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Larry Ashley
Larry Ashley
stated on November 7, 2013 in a Florida House criminal justice subcommittee hearing:
"Florida sheriffs unequivocally support" the "stand your ground" law.
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • November 15, 2013
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on November 8, 2013 in in an interview on the "Tonight Show":
"Under President (George W.) Bush, prosecution of gun crimes was 30 percent higher than it is under President Obama."
Mostly False
By Julie Kliegman • November 15, 2013
Jim McDermott
Jim McDermott
stated on November 12, 2013 in an interview on MSNBC's "Politics Nation":
"On (the federal minimum wage of) $7.75, you can’t even make half the poverty level."
False
By Louis Jacobson • November 15, 2013
Ellen Qualls
Ellen Qualls
stated on November 12, 2013 in comments on Fox News Channel:
Obamacare "was the Republican plan in the early '90s."
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • November 15, 2013
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on November 13, 2013 in a book:
"The $3.6 billion deficit we inherited has turned into more than a half-billion-dollar surplus."
Half-True
By Dave Umhoefer • November 15, 2013
Lynn Westmoreland
Lynn Westmoreland
stated on October 16, 2013 in an article:
"I have returned money every year since taking office."
True
By Eric Stirgus • November 15, 2013
Goldie Taylor
Goldie Taylor
stated on November 12, 2013 in an interview with Al Sharpton on MSNBC's "PoliticsNation":
"Our national debt is as low as it has been since World War II."
False
November 14, 2013
Chris Christie
Chris Christie
stated on November 10, 2013 in an interview on ABC's "This Week":
"Given how expansive our program already was," expanding Medicaid in New Jersey due to Obamacare "was a relatively small expansion."
Mostly True
By Julie Kliegman • November 14, 2013
City of Austin
City of Austin
stated on November 6, 2013 in a press release:
"Onion Creek’s highest flow rate" on a recent night of flooding "was 120,000 cubic feet per second, which is nearly double the average flow rate of Niagara Falls."
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • November 14, 2013
Ken Detzner
Ken Detzner
stated on November 4, 2013 in a state Senate ethics and elections committee hearing:
One of the "main functions" of the Department of Homeland Security’s SAVE database is "checking voter registration citizenship status."
False
By Amy Sherman • November 14, 2013
Al Sharpton
Al Sharpton
stated on November 12, 2013 in a segment on MSNBC's "PoliticsNation":
Under Obama, the national debt "has been reduced every year for the last five years."
False
November 14, 2013
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on November 13, 2013 in a book:
"During my eight years as county executive, we cut the number of county workers by 20 percent."
True
By Dave Umhoefer • November 14, 2013
Miriam Martinez
Miriam Martinez
stated on November 11, 2013 in her campaign website:
I am "the first Latina to run for governor of Texas."
False
By W. Gardner Selby • November 13, 2013
Jeff Merkley
Jeff Merkley
stated on November 4, 2013 in a newspaper article.:
Says the Affordable Care Act has already reduced the number of uninsured in Oregon by 10 percent.
True
By Ian K. Kullgren • November 13, 2013
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on November 8, 2013 in an interview on NBC's "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno":
"In the last four years, our economy has grown on average 0.9 percent a year."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • November 13, 2013
Sean Hannity
Sean Hannity
stated on November 11, 2013 in comments on Fox News Channel:
"In July 2010 the government said small businesses -- 60 percent -- will lose their health care, 45 percent of big business and a large percentage of individual health."
False
By Jon Greenberg • November 13, 2013
Steve Israel
Steve Israel
stated on November 6, 2013 in an interview on MSNBC:
"Things went wrong with the Medicare prescription D plan that George Bush rolled out."
True
By Steve Contorno • November 13, 2013
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on November 12, 2013 in a book:
"The national debt is on track to double during Obama’s presidency."  
Mostly True
November 13, 2013
Michael Mule'
Michael Mule'
stated on November 4, 2013 in an interview:
"Georgia has lost 14 percent of its jobs paying more than $50,000 a year and added 15 percent to its Medicaid rolls during the recovery."
Half-True
By Eric Stirgus • November 13, 2013
Mr. Conservative
Mr. Conservative
stated on November 12, 2013 in a Web post:
Says the Obama administration is handing out a pamphlet titled, "What To Do When The Veteran In Your Classroom Attempts A Mass Shooting"
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • November 12, 2013
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