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Henry Cuellar
Henry Cuellar
stated on July 16, 2014
Says drug cartels are using social media to offer rebates so more children from Central America get smuggled to the United States.
Mostly False
By Nicole Chavez, W. Gardner Selby • August 22, 2014
Michael Medved
Michael Medved
stated on August 19, 2014 a Web post from the "Michael Medved Show"
"More whites than blacks are victims of deadly police shootings."
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • August 21, 2014
Rand Paul
Rand Paul
stated on August 14, 2014 an opinion column
"Washington has incentivized the militarization of local police precincts."
True
By Lauren Carroll • August 21, 2014
Sarah Palin
Sarah Palin
stated on August 17, 2014 a commentary
Under Rosemary Lehmberg, the "Travis County D.A.’s office" convened the grand jury that indicted Rick Perry.
False
By W. Gardner Selby • August 21, 2014
Jay Nixon
Jay Nixon
stated on August 17, 2014 on ABC's "This Week"
"I've been here almost every day."
Mostly False
By Steve Contorno • August 18, 2014
John Oliver
John Oliver
stated on August 17, 2014 a segment on his show, "Last Week Tonight"
"The number of SWAT raids have gone up by 1,400 percent since the 1980s."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • August 18, 2014
Bob Donovan
Bob Donovan
stated on July 29, 2014 an interview
Under Mayor Tom Barrett, the number of Milwaukee police officers "has not increased."
True
By Dave Umhoefer, Devon Waugh • August 18, 2014
Andrea Mitchell
Andrea Mitchell
stated on August 17, 2014 an episode of NBC's "Meet the Press"
In Ferguson, Mo., "you've got three black officers and 50 white officers with a town that is 67 percent African-American."  
Mostly True
By Katie Sanders • August 17, 2014
Occupy Democrats
Occupy Democrats
stated on July 11, 2014 a Facebook photo post
Says Ted Cruz "was just bribed by the Kochs to introduce a bill that would give them and their allies America’s national forests, parks, and other public lands and open them for mining, drilling, fracking and logging."
Pants on Fire!
By W. Gardner Selby • August 17, 2014
X posts
X posts
stated on August 13, 2014 posts on Twitter
The wife of the Ferguson, Mo., police chief said African-Americans in Ferguson "are feral and violent."  
Pants on Fire!
By Aaron Sharockman • August 14, 2014
Mitch McConnell
Mitch McConnell
stated on August 5, 2014 a campaign ad
Says he "voted for even stronger protections (in the Violence Against Women Act) than Obama's agenda will allow."
Mostly False
By Steve Contorno • August 13, 2014
Alison Lundergan Grimes
Alison Lundergan Grimes
stated on July 30, 2014 a campaign ad
Says Mitch McConnell voted "two times against the Violence Against Women Act."
Half-True
By Steve Contorno • August 13, 2014
Wendy Davis
Wendy Davis
stated on August 7, 2014 a TV ad
Says that, as a Supreme Court justice, Greg Abbott found that a company whose vacuum cleaners were sold door to door "had no responsibility" in the hiring of a salesman who raped a customer.
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • August 8, 2014
Juan
Juan "Chuy" Hinojosa
stated on July 21, 2014 a press release
"We have less crime in the (Rio Grande) Valley than we do in other major Texas cities."
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • August 8, 2014
Greater Wisconsin Committee
Greater Wisconsin Committee
stated on August 5, 2014 a campaign TV ad
Milwaukee County Sheriff David A. Clarke Jr. advised citizens to "point that barrel center mass and pull the trigger" because "911 is not our best option."
True
By Dave Umhoefer • August 7, 2014
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on July 23, 2014 an interview with Sean Hannity of Fox News
Says three Ukrainians recently captured on a West Texas ranch are among "individuals from countries that have strong terrorist ties being apprehended" near the state’s border with Mexico.
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • July 31, 2014
Greg Abbott
Greg Abbott
stated on July 22, 2014 an interview on Fox News.
"We’ve had about 3,000 murders" in connection with lax border security.
Pants on Fire!
By W. Gardner Selby • July 29, 2014
Glenn Beck
Glenn Beck
stated on July 17, 2014 an interview of Gov. Rick Perry
Says a 9-year-old girl was recently raped in Austin, Texas, by a guy previously "caught four times and released."
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • July 25, 2014
Angel Taveras
Angel Taveras
stated on July 12, 2014 an interview with The Providence Journal
"If you look at what we’ve done over the last several years, the crime rate has actually gone down in [Providence] and . . . the number of shootings has been going down."
Half-True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • July 24, 2014
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on July 17, 2014 an interview with Glenn Beck
More than 3,000 homicides were committed by "illegal aliens" over the past six years.
Pants on Fire!
By W. Gardner Selby • July 23, 2014
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