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Georgia Democrats
Georgia Democrats
stated on December 21, 2011 in an online fundraising bid:
"Republicans are attempting to remove Barack Obama from Georgia’s Presidential Ballot in 2012."
Half-True
By Willoughby Mariano • January 17, 2012
Kasim Reed
Kasim Reed
stated on January 3, 2012 in a meeting:
"Five members of [the Common Cause Georgia] board accepted maximum campaign contributions."
Half-True
By Eric Stirgus • January 12, 2012
Tom Price
Tom Price
stated on December 8, 2011 in a letter:
Congress gave an unelected board "the power to deny care to seniors."
Half-True
By Eric Stirgus • January 6, 2012
Curtis Foltz
Curtis Foltz
stated on November 8, 2011 in an op-ed in The Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
"The study of the Savannah River Estuary . . . clearly demonstrates the project can be constructed and [environmental] impacts will be mitigated."
Half-True
By Willoughby Mariano • December 14, 2011
Club for Growth
Club for Growth
stated on November 30, 2011 in a press release:
"[Former Georgia congressman] Bob Barr voted ... to raise his own pay."
Half-True
By Eric Stirgus • December 9, 2011
Stacey Evans
Stacey Evans
stated on November 18, 2011 in an op-ed:
"By fiscal year 2013, the state is expected to wipe through [HOPE scholarship] reserve funds."
Half-True
By Eric Stirgus • November 28, 2011
Phil Gingrey
Phil Gingrey
stated on September 15, 2011 in a press release:
"[A]n extra 8 million Americans [are] projected to join state Medicaid programs in the next few years."
Half-True
By Willoughby Mariano • November 15, 2011
Rainbow/PUSH Coalition
Rainbow/PUSH Coalition
stated on October 28, 2011 in a press release:
In Georgia, "hard-earned lottery dollars are doled out to the scion[s] of wealthy families."
Half-True
By Willoughby Mariano • November 9, 2011
Herman Cain
Herman Cain
stated on October 4, 2011:
"Current projections indicate that Medicare will go bankrupt by 2017, while Social Security will bottom out by 2037."
Half-True
By Willoughby Mariano • October 14, 2011
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on September 30, 2011 in a speech:
Coca-Cola’s CEO "said he finds it easier to do work in China than in the United States."
Half-True
By Eric Stirgus • October 10, 2011
Jennette Gayer
Jennette Gayer
stated on September 15, 2011 in a meeting:
"We have had over 40 days this summer where it was unsafe to breathe the air."
Half-True
By Eric Stirgus • September 30, 2011
David Scott
David Scott
stated on September 9, 2011 in a WABE-FM (90.1) radio interview:
Under President Barack Obama’s jobs bill, states would no longer have to lay off teachers, firefighters and police officers.
Half-True
By Willoughby Mariano • September 16, 2011
Yolanda Adrean
Yolanda Adrean
stated on June 20, 2011 in Website:
"We [the city of Atlanta] are overbuilt on housing."
Half-True
By M.B. Pell • September 7, 2011
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals
stated on December 20, 2010 in an article:
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals estimates 200 animals will be spared annually as the result of former President Bill Clinton adopting a vegan diet.
Half-True
By M.B. Pell • August 31, 2011
Chip Rogers
Chip Rogers
stated on July 11, 2011 in a town hall meeting:
"Recent international reports show the United States near the bottom among industrialized nations for k-12 academic achievement."
Half-True
By Eric Stirgus • August 23, 2011
Jack Murphy
Jack Murphy
stated on June 27, 2011 in a press release:
Georgia’s illegal-immigration legislation "simply follows existing federal law."
Half-True
By Eric Stirgus • July 18, 2011
Shirley Franklin
Shirley Franklin
stated on July 9, 2011 in a television interview:
"95 percent of teachers and principals are not implicated in the [Atlanta Public Schools cheating scandal] report at all."
Half-True
By Willoughby Mariano • July 15, 2011
Newt Gingrich
Newt Gingrich
stated on June 13, 2011 in a Republican presidential debate:
If today's economy was rebounding at the rate of the "Reagan recovery," it would have created the equivalent of 25 million new jobs and raised federal revenue by $800 billion a year.
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson, Willoughby Mariano • June 14, 2011
Gary Black
Gary Black
stated on June 2, 2011 in Interview:
Workers who pick produce in Georgia’s fields can make $12 to $18 an hour.
Half-True
By Willoughby Mariano • June 14, 2011
Janet Napolitano
Janet Napolitano
stated on May 7, 2011 in a speech before the Atlanta Press Club:
"We have seized more currency, more drugs, more outbound arms in the past year than any year in our country’s history."
Half-True
By Willoughby Mariano • June 3, 2011
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