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Ron Paul
Ron Paul
stated on February 28, 2012 a campaign commercial:
Says Rick Santorum "opposes right-to-work"
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • March 1, 2012
Newt Gingrich
Newt Gingrich
stated on February 27, 2012 in a campaign appearance in Nashville.:
Says that Rick Santorum "voted for the unions over FedEx."
Half-True
By Bartholomew Sullivan • February 29, 2012
Nicholas Kettle
Nicholas Kettle
stated on January 27, 2012 a radio talk show:
"If you look at states that are right to work, they constantly do not have budget deficits and they have very good business climates."
Mostly False
By Alex Kuffner • February 19, 2012
Kathleen Falk
Kathleen Falk
stated on January 8, 2012 a TV interview:
Says she got unions to agree to "about $10 million in reduction" of salaries and health benefits while serving as Dane County executive in Wisconsin.
True
By Tom Kertscher • January 18, 2012
Thomas Sgouros Jr.
Thomas Sgouros Jr.
stated on December 30, 2011 an appearance on Rhode Island PBS's "A Lively Experiment":
"[If] you apply for a job, the chances are 1 in 7 that you are going to be denied that job unfairly if everybody is forced to use E-Verify."
False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • January 10, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on January 5, 2012 a video ad:
Says the National Labor Relations Board told Boeing that it couldn’t build a factory in South Carolina because South Carolina is a right-to-work state.
False
By Jon Greenberg, Molly Moorhead • January 5, 2012
Rebecca Kleefisch
Rebecca Kleefisch
stated on December 18, 2011 an interview:
Wisconsin’s monthly job reports have a "margin of error" of 75 percent and were "way off" in eight of first 10 months of 2011.
Half-True
By Tom Kertscher • January 4, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on December 7, 2011 an interview on Fox News:
"Speaker Gingrich has said that we ought to get rid of our child labor laws."
Mostly False
By Molly Moorhead • December 14, 2011
Newt Gingrich
Newt Gingrich
stated on December 10, 2011 a Republican presidential debate in Des Moines, Iowa:
In New York City, "an entry level janitor gets paid twice as much as an entry level teacher."
False
By Louis Jacobson • December 12, 2011
Maurice Thompson
Maurice Thompson
stated on November 10, 2011 a news conference:
Says unemployment in Ohio "is significantly higher than the unemployment rate in states which are not forced union states and it’s always been that way."
False
By Aaron Marshall • November 21, 2011
Kathleen Connell
Kathleen Connell
stated on October 26, 2011 a hearing:
"Sixty-percent of the state retirees...don’t get Social Security.’’
False
By Lynn Arditi • November 13, 2011
Building a Better Ohio
Building a Better Ohio
stated on October 14, 2011 a campaign commercial:
"Government employees make 43 percent more in wages and benefits" than private-sector workers.
Mostly False
By Tom Feran • November 4, 2011
John Kasich
John Kasich
stated on October 31, 2011 a campaign speech:
"They talk about this problem with binding arbitration. It doesn’t make a lot of sense to me to have somebody from Los Angeles fly into Zanesville and impose a wage settlement on you ... and then they’re on the plane back to Los Angeles."
Pants on Fire!
By Joe Guillen • November 3, 2011
MacIver Institute
MacIver Institute
stated on October 25, 2011 a video:
Says some Wisconsin state employee contracts "gave some employees $4 for bringing in their own lunch."
Mostly True
By Tom Kertscher • November 2, 2011
On using Gov. Scott Walker’s collective-bargaining limits to help balance the city of Milwaukee budget
No Flip
By Dave Umhoefer • October 27, 2011
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on October 23, 2011 an Internet post:
Congressional Republicans have introduced dozens of bills on social issues and other topics, but "zero on job creation."
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • October 25, 2011
George Nee
George Nee
stated on October 19, 2011 a pension forum:
"This is the first time in our state, and one of the first times in the country, where benefit reductions . . . has happened to people who are retired."
Half-True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • October 23, 2011
Dave Yost
Dave Yost
stated on October 2, 2011 a newspaper column:
"The city of Columbus would save $41 million a year if employees had to contribute to their own, guaranteed-check pensions."
Mostly True
By Henry J. Gomez • October 19, 2011
Building a Better Ohio
Building a Better Ohio
stated on September 15, 2011 a campaign commercial:
Says the reforms in state Issue 2 "will save taxpayer dollars"
Mostly True
By Peter Krouse • October 17, 2011
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on October 11, 2011 a Republican presidential primary debate:
Says the National Labor Relations Board told Boeing that it "can't build a factory in a non-union state."
False
By Jon Greenberg • October 14, 2011
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