Fact Check Posts – Page 3

James Bennett
stated on January 1, 2013 a Gov. Lincoln Chafee YouTube video

"Our numbers are going up at the airport."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • January 10, 2013

People's Majority
stated on October 30, 2012 a TV commercial

"Sheldon Whitehouse [got] a secret closed-door briefing, warning of the [2008 economic] crash."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • November 3, 2012

Barry Hinckley
stated on October 24, 2012 a television commercial

Sheldon Whitehouse voted for a "$525-billion tax increase on the middle class."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • November 1, 2012

Barry Hinckley
stated on September 27, 2012 a campaign commercial

U.S. Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse "rewarded Wall Street executives with millions in bonuses."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • October 7, 2012

Workers' Voice
stated on September 17, 2012 a mailer

Says Mitt Romney’s investments created zero jobs.

By Becky Bowers • October 1, 2012

Mitt Romney
stated on September 19, 2012 remarks in Atlanta

"Redistribution" has "never been a characteristic of America."

By Louis Jacobson • September 20, 2012

Anthony Gemma
stated on August 28, 2012 an online debate

U.S. military uniforms are manufactured in China.

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • September 2, 2012

Workers' Voice
stated on August 8, 2012 an online ad

Says Josh Mandel bet against Ohio families

By Stephen Koff • August 14, 2012

Woody Degan
stated on June 28, 2012 in an interview with The Commercial Appeal.

Gov. Bill Haslam is "making our Economic Development department Sharia compliant" by hiring a woman "who specializes in Sharia compliance. That’s what her job is."

By Richard Locker • July 24, 2012

Josh Mandel
stated on May 23, 2012 a campaign commercial

Sherrod Brown "gave huge bonuses to executives."

By Tom Feran • June 15, 2012

National Republican Congressional Committee
stated on May 2, 2012 an email statement

Says that Rep. Betty Sutton "would rather riot with Occupy (Wall Street) than stand up for Ohio families."

By Henry J. Gomez • May 9, 2012

Chain email
stated on February 2, 2012 a message via the Internet

"If you sell your house after 2012 you will pay a 3.8 percent sales tax on it."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • February 7, 2012

Mitch Daniels
stated on January 24, 2012 a Republican response to the State of the Union address

"Nearly half of all persons under 30 did not go to work today."

By Louis Jacobson • January 25, 2012

Mitt Romney
stated on January 7, 2012 a Republican presidential debate in Manchester, N.H.

"We're only inches away from no longer being a free economy."

By Louis Jacobson • January 8, 2012

Lisa Baldelli-Hunt
stated on November 17, 2011 a General Assembly debate on pension overhaul

"Eighty-five percent . . . of Rhode Island tax returns that were filed for the year 2010 . . . were from individuals who earned $30,000 or less."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • December 1, 2011

Mitt Romney
stated on November 21, 2011 a television ad

Says Barack Obama said, "If we keep talking about the economy, we’re going to lose."

By Louis Jacobson • November 22, 2011

Josh Mandel
stated on November 14, 2011 a radio interview

Says that Sen. Sherrod Brown is "out there egging on a lot of these protesters who are spitting on policemen and going to the bathroom on policemen’s cars at these protests on Wall Street and other places."

By Henry J. Gomez • November 18, 2011

Facebook posts
stated on October 23, 2011 an Internet post

Congressional Republicans have introduced dozens of bills on social issues and other topics, but "zero on job creation."

By Louis Jacobson • October 25, 2011

Rick Perry
stated on September 12, 2011 the CNN/Tea Party Express debate

"The first round of stimulus ... it created zero jobs."

By Becky Bowers • September 13, 2011

Michele Bachmann
stated on August 26, 2011 a campaign event

President Barack Obama "has virtually no one in his cabinet with private-sector experience."

By Louis Jacobson • September 1, 2011

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