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Marc Thiessen
Marc Thiessen
stated on January 29, 2014 a broadcast of Fox News' "The Kelly File"
Says "Barack Obama has gone from blaming George W. Bush to plagiarizing George W. Bush."
False
By Jon Greenberg • January 29, 2014
Rand Paul
Rand Paul
stated on January 26, 2014 an interview with CNN
"Over half of the young people" in medical, dental and law schools are women.
False
By Steve Contorno • January 28, 2014
Steve Stockman
Steve Stockman
stated on January 24, 2014 a Stockman campaign web page
"John Cornyn backed his pal David Dewhurst" for the U.S. Senate over Ted Cruz.
False
By W. Gardner Selby • January 28, 2014
Rick Allen
Rick Allen
stated on January 10, 2014 a tweet
U.S. Rep. John Barrow, D-Ga., does not want to audit the Federal Reserve.
False
By Eric Stirgus • January 28, 2014
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on January 21, 2014 an event with employees from the Department of Environmental Protection
"Recently, Florida has successfully reduced the environmental permitting time down to just two days."
False
By Amy Sherman • January 27, 2014
Rod Monroe
Rod Monroe
stated on January 15, 2014 an Oregon Senate work session
"We have the lowest beer tax in the nation."
False
By Dana Tims • January 24, 2014
Ron Paul
Ron Paul
stated on January 14, 2014 an email blast
For "the past year, I was censored" and muzzled.
False
By W. Gardner Selby • January 24, 2014
Brian Kilmeade
Brian Kilmeade
stated on January 21, 2014 a broadcast of "Fox and Friends"
Says Colorado food stamp recipients can use ATMs to get cash to buy marijuana.
False
By Jon Greenberg • January 24, 2014
Republican Party of Florida
Republican Party of Florida
stated on October 31, 2013 a YouTube video
Says Alex Sink "failed Florida homeowners by using predatory lending practices."
False
By Joshua Gillin • January 22, 2014
Bob Terry
Bob Terry
stated on January 8, 2014 an Oregon Public Broadcasting interview
"And we’ve constantly been the lowest unemployed county in the state."
False
By Dana Tims • January 21, 2014
Bob Kincaid
Bob Kincaid
stated on January 19, 2014 a broadcast of MSNBC's "Melissa Harris-Perry"
"Most of West Virginia is still owned, in excess of 90 percent, by out-of-state interests."
False
By Jon Greenberg • January 21, 2014
Vladimir Putin
Vladimir Putin
stated on January 19, 2014 comments on ABC's "This Week"
"In some of the states in the U.S., homosexuality remains a felony."
False
By Katie Sanders • January 19, 2014
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on January 16, 2014 a graphic on the Internet
"In 1916, the U.S. government predicted that by the 1940s all paper would come from hemp and that no more trees would need to be cut down."
False
By Louis Jacobson • January 17, 2014
Robert Puente
Robert Puente
stated on September 20, 2013 a Texas Tribune Festival panel discussion
San Antonio has seen "67% growth" in water customers "in the last 25 years, 0% more water used."
False
By Sue Owen • January 17, 2014
Carly Fiorina
Carly Fiorina
stated on January 12, 2014 a broadcast of ABC's "This Week"
"Seventy percent of the people living in abject poverty are women."
False
By Jon Greenberg • January 15, 2014
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on January 5, 2014 a Facebook post
A judge's order means there's a "Constitution exemption zone" if you live "within 100 miles of the United States border."
False
By Julie Kliegman • January 13, 2014
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on January 6, 2014 an interview
"Jobs that involve the minimum wage are overwhelmingly jobs for young people starting out in the workforce."
False
By Dave Umhoefer • January 13, 2014
Karl Rove
Karl Rove
stated on January 12, 2014 comments on "Fox News Sunday"
"The amount of attention paid this week to Chris Christie makes the coverage of Benghazi ... pale in significance."  
False
By Steve Contorno • January 12, 2014
Gus Bilirakis
Gus Bilirakis
stated on January 2, 2014 a Bay News 9 interview
Under a proposed bill, a $100,000 home’s flood insurance premium would be "maybe $200 or $300 annually."
False
By Joshua Gillin • January 7, 2014
Johnny Isakson
Johnny Isakson
stated on December 4, 2013 a speech
Fifty-three percent of graduates from liberal arts colleges these days can’t find jobs.
False
By Nancy Badertscher • January 7, 2014
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