Latest Fact-checks by C. Eugene Emery Jr. Clear Any Rating True Mostly True Half True Mostly False False Pants on Fire Full Flop Half Flip No Flip Any Speaker Any Date Range Last 3 Months Last 6 Months Last 12 Months 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 Any Category Angel Taveras stated on August 19, 2014 in a commercial: Says Gina Raimondo's "venture capital firm secured a secret no-bid contract funded by taxpayers." Vincent "Buddy" Cianci stated on September 10, 2014 in a radio interview: Jorge Elorza "wants to impose a municipal income tax." Gina Raimondo stated on August 26, 2014 in a debate: "The pension fund in the city of Providence is only 30 percent funded, about the same level as when he [Taveras] took office." American LeadHERship PAC stated on August 27, 2014 in a campaign mailing: "There have been at least 100 shootings each year [Angel Taveras] has been mayor" of Providence. John Carlevale stated on August 10, 2014 in an interview on WPRI's "Newsmakers" program: "Over 60 percent of the provisional ballots cast in [the 2012] election were disqualified because those folks were not duly registered as voters." Allan Fung stated on August 18, 2014 in a news release: "Nazi imagery [was used] by the Block for Governor campaign to describe supporters of Allan Fung for Governor." Mark S. Zaccaria stated on August 3, 2014 in an interview on "10 News Conference.": Sen. Jack Reed "cast the deciding vote in the Senate for the Affordable Care Act." Cormick Lynch stated on August 3, 2014 in a debate on WPRI's Newsmakers: The cost of "college education has gone up 1,200 percent since 1978." Seth Magaziner stated on July 13, 2014 in a debate on WPRI-TV: Rhode Island's state pension system "underperformed the median three out of the four years that Mr. [Frank] Caprio was in office." Angel Taveras stated on July 12, 2014 in an interview with The Providence Journal: "If you look at what we’ve done over the last several years, the crime rate has actually gone down in [Providence] and . . . the number of shootings has been going down." John DePetro stated on July 7, 2014 in a talk radio comment: "Although the governor doubled the beach fees . . . all the money, as we found out, is all going to an out-of-state company. The state isn't even getting the money for that." Nicholas Mattiello stated on July 6, 2014 in an interview on WPRI's "Newsmakers.": On the last night of the General Assembly, "by 11 o'clock 95 to 98 percent of the business was done. So we really didn't have that late-night session. We were just holding on one bill." Allan Fung stated on June 26, 2014 in a letter to taxpayers: Cranston's 2014-2015 "budget funds 100 percent of the local police and fire pension and other retiree benefit costs." Allan Fung stated on June 17, 2014 in a debate: Republican candidate for governor Ken Block was "fined and had to admit that (he) funneled money illegally to the Moderate Party." Kenneth Block stated on June 17, 2014 in a debate: Republican candidate for governor Allan Fung "donated to Democrats like Congressman David Cicilline, disgraced (House) speaker Gordon Fox and even Mr. Obamacare, Harry Reid." Jack Reed stated on May 1, 2014 in Senate floor speeches and during a news conference: The Senate proposal to restore emergency unemployment benefits for five months was "fully paid for." Erin Lynch stated on June 11, 2014 in a speech on the floor of the Rhode Island Senate: "The average age of the minimum wage worker is 35 years old." Jack Reed stated on May 1, 2014 in a speech on the floor of the U.S. Senate: In the 1950s and 1960s, "the minimum wage was such that it would lift you out of poverty." Allan Fung stated on June 2, 2014 in a TV commercial: Ken "Block supports Obamacare." Dawson Hodgson stated on May 27, 2014 in a radio commercial: Peter Kilmartin voted for the 38 Studios loan guarantee and his State House job was to "twist [legislator’s] arms to vote for deals like this." Angel Taveras stated on May 12, 2014 in a fundraising letter: I turned "a $110 million deficit into a $1.6 million surplus for our city." Nicholas Mattiello stated on April 6, 2014 in a television interview: The Pell bridge "is a tourism bridge essentially and