Latest Fact-Checks By Lukas Pleva

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Russell Pearce
Russell Pearce
stated on July 7, 2010 in a CNN interview:
"Sixty percent of the Hispanics" support the Arizona immigration law
Pants on Fire!
By Lukas Pleva • July 21, 2010
Ron Paul
Ron Paul
stated on July 5, 2010 in a CNN interview:
"We're spending $1 trillion a year on our foreign policy."
True
By Lukas Pleva • July 15, 2010
Andrew Napolitano
Andrew Napolitano
stated on June 28, 2010 in comments on the 'Glenn Beck' show:
"There are mechanisms in place to shut down the Internet privately."
Half-True
By Lukas Pleva • July 6, 2010
Daniel Senor
Daniel Senor
stated on July 4, 2010 in ABC's 'This Week':
Japan's "interest on its own debt" is "25 percent of its national budget"
False
By Lukas Pleva • July 6, 2010
Jeff Greene
Jeff Greene
stated on June 22, 2010 in a Democratic U.S. Senate debate against Rep. Kendrick Meek:
"If there were not derivatives, there would be no bank loans at all today."
Mostly False
By Lukas Pleva • June 28, 2010
Glenn Beck
Glenn Beck
stated on May 27, 2010 in commentary on his television show:
"Sixty-four percent of Americans support the Arizona immigration law.''
Mostly True
By Lukas Pleva • June 3, 2010
Charlie Justice
Charlie Justice
stated on April 14, 2010 in a Web ad:
"Bill Young uses his campaign money for, among other things, a luxury car."
True
By Lukas Pleva • April 26, 2010
Dan Gelber
Dan Gelber
stated on April 8, 2010 in a letter posted on his campaign Web site.:
Florida teachers are "already paid $5,000 below the national average."
Mostly True
By Lukas Pleva • April 19, 2010
Jeff Kottkamp
Jeff Kottkamp
stated on February 28, 2010 in an interview on Newsmax TV:
"If every house in Florida had a solar-heated water tank, that would eliminate consumption by 17 percent."
Half-True
By Lukas Pleva • April 6, 2010
Charlie Crist
Charlie Crist
stated on February 17, 2010 in a news release:
Rubio admitted he "would have accepted the stimulus money."
Mostly True
By Lukas Pleva • March 16, 2010
Kendrick Meek
Kendrick Meek
stated on February 20, 2010 in a statement on his Web site:
Florida "has the second-highest foreclosure rate in the nation."
Mostly True
By Lukas Pleva • March 2, 2010
Chain email
Chain email
stated on February 5, 2010 in a message circulated to many people.:
On the new dollar coins, "'In God We Trust' is gone!"
False
By Lukas Pleva • February 11, 2010
Ron Paul
Ron Paul
stated on January 27, 2010 in an article on his Web site RonPaul.com:
"The money supply has doubled in the last year."
Mostly False
By Lukas Pleva • February 5, 2010
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