Latest Fact-Checks By C. Eugene Emery Jr.

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Barry Hinckley
Barry Hinckley
stated on June 28, 2012 in a fundraising letter:
President Obama’s health-care law will "add trillions of dollars in debt."
False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • June 30, 2012
Christopher Blazejewski
Christopher Blazejewski
stated on June 12, 2012 in a speech on the floor of the Rhode Island House (which was transmitted electronically):
"Under current law, if you go on a dating website and you say you're 32 and you're actually 42, you've committed a misdemeanor."
True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • June 25, 2012
David Cicilline
David Cicilline
stated on April 17, 2012 in a news release:
Women "earn only 77 cents for every dollar earned by men in the same position."
Mostly False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • June 24, 2012
Christopher Blazejewski
Christopher Blazejewski
stated on June 5, 2012 in a debate on the House floor:
Most tips left at Dunkin’ Donuts don’t go to employees.
False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • June 13, 2012
Elizabeth Roberts
Elizabeth Roberts
stated on May 24, 2012 in a debate on State of the State:
"Massachusetts is reporting a trend far below the national trend in the escalation of health-care costs in this year."
Mostly False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • June 10, 2012
Lisa Blais
Lisa Blais
stated on May 21, 2012 in a radio interview:
"We came out against Deepwater and everybody is now paying for [the project] in their electric bills."
Mostly False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • June 3, 2012
Anastasia Williams
Anastasia Williams
stated on May 16, 2012 in a House Judiciary Committee hearing:
In 2011, Alabama and Massachusetts passed legislation allowing non-citizens who are legal residents to vote in state and local elections.
False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • May 27, 2012
John Matson
John Matson
stated on April 26, 2012 in an interview on State of the State:
"Jimmy Langevin is having a fundraiser . . . to retire the debt from his campaign for secretary of state, which was 12 years ago."
Half-True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • May 20, 2012
Terry Gorman
Terry Gorman
stated on April 24, 2012 in a House committee hearing:
"When these [undocumented] students graduate from college, they're still illegal aliens. They cannot get a job."
True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • May 13, 2012
Sheldon Whitehouse
Sheldon Whitehouse
stated on April 16, 2012 in a speech on the floor of the U.S. Senate:
"If you put the $47 billion in revenue (raised over 10 years by the Buffett rule) into infrastructure you could create 611,000 infrastructure jobs."
False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • May 6, 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
Jon O'Brien
Jon O'Brien
stated on April 11, 2012 in written testimony at a House hearing:
"Only 14 percent of Catholics agree with the Vatican's position that abortion should be illegal."
Mostly True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • April 19, 2012
Mike Huckabee
Mike Huckabee
stated on April 2, 2012 in a robocall:
President Obama's refusal to grant permits for offshore drilling is one reason gasoline prices are soaring.
Pants on Fire!
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • April 12, 2012
Jeffrey Hernandez
Jeffrey Hernandez
stated on March 23, 2012 in a letter to the Providence School District.:
Says his reform efforts improved performance at all 10 low-performing schools in Palm Beach, Florida.
Half-True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • April 8, 2012
Chain email
Chain email
stated on March 23, 2012 in a message via the Internet:
"Having an entirely Democrat congressional delegation in 2009, when the [federal stimulus] bill passed, increases the per capita stimulus dollars that the state receives per person by $460."
Half-True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • April 3, 2012
Beatrice Lanzi
Beatrice Lanzi
stated on February 24, 2012 in "an appearance on A Lively Experiment.":
"One out of four of our young people say they are victims of this (dating) violence."
Half-True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • March 4, 2012
David Silverman
David Silverman
stated on February 17, 2012 in a story on TV website:
"There are more atheists in the country right now than Jews, Muslims, Hindus and Buddhists combined and doubled."
False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • February 26, 2012
John G. Edwards
John G. Edwards
stated on February 7, 2012 in a radio interview:
"They're saying that 40 percent of the traffic that goes over [the Sakonnet River Bridge is from] out of state."
Mostly True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • February 20, 2012
Richard Licht
Richard Licht
stated on February 5, 2012 in a television interview:
"We aren't the only state cutting back on public television."
True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • February 14, 2012
Barth Bracy
Barth Bracy
stated on February 3, 2012 in a radio interview:
The polls "show over half of Americans identify themselves as being pro-life."
Mostly False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • February 12, 2012
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