Latest Mostly True Fact-checks in Message Machine 2010 Republican National Committee stated on July 7, 2011 in a television commercial: Since President Obama took office, "2 million jobs. Gone." Progressive Change Campaign Committee stated on March 2, 2011 in a television ad: Under Gov. Scott Walker’s proposals, "Money is being taken away from workers, and the tax breaks given to major corporations. " Kevin Rader stated on October 29, 2010 in a campaign TV ad: Lizbeth Benacquisto's supporters "would make (abortion) illegal in all cases, including rape, incest, even to save a woman's life." Jeff Brandes stated on October 12, 2010 in a campaign video: Bill Heller "raises taxes. Property taxes. Small business taxes. He even wants to tax the Internet. Mr. Heller said no to balancing the federal budget, that puts more debt on our kids." Ron Johnson stated on September 28, 2010 in a campaign TV ad: "There are 100 members of the U.S. Senate. Fifty-seven of them, including Russ Feingold, are lawyers. There are zero manufacturers and one accountant." Bill White stated on October 4, 2010 in a TV ad: "Rick Perry has become a millionaire on the public payroll." Barbara Boxer stated on October 15, 2010 in a campaign ad: "Carly Fiorina, she's against banning assault weapons." Dino Rossi stated on October 12, 2010 in a campaign ad: The Seattle Times called Patty Murray "a 'prolific sponsor of earmarks.' Patty even defended the 'Bridge to Nowhere.' " Jack Conway stated on October 15, 2010 in a campaign commercial: Rand Paul wants "to end all federal faith-based initiatives, and even end the deduction for religious charities." Harry Reid stated on October 7, 2010 in a campaign commercial: "Sharron Angle voted to protect sex offenders." Tom Barrett stated on October 12, 2010 in a campaign TV ad: Says Scott Walker "eliminated his own office of economic development in the middle of this recession." Betty Sutton stated on September 21, 2010 in a television campaign ad: Says Tom Ganley has been "sued over 400 times, for fraud, discrimination and more," and "a judge called Tom Ganley's business practices "deceptive and unconscionable." Christine O'Donnell stated on October 11, 2010 in a campaign video: "One man (New Castle, Del., County Executive, Chris Coons) thought property taxes should be hiked almost 50 percent." Florida Democratic Party stated on October 10, 2010 in a TV ad.: Says Rick Scott gave a deposition in which he invoked the Fifth Amendment 75 times about his dealings as head of Columbia/HCA hospital chain Leah Vukmir stated on October 9, 2010 in a campaign brochure distributed door-to-door: "For the first time in history, Wisconsin has more government jobs than manufacturing jobs." Jack Conway stated on September 28, 2010 in a campaign commercial: Rand Paul "wants us to pay $2,000 just to get Medicare." Alan Grayson stated on October 6, 2010 in a campaign commercial: Dan Webster "would force victims of rape and incest to bear their attacker's child." Commonsense Ten stated on September 15, 2010 in a TV ad: Says Roy Blunt "secretly inserts language to benefit tobacco giant Philip Morris" into a national security bill while "Blunt's girlfriend and son are lobbyists for the cigarette company, and just days earlier, 26 Philip Morris executives wrote checks to Blunt totaling $23,000." Alex Sink stated on September 17, 2010 in a TV ad: When Tallahassee politicians and bureaucrats tried to run our schools, "I've stood up to them to protect local control." Barbara Boxer stated on September 15, 2010 in a political ad: "As the CEO of HP, Carly Fiorina laid off 30,000 workers." Jerry Brown stated on September 14, 2010 in a campaign ad: "Taxes went down under Jerry Brown." Joe Sestak stated on August 31, 2010 in a campaign commercial: "Pat Toomey thinks corporations shouldn't pay any taxes." Alan Grayson stated on August 27, 2010 in an ad.: "When career politician Daniel Webster became speaker of the House, he wasted $32,000 of our money on a spiral staircase for his office." Ron Klein stated on August 24, 2010 in a campaign TV advertisement.: "The IRS filed an $11,000 lien against (Allen) West for back taxes. Three liens were placed on his home for unpaid bills, and a judge ordered West to pay over $5,000 for past due credit card bills." AFSCME stated on August 17, 2010 in a television election ad: "Jim Renacci cheated on his income taxes" and is a "deadbeat citizen." Roy Barnes stated on August 11, 2010 in a television interview: Said he won the Democratic primary "without one ... negative TV spot." Nathan Deal stated on July 30, 2010 in a press release: Republican candidate for governor "Karen Handel has run a 100 percent negative campaign." Jane Norton stated on July 9, 2010 in a television ad: "Ken Buck's (District Attorney's) office? His spending skyrocketed by 40 percent." John McCain stated on May 26, 2010 in a political ad: As a Congressman, J.D. Hayworth was an avid earmarker who supported such pork as "$220,000 to renovate a Maine Blueberry farm" and "$5.8 million for a Vermont snowmobile trail." Roy Barnes stated on July 6, 2010 in a campaign ad: The state Legislature attempted to "outlaw stem cell research, passes bills about microchips in the brain, and talks about seceding from the Union."
