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John Cornyn
John Cornyn
stated on August 3, 2015 a tweet:
"In FY 2014 Planned Parenthood performed 327,653 abortions while receiving $528 million from taxpayers, in violation" of "the Hyde amendment."
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • August 7, 2015
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on July 25, 2015 a speech:
Under Gov. Scott Walker, Wisconsin "projected a $1 billion (budget) surplus and it turns out to be a deficit of $2.2 billion."
Mostly False
By Tom Kertscher • July 28, 2015
Greg Abbott
Greg Abbott
stated on June 12, 2015 a press release:
A Texas law "will repatriate $1 billion of gold bullion from the Federal Reserve in New York to Texas."
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • June 26, 2015
Children's Defense Fund-Texas
Children's Defense Fund-Texas
stated on April 28, 2015 a press release:
"In the last 24 months, 10 rural Texas hospitals have been forced to shut their doors because state leaders" chose not to expand Medicaid.
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • May 15, 2015
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on May 6, 2015 an interview in Washington, D.C.:
"The families that are covered through the Low Income Pool is a different group of individuals than are covered by Obamacare."
Mostly False
By Joshua Gillin • May 11, 2015
Van Taylor
Van Taylor
stated on March 25, 2015 a press release:
I "helped pass what, if enacted, would be the largest tax cut in Texas history through the State Senate."
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • May 5, 2015
Mike Huckabee
Mike Huckabee
stated on May 1, 2015 a video:
Says he "raised average family income by 50 percent" during his tenure as Arkansas governor.
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • May 4, 2015
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on April 27, 2015 an interview:
Says the recall elections that aimed to remove him and other Republican officials from office "cost tens of millions of dollars to run."
Mostly False
By Tom Kertscher • May 4, 2015
Joe Morrissey
Joe Morrissey
stated on March 25, 2015 a campaign flier.:
"Rosalyn Dance voted against President Obama’s Medicaid expansion."
Mostly False
By Sean Gorman • April 23, 2015
Richard Corcoran
Richard Corcoran
stated on April 16, 2015 an email to constituents:
"Medicaid patients were 97 percent more likely to die than those with private insurance."
Mostly False
By Joshua Gillin • April 22, 2015
Gina Raimondo
Gina Raimondo
stated on February 18, 2015 a presentation:
Rhode Island has invested less in tourism, economic development and economic development personnel than four nearby states.
Mostly False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • March 1, 2015
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on December 17, 2014 remarks to reporters:
"The difference over the (previous) four years between where things were headed and where we brought them to over the last four years is a total of $816 in saved property tax money."
Mostly False
By Tom Kertscher • January 9, 2015
Gina Raimondo
Gina Raimondo
stated on October 7, 2014 in television commercial:
"I fought 38 Studios from the beginning."
Mostly False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • October 30, 2014
Charlie Crist
Charlie Crist
stated on October 27, 2014 a TV ad:
"Rick Scott vetoed funding for 30 Florida rape crisis centers. Scott said the centers weren’t needed."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • October 28, 2014
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on October 17, 2014 a debate:
The projected $1.8 billion state budget shortfall for 2015-’17 "actually comes from an assumption based on zero growth. That just doesn’t happen."
Mostly False
By Dave Umhoefer • October 23, 2014
Wisconsin Professional Police Association
Wisconsin Professional Police Association
stated on September 25, 2014 a news conference:
Data on violent crime shows Wisconsin "has become less safe than it was when Scott Walker took office." 
Mostly False
By Tom Kertscher • October 2, 2014
Charlie Crist
Charlie Crist
stated on September 16, 2014 a TV ad:
Says Rick Scott cut education by over a billion dollars, meaning thousands of teachers "lost their jobs" and "class sizes went up."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • September 22, 2014
Mary Burke
Mary Burke
stated on September 10, 2014 an interview:
Says Scott Walker's jobs agency gives financial incentives that lead "Wisconsin companies to look at shipping jobs elsewhere. ... A company got $4.6 million in taxpayer money and actually reduced its jobs by 300 people."  
Mostly False
By Tom Kertscher • September 19, 2014
Matt Mackowiak
Matt Mackowiak
stated on September 8, 2014 an opinion column:
In Texas public schools, "we spend an average of $12,000 per pupil per year."
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • September 12, 2014
Truth in Accounting
Truth in Accounting
stated on August 4, 2014 a recent report:
Each Georgia taxpayer would have to send $5,000 to the treasury to cover the state’s debt.
Mostly False
By April Hunt • August 27, 2014
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