Latest Fact-Checks By Steve Contorno

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Marco Rubio
stated on January 13, 2015 in his book, "American Dreams":

"If people work and make more money, they lose more in benefits than they would earn in salary."

Mostly False

By Steve Contorno • January 14, 2015

Marco Rubio
stated on December 17, 2014 in :

"The reason why Cubans don't have access to 21st century telecommunications — like smart phones, like access to the Internet — is because it is illegal in Cuba."

Mostly True

By Lauren Carroll, Steve Contorno • December 19, 2014

Peter King
stated on December 9, 2014 in a radio show appearance:

"Nobody suffered any lasting injuries" from the CIA interrogation program.

Pants on Fire!

By Steve Contorno • December 15, 2014

Barack Obama
stated on December 3, 2014 in a speech to business leaders:

"We are younger than our competitors, and this is entirely because of immigration."

Mostly True

By Steve Contorno • December 9, 2014

Marc Morial
stated on November 30, 2014 in an appearance on 'Fox News Sunday':

"The number of killings of citizens by police is at a two-decade high."

Half-True

By Steve Contorno • December 3, 2014

Barack Obama
stated on November 16, 2014 in a press conference in Australia.:

"My position hasn’t changed" on using executive authority to address immigration issues.

False

By Steve Contorno • November 20, 2014

Barack Obama
stated on November 16, 2014 in Brisbane, Australia, for the G20 summit:

Says Jonathan Gruber was "some adviser who never worked on our staff."

Mostly False

By Steve Contorno • November 19, 2014

Xi Jinping
stated on November 12, 2014 in a press conference in Beijing.:

"China has made enormous progress in its human rights. That is a fact recognized by all the people in the world."

Mostly False

By Steve Contorno • November 17, 2014

Chain email
stated on October 30, 2014 in a chain email:

"Over 214,000 doctors opt out of Obamacare exchanges."

False

By Steve Contorno • November 6, 2014

Color of Change
stated on October 29, 2014 in an Arkansas flyer:

Republicans are "trying to impeach our president."

Mostly False

By Lauren Carroll, Steve Contorno • October 30, 2014

Barack Obama
stated on October 18, 2014 in the president's weekly national address:

"You cannot get (Ebola) from just riding on a plane or bus."

Mostly True

By Steve Contorno • October 29, 2014

Rand Paul
stated on October 16, 2014 in an interview with a New Hampshire radio station:

Ebola is "incredibly contagious," "very transmissible" and "easy to catch."

Mostly False

By Steve Contorno • October 27, 2014

Adam Kinzinger
stated on October 26, 2014 in comments on ABC's "This Week":

Says Rand Paul "has put out budgets to cut the military in half."

False

By Steve Contorno • October 26, 2014

Charlie Crist
stated on October 21, 2014 in a debate:

Says high-speed rail would have created 60,000 jobs.

False

By Steve Contorno • October 22, 2014

Rick Scott
stated on October 15, 2014 in a debate:

"While (Charlie Crist) was governor, utility costs went up 30 percent and went from below the national average to above the national average. Since I got elected, utility rates have come down 11 percent and now we are below the average."

False

By Steve Contorno • October 21, 2014

Larry Pressler
stated on October 16, 2014 in a campaign forum:

"All four on Mount Rushmore, they were all independents at one critical point in their career."

False

By Steve Contorno • October 16, 2014

Alison Lundergan Grimes
stated on October 13, 2014 in a debate:

Raising the minimum wage to $10.10 an hour, "would help lift over a million Americans out of poverty."

Mostly True

By Steve Contorno • October 14, 2014

Mitch McConnell
stated on October 13, 2014 in a debate:

Raising the minimum wage to $10.10 an hour "will destroy between half a million and one million jobs."

Mostly True

By Steve Contorno • October 14, 2014

Alison Lundergan Grimes
stated on October 6, 2014 in a campaign ad:

"The only candidate pocketing big money from people who want to destroy coal is Mitch McConnell."

False

By Steve Contorno • October 8, 2014

Terri Lynn Land
stated on October 25, 2014 in a campaign statement to a local newspaper:

On support for the auto bailouts.

Full Flop

By Steve Contorno • October 6, 2014

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