Fact Check Posts – Page 387

Ron Ramsey
stated on January 27, 2012 in an email announcing redistricting maps.:

"This year’s redistricting has been the most open, interactive and transparent redistricting process in Tennessee history."

By Richard Locker • February 10, 2012

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."

By Tom Humphrey • February 9, 2012

Newt Gingrich
stated on February 5, 2012 in an interview on "Meet the Press":

Says President Barack Obama "has an Environmental Protection Agency proposal that would raise the price of gasoline by 25 cents a gallon."

By Molly Moorhead • February 7, 2012

Pete Hoekstra
stated on February 5, 2012 in a website linked to a campaign ad:

"Since ObamaCare and the stimulus passed, the unemployment rate in the U.S. has increased."

By Louis Jacobson • February 6, 2012

Lamar Smith
stated on January 20, 2012 in an opinion column.:

"Illegal counterfeiting and piracy costs the U.S. economy $100 billion... every year."

By W. Gardner Selby • February 6, 2012

Debbie Wasserman Schultz
stated on January 31, 2012 in a press release:

Says Mitt Romney’s campaign "has already spent more on negative ads than John McCain did during his entire presidential run."

By Amy Sherman • February 3, 2012

Susan Combs
stated on December 6, 2011 in an interview:

Says she "wiped out" the state Agriculture Department’s inspections of eggs at retail sites like grocery stores.

By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • February 3, 2012

David Englin
stated on January 20, 2012 in a news release.:

"A cashier earning $20,000 per year pays the same (Virginia) income tax rate as a hedge fund manager earning $20 million per year."

By Sean Gorman • February 1, 2012

Nathan Deal
stated on January 10, 2012 in his State of the State address:

Siemens has been unable to fill approximately 200 skilled trade positions in metro Atlanta.

By Willoughby Mariano • January 30, 2012

Stephen Fincher
stated on December 30, 2011 in an interview with the Union City Daily Messenger :

"Studies show that if we opened one reserve in Alaska now, in five years, gas prices could be at $2 a gallon."

By Michael Collins • January 29, 2012

Travis Rowley
stated on January 21, 2012 in an opinion column:

"Martin Luther King was a Republican."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • January 29, 2012

Mitt Romney
stated on January 26, 2012 in a debate in Jacksonville, Fla.:

"This president went before the United Nations and castigated Israel for building settlements. He said nothing about thousands of rockets being rained in on Israel from the Gaza Strip."

By Amy Sherman • January 27, 2012

Chris Bollwage
stated on January 15, 2012 in a speech at the Cuban Club in Elizabeth:

"Our jobless rate, our unemployment rate, is the lowest of all of the big cities in New Jersey."

By Erin O'Neill • January 27, 2012

Winning Our Future
stated on January 24, 2012 in a television ad:

"Romneycare sent costs spiraling out of control" in Massachusetts, "hiking premiums, squeezing household budgets."

By Angie Drobnic Holan • January 27, 2012

Mitch Daniels
stated on January 24, 2012 in a Republican response to the State of the Union address:

Says Steve Jobs was responsible for creating more jobs than the stimulus bill.

By Louis Jacobson, Molly Moorhead • January 26, 2012

Donald McEachin
stated on January 11, 2012 in a speech.:

Gov. McDonnell's proposed budget "is cutting" public education.

By Nancy Madsen • January 26, 2012

Lincoln Chafee
stated on January 11, 2012 in a news conference:

The InterLink at T.F. Green Airport is the closest air-rail link in the country.

By Alex Kuffner • January 26, 2012

Newt Gingrich
stated on January 23, 2012 in a Republican presidential debate in Tampa:

"When I was speaker, we had four consecutive balanced budgets."

By Louis Jacobson • January 24, 2012

Oregon Republican Party
stated on January 13, 2012 in a campaign mailer:

Rob Cornilles has been endorsed by 20 local mayors, including Independent, Democratic and Republican.

By Janie Har • January 23, 2012

Charlotte Bergmann
stated on January 10, 2012 in a campaign billboard along I-240.:

"Martin Luther King Jr. was a Republican."

By Bartholomew Sullivan • January 23, 2012

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