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Michele Bachmann
Michele Bachmann
stated on April 13, 2011 in an interview on NBC's "Today" show:
"The top 1 percent of income-earners pay about 40 percent of all taxes into the federal government."
False
By Louis Jacobson • April 18, 2011
Brian Kilmeade
Brian Kilmeade
stated on April 15, 2011 in comments on 'Fox and Friends':
Says Gov. Rick Scott's approval ratings are up.
False
By Aaron Sharockman • April 15, 2011
Peter DeFazio
Peter DeFazio
stated on April 13, 2011 in a House floor speech:
"Medicare passed with virtually no Republican support."
False
By Louis Jacobson, Patrick Kennedy • April 15, 2011
Florida Education Association
Florida Education Association
stated on April 6, 2011 in a campaign-style ad.:
"Politicians and their corporate lobbyists are trying to take away my right to spend my paycheck how I want."
False
By Aaron Sharockman • April 13, 2011
Florida Chamber of Commerce
Florida Chamber of Commerce
stated on March 29, 2011 in a campaign-style ad.:
Says unions "take away" hard-earned money of teachers, firefighters and police officers to play politics.
False
By Aaron Sharockman • April 13, 2011
Paul Broun
Paul Broun
stated on April 1, 2011 in a speech before Congress:
Says the federal government borrows "almost $60 billion per week."
False
By Willoughby Mariano • April 13, 2011
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on April 7, 2011 in an interview on NBC's "Today" show:
President Obama has spent over $2 million in legal fees defending lawsuits about his birth certificate.
False
By Louis Jacobson • April 12, 2011
John Kasich
John Kasich
stated on March 8, 2011 in his State of the State speech:
There was "some sort of informal commitment to build a (psychiatric) building in downtown Cleveland."
False
By Tom Feran • April 12, 2011
Mark Hass
Mark Hass
stated on March 30, 2011 in in a press release:
"For every one ESD superintendent position, we can pay for three speech pathologists, or three special needs instructors, or three classroom teachers."
False
By Ian K. Kullgren • April 11, 2011
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on April 4, 2011 in an interview on Fox News:
"Libya supplies the oil for China. We get no oil from Libya."
False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • April 11, 2011
Scott Randolph
Scott Randolph
stated on April 4, 2011 in comments during an appearance on 'The Rachel Maddow Show' on MSNBC:
"We have a guy who is going to be speaker of the House in four years, and his name has been on the ballot one time."
False
By Aaron Sharockman • April 11, 2011
MoveOn.org
MoveOn.org
stated on April 6, 2011 in an email blast to supporters:
The newly proposed House Republican budget "abolishes Medicare within 10 years."
False
By Tom Kertscher • April 11, 2011
Meria Carstarphen
Meria Carstarphen
stated on April 1, 2011 in a radio interview.:
Austin’s Pease Elementary "is a school that was created as part of the Texas Constitution."
False
By W. Gardner Selby • April 10, 2011
Jon Kyl
Jon Kyl
stated on April 8, 2011 in a Senate floor speech:
Abortion services are "well over 90 percent of what Planned Parenthood does."
False
By Louis Jacobson • April 8, 2011
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on April 7, 2011 in a "Today Show" interview:
Says President Obama's "grandmother in Kenya said he was born in Kenya and she was there and witnessed the birth."
False
By Robert Farley • April 7, 2011
Ron Johnson
Ron Johnson
stated on March 23, 2011 in an opinion piece in the Wall Street Journal:
For the first time in U.S. history, a personal inaction will be deemed unlawful -- not purchasing a health-insurance plan
False
By Dave Umhoefer • April 6, 2011
Jason Haas
Jason Haas
stated on February 27, 2011 in a newspaper interview:
Milwaukee lost the headquarters for MillerCoors because the area lacks good transit.
False
By Joe Carey • April 2, 2011
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on March 23, 2011 in an interview on ABC's "The View":
South Korea doesn't pay the United States for U.S. troops that protect their country.
False
By Louis Jacobson • April 1, 2011
Americans United for Change
Americans United for Change
stated on March 31, 2011 in a news release.:
Says Majority Leader Eric Cantor called for "abolishing Social Security and Medicare."
False
By Robert Farley • April 1, 2011
J.D. Alexander
J.D. Alexander
stated on March 28, 2011 in comments to reporters:
Says the Southwest Florida Water Management District has $850 million in reserves, enough money in savings to run without levying taxes for more than two years.
False
By Aaron Sharockman • April 1, 2011
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