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Laura Ingraham
Laura Ingraham
stated on June 12, 2014 a broadcast of the "Laura Ingraham Show"
Americans "invented the automobile."
False
By Jon Greenberg • June 13, 2014
Ed Gillespie
Ed Gillespie
stated on June 2, 2014 a TV interview.
The Chamber of Commerce says new carbon regulations will kill "244,000 jobs a year" and cost average families "$1,200 a year."  
False
By Warren Fiske • June 9, 2014
Katrina vanden Heuvel
Katrina vanden Heuvel
stated on June 8, 2014 comments on ABC's "This Week"
"Only one out of 10 minimum wage workers today are teen age or a young person."
False
By Katie Sanders • June 8, 2014
Jim Rubens
Jim Rubens
stated on March 24, 2014 in an interview at gun shop in Hudson, N.H.
Says when armed civilians stop mass shootings with guns, an average of 2.5 people die; otherwise, an average of 18 people die.
False
By Jim Haddadin • June 6, 2014
Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee
Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee
stated on June 2, 2014 a press release
"Congresswoman Ros-Lehtinen has long record of voting against VA backlog fixes."
False
By Amy Sherman • June 6, 2014
Rachel Maddow
Rachel Maddow
stated on June 3, 2014 comments on "The Rachel Maddow Show"
"The Pentagon made up" the since-debunked heroics of POW Jessica Lynch as she tried to avoid capture in Iraq.  
False
By Aaron Sharockman • June 5, 2014
Chain email
Chain email
stated on June 5, 2014 emails circulating on the Internet
Due to actions by President Barack Obama, "the Burger King national headquarters announced this month that they will be pulling their franchises from our military bases."
False
By Louis Jacobson • June 5, 2014
John Boehner
John Boehner
stated on June 2, 2014 a post on his website
New carbon regulations will increase electric bills by "$17 billion every year" and "potentially put an average of 224,000 more people out of work every year."
False
By Steve Contorno • June 2, 2014
Jeremy Schaap
Jeremy Schaap
stated on May 28, 2014 an interview on MSNBC
"Qataris don't really work."
False
By Jon Greenberg • June 2, 2014
Brett Hulsey
Brett Hulsey
stated on April 30, 2014 a news release
Says Gov. Scott Walker "has made Wisconsin 2nd in the nation in losing jobs."
False
By James B. Nelson • June 2, 2014
Gwen Moore
Gwen Moore
stated on May 29, 2014 remarks on the House floor
"Milwaukee has the second-highest" number of children recovered from sex trafficking.  
False
By Tom Kertscher • June 1, 2014
Eric Cantor
Eric Cantor
stated on May 29, 2014 a campaign email.
Says a "liberal" immigration reform group endorsed his GOP primary opponent, Dave Brat.
False
By Sean Gorman, Warren Fiske • May 30, 2014
Sarah Palin
Sarah Palin
stated on May 22, 2014 a Facebook post
"As unbelievable as it sounds, your tax dollars are funding the federal government's Zombie Apocalypse Plan. I kid you not."
False
By Katie Sanders • May 28, 2014
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on May 27, 2014 a meme on social media
"For every one job created under the Obama administration, 75 people went on food stamps."
False
By Louis Jacobson • May 28, 2014
Monica Wehby
Monica Wehby
stated on May 21, 2014 a campaign news release
"Jeff Merkley was the deciding vote on Obamacare, which in Oregon has been an unmitigated disaster."
False
By Dana Tims • May 23, 2014
Katrina vanden Heuvel
Katrina vanden Heuvel
stated on May 18, 2014 a discussion on CBS' "Face the Nation"
"Congress has cut funding, has slashed funding, for veterans' benefits over these last years."
False
By Louis Jacobson • May 21, 2014
Larry Pratt
Larry Pratt
stated on May 6, 2014 an interview on 'All in with Chris Hayes'
"20 percent of the time (smart guns) won't work."
False
By Katie Sanders • May 20, 2014
Russ Fulcher
Russ Fulcher
stated on May 14, 2014 a gubernatorial debate
"Idaho was the only Republican-led state in the nation that chose to partner with President Obama" by creating a state-based marketplace under the Affordable Care Act.
False
By Louis Jacobson • May 19, 2014
Brit Hume
Brit Hume
stated on May 18, 2014 comments on "Fox News Sunday"
The media "widely overlooked" comments made by former President Bill Clinton that Hillary Clinton had a terrible concussion that took six months to recover from.  
False
By Jon Greenberg • May 18, 2014
Jim Francesconi
Jim Francesconi
stated on April 15, 2014 a campaign website statement
"Economic inequality in Multnomah County has a face -- and a name. It has 90,000 faces and names -- the number of county residents who are still unemployed, or underemployed, in the wake of the 2008 Wall Street crash."
False
By Dana Tims • May 16, 2014
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