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Latest Fact-Checks In New Hampshire

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Lindsey Graham
Lindsey Graham
stated on March 8, 2015 in a speech in Concord, N.H.:
"If you took every penny of the 1 percent, including their dog, you wouldn't even begin to balance the budget."
Mostly False
By Clay Wirestone • March 27, 2015
William O'Brien
William O'Brien
stated on February 8, 2015 in a Facebook post:
Birth control pioneer Margaret Sanger was "an active participant in the Ku Klux Klan."
False
By Clay Wirestone • March 18, 2015
Jennifer Horn
Jennifer Horn
stated on February 4, 2015 in in a press release:
"The governor must inform the Senate president about his or her absence from the state."
Mostly False
By Allie Morris • March 5, 2015
Ann McLane Kuster
Ann McLane Kuster
stated on January 6, 2015 in an interview with the Concord Monitor at her Concord office :
Says she has opposed measures to weaken the Dodd-Frank Wall Street regulatory bill and campaign-finance legislation when they were offered as stand-alone bills.
Half-True
By Nick Reid • February 26, 2015
Maggie Hassan
Maggie Hassan
stated on February 12, 2015 in her budget address:
Our median household income in 2013 was the highest in the nation.
Mostly True
By Casey McDermott • February 13, 2015
Miscellany Blue
Miscellany Blue
stated on January 15, 2015 in a web post:
Says a "lawmaker seeks to defund Planned Parenthood for ‘cutting children into small pieces.’"
Mostly True
By Clay Wirestone • February 6, 2015
Lawrence Lessig
Lawrence Lessig
stated on January 5, 2015 in an editorial board interview with the Concord Monitor:
"If you ask how many times did Ronald Reagan attend a fundraiser when he ran for re-election in 1984, the answer is eight times. If you say how many times did Barack Obama attend a fundraiser in 2012, the answer is 228 times."
Mostly True
By Jonathan Van Fleet • January 20, 2015
Daily Caller
Daily Caller
stated on November 3, 2014 in an article:
"Jeanne Shaheen was principally involved in a plot with Lois Lerner and President Barack Obama’s political appointee at the IRS to lead a program of harassment against conservative nonprofit groups during the 2012 election"
False
By Jonathan Van Fleet • November 4, 2014
Jeanne Shaheen
Jeanne Shaheen
stated on October 21, 2014 in a debate:
Says Scott Brown "voted to reward" companies "to ship jobs overseas."
Half-True
By Jonathan Van Fleet • October 31, 2014
Scott Brown
Scott Brown
stated on October 21, 2014 in a debate:
Says Jeanne Shaheen "voted to pave the way for a new national energy tax."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • October 24, 2014
National Republican Congressional Committee
National Republican Congressional Committee
stated on October 24, 2014 in an ad:
Rep. Carol Shea-Porter "votes with Nancy Pelosi’s Democrats 95 percent of the time," but Frank Guinta "will take on both parties" and has "independent New Hampshire values."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • October 24, 2014
Scott Brown
Scott Brown
stated on October 21, 2014 in NH Senate debate:
Says Jeanne Shaheen has "voted with the president 99 percent of the time."
Mostly True
By Jonathan Van Fleet • October 22, 2014
Jeanne Shaheen
Jeanne Shaheen
stated on October 7, 2014 in an ad:
"In Massachusetts, Scott Brown pushed for a law to force women considering abortion -- force them -- to look at color photographs of developing fetuses."
Mostly True
By Jonathan Van Fleet • October 10, 2014
Jeanne Shaheen
Jeanne Shaheen
stated on September 29, 2014 in a news release:
Says Scott Brown co-sponsored legislation to let employers deny women coverage for mammograms.
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • October 10, 2014
Jeanne Shaheen
Jeanne Shaheen
stated on September 29, 2014 in a news release:
Says Scott Brown "co-sponsored legislation to let employers deny women coverage for birth control."
True
By Louis Jacobson • October 10, 2014
Americans for Responsible Solutions
Americans for Responsible Solutions
stated on September 16, 2014 in an ad:
"Most people in New Hampshire want to raise the minimum wage. (State Rep. Marilinda) Garcia opposes it."
Mostly True
By Al McKeon, Jonathan Van Fleet • October 3, 2014
Americans for Responsible Solutions
Americans for Responsible Solutions
stated on September 16, 2014 in an ad:
Republican House candidate Marilinda Garcia "even opposes closing the loophole that allows dangerous criminals to get a gun without a background check."
Mostly True
By Al McKeon, Jonathan Van Fleet • October 3, 2014
Jeanne Shaheen
Jeanne Shaheen
stated on September 15, 2014 in a radio ad:
In 2012, "Wall Street" gave Scott Brown "more campaign contributions than any other candidate -- $5.3 million."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • September 19, 2014
Senate Majority PAC
Senate Majority PAC
stated on September 15, 2014 in a campaign ad:
"New Hampshire has lost more jobs to China than any other state."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • September 16, 2014
Jeanne Shaheen
Jeanne Shaheen
stated on August 27, 2014 in an ad:
"Big Oil gave Scott Brown $454,260."
Half-True
By Jonathan Van Fleet • September 5, 2014
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