10, 2012 a speech
"Right now in Georgia, nearly one in three leaving our prisons are re-convicted within three years."
True
By Eric Stirgus • January 25, 2012
Nathan Deal
Nathan Deal
stated on December 5, 2011 an op-ed
The planned expansion of Savannah’s port is a "jobs creating project."
Half-True
By Willoughby Mariano • January 20, 2012
Nathan Deal
Nathan Deal
stated on September 1, 2011 an interview
"[The state ethics commission] took absolutely the same percent of cuts as most other state agencies. … They were somewhere in the 7 percent range – same as the governor’s office."
True
By Chris Joyner • September 21, 2011
Nathan Deal
Nathan Deal
stated on June 16, 2011 a radio interview
A "substantial number" of probationers participating in a pilot project to ease the farm labor shortage are able to "finish the work."
Mostly False
By Willoughby Mariano • June 27, 2011
Nathan Deal
Nathan Deal
stated on May 9, 2011 a speech
"The health care price tag for childhood obesity in Georgia is $2.4 billion annually and rising."
False
By Eric Stirgus • May 20, 2011
Nathan Deal
Nathan Deal
stated on April 20, 2011 a speech before the Atlanta Press Club
Georgia is "one of only about seven states in the country" that has a AAA bond rating.
True
By Willoughby Mariano • May 9, 2011
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