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Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on August 28, 2014 blog posts
"Over 73% of all donations raised (from the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge) are going to fundraising, overhead, executive salaries, and external donations."
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • September 2, 2014
Wendy Davis
Wendy Davis
stated on August 23, 2014 a TV ad
Greg Abbott was "charged with overseeing the state cancer research fund. But he let his wealthiest donors take tens of millions of taxpayer dollars without proper oversight. They showered Abbott with gifts and free vacations."
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • August 31, 2014
Drug Free America
Drug Free America
stated on August 20, 2014 a "Tampa Bay Times" editorial meeting
Under a proposed medical marijuana amendment in Florida, "you don't get refills -- you get it forever."
Mostly False
By Joshua Gillin • August 28, 2014
Brad Schimel
Brad Schimel
stated on August 15, 2014 an interview
Heroin and prescription opioids are "the number one cause of accidental or preventable death in Wisconsin."
False
August 27, 2014
Republican Party of Florida
Republican Party of Florida
stated on August 6, 2014 a Facebook Q&A with Charlie Crist
Obamacare "prevents (Florida) from regulating insurance."
Pants on Fire!
By Joshua Gillin • August 20, 2014
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on July 21, 2014 a news article
Says his "Act 10 reforms" have "saved the taxpayers some $3 billion."
Mostly True
August 20, 2014
Mark S. Zaccaria
Mark S. Zaccaria
stated on August 3, 2014 an interview on "10 News Conference."
Sen. Jack Reed "cast the deciding vote in the Senate for the Affordable Care Act."
Mostly False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • August 17, 2014
Don't Let Florida Go To Pot
Don't Let Florida Go To Pot
stated on August 5, 2014 on their website
"25 percent of all drug-related fatal vehicle accidents in the U.S. involve marijuana."
Half-True
By Joshua Gillin • August 5, 2014
Ed Gillespie
Ed Gillespie
stated on July 26, 2014 a debate.
"This administration is slashing the Navy to pay for more Obamacare."
Pants on Fire!
By Nancy Madsen • August 3, 2014
George Will
George Will
stated on July 27, 2014 a syndicated column
Oregon’s "three largest employers, and 13 of the top 25, are health care providers."
False
By Dana Tims • July 31, 2014
Ed MacDougall
Ed MacDougall
stated on July 26, 2014 a radio ad
Says U.S. House candidate Carlos Curbelo "opposes the repeal of Obamacare."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • July 31, 2014
Bryan Fischer
Bryan Fischer
stated on July 18, 2014 his "Focal Point" radio show
"We know how to stop AIDS: persuade men not to have sex with men."
Pants on Fire!
By Katie Sanders • July 30, 2014
Tom Cotton
Tom Cotton
stated on July 25, 2014 campaign email
Says Mark Pryor "continues to insist" that Obamacare is "an amazing success."
Mostly False
By Lauren Carroll • July 29, 2014
Richard Saslaw
Richard Saslaw
stated on July 11, 2014 a TV interview.
Governing magazine has "estimated that in the states that don’t expand Medicaid, a minimum, they said of 40 percent of rural hospitals will close in those states..."
False
By Sean Gorman • July 25, 2014
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
stated on July 22, 2014 an interview with a Las Vegas news network
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit compared the health care law to buying a pepperoni and ham pizza from Domino's or Pizza Hut.
Mostly True
By Steve Contorno • July 24, 2014
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
stated on July 22, 2014 an interview with a Las Vegas news network
"There were 36 states where Republicans who were in charge refused to implement a state (health insurance) exchange."
Mostly False
By Molly O'Connor • July 24, 2014
Mitch McConnell
Mitch McConnell
stated on July 17, 2014 a press release
Says a new report shows the "devastating tax hikes (in the health care law) will have on middle-class Kentuckians."
Mostly False
By Steve Contorno • July 23, 2014
Barbara Comstock
Barbara Comstock
stated on July 7, 2014 a web post.
Obamacare "already has caused millions of hardworking Virginians to lose their health insurance."
False
By Sean Gorman • July 20, 2014
Phil Gingrey
Phil Gingrey
stated on July 7, 2014 a letter to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Amid the "crisis at our southern border," there are "reports of illegal migrants carrying deadly diseases such as … Ebola virus."
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • July 18, 2014
Donna Edwards
Donna Edwards
stated on July 13, 2014 a roundtable discussion on CNN's "State of the Union"
"74 percent of Republicans support the Affordable Care Act."
False
By Louis Jacobson • July 14, 2014
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