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Joseph McNamara
Joseph McNamara
stated on June 28, 2013 a speech on the floor of the Rhode Island House of Representatives:
Rhode Island's graduated driving license "has saved hundreds of lives."
False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • July 7, 2013
David A. Clarke Jr.
David A. Clarke Jr.
stated on June 22, 2013 a speech:
"When I was growing up as a kid in the city of Milwaukee, if we averaged 4 homicides a year in the entire city that was a record number."
False
By Dave Umhoefer • July 3, 2013
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on June 21, 2013 a meme on social media:
"There are over 2,000 crimes recorded per 100,000 population in the U.K.," compared to "466 violent crimes per 100,000" in the United States.
False
By Louis Jacobson • June 24, 2013
Michael McCaul
Michael McCaul
stated on June 5, 2013 U.S. House floor debate.:
Says the Obama administration plans to reduce the number of beds devoted to holding individuals violating immigration laws and to "release hundreds of dangerous criminals into our communities."
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • June 21, 2013
Peter Roskam
Peter Roskam
stated on June 12, 2013 an interview with Fox News:
"Worldwide credit card transactions, the credit card fraud rate is 0.04 percent, compared to almost 8 percent, 9 percent, 10 percent of Medicare fraud."
Mostly True
By Jon Greenberg • June 17, 2013
Harold Metts
Harold Metts
stated on June 6, 2013 a speech on the floor of the Rhode Island Senate:
"Rhode Island has a [inmate] recidivism rate of over 60 percent."
Mostly True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • June 16, 2013
Peter Nightingale
Peter Nightingale
stated on May 8, 2013 a web commentary:
"The UK has an unarmed police force and a firearm fatality rate that is 40 times lower per capita than in the U.S."
Mostly True
By Michael McKinney • May 31, 2013
Veronica Escobar
Veronica Escobar
stated on May 22, 2013 a telephone conference call with reporters.:
Says El Paso is the "safest city of our size in the nation."
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • May 30, 2013
Tavern League of Wisconsin
Tavern League of Wisconsin
stated on May 14, 2013 an interview:
A 0.05 standard for drunken driving means having a glass of wine at dinner could make a person drunk.
Mostly True
By Tom Kertscher • May 17, 2013
John DePetro
John DePetro
stated on May 10, 2013 a comment on WPRO radio.:
Boston Marathon bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev is buried "not far" from President Kennedy’s grave.
Pants on Fire!
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • May 17, 2013
Joee Lindbeck
Joee Lindbeck
stated on April 11, 2013 a House Finance Committee hearing:
"Two years ago Providence alone spent $50,000 a year notifying the school department" about residents in the state's sex offender registry.
Half-True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • May 12, 2013
Peter Palumbo
Peter Palumbo
stated on April 11, 2013 a House Finance Committee hearing:
In Cranston, it costs $5,000 to $6,000 to send out community notifications on just one Level 3 sex offender.
False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • May 12, 2013
Ed Doyle
Ed Doyle
stated on April 25, 2013 a news release and Facebook post:
Proposed gun control legislation "will outlaw practically every firearm, make you pay $100 per firearm, put you into a police database" and make it "nearly impossible" to get a permit to carry a concealed weapon.
Mostly False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • May 5, 2013
Ed FitzGerald
Ed FitzGerald
stated on April 19, 2013 an email announcing his gubernatorial campaign kickoff:
"Ohioans want an end to pay-to-play politics."
False
By Henry J. Gomez • May 2, 2013
Jack Ohman
Jack Ohman
stated on April 25, 2013 a column on an editorial cartoon.:
Says the fertilizer plant that exploded in West, Texas,"had not been inspected by the state of Texas since 2006."
False
By W. Gardner Selby • May 1, 2013
Kirsten Gillibrand
Kirsten Gillibrand
stated on April 23, 2013 an interview with MSNBC:
"One in five" women in the military "are receiving unwanted sexual contact," as are "3.3 percent of men."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • April 29, 2013
Linda Finn
Linda Finn
stated on April 12, 2013 a TV interview:
Right now, if Rhode Island police come across a young person with a gun, "they really don't legally have the right to take it away from them."
Half-True
By Michael McKinney • April 23, 2013
Ohio Public Defender's Office
Ohio Public Defender's Office
stated on April 12, 2013 a newspaper interview:
"The sex-offender registry has been around for a long time, and the research that's out there says that it has no positive impact on the public safety."
Mostly True
By Tom Feran • April 22, 2013
John Duncan
John Duncan
stated on April 13, 2013 a letter to a constituent:
"Well over 90 percent of felony cases, all over the nation, are committed by defendants who grew up in father-absent households."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • April 18, 2013
Arizona Citizens Defense League
Arizona Citizens Defense League
stated on April 10, 2013 an email to supporters:
Says a gun bill before the Senate would make it a federal felony to "leave town for more than seven days, and leave someone else at home with your firearms."
Half-True
By Becky Bowers • April 16, 2013
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