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Nancy Jester
Nancy Jester
stated on October 10, 2013 in a newspaper op-ed:
Georgia "spends in the top 10 nationally on education, yet, most of our education metrics hover in the bottom five."
Half-True
By Janel Davis • October 25, 2013
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on October 21, 2013 in Facebook posts:
Congress, criminals, Scientologists and other groups are exempt from Obamacare.
Mostly False
By Julie Kliegman • October 24, 2013
Jason Conger
Jason Conger
stated on October 15, 2013 in a campaign speech.:
Says "there are actually more people in poverty now than there were when we started" the War on Poverty.  
Mostly True
By Ian K. Kullgren • October 24, 2013
Tommy Thompson
Tommy Thompson
stated on September 25, 2013 in an interview:
"Wisconsin is not as obese as the national average is. The national average, 35.7 percent of the population is obese. In Wisconsin, it's closer to 26 percent."
Mostly False
October 24, 2013
Sean Hannity
Sean Hannity
stated on October 21, 2013 in a broadcast of the Sean Hannity Show on WBAP AM:
"In 45 out of 50 states, on average men are seeing their premiums double, going up 99 percent. Women up 62 percent."
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • October 24, 2013
Sondy Pope
Sondy Pope
stated on October 3, 2013 in a radio interview:
Common Core "is not from the federal government," they "do not have their fingerprints on this thing at all."
Mostly True
October 24, 2013
Paul LePage
Paul LePage
stated on October 14, 2013 in a speech in Falmouth, Maine:
"About 47 percent of able-bodied people in the state of Maine don’t work."
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • October 23, 2013
Andrew Napolitano
Andrew Napolitano
stated on October 17, 2013 in an interview on "Fox and Friends":
"Woodrow Wilson borrowed $30 billion to fund World War I in 1917. That money has not been paid back. And we are still paying interest on it."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • October 23, 2013
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on October 20, 2013 in an interview on "Fox News Sunday":
"I never was in favor of shutting down the government. … (I) voted to fund the government fully."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • October 23, 2013
Chris Abele
Chris Abele
stated on October 1, 2013 in a speech:
Milwaukee County has "a parks capital budget that’s bigger than it’s been in the last 10 years."
False
By Dave Umhoefer • October 23, 2013
Barth Bracy
Barth Bracy
stated on October 2, 2013 in a news release:
Gov. Lincoln Chafee has imposed "a mandatory abortion fee" on all Rhode Islanders who buy health insurance through the state’s Obamacare exchange.
Half-True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • October 23, 2013
Sam Stein
Sam Stein
stated on October 21, 2013 in an interview on MSNBC's 'Morning Joe':
"No one beta-tested" healthcare.gov.
Mostly True
October 22, 2013
Texas Right to Life
Texas Right to Life
stated on October 3, 2013 in an audio recording described as a radio ad:
"Wendy Davis opposes any limits on abortion."
False
By Sue Owen • October 22, 2013
Tom Colicchio
Tom Colicchio
stated on October 20, 2013 in a tweet:
Says under President Barack Obama, the debt increased by 23 percent, which was less than under any president going back to Ronald Reagan.
False
By Louis Jacobson • October 22, 2013
Maria Bartiromo
Maria Bartiromo
stated on October 20, 2013 in an appearance on NBC's "Meet the Press":
"As a result of Obamacare, we are becoming something of a part-time employment country."
False
By Jon Greenberg • October 22, 2013
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on July 26, 2013 in a statement given to the Tampa Bay Times:
Common Core is being "used by the Obama Administration to turn the Department of Education into what is effectively a national school board."
False
By Amy Sherman • October 22, 2013
Paul Broun
Paul Broun
stated on September 29, 2013 in a newspaper op-ed:
According to a federal report, Obamacare will increase the long-term federal deficit by $6.2 trillion.
Mostly False
By Janel Davis • October 22, 2013
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on October 17, 2013 in a public address:
"Half of all CEOs say that the shutdown and the threat of shutdown set back their plans to hire over the next six months."
Mostly True
By Julie Kliegman • October 21, 2013
Mark Obenshain
Mark Obenshain
stated on October 4, 2013 in a campaign brochure.:
"Mark Herring voted to allow sex offenders, including rapists, to serve shorter sentences."
Mostly False
By Warren Fiske • October 21, 2013
Florida Stop Common Core Coalition
Florida Stop Common Core Coalition
stated on October 16, 2013 in a report linked to on a website:
The goal of Common Core is "to instill federally determined attitudes and mindsets in students including political and religious beliefs."
Pants on Fire!
By Amy Sherman • October 21, 2013
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