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Christopher Plante
Christopher Plante
stated on January 13, 2013 in an interview:
"The governor does not have any power to veto a referendum [on same-sex marriage] that would be a constitutional amendment."
Mostly True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • January 23, 2013
Protect Families First
Protect Families First
stated on January 10, 2013 in a news release:
"The average age of first marijuana use is 12."
False
By Michael McKinney • January 20, 2013
Club for Growth
Club for Growth
stated on December 12, 2012 in a newsletter:
"In Minnesota, well over 6,200 election-day registrations from 2008 proved fraudulent."
False
By Tom Kertscher • January 16, 2013
Vince Megna
Vince Megna
stated on January 1, 2013 in a statement on campaign website:
"200 consumer laws were destroyed" in 2011 when Gov. Scott Walker signed Act 92.  
False
By Dave Umhoefer • January 14, 2013
Allen West
Allen West
stated on December 8, 2012 in a weekly newsletter:
"This week the House of Representatives voted to remove the word ‘lunatic’ from federal law."
True
By Amy Sherman • December 17, 2012
Sherry Sylvester
Sherry Sylvester
stated on December 2, 2012 in an opinion column.:
Says personal-injury trial lawyers "have provided over 80 percent of the funding for the Texas Democratic Party for over a decade."
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • December 14, 2012
Texas Values
Texas Values
stated on November 19, 2012 in an interview aired by Austin’s KTBC-TV, Channel 7:
Says legislation supported by gay rights activists would strip "mother" and "father" from future Texas birth certificates.
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • November 30, 2012
People's Majority
People's Majority
stated on October 30, 2012 in a TV commercial:
"Sheldon Whitehouse [got] a secret closed-door briefing, warning of the [2008 economic] crash."
Pants on Fire!
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • November 3, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on October 16, 2012 in the second presidential debate:
Says Mitt Romney "called the Arizona law a model for the nation."
False
By Louis Jacobson • October 17, 2012
Jon Husted
Jon Husted
stated on August 15, 2012 in an interview with reporters:
A member of the redistricting commission proposed in Issue 2 "could accept a bribe from somebody" and "couldn’t be removed from this commission."
False
By Joe Guillen • October 11, 2012
Government is Not God PAC
Government is Not God PAC
stated on September 23, 2012 in a newspaper advertisement:
"Barack Hussein Obama will ... force Christian schools to hire non-Christian teachers."
False
By Katie Sanders, Louis Jacobson • September 26, 2012
Brendan Doherty
Brendan Doherty
stated on September 12, 2012 in in a news conference:
"The Providence Economic Development Partnership . . .which you [Cicilline] chaired, loaned $103,000 in taxpayer funds to one of your campaign workers. The worker never paid back the loan."
Mostly True
By Tom Mooney • September 18, 2012
Paul Summers
Paul Summers
stated on September 2, 2012 in in an op-ed article written for Tennessee newspapers.:
Tennessee's appeals court judges "were selected by a handful of party officials in Nashville" before the system of "merit selection" was put into effect.
Mostly True
By Tom Humphrey • September 14, 2012
David Cicilline
David Cicilline
stated on September 4, 2012 in a debate:
"The auditor [for the city of Providence] was not locked out" of access to the city's finances.
Mostly False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • September 7, 2012
Ultraviolet
Ultraviolet
stated on August 16, 2012 in a graphic on the Internet:
Paul Ryan would "outlaw in vitro fertilization."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • August 17, 2012
NARAL Pro-Choice America
NARAL Pro-Choice America
stated on July 19, 2012 in a news release:
"In 2010, Mr. [Anthony] Gemma described himself as a 'pro-life' candidate. Now, he claims to be pro-choice."
True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • July 27, 2012
Eric Holder
Eric Holder
stated on July 10, 2012 in a speech to the NAACP convention in Houston.:
Says recent studies indicate that nationally, only 8 percent of white voting-age citizens but 25 percent of African-American voting-age citizens lack government-issued photo IDs.
Mostly True
By Sue Owen, W. Gardner Selby • July 11, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on July 4, 2012 in an interview with CBS News:
The Supreme Court said the individual mandate "is a tax. So it's a tax."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • July 5, 2012
David Dewhurst
David Dewhurst
stated on June 9, 2012 in a speech to the Republican Party of Texas convention in Fort Worth.:
Says he "passed" eight measures, including ones to prevent groping at airport security checks and to bar "sanctuary" cities in Texas.  
Half-True
By Tara Merrigan • July 3, 2012
John Carter
John Carter
stated on June 18, 2012 in a radio interview.:
Says the Constitution "specifically states the Congress shall write legislation for immigration policy," so Barack Obama lacks the authority to defer the deportation of young illegal immigrants.
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • June 27, 2012
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