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Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on June 11, 2010 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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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