Latest Fact-checks in Rhode Island 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 Rhode Island Center for Freedom and Prosperity dicho el Enero 10, 2015 en a tweet: "Common welfare programs give income of $43,330 or $20.83 an hour." Ron Hayduk dicho el Enero 1, 2015 en a newspaper commentary: "The right to vote in this country has never been intrinsically tied to citizenship." Arthur Cyr dicho el Diciembre 26, 2014 en a Providence Journal commentary: Says Nikita Khrushchev brought an extra shoe to a United Nations session in 1960, which he banged on the desk in protest. Kevin Flynn dicho el Noviembre 25, 2014 en a website story: "There’s nothing in the [RhodeMap RI] plan that takes away local government control and local zoning control." Sheldon Whitehouse dicho el Diciembre 17, 2014 en a Senate floor speech: "January through November 2014, the year so far, were the hottest first 11 months of any year recorded." James Aubin dicho el Enero 5, 2015 en a newspaper commentary: "Colorado raked in $60 million in marijuana taxes and licensing fees in the past year." Patrick Lynch dicho el Noviembre 24, 2014 en a newspaper commentary: Exposure to the electromagnetic fields from power lines "has been associated with childhood leukemia and other diseases." Sheldon Whitehouse dicho el Diciembre 14, 2014 en a TV interview: The United States "decided waterboarding was torture back when we court-martialed American soldiers for waterboarding Philippine insurgents in the Philippine revolution." James Crowley dicho el Diciembre 6, 2014 en a commentary in The Providence Journal: "Surveys of teens in high school reveal that knowing a classmate who sells cannabis is 90 times more common than knowing a classmate who sells alcohol." Mike Stenhouse dicho el Noviembre 14, 2014 en a radio interview: "According to HUD, it is patently unfair and socially unjust that wealthy people can live in an exclusive neighborhood." Diego Arene-Morley dicho el Noviembre 18, 2014 en a community forum: "There are more African American men in prison, jail, on probation or parole than were enslaved in 1850." Lincoln Chafee dicho el Noviembre 14, 2014 en a newspaper interview: Rhode Island's legislature is "the strongest in the country." Jorge Elorza dicho el Noviembre 9, 2014 en a TV interview: "Our median income here in Providence is the same as the median income in Mississippi." Anne Nolan dicho el Noviembre 12, 2014 en a Journal commentary: "In Rhode Island, a recent study showed that among a group of people who had been homeless for a year or more, Medicaid costs averaged about $60,000 per person." Friends of India Point Park dicho el Octubre 31, 2014 en a web site: "Proximity to high-voltage power lines lowers property values by as much as 30 percent." Robert Healey dicho el Noviembre 5, 2014 en interviews: I spent only $36.29 on my campaign for governor. David Cicilline dicho el Octubre 26, 2014 en a TV debate: "We have the third-lowest minimum wage … of developed countries." Allan Fung dicho el Octubre 9, 2014 en a TV commercial: Gina Raimondo "paid 70 million in taxpayer dollars to millionaire hedge fund managers." Gina Raimondo dicho el Octubre 7, 2014 en in television commercial: "I fought 38 Studios from the beginning." Ernest Almonte dicho el Octubre 19, 2014 en a television commercial: Seth Magaziner "plans to spend billions more of your money." John Carlevale dicho el Octubre 19, 2014 en a TV debate: Four members of the Rhode Island General Assembly "went to vote in 2010 and were told they had already voted." Allan Fung dicho el Octubre 21, 2014 en a Providence Journal-WPRI-12 debate: "Governor Carcieri has not been campaigning with me." Ernest Almonte dicho el Octubre 5, 2014 en an interview on WLNE's "On the Record": "I was speaking out on pension reform almost 17 years ago." Local 799 of the International Assoc. of Fire Fighters dicho el Octubre 8, 2014 en in a mailer: "Elorza wants to teach our public school children about the ‘non-existence of God.’" Peter Kilmartin dicho el Octubre 2, 2014 en an interview on Rhode Island Public Radio: "In the past three years, we have prosecuted or brought more cases on access to public records than in the previous 12 years combined." The Rhode Island Catholic dicho el Octubre 2, 2014 en a newspaper editorial: Almost every state has offered an insurance plan on its health exchange that does not cover abortion. American LeadHERship PAC dicho el Octubre 8, 2014 en a TV commercial: "As mayor, [Allan Fung] raised taxes three times." Allan Fung dicho el Septiembre 29, 2014 en a TV commercial: In the 38 Studios deal, "Wall Street investors took a risk, and went bust." Jorge Elorza dicho el Septiembre 30, 2014 en a debate: "In the last six years of Cianci’s administration violent crime was down in the United States. It was down in the region. It was down in Rhode Island. But it was up in Providence." Jorge Elorza dicho el Septiembre 30, 2014 en a Providence Journal-WPRI debate: "We have a retiree that is collecting a $17,000 paycheck a month . . . tax free."
