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Chris Taylor
Chris Taylor
stated on March 11, 2014 a video
"The Capitol rotunda was actually made to invite the people in and to accommodate protests."
True
By James B. Nelson • April 14, 2014
Mary Burke
Mary Burke
stated on April 5, 2014 a campaign email
Says Gov. Scott Walker’s repeal of a 2009 law has left Wisconsin as "one of five states without an equal pay law protecting women from gender discrimination in their paycheck."
False
By Dave Umhoefer • April 13, 2014
Linda Finn
Linda Finn
stated on March 18, 2014 a speech during a rally at the Rhode Island state house
"By a two-to-one margin, Rhode Islanders want to ban assault weapons and we have a very small percentage of gun owners in this state, less than 13 percent."
Mostly True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • April 6, 2014
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on March 27, 2014 viral posts on the Internet
Says President Barack Obama's acceptance of an "Islamic order and gold medal" was "unconstitutional."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • April 1, 2014
Nancy Grace
Nancy Grace
stated on March 24, 2014 an interview on ABC's "Good Morning America"
Premeditation, in murder cases like the Oscar Pistorius case, "can be formed in the twinkling of an eye."
Mostly False
By Katie Sanders • March 31, 2014
Kesha Rogers
Kesha Rogers
stated on March 19, 2014 statements on her campaign website
Says President Barack Obama was responsible for "the assassination of at least four American citizens" in drone strikes.
Half-True
By Sue Owen • March 19, 2014
Greg Abbott
Greg Abbott
stated on February 10, 2014 an opinion article in The (McAllen) Monitor
"As attorney general, I have prosecuted judges, district attorneys and other public officials across Texas who violated that (public) trust, who have been corrupted."
True
By Sue Owen • March 11, 2014
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on March 6, 2014 a speech at the CPAC conference
Says President Barack Obama "is the first president we've ever had who thinks he can choose which laws to enforce and which laws to ignore."
False
By Louis Jacobson • March 10, 2014
Kenneth Block
Kenneth Block
stated on March 2, 2014 a TV interview
Under a bill before the legislature, "you’d have to go to court to fire an employee."
False
By John Hill • March 10, 2014
Larry Pressler
Larry Pressler
stated on February 28, 2014 a campaign ad
"American Hustle shows the FBI making real-life bribes to Washington politicians. I know, because as your U.S. senator, I turned them down."
True
By Louis Jacobson • March 4, 2014
Americans for Prosperity Georgia chapter
Americans for Prosperity Georgia chapter
stated on February 20, 2014 a press conference
"Georgia’s civil forfeiture laws are among the worst in the country and the very worst in the South."
Mostly True
By Eric Stirgus • March 3, 2014
Ken Paxton
Ken Paxton
stated on January 24, 2014 a radio interview
Barry Smitherman "doesn’t have enough legal experience to apply for most of the jobs at the attorney general’s office."
Mostly True
By Sue Owen • February 26, 2014
Leonidas Raptakis
Leonidas Raptakis
stated on February 11, 2014 a news conference
Rhode Island is "almost dead last" among Northeastern states in the length of time first-degree murderers must spend in prison before they’re eligible for parole.
True
By John Hill • February 22, 2014
Hugh Thompson
Hugh Thompson
stated on February 5, 2014 State of the Judiciary address
"Six of Georgia’s counties have no lawyers at all."
True
By Nancy Badertscher • February 10, 2014
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on January 31, 2014 an interview with CNN
"What is and isn't a Schedule I narcotic is a job for Congress."
Half-True
By Steve Contorno • February 4, 2014
Nan Orrock
Nan Orrock
stated on January 22, 2014 television interview
Florida shelled out more money for drug testing than it saved by denying welfare benefits to people who tested positive for drugs.
True
By Nancy Badertscher • February 4, 2014
Rand Paul
Rand Paul
stated on January 26, 2014 an interview with CNN
"Over half of the young people" in medical, dental and law schools are women.
False
By Steve Contorno • January 28, 2014
David Scott
David Scott
stated on January 6, 2014 a letter
President Barack Obama’s judicial appointments for Georgia and the region were drafted in secret and not vetted by legal groups among the president’s supporters.
Mostly True
By Eric Stirgus • January 17, 2014
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on January 10, 2014 a speech at a Texas Public Policy Foundation forum
Obama unilaterally announced he was delaying employer mandate "through a blog post by a mid-level bureaucrat at the Department of Treasury."
Mostly True
By Sue Owen • January 16, 2014
Jake Tapper
Jake Tapper
stated on January 2, 2014 a broadcast of CNN's "The Lead with Jake Tapper"
"The Obama administration has used the Espionage Act to go after whistleblowers who leaked to journalists ... more than all previous administrations combined."
True
By Jon Greenberg • January 10, 2014
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