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Michael Moore
Michael Moore
stated on September 28, 2011 an interview on "Democracy Now"
"Not a single banker, a CEO from Wall Street, anyone from corporate America — nobody, (there was) not one arrest of any of these people who brought down the economy in 2008."
Mostly True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • October 7, 2011
Bob McDonnell
Bob McDonnell
stated on June 21, 2011 Bill-signing ceremony
 "Our crime rate continues to plummet."
Mostly True
By Wes Hester • July 11, 2011
Wisconsin Professional Police Association
Wisconsin Professional Police Association
stated on May 31, 2011 a press release
Assaults on Wisconsin law enforcement officers are up 224 percent statewide since 2005
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By Dave Umhoefer • June 8, 2011
John Whitmire
John Whitmire
stated on May 3, 2011 remarks on the Senate floor
Says the Texas Board of Nursing has a backlog of "3,000 complaints against nurses, many of them sexual assaults, malfeasance."
Mostly True
May 16, 2011
Silvestre Reyes
Silvestre Reyes
stated on May 9, 2011 a press release.
The "six largest cities in Ohio all have higher rates of violence and crime than every major city along the U.S.-Mexico border."
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By W. Gardner Selby • May 10, 2011
Ron Saunders
Ron Saunders
stated on January 19, 2011 a meeting with reporters
"The two worst counties for (Medicaid) fraud in the country -- not state -- are Dade and Broward county."
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By Amy Sherman • February 3, 2011
Jeff Atwater
Jeff Atwater
stated on January 19, 2011 a meeting with reporters in Tallahassee
"Of the top five cities for staged automobile accidents, three are in Florida. … We rank No. 1 in the country in staged auto accidents."
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By Trenton Daniel • January 27, 2011
Jefferson Smith
Jefferson Smith
stated on January 13, 2011 an article in The Oregonian
A test last month at the MAX station at 162nd Avenue and East Burnside saw crime down 41 percent compared with December 2009
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By Janie Har • January 22, 2011
Frank Lautenberg
Frank Lautenberg
stated on January 11, 2011 an interview on MSNBC
"When we look at the number of murders in the United States (in) 2009, we had 9,500 people murdered. When we look around the world, we see ... large countries, the U.K., Germany, Japan had 200 or less killed in a year."
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By Louis Jacobson • January 13, 2011
Greg Abbott
Greg Abbott
stated on October 13, 2010 a campaign television ad
Says he's arrested more criminals, "including thousands of child predators and sex offenders," than any previous Texas attorney general.
Mostly True
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • November 11, 2010
Peter Kilmartin
Peter Kilmartin
stated on September 20, 2010 a statement on his campaign website
Kilmartin has helped pass laws to "create a witness protection program."
Mostly True
By Cynthia Needham • September 26, 2010
J.B. Van Hollen
J.B. Van Hollen
stated on March 18, 2010 written testimony to a Wisconsin Senate committee
"Over 22,000 unique Internet Protocol addresses -- in Wisconsin alone -- have downloaded child pornography."
Mostly True
September 15, 2010
Charlie Crist
Charlie Crist
stated on September 1, 2010 a campaign website
"Florida is enjoying its lowest crime rate in 39 years."
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • September 1, 2010
Stephen Archambault
Stephen Archambault
stated on August 12, 2010 a candidate debate
Rhode Island is "at the top of the country for alcohol-related fatalities."
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By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • August 19, 2010
Holly Benson
Holly Benson
stated on July 31, 2010 a candidates' debate
"Florida is now the No. 1 state in the country for automobile accident fraud."
Mostly True
By Lukas Pleva • August 5, 2010
Jane Norton
Jane Norton
stated on July 9, 2010 a television ad
"Ken Buck's (District Attorney's) office? His spending skyrocketed by 40 percent."
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By Angie Drobnic Holan • July 26, 2010
Florida Democratic Party
Florida Democratic Party
stated on May 18, 2010 an e-mail message
"Last year, (Bill McCollum) spent more than $2.2 million dollars to produce and air campaign-style TV ads where you were featured in almost every frame."
Mostly True
By Trenton Daniel • May 25, 2010
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
Chain email
Chain email
stated on August 31, 2008 in an e-mail message
Palin "fired Wasilla's Police Chief because he 'intimidated' her."
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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
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