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Lindsey Graham
Lindsey Graham
stated on July 27, 2014 comments on CNN's "State of the Union":
Russia "has an economy the size of Italy."  
Mostly True
By Lauren Carroll • July 27, 2014
Patriot Majority USA
Patriot Majority USA
stated on July 22, 2014 a television ad:
A tax plan promoted by North Carolina Senate candidate Thom Tillis will "overwhelmingly benefit the wealthy."
Mostly True
By Lauren Carroll • July 25, 2014
Ending Spending Action Fund
Ending Spending Action Fund
stated on July 20, 2014 television attack ad:
U.S. Senate candidate Michelle Nunn "earned as much as $300,000 running a nonprofit that had laid off 90 workers."
Mostly True
By Nancy Badertscher • July 25, 2014
Rula Jebreal
Rula Jebreal
stated on July 22, 2014 comments on MSNBC:
"Ninety percent" of people living in Gaza "don’t have access even to water."  
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By Derek Tsang • July 24, 2014
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
stated on July 22, 2014 an interview with a Las Vegas news network:
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit compared the health care law to buying a pepperoni and ham pizza from Domino's or Pizza Hut.
Mostly True
By Steve Contorno • July 24, 2014
Dennis Richardson
Dennis Richardson
stated on July 18, 2014 a campaign debate:
"We are 49th in the nation for our graduation rate"
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By Dana Tims • July 23, 2014
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on July 17, 2014 a speech in Delaware:
"We've recovered (from the recession) faster and come farther than almost any other advanced country on Earth."  
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By Lauren Carroll • July 23, 2014
Nan Rich
Nan Rich
stated on July 11, 2014 a speech to the Florida Press Association:
"Tourism and retirees are the dominant economic engines in our state."
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By Amy Sherman • July 23, 2014
Fresh Start PA
Fresh Start PA
stated on July 15, 2014 a campaign ad:
Under Gov. Tom Corbett, "Pennsylvania ranks 49th in job creation."
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By Louis Jacobson • July 22, 2014
Nan Rich
Nan Rich
stated on July 11, 2014 a speech to the Florida Press Association:
Florida has the "third most-regressive tax" structure.
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • July 22, 2014
Stu Burguiere
Stu Burguiere
stated on July 15, 2014 comments on The Glenn Beck Radio Program:
There are fewer wars, there are fewer people dying in wars "now than there have been in quite some time."
Mostly True
By Derek Tsang • July 21, 2014
John Kerry
John Kerry
stated on July 20, 2014 comments on "Fox News Sunday":
"The so-called defense minister of the People's Republic of Donetsk ... actually posted a bragging social media posting of having shot down a military transport. And then when it became apparent it was civilian, they pulled it down from social media."  
Mostly True
By Lauren Carroll • July 20, 2014
Charlie Crist
Charlie Crist
stated on July 16, 2014 a "Tampa Bay Times" editorial board interview:
Says Rick Scott’s per-pupil education spending is "about $200 less" than what it was under Charlie Crist during the recession.
Mostly True
By Joshua Gillin • July 18, 2014
Bill O'Reilly
Bill O'Reilly
stated on July 8, 2014 comments on Fox News:
"More than 50 percent of immigrants from (El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras) use at least one major welfare program once they get here."
Mostly True
By Jon Greenberg • July 18, 2014
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on June 17, 2014 an interview on Fox & Friends:
Says the Obama administration never responded to his 2012 letter flagging the uptick in unaccompanied children crossing the U.S.-Mexico border.
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • July 18, 2014
Mark Begich
Mark Begich
stated on July 14, 2014 a radio ad:
Alaska Sens. Lisa Murkowski and Mark Begich "vote as much as 80 percent of the time together."
Mostly True
By Lauren Carroll • July 17, 2014
Angel Taveras
Angel Taveras
stated on July 25, 2014 a campaign video:
"Providence graduation rates are up."
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By Karen Lee Ziner • July 16, 2014
Lawrence O'Donnell
Lawrence O'Donnell
stated on July 8, 2014 a broadcast of "The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell":
"Radio Marti and TV Marti have spent more than $500 million to reach less than 1 percent of the Cuban population."  
Mostly True
By Jon Greenberg • July 14, 2014
Kirk Cox
Kirk Cox
stated on June 23, 2014 a speech.:
"There are more than 46 million Americans living in poverty today -- the largest number in 54 years."
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By Sean Gorman • July 11, 2014
Republican Party of Florida
Republican Party of Florida
stated on July 8, 2014 a campaign commercial:
Says Charlie Crist "raised taxes on the middle class" by $2.2 billion.
Mostly True
By Joshua Gillin • July 10, 2014
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