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Vincent
Vincent "Buddy" Cianci
stated on September 21, 2014 in an interview on WPRI-TV's "Newsmakers.":
"In 2001 and '02 . . . we had the pension system funded at (the) 100% level in that year, and we did for two years at that point."
False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • September 28, 2014
Rachel Maddow
Rachel Maddow
stated on March 27, 2012 in her book "Drift":
"Not even old Gen. Eisenhower … saluted military personnel" as president.
Mostly False
By Aaron Sharockman • September 24, 2014
Bob Goodlatte
Bob Goodlatte
stated on September 17, 2014 in a video.:
The U.S. Constitution is "the oldest written constitution still in use today" among nations.
True
By Sean Gorman • September 22, 2014
John McCain
John McCain
stated on August 27, 2014 in comments on MSNBC's "Daily Rundown":
Says he holds the record for "most appearances on 'Meet the Press'."
Mostly True
By Linda Qiu • August 27, 2014
John Carlevale
John Carlevale
stated on August 10, 2014 in an interview on WPRI's "Newsmakers" program:
"Over 60 percent of the provisional ballots cast in [the 2012] election were disqualified because those folks were not duly registered as voters."
Half-True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • August 26, 2014
Allan Fung
Allan Fung
stated on August 18, 2014 in a news release:
"Nazi imagery [was used] by the Block for Governor campaign to describe supporters of Allan Fung for Governor."
False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • August 24, 2014
Mark S. Zaccaria
Mark S. Zaccaria
stated on August 3, 2014 in an interview on "10 News Conference.":
Sen. Jack Reed "cast the deciding vote in the Senate for the Affordable Care Act."
Mostly False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • August 17, 2014
Henry Cisneros
Henry Cisneros
stated on July 22, 2014 in a statement after Ivy Taylor's selection as mayor of San Antonio:
San Antonio is "now the largest city in the United States ever to have an African American woman mayor."
True
By W. Gardner Selby • August 6, 2014
David Alameel
David Alameel
stated on June 28, 2014 in his speech at the Texas Democratic Party convention:
Says John Cornyn dodged the draft during the Vietnam War.
Pants on Fire!
By W. Gardner Selby • July 31, 2014
Angel Taveras
Angel Taveras
stated on July 12, 2014 in an interview with The Providence Journal:
"If you look at what we’ve done over the last several years, the crime rate has actually gone down in [Providence] and . . . the number of shootings has been going down."
Half-True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • July 24, 2014
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on July 17, 2014 in an interview on PBS' "The Charlie Rose Show":
The number of jobs created and people lifted out of poverty during Bill Clinton’s presidency was "a hundred times" what it was under President Ronald Reagan.
False
By Louis Jacobson • July 21, 2014
Stu Burguiere
Stu Burguiere
stated on July 15, 2014 in comments on The Glenn Beck Radio Program:
There are fewer wars, there are fewer people dying in wars "now than there have been in quite some time."
Mostly True
By Derek Tsang • July 21, 2014
John DePetro
John DePetro
stated on July 7, 2014 in a talk radio comment:
"Although the governor doubled the beach fees . . . all the money, as we found out, is all going to an out-of-state company. The state isn't even getting the money for that."
Pants on Fire!
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • July 14, 2014
Nicholas Mattiello
Nicholas Mattiello
stated on July 6, 2014 in an interview on WPRI's "Newsmakers.":
On the last night of the General Assembly, "by 11 o'clock 95 to 98 percent of the business was done. So we really didn't have that late-night session. We were just holding on one bill."
False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • July 13, 2014
Bill Clinton
Bill Clinton
stated on June 29, 2014 in comments on NBC's "Meet the Press":
"I had the lowest net worth of any American president in the 20th century when I took office."
Half-True
By Katie Sanders • June 29, 2014
Allan Fung
Allan Fung
stated on June 17, 2014 in a debate:
Republican candidate for governor Ken Block was "fined and had to admit that (he) funneled money illegally to the Moderate Party."
True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • June 29, 2014
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on June 10, 2014 in her book, "Hard Choices":
"By 2006, the American people were overwhelmingly against the Iraq War."
Mostly True
By Molly O'Connor • June 20, 2014
Jack Reed
Jack Reed
stated on May 1, 2014 in a speech on the floor of the U.S. Senate:
In the 1950s and 1960s, "the minimum wage was such that it would lift you out of poverty."
Mostly True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • June 15, 2014
Ken Paxton
Ken Paxton
stated on June 6, 2014 in a speech at the Republican Party of Texas convention:
"At the beginning of World War II, we had a relatively small army, smaller than Portugal’s."
True
By W. Gardner Selby • June 13, 2014
Laura Ingraham
Laura Ingraham
stated on June 12, 2014 in a broadcast of the "Laura Ingraham Show":
Americans "invented the automobile."
False
By Jon Greenberg • June 13, 2014
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