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Rhode Island Center for Freedom and Prosperity dicho el Enero 10, 2015 en a tweet: "Common welfare programs give income of $43,330 or $20.83 an hour." Ron Hayduk dicho el Enero 1, 2015 en a newspaper commentary: "The right to vote in this country has never been intrinsically tied to citizenship." Arthur Cyr dicho el Diciembre 26, 2014 en a Providence Journal commentary: Says Nikita Khrushchev brought an extra shoe to a United Nations session in 1960, which he banged on the desk in protest. Kevin Flynn dicho el Noviembre 25, 2014 en a website story: "There’s nothing in the [RhodeMap RI] plan that takes away local government control and local zoning control." Sheldon Whitehouse dicho el Diciembre 17, 2014 en a Senate floor speech: "January through November 2014, the year so far, were the hottest first 11 months of any year recorded." James Aubin dicho el Enero 5, 2015 en a newspaper commentary: "Colorado raked in $60 million in marijuana taxes and licensing fees in the past year." Patrick Lynch dicho el Noviembre 24, 2014 en a newspaper commentary: Exposure to the electromagnetic fields from power lines "has been associated with childhood leukemia and other diseases." Sheldon Whitehouse dicho el Diciembre 14, 2014 en a TV interview: The United States "decided waterboarding was torture back when we court-martialed American soldiers for waterboarding Philippine insurgents in the Philippine revolution." James Crowley dicho el Diciembre 6, 2014 en a commentary in The Providence Journal: "Surveys of teens in high school reveal that knowing a classmate who sells cannabis is 90 times more common than knowing a classmate who sells alcohol." Mike Stenhouse dicho el Noviembre 14, 2014 en a radio interview: "According to HUD, it is patently unfair and socially unjust that wealthy people can live in an exclusive neighborhood." Diego Arene-Morley dicho el Noviembre 18, 2014 en a community forum: "There are more African American men in prison, jail, on probation or parole than were enslaved in 1850." Lincoln Chafee dicho el Noviembre 14, 2014 en a newspaper interview: Rhode Island's legislature is "the strongest in the country." Jorge Elorza dicho el Noviembre 9, 2014 en a TV interview: "Our median income here in Providence is the same as the median income in Mississippi." Anne Nolan dicho el Noviembre 12, 2014 en a Journal commentary: "In Rhode Island, a recent study showed that among a group of people who had been homeless for a year or more, Medicaid costs averaged about $60,000 per person." Friends of India Point Park dicho el Octubre 31, 2014 en a web site: "Proximity to high-voltage power lines lowers property values by as much as 30 percent." Robert Healey dicho el Noviembre 5, 2014 en interviews: I spent only $36.29 on my campaign for governor. David Cicilline dicho el Octubre 26, 2014 en a TV debate: "We have the third-lowest minimum wage … of developed countries." Allan Fung dicho el Octubre 9, 2014 en a TV commercial: Gina Raimondo "paid 70 million in taxpayer dollars to millionaire hedge fund managers." Gina Raimondo dicho el Octubre 7, 2014 en in television commercial: "I fought 38 Studios from the beginning." Ernest Almonte dicho el Octubre 19, 2014 en a television commercial: Seth Magaziner "plans to spend billions more of your money." John Carlevale dicho el Octubre 19, 2014 en a TV debate: Four members of the Rhode Island General Assembly "went to vote in 2010 and were told they had already voted." Allan Fung dicho el Octubre 21, 2014 en a Providence Journal-WPRI-12 debate: "Governor Carcieri has not been campaigning with me." Ernest Almonte dicho el Octubre 5, 2014 en an interview on WLNE's "On the Record": "I was speaking out on pension reform almost 17 years ago." Local 799 of the International Assoc. of Fire Fighters dicho el Octubre 8, 2014 en in a mailer: "Elorza wants to teach our public school children about the ‘non-existence of God.’" Peter Kilmartin dicho el Octubre 2, 2014 en an interview on Rhode Island Public Radio: "In the past three years, we have prosecuted or brought more cases on access to public records than in the previous 12 years combined." The Rhode Island Catholic dicho el Octubre 2, 2014 en a newspaper editorial: Almost every state has offered an insurance plan on its health exchange that does not cover abortion. American LeadHERship PAC dicho el Octubre 8, 2014 en a TV commercial: "As mayor, [Allan Fung] raised taxes three times." Allan Fung dicho el Septiembre 29, 2014 en a TV commercial: In the 38 Studios deal, "Wall Street investors took a risk, and went bust." Jorge Elorza dicho el Septiembre 30, 2014 en a debate: "In the last six years of Cianci’s administration violent crime was down in the United States. It was down in the region. It was down in Rhode Island. But it was up in Providence." Jorge Elorza dicho el Septiembre 30, 2014 en a Providence Journal-WPRI debate: "We have a retiree that is collecting a $17,000 paycheck a month . . . tax free."
