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Pardeep Kaleka
Pardeep Kaleka
stated on December 17, 2012 an online video
"Every day, 34 Americans are murdered with guns."
Mostly True
January 9, 2013
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on December 16, 2012 a Facebook posting
"Switzerland (where the government) issues every household a gun . . . has the lowest gun related crime rate of any civilized country in the world!!!"
Pants on Fire!
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • January 6, 2013
Cory Booker
Cory Booker
stated on December 23, 2012 a roundtable discussion on ABC’s "This Week with George Stephanopoulos"
"You see 34 people (are) murdered every single day" by gunfire in America.
Mostly True
By Bill Wichert • December 27, 2012
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on December 15, 2012 an internet message
"Last year, handguns killed 48 people in Japan, 8 in Great Britain, 34 in Switzerland, 52 in Canada, 58 in Israel, 21 in Sweden, 42 in West Germany and 10,728 in the United States."
Half-True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • December 23, 2012
Mike DeWine
Mike DeWine
stated on November 14, 2012 a news conference
"A man using bath salts reported that raccoons had set fire inside his home and stolen his cell phone."
True
By Joe Guillen • December 7, 2012
David Cicilline
David Cicilline
stated on October 23, 2012 a TV ad
"The truth is David Cicilline voted for tougher laws against child abusers, domestic abusers and abusers of the elderly."
True
By John Hill • October 30, 2012
Jesse Ventura
Jesse Ventura
stated on September 14, 2012 an interview on MyCentralJersey.com
"There’s 21 congressmen and senators that have been convicted of felonies that still get their retirement, even in jail. They don’t have to wait until they’re 65."
Mostly True
By Caryn Shinske • October 25, 2012
David Cicilline
David Cicilline
stated on October 16, 2012 a debate
"While I was mayor of the city of Providence we had the lowest crime rate in 30 years."
True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • October 21, 2012
Oregon Senate Republicans (The Leadership Fund)
Oregon Senate Republicans (The Leadership Fund)
stated on October 12, 2012 a campaign mailer
Laurie Monnes Anderson "voted to let violent criminals out of jail early."
Mostly True
By Janie Har • October 19, 2012
Shelley Adler
Shelley Adler
stated on October 10, 2012 a campaign event
Says Rep. Jon Runyan "voted to redefine rape."
False
By Erin O'Neill • October 18, 2012
Allen West
Allen West
stated on October 8, 2012 an ad
Says Patrick Murphy is trying to "hide his drunken assault of a police officer."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • October 16, 2012
Patrick Murphy
Patrick Murphy
stated on October 2, 2012 an ad
An Army report stated Allen West "performed illegal acts, merited court martial, faced 11 years in prison.'"
Half-True
By Aaron Sharockman, Amy Sherman • October 16, 2012
Brendan Doherty
Brendan Doherty
stated on October 9, 2012 a news release
"David Cicilline was the state representative who opposed tough mandatory sentences for those convicted of domestic violence  and child abuse."
True
By John Hill • October 15, 2012
Raymond Frank
Raymond Frank
stated on October 7, 2012 an advertisement.
Says Travis County Sheriff Greg Hamilton has accepted $42,000 from strip-club interests and $10,000 from local alcohol distributors.
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • October 11, 2012
Michael Julian Bond
Michael Julian Bond
stated on September 17, 2012 Atlanta City Council meeting
Almost 400 arrests in the city last year for panhandling-related offenses involved just 78 suspects, an indication that the same people are panhandling over and over.
Mostly True
By Janel Davis • October 2, 2012
Gwen Moore
Gwen Moore
stated on September 4, 2012 a speech at the Democratic National Convention
Says House Republicans "tried to change the definition of rape."
Mostly False
September 6, 2012
Lone Star Project
Lone Star Project
stated on August 23, 2012 a political action committee report
Says that like Todd Akin, all Texas Republicans in U.S. House cosponsored a bill "that attempts to distinguish between ‘forcible rape’ and other sexual assaults."
Half-True
By Sue Owen • September 6, 2012
Bruce Elfant
Bruce Elfant
stated on August 13, 2012 a press statement.
Says 88 Texas constables have died in the line of duty.
True
By W. Gardner Selby • August 23, 2012
Mike DeWine
Mike DeWine
stated on August 2, 2012 a news release
Says the Central Ohio Human Trafficking Task Force "is the first task force of its kind in Central Ohio"
Mostly True
By Reginald Fields • August 10, 2012
Steve Doell
Steve Doell
stated on July 19, 2012 a press release
Says "About 7 in 10 of Oregon’s inmates are in prison for violent crimes and serious sex offenses."
True
By Janie Har • August 3, 2012
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