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Chris Kapenga
Chris Kapenga
stated on August 23, 2013 a newsletter
"The amount of interest" paid on the federal debt exceeds "total tax revenue."
False
By Tom Kertscher • September 15, 2013
Eddie Bernice Johnson
Eddie Bernice Johnson
stated on August 8, 2013 an opinion column in Fort Worth Star-Telegram
"Studies have shown that voter fraud is non-existent in Texas."
False
By Sue Owen • September 13, 2013
Will Weatherford
Will Weatherford
stated on September 10, 2013 at Suncoast Tiger Bay luncheon
"One out of every three students currently today is ready for college before they go there."
False
By Katie Sanders • September 11, 2013
Libertarian Party of Broward County
Libertarian Party of Broward County
stated on August 22, 2013 the Libertarian Party of Broward website
The Libertarian Party "is the third-largest political party in the U.S."
False
By Amy Sherman • September 9, 2013
Campaign for Liberty - Georgia
Campaign for Liberty - Georgia
stated on August 23, 2013 a flier
Says U.S. Rep. Tom Price is sending letters both supporting and opposing the "small-business killing Internet Tax Mandate."
False
By Eric Stirgus • September 9, 2013
James O'Neil
James O'Neil
stated on September 1, 2013 an appearance on "10 News Conference."
"Wind power is the most undependable form of renewable energy."
False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • September 8, 2013
Sal Esquivel
Sal Esquivel
stated on August 11, 2013 an opinion article
Says every day of a special session costs taxpayers $40,000.
False
By Ian K. Kullgren • September 5, 2013
Texas Values
Texas Values
stated on August 15, 2013 an email blast
A proposed San Antonio ordinance will allow men into women’s restrooms in the city.
False
By Sue Owen • September 4, 2013
Ken Cuccinelli
Ken Cuccinelli
stated on August 22, 2013 a TV ad.
"There’s only one candidate under investigation -- Terry McAuliffe."
False
By Nancy Madsen • September 3, 2013
Steve Stockman
Steve Stockman
stated on August 19, 2013 a letter forwarded to PolitiFact
Says U.N. arms treaty will mandate a "new international gun registry."
False
By Sue Owen • August 28, 2013
David Dewhurst
David Dewhurst
stated on August 3, 2013 a telephone call to the Allen, Texas, police department.
"I am every year the No.1 pick of all of the law enforcement agencies within Texas."
False
By W. Gardner Selby • August 27, 2013
Ken Cuccinelli
Ken Cuccinelli
stated on August 10, 2013 a speech.
Says Terry McAuliffe is "the person who invented the scheme to rent out the Lincoln Bedroom."
False
By Sean Gorman • August 26, 2013
Doug Whitsett
Doug Whitsett
stated on August 16, 2013 a guest column
Says "your Legislative Assembly was within one vote of enacting each of those bills into Oregon law."
False
By Ian K. Kullgren • August 24, 2013
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on July 29, 2013 a campaign press statement
Says that in his first two years, "Wisconsin has seen its best two-year job growth in a decade."
False
By Dave Umhoefer • August 19, 2013
Rand Paul
Rand Paul
stated on August 12, 2013 an interview on Comedy Central's "The Daily Show"
Of the roughly 15 percent of Americans who don’t have health insurance, "half of them made more than $50,000 a year."
False
By Louis Jacobson • August 15, 2013
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on August 10, 2013 a speech to the Family Leadership Summit in Ames, Iowa
Says "President Obama just granted all of Congress an exception" to Obamacare.
False
By Becky Bowers • August 14, 2013
Ken Cuccinelli
Ken Cuccinelli
stated on July 20, 2013 a debate.
"Every (personhood) bill I’ve ever support has either had language that says we’re conforming to the constitutional rulings of the Supreme Court or something to that effect."
False
By Sean Gorman • August 11, 2013
Kathleen Ford
Kathleen Ford
stated on August 6, 2013 a mayoral debate
"If we use (Tax Increment Financing) funding, that's going to take funds from the general fund for Pinellas County, as it will take funds from the general fund for the city of St. Pete."
False
By Julie Kliegman • August 9, 2013
ForAmerica
ForAmerica
stated on July 11, 2013 a Facebook post
Says Houston National Cemetery is preventing Christian prayers from being said at military funerals.
False
By Sue Owen • August 6, 2013
Lone Star Project
Lone Star Project
stated on July 14, 2013 a blog post.
Says Greg Abbott "converted over $1 million in federal grant money intended for use to prosecute online sexual predators and other cyber crimes and instead used it to harass and prosecute senior citizens who were assisting other senior citizens in applying for mail-in ballots."
False
By W. Gardner Selby • August 2, 2013
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