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Michael Bloomberg
stated on August 3, 2014 in comments on CBS' "Face the Nation":

Africa is spending "the highest percentage of their GDP on education of any part of the world."

False

By Derek Tsang • August 7, 2014

James Woods
stated on August 5, 2014 in a tweet:

"The leader of ISIS was imprisoned by American troops and ordered released to Iraq by Obama administration in 2009."

False

By Jon Greenberg • August 6, 2014

NextGen Climate Action Committee
stated on August 30, 2014 in a television ad:

Says U.S. Senate candidate Joni Ernst signed a pledge that "protects tax breaks for companies that ship jobs overseas."

False

By Lauren Carroll • August 5, 2014

Greta Van Susteren
stated on August 2, 2014 in comments on ABC's "This Week":

"So many people were critical of Secretary (John) Kerry going to Paris and talking with Hamas," because Kerry was seen as "supporting Hamas to the exclusion of the Arab League."

False

By Derek Tsang, Linda Qiu • August 4, 2014

Mark Warner
stated on July 26, 2014 in a debate.:

Ed Gillespie "supports a personhood amendment."

False

By Sean Gorman • August 4, 2014

Mary Burke
stated on July 9, 2014 in a news release:

Says a $12.5 million incentive deal she approved for Abbott Laboratories contained "strong protections for taxpayers if job creation goals were not met."

False

By Dave Umhoefer • August 3, 2014

George Will
stated on July 27, 2014 in a syndicated column:

Oregon’s "three largest employers, and 13 of the top 25, are health care providers."

False

By Dana Tims • July 31, 2014

Scott Walker
stated on July 27, 2014 in a campaign TV ad:

Mary Burke "wasted 12.5 million dollars on a vacant lot" in a move that "could cost taxpayers nearly $25 million."

False

By Dave Umhoefer • July 31, 2014

Paul Ryan
stated on July 25, 2014 in an interview:

Twenty percent of single adults, ages 21 to 25 with no kids, "are not working or even in school trying to find a job."

False

By Tom Kertscher • July 30, 2014

Nathan Deal
stated on July 17, 2014 in radio interview :

Says Jason Carter has "gotten David Axelrod to come down and be his campaign advisor."

False

By Nancy Badertscher • July 29, 2014

Rob Astorino
stated on July 25, 2014 in an interview on "Fox & Friends":

The state of New York is the "worst in the nation in economic recovery."

False

By Louis Jacobson • July 28, 2014

Dan Patrick
stated on June 7, 2014 in his speech at the state convention of the Republican Party of Texas:

"We have a 40 to 50 percent dropout rate in our inner-city schools."

False

By W. Gardner Selby • July 27, 2014

Glenn Grothman
stated on July 15, 2014 in in a Facebook posting:

"The fundraising numbers are in, and our grassroots support is unmatched!"

False

By Dave Umhoefer • July 27, 2014

Kenneth Block
stated on July 15, 2014 in a radio debate:

"The increase in the garbage tax that [Mayor Allan Fung] imposed in Cranston for some people has been as much as $200."

False

By Karen Lee Ziner • July 27, 2014

John Kitzhaber
stated on July 18, 2014 in a campaign debate:

Oregon "is the most trade-dependent state in the nation"

False

By Bill Adair • July 25, 2014

Richard Saslaw
stated on July 11, 2014 in a TV interview.:

Governing magazine has "estimated that in the states that don’t expand Medicaid, a minimum, they said of 40 percent of rural hospitals will close in those states..."

False

By Sean Gorman • July 25, 2014

Joe Leibham
stated on July 19, 2014 in a news release:

Says Common Core is a federal mandate.

False

By Tom Kertscher • July 25, 2014

Deirdre Imus
stated on July 24, 2014 in a broadcast on Fox Business of "Imus in the Morning":

Under President Ronald Reagan, illegal immigrants "were not pouring in like" they are now.

False

By Jon Greenberg • July 24, 2014

Jon Richards
stated on June 16, 2014 in a video:

"Last year, I was involved with an effort to to help prosecutors get their first pay raise in more than 10 years."

False

By Tom Kertscher • July 24, 2014

Club for Growth
stated on July 21, 2014 in a campaign ad:

When the New Hampshire Legislature raised the gasoline tax, gas prices in the state were "skyrocketing."

False

By Louis Jacobson • July 23, 2014

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