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Herman Cain
Herman Cain
stated on August 11, 2011 the GOP debate in Ames, Iowa
Says that he did "not exactly" say that communities have the right to ban mosques.
False
By Willoughby Mariano • August 17, 2011
Georgia Department of Transportation
Georgia Department of Transportation
stated on July 19, 2011 a press release
The Northwest Corridor highway project in Cobb and Cherokee counties "is expected to create over 9,700 jobs statewide."
False
August 10, 2011
Beverly Hall
Beverly Hall
stated on June 24, 2011 a mailer
Atlanta Public Schools’ 2011 CRCT tests were "given under the strictest security possible."
False
By Willoughby Mariano • August 5, 2011
Phil Gingrey
Phil Gingrey
stated on June 22, 2011 a news conference
Under last year’s health care reform, "a bunch of bureaucrats decide whether you get care, such as continuing on dialysis or cancer chemotherapy."
False
By Willoughby Mariano • August 2, 2011
Tom Price
Tom Price
stated on July 24, 2011 an interview on CNN's "State of the Union with Candy Crowley"
"The U.S. won't default, because default means that you don't pay your creditors. And it takes about 10 percent of the money that's coming in right now" to pay interest to bondholders.
False
By Louis Jacobson, Willoughby Mariano • July 26, 2011
Sam Olens
Sam Olens
stated on June 28, 2011 a radio news story
"If you're from Guatemala and you are found illegally in Mexico, you are automatically jailed."
False
By Willoughby Mariano • July 26, 2011
National Republican Congressional Committee
National Republican Congressional Committee
stated on May 18, 2011 press releases
U.S. Reps. John Barrow and Sanford Bishop and their fellow Democrats "went on a spending spree and now their credit card is maxed out."
False
By Willoughby Mariano • July 5, 2011
Robert Brown
Robert Brown
stated on June 2, 2011 a press release
Georgia’s illegal immigration crackdown laws should be called the "Brown Codes" because of their similarity to the "Black Codes" governing blacks after the Civil War.
False
By Willoughby Mariano • July 1, 2011
Ray Lewis
Ray Lewis
stated on May 25, 2011 an interview
"Do this research … watch how much crime picks up if you take away [football]."
False
By Eric Stirgus • June 17, 2011
Herman Cain
Herman Cain
stated on May 21, 2011 in a speech announcing his presidential run
In the U.S. Constitution, "there’s a little section in there that talks about life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness."
False
By Willoughby Mariano • May 25, 2011
Nathan Deal
Nathan Deal
stated on May 9, 2011 a speech
"The health care price tag for childhood obesity in Georgia is $2.4 billion annually and rising."
False
By Eric Stirgus • May 20, 2011
Saxby Chambliss
Saxby Chambliss
stated on March 28, 2011 a letter to a constituent
Says the Internal Revenue Service estimated it must hire "16,500 agents at a cost of $10 billion to the taxpayer" to enforce the federal health care overhaul.
False
By Willoughby Mariano • May 4, 2011
Herman Cain
Herman Cain
stated on March 17, 2011 an interview
Says "in Canada, the number of CT scan machines per 1,000 people is like one-tenth of what we have here in this country. That's why people have to wait."
False
By M.B. Pell • May 2, 2011
Allie McCullen
Allie McCullen
stated on March 2, 2011 a speech
"The Georgia Lottery Corp. has only once in the past 16 years paid out the agreed upon 35 percent of proceeds to the account which funds the HOPE scholarship."
False
By M.B. Pell • April 27, 2011
Paul Broun
Paul Broun
stated on April 12, 2011 a speech before Congress
Says President Franklin Delano Roosevelt sent his advisers to study socialism with Soviet dictator Josef Stalin so the president could replicate it in the United States.
False
By Eric Stirgus, Willoughby Mariano • April 19, 2011
Paul Broun
Paul Broun
stated on April 1, 2011 a speech before Congress
Says the federal government borrows "almost $60 billion per week."
False
By Willoughby Mariano • April 13, 2011
Georgia state senators
Georgia state senators
stated on March 16, 2011 a legislative debate
Say easing restrictions on selling alcohol on Sundays will result in more traffic crashes and fatalities.
False
By Eric Stirgus • March 18, 2011
John Lewis
John Lewis
stated on January 17, 2011 a newsletter to constituents
Building and running the Atlanta Streetcar is projected to create 1,399 jobs.
False
By Willoughby Mariano • March 16, 2011
Larry Gause
Larry Gause
stated on March 1, 2011 a flier and campaign website
Says Charlotte Nash "pretends to be a chicken farmer" in order to get property tax exemptions.
False
By Eric Stirgus • March 11, 2011
Libertarian Party of Georgia
Libertarian Party of Georgia
stated on January 31, 2011 a press release
A proposed immigration bill will "bankrupt Georgia" if passed.
False
By Willoughby Mariano • February 16, 2011
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