Latest Fact-Checks By Eric Stirgus

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Casey Cagle
stated on January 22, 2014 in an interview:

"For every week that (state lawmakers are) able to cut off our timeline, it saves (Georgia taxpayers) approximately $100,000."

True

By Eric Stirgus • March 4, 2014

Americans for Prosperity Georgia chapter
stated on February 20, 2014 in a press conference:

"Georgia’s civil forfeiture laws are among the worst in the country and the very worst in the South."

Mostly True

By Eric Stirgus • March 3, 2014

Mary Margaret Oliver
stated on February 18, 2014 in a meeting:

More than 80 percent of Georgians don’t support legislation to ease gun restrictions in houses of worship, in bars and on campuses.

Half-True

By Eric Stirgus • February 26, 2014

Americans for Prosperity Georgia chapter
stated on February 17, 2014 in an article:

"Obamacare will mean 2.1 million fewer jobs by 2021."

Half-True

By Eric Stirgus • February 24, 2014

Kasim Reed
stated on January 31, 2014 in a speech:

The annual gross domestic product of metro Atlanta is "bigger than 28 states in the union."

True

By Eric Stirgus • February 18, 2014

David Perdue
stated on February 5, 2014 in a video:

Dollar General "added 2,500 stores and 20,000 jobs" during his four-year tenure as CEO.

Mostly True

By Eric Stirgus • February 14, 2014

Kasim Reed
stated on January 31, 2014 in a speech:

"Right now, we only keep 50 percent of Georgia Tech's graduates."

Mostly True

By Eric Stirgus • February 11, 2014

Facebook posts
stated on January 29, 2014 in a Facebook post:

The cost of the food stamp program is at an all-time high.

Mostly True

By Eric Stirgus • February 7, 2014

Raphael Warnock
stated on January 20, 2014 in a speech:

"Georgia has the fifth-highest number of uninsured people of any state in the union."

True

By Eric Stirgus • February 3, 2014

Charley English
stated on January 29, 2014 in a press conference:

"It still had not gotten terrible on the roads" by 2 to 3 p.m. Tuesday.

False

By Eric Stirgus, Nancy Badertscher • January 31, 2014

Nathan Deal
stated on January 28, 2014 in an interview:

"We have been confronted with an unexpected storm that has hit the metropolitan area."

Mostly False

By Eric Stirgus, Nancy Badertscher • January 30, 2014

Rick Allen
stated on January 10, 2014 in a tweet:

U.S. Rep. John Barrow, D-Ga., does not want to audit the Federal Reserve.

False

By Eric Stirgus • January 28, 2014

Nathan Deal
stated on January 15, 2014 in a speech:

"During my administration, funding for education has increased by over $930 million."

Half-True

By Eric Stirgus • January 22, 2014

Nathan Deal
stated on January 15, 2014 in a speech:

"(M)ore Georgians have jobs than at any other time since October 2008."

True

By Eric Stirgus, Nancy Badertscher • January 21, 2014

David Scott
stated on January 6, 2014 in a letter:

President Barack Obama’s judicial appointments for Georgia and the region were drafted in secret and not vetted by legal groups among the president’s supporters.

Mostly True

By Eric Stirgus • January 17, 2014

Americans United for Change
stated on January 14, 2014 in a press release:

"Sens. Isakson’s, Chambliss’ Votes Against Unemployment Insurance Were Votes to Kill Nearly 6,000 Georgia Jobs."

Half-True

By Eric Stirgus • January 14, 2014

Tom Graves
stated on December 19, 2013 in a Tweet:

"More Americans believe the moon landing was fake than believe Obamacare is affordable."

Half-True

By Eric Stirgus • January 3, 2014

Kimberly Nelson
stated on December 3, 2013 in a meeting:

"The commission form of government is definitely losing favor in the United States."

True

By Eric Stirgus • December 31, 2013

Paul Broun
stated on December 11, 2013 in an interview:

"(Jack Kingston) had more earmarks at one time than every member of the Georgia delegation put together."

False

By Eric Stirgus • December 30, 2013

Eugene Yu
stated on December 9, 2013 in a website:

Says "Harry Reid has a better voting attendance record than these three Congressmen!"

Mostly True

By Eric Stirgus • December 17, 2013

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