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JoAnne Kloppenburg
stated on March 15, 2016 in 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
stated on February 15, 2016 in 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
stated on October 28, 2015 in 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
stated on August 21, 2015 in 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
stated on May 3, 2015 in 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
stated on September 26, 2014 in 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

By Tom Kertscher • September 29, 2014

Greater Wisconsin Committee
stated on August 20, 2014 in 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
stated on August 17, 2014 in 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
stated on July 15, 2014 in in a Facebook posting:

"The fundraising numbers are in, and our grassroots support is unmatched!"

False

By Dave Umhoefer • July 27, 2014

Scott Walker
stated on June 20, 2014 in 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, Tom Kertscher • June 20, 2014

Louie Gohmert
stated on April 12, 2014 in 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
stated on March 7, 2014 in an interview:

"The big Wall Street banks, the big corporations" give "many times more" political donations to Democrats than Republicans.

False

By Tom Kertscher • April 16, 2014

Charles Koch
stated on April 3, 2014 in 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
stated on September 13, 2013 in 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
stated on August 10, 2013 in 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
stated on June 4, 2013 in 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
stated on January 30, 2013 in 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
stated on September 30, 2012 in 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
stated on September 29, 2012 in 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
stated on September 26, 2012 in 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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