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Clay Pell
Clay Pell
stated on August 26, 2014 in a TV debate:
"My campaign alone has created more jobs in the state of Rhode Island than Narragansett Beer."
Mostly True
By Karen Lee Ziner • August 28, 2014
John McCain
John McCain
stated on August 27, 2014 in comments on MSNBC's "Daily Rundown":
Says he holds the record for "most appearances on 'Meet the Press'."
Mostly True
By Linda Qiu • August 27, 2014
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on August 25, 2014 in a meme on social media:
Police in the United States are allowed to use tear gas even though it "has been classified as a chemical weapon and banned in international conflict since 1993."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • August 26, 2014
Don Beyer
Don Beyer
stated on August 25, 2014 in a web post.:
"The United States is the only industrialized country that does not guarantee paid time off to care for a new child."
Mostly True
By Sean Gorman • August 25, 2014
Martha Raddatz
Martha Raddatz
stated on August 24, 2014 in comments on ABC's "This Week":
The Obama administration originally "wanted 10,000 troops to remain in Iraq -- not combat troops, but military advisers, special operations forces, to watch the counterterrorism effort."
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By Katie Sanders • August 24, 2014
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on August 13, 2014 in a TV ad:
Says he "invested over $100 million in worker training."
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By Tom Kertscher • August 24, 2014
Mary Burke
Mary Burke
stated on August 11, 2014 in a news article:
Wisconsin is "38th in the country in terms of proficiency standards" in student testing.
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By Tom Kertscher • August 22, 2014
Heineken
Heineken
stated on August 19, 2014 in a TV ad:
A "regulatory thing" means you can’t show someone drinking beer on camera.
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By Jon Greenberg • August 20, 2014
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on July 21, 2014 in a news article:
Says his "Act 10 reforms" have "saved the taxpayers some $3 billion."
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By Tom Kertscher • August 20, 2014
John Oliver
John Oliver
stated on August 17, 2014 in a segment on his show, "Last Week Tonight":
"The number of SWAT raids have gone up by 1,400 percent since the 1980s."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • August 18, 2014
Andrea Mitchell
Andrea Mitchell
stated on August 17, 2014 in an episode of NBC's "Meet the Press":
In Ferguson, Mo., "you've got three black officers and 50 white officers with a town that is 67 percent African-American."  
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By Katie Sanders • August 17, 2014
Kasim Reed
Kasim Reed
stated on July 15, 2014 in a press release:
Kasim Reed has kept every promise he made as a candidate.
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By April Hunt • August 15, 2014
David Gregory
David Gregory
stated on August 10, 2014 in comments on NBC's "Meet the Press":
The Islamic State, or ISIS, was "cast off by al-Qaida because" it was "considered too extreme."  
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By Linda Qiu • August 13, 2014
David Perdue
David Perdue
stated on August 4, 2014 in during an appearance in Middle Georgia:
"There are only about 10 people in the United States Senate who have any real business experience."
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By Nancy Badertscher • August 13, 2014
Duey Stroebel
Duey Stroebel
stated on July 30, 2014 in an online video:
Says GOP primary opponents Glenn Grothman and Joe Leibham cast a "compromise vote that cost $788 million" in higher electricity costs.
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By Dave Umhoefer • August 10, 2014
Wendy Davis
Wendy Davis
stated on August 7, 2014 in a TV ad:
Says that, as a Supreme Court justice, Greg Abbott found that a company whose vacuum cleaners were sold door to door "had no responsibility" in the hiring of a salesman who raped a customer.
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • August 8, 2014
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on August 7, 2014 in a meme on social media:
"In 1978, a student who worked a minimum-wage summer job could afford to pay a year's full tuition at the 4-year public university of their choice."
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By Louis Jacobson • August 8, 2014
Juan Williams
Juan Williams
stated on August 3, 2014 in comments on "Fox News Sunday":
The people who want President Barack Obama impeached "are all white, they're all older, and guess what, they're in the far right wing of the Republican Party."  
Mostly True
By Jon Greenberg • August 3, 2014
Seth Magaziner
Seth Magaziner
stated on July 13, 2014 in a debate on WPRI-TV:
Rhode Island's state pension system "underperformed the median three out of the four years that Mr. [Frank] Caprio was in office."
Mostly True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • August 3, 2014
Bruce Braley
Bruce Braley
stated on July 29, 2014:
Says U.S. Senate candidate Joni Ernst does not support "a national minimum wage." 
Mostly True
By Molly O'Connor • August 1, 2014
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