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Stacey Abrams
Stacey Abrams
stated on March 27, 2012 a speech before the Atlanta Press Club
"We have the lowest per-capita spending of any state in the nation" except for South Dakota.
Mostly True
By Willoughby Mariano • April 3, 2012
Eric Johnson
Eric Johnson
stated on March 26, 2012 a Twitter post
"Obama tells Russia that he'll turn over America's defense system to them if re-elected."
Pants on Fire!
By Eric Stirgus • April 2, 2012
Lynn Westmoreland
Lynn Westmoreland
stated on February 29, 2012 a congressional hearing
"There is not one single federal housing program yet that has not needed a bailout to survive."
Half-True
By Willoughby Mariano • March 30, 2012
Nan Orrock
Nan Orrock
stated on March 7, 2012 a speech
"The state [food stamp call center] program is administered from foreign shores."
Mostly False
By Eric Stirgus • March 28, 2012
Tom Price
Tom Price
stated on March 14, 2012 a press release
New federal projections estimate that the health care overhaul "will cost $1.76 trillion over 10 years -- well above the $940 billion Democrats originally claimed."
False
By Willoughby Mariano • March 27, 2012
Brian Robinson
Brian Robinson
stated on March 21, 2012 an interview
The changes to Georgia’s tax and fee structure "is an overall tax cut."
True
By Eric Stirgus • March 26, 2012
Metro Atlanta Voter Education Network
Metro Atlanta Voter Education Network
stated on March 16, 2012 in a TV ad
Metro Atlantans spend "over an hour every day" or "five hours a week" commuting, for a total of "260 hours a year."
Half-True
By Willoughby Mariano • March 23, 2012
Judson Hill
Judson Hill
stated on March 7, 2012 a speech
"Every 1 percent increase in the cost of health insurance today causes about 30,000 Georgians to be uninsured."
Mostly False
By Eric Stirgus • March 20, 2012
Kasim Reed
Kasim Reed
stated on February 23, 2012 an interview
"We also have, in a park that’s not far from here, an ability to build a reservoir that can hold a 30-day water supply for the city of Atlanta."
Mostly True
By Eric Stirgus • March 19, 2012
Johnny Isakson
Johnny Isakson
stated on January 26, 2012 a press release
The "Democrat majority in the Senate has failed to submit [a] budget in the past 1,000 days."
Mostly False
By Willoughby Mariano • March 14, 2012
Hank Johnson
Hank Johnson
stated on February 24, 2012 an op-ed in the Huffington Post
"In the last two years, super PACs raised more than $180 million -- with roughly half of it coming from fewer than 200 super-rich people and roughly 20 percent from corporations."
True
By Willoughby Mariano • March 13, 2012
Ted Jackson
Ted Jackson
stated on February 29, 2012 a letter
Georgia ranks "last in job growth."
Mostly True
By Eric Stirgus • March 12, 2012
Hank Johnson
Hank Johnson
stated on February 28, 2012 a Congressional hearing
A socially conservative group sponsored a "prayer vigil" to stop people from buying Girl Scout cookies because it thinks the Girl Scouts are affiliated with Planned Parenthood.
Mostly False
By Willoughby Mariano • March 9, 2012
Gary Johnson
Gary Johnson
stated on February 25, 2012 a forum
"Fifty percent of the graduating class of the year 2012 will have smoked marijuana or have done illegal drugs."
Mostly True
By Eric Stirgus • March 7, 2012
Pat Stevens
Pat Stevens
stated on January 24, 2012 a news article
The Atlanta area’s water planning district "is now the national leader in conservation."
Mostly False
By Willoughby Mariano • March 6, 2012
Charlotte Nash
Charlotte Nash
stated on February 15, 2012 a speech
"[E]mployment in Gwinnett is up more than 3 percent over last year, and unemployment is the lowest of the five core metro counties."
Mostly True
By Eric Stirgus • March 5, 2012
Rick Santorum
Rick Santorum
stated on February 19, 2012 a speech
"[R]emember, the president proposed eliminating charitable deductions for higher-income taxpayers."
False
By Eric Stirgus • March 3, 2012
Newt Gingrich
Newt Gingrich
stated on February 29, 2012 a speech
Sixteen million jobs were created under Ronald Reagan's presidency.
True
By Eric Stirgus • March 2, 2012
Newt Gingrich
Newt Gingrich
stated on February 10, 2012 a radio interview
"The biggest contribution" behind a decrease in U.S. unemployment "was 1.2 million people leaving the workforce"  
False
By Willoughby Mariano • February 29, 2012
Rick Santorum
Rick Santorum
stated on February 19, 2012 a speech
Claims Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg said "she prefers the South African Constitution over the United States Constitution."
False
By Willoughby Mariano • February 28, 2012
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