Latest Fact-Checks By Eric Stirgus

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John Barrow
stated on April 5, 2013 in a letter:

Congress has spent 66 of the first 100 days of this term in recess.

Mostly True

By Eric Stirgus • April 22, 2013

The Tax Foundation
stated on April 12, 2013 in a press release:

"We Really Do Have the Highest Corporate Tax Rate in the World."

Mostly True

By Eric Stirgus • April 17, 2013

Tom Graves
stated on March 26, 2013 in a Twitter post:

The Internal Revenue Service spent $60,000 on a "Star Trek" training video.

Half-True

By Eric Stirgus • April 15, 2013

Paul Broun
stated on March 28, 2013 in a meeting:

"In the last two years, I have supported and proposed $155 billion worth of targeting cuts. Dr. Gingrey has presented zero."

Half-True

By Eric Stirgus • April 9, 2013

Cleta Winslow
stated on March 18, 2013 in a meeting:

"In this city, there hasn’t been a stadium that’s lasted more than 27 years."

Half-True

By Eric Stirgus • March 29, 2013

Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine
stated on March 14, 2013 in a letter:

"[A] 2009 USDA study found that 87 percent of chicken carcasses tested positive for generic E. coli ... just prior to packaging."

Half-True

By Eric Stirgus • March 27, 2013

Jeff Mullis
stated on March 6, 2013 in a meeting:

Georgia loses "millions of dollars of revenue because people go out of state to buy fireworks."

Mostly True

By Eric Stirgus • March 22, 2013

Julian Bond
stated on March 6, 2013 in an interview:

"The incidents of threats against (President Barack Obama) are greater than for any other president in modern times."

False

By Eric Stirgus • March 18, 2013

Donzella James
stated on March 4, 2013 in a speech:

Georgia has the most lax gun laws in the nation.

False

By Eric Stirgus • March 13, 2013

Nan Orrock
stated on March 4, 2013 in a speech:

"More than 80 percent of Americans believe we need to have universal background checks."

True

By Eric Stirgus • March 12, 2013

David Ralston
stated on February 26, 2013 in a meeting:

The Georgia Senate ethics resolution "doesn't define cap."

Mostly True

By Eric Stirgus • March 11, 2013

Council for the National Interest
stated on February 12, 2013 in a billboard:

The United States gives $8 million a day to Israel and gives that country a blank check.

Mostly True

By Eric Stirgus • March 6, 2013

Duriya Farooqui
stated on February 13, 2013 in a presentation:

"Of the 18 stadiums built from 2004 to 2013, 47 percent of the total cost came from public sources."

Mostly True

By Eric Stirgus • March 1, 2013

Kasim Reed
stated on February 13, 2013 in a speech:

Felony crimes in the city of Atlanta are the lowest they have been since 1969.

True

By Eric Stirgus • February 26, 2013

Bill Jackson
stated on February 11, 2013 in a meeting:

"There’s more murders with hammers last year than...shotguns and pistols and AK-47s."

Pants on Fire!

By Eric Stirgus • February 21, 2013

Paul Broun
stated on February 13, 2013 in an interview:

"There are more people killed with baseball bats and hammers than are killed with guns."

Pants on Fire!

By Eric Stirgus • February 20, 2013

Barack Obama
stated on February 12, 2013 in a speech:

"Every dollar we invested in high-quality, early education programs can save more than $7 later on by boosting graduation rates, reducing teen pregnancy, even reducing crime."

Half-True

By Eric Stirgus • February 19, 2013

Leah Ward Sears
stated on February 5, 2013 in newspaper column:

"I was never against same-sex marriage."

Mostly True

By Eric Stirgus, Janel Davis • February 13, 2013

EmpowerED Georgia
stated on January 7, 2013 in a chart:

State support for local schools per pupil has decreased by at least 25 percent over the past decade.

Half-True

By Eric Stirgus • February 12, 2013

Markel Hutchins
stated on February 4, 2013 in an interview:

There are twice as many gun shops as McDonald’s in the United States.

Mostly True

By Eric Stirgus • February 11, 2013

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