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Debbie Wasserman Schultz
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
stated on October 8, 2013 in in a press release:
Chris Christie "cut equal pay for women, calling it 'senseless bureaucracy.' "
Mostly False
By Julie Kliegman • October 17, 2013
National Republican Congressional Committee
National Republican Congressional Committee
stated on October 9, 2013 in an advertisement:
Ann Kuster turned "a blind eye to those in need of funding" by voting "against funding for our nation’s veterans, low-income women and children, the FDA and the National Institutes of Health."
Mostly False
By Kaitlin Mulhere • October 16, 2013
Wendy Davis
Wendy Davis
stated on July 29, 2013 in an email blast.:
"Texas women make an average of $8,355 less per year than men doing the very same job."
Mostly False
By Andra Lim • August 7, 2013
Terry McAuliffe
Terry McAuliffe
stated on June 18, 2013 in a video.:
"Women still earn about 77 cents for every dollar a man earns for working the same job."
Mostly False
By Sean Gorman • July 15, 2013
Jimmy Carter
Jimmy Carter
stated on June 28, 2013 in women's conference session:
Women in the United States are paid about 70 percent of what men earn for the same work.
Mostly False
By Janel Davis • July 9, 2013
Jimmy Carter
Jimmy Carter
stated on June 23, 2013 in an interview:
The Southern Baptist Convention voted 13 years ago "that women were inferior and had to be subservient to their husbands."
Mostly False
By Eric Stirgus • June 28, 2013
David Cicilline
David Cicilline
stated on April 17, 2012 in a news release:
Women "earn only 77 cents for every dollar earned by men in the same position."
Mostly False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • June 24, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on June 21, 2012 in a campaign ad:
"Women (are) paid 77 cents on the dollar for doing the same work as men."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • June 21, 2012
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on April 10, 2012 in an interview:
The Wisconsin law repealed by Republicans, which allowed discriminated workers to sue in state court, "was kind of a gravy train" for lawyers.
Mostly False
By Tom Kertscher • April 28, 2012
Kathleen Falk
Kathleen Falk
stated on April 6, 2012 in a news release:
Says Gov. Scott Walker signed abortion, sex education and discrimination bills "in secret."
Mostly False
By Dave Umhoefer • April 22, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on April 9, 2012 in a graphic posted on his website:
"What president has the worst record on female labor force participation? Barack Obama."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • April 12, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on April 6, 2012 in Mitt Romney's website:
"Women account for 92.3 percent of the jobs lost under Obama."
Mostly False
By Molly Moorhead • April 10, 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
Hank Johnson
Hank Johnson
stated on February 28, 2012 in a Congressional hearing:
A socially conservative group sponsored a "prayer vigil" to stop people from buying Girl Scout cookies because it thinks the Girl Scouts are affiliated with Planned Parenthood.
Mostly False
By Willoughby Mariano • March 9, 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
Nickie Antonio
Nickie Antonio
stated on January 24, 2012 in a news conference:
"Statistics bear out that any time a country, a state, makes more restrictive abortion laws ... fatalities go up and abortions actually increase."
Mostly False
By Joe Guillen • February 10, 2012
Kyleen Wright
Kyleen Wright
stated on December 6, 2011 in a Twitter message.:
Says murder is the chief cause of death for pregnant women.
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • December 26, 2011
Roberto DaSilva
Roberto DaSilva
stated on May 25, 2011 in a speech on the floor of the Rhode Island House of Representatives.:
"Ten percent of violent deaths in the U.S. each year are due to strangulation."
Mostly False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • June 12, 2011
Mike Huckabee
Mike Huckabee
stated on March 4, 2011 in a post on his PAC's website:
Says it’s a "statistical reality that most single moms are very poor, under-educated, can't get a job, and if it weren't for government assistance, their kids would be starving to death."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • March 10, 2011
Planned Parenthood
Planned Parenthood
stated on October 15, 2010 in a direct mail campaign piece:
Says "Scott Walker tried to pass a law to allow pharmacists to block women’s access to birth control."
Mostly False
By Tom Kertscher • October 18, 2010
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