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Wendy Davis
Wendy Davis
stated on July 15, 2013 in an opinion article:
Says that each year, about 25,000 American women become pregnant through rape or incest.
Half-True
By Sue Owen • August 15, 2013
Rand Paul
Rand Paul
stated on August 12, 2013 in an interview on Comedy Central's "The Daily Show":
"Why didn't (uninsured Americans) buy insurance? Because of the expense."
True
By Louis Jacobson • August 15, 2013
Rand Paul
Rand Paul
stated on August 12, 2013 in an interview on Comedy Central's "The Daily Show":
Of the roughly 15 percent of Americans who don’t have health insurance, "half of them made more than $50,000 a year."
False
By Louis Jacobson • August 15, 2013
Kanye West
Kanye West
stated on June 11, 2013 in a newspaper interview:
I have the most Grammys of anyone my age, but I haven't won one against a white person.
Mostly False
By Janel Davis • August 15, 2013
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on August 10, 2013 in a speech to the Family Leadership Summit in Ames, Iowa:
Says "President Obama just granted all of Congress an exception" to Obamacare.
False
By Becky Bowers • August 14, 2013
Bill Foster
Bill Foster
stated on August 14, 2013 in a mayoral forum:
"Sixty percent of the auto thefts that we have in (St. Petersburg) are caused by people leaving their keys in the car."
True
By Julie Kliegman • August 14, 2013
Matt Bevin
Matt Bevin
stated on August 6, 2013 in a campaign ad:
Says Mitch McConnell pushed "the Wall Street bailout through the U.S. Senate" and called it "the Senate at its finest."
Mostly True
By Jon Greenberg • August 14, 2013
Mitch McConnell
Mitch McConnell
stated on August 5, 2013 in a campaign ad:
Says Matt Bevin has repeatedly failed to pay his taxes.
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • August 14, 2013
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on July 29, 2013 in a speech:
Says President Franklin Delano Roosevelt "felt there wasn’t a need in the public sector to have collective bargaining because the government is the people."
True
By Dave Umhoefer • August 14, 2013
Rick Kriseman
Rick Kriseman
stated on August 6, 2013 in a mayoral forum:
"For anybody who's trying to cross the street and has seen those signs that say you have to stop when pedestrians are in the crosswalk, that was a bill that I passed."
Mostly True
By Aaron Sharockman • August 13, 2013
Bill Foster
Bill Foster
stated on August 6, 2013 in a mayoral forum:
Says that while Foster was mayor, Rick Kriseman was "ineffective" in the Florida House of Representatives because "there was no legislation that passed the House that had (Kriseman’s) name on it."
Half-True
By Aaron Sharockman • August 13, 2013
Al Sharpton
Al Sharpton
stated on August 9, 2013 in a segment of his MSNBC show, "Politics Nation":
Says President Barack Obama "has taken 92 days of vacation since he was sworn in," compared to 367 for President George W. Bush at the same point in his presidency.
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • August 12, 2013
Chain email
Chain email
stated on August 12, 2013 in a document shared via email and social media:
A United Nations working group has "adopted a proposed agenda" to enable member nations to "disarm civilians within their borders."
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • August 12, 2013
Ken Cuccinelli
Ken Cuccinelli
stated on July 29, 2013 in a radio interview.:
Says Virginia saved $300 million by rebidding a Metrorail construction project to exclude guaranteed union contracts.
Half-True
August 12, 2013
DuBose Porter
DuBose Porter
stated on August 12, 2013 in a meeting:
Says there are half as many students in one Georgia technical college than there were two years ago.
Mostly True
By Eric Stirgus • August 12, 2013
Rush Holt
Rush Holt
stated on August 5, 2013 in a Democratic primary U.S. Senate seat campaign TV ad:
"We need to pass a carbon tax to stop climate change. Break up the Wall Street banks. And stop the government spying on innocent Americans. Cory Booker doesn’t support any of these ideas."  
Half-True
By Caryn Shinske • August 11, 2013
Ron Johnson
Ron Johnson
stated on July 17, 2013 in an interview:
On average, college students "are taking six years to get a four-year degree."  
Mostly True
August 11, 2013
James Vincent
James Vincent
stated on August 4, 2013 in an appearance on WPRI-TV's "Newsmakers.":
Twenty four states have voter ID or comparable restrictions; before Barack Obama was elected, it was two.
Half-True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • August 11, 2013
Ken Cuccinelli
Ken Cuccinelli
stated on July 20, 2013 in a debate.:
"Every (personhood) bill I’ve ever support has either had language that says we’re conforming to the constitutional rulings of the Supreme Court or something to that effect."
False
By Sean Gorman • August 11, 2013
Jeff Merkley
Jeff Merkley
stated on July 11, 2013 in an opinion article:
Says "in Oregon today, the average debt upon college graduation is more than $24,000."
Mostly True
By Yuxing Zheng • August 10, 2013
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