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Charlie Baird
Charlie Baird
stated on March 1, 2012 in a campaign handout.:
"We've had the same leadership in the Travis County DA's office for 30 years."
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • March 30, 2012
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on March 16, 2012 in a Fox News interview.:
Says you need a photo ID to purchase Sudafed in Texas.
True
By W. Gardner Selby • March 28, 2012
Cory Mason
Cory Mason
stated on February 23, 2012 in a news release:
Says Wisconsin Assembly Republicans voted to repeal a law that ensures "that women cannot get paid less than a man for doing the same job."
Mostly False
By Tom Kertscher • March 12, 2012
Christine Sinicki
Christine Sinicki
stated on February 21, 2012 in a legislative floor speech:
While fighting a move to toughen penalties for workplace gender discrimination, state Sen. Glenn Grothman said "he didn’t believe women belonged in the workplace" but belonged "at home, cooking and cleaning and having babies."
False
By Dave Umhoefer • March 4, 2012
Rick Santorum
Rick Santorum
stated on February 19, 2012 in 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
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on February 9, 2012 in a speech at the CPAC conference:
Says a U.S. Supreme Court justice suggested that some U.S. cases will be decided based on South African law.
False
By Amy Sherman • February 14, 2012
Newt Gingrich
Newt Gingrich
stated on January 21, 2012 in remarks after winning the South Carolina Republican presidential primary:
Says a federal judge in San Antonio "issued a ruling that … not only could the students not pray at their graduation, if they used the word ‘benediction,’ the word ‘invocation,’ the word ‘God,’ asked the audience to stand or asked for a moment of silence, he would put the superintendent in jail."
Half-True
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • February 12, 2012
Barth Bracy
Barth Bracy
stated on February 3, 2012 in a radio interview:
The polls "show over half of Americans identify themselves as being pro-life."
Mostly False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • February 12, 2012
Gerald McCormick
Gerald McCormick
stated on January 19, 2012 in House floor debate over amending the state constitution to prohibit an income tax.:
The state constitution "clearly says there’s not to be a state income tax in Tennessee."
False
By Tom Humphrey • February 9, 2012
Lamar Smith
Lamar Smith
stated on January 20, 2012 in an opinion column.:
"Illegal counterfeiting and piracy costs the U.S. economy $100 billion... every year."
False
By W. Gardner Selby • February 6, 2012
Rick Santorum
Rick Santorum
stated on January 23, 2012 in a Republican presidential primary debate in Tampa, Fla.:
"Speaker Gingrich for 20 years supported a federal individual mandate" for health insurance.
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson, Molly Moorhead • January 24, 2012
John DePetro
John DePetro
stated on January 13, 2012 in an assertion on his WPRO radio show:
"[The] ACLU and atheists in Denver are demanding the NFL stop [Tim Tebow] from praying on the sidelines."
Pants on Fire!
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • January 18, 2012
David Cicilline
David Cicilline
stated on November 18, 2011 in a fundraising letter:
Enacting the Right-to-Carry Act would amount to "expanding the rights of sex offenders, terrorists, child predators, and abusers to carry concealed weapons across state lines.’’
Half-True
By Lynn Arditi • January 1, 2012
Eric Holder
Eric Holder
stated on December 13, 2011 in a speech:
"After filing a lawsuit in Rhode Island, we reached an agreement with state agencies that resulted in more voters being registered in the first full month after our lawsuit than in the entire previous two-year reporting period."
True
By Alex Kuffner • December 29, 2011
Newt Gingrich
Newt Gingrich
stated on December 18, 2011 in an interview on CBS' "Face the Nation":
In a watershed 1958 decision, "the Warren court asserted by itself that the Supreme Court was supreme over the president and the Congress."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • December 20, 2011
MacIver Institute
MacIver Institute
stated on December 13, 2011 in a video:
"Wisconsin election officials to accept Mickey Mouse, Hitler signatures" on recall petitions.
Mostly False
By Tom Kertscher • December 18, 2011
Ron Paul
Ron Paul
stated on November 12, 2011 in a Republican presidential debate in Spartanburg, S.C.:
"Torture is illegal by our laws. It's illegal by international laws."
True
By Louis Jacobson • November 15, 2011
John Birch Society
John Birch Society
stated on November 4, 2011 in an article on the group's website:
Under a Wisconsin bill, "minor offenses such as violating pet leash laws, seat belt laws, parking infractions, etc., would now be arrestable offenses."
Half-True
By Tom Kertscher • November 14, 2011
Democratic Party of Wisconsin
Democratic Party of Wisconsin
stated on November 1, 2011 in a campaign news release:
A bill supported by Gov. Scott Walker makes it "so that drunk drivers who kill have an easier time of it."
Mostly False
By Dave Umhoefer • November 10, 2011
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
stated on November 3, 2011 in a conference call with reporters:
Says Mitt Romney "is committed to overturning Roe vs. Wade, and he supports such amendments that define a life as beginning at the moment of conception."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • November 8, 2011
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