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Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on March 23, 2015 a tweet:
Under Barack Obama, "the average cost of family health care premiums has increased by $4,154."  
Mostly False
By Tom Kertscher • April 7, 2015
Rhode Island Center for Freedom and Prosperity
Rhode Island Center for Freedom and Prosperity
stated on January 10, 2015 a tweet:
"Common welfare programs give income of $43,330 or $20.83 an hour."
Mostly False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • February 1, 2015
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on January 12, 2015 a Facebook post:
"In 1913, it was legal to mail children."
Mostly False
By Nancy Badertscher • January 13, 2015
Everytown for Gun Safety
Everytown for Gun Safety
stated on December 10, 2014 a recent report:
Georgia has had 12 school shootings in the two years since the mass killing at Sandy Hook Elementary School, more than any other state.
Mostly False
By April Hunt • December 19, 2014
Glenn Grothman
Glenn Grothman
stated on November 30, 2014 an interview:
"A single parent with a couple kids can easily get $35,000 a year" in public assistance in Wisconsin. 
Mostly False
By Tom Kertscher • December 12, 2014
Charlie Crist
Charlie Crist
stated on September 16, 2014 a TV ad:
Says Rick Scott cut education by over a billion dollars, meaning thousands of teachers "lost their jobs" and "class sizes went up."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • September 22, 2014
Wendy Davis
Wendy Davis
stated on September 15, 2014 a TV ad:
Greg Abbott did "nothing" to pursue reports of the sexual abuse of boys at a West Texas state-run school.
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • September 16, 2014
Henry Cuellar
Henry Cuellar
stated on July 16, 2014:
Says drug cartels are using social media to offer rebates so more children from Central America get smuggled to the United States.
Mostly False
By Nicole Chavez, W. Gardner Selby • August 22, 2014
Nan Rich
Nan Rich
stated on May 10, 2014 a speech:
"$3 billion over the next five years will be taken out of our public schools and be put into vouchers."  
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • June 19, 2014
Everytown for Gun Safety
Everytown for Gun Safety
stated on June 11, 2014 an infographic that went viral:
There have been 74 "school shootings in America since Sandy Hook."
Mostly False
By Lauren Carroll • June 13, 2014
Wendy Davis
Wendy Davis
stated on April 22, 2014 an online post:
"Under Greg Abbott, Texas four-year-olds would be forced to undergo standardized tests."
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • May 1, 2014
Wendy Davis
Wendy Davis
stated on March 31, 2014 an online petition:
"Greg Abbott said it would be a ‘waste’ to expand pre-k to all Texas children."
Mostly False
By Sue Owen, W. Gardner Selby • April 7, 2014
National Republican Congressional Committee
National Republican Congressional Committee
stated on October 9, 2013 an advertisement:
Ann Kuster turned "a blind eye to those in need of funding" by voting "against funding for our nation’s veterans, low-income women and children, the FDA and the National Institutes of Health."
Mostly False
By Kaitlin Mulhere • October 16, 2013
Jennifer Parrish
Jennifer Parrish
stated on September 5, 2013 a newspaper commentary:
"Six years after unionization, 20,000 fewer children in Illinois were being served by the Child Care and Development Fund program."
Mostly False
By Gregory Smith • October 13, 2013
Rush Limbaugh
Rush Limbaugh
stated on June 6, 2013 his radio show:
"One person, Kathleen Sebelius, was going to determine whether or not" 10-year-old lung patient Sarah Murnaghan would live or die.
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • June 11, 2013
Mark Warner
Mark Warner
stated on May 14, 2013 a radio interview.:
Says 70,000 children "have lost their Head Start slots" because of the sequester.
Mostly False
By Nancy Madsen • May 28, 2013
John Duncan
John Duncan
stated on April 13, 2013 a letter to a constituent:
"Well over 90 percent of felony cases, all over the nation, are committed by defendants who grew up in father-absent households."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • April 18, 2013
George Will
George Will
stated on April 3, 2013 a column:
Wisconsin education agency "urged white students to wear white wristbands ‘as a reminder about your (white) privilege.’ "    
Mostly False
By Tom Kertscher • April 15, 2013
Joseph Levy
Joseph Levy
stated on February 25, 2013 a legislative hearing :
Says indoor workers get "less UV than outdoor workers, but they get more melanomas."
Mostly False
By Janie Har • March 16, 2013
Texas Values
Texas Values
stated on November 19, 2012 an interview aired by Austin’s KTBC-TV, Channel 7:
Says legislation supported by gay rights activists would strip "mother" and "father" from future Texas birth certificates.
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • November 30, 2012
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