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Barry Hinckley
stated on April 21, 2012 in an interview on State of the State:

President Obama gave Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood one and a half billion dollars.

False

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • April 27, 2012

R2RMerge
stated on April 15, 2012 in a flier:

Says George Norcross said the "TAKEOVER OF RUTGER$ CAMDEN WILL COST NEW JER$EY BILLION$."

False

By Erin O'Neill • April 26, 2012

Clay Dafoe
stated on April 16, 2012 in 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
stated on April 19, 2012 in 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
stated on April 17, 2012 in 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
stated on April 9, 2012 in 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
stated on April 13, 2012 in 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
stated on March 27, 2012 in 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
stated on March 23, 2012 in 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
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
stated on March 13, 2012 in 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
stated on April 4, 2012 in a news conference:

Says New Jersey Devils managing partner Jeff Vanderbeek "took us into arbitration."

False

By Bill Wichert • April 12, 2012

Matthew Hill
stated on March 29, 2012 in 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
stated on February 23, 2012 in a speech:

The Keystone oil pipeline "would employ 20,000 people in the United States."

False

By Willoughby Mariano • April 11, 2012

Charlie Gonzalez
stated on March 27, 2012 in 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
stated on March 24, 2012 in 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
stated on April 1, 2012 in a “Face the Nation” interview:

"General Motors is the largest corporation in the world again."

False

By Becky Bowers • April 9, 2012

Scott Walker
stated on March 19, 2012 in 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
stated on April 3, 2012 in 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 in a blog post:

Says Obama health reform law denies millions "access to affordable insurance."

False

By Tom Kertscher • April 8, 2012

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