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Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on April 18, 2015 in remarks in New Hampshire:
"About half of the presidents have been governors; half of them, senators."
False
By W. Gardner Selby • April 27, 2015
Rand Paul
Rand Paul
stated on April 8, 2015 in a town hall meeting in Milford, NH:
"The founders of New Hampshire came up with the motto Live Free or Die."
False
By Nick Reid • April 10, 2015
David Ralston
David Ralston
stated on April 2, 2015 in comments from the House floor:
The Georgia Legislature’s last day of session ends at midnight.
False
By April Hunt • April 10, 2015
Rob Astorino
Rob Astorino
stated on July 25, 2014 in an interview on "Fox & Friends":
The state of New York is the "worst in the nation in economic recovery."
False
By Louis Jacobson • July 28, 2014
Joe Leibham
Joe Leibham
stated on July 19, 2014 in a news release:
Says Common Core is a federal mandate.
False
By Tom Kertscher • July 25, 2014
Roberto Alonzo
Roberto Alonzo
stated on July 16, 2014 in a press release:
"Latinos now make up the majority population in Texas."
False
By W. Gardner Selby • July 17, 2014
Joe Zepecki
Joe Zepecki
stated on June 23, 2014 in an interview:
The Wisconsin unemployment rate was higher than the U.S. rate during only three months when Mary Burke was state commerce secretary.
False
By Tom Kertscher • July 6, 2014
Rush Limbaugh
Rush Limbaugh
stated on March 19, 2014 in a radio commentary:
Wisconsin is "one of the bluest" states, but under Scott Walker its unemployment rate "is around 3.5%."
False
By Tom Kertscher • April 2, 2014
Kenneth Block
Kenneth Block
stated on November 8, 2013 in an interview on Rhode Island Public Radio:
Rhode Island's unemployment insurance system "is the most expensive such system in the country."
False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • November 17, 2013
NH AFL-CIO
NH AFL-CIO
stated on September 27, 2013 in a tweet:
Says Maggie Hassan is the only female governor in the country.
False
By Jim Haddadin • September 27, 2013
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on September 18, 2013 in a discussion on CNN's "Crossfire":
"Every engine manufacturer in the United States is now in the state of Texas."
False
By Jon Greenberg • September 20, 2013
Protect Families First
Protect Families First
stated on January 10, 2013 in a news release:
"The average age of first marijuana use is 12."
False
By Michael McKinney • January 20, 2013
Club for Growth
Club for Growth
stated on December 12, 2012 in a newsletter:
"In Minnesota, well over 6,200 election-day registrations from 2008 proved fraudulent."
False
By Tom Kertscher • January 16, 2013
Larry Kilgore
Larry Kilgore
stated on November 23, 2012 in a New York Times news story:
Says Texas economy is about 30 percent larger than Australia’s.
False
By Sue Owen • December 20, 2012
The Campaign to Fix the Debt
The Campaign to Fix the Debt
stated on December 17, 2012 in a press release:
"If lawmakers fail to avert the fiscal cliff, 18 percent of the federal money that is sent to the states will be eliminated."
False
By Dave Umhoefer • December 20, 2012
Jennifer Beck
Jennifer Beck
stated on September 20, 2012 in an interview with NJToday:
"We have more people working in the state of New Jersey today than we've ever had in our history."
False
By Erin O'Neill • September 27, 2012
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on July 12, 2012 in an op-ed piece:
A study showed that President Barack Obama’s health-care reforms will "devastate Wisconsin" by pushing people off employer-sponsored insurance, driving up premiums, increasing dependency and making 122,000 people ineligible for Medicaid.
False
By Dave Umhoefer, Guy Boulton • July 29, 2012
Vincent Prieto
Vincent Prieto
stated on June 17, 2012 in an interview on My9 News' “New Jersey Now”:
Says Gov. Chris Christie’s proposed budget is "the biggest spending budget in the history of the state of New Jersey. It is the largest in the nation at this point in time."
False
By Erin O'Neill • June 25, 2012
Ron Paul
Ron Paul
stated on April 10, 2012 in a speech at Texas A&M University.:
"Just on Jan. 1 of this year, there were 40,000 new laws put on the books in one day."
False
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • April 27, 2012
Morgan Griffith
Morgan Griffith
stated on April 3, 2012 in an interview.:
"On most things except witch trials, Virginia will always have been first."
False
By Nancy Madsen • April 9, 2012
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