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Kevin DeWine
Kevin DeWine
stated on August 8, 2011 in a news release:
"President Obama and Democrats' spending addiction has driven our national debt to historic proportions, maxed out our national credit card and has now led to the Democrat Downgrade of our country's AAA credit rating."
Mostly False
By Tom Feran • August 12, 2011
Greater Wisconsin Committee
Greater Wisconsin Committee
stated on August 4, 2011 in campaign mailer:
Says Republican recall challenger Jonathan Steitz "failed to pay his taxes."  
Half-True
August 12, 2011
Kim Simac
Kim Simac
stated on July 21, 2011 in a letter and news release:
Says Democratic state Sen. Jim Holperin "voted against a property tax freeze" in 2009 and then voted for a "$1.5 billion property tax hike."
Mostly False
By Dave Umhoefer • August 12, 2011
Ron Paul
Ron Paul
stated on August 11, 2011 in in a debate in Ames, Iowa:
"The country's bankrupt." 
False
By Becky Bowers • August 12, 2011
Jon Huntsman
Jon Huntsman
stated on August 11, 2011 in the Republican debate in Ames, Iowa:
"We created a flat tax in the state of Utah."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • August 12, 2011
Ken Plum
Ken Plum
stated on August 3, 2011 in a newspaper column.:
Virginia has a responsibility to fund 55 percent of public education and is paying just 41 percent.
False
By Sean Gorman • August 12, 2011
Reince Priebus
Reince Priebus
stated on August 3, 2011 in comments made to reporters while in Tampa:
The Republican National Convention "is a Super Bowl times four."
False
By Aaron Sharockman • August 12, 2011
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on August 11, 2011 in the Republican debate in Ames, Iowa:
"We're inches away from no longer having a free economy."
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • August 12, 2011
Tim Pawlenty
Tim Pawlenty
stated on August 11, 2011 in a debate in Ames, Iowa:
"Obamacare was patterned after (Mitt Romney's) plan in Massachusetts."
True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • August 12, 2011
Bob Wirch
Bob Wirch
stated on July 25, 2011 in campaign mail piece:
Says he "helped bring" Uline company to Kenosha area, "creating 800 local jobs."
Pants on Fire!
August 12, 2011
Greater Wisconsin Committee
Greater Wisconsin Committee
stated on August 5, 2011 in a television ad:
Says GOP recall challenger Kim Simac "was delinquent paying her property taxes eight of the last nine years."
True
By Dave Umhoefer • August 12, 2011
Sam Olens
Sam Olens
stated on August 4, 2011 in a talk at the Atlanta Press Club:
There are cities and counties in Georgia that don’t have websites, and where elected officials don’t have email addresses.
True
By Willoughby Mariano • August 12, 2011
John Kasich
John Kasich
stated on July 28, 2011 in an interview:
On how money from a possible lease of the Ohio Turnpike would be used
Half Flip
By Reginald Fields • August 11, 2011
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on August 5, 2011 in TV interview:
High-speed rail would have cost Florida taxpayers $1 billion to build.
False
By Amy Sherman • August 11, 2011
Democratic Party of Wisconsin
Democratic Party of Wisconsin
stated on August 9, 2011 in a television interview:
"Two elections in a row (Waukesha County Clerk Kathy Nickolaus) has screwed up counting the vote"  
Pants on Fire!
By Dave Umhoefer • August 11, 2011
Richard Codey
Richard Codey
stated on July 11, 2011 in a speech on the Senate floor:
"One in every five families in the state of New Jersey has a loved one with a mental illness, a serious mental illness, and today, we don’t care." 
True
By Caryn Shinske • August 11, 2011
Marcia Fudge
Marcia Fudge
stated on July 13, 2011 in a news conference on voting rights:
Says that voter identification laws "keep poor people from voting, minorities from voting, the elderly from voting, students from voting."
Half-True
By Stephen Koff • August 10, 2011
Adam Hasner
Adam Hasner
stated on August 8, 2011 in a news release:
"George LeMieux voted against the majority of Republicans and joined with Democrats to create a 'Task Force For Responsible Fiscal Action' that looks strikingly similar to the 'Super Committee' now being set up in Washington to justify massive tax hikes."
Half-True
By Becky Bowers • August 10, 2011
Ron Paul
Ron Paul
stated on July 18, 2011 in a television campaign ad:
"In the '80s, Democrats promised spending cuts, but delivered only tax hikes."
False
By Maryalice Gill • August 10, 2011
Georgia Department of Transportation
Georgia Department of Transportation
stated on July 19, 2011 in a press release:
The Northwest Corridor highway project in Cobb and Cherokee counties "is expected to create over 9,700 jobs statewide."
False
August 10, 2011
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