Latest Fact-Checks In Tennessee

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Arne Duncan
Arne Duncan
stated on July 23, 2012 column in the Huffington Post
"After one year, Tennessee’s students made their biggest single-year jump in achievement ever recorded in the state."
Mostly True
By Michael Collins • August 16, 2012
Mark Clayton
Mark Clayton
stated on August 5, 2012 a post on his campaign's Facebook page.
Says the federal government "mandates transexuals (sic) and homosexuals grabbing children in their stranger-danger zones in the name of airport security."
Pants on Fire!
By Bartholomew Sullivan • August 13, 2012
Dolores Gresham
Dolores Gresham
stated on July 16, 2012 in an interview with The Commercial Appeal.
"I didn’t try to push" a bill to reduce lottery scholarship proceeds for students.
False
By Richard Locker • August 12, 2012
Chuck Fleischmann
Chuck Fleischmann
stated on July 17, 2012 in a blog post on his campaign website.
Says that President Obama said that "Small Businesses Succeed Because of Government."
False
By Michael Collins • August 6, 2012
Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee
Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee
stated on July 11, 2012 Campaign news release
"Foreign Chinese prostitution money is allegedly behind the groups funding Congressman Scott DesJarlais's (TN-04) Republican Majority."
Pants on Fire!
By Tom Humphrey • August 1, 2012
George Flinn
George Flinn
stated on July 5, 2012 in a campaign TV commercial.
Says his "patents in ultrasound have revolutionized modern medicine."
Pants on Fire!
By Bartholomew Sullivan • July 30, 2012
Lou Ann Zelenik
Lou Ann Zelenik
stated on July 26, 2012 in an ongoing radio commercial.
"Diane Black voted to fund Obamacare."
False
By Michael Collins • July 27, 2012
Woody Degan
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."
Pants on Fire!
By Richard Locker • July 24, 2012
Charlotte Bergmann
Charlotte Bergmann
stated on July 4, 2012 an email newsletter.
"Obamacare" represents "the largest tax increase in the history of the world."
Pants on Fire!
By Bartholomew Sullivan • July 22, 2012
Julia Hurley
Julia Hurley
stated on June 23, 2012 an email to constituents
"If you have ever visited Nashville or Washington D.C. you will see MANY names and initials carved into ... desks."  
Mostly False
By Michael Collins, Tom Humphrey • July 18, 2012
Nick Ciparro
Nick Ciparro
stated on June 27, 2012 Posted by Ciparro's website
"In the last 10 years, only one piece of legislation has been cosponsored and passed by" John Duncan Jr.
Pants on Fire!
By Michael Collins • July 7, 2012
Ron Ramsey
Ron Ramsey
stated on June 2, 2012 rally for coal miners
"(Environmentalists) said ‘We’re only going to stop coal mining above 2,000 feet.’ ... Well guess where all the coal in the state of Tennessee is? Above 2,000 feet."
False
By Tom Humphrey • June 30, 2012
Lamar Alexander
Lamar Alexander
stated on June 18, 2012 prepared remarks at a Congressional field hearing.
"Three of our cities are among the top five worst cities in the U.S. for asthma."
True
By Zack McMillin • June 24, 2012
Tennessee Democratic Party
Tennessee Democratic Party
stated on June 12, 2012 a press release.
Says Mitt Romney has said "we don't need 'more firemen, more policemen, more teachers.' "
Mostly True
By Zack McMillin • June 18, 2012
Marsha Blackburn
Marsha Blackburn
stated on June 7, 2012
Says her congressional district has 10,000 medical-device industry jobs and 1,000 will be lost because of health-care law tax.
Mostly False
By Bartholomew Sullivan • June 17, 2012
Diane Black
Diane Black
stated on June 1, 2012 a press release.
 The United States has experienced "40 straight months of unemployment at 8 percent or higher."
True
By Michael Collins • June 11, 2012
Lamar Alexander
Lamar Alexander
stated on May 7, 2012 a speech on the Senate floor.
Says "we are overcharging students . . . to help pay for the health care law."
Half-True
By Bartholomew Sullivan • June 10, 2012
Memphis Police Association
Memphis Police Association
stated on April 25, 2012 a commercial.
Says "city leadership is threatening to lay off police and emergency services personnel to balance the budget."
False
By Zack McMillin • June 3, 2012
Ron Ramsey
Ron Ramsey
stated on May 18, 2012 a newsletter.
Claims credit for food tax reductions that "previous Democrat regimes refused to make."
Pants on Fire!
By Richard Locker • May 27, 2012
Tennessee Democratic Party
Tennessee Democratic Party
stated on April 25, 2012 a blog post on the party’s web site on April 25, 2012
Says U.S. Rep. Stephen Fincher "breaks earmark pledge."
Mostly False
By Michael Collins • May 25, 2012
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