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Luis Gutierrez
Luis Gutierrez
stated on July 13, 2014 an interview on CBS' "Face the Nation"
"We spend $18 billion a year on making sure that the federal government has immigrant enforcement agents. That's more than DEA and the ATF and the FBI and all the other enforcement (agencies) combined."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • July 15, 2014
Jeff Flake
Jeff Flake
stated on July 8, 2014 an interview on the PBS "News Hour"
When undocumented children are picked up at the border and "told to appear later in court ... 90 percent do not then show up."
False
By Louis Jacobson • July 10, 2014
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on July 1, 2014 various posts on the Internet
"Justice John Roberts Signed Off On Obama’s Arrest For Treason."
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • July 9, 2014
Wendy Davis
Wendy Davis
stated on June 27, 2014 her speech to the Texas Democratic Party state convention
Says Greg Abbott "has lost" in court "four times in just the past few days."
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • July 6, 2014
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on June 30, 2014 an interview at the Aspen Ideas Festival
"A salesclerk at Hobby Lobby who needs contraception … is not going to get that service through her employer’s health care plan because her employer doesn’t think she should be using contraception."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • July 3, 2014
Democratic Party of Wisconsin
Democratic Party of Wisconsin
stated on June 24, 2014 a web video
When asked by a reporter whether he’s at the center of a "criminal scheme" to violate campaign laws, Gov. Scott Walker nodded yes.
Pants on Fire!
By Dave Umhoefer • June 27, 2014
Mark Pocan
Mark Pocan
stated on June 16, 2014 a press release
Wisconsin was the "first state to ban public and private sector employment discrimination based on sexual orientation."
True
By Dave Umhoefer • June 22, 2014
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on June 20, 2014 a TV interview
Says the secret John Doe criminal investigation of his campaign has been "resolved" and two judges have said it is "over."
False
By Dave Umhoefer • June 20, 2014
Chain email
Chain email
stated on June 18, 2014
Barack Obama is the "first president to file lawsuits against the states he swore an oath to protect."
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • June 18, 2014
Florida Democratic Party
Florida Democratic Party
stated on June 17, 2014 a TV ad
When Rick Scott "was deposed in lawsuits about his company, he took the Fifth 75 times."
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • June 17, 2014
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on June 10, 2014 her book, "Hard Choices"
By 2009, "dozens of senior terrorists had been taken off the battlefield" by drones.
True
By Lauren Carroll • June 11, 2014
Mike Hashimoto
Mike Hashimoto
stated on June 2, 2014 a commentary
"Public display of a long rifle is perfectly legal in Texas."
True
By W. Gardner Selby • June 5, 2014
American Civil Liberties Union of Florida
American Civil Liberties Union of Florida
stated on May 27, 2014 a news release
Florida has "the most errors and exonerations from death row."
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • June 2, 2014
Texas Right to Life
Texas Right to Life
stated on May 14, 2014 a video ad
In Texas, "a faceless hospital panel can deny life-sustaining care, giving you only 10 days to find another facility for your mother, dad, or young child, even if the patient is conscious."
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • May 30, 2014
Chain email
Chain email
stated on May 17, 2014 a chain email
"Obama Announces Plans For A Third Term Presidential Run"
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • May 23, 2014
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on April 30, 2014 in various social media posts
"Florida Democrats just voted to impose Sharia law on women."
Pants on Fire!
By Amy Sherman • May 8, 2014
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on April 25, 2014 a speech to the NRA
"No other country has a constitutional right" like the Second Amendment.
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • April 29, 2014
Andrew Napolitano
Andrew Napolitano
stated on April 23, 2014 an interview on "Hannity"
"The Constitution simply does not authorize the federal government to own any of this land (in the Western states)."
Pants on Fire!
By Jon Greenberg • April 28, 2014
Chain email
Chain email
stated on April 24, 2014 a chain email
"The President wants the U.S. to sign on to the U.N.’s International Criminal Court."
False
By Louis Jacobson • April 24, 2014
David Boies
David Boies
stated on April 8, 2014 the Civil Rights Summit at the Lyndon B. Johnson Presidential Library
Every one of "more than 30 federal judges who have considered the issue of gay and lesbian rights since last June… ruled that marriage is a constitutional right and you cannot deprive individual citizens of that right based on their sexual orientation."
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • April 16, 2014
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