not a commuter bridge." Gina Raimondo stated on April 28, 2014 in a news release: "Residential property taxes [in Providence] are up nearly 27 percent under Mayor Taveras." Robert Walsh stated on April 20, 2014 in an interview on WPRI's "Newsmakers" program: Says gubernatorial candidate Clay Pell "hasn't spent a dime on advertising." Seth Magaziner stated on April 13, 2014 in an appearance on “10 News Conference”: "In Rhode Island today, 25 percent of our households either don't have a bank account at all, or they have a bank account and they're still relying on high-cost financial services like payday loans, pawn shop check cashing and so on." Michael Solomon stated on April 3, 2014 in a news release: "Pregnant women who stand for five to six hours at a time increase their risk of pre-term pregnancy by 80 percent." Mike Stenhouse stated on April 2, 2014 in a commentary in The Providence Journal: "A grant for $5,000 [from the Governor’s Workforce Board] went to teach an employee at a company that makes ornamental business card holders how to use Facebook and Twitter." Linda Finn stated on March 18, 2014 in a speech during a rally at the Rhode Island state house: "By a two-to-one margin, Rhode Islanders want to ban assault weapons and we have a very small percentage of gun owners in this state, less than 13 percent." Heidi Heilman stated on March 13, 2014 in a commentary in The Providence Journal: "Today’s marijuana is 300 percent to 800 percent more potent than the pot of yesteryear." Occupy Democrats stated on December 26, 2013 in a Facebook post: "Nine out of the 10 poorest states are Red states."
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Angel Taveras stated on August 19, 2014 in a commercial: Says Gina Raimondo's "venture capital firm secured a secret no-bid contract funded by taxpayers." Vincent "Buddy" Cianci stated on September 10, 2014 in a radio interview: Jorge Elorza "wants to impose a municipal income tax." Gina Raimondo stated on August 26, 2014 in a debate: "The pension fund in the city of Providence is only 30 percent funded, about the same level as when he [Taveras] took office." American LeadHERship PAC stated on August 27, 2014 in a campaign mailing: "There have been at least 100 shootings each year [Angel Taveras] has been mayor" of Providence. John Carlevale stated on August 10, 2014 in an interview on WPRI's "Newsmakers" program: "Over 60 percent of the provisional ballots cast in [the 2012] election were disqualified because those folks were not duly registered as voters." Allan Fung stated on August 18, 2014 in a news release: "Nazi imagery [was used] by the Block for Governor campaign to describe supporters of Allan Fung for Governor." Mark S. Zaccaria stated on August 3, 2014 in an interview on "10 News Conference.": Sen. Jack Reed "cast the deciding vote in the Senate for the Affordable Care Act." Cormick Lynch stated on August 3, 2014 in a debate on WPRI's Newsmakers: The cost of "college education has gone up 1,200 percent since 1978." Seth Magaziner stated on July 13, 2014 in a debate on WPRI-TV: Rhode Island's state pension system "underperformed the median three out of the four years that Mr. [Frank] Caprio was in office." Angel Taveras stated on July 12, 2014 in an interview with The Providence Journal: "If you look at what we’ve done over the last several years, the crime rate has actually gone down in [Providence] and . . . the number of shootings has been going down." John DePetro stated on July 7, 2014 in a talk radio comment: "Although the governor doubled the beach fees . . . all the money, as we found out, is all going to an out-of-state company. The state isn't even getting the money for that." Nicholas Mattiello stated on July 6, 2014 in an interview on WPRI's "Newsmakers.": On the last night of the General Assembly, "by 11 o'clock 95 to 98 percent of the business was done. So we really didn't have that late-night session. We were just holding on one bill." Allan Fung stated on June 26, 2014 in a letter to taxpayers: Cranston's 2014-2015 "budget funds 100 percent of the local police and fire pension and other retiree benefit costs." Allan Fung stated on June 17, 2014 in a debate: Republican candidate