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Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on February 7, 2017 in a statement to press:
"When the House wants to stop Enterprise Florida ... they’re hurting our rural communities."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • February 22, 2017
Travis Allen
Travis Allen
stated on February 13, 2017 in a press release:
"The Oroville dam failure was entirely avoidable: California passed a $7.5 Billion water bond in 2014 but Jerry Brown didn't spend $1 on new water storage or improvements to existing infrastructure like Oroville."
Mostly False
By Chris Nichols • February 16, 2017
Kurt Schaefer
Kurt Schaefer
stated on November 13, 2016 in an ad in the Columbia Daily Tribune:
The 2016 and 2017 Missouri budget includes more funding for the University of Missouri than any time in the last 15 years.
Mostly False
By Ellen Cagle • December 19, 2016
National Republican Congressional Committee
National Republican Congressional Committee
stated on September 22, 2016 in a TV ad :
Says Colorado Democratic congressional candidate Morgan Carroll "racked up $11 billion in new spending" in the state Legislature.
Mostly False
By Alan Gathright • September 28, 2016
Roy Cooper
Roy Cooper
stated on August 29, 2016 in posts on social media:
"Under Pat McCrory, (North Carolina) has fallen to 41st in teacher pay."
Mostly False
By Will Doran • September 2, 2016
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
stated on August 8, 2016 in a town hall in Broward County :
Says Gov. Rick Scott "cut nearly $1 million from mosquito control and closed down the state’s mosquito research lab a few years ago."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • August 9, 2016
Kelly Cassidy
Kelly Cassidy
stated on May 31, 2016 in a Facebook post:
"Then, the Republican leader theatrically introduced new bills with stopgap budget language, declaring that we could stay until midnight and pass this compromise. Except under our constitution, a bill has to be read on 3 different days, so that's not possible."
Mostly False
By Matt Dietrich • August 4, 2016
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on June 22, 2016 in a speech in Raleigh, NC:
"Thanks to (North Carolina’s) governor and the legislature, the average teacher salary can barely support a family."
Mostly False
By Will Doran • June 28, 2016
LGBT Progress
LGBT Progress
stated on March 23, 2016 in a tweet:
North Carolina spent "almost as much as it spends on government rape crisis programs in a year" to convene a special session for HB2.
Mostly False
By Will Doran • April 1, 2016
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on March 26, 2016 in a Tampa Bay Times interview:
"Florida is investing record amounts of funding for HIV/AIDS prevention."
Mostly False
By Joshua Gillin • March 31, 2016
Danny Tarkanian
Danny Tarkanian
stated on February 9, 2016 in an interview on Ralston Live:
Nevada Republicans "didn’t do one single thing to cut spending" in 2015.
Mostly False
By Riley Snyder • March 22, 2016
Tom Wolf
Tom Wolf
stated on February 9, 2016 in his budget proposal address:
If the General Assembly does not address the state's structural deficit, "more than 23,000 education professionals will be immediately yanked out of Pennsylvania schools."
Mostly False
By Anna Orso • February 12, 2016
Katrina Shankland
Katrina Shankland
stated on January 29, 2016 in a news release:
"Faced with $1 million in campaign debt," Scott Walker "is unloading his campaign security costs onto the backs of Wisconsin taxpayers."  
Mostly False
By Tom Kertscher • February 5, 2016
Conservative Solutions PAC
Conservative Solutions PAC
stated on January 4, 2016 in an attack ad:
Says Chris Christie "instituted an Internet sales tax."
Mostly False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • January 14, 2016
Terry McAuliffe
Terry McAuliffe
stated on December 17, 2015 in a speech.:
"We are taking Virginia’s investment in public education to the highest level in the commonwealth’s history."
Mostly False
By Warren Fiske • January 11, 2016
Terry McAuliffe
Terry McAuliffe
stated on November 2, 2015 in a TV interview.:
"When I became governor, I inherited a large deficit. You know what? We just turned that into the largest surplus in Virginia history."
Mostly False
By Warren Fiske • November 16, 2015
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on October 14, 2015 in a press conference:
"We have the highest funding in (the) K-12 system in the history of the state."
Mostly False
By Joshua Gillin • October 15, 2015
Jon Erpenbach
Jon Erpenbach
stated on September 25, 2015 in an interview:
Says Scott Walker "said he wouldn't touch" the state civil service system but now supports overhauling it.
Mostly False
By Tom Kertscher • October 2, 2015
Jay Nixon
Jay Nixon
stated on August 20, 2015 in comments at the Missouri State Fair:
"Almost nine out of every 10 pennies that would be spent" turning a 200-mile stretch of Interstate 70 into a toll road "would be from folks outside Missouri."
Mostly False
By Allison Graves • September 29, 2015
Gwen Moore
Gwen Moore
stated on August 26, 2015 in comments to reporters:
Says Scott Walker "brags a lot about having an independent agency investigate police shootings. Of course, he didn’t fund it."
Mostly False
By Tom Kertscher • September 1, 2015
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