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Barbara Ann Radnofsky
Barbara Ann Radnofsky
stated on October 22, 2009 in a Web site video
"The attorney general requires that rape victims pay for the rape kit."
Pants on Fire!
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • January 12, 2010
Ann Coulter
Ann Coulter
stated on October 15, 2009 an interview on Sean Hannity's show on the Fox News Channel
"Husbands rarely beat up their wives. Single women get beaten up more."
Half-True
October 22, 2009
John Kline
John Kline
stated on October 8, 2009 a press release
Under the Hate Crimes bill, "any pastor, preacher, priest, rabbi or imam who gives a sermon out of their moral traditions about sexual practices could be found guilty of a federal crime."
False
October 9, 2009
Public Citizen
Public Citizen
stated on July 10, 2009 an email to supporters
A loophole "still exists which allows members of Congress and high-powered executive branch appointees to exploit 'insider' knowledge of the financial industry in order to turn personal profit."
True
By Catharine Richert • August 6, 2009
Arianna Huffington
Arianna Huffington
stated on July 26, 2009 This Week with George Stephanopoulos
Only 15 percent of drug users are African-American, yet 74 percent of all drug offenders sentenced to prison are black
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • July 28, 2009
Bill Bennett
Bill Bennett
stated on July 26, 2009 CNN's State of the Union with John King
"Four percent of American citizens are black males, but they are 35 percent of murder victims."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • July 28, 2009
Steve King
Steve King
stated on May 6, 2009 a Fox News interview
The federal Hate Crimes Prevention Act bill would create "special protection for pedophiles."
Pants on Fire!
May 14, 2009
Republican Party of Florida
Republican Party of Florida
stated on October 20, 2008 a campaign mailer
"Barack Obama has consistently voted against tougher penalties for criminals."  
False
October 27, 2008
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on September 12, 2008 blog postings on many Web sites.
Sarah Palin endorsed a Wasilla policy that charged sexual assault victims for their "rape kits."
Half-True
By Bill Adair • September 22, 2008
Chain email
Chain email
stated on August 31, 2008 in an e-mail message
Palin "fired Wasilla's Police Chief because he 'intimidated' her."
Mostly True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • September 9, 2008
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on August 23, 2008 Springfield, Ill.
"Joe Biden wrote the Violence Against Women Act ... the rate of domestic violence went down dramatically."
Mostly True
By Richard Rubin • August 24, 2008
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on August 23, 2008
"Joe Biden brought Republicans and Democrats together to pass the 1994 crime bill, putting 100,000 cops on the streets and starting an eight-year drop in crime across the country."
Half-True
August 24, 2008
Focus on the Family Action
Focus on the Family Action
stated on March 26, 2008 an article written by Tom Minnery
Obama "supports hate-crimes expansion ... potentially putting churches at risk if they preach the truth about homosexuality."
False
April 23, 2008
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on April 16, 2008 Philadelphia
"More than one person, on average, a day is murdered in Philadelphia."
Half-True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • April 17, 2008
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on December 17, 2007 a TV ad airing in Iowa.
Huckabee "granted 1,033 pardons and commutations . . . more clemencies than the previous three governors combined."
True
By Bill Adair • December 28, 2007
Mike Huckabee
Mike Huckabee
stated on December 19, 2007 an interview on MSNBC's Morning Joe.
Romney refused to pardon "a decorated soldier" returning from Iraq who had been charged with a crime involving a BB gun when he was 13.
True
By Bill Adair • December 28, 2007
Rudy Giuliani
Rudy Giuliani
stated on November 24, 2007 a newspaper interview.
"Murder went up" when Romney was governor. "Robbery went up. Violent crimes went up."
Half-True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • November 26, 2007
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on November 25, 2007 an interview
"The truth of the matter is that during my administration, the FBI's crime statistics show that violent crime was reduced in Massachusetts by 7 percent."
True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • November 26, 2007
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on November 2, 2007 statement on Web site
"In the 1990s, the Biden Crime Bill added 100,000 cops to America's streets. As a result, murder and violent crime rates went down eight years in a row."
False
November 2, 2007
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on October 30, 2007 Philadelphia
"Here's a man who brags about how he made the city safe. It was the Biden crime bill that became the Clinton crime bill that allowed him to do that."
Mostly False
November 2, 2007
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