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Peter Kilmartin
Peter Kilmartin
stated on June 28, 2010 a speech at the state Democratic convention:
For every $1 spent on afterschool programs, "we can save over $5, almost $6, in crime costs down the line."
Half-True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • July 30, 2010
Jane Norton
Jane Norton
stated on July 9, 2010 a television ad:
"Ken Buck's (District Attorney's) office? His spending skyrocketed by 40 percent."
Mostly True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • July 26, 2010
Rob Portman
Rob Portman
stated on June 28, 2010 a campaign statement:
Says that Lee Fisher once said, "I never met a gun control bill I didn’t like."
False
By Stephen Koff • July 25, 2010
Bill O'Reilly
Bill O'Reilly
stated on July 17, 2010 an online column:
"Attorney General Eric Holder is involved in the dismissal of the criminal charges" against the New Black Panther Party for voter intimidation  
False
By Robert Farley • July 23, 2010
John Loughlin
John Loughlin
stated on July 9, 2010 a comment on The Helen Glover Show:
Transporting drugs "is the price of admission" for people crossing the border illegally.
Pants on Fire!
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • July 20, 2010
David Cicilline
David Cicilline
stated on July 13, 2010 a debate:
Providence has "the lowest crime rate in three decades."
True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • July 19, 2010
Helen Glover
Helen Glover
stated on July 9, 2010 a comment on her talk show:
Phoenix is the kidnapping capital "of the Western Hemisphere."
False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • July 15, 2010
Mark Kirk
Mark Kirk
stated on June 30, 2010 a campaign video:
"At his father's bank, Alexi made tens of millions in risky loans to convicted mobsters. Then, the bank collapsed."
Half-True
By Robert Farley • July 8, 2010
Al Hunt
Al Hunt
stated on July 4, 2010 an appearance on ABC's "This Week.":
"Crime is down in Arizona."
True
By Alex Holt • July 7, 2010
Harry Reid
Harry Reid
stated on June 12, 2010 a political ad:
Sharron Angle supported "a Scientology plan to give massages to prisoners."
Half-True
By Robert Farley • June 24, 2010
David Dewhurst
David Dewhurst
stated on June 11, 2010 a speech:
"Phoenix, Arizona, I'm told, is now the No. 2 kidnapping capital in the world, right behind Mexico City."
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • June 18, 2010
Florida Democratic Party
Florida Democratic Party
stated on May 18, 2010 an e-mail message:
"Last year, (Bill McCollum) spent more than $2.2 million dollars to produce and air campaign-style TV ads where you were featured in almost every frame."
Mostly True
By Trenton Daniel • May 25, 2010
David Dewhurst
David Dewhurst
stated on May 12, 2010 an interview:
"You’ve got almost twice as many cops in New York City as you do on our entire border. That’s nuts."
Half-True
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • May 21, 2010
Rudy Giuliani
Rudy Giuliani
stated on May 9, 2010 an interview on ABC's This Week:
Says federal law enforcement officers cut off questioning of the Christmas Day underwear bomber by giving him a Miranda warning after 30 minutes of questioning.
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • May 10, 2010
Karen Sage
Karen Sage
stated on April 3, 2010 a mailer:
Says that under a new program jail "time for non-violent, mentally ill offenders has been reduced by 50 percent."
True
By W. Gardner Selby • April 10, 2010
Gil Kerlikowske
Gil Kerlikowske
stated on March 31, 2010 an interview on C-SPAN's Washington Journal:
"More people are driving under the influence of drugs than are driving under the influence of alcohol. A recent roadside survey showed that 16 percent of the people tested, tested positive for illicit or licit drugs. That's significantly higher than alcohol."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • April 5, 2010
John Cornyn
John Cornyn
stated on March 17, 2010 in a letter to President Barack Obama:
"The spillover violence (from Mexico) in Texas is real and it is escalating."
Mostly False
By Ciara O'Rourke • March 28, 2010
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on March 10, 2010 a Web post:
My "border security efforts have led to a 60 percent decrease in border crime."
Pants on Fire!
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • March 16, 2010
Cathie Adams
Cathie Adams
stated on February 20, 2010 a fund-raising letter:
"Bill White spent his city billions of dollars into debt (and) saw crime rates soar while he backed gun control."
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • March 14, 2010
Jeff Kottkamp
Jeff Kottkamp
stated on February 28, 2010 an op-ed published in Florida newspapers:
"Nearly all of the top 50 prescribers of oxycodone in the United States are in Florida."
True
By Aaron Sharockman • March 9, 2010
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