Republican National Committee stated on July 7, 2011 in a television commercial: Since President Obama took office, "2 million jobs. Gone." Progressive Change Campaign Committee stated on March 2, 2011 in a television ad: Under Gov. Scott Walker’s proposals, "Money is being taken away from workers, and the tax breaks given to major corporations. " Kevin Rader stated on October 29, 2010 in a campaign TV ad: Lizbeth Benacquisto's supporters "would make (abortion) illegal in all cases, including rape, incest, even to save a woman's life." Jeff Brandes stated on October 12, 2010 in a campaign video: Bill Heller "raises taxes. Property taxes. Small business taxes. He even wants to tax the Internet. Mr. Heller said no to balancing the federal budget, that puts more debt on our kids." Ron Johnson stated on September 28, 2010 in a campaign TV ad: "There are 100 members of the U.S. Senate. Fifty-seven of them, including Russ Feingold, are lawyers. There are zero manufacturers and one accountant." Bill White stated on October 4, 2010 in a TV ad: "Rick Perry has become a millionaire on the public payroll." Barbara Boxer stated on October 15, 2010 in a campaign ad: "Carly Fiorina, she's against banning assault weapons." Dino Rossi stated on October 12, 2010 in a campaign ad: The Seattle Times called Patty Murray "a 'prolific sponsor of earmarks.' Patty even defended the 'Bridge to Nowhere.' " Jack Conway stated on October 15, 2010 in a campaign commercial: Rand Paul wants "to end all federal faith-based initiatives, and even end the deduction for religious charities." Harry Reid stated on October 7, 2010 in a campaign commercial: "Sharron Angle voted to protect sex offenders." Tom Barrett stated on October 12, 2010 in a campaign TV ad: Says Scott Walker "eliminated his own office of economic development in the middle of this recession." Betty Sutton stated on September 21, 2010 in a television campaign ad: Says Tom Ganley has been "sued over 400 times, for fraud, discrimination and more," and "a judge called Tom Ganley's business practices "deceptive and unconscionable." Christine O'Donnell stated on October 11, 2010 in a campaign video: "One man (New Castle, Del., County Executive, Chris Coons) thought property taxes should be hiked almost 50 percent." Florida Democratic Party stated on October 10, 2010 in a TV ad.: Says Rick Scott gave a deposition in which he invoked the Fifth Amendment 75 times about his dealings as head of Columbia/HCA hospital chain Leah Vukmir stated on October 9, 2010 in a campaign brochure distributed door-to-door: "For the first time in history, Wisconsin has more government jobs than manufacturing jobs." Jack Conway stated on September 28, 2010 in a campaign commercial: Rand Paul "wants us to pay $2,000 just to get Medicare." Alan Grayson stated on October 6, 2010 in a campaign commercial: Dan Webster "would force victims of rape and incest to bear their attacker's child." Commonsense Ten stated on September 15, 2010 in a TV ad: Says Roy Blunt "secretly inserts language to benefit tobacco giant Philip Morris" into a national security bill while "Blunt's girlfriend and son are lobbyists for the cigarette company, and just days earlier, 26 Philip Morris executives wrote checks to Blunt totaling $23,000." Alex Sink stated on September 17, 2010 in a TV ad: When Tallahassee politicians and bureaucrats tried to run our schools, "I've stood up to them to protect local control." Barbara Boxer stated on September 15, 2010 in a political ad: "As the CEO of HP, Carly Fiorina laid off 30,000 workers." Jerry Brown stated on September 14, 2010 in a campaign ad: "Taxes went down under Jerry Brown." Joe Sestak stated on August 31, 2010 in a campaign commercial: "Pat Toomey thinks corporations shouldn't pay any taxes." Alan Grayson stated on August 27, 2010 in an ad.: "When career politician Daniel Webster became speaker of the House, he wasted $32,000 of our money on a spiral staircase for his office." Ron Klein stated on August 24, 2010 in a campaign TV advertisement.: "The IRS filed an $11,000 lien against (Allen) West for back taxes. Three liens were placed on his home for unpaid bills, and a judge ordered West to pay over $5,000 for past due credit card bills." AFSCME stated on August 17, 2010 in a television election ad: "Jim Renacci cheated on his income taxes" and is a "deadbeat citizen." Roy Barnes stated on August 11, 2010 in a television interview: Said he won the Democratic primary "without one ... negative TV spot." Nathan Deal stated on July 30, 2010 in a press release: Republican candidate for governor "Karen Handel has run a 100 percent negative campaign." Jane Norton stated on July 9, 2010 in a television ad: "Ken Buck's (District Attorney's) office? His spending skyrocketed by 40 percent." John McCain stated on May 26, 2010 in a political ad: As a Congressman, J.D. Hayworth was an avid earmarker who supported such pork as "$220,000 to renovate a Maine Blueberry farm" and "$5.8 million for a Vermont snowmobile trail." Roy Barnes stated on July 6, 2010 in a campaign ad: The state Legislature attempted to "outlaw stem cell research, passes bills about microchips in the brain, and talks about seceding from the Union."
