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Latest Fact-Checks In Bipartisanship

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Raging Elephants
Raging Elephants
stated on January 7, 2011 a web post
"Martin Luther King Jr. was a Republican!"
False
By Sue Owen • January 17, 2011
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
stated on January 9, 2011 comments on NBC's 'Meet the Press'
Says the person who Florida U.S. Rep. Allen West first hired as chief of staff told people attending a Tea Party rally that, 'We will use bullets if ballots don't work.'
True
By Aaron Sharockman • January 10, 2011
Allan Ritter
Allan Ritter
stated on December 14, 2010 a press conference.
"In my 12 years in the House, I have watched my district go from a solidly Democratic district to a heavily solid Republican district."
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • January 10, 2011
Steny Hoyer
Steny Hoyer
stated on January 4, 2011 a news release
In preparing a rules package for the 112th Congress, the GOP had no discussions with Democrats.
False
By Louis Jacobson • January 7, 2011
Dean Wright
Dean Wright
stated on November 30, 2010 a newspaper article.
Says Texas Railroad Commissioner Michael Williams has attended more than 150 tea party gatherings.  
False
By W. Gardner Selby • January 3, 2011
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on October 30, 2010 his weekly address
"The Republican leader of the Senate said his main goal after this election is simply to win the next one."
Half-True
October 30, 2010
Mark Hinkle
Mark Hinkle
stated on September 23, 2010 a press release.
"Exit polls indicate that Democrats get over 70 percent of LGBT votes in federal elections."
True
By W. Gardner Selby • October 4, 2010
Steve Munisteri
Steve Munisteri
stated on August 31, 2010 a press release.
Says the Austin chapter of the League of Women Voters has no Republicans among elected officers or on its debate committee.
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • September 20, 2010
David Axelrod
David Axelrod
stated on September 8, 2010 an interview
Says Texas U.S. Rep. Pete Sessions said the GOP's goal is to "go back to the same exact policies that were in place before this president took office... policies that crashed the economy."
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • September 14, 2010
Democratic Governors Association
Democratic Governors Association
stated on July 29, 2010 a statement on a DGA-created website
Lincoln Chafee "voted with President George W. Bush and the conservative leadership 76% of the time."
Mostly False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • August 15, 2010
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on July 13, 2010 an interview
"We don't get a lot of calls from this White House… I have, frankly, never had a call from them."
Pants on Fire!
By W. Gardner Selby • July 19, 2010
David Barton
David Barton
stated on June 12, 2010 an open letter
Texas state Reps. Dan Branch and Jim Pitts, lieutenants to House Speaker Joe Straus, "are helping Democrat Ellen Cohen against her Republican challenger, doing events with her in her district."
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • July 5, 2010
David Barton
David Barton
stated on June 12, 2010 an open letter
Says state Rep. Jim Keffer, a GOP lieutenant to House Speaker Joe Straus, "did mail pieces for Democrat Mark Strama to help him defeat" a Republican.
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • July 5, 2010
David Barton
David Barton
stated on June 12, 2010 an open letter
Says Republican lieutenants to House Speaker Joe Straus "aired radio ads supporting Democrat(ic state Rep.) Mark Homer... helping the Democrat to a narrow win."
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • July 5, 2010
David Barton
David Barton
stated on June 12, 2010 an open letter
"Powerful Houston Democrats Sylvia Garcia (Democrat county commissioner in Harris County) and Elyse Lanie(r) (wife of the former liberal Democrat mayor Bob Lanier) sponsored a Democrat fundraiser for Speaker (Joe) Straus with numerous Democrat officials and high-ranking union officials."
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • July 5, 2010
Mark S. Zaccaria
Mark S. Zaccaria
stated on June 2, 2010 a posting on his website
Langevin votes "the party line about 98 percent of the time."
True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • June 27, 2010
Mark S. Zaccaria
Mark S. Zaccaria
stated on June 2, 2010 a posting on his website
"Langevin has been the most reliable vote for Speaker Pelosi."
False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • June 27, 2010
Bryan Underwood
Bryan Underwood
stated on June 12, 2010 a speech
"Ninety-six percent of the last session, (U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar) voted with Nancy Pelosi."
Mostly True
June 26, 2010
Donna Campbell
Donna Campbell
stated on June 12, 2010 a speech
U.S. Rep. Lloyd Doggett is "the most liberal man in the United States Congress."
False
By W. Gardner Selby • June 20, 2010
Libertarian Party of Texas
Libertarian Party of Texas
stated on June 7, 2010 a press release
"The Republican Party lost 1.1 million registered voters since 2008. The Democratic Party lost 1.2 million registered voters… (while) voter registration in the Libertarian Party rose 8 percent."
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • June 19, 2010
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