Fact Check Posts – Page 358

Rand Paul
stated on January 28, 2014 in a response to the State of the Union address:

Says President Barack Obama "spent nearly a trillion dollars on make-work government jobs."

By Louis Jacobson • January 30, 2014

Curtis Martin
stated on January 28, 2014 in comments on ESPN:

"I played in a game here against the Pittsburgh Steelers where there was 23 inches of snow. … We played in at least 15 inches of that."

By Aaron Sharockman • January 30, 2014

Marc Thiessen
stated on January 29, 2014 in a broadcast of Fox News' "The Kelly File":

Says "Barack Obama has gone from blaming George W. Bush to plagiarizing George W. Bush."

By Jon Greenberg • January 29, 2014

Rand Paul
stated on January 26, 2014 in an interview with CNN:

"Over half of the young people" in medical, dental and law schools are women.

By Steve Contorno • January 28, 2014

Steve Stockman
stated on January 24, 2014 in a Stockman campaign web page:

"John Cornyn backed his pal David Dewhurst" for the U.S. Senate over Ted Cruz.

By W. Gardner Selby • January 28, 2014

Rick Allen
stated on January 10, 2014 in a tweet:

U.S. Rep. John Barrow, D-Ga., does not want to audit the Federal Reserve.

By Eric Stirgus • January 28, 2014

Rick Scott
stated on January 21, 2014 in an event with employees from the Department of Environmental Protection:

"Recently, Florida has successfully reduced the environmental permitting time down to just two days."

By Amy Sherman • January 27, 2014

Rod Monroe
stated on January 15, 2014 in an Oregon Senate work session:

"We have the lowest beer tax in the nation."

By Dana Tims • January 24, 2014

Ron Paul
stated on January 14, 2014 in an email blast:

For "the past year, I was censored" and muzzled.

By W. Gardner Selby • January 24, 2014

Brian Kilmeade
stated on January 21, 2014 in a broadcast of "Fox and Friends":

Says Colorado food stamp recipients can use ATMs to get cash to buy marijuana.

By Jon Greenberg • January 24, 2014

Republican Party of Florida
stated on October 31, 2013 in a YouTube video:

Says Alex Sink "failed Florida homeowners by using predatory lending practices."

By Joshua Gillin • January 22, 2014

Bob Terry
stated on January 8, 2014 in an Oregon Public Broadcasting interview:

"And we’ve constantly been the lowest unemployed county in the state."

By Dana Tims • January 21, 2014

Bob Kincaid
stated on January 19, 2014 in 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."

By Jon Greenberg • January 21, 2014

Vladimir Putin
stated on January 19, 2014 in comments on ABC's "This Week":

"In some of the states in the U.S., homosexuality remains a felony."

By Katie Sanders • January 19, 2014

Facebook posts
stated on January 16, 2014 in 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."

By Louis Jacobson • January 17, 2014

Robert Puente
stated on September 20, 2013 in a Texas Tribune Festival panel discussion:

San Antonio has seen "67% growth" in water customers "in the last 25 years, 0% more water used."

By Sue Owen • January 17, 2014

Carly Fiorina
stated on January 12, 2014 in a broadcast of ABC's "This Week":

"Seventy percent of the people living in abject poverty are women."

By Jon Greenberg • January 15, 2014

Facebook posts
stated on January 5, 2014 in 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."

By Julie Kliegman • January 13, 2014

Scott Walker
stated on January 6, 2014 in an interview:

"Jobs that involve the minimum wage are overwhelmingly jobs for young people starting out in the workforce."

By Dave Umhoefer • January 13, 2014

Karl Rove
stated on January 12, 2014 in comments on "Fox News Sunday":

"The amount of attention paid this week to Chris Christie makes the coverage of Benghazi ... pale in significance."

By Steve Contorno • January 12, 2014

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