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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