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Vincent
Vincent "Buddy" Cianci
stated on December 12, 2010 in an ABC-6 interview program:
"Over 80 percent of the people want the shot to vote" on whether to approve same-sex marriage, according to polls.
Mostly True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • December 26, 2010
Chain email
Chain email
stated on December 20, 2010 in a message via the Internet:
Unemployment and the housing and auto industry crises can be fixed by giving a million dollars to every worker over age 50 to retire.
Pants on Fire!
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • December 22, 2010
Mark Brodeur
Mark Brodeur
stated on December 2, 2010 in a Providence Journal story:
Rhode Island spends less than 10 percent of what the average state spends promoting tourism.
Mostly True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • December 12, 2010
Sheldon Whitehouse
Sheldon Whitehouse
stated on September 27, 2010 in a speech on the Senate floor.:
"The law, right now, permits companies that close down American factories and offices and move those jobs overseas to take a tax deduction for the costs associated with moving the jobs to China or India or wherever."
True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • November 21, 2010
Chain email
Chain email
stated on October 7, 2010 in e-mail and blog postings:
The cap-and-trade bill before Congress "prevents you from selling your home without the permission of the EPA administrator."
Pants on Fire!
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • November 17, 2010
Lincoln Chafee
Lincoln Chafee
stated on November 3, 2010 in a news conference:
Experts say the property tax "is the most harmful to economic growth and . . . the sales tax is least harmful."
Mostly False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • November 14, 2010
Chain email
Chain email
stated on October 31, 2010 in a message via the Internet:
"Pres. Obama's finance team is recommending a . . . 1% tax on all transactions at any financial institution."
Pants on Fire!
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • November 12, 2010
Elizabeth Roberts
Elizabeth Roberts
stated on October 28, 2010 in a campaign commercial:
She "led the fight to stop health insurance rate hikes and saved Rhode Island families over $150 million."
Half-True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • October 30, 2010
Christopher Little
Christopher Little
stated on October 25, 2010 in a TV commercial:
Says Peter Kilmartin has "only three years experience in his own law practice."
False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • October 29, 2010
John Loughlin
John Loughlin
stated on October 19, 2010 in a WPRI/Providence Journal debate:
Tells David Cicilline, "94 percent of the carbon emissions which you so want to get rid of are caused by nature."
False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • October 28, 2010
Frank Caprio
Frank Caprio
stated on October 6, 2010 in a gubernatorial debate:
Says Lincoln Chafee "settled a union strike by giving the teachers a 19-percent-raise."
Half-True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • October 14, 2010
Mark S. Zaccaria
Mark S. Zaccaria
stated on October 1, 2010 in a news release:
Says James Langevin voted to spend "$3 billion for a jet engine no one wants."
Mostly False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • October 10, 2010
John Robitaille
John Robitaille
stated on October 4, 2010 in an interview on WHJJ's Helen Glover Show:
"Rhode Island has a very generous unemployment compensation rate compared to most other states."
True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • October 6, 2010
Patrick Lynch
Patrick Lynch
stated on June 20, 2010 in an appearance on Newsmakers:
"Deepwater's own testimony . . . is they said they'll create six jobs."
Half-True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • September 17, 2010
Peter Kilmartin
Peter Kilmartin
stated on September 1, 2010 in a campaign commercial:
"When the mayor of Providence's brother wrote over 100 grand in bad checks to the city, Joe Fernandez didn't have the guts to prosecute him. He let him off the hook."
Pants on Fire!
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • September 10, 2010
Joseph Fernandez
Joseph Fernandez
stated on August 25, 2010 in a candidate mailing:
I "kicked crooked cops and government officials off the public pension rolls."
False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • September 10, 2010
Michael J. Gardiner
Michael J. Gardiner
stated on August 30, 2010 in a Rhode Island News Channel debate:
"It costs us, logistically, three times more to fight in Afghanistan than it does in any other place."
False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • September 7, 2010
John Loughlin
John Loughlin
stated on August 20, 2010 in a campaign commercial:
After Ronald Reagan cut taxes in 1981 the U.S. enjoyed "exponential growth."
Mostly False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • September 5, 2010
Kernan
Kernan "Kerry" King
stated on August 21, 2010 in an interview on WPRI-TV's "Newsmakers:
In Rhode Island "there are 150 different pension plans for public workers."
True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • August 30, 2010
Kenneth Block
Kenneth Block
stated on June 19, 2010 in a TV and Internet commercial:
"(I) helped to invent a system that saved over a billion dollars on welfare."
True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • August 29, 2010
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