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Glenn Beck
Glenn Beck
stated on December 19, 2013 comments on his radio program
To comply with non-discrimination laws, the government is "forcing people in business to make wedding cakes" for anyone.  
Mostly True
By Katie Sanders • December 22, 2013
Dan Gelber
Dan Gelber
stated on November 26, 2013 Charlie Crist's campaign website
Gov. Charlie Crist "sought for and got approved the automatic restoration of felon rights for nonviolent offenders for the first time in Florida history."
False
By Amy Sherman • December 12, 2013
Jerry Patterson
Jerry Patterson
stated on November 19, 2013 an online campaign video
"Firearms homicides are down about 40 percent" since Texas passed concealed-gun permit law.
Mostly True
By Sue Owen • November 27, 2013
Jimmy Carter
Jimmy Carter
stated on August 28, 2013 a speech
The number of African-American men in prison has increased fivefold since he left office.
Mostly True
By Eric Stirgus • September 6, 2013
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on August 15, 2013 blog posts
Obamacare provision will allow "forced home inspections" by government agents.
Pants on Fire!
By Becky Bowers • August 21, 2013
John Cornyn
John Cornyn
stated on August 8, 2013 an opinion column.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, 71.2 percent of Hispanic registered voters in Texas and over 86 percent of African American registered voters participated in the 2012 elections.
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • August 16, 2013
James Vincent
James Vincent
stated on August 4, 2013 an appearance on WPRI-TV's "Newsmakers."
Twenty four states have voter ID or comparable restrictions; before Barack Obama was elected, it was two.
Half-True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • August 11, 2013
Tom Cole
Tom Cole
stated on July 30, 2013 an MSNBC interview
Says about NSA data collection: "Every member in both parties who served on the Intelligence Committee voted in favor of this."
Mostly True
By Becky Bowers • August 2, 2013
Leticia Van de Putte
Leticia Van de Putte
stated on June 14, 2013 an opinion article
Says residents of Texas and San Antonio can be fired or denied jobs because they are gay.
Half-True
By Sue Owen • July 26, 2013
Gabrielle Giffords
Gabrielle Giffords
stated on July 1, 2013 an op-ed in USA Today
"In New Hampshire, 93 percent of Democrats, 79 percent of Republicans, 82 percent of gun owners and 60 percent of NRA households support background checks."
Mostly True
By Becky Bowers • July 8, 2013
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on June 17, 2013 an interview with Charlie Rose
The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court "is transparent."
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • June 21, 2013
Mike Rogers
Mike Rogers
stated on June 9, 2013 an interview on ABC’s "This Week"
"It's expressly prohibited by law that you can read and wholly surveil domestic email traffic in the United States."
Mostly True
By Becky Bowers • June 13, 2013
Mark Udall
Mark Udall
stated on June 9, 2013 a Senate speech rebroadcast on ABC's "This Week"
Currently, the intelligence community "can collect business records on law-abiding Americans who have no connection to terrorism."
True
By Jon Greenberg, Louis Jacobson • June 13, 2013
Stephen Martin
Stephen Martin
stated on May 24, 2013 an interview.
Says Democratic Party created the Ku Klux Klan.
False
By Sean Gorman • June 10, 2013
John Lewis
John Lewis
stated on May 17, 2013 an op-ed
"Black children constitute 18 percent of the nation's public school population but 40 percent of the children who are suspended or expelled."
Mostly True
By Eric Stirgus • June 10, 2013
John Lewis
John Lewis
stated on May 17, 2013 an op-ed
"The violent crime rate in America is the same as it was in 1968, yet our prison system has grown by over 500 percent."
Half-True
By Eric Stirgus • June 7, 2013
Harry Alford
Harry Alford
stated on February 22, 2013 a news conference
The National Rifle Association was "founded by religious leaders who wanted to protect freed slaves from the Ku Klux Klan."
Pants on Fire!
June 5, 2013
Lynne Derbyshire
Lynne Derbyshire
stated on May 16, 2013 The Providence Journal
"If you are black or brown, you are nine times more likely to be stopped and frisked" in New York City.
Mostly True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • May 23, 2013
Greg Abbott
Greg Abbott
stated on April 27, 2013 remarks at FreedomWorks Texas Summit in Austin
Says he has sued the Obama administration 25 times.
True
By Sue Owen • May 10, 2013
Vincent Fort
Vincent Fort
stated on March 26, 2013 a speech
About 3 percent of Gov. Nathan Deal’s appointments have been African-American.
Half-True
By Eric Stirgus • April 23, 2013
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