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John DePetro
John DePetro
stated on October 21, 2013 in a statement on WPRO-AM:
"Under Mayor Cicilline, [Providence] was a sanctuary city."
False
By John Hill • November 24, 2013
Elisabeth Hasselbeck
Elisabeth Hasselbeck
stated on November 19, 2013 in comments on Fox News Channel's "Fox and Friends":
A Census Bureau worker says he was told to skew information to bring the unemployment rate down "as we headed into an election season."
False
By Jon Greenberg • November 20, 2013
Kenneth Block
Kenneth Block
stated on November 8, 2013 in an interview on Rhode Island Public Radio:
Rhode Island's unemployment insurance system "is the most expensive such system in the country."
False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • November 17, 2013
Karl King
Karl King
stated on October 15, 2013 in a website statement:
There were "$2 billion in earmarks in fiscal year 2012."
False
By Dana Tims • November 15, 2013
Jim McDermott
Jim McDermott
stated on November 12, 2013 in an interview on MSNBC's "Politics Nation":
"On (the federal minimum wage of) $7.75, you can’t even make half the poverty level."
False
By Louis Jacobson • November 15, 2013
Goldie Taylor
Goldie Taylor
stated on November 12, 2013 in an interview with Al Sharpton on MSNBC's "PoliticsNation":
"Our national debt is as low as it has been since World War II."
False
By Katie Sanders • November 14, 2013
Ken Detzner
Ken Detzner
stated on November 4, 2013 in a state Senate ethics and elections committee hearing:
One of the "main functions" of the Department of Homeland Security’s SAVE database is "checking voter registration citizenship status."
False
By Amy Sherman • November 14, 2013
Al Sharpton
Al Sharpton
stated on November 12, 2013 in a segment on MSNBC's "PoliticsNation":
Under Obama, the national debt "has been reduced every year for the last five years."
False
By Katie Sanders • November 14, 2013
Miriam Martinez
Miriam Martinez
stated on November 11, 2013 in her campaign website:
I am "the first Latina to run for governor of Texas."
False
By W. Gardner Selby • November 13, 2013
Sean Hannity
Sean Hannity
stated on November 11, 2013 in comments on Fox News Channel:
"In July 2010 the government said small businesses -- 60 percent -- will lose their health care, 45 percent of big business and a large percentage of individual health."
False
By Jon Greenberg • November 13, 2013
Scott Brown
Scott Brown
stated on November 11, 2013 in a Fox News interview:
"They delayed my swearing-in here in Massachusetts for a couple weeks so they could ram (the health care law) through."  
False
By Katie Sanders • November 12, 2013
Americans for Prosperity
Americans for Prosperity
stated on October 29, 2013 in a YouTube ad:
Says Kay Hagan "supports waivers for friends of Obama and special treatment for Congress and their staffs."
False
By Julie Kliegman • November 7, 2013
Branko Radulovacki
Branko Radulovacki
stated on October 14, 2013 in an email:
I am the only U.S. Senate candidate who spoke out against bombing Syria, and who challenged Georgia’s governor and insurance commissioner over obstruction to the Affordable Care Act.
False
By Janel Davis • November 5, 2013
Dana Perino
Dana Perino
stated on October 31, 2013 in comments on Fox News Channel's "The Five.":
"The insurance industry is actually run by mostly Democrats."
False
By Aaron Sharockman • November 4, 2013
Friends of Clearwater PAC
Friends of Clearwater PAC
stated on October 21, 2013 in a flier:
Passage of a referendum on an aquarium for Clearwater means "NO future funding for our neighborhoods."
False
By Charlie Frago • November 2, 2013
Ken Cuccinelli
Ken Cuccinelli
stated on October 24, 2013 in a debate.:
Terry McAuliffe "wants to raise your taxes $1,700 to pay for his infinite promises."
False
By Sean Gorman • November 1, 2013
Julie Parrish
Julie Parrish
stated on October 2, 2013 in a House floor speech:
"West Linn has one of the highest per capita rates of home-based businesses in the United States."
False
By Dana Tims • October 31, 2013
Alan Grayson
Alan Grayson
stated on October 26, 2013 in a speech to the Florida Democratic Party:
"This is the year Florida becomes a majority minority state."
False
By Amy Sherman • October 31, 2013
Valerie Jarrett
Valerie Jarrett
stated on October 28, 2013 in a tweet:
"FACT: Nothing in #Obamacare forces people out of their health plans."
False
By Louis Jacobson • October 30, 2013
Charlie Sykes
Charlie Sykes
stated on October 25, 2013 in a broadcast of the Charlie Sykes Show on WTMJ:
"The number of Americans who receive means-tested government benefits -- welfare -- now outnumbers those who are year-round full-time workers."
False
By Jon Greenberg • October 30, 2013
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