Fact Check Posts – Page 9

Paul Ryan
stated on July 25, 2014 in an interview:

Twenty percent of single adults, ages 21 to 25 with no kids, "are not working or even in school trying to find a job."

By Tom Kertscher • July 30, 2014

Dan Patrick
stated on June 7, 2014 in his speech at the state convention of the Republican Party of Texas:

"We have a 40 to 50 percent dropout rate in our inner-city schools."

By W. Gardner Selby • July 27, 2014

Joe Leibham
stated on July 19, 2014 in a news release:

Says Common Core is a federal mandate.

By Tom Kertscher • July 25, 2014

Roberto Alonzo
stated on July 16, 2014 in a press release:

"Latinos now make up the majority population in Texas."

By W. Gardner Selby • July 17, 2014

Dan Patrick
stated on April 28, 2014 in a TV ad:

Under David Dewhurst’s leadership, the Texas "Senate passed an expansion of in-state tuition and free health care to illegal immigrants."

By W. Gardner Selby • May 15, 2014

Kyle Williams
stated on May 6, 2014 in campaign fllier:

State Rep. Elena Parent "supported Governor Nathan Deal’s plan to slash the HOPE scholarship."

By Eric Stirgus • May 13, 2014

Betsy Miller-Jones
stated on April 4, 2014 in a newsletter:

"Did you know that in 2013 over 50 percent of all babies born in Oregon were Hispanic?"

By Dana Tims • April 17, 2014

Scott Walker
stated on April 1, 2014 in an interview:

A poll taken "a few months ago" found "70 percent approval or higher" for the Act 10 collective bargaining law.

By Tom Kertscher • April 6, 2014

Rand Paul
stated on January 26, 2014 in an interview with CNN:

"Over half of the young people" in medical, dental and law schools are women.

By Steve Contorno • January 28, 2014

Johnny Isakson
stated on December 4, 2013 in a speech:

Fifty-three percent of graduates from liberal arts colleges these days can’t find jobs.

By Nancy Badertscher • January 7, 2014

Democratic Party of Wisconsin
stated on November 19, 2013 in a web posting:

Says Gov. Scott Walker dropped out or was kicked out of college short of a degree "not long after" he was "kicked out of student elections at Marquette University."

By Dave Umhoefer • December 21, 2013

Ken Cuccinelli
stated on October 24, 2013 in a debate.:

Terry McAuliffe "wants to raise your taxes $1,700 to pay for his infinite promises."

By Sean Gorman • November 1, 2013

Chris Abele
stated on October 1, 2013 in a speech:

"We’re second only to Boston in college students per capita."

By Dave Umhoefer • October 27, 2013

Marco Rubio
stated on July 26, 2013 in a statement given to the Tampa Bay Times:

Common Core is being "used by the Obama Administration to turn the Department of Education into what is effectively a national school board."

By Amy Sherman • October 22, 2013

Sandra Stotsky
stated on October 15, 2013 in during a public hearing:

"Common Core expects English teachers to spend at least half of their reading instructional time at every grade level on informational texts."

By Cara Fitzpatrick • October 21, 2013

Public comments at a Common Core hearing
stated on October 15, 2013 in Tampa, Fla.:

Teachers were not involved in developing the Common Core State Standards.

By Jeffrey S. Solochek • October 21, 2013

Dan Patrick
stated on October 7, 2013 in a video advertisement, "Fight":

I am "the only candidate for lieutenant governor to oppose in-state tuition for illegal immigrants."

By W. Gardner Selby • October 9, 2013

Terry McAuliffe
stated on September 12, 2013 in website posting.:

Under Cuccinelli’s tax cut plan, "school divisions across Virginia could be forced to fire over 8,000 teachers."

By Nancy Madsen • September 27, 2013

Will Weatherford
stated on September 10, 2013 in at Suncoast Tiger Bay luncheon:

"One out of every three students currently today is ready for college before they go there."

By Katie Sanders • September 11, 2013

Gina Raimondo
stated on May 29, 2013 in an interview with WJAR-TV:

"The average student comes out of college hundreds of thousands of dollars in debt."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • June 6, 2013

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