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Greg Abbott
Greg Abbott
stated on February 16, 2010 in a press release:
Says the EPA "outsourced the scientific basis for its greenhouse gas regulation to a scandal-plagued international organization that cannot be considered objective or trustworthy."
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • May 11, 2010
Rudy Giuliani
Rudy Giuliani
stated on May 9, 2010 in an interview on ABC's This Week:
Says federal law enforcement officers cut off questioning of the Christmas Day underwear bomber by giving him a Miranda warning after 30 minutes of questioning.
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • May 10, 2010
Kyrsten Sinema
Kyrsten Sinema
stated on April 30, 2010 in an interview on MSNBC's 'Countdown with Keith Olbermann':
Under the Arizona immigration law, police are required to check immigration status if someone's "lawn is overgrown" or if a dog is "barking too loudly."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • May 4, 2010
Jan Brewer
Jan Brewer
stated on April 30, 2010 in a news release:
Late changes to the Arizona immigration law "lay to rest questions over the possibility of racial profiling."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • May 4, 2010
Alfredo Gutierrez
Alfredo Gutierrez
stated on April 26, 2010 in an interview on MSNBC's Hardball:
The new Arizona immigration law "says that any police officer can stop anyone who appears to them to be reasonably suspicious of being an undocumented person."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • April 28, 2010
John Huppenthal
John Huppenthal
stated on April 26, 2010 in an interview on MSNBC's Hardball:
Under the new Arizona immigration law, police can't stop someone to check their immigration status unless they think they see something illegal.
False
By Louis Jacobson • April 28, 2010
Bill O'Reilly
Bill O'Reilly
stated on April 13, 2010 in a segment on the Fox News show The O'Reilly Factor:
"We researched to find out if anybody on Fox News had ever said you're going to jail if you don't buy health insurance. Nobody's ever said it."
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • April 27, 2010
Rick Green
Rick Green
stated on March 25, 2010 in a YouTube video:
"When you look at the nearly 150 men and women who have served us on the Texas Supreme Court, more than half of them had zero prior judicial experience."
False
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • April 16, 2010
Jeffrey Toobin
Jeffrey Toobin
stated on April 12, 2010 in an interview on Comedy Central's "The Colbert Report":
"A filibuster has never really been successfully used against a Supreme Court justice."
False
By Louis Jacobson • April 14, 2010
Alex Sink
Alex Sink
stated on March 25, 2010 in a news release:
"Florida Statutes require (Attorney General Bill) McCollum to consult with members of Florida's Congressional delegation" before filing a lawsuit against the health care reform law.
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • April 12, 2010
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on March 27, 2010 in a prepared statement:
On recess appointments.
Half Flip
By Angie Drobnic Holan • April 1, 2010
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on March 4, 2010 in campaign speeches:
On reconciliation
Full Flop
By Robert Farley • March 5, 2010
Alan Grayson
Alan Grayson
stated on March 3, 2010 in an interview on CNN's Larry King Live:
Reconciliation was used "for tax cuts for the rich twice under Bush."
Mostly True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • March 5, 2010
Paul Workman
Paul Workman
stated on February 18, 2010 in a radio ad:
"Holly Turner... still takes her homestead (property tax) exemption in Fort Worth."
Mostly False
By Ciara O'Rourke • February 23, 2010
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on February 16, 2010 in an interview on "Face the Nation":
"There have been three people tried and convicted by the last administration in military courts. Two are walking the street right now."
True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • February 16, 2010
Farouk Shami
Farouk Shami
stated on February 8, 2010 in a Democratic debate:
"We have killed lots of innocent people in the state of Texas."
False
By W. Gardner Selby • February 14, 2010
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on February 7, 2010 in an interview on CBS:
The Bush administration prosecuted 190 suspected terrorists in federal courts.
Mostly False
By Robert Farley • February 13, 2010
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on January 27, 2010 in a State of the Union speech:
"For the first time in history, my administration posts our White House visitors online."
Mostly True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • January 28, 2010
Charles Schumer
Charles Schumer
stated on January 21, 2010 in a press conference:
"With a stroke of a pen, the (U.S. Supreme Court) decided to overrule the 100-year-old ban on corporate expenditures."
Mostly False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • January 22, 2010
Ginny Brown-Waite
Ginny Brown-Waite
stated on October 26, 2009 in a letter to President Obama:
A president must "obtain Congress' consent before formally accepting the Nobel Prize."
Mostly False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • October 29, 2009
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