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Marcia Fudge

Marcia Fudge

Marcia Fudge was the secretary of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and resigned in March 2024. She was previously a congresswoman from Ohio and mayor of Warrensville Heights.  

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Marcia Fudge
Marcia Fudge
stated on May 8, 2019 a hearing
Ohio "thought that our (voting) machines were so awful we got rid of them, but South Carolina bought them. This is true. South Carolina bought all the machines we got rid of because they were not effective."
False
By Amy Sherman • May 23, 2019
Marcia Fudge
Marcia Fudge
stated on April 9, 2013 a Facebook posting
"Women in Ohio earn on average 77 cents for every dollar earned by a man."
Mostly True
By Sabrina Eaton • April 24, 2013
Marcia Fudge
Marcia Fudge
stated on January 17, 2013 a panel discussion on poverty
"When George Bush became president of the United States, 17 million people were in poverty. When he left, 30 million people were in poverty."
False
By Sabrina Eaton • January 30, 2013
Marcia Fudge
Marcia Fudge
stated on January 1, 2013 a news release
The so-called doc fix in the fiscal cliff deal will cut payments "for treating illnesses disproportionately impacting minorities, including end stage renal disease and diabetes."
Mostly True
By Stephen Koff • January 4, 2013
Marcia Fudge
Marcia Fudge
stated on August 24, 2012 a news release
"In Cuyahoga County ... 56 percent of weekend voters in 2008 were African American while adult African Americans comprise 28 percent of the county population."
True
By Sabrina Eaton • September 14, 2012
Marcia Fudge
Marcia Fudge
stated on December 15, 2011 a speech in the House of Representatives
"More than a quarter of mortgage borrowers are underwater, and 11 percent of all homes are vacant."
Half-True
By Sabrina Eaton • January 12, 2012
Marcia Fudge
Marcia Fudge
stated on November 1, 2011 an MSNBC interview with Al Sharpton
"More than half of the people on food stamps today are children."
Mostly True
By Peter Krouse • November 14, 2011
Marcia Fudge
Marcia Fudge
stated on August 22, 2011 an e-mail to Democratic supporters
"H.B. 194, the Voter Suppression Bill, invalidates a vote where a voter properly marks the ballot in support of a particular candidate, but also writes in the name of that same candidate."
Mostly True
By Joe Guillen • September 2, 2011
Marcia Fudge
Marcia Fudge
stated on July 13, 2011 a news conference on voting rights
Says that voter identification laws "keep poor people from voting, minorities from voting, the elderly from voting, students from voting."
Half-True
By Stephen Koff • August 10, 2011
Marcia Fudge
Marcia Fudge
stated on March 1, 2011 an interview on C-SPAN
"There are corporations in this nation, some of the biggest corporations in this nation, who do not pay taxes."
True
By Sabrina Eaton • March 15, 2011
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stated on August 12, 2011 web pages
Say Ohio Reps. Marcia Fudge, Marcy Kaptur and Dennis Kucinich are "socialists who are openly serving in the U.S. Congress."
Pants on Fire!
By Charles Pope, Tom Feran • September 6, 2011
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