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John Duncan
John Duncan
stated on April 13, 2013 a letter to a constituent
"Well over 90 percent of felony cases, all over the nation, are committed by defendants who grew up in father-absent households."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • April 18, 2013
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on February 19, 2013 a speech in Washington, D.C.
If the sequester hits, federal prosecutors will have to "let criminals go."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • February 22, 2013
Brian Patrick Kennedy
Brian Patrick Kennedy
stated on February 6, 2013 a news release
Employers and schools have no right to conduct "surveillance of a dorm room or a worker’s cubicle."
Mostly False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • February 17, 2013
Texas Values
Texas Values
stated on November 19, 2012 an interview aired by Austin’s KTBC-TV, Channel 7
Says legislation supported by gay rights activists would strip "mother" and "father" from future Texas birth certificates.
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • November 30, 2012
David Cicilline
David Cicilline
stated on September 4, 2012 a debate
"The auditor [for the city of Providence] was not locked out" of access to the city's finances.
Mostly False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • September 7, 2012
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on April 10, 2012 an interview
The Wisconsin law repealed by Republicans, which allowed discriminated workers to sue in state court, "was kind of a gravy train" for lawyers.
Mostly False
April 28, 2012
Rosemary Lehmberg
Rosemary Lehmberg
stated on October 31, 2011 campaign video
Says she "created the first felony deferred prosecution program for nonviolent first-offenders" in Texas.
Mostly False
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • April 3, 2012
Charlie Baird
Charlie Baird
stated on March 1, 2012 a campaign handout.
"We've had the same leadership in the Travis County DA's office for 30 years."
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • March 30, 2012
Cory Mason
Cory Mason
stated on February 23, 2012 a news release
Says Wisconsin Assembly Republicans voted to repeal a law that ensures "that women cannot get paid less than a man for doing the same job."
Mostly False
March 12, 2012
Barth Bracy
Barth Bracy
stated on February 3, 2012 a radio interview
The polls "show over half of Americans identify themselves as being pro-life."
Mostly False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • February 12, 2012
Newt Gingrich
Newt Gingrich
stated on December 18, 2011 an interview on CBS' "Face the Nation"
In a watershed 1958 decision, "the Warren court asserted by itself that the Supreme Court was supreme over the president and the Congress."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • December 20, 2011
MacIver Institute
MacIver Institute
stated on December 13, 2011 a video
"Wisconsin election officials to accept Mickey Mouse, Hitler signatures" on recall petitions.
Mostly False
December 18, 2011
Democratic Party of Wisconsin
Democratic Party of Wisconsin
stated on November 1, 2011 a campaign news release
A bill supported by Gov. Scott Walker makes it "so that drunk drivers who kill have an easier time of it."
Mostly False
By Dave Umhoefer • November 10, 2011
Rhode Island Retirement Security Coalition
Rhode Island Retirement Security Coalition
stated on September 9, 2011 a YouTube video
"In the past six years alone, changes to the pension formula … have saved over half a billion dollars."
Mostly False
By Lynn Arditi • September 25, 2011
Roberto DaSilva
Roberto DaSilva
stated on May 25, 2011 a speech on the floor of the Rhode Island House of Representatives.
"Ten percent of violent deaths in the U.S. each year are due to strangulation."
Mostly False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • June 12, 2011
Greater Wisconsin Committee
Greater Wisconsin Committee
stated on March 24, 2011 a TV ad
As a prosecutor, Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice David Prosser did not investigate or file charges in a case involving 30-year pedophile priest, then participated in cover-up.
Mostly False
March 29, 2011
JoAnne Kloppenburg
JoAnne Kloppenburg
stated on March 16, 2011 a newspaper interview
Says Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice David Prosser "has prejudged matters that are likely to come before the court."
Mostly False
March 27, 2011
Scott Fitzgerald
Scott Fitzgerald
stated on March 3, 2011 a statement at a news conference
Wisconsin was embroiled in a "constitutional crisis" brought on by the Democratic senators fleeing the state for Illinois to block Gov. Scott Walker's budget-repair bill.  
Mostly False
By James B. Nelson • March 24, 2011
David Dewhurst
David Dewhurst
stated on June 11, 2010 an interview.
You "can't check out a library book without a photo ID."  
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • December 11, 2010
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on November 2, 2010 a book.
Says Washington's reach extends to "even telling us what kind of light bulb we can use."
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • November 8, 2010
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