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Samuel Wurzelbacher
Samuel Wurzelbacher
stated on April 24, 2012 in a letter published by the Christian Broadcasting Network:
Says President Barack Obama's parents were communists.
False
By Sabrina Eaton • April 27, 2012
Bill Haslam
Bill Haslam
stated on April 20, 2012 in a speech to Carter County Republican Party:
"Personal income is growing faster in Tennessee on average than any other state in the country."
False
By Tom Humphrey • April 27, 2012
Barry Hinckley
Barry Hinckley
stated on April 21, 2012 in an interview on State of the State:
President Obama gave Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood one and a half billion dollars.
False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • April 27, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on April 24, 2012 in a graphic posted on his website:
In the "Obama economy ... the youth unemployment rate is double the unemployment rate for all Americans."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • April 26, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on April 18, 2012 in a speech in Elyria, Ohio:
Under Republican economic policies, "the typical American family saw their incomes fall by about 6 percent."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • April 26, 2012
Donna Howard
Donna Howard
stated on March 24, 2012 in remarks at a Texas Capitol rally:
Says legislative cuts mean Texas is "spending on average $500 less per student."
True
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • April 26, 2012
Tom Rooney
Tom Rooney
stated on March 27, 2012 in a press release:
A proposed U.S. Labor Department rule for children working on farms "would even ban youth from operating a battery-powered screwdriver or a pressurized garden hose."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • April 26, 2012
R2RMerge
R2RMerge
stated on April 15, 2012 in a flier:
Says George Norcross said the "TAKEOVER OF RUTGER$ CAMDEN WILL COST NEW JER$EY BILLION$."
False
By Erin O'Neill • April 26, 2012
John Boehner
John Boehner
stated on March 28, 2012 in a video address:
"The Democrat-controlled Senate, it hasn't passed a budget in more than 1,000 days."
True
By Tom Feran • April 26, 2012
Amanda Fritz
Amanda Fritz
stated on April 12, 2012 in a questionnaire:
Says "my advocacy questioning contracting out in Parks … delayed and altered the renewal of the Brooks contract, and reduced the number of contracted employees in Parks from over 100 to fewer than 40."
Mostly False
By Janie Har • April 26, 2012
Clay Dafoe
Clay Dafoe
stated on April 16, 2012 in a mayoral candidate debate on KXAN-TV:
Says bus riders subsidize the "expensive, romanticized" Leander-to-Austin train.
False
By Ben Wear, Sue Owen • April 25, 2012
Connie Mack
Connie Mack
stated on April 5, 2012 in an event to promote the Keystone XL pipeline:
"I have always said that I would be for drilling."
Pants on Fire!
By Amy Sherman • April 25, 2012
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on April 24, 2012 in a Facebook post:
"Bank of America could create 878,300 jobs with benefits if they spent their 2010 bonuses on job creation."
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • April 25, 2012
Rebecca Kleefisch
Rebecca Kleefisch
stated on March 28, 2012 in a radio interview:
Says she made a "cold call" and persuaded an Illinois company to relocate to Wisconsin. 
Mostly False
By James B. Nelson • April 25, 2012
Sheila Oliver
Sheila Oliver
stated on April 19, 2012 in an interview on WOR-AM:
Says "$57,000 is the mean [income] in our state" for a family.
False
By Erin O'Neill • April 25, 2012
H. Ford Gravitt
H. Ford Gravitt
stated on April 17, 2012 in a meeting:
"We don’t allow filming inside of the City Hall unless there is a specific reason."
False
By Eric Stirgus • April 25, 2012
Forbes blog
Forbes blog
stated on April 22, 2012 in a blog post:
"The University of Florida announced this past week that it was dropping its computer science department ... Meanwhile, the athletic budget for the current year is $97.7 million, an increase of more than $2 million from last year."
Half-True
By Kim Wilmath • April 24, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on April 20, 2012 in a graphic released by his campaign:
"The total unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino workers has increased from 10% to 10.3%" between January 2009 and March 2012.  
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • April 24, 2012
Bill Nelson
Bill Nelson
stated on April 15, 2012 in an op-ed in POLITICO:
At the same time gas prices have increased, "the share of the oil market controlled by speculators has more than doubled over the past 10 years."
Half-True
April 24, 2012
Jack Kingston
Jack Kingston
stated on April 12, 2012 in :
Under President Barack Obama’s watch, "oil production on federal lands has decreased 14 percent over the past year."
Half-True
By Willoughby Mariano • April 24, 2012
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