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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
John Carlevale
John Carlevale
stated on October 19, 2014 in a TV debate:
Four members of the Rhode Island General Assembly "went to vote in 2010 and were told they had already voted."
False
By Alex Kuffner • October 26, 2014
Charlie Crist
Charlie Crist
stated on October 21, 2014 in a gubernatorial debate in Jacksonville:
Says property insurance rates are going up because Rick Scott signed a bill preventing the state from regulating insurance.
False
By Joshua Gillin • October 24, 2014
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on October 19, 2014 in an interview on CNN:
"Obama, instead of nominating a health professional, he nominated someone who is an anti-gun activist (for surgeon general)."
False
By Lauren Carroll • October 23, 2014
Mary Burke
Mary Burke
stated on October 21, 2014 in a campaign TV ad:
Six convictions are connected to an allegation by prosecutors "that Gov. Scott Walker is at the center of a criminal scheme."
False
By Dave Umhoefer • October 23, 2014
No Tax For Tracks
No Tax For Tracks
stated on September 29, 2014 in a debate about Greenlight Pinellas:
Photos prove the Denver light rail system has low ridership.
False
By Joshua Gillin • October 23, 2014
Citizens Against Rail Taxes
Citizens Against Rail Taxes
stated on October 8, 2014 in a radio ad:
None of $400 million the City of Austin proposes to spend on road projects "will be used to add new lanes to congested roadways."
False
By W. Gardner Selby • October 23, 2014
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on October 17, 2014 in a debate:
"The next state budget will begin with a surplus of over half a billion dollars -- $535 million to be exact."
False
By Dave Umhoefer • October 22, 2014
Charlie Crist
Charlie Crist
stated on October 21, 2014 in a debate:
Says high-speed rail would have created 60,000 jobs.
False
By Katie Sanders, Steve Contorno • October 22, 2014
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on October 15, 2014 in a debate:
"While (Charlie Crist) was governor, utility costs went up 30 percent and went from below the national average to above the national average. Since I got elected, utility rates have come down 11 percent and now we are below the average."
False
By Steve Contorno • October 21, 2014
Nathan Deal
Nathan Deal
stated on October 13, 2014 in television attack ad:
"Jason Carter’s plan: increase spending by $12.5 billion."
False
By April Hunt, Nancy Badertscher • October 20, 2014
George Will
George Will
stated on October 19, 2014 in comments on "Fox News Sunday":
Some doctors say Ebola can be transmitted through the air by "a sneeze or some cough."
False
By Jon Greenberg • October 19, 2014
Larry Pressler
Larry Pressler
stated on October 16, 2014 in a campaign forum:
"All four on Mount Rushmore, they were all independents at one critical point in their career."
False
By Steve Contorno • October 16, 2014
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on October 15, 2014 in a gubernatorial debate in Davie:
Says Charlie Crist "voted against minimum wage when he was in the Senate."
False
By Joshua Gillin • October 16, 2014
Tom Cotton
Tom Cotton
stated on October 14, 2014 in a debate:
Under my platform, "I will make no changes to the current (Medicare) system for current retirees and anyone approaching retirement."
False
By Louis Jacobson • October 16, 2014
Republican Party of Wisconsin
Republican Party of Wisconsin
stated on October 5, 2014 in a campaign news release:
"As district attorney, Susan Happ took $180,000" in a "shady" land deal "from a man charged with multiple felony counts of sexual assault before she offered him a deferred prosecution."
False
By Dave Umhoefer • October 15, 2014
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
stated on October 10, 2014 in a news release:
The U.S. Supreme Court struck down Wisconsin's photo ID election law
False
By Dave Umhoefer • October 14, 2014
Republican Party of Florida
Republican Party of Florida
stated on October 8, 2014 in a TV ad:
Says Charlie Crist "is embroiled in a fraud case for steering taxpayer money to a de facto Ponzi scheme."
False
By Amy Sherman • October 13, 2014
John McCain
John McCain
stated on October 12, 2014 in comments on CNN's "State of the Union":
"We were told there would never be a case of Ebola in the United States."
False
By Lauren Carroll • October 12, 2014
Tony Perkins
Tony Perkins
stated on October 12, 2014 in comments on "Fox News Sunday":
"We know from the social science that children do best with a mom and a dad."
False
By Jon Greenberg • October 12, 2014
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