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Enough Already Wisconsin, Inc.
Enough Already Wisconsin, Inc.
stated on November 8, 2014 in a tweet:
The majority of revenue generated by a proposed Kenosha casino would be sent to the Seminole tribe in Florida.
False
By James B. Nelson • November 20, 2014
Russ Girling
Russ Girling
stated on November 16, 2014 in comments on ABC's "This Week":
The State Department says the 42,000 jobs created by the Keystone XL pipeline are "ongoing, enduring jobs."
False
By Katie Sanders • November 16, 2014
Nancy Pelosi
Nancy Pelosi
stated on November 13, 2014 in a news conference:
"I don't know who (Jonathan Gruber) is."
False
By Louis Jacobson • November 13, 2014
Bob Seger
Bob Seger
stated on October 12, 2014 in an interview:
The proposed mine in northern Wisconsin would be built without any government oversight, and will be nine miles long.
False
By James B. Nelson • November 10, 2014
Chain email
Chain email
stated on October 30, 2014 in a chain email:
"Over 214,000 doctors opt out of Obamacare exchanges."
False
By Steve Contorno • November 6, 2014
Delia Garza
Delia Garza
stated on October 21, 2014 in as quoted in a news story:
"Families in Del Valle, who are City of Austin residents, have to drive to Bastrop to go to the closest grocery store."
False
By Dylan Baddour • November 6, 2014
Ben Shapiro
Ben Shapiro
stated on October 15, 2014 in a YouTube video:
"We’re above 800 million Muslims radicalized, more than half the Muslims on Earth That’s not a minority. That’s now a majority."
False
By Jon Greenberg • November 5, 2014
Daily Caller
Daily Caller
stated on November 3, 2014 in an article:
"Jeanne Shaheen was principally involved in a plot with Lois Lerner and President Barack Obama’s political appointee at the IRS to lead a program of harassment against conservative nonprofit groups during the 2012 election"
False
By Jonathan Van Fleet • November 4, 2014
Herman Cain
Herman Cain
stated on November 3, 2014 in a blog post:
"More people are losing their insurance (due to Obamacare) than are becoming newly insured."
False
By Louis Jacobson • November 4, 2014
Dave Brat
Dave Brat
stated on October 28, 2014 in a debate:
"In K-12 education, our kids are scoring at the bottom of science and mathematics right now in the industrialized world -- at the bottom."
False
By Nancy Madsen • November 2, 2014
American Crossroads
American Crossroads
stated on October 28, 2014 in a campaign ad:
As a result of Obamacare, "California seniors face benefit cuts of over $1,700."
False
By Lauren Carroll • October 31, 2014
Dennis Richardson
Dennis Richardson
stated on October 10, 2014 in a campaign debate:
"Women and men both are making less when you adjust for inflation than when" John Kitzhaber was first elected governor.
False
By Dana Tims • October 30, 2014
Megyn Kelly
Megyn Kelly
stated on October 21, 2014 in a segment on "The Kelly File":
A new Colorado law "literally allows residents to print ballots from their home computers, then encourages them to turn ballots over to ‘collectors.’ "
False
By Katie Sanders • October 30, 2014
Senate Majority PAC
Senate Majority PAC
stated on October 28, 2014 in a radio ad:
The "stand your ground" law caused the shooting death of Trayvon Martin.
False
By Amy Sherman • October 30, 2014
Greater Wisconsin Committee
Greater Wisconsin Committee
stated on October 27, 2014 in a TV ad:
"Scott Walker opposed a plan to help Wisconsin students refinance their student loans." 
False
By Tom Kertscher • October 29, 2014
Ernest Almonte
Ernest Almonte
stated on October 19, 2014 in a television commercial:
Seth Magaziner "plans to spend billions more of your money."
False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • October 29, 2014
Don Young
Don Young
stated on October 22, 2014 in a speech in Alaska:
Suicide comes from federal government largesse "saying you are not worth anything but you are going to get something for nothing."
False
By Louis Jacobson • October 27, 2014
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on October 20, 2014 in a campaign TV ad:
"My opponent supported policies that increased tuition by 18 percent."
False
By Dave Umhoefer • October 27, 2014
Adam Kinzinger
Adam Kinzinger
stated on October 26, 2014 in comments on ABC's "This Week":
Says Rand Paul "has put out budgets to cut the military in half."  
False
By Steve Contorno • October 26, 2014
Darrell Issa
Darrell Issa
stated on October 26, 2014 in comments on CNN's "State of the Union":
Says Thomas Eric Duncan came into the United States "with an elevated temperature."
False
By Nai Issa, Lauren Carroll • October 26, 2014
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