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Alan Grayson

Alan Grayson

Alan Grayson was initially elected to Congress in 2008, then defeated for re-election in 2010. He was elected again to Congress from a different district in 2012. He lost the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate in Florida in 2016.

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Alan Grayson
Alan Grayson
stated on June 30, 2016 an interview with the "Tampa Bay Times" editorial board
Says Patrick Murphy has "taken more money from Wall Street than any other member of Congress other than the speaker and the majority leader."
Mostly True
By Allison Graves • July 7, 2016
Alan Grayson
Alan Grayson
stated on June 12, 2016 an interview with CNN's Erin Burnett after the Orlando shooting
The rifle used by Omar Mateen "shoots off 700 rounds in a minute."  
Mostly False
By Neelesh Moorthy • June 14, 2016
Alan Grayson
Alan Grayson
stated on May 15, 2016 an interview with CBS4
Says Patrick Murphy "switched his vote on All Aboard Florida ... because his father tried to get in a bid to build it and was unsuccessful."  
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • May 18, 2016
Alan Grayson
Alan Grayson
stated on May 11, 2016 a fundraising email
Says Patrick Murphy is one of "only three Democrats in the House today who voted" to create the Benghazi committee.
Mostly True
By Joshua Gillin • May 16, 2016
Alan Grayson
Alan Grayson
stated on April 25, 2016 an Orlando debate
"There's only three countries in the entire world where there's no paid vacation by law, we happen to be one of them."
Half-True
By Joshua Gillin • May 3, 2016
Alan Grayson
Alan Grayson
stated on April 25, 2016 an Orlando debate
Says LeBron James "stops paying his Social Security taxes at the beginning of the second quarter of the first game of the season."
Mostly True
By Joshua Gillin • April 28, 2016
Alan Grayson
Alan Grayson
stated on April 5, 2016 a Tampa Bay Times interview
In every ethics case that has resulted in a formal sanction, "there's been an investigative subcommittee that's been established first."
Half-True
By Joshua Gillin • April 13, 2016
Alan Grayson
Alan Grayson
stated on November 25, 2015 an interview on the "Alan Colmes Show" on Fox News
"Technically, (Ted Cruz is) not even an American."
Pants on Fire!
By Jon Greenberg • December 8, 2015
Alan Grayson
Alan Grayson
stated on August 12, 2015 a press release
Says Patrick Murphy "hasn't passed a single bill out of committee."
False
By Joshua Gillin • August 18, 2015
Alan Grayson
Alan Grayson
stated on July 9, 2015 an announcement video
"In the past two years in Congress, I’ve written more bills, passed more amendments on the floor of the House and enacted more of my bills into law than any other member of the House."  
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • July 14, 2015
Alan Grayson
Alan Grayson
stated on April 16, 2015 an interview with Democracy Now
"I’m the only member of the House of Representatives who raised most of his campaign funds in the last election from small contributions of less than $200."
True
By Amy Sherman • April 27, 2015
Alan Grayson
Alan Grayson
stated on October 26, 2013 a speech to the Florida Democratic Party
"This is the year Florida becomes a majority minority state."
False
By Amy Sherman • October 31, 2013
Alan Grayson
Alan Grayson
stated on September 7, 2013 an interview with the "Washington Post"
In the event of a U.S. strike on Syria, "the Russians will replace the weapons immediately. They’ve said it on the record. They’ve suggested they might even replace it with better stuff."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • September 11, 2013
Alan Grayson
Alan Grayson
stated on May 21, 2013 a news release
A bill to advance the Keystone XL Pipeline "is an earmark" under House rules.
False
By Louis Jacobson • May 31, 2013
Alan Grayson
Alan Grayson
stated on November 24, 2012 a Huffington Post column
Says Walmart employees represent the largest group of Medicaid and food stamp recipients in many states, costing the taxpayer $1,000 per worker.
Mostly True
By Katie Sanders • December 6, 2012
Alan Grayson
Alan Grayson
stated on August 6, 2012 a campaign mailer
Says Gov. Jeb Bush vetoed the "Quiñones Plan" because it was "taxation without representation on a large scale."
Half-True
By Katie Sanders • August 6, 2012
Alan Grayson
Alan Grayson
stated on October 7, 2011 appearance on Bill Maher show on Oct. 7, 2011
Says 24 million people in this country "can't find a full-time job," 50 million "can't see a doctor when they're sick," 47 million people need government help to feed themselves and 15 million families owe more than the value of their home.
True
By Katie Sanders • October 24, 2011
Alan Grayson
Alan Grayson
stated on October 10, 2011 an interview on MSNBC's "The Rachel Maddow Show"
"According to Wikipedia, there are only five countries in the entire planet that are more unequal than the United States in the distribution of our wealth."
True
By Louis Jacobson • October 14, 2011
Alan Grayson
Alan Grayson
stated on September 1, 2011 an e-mail to supporters about his opposition to the Iraq and Afghanistan wars
"$360 million of our tax dollars went straight to ... the Taliban."
Mostly True
By Katie Sanders • September 15, 2011
Alan Grayson
Alan Grayson
stated on March 8, 2011 comments on MSNBC.
Says Florida Gov. Rick Scott’s cuts to education are the same as his proposed corporate income tax rate reduction.  
Mostly False
By Aaron Sharockman • March 9, 2011
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Latest Fact-Checks About Alan Grayson

U.S. Chamber of Commerce
U.S. Chamber of Commerce
stated on May 21, 2012 TV commercial
"Obamacare could cause 20 million people to lose their current coverage."
Mostly False
By Katie Sanders • May 21, 2012
U.S. Chamber of Commerce
U.S. Chamber of Commerce
stated on May 8, 2012 attack ad for TV
"A Florida judge ruled parts of Obamacare unconstitutional."
Mostly True
By Katie Sanders • May 18, 2012
Republican Party of Florida
Republican Party of Florida
stated on February 26, 2010 a press release
U.S. Rep. Alan Grayson "compared a former vice president to a vampire ... and compared America's health care system to the Holocaust."
Mostly True
By Aaron Sharockman • March 2, 2010
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