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Clay Dafoe
Clay Dafoe
stated on April 16, 2012 a mayoral candidate debate on KXAN-TV
Says bus riders subsidize the "expensive, romanticized" Leander-to-Austin train.
False
By Ben Wear, Sue Owen • April 25, 2012
Sheila Oliver
Sheila Oliver
stated on April 19, 2012 an interview on WOR-AM
Says "$57,000 is the mean [income] in our state" for a family.
False
By Erin O'Neill • April 25, 2012
H. Ford Gravitt
H. Ford Gravitt
stated on April 17, 2012 a meeting
"We don’t allow filming inside of the City Hall unless there is a specific reason."
False
By Eric Stirgus • April 25, 2012
Raymond Bateman
Raymond Bateman
stated on April 9, 2012 an opinion piece on DailyRecord.com
Says "Cape May, Cumberland, Salem and part of Atlantic counties are all south of the Mason-Dixon line."
False
By Bill Wichert • April 22, 2012
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on April 13, 2012 a Republican US Senate debate at WFAA-TV, Channel 8, in Dallas.
David Dewhurst "has never once cut one penny from the state budget."
False
By W. Gardner Selby • April 20, 2012
American Energy Alliance
American Energy Alliance
stated on March 27, 2012 a television ad
Gas prices have doubled because "Obama opposed exploring for energy in Alaska. He gave millions of tax dollars to Solyndra, which then went bankrupt. And he blocked the Keystone pipeline. So we will all pay more at the pump."
False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • April 19, 2012
Tommy Thompson
Tommy Thompson
stated on March 23, 2012 a campaign speech
Every time the price of gasoline rises 1 cent, "it's a billion dollars out of our economy that goes to Saudi Arabia."
False
By Tom Kertscher • April 19, 2012
Anonymous Flier
Anonymous Flier
stated on April 4, 2012
A proposed regional transportation tax will last "a minimum" of 10 years, and has been approved to last longer.
False
By Willoughby Mariano • April 18, 2012
Mike Dovilla
Mike Dovilla
stated on March 13, 2012 a letter to the editor
Says President Obama's decision to not issue a permit for the Keystone XL pipeline meant "we were denied the ability immediately to reduce prices at the pump."
False
By Tom Feran • April 17, 2012
Cory Booker
Cory Booker
stated on April 4, 2012 a news conference
Says New Jersey Devils managing partner Jeff Vanderbeek "took us into arbitration."
False
By Bill Wichert • April 12, 2012
Matthew Hill
Matthew Hill
stated on March 29, 2012 a debate on the state House floor.
Says abortion doctors are "flying into this state, performing abortions and flying out."
False
By Tom Humphrey • April 12, 2012
Johnny Isakson
Johnny Isakson
stated on February 23, 2012 a speech
The Keystone oil pipeline "would employ 20,000 people in the United States."
False
By Willoughby Mariano • April 11, 2012
Charlie Gonzalez
Charlie Gonzalez
stated on March 27, 2012 a conference call
Says that Mitt Romney, while he was in Arizona, said he believes the state’s SB 1070 immigration law should be the model for national immigration laws.
False
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • April 11, 2012
Kathleen Falk
Kathleen Falk
stated on March 24, 2012 a speech
Says Wisconsin women facing pay discrimination can't "do something about it" under bill passed by Republicans.
False
By Tom Kertscher • April 10, 2012
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on April 1, 2012 a “Face the Nation” interview
"General Motors is the largest corporation in the world again."
False
By Becky Bowers • April 9, 2012
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on March 19, 2012 a television interview
"We gave every public employee in the state the freedom to choose whether or not they want to be in a union."
False
By James B. Nelson • April 9, 2012
Morgan Griffith
Morgan Griffith
stated on April 3, 2012 an interview.
"On most things except witch trials, Virginia will always have been first."
False
By Nancy Madsen • April 9, 2012
stated on March 27, 2012 a blog post
Says Obama health reform law denies millions "access to affordable insurance."
False
By Tom Kertscher • April 8, 2012
AFSCME
AFSCME
stated on April 3, 2012 a web site posting
Says gubernatorial recall candidate Tom Barrett supported passage of Gov. Scott Walker’s bill stripping collective bargaining of state employees.
False
By James B. Nelson • April 6, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on April 4, 2012 a speech to the Newspaper Association of America
Says Barack Obama "is the only president to ever cut $500 billion from Medicare."
False
By Aaron Sharockman • April 4, 2012
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