Fact Check Posts – Page 8

Rick Santorum
stated on February 19, 2012 a speech

"[R]emember, the president proposed eliminating charitable deductions for higher-income taxpayers."

By Eric Stirgus • March 3, 2012

Newt Gingrich
stated on February 10, 2012 a radio interview

"The biggest contribution" behind a decrease in U.S. unemployment "was 1.2 million people leaving the workforce"

By Willoughby Mariano • February 29, 2012

Rick Santorum
stated on February 19, 2012 a speech

Claims Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg said "she prefers the South African Constitution over the United States Constitution."

By Willoughby Mariano • February 28, 2012

Newt Gingrich
stated on February 18, 2012 a campaign speech in Cobb County

"You can’t put a gun rack in a [Chevrolet] Volt."

By Willoughby Mariano • February 24, 2012

Nathan Deal
stated on January 10, 2012 his State of the State address

Siemens has been unable to fill approximately 200 skilled trade positions in metro Atlanta.

By Willoughby Mariano • January 30, 2012

Paul Broun
stated on December 13, 2011 a press release

"The latest unemployment numbers have shown that nearly 315,000 Americans have simply given up hope when it comes to finding a job."

By Willoughby Mariano • December 30, 2011

Herman Cain
stated on October 19, 2011 several public statements

Says his 9-9-9 tax reform plan is not "regressive."

By Willoughby Mariano • December 2, 2011

Michele Bachmann
stated on November 23, 2011 an interview

Says Newt Gingrich "has said that we should make the 11 million illegal workers that are in this country legal."

By Eric Stirgus • November 29, 2011

Ron Paul
stated on October 11, 2011 the Republican presidential debate at Dartmouth College in New Hampshire

GOP presidential hopeful Herman Cain called Ron Paul’s followers "ignorant."

By Willoughby Mariano • October 25, 2011

Phil Kent
stated on October 4, 2011 a speech before the North Fulton and Friends Tea Party

The newly created state Immigration Enforcement Review Board "can actually prosecute, and get them [violators] into jail, if we bring in the attorney general."

By Willoughby Mariano • October 21, 2011

Herman Cain
stated on October 4, 2011 his book, "This is Herman Cain! My Journey to the White House"

The Department of Energy’s "Billion Ton Study" has shown that wind and solar energy combined "could at best provide only 5 percent of our total energy needs."

By Willoughby Mariano • October 18, 2011

Eva Galambos
stated on September 27, 2011 an op-ed

"Not a single segment of the proposed Beltline intersects the MARTA system at MARTA stations."

By Eric Stirgus • October 11, 2011

Beverly Hall
stated on August 10, 2011 a commentary published in Education Week

Gains in Atlanta Public Schools scores on a national standardized test lend credence to "dramatic" score increases on state tests.

By Willoughby Mariano • October 7, 2011

Herman Cain
stated on September 22, 2011 in a Republican presidential debate

An Environmental Protection Agency regulation that goes into effect Jan. 1, 2012, regulates dust.

By Willoughby Mariano • October 5, 2011

John Sherman
stated on September 12, 2011 a newsletter

The Atlanta Beltline paid nearly $3.5 million for less than a quarter-acre.

By Eric Stirgus • September 28, 2011

Paul Broun
stated on September 15, 2011 a tweet

Stimulus money funded a government board that made recommendations that would cost 378,000 jobs and $28.3 billion in sales.

By Willoughby Mariano • September 27, 2011

Herman Cain
stated on September 15, 2011 an op-ed

"This is the worst jobs recovery since the Great Depression."

By Willoughby Mariano • September 26, 2011

Debbie Dooley
stated on September 6, 2011 an op-ed

"[Eighty-five percent] of the funds collected in each county will be redistributed elsewhere -- not spent in the county in which it is collected."

By Eric Stirgus • September 20, 2011

Chris McCalla
stated on August 1, 2011 Press Release

"An amazing 5,400 jobs were lost in the first 12 months of the (smoking) ban’s implementation in Ohio’s hospitality industry alone."

By Chris Joyner • September 19, 2011

Johnny Isakson
stated on August 23, 2011 a speech before the Greater North Fulton Chamber of Commerce

The premiums on Medicare’s prescription drug program have fallen almost every year since it began.

By Willoughby Mariano • September 13, 2011

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