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Charlie Crist
Charlie Crist
stated on November 18, 2013 in an interview on MSNBC's "The Ed Show":
"We’re the Sunshine State, and we’re hardly doing any solar energy production."
Mostly True
By Rochelle Koff • December 3, 2013
Doonesbury
Doonesbury
stated on December 1, 2013 in a Doonesbury strip in the Sunday comics:
"The economy bled $24 billion" due to the government shutdown.
Mostly True
By Jon Greenberg • December 3, 2013
Saxby Chambliss
Saxby Chambliss
stated on November 19, 2013 in a debate on the Senate floor:
"The recidivism rate is nearly 29 percent and has been climbing steadily since detainees began being released from Guantanamo."
Half-True
By Willoughby Mariano • December 2, 2013
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on November 20, 2013 in a Facebook posting:
"Since 1988, Congress has raised its own salary 15 times 'to reflect rising costs.' But raised the minimum wage only three times."
Mostly False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • December 2, 2013
Mike Tate
Mike Tate
stated on November 17, 2013 in a fund-raising email:
Says Gov. Scott Walker has dropped Wisconsin "to 45th in the nation in job growth prospects while campaigning for president out of state."
Mostly False
December 1, 2013
Joseph Henchman
Joseph Henchman
stated on November 19, 2013 in hearing testimony:
"Only 25 percent of what people buy is subject to Rhode Island’s sales tax."
False
By John Hill • December 1, 2013
Chain email
Chain email
stated on November 26, 2013 in a chain email:
If the Trans-Pacific Partnership "is fast-tracked through the Senate, it won't receive a committee assignment" and the consideration will include "no debate."
False
By Louis Jacobson • November 29, 2013
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on November 23, 2013 in a press release:
"Just days ago, Iran's Supreme Leader (Ali) Khamenei, who will oversee implementation of this agreement, was calling Israel a 'rabid dog' and accusing the United States of war crimes."
True
By Julie Kliegman • November 27, 2013
Jerry Patterson
Jerry Patterson
stated on November 19, 2013 in an online campaign video:
"Firearms homicides are down about 40 percent" since Texas passed concealed-gun permit law.
Mostly True
By Sue Owen • November 27, 2013
Allen West
Allen West
stated on November 25, 2013 in comments on his blog:
"Black people kill more black people every six months than the KKK did in 86 years."
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • November 27, 2013
Julaine Appling
Julaine Appling
stated on November 13, 2013 in a radio interview:
In Wisconsin, more than 300,000 people have "some kind of addictive gambling problem, whether it’s pathological or what we’d categorize as a problem gambler."
False
By Dave Umhoefer • November 27, 2013
Lynn Westmoreland
Lynn Westmoreland
stated on November 14, 2013 in a tweet:
"Only 536 Georgians are signed up for Obamacare while 400,000 in the state lost their health insurance."
Half-True
By Eric Stirgus • November 27, 2013
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on November 20, 2013 in a speech at the American Enterprise Institute:
"I did not support the sequester."
True
By Amy Sherman • November 26, 2013
Ron Johnson
Ron Johnson
stated on November 17, 2013 in the weekly Republican address:
"Republicans have proposed dozens of (health care) solutions designed to help control costs and improve quality."
Half-True
By Steve Contorno • November 26, 2013
Donna Brazile
Donna Brazile
stated on November 19, 2013 in a broadcast of CNN's Situation Room:
Republican ideas on health care don’t give people "an option to even enroll in something that they can afford."
Mostly True
By Jon Greenberg • November 26, 2013
Kurt Schrader
Kurt Schrader
stated on November 9, 2013 in a TV interview.:
On whether people can keep their insurance under the Affordable Care Act.
Half Flip
By Ian K. Kullgren • November 26, 2013
Lloyd Doggett
Lloyd Doggett
stated on November 4, 2013 in a guest lecture:
"During the last election, Democrats won over a million votes more than Republicans, but because of the way districts are designed, the Republicans got 33 more members of the House of Representatives than the Democrats did."
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • November 26, 2013
Obama's heckler
Obama's heckler
stated on November 25, 2013 in comments during the president's speech:
President Barack Obama has the "power to stop deportation for all undocumented immigrants in this country."
Mostly False
By Aaron Sharockman • November 26, 2013
John Loud
John Loud
stated on November 19, 2013 in newspaper article :
"These 60 acres (the Atlanta Braves want to build a stadium on) have produced zero SPLOST money for parks and recreation, have produced zero money for education."      
Mostly True
By Eric Stirgus • November 26, 2013
Grady Judd
Grady Judd
stated on November 19, 2013 in a "Sun-Sentinel" editorial:
Florida’s proposed amendment for medical marijuana would allow "people who alleged minor ailments such as muscle spasms, neck pain, back pain and even menstrual cramps (to qualify) for government-sanctioned pot-smoking."
Mostly True
By Julie Kliegman • November 25, 2013
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