Rhode Island Center for Freedom and Prosperity dicho el Enero 10, 2015 en a tweet: "Common welfare programs give income of $43,330 or $20.83 an hour."
Ron Hayduk dicho el Enero 1, 2015 en a newspaper commentary: "The right to vote in this country has never been intrinsically tied to citizenship."
Arthur Cyr dicho el Diciembre 26, 2014 en a Providence Journal commentary: Says Nikita Khrushchev brought an extra shoe to a United Nations session in 1960, which he banged on the desk in protest.
Kevin Flynn dicho el Noviembre 25, 2014 en a website story: "There’s nothing in the [RhodeMap RI] plan that takes away local government control and local zoning control."
Sheldon Whitehouse dicho el Diciembre 17, 2014 en a Senate floor speech: "January through November 2014, the year so far, were the hottest first 11 months of any year recorded."
James Aubin dicho el Enero 5, 2015 en a newspaper commentary: "Colorado raked in $60 million in marijuana taxes and licensing fees in the past year."
Patrick Lynch dicho el Noviembre 24, 2014 en a newspaper commentary: Exposure to the electromagnetic fields from power lines "has been associated with childhood leukemia and other diseases."
Sheldon Whitehouse dicho el Diciembre 14, 2014 en a TV interview: The United States "decided waterboarding was torture back when we court-martialed American soldiers for waterboarding Philippine insurgents in the Philippine revolution."
James Crowley dicho el Diciembre 6, 2014 en a commentary in The Providence Journal: "Surveys of teens in high school reveal that knowing a classmate who sells cannabis is 90 times more common than knowing a classmate who sells alcohol."
Mike Stenhouse dicho el Noviembre 14, 2014 en a radio interview: "According to HUD, it is patently unfair and socially unjust that wealthy people can live in an exclusive neighborhood."
Diego Arene-Morley dicho el Noviembre 18, 2014 en a community forum: "There are more African American men in prison, jail, on probation or parole than were enslaved in 1850."
Lincoln Chafee dicho el Noviembre 14, 2014 en a newspaper interview: Rhode Island's legislature is "the strongest in the country."
Jorge Elorza dicho el Noviembre 9, 2014 en a TV interview: "Our median income here in Providence is the same as the median income in Mississippi."
Anne Nolan dicho el Noviembre 12, 2014 en a Journal commentary: "In Rhode Island, a recent study showed that among a group of people who had been homeless for a year or more, Medicaid costs averaged about $60,000 per person."
Friends of India Point Park dicho el Octubre 31, 2014 en a web site: "Proximity to high-voltage power lines lowers property values by as much as 30 percent."
Robert Healey dicho el Noviembre 5, 2014 en interviews: I spent only $36.29 on my campaign for governor.
David Cicilline dicho el Octubre 26, 2014 en a TV debate: "We have the third-lowest minimum wage … of developed countries."
Allan Fung dicho el Octubre 9, 2014 en a TV commercial: Gina Raimondo "paid 70 million in taxpayer dollars to millionaire hedge fund managers."
Gina Raimondo dicho el Octubre 7, 2014 en in television commercial: "I fought 38 Studios from the beginning."
Ernest Almonte dicho el Octubre 19, 2014 en a television commercial: Seth Magaziner "plans to spend billions more of your money."
John Carlevale dicho el Octubre 19, 2014 en a TV debate: Four members of the Rhode Island General Assembly "went to vote in 2010 and were told they had already voted."
Allan Fung dicho el Octubre 21, 2014 en a Providence Journal-WPRI-12 debate: "Governor Carcieri has not been campaigning with me."
Ernest Almonte dicho el Octubre 5, 2014 en an interview on WLNE's "On the Record": "I was speaking out on pension reform almost 17 years ago."
Local 799 of the International Assoc. of Fire Fighters dicho el Octubre 8, 2014 en in a mailer: "Elorza wants to teach our public school children about the ‘non-existence of God.’"
Peter Kilmartin dicho el Octubre 2, 2014 en an interview on Rhode Island Public Radio: "In the past three years, we have prosecuted or brought more cases on access to public records than in the previous 12 years combined."
The Rhode Island Catholic dicho el Octubre 2, 2014 en a newspaper editorial: Almost every state has offered an insurance plan on its health exchange that does not cover abortion.
American LeadHERship PAC dicho el Octubre 8, 2014 en a TV commercial: "As mayor, [Allan Fung] raised taxes three times."
Allan Fung dicho el Septiembre 29, 2014 en a TV commercial: In the 38 Studios deal, "Wall Street investors took a risk, and went bust."
Jorge Elorza dicho el Septiembre 30, 2014 en a debate: "In the last six years of Cianci’s administration violent crime was down in the United States. It was down in the region. It was down in Rhode Island. But it was up in Providence."
Jorge Elorza dicho el Septiembre 30, 2014 en a Providence Journal-WPRI debate: "We have a retiree that is collecting a $17,000 paycheck a month . . . tax free."