for governor Ken Block was "fined and had to admit that (he) funneled money illegally to the Moderate Party." Kenneth Block stated on June 17, 2014 in a debate: Republican candidate for governor Allan Fung "donated to Democrats like Congressman David Cicilline, disgraced (House) speaker Gordon Fox and even Mr. Obamacare, Harry Reid." Jack Reed stated on May 1, 2014 in Senate floor speeches and during a news conference: The Senate proposal to restore emergency unemployment benefits for five months was "fully paid for." Erin Lynch stated on June 11, 2014 in a speech on the floor of the Rhode Island Senate: "The average age of the minimum wage worker is 35 years old." Jack Reed stated on May 1, 2014 in a speech on the floor of the U.S. Senate: In the 1950s and 1960s, "the minimum wage was such that it would lift you out of poverty." Allan Fung stated on June 2, 2014 in a TV commercial: Ken "Block supports Obamacare." Dawson Hodgson stated on May 27, 2014 in a radio commercial: Peter Kilmartin voted for the 38 Studios loan guarantee and his State House job was to "twist [legislator’s] arms to vote for deals like this." Angel Taveras stated on May 12, 2014 in a fundraising letter: I turned "a $110 million deficit into a $1.6 million surplus for our city." Nicholas Mattiello stated on April 6, 2014 in a television interview: The Pell bridge "is a tourism bridge essentially and not a commuter bridge." Gina Raimondo stated on April 28, 2014 in a news release: "Residential property taxes [in Providence] are up nearly 27 percent under Mayor Taveras." Robert Walsh stated on April 20, 2014 in an interview on WPRI's "Newsmakers" program: Says gubernatorial candidate Clay Pell "hasn't spent a dime on advertising." Seth Magaziner stated on April 13, 2014 in an appearance on “10 News Conference”: "In Rhode Island today, 25 percent of our households either don't have a bank account at all, or they have a bank account and they're still relying on high-cost financial services like payday loans, pawn shop check cashing and so on." Michael Solomon stated on April 3, 2014 in a news release: "Pregnant women who stand for five to six hours at a time increase their risk of pre-term pregnancy by 80 percent." Mike Stenhouse stated on April 2, 2014 in a commentary in The Providence Journal: "A grant for $5,000 [from the Governor’s Workforce Board] went to teach an employee at a company that makes ornamental business card holders how to use Facebook and Twitter." Linda Finn stated on March 18, 2014 in a speech during a rally at the Rhode Island state house: "By a two-to-one margin, Rhode Islanders want to ban assault weapons and we have a very small percentage of gun owners in this state, less than 13 percent." Heidi Heilman stated on March 13, 2014 in a commentary in The Providence Journal: "Today’s marijuana is 300 percent to 800 percent more potent than the pot of yesteryear." Occupy Democrats stated on December 26, 2013 in a Facebook post: "Nine out of the 10 poorest states are Red states."
Angel Taveras stated on August 19, 2014 in a commercial: Says Gina Raimondo's "venture capital firm secured a secret no-bid contract funded by taxpayers."
Vincent "Buddy" Cianci stated on September 10, 2014 in a radio interview: Jorge Elorza "wants to impose a municipal income tax."
Gina Raimondo stated on August 26, 2014 in a debate: "The pension fund in the city of Providence is only 30 percent funded, about the same level as when he [Taveras] took office."
American LeadHERship PAC stated on August 27, 2014 in a campaign mailing: "There have been at least 100 shootings each year [Angel Taveras] has been mayor" of Providence.
John Carlevale stated on August 10, 2014 in an interview on WPRI's "Newsmakers" program: "Over 60 percent of the provisional ballots cast in [the 2012] election were disqualified because those folks were not duly registered as voters."
Allan Fung stated on August 18, 2014 in a news release: "Nazi imagery [was used] by the Block for Governor campaign to describe supporters of Allan Fung for Governor."
Mark S. Zaccaria stated on August 3, 2014 in an interview on "10 News Conference.": Sen. Jack Reed "cast the deciding vote in the Senate for the Affordable Care Act."
