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JoAnne Kloppenburg
JoAnne Kloppenburg
stated on March 15, 2016 a website posting
In the primary election, a "right-wing group spent more than $100,000,000 to support" Supreme Court Justice Rebecca Bradley.
False
By James B. Nelson • March 21, 2016
Corey Lewandowski
Corey Lewandowski
stated on February 15, 2016 a radio interview.
"Mr. Trump is self-financing his campaign, so we don’t have any donors."
False
By Warren Fiske • February 22, 2016
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on October 28, 2015 a speech.
The Koch Brothers are "spending more money than either the Democratic or Republican parties" in the 2016 elections.
False
By Sean Gorman • November 6, 2015
Claire McCaskill
Claire McCaskill
stated on August 21, 2015 comments to HBO host Bill Maher
"You wonder why you don't see Rand Paul as much; he's still shopping for his billionaire. He's like the only one who hasn't found a billionaire to fund his super PAC."
False
By Katherine Knott • October 20, 2015
John Boehner
John Boehner
stated on May 3, 2015 comments on NBC's "Meet the Press"
"We spend more money on antacids than we do on politics."
False
By Jon Greenberg • May 3, 2015
One Wisconsin Now
One Wisconsin Now
stated on September 26, 2014 a news release
Scott Walker was elected governor on a promise not to take campaign contributions "from the date of his inauguration until the signing of the state budget," but broke it by taking nearly $5.6 million.  
False
September 29, 2014
Greater Wisconsin Committee
Greater Wisconsin Committee
stated on August 20, 2014 a campaign TV ad
"Scott Walker gave Wisconsin job creation money to his cronies: corporate friends who contributed to his campaigns" and got $570 million in job-development incentives
False
By Dave Umhoefer • September 3, 2014
Charlie Crist
Charlie Crist
stated on August 17, 2014 a TV ad
Says Rick Scott has "teamed up with a felon convicted of running a Ponzi scheme to smear Charlie Crist."
False
By Amy Sherman • September 2, 2014
Glenn Grothman
Glenn Grothman
stated on July 15, 2014 in a Facebook posting
"The fundraising numbers are in, and our grassroots support is unmatched!"
False
By Dave Umhoefer • July 27, 2014
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on June 20, 2014 a TV interview
Says the secret John Doe criminal investigation of his campaign has been "resolved" and two judges have said it is "over."
False
By Dave Umhoefer • June 20, 2014
Louie Gohmert
Louie Gohmert
stated on April 12, 2014 a speech at the New Hampshire Freedom Summit
"Eighty percent of Wall Street executives and their spouses' donations go to Democrats."
False
By Louis Jacobson • April 17, 2014
Jim DeMint
Jim DeMint
stated on March 7, 2014 an interview
"The big Wall Street banks, the big corporations" give "many times more" political donations to Democrats than Republicans.  
False
April 16, 2014
Charles Koch
Charles Koch
stated on April 3, 2014 a "Wall Street Journal" op-ed
Says he has engaged in the political process "only in the past decade."
False
By Louis Jacobson • April 3, 2014
Van Jones
Van Jones
stated on September 13, 2013 a discussion on CNN's "Crossfire"
"1 percent of candidates that (the National Rifle Association) endorsed in 2012 won."
False
By Louis Jacobson • September 17, 2013
Ken Cuccinelli
Ken Cuccinelli
stated on August 10, 2013 a speech.
Says Terry McAuliffe is "the person who invented the scheme to rent out the Lincoln Bedroom."
False
By Sean Gorman • August 26, 2013
Earl Blumenauer
Earl Blumenauer
stated on June 4, 2013 a U.S. Ways and Means hearing
Says "Having organizations parading as being social welfare organizations and then being involved in the political combat harkens back to why the statute a hundred years ago said that they were prohibited."
False
By Janie Har • June 13, 2013
Will Weatherford
Will Weatherford
stated on January 30, 2013 a news conference
Florida has "the second-lowest (campaign) contribution limit in the entire country."
False
By Katie Sanders • February 8, 2013
Patriot Majority USA
Patriot Majority USA
stated on September 30, 2012 a news release
Gov. Nathan Deal "has taken at least $15,600 from the (Koch brothers), their businesses, and their employees."
False
By Eric Stirgus • October 9, 2012
Jim Kyle
Jim Kyle
stated on September 29, 2012 a story in the Clarksville Leaf-Chronicle
"All legislative mail, from the content to the timing, is approved by the speaker's office."
False
By Tom Humphrey • October 8, 2012
Brendan Doherty
Brendan Doherty
stated on September 26, 2012 a news release
"The Doherty Campaign, unlike the Cicilline Campaign, is funded mostly by individual donors -- not the big PACs that Cicilline relies on."
False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • September 30, 2012
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