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Tim Griffin
Tim Griffin
stated on June 4, 2013 in a House Ways and Means hearing:
"There was no surge in 501(c)(4) applications in 2010."
True
By Jon Greenberg • June 7, 2013
Michael Sullivan
Michael Sullivan
stated on May 22, 2013 in a tweet.:
Says Texas lawmakers agreed to cut state's rainy day fund in half, spending "$4 billion from current $8 billion."
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • June 7, 2013
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on June 4, 2013 in remarks in the White House Rose Garden:
"My judicial nominees have waited three times longer to receive confirmation votes than those of my Republican predecessor."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • June 7, 2013
Tom Letson
Tom Letson
stated on May 16, 2013 in an emailed news release :
Says Gov. John Kasich implied that a portion of workers’ compensation rebates to employers "should be directed back to him in the form of campaign cash."
Pants on Fire!
By Henry J. Gomez • June 7, 2013
John Lewis
John Lewis
stated on May 17, 2013 in an op-ed:
"The violent crime rate in America is the same as it was in 1968, yet our prison system has grown by over 500 percent."
Half-True
By Eric Stirgus • June 7, 2013
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on June 4, 2013 in a tweet:
"Nearly 6 out of 10 believe that money and wealth should be more evenly distributed among a larger percentage of the people in the U.S."
True
By Louis Jacobson • June 6, 2013
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on May 11, 2013 in the commencement address at Hillsdale College:
Says Americans "invented ‘Pong,’ ‘Space Invaders’ and the iPhone."
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • June 6, 2013
Jim McDermott
Jim McDermott
stated on June 4, 2013 in a House Ways and Means hearing:
"During the Bush administration, liberal groups were targeted" by the IRS, similar to recent targeting.
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • June 6, 2013
Republican Governors Association
Republican Governors Association
stated on May 29, 2013 in a gubernatorial campaign TV ad:
"Barbara Buono by the numbers: As a Trenton politician, she voted to raise taxes 154 times. Under her, property taxes up 70 percent. Backed a 16 percent sales tax increase. Utilities, nursing homes, cell phones, parking lots, lottery wins, gyms – She taxed them all. Architect of Corzine’s budget, she drove New Jersey $2 billion into debt. Barbara Buono by the numbers: taking New Jersey backwards."
Mostly True
By Caryn Shinske • June 6, 2013
Gina Raimondo
Gina Raimondo
stated on May 29, 2013 in an interview with WJAR-TV:
"The average student comes out of college hundreds of thousands of dollars in debt."
False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • June 6, 2013
Kasim Reed
Kasim Reed
stated on May 29, 2013 in leadership forum:
My office is about a 300-step walk to the governor's office.
Mostly True
By Janel Davis • June 5, 2013
Chuck Grassley
Chuck Grassley
stated on June 3, 2013 in a news release:
Says President Barack Obama is trying to "pack" the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals.
False
By Louis Jacobson • June 5, 2013
Keith Faber
Keith Faber
stated on May 21, 2013 in remarks at a General Assembly session:
"During the Civil War, more than 300,000 Ohioans served in the Union Army -- more per capita than any other state."
True
By Robert Higgs • June 5, 2013
Harry Alford
Harry Alford
stated on February 22, 2013 in a news conference:
The National Rifle Association was "founded by religious leaders who wanted to protect freed slaves from the Ku Klux Klan."
Pants on Fire!
June 5, 2013
Derek Ryan
Derek Ryan
stated on May 22, 2013 in a tweet:
Says first eight chosen to draw Austin City Council districts are seven Democratic primary voters and one Republican primary voter.
True
By Sue Owen • June 4, 2013
Democratic National Committee
Democratic National Committee
stated on May 24, 2013 in an email to supporters:
"Republicans actually doctored emails between administration officials about Benghazi. Then, they released them to the press, trying to pass them off as real."
Mostly False
By Becky Bowers • June 4, 2013
Karl Rove
Karl Rove
stated on May 18, 2013 in a speech at the convention of the Georgia Republican Party.:
Says that in Texas, Republican nominees "get 40 percent of the Latino vote on average."
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • June 4, 2013
National Republican Congressional Committee
National Republican Congressional Committee
stated on May 28, 2013 in a billboard:
U.S. Rep. John Barrow’s plan "puts the IRS in charge of your health care."
Mostly False
By Eric Stirgus • June 4, 2013
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on May 21, 2013 in a Wall Street Journal interview:
"We cut taxes 24 times."
Half-True
June 3, 2013
Carlos Curbelo
Carlos Curbelo
stated on May 24, 2013 in a Fox News interview:
In Miami-Dade County, "we spend at our school system over $20 million every year" educating recent immigrants.
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • June 3, 2013
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