Republican National Committee stated on July 7, 2011 in a television commercial: Since President Obama took office, "2 million jobs. Gone."
Progressive Change Campaign Committee stated on March 2, 2011 in a television ad: Under Gov. Scott Walker’s proposals, "Money is being taken away from workers, and the tax breaks given to major corporations. "
Kevin Rader stated on October 29, 2010 in a campaign TV ad: Lizbeth Benacquisto's supporters "would make (abortion) illegal in all cases, including rape, incest, even to save a woman's life."
Jeff Brandes stated on October 12, 2010 in a campaign video: Bill Heller "raises taxes. Property taxes. Small business taxes. He even wants to tax the Internet. Mr. Heller said no to balancing the federal budget, that puts more debt on our kids."
Ron Johnson stated on September 28, 2010 in a campaign TV ad: "There are 100 members of the U.S. Senate. Fifty-seven of them, including Russ Feingold, are lawyers. There are zero manufacturers and one accountant."
Bill White stated on October 4, 2010 in a TV ad: "Rick Perry has become a millionaire on the public payroll."
Barbara Boxer stated on October 15, 2010 in a campaign ad: "Carly Fiorina, she's against banning assault weapons."
Dino Rossi stated on October 12, 2010 in a campaign ad: The Seattle Times called Patty Murray "a 'prolific sponsor of earmarks.' Patty even defended the 'Bridge to Nowhere.' "
Jack Conway stated on October 15, 2010 in a campaign commercial: Rand Paul wants "to end all federal faith-based initiatives, and even end the deduction for religious charities."
Harry Reid stated on October 7, 2010 in a campaign commercial: "Sharron Angle voted to protect sex offenders."
Tom Barrett stated on October 12, 2010 in a campaign TV ad: Says Scott Walker "eliminated his own office of economic development in the middle of this recession."
Betty Sutton stated on September 21, 2010 in a television campaign ad: Says Tom Ganley has been "sued over 400 times, for fraud, discrimination and more," and "a judge called Tom Ganley's business practices "deceptive and unconscionable."
Christine O'Donnell stated on October 11, 2010 in a campaign video: "One man (New Castle, Del., County Executive, Chris Coons) thought property taxes should be hiked almost 50 percent."
Florida Democratic Party stated on October 10, 2010 in a TV ad.: Says Rick Scott gave a deposition in which he invoked the Fifth Amendment 75 times about his dealings as head of Columbia/HCA hospital chain
Leah Vukmir stated on October 9, 2010 in a campaign brochure distributed door-to-door: "For the first time in history, Wisconsin has more government jobs than manufacturing jobs."
Jack Conway stated on September 28, 2010 in a campaign commercial: Rand Paul "wants us to pay $2,000 just to get Medicare."
Alan Grayson stated on October 6, 2010 in a campaign commercial: Dan Webster "would force victims of rape and incest to bear their attacker's child."
Commonsense Ten stated on September 15, 2010 in a TV ad: Says Roy Blunt "secretly inserts language to benefit tobacco giant Philip Morris" into a national security bill while "Blunt's girlfriend and son are lobbyists for the cigarette company, and just days earlier, 26 Philip Morris executives wrote checks to Blunt totaling $23,000."
Alex Sink stated on September 17, 2010 in a TV ad: When Tallahassee politicians and bureaucrats tried to run our schools, "I've stood up to them to protect local control."
Barbara Boxer stated on September 15, 2010 in a political ad: "As the CEO of HP, Carly Fiorina laid off 30,000 workers."
Joe Sestak stated on August 31, 2010 in a campaign commercial: "Pat Toomey thinks corporations shouldn't pay any taxes."
Alan Grayson stated on August 27, 2010 in an ad.: "When career politician Daniel Webster became speaker of the House, he wasted $32,000 of our money on a spiral staircase for his office."
Ron Klein stated on August 24, 2010 in a campaign TV advertisement.: "The IRS filed an $11,000 lien against (Allen) West for back taxes. Three liens were placed on his home for unpaid bills, and a judge ordered West to pay over $5,000 for past due credit card bills."
AFSCME stated on August 17, 2010 in a television election ad: "Jim Renacci cheated on his income taxes" and is a "deadbeat citizen."
Roy Barnes stated on August 11, 2010 in a television interview: Said he won the Democratic primary "without one ... negative TV spot."
Nathan Deal stated on July 30, 2010 in a press release: Republican candidate for governor "Karen Handel has run a 100 percent negative campaign."
Jane Norton stated on July 9, 2010 in a television ad: "Ken Buck's (District Attorney's) office? His spending skyrocketed by 40 percent."
John McCain stated on May 26, 2010 in a political ad: As a Congressman, J.D. Hayworth was an avid earmarker who supported such pork as "$220,000 to renovate a Maine Blueberry farm" and "$5.8 million for a Vermont snowmobile trail."
Roy Barnes stated on July 6, 2010 in a campaign ad: The state Legislature attempted to "outlaw stem cell research, passes bills about microchips in the brain, and talks about seceding from the Union."