Latest Fact-Checks In Message Machine 2010

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Republican Party of Florida
Republican Party of Florida
stated on September 21, 2010 in a television ad:
State pension fund staffers "lost billions. Then Sink gave them bonuses."
Mostly False
By Mary Ellen Klas • September 23, 2010
Citizens for the Republic
Citizens for the Republic
stated on September 21, 2010 in a campaign commercial:
Children born today will carry a $30,000 share of the national debt.
True
By Louis Jacobson • September 23, 2010
Rob Portman
Rob Portman
stated on September 13, 2010 in a campaign video:
"Under Lee Fisher Ohio has lost nearly 400,000 jobs."
Half-True
By Tom Feran • September 23, 2010
Ron Johnson
Ron Johnson
stated on September 15, 2010 in campaign TV and radio ads:
Washington politicians "run Social Security like a Ponzi scheme."
Mostly False
By Cary Spivak • September 23, 2010
Ted Strickland
Ted Strickland
stated on August 27, 2010 in a campaign video:
"Kasich’s trade deals cost Ohio thousands of jobs - 49,000 jobs to Mexico, 91,000 to China."
False
By Tom Feran • September 21, 2010
Republican Governors Association
Republican Governors Association
stated on September 14, 2010 in a television ad:
Roy Barnes "made Georgia dead last in education" and Georgia "led the nation in job losses."
Half-True
By Eric Stirgus • September 21, 2010
60 Plus Association
60 Plus Association
stated on September 8, 2010 in a campaign ad:
The new health care law "will cut $500 billion from Medicare. That will hurt the quality of our care."
Mostly False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • September 20, 2010
Russ Feingold
Russ Feingold
stated on September 13, 2010 in a campaign TV ad:
Says Ron Johnson’s company got government loans and a grant to help expand his business
Half-True
By Dave Umhoefer, Don Walker • September 18, 2010
Barbara Boxer
Barbara Boxer
stated on September 15, 2010 in a political ad:
"As the CEO of HP, Carly Fiorina laid off 30,000 workers."
Mostly True
September 17, 2010
Sharron Angle
Sharron Angle
stated on September 14, 2010 in a campaign commerical:
Harry Reid has voted "to give special tax breaks to illegal aliens."
False
By Louis Jacobson • September 17, 2010
Sharron Angle
Sharron Angle
stated on September 14, 2010 in a campaign commercial:
Harry Reid has voted "to give illegals Social Security benefits even for the time they were here illegally."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • September 17, 2010
Jerry Brown
Jerry Brown
stated on September 14, 2010 in a campaign ad:
"Taxes went down under Jerry Brown."
Mostly True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • September 17, 2010
Republican Governors Association
Republican Governors Association
stated on September 16, 2010 in a series of campaign TV ads:
Tom Barrett "voted for the largest tax increase in history ... raising taxes on gas and Social Security."
Mostly False
By Dave Umhoefer • September 17, 2010
Bill Flores
Bill Flores
stated on September 26, 2010 in a TV ad:
Says he created more than 500 American jobs.
Mostly False
September 17, 2010
Alan Grayson
Alan Grayson
stated on September 3, 2010 in a TV ad.:
Ed Schultz said Alan Grayson is "what it's all about."
True
By Aaron Sharockman • September 16, 2010
National Republican Congressional Committee
National Republican Congressional Committee
stated on September 12, 2010 in a TV ad.:
"700 jobs (were) lost because Allen Boyd" voted for the health care bill.
Mostly False
By Aaron Sharockman • September 16, 2010
Ron Klein
Ron Klein
stated on September 13, 2010 in a campaign ad:
Allen West called Social Security a "Ponzi scheme" and said "this country's got to get on sound footing by destroying it."  
False
By Amy Sherman • September 15, 2010
John Kasich
John Kasich
stated on August 22, 2010 in a television campaign ad:
"You can’t raise taxes in Ohio. We are one of the highest taxed states in the country."
Half-True
By Mark Naymik • September 15, 2010
John Dennis
John Dennis
stated on September 14, 2010 in a campaign commercial:
Taxpayers pay $18,000 a month for House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's district office in downtown San Francisco. 
True
September 15, 2010
Republican Governors Association
Republican Governors Association
stated on August 17, 2010 in a TV commercial:
Roy Barnes is like Barack Obama because they're both doing a lot of apologizing.
Half-True
By Willoughby Mariano • September 15, 2010
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