Cormick Lynch stated on August 3, 2014 in a debate on WPRI's Newsmakers: The cost of "college education has gone up 1,200 percent since 1978."
Seth Magaziner stated on July 13, 2014 in a debate on WPRI-TV: Rhode Island's state pension system "underperformed the median three out of the four years that Mr. [Frank] Caprio was in office."
Angel Taveras stated on July 12, 2014 in an interview with The Providence Journal: "If you look at what we’ve done over the last several years, the crime rate has actually gone down in [Providence] and . . . the number of shootings has been going down."
John DePetro stated on July 7, 2014 in a talk radio comment: "Although the governor doubled the beach fees . . . all the money, as we found out, is all going to an out-of-state company. The state isn't even getting the money for that."
Nicholas Mattiello stated on July 6, 2014 in an interview on WPRI's "Newsmakers.": On the last night of the General Assembly, "by 11 o'clock 95 to 98 percent of the business was done. So we really didn't have that late-night session. We were just holding on one bill."
Allan Fung stated on June 26, 2014 in a letter to taxpayers: Cranston's 2014-2015 "budget funds 100 percent of the local police and fire pension and other retiree benefit costs."
Allan Fung stated on June 17, 2014 in a debate: Republican candidate for governor Ken Block was "fined and had to admit that (he) funneled money illegally to the Moderate Party."
Kenneth Block stated on June 17, 2014 in a debate: Republican candidate for governor Allan Fung "donated to Democrats like Congressman David Cicilline, disgraced (House) speaker Gordon Fox and even Mr. Obamacare, Harry Reid."
Jack Reed stated on May 1, 2014 in Senate floor speeches and during a news conference: The Senate proposal to restore emergency unemployment benefits for five months was "fully paid for."
Erin Lynch stated on June 11, 2014 in a speech on the floor of the Rhode Island Senate: "The average age of the minimum wage worker is 35 years old."
Jack Reed stated on May 1, 2014 in a speech on the floor of the U.S. Senate: In the 1950s and 1960s, "the minimum wage was such that it would lift you out of poverty."
Dawson Hodgson stated on May 27, 2014 in a radio commercial: Peter Kilmartin voted for the 38 Studios loan guarantee and his State House job was to "twist [legislator’s] arms to vote for deals like this."
Angel Taveras stated on May 12, 2014 in a fundraising letter: I turned "a $110 million deficit into a $1.6 million surplus for our city."
Nicholas Mattiello stated on April 6, 2014 in a television interview: The Pell bridge "is a tourism bridge essentially and not a commuter bridge."
Gina Raimondo stated on April 28, 2014 in a news release: "Residential property taxes [in Providence] are up nearly 27 percent under Mayor Taveras."
Robert Walsh stated on April 20, 2014 in an interview on WPRI's "Newsmakers" program: Says gubernatorial candidate Clay Pell "hasn't spent a dime on advertising."
Seth Magaziner stated on April 13, 2014 in an appearance on “10 News Conference”: "In Rhode Island today, 25 percent of our households either don't have a bank account at all, or they have a bank account and they're still relying on high-cost financial services like payday loans, pawn shop check cashing and so on."
Michael Solomon stated on April 3, 2014 in a news release: "Pregnant women who stand for five to six hours at a time increase their risk of pre-term pregnancy by 80 percent."
Mike Stenhouse stated on April 2, 2014 in a commentary in The Providence Journal: "A grant for $5,000 [from the Governor’s Workforce Board] went to teach an employee at a company that makes ornamental business card holders how to use Facebook and Twitter."
Linda Finn stated on March 18, 2014 in a speech during a rally at the Rhode Island state house: "By a two-to-one margin, Rhode Islanders want to ban assault weapons and we have a very small percentage of gun owners in this state, less than 13 percent."
Heidi Heilman stated on March 13, 2014 in a commentary in The Providence Journal: "Today’s marijuana is 300 percent to 800 percent more potent than the pot of yesteryear."
Occupy Democrats stated on December 26, 2013 in a Facebook post: "Nine out of the 10 poorest states are Red states."
