Fact Check Posts – Page 7

Leticia Van de Putte
stated on October 15, 2014 a video ad:

"In 2013," Dan Patrick voted "against funding to test the backlog of rape kits, allowing rapists to walk free."

By W. Gardner Selby • October 17, 2014

Wendy Davis
stated on September 23, 2014 speaking to reporters:

"Greg Abbott and his surrogates have referred to women who have been the victims of rape or incest as though somehow what they are confronting is a minor issue."

By W. Gardner Selby • September 25, 2014

Facebook posts
stated on September 18, 2014 a Facebook meme:

Congress includes 36 people accused of spousal abuse, 84 arrested for drunk driving in the past year, 71 with terrible credit and more.

By Lauren Carroll • September 24, 2014

Rick Scott
stated on August 27, 2014 TV ad:

A Scott Rothstein victim says that he was "swindled" by Charlie Crist.

By Amy Sherman • September 22, 2014

Mika Brzezinski
stated on September 16, 2014 a segment on MSNBC's "Morning Joe":

"Super Bowl Sunday has the highest rate of domestic violence."

By Katie Sanders • September 18, 2014

Facebook posts
stated on September 11, 2014 a post on Facebook:

A flight from Atlanta to Houston was canceled due to a "terrorist dry run."

By Derek Tsang • September 11, 2014

Mark Begich
stated on August 29, 2014 a campaign ad:

Says Dan Sullivan approved a "light sentence" for a sex offender who got out of prison and is now charged with a gruesome murder and sexual assault.

By Lauren Carroll • September 3, 2014

Occupy Democrats
stated on July 11, 2014 a Facebook photo post:

Says Ted Cruz "was just bribed by the Kochs to introduce a bill that would give them and their allies America’s national forests, parks, and other public lands and open them for mining, drilling, fracking and logging."

By W. Gardner Selby • August 17, 2014

X posts
stated on August 13, 2014 posts on Twitter:

The wife of the Ferguson, Mo., police chief said African-Americans in Ferguson "are feral and violent."

By Aaron Sharockman • August 14, 2014

Greg Abbott
stated on July 22, 2014 an interview on Fox News.:

"We’ve had about 3,000 murders" in connection with lax border security.

By W. Gardner Selby • July 29, 2014

Rick Perry
stated on July 17, 2014 an interview with Glenn Beck:

More than 3,000 homicides were committed by "illegal aliens" over the past six years.

By W. Gardner Selby • July 23, 2014

John Cornyn
stated on January 10, 2014 an online commentary:

"25% of human trafficking victims are located in Texas."

By W. Gardner Selby • January 29, 2014

Ron Johnson
stated on January 10, 2014 a speech:

"The average rate of fraud" in the Earned Income Tax Credit, Medicare, Medicaid and food stamps programs "is 20 to 25 percent."

By Tom Kertscher • January 20, 2014

David Cullen
stated on January 1, 2014 a constituent newsletter:

Action by the Milwaukee County Board will "provide the County Executive with the same level of security as the Governor and the Mayor of Milwaukee while saving taxpayers $300,000."

By Dave Umhoefer • January 19, 2014

For Our Daughters RI
stated on January 2, 2014 an online petition:

"Earlier this year, [John DePetro] was accused of sexually assaulting a female co-worker."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • January 5, 2014

David Dewhurst
stated on October 14, 2013 an interview with the Texas Observer:

The White House had a live video feed of the Benghazi attacks as they occurred.

By W. Gardner Selby • October 15, 2013

Mike Huckabee
stated on August 20, 2013 a Facebook post:

"America’s gun-related homicide rate … would be about the same as Belgium’s if you left out California, Illinois, D.C. and New Jersey, places with some of the strictest gun control laws in the U.S."

By Louis Jacobson • August 29, 2013

Kathleen Ford
stated on June 27, 2013 a mayoral forum:

"Private prison systems are calculating how many new beds (they will need) based on the ... number of third graders."

By Katie Sanders • July 16, 2013

John DePetro
stated on May 10, 2013 a comment on WPRO radio.:

Boston Marathon bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev is buried "not far" from President Kennedy’s grave.

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • May 17, 2013

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!!!"

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • January 6, 2013

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