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Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on June 11, 2010 a campaign press release
"Gov. Crist's veto also clears the way for taxpayer funding of abortion in Florida."
False
By Robert Farley • June 14, 2010
Mitch McConnell
Mitch McConnell
stated on June 9, 2010 a Senate floor speech
"A major part" of the climate change bill sponsored by Sens. John Kerry and Joe Lieberman "was essentially written by BP."
False
By Louis Jacobson • June 14, 2010
Kevin Levitas
Kevin Levitas
stated on May 25, 2010 a press releaase
"Georgia has a well-deserved reputation for setting the gold standard for food safety."
False
By Willoughby Mariano • June 13, 2010
Chain email
Chain email
stated on June 9, 2010 a chain e-mail
Presidents Hoover, Truman and Eisenhower collectively ordered the deportation of at least 15 million illegal aliens.
False
By Louis Jacobson • June 10, 2010
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on June 4, 2010 an interview
Says an estimate that Texas will face an $18 billion budget gap is "a number that somebody just reached up in the air and grabbed."
False
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • June 10, 2010
Chain email
Chain email
stated on June 3, 2010 a chain e-mail circulated on the Internet
Once the U.S. government signs a U.N. treaty on conventional arms, "all U.S. citizens will be subject to those gun laws created by foreign governments."
False
By Louis Jacobson • June 9, 2010
John Kerry
John Kerry
stated on June 6, 2010 ABC's "This Week"
"Every major study that has been done by a legitimate group ... shows that there are hundreds of thousands of jobs to be created if you pass our (cap-and-trade) legislation. And if you wind up pricing carbon."
False
By Robert Farley • June 8, 2010
Todd Staples
Todd Staples
stated on May 25, 2010 a campaign Web post
Says EPA regulation of greenhouse gases will endanger 575 Texas dairy facilities, 58 swine operations, 1,300 corn farms and 28,000 beef cattle operations.
False
By W. Gardner Selby • June 7, 2010
Markos Moulitsas
Markos Moulitsas
stated on June 6, 2010 a roundtable discussion on ABC's This Week
Turkey is an Arab country.
False
By Louis Jacobson • June 6, 2010
Carly Fiorina
Carly Fiorina
stated on March 10, 2010 a Web ad
Sen. Barbara Boxer "passed only three bills in 18 years" into law.
False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • May 28, 2010
Robert Koons
Robert Koons
stated on May 18, 2010 an opinion piece published in the Austin American-Statesman
"In the history department at the University of Texas, out of 50 registered voters, only one is a Republican."
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • May 23, 2010
Bill McCollum
Bill McCollum
stated on May 18, 2010 a press release.
"The fact that Rick Scott is running for governor as a 'reformer' would be funny if it wasn't so outrageous. This is a man who barely escaped imprisonment."
False
By Aaron Sharockman • May 21, 2010
Meg Whitman
Meg Whitman
stated on April 16, 2010 a campaign commerical
Steve Poizner "increased his department's budget nearly 14 percent."
False
By Louis Jacobson • May 20, 2010
Steve Poizner
Steve Poizner
stated on April 10, 2010 a campaign commercial
"Taxpayer-funded benefits to illegals" in California are "a skyrocketing cost under Obamacare."
False
By Louis Jacobson • May 19, 2010
National Republican Congressional Committee
National Republican Congressional Committee
stated on May 11, 2010 a TV ad
"Minnick voted to let the government fund abortion under Obamacare."
False
By Robert Farley • May 19, 2010
Mary Landrieu
Mary Landrieu
stated on May 11, 2010 an interview with MSNBC's Ed Schultz
Louisiana gets "not one single penny" from Gulf Coast offshore oil revenues.
False
By Louis Jacobson • May 13, 2010
Harry Reid
Harry Reid
stated on May 11, 2010 a speech on the Senate floor
On Sandra Day O'Connor: "I think one reason she was a good judge is she had no judicial experience" before she joined the Supreme Court.
False
By Catharine Richert • May 12, 2010
Boyd Richie
Boyd Richie
stated on April 30, 2010 a press release
Says Gov. Rick Perry failed "to involve border sheriffs in developing plans to prevent violence in their communities."
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • May 10, 2010
Adam Putnam
Adam Putnam
stated on May 4, 2010 a campaign statement
Scott Maddox has run "losing campaigns for 3 of Florida's 4 available cabinet positions."
False
By Aaron Sharockman • May 6, 2010
Darrell Issa
Darrell Issa
stated on May 4, 2010 an interview with Dylan Ratigan on MSNBC
Royalties for oil and other energy sources are the "second-largest revenue source to the federal government after the IRS."
False
By Louis Jacobson • May 6, 2010
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