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Jon O'Brien

Jon O'Brien

Mostly True

Numbers vary, but not by much

"Only 14 percent of Catholics agree with the Vatican's position that abortion should be illegal."

Peter Palumbo

Peter Palumbo

True

And the survey says...

"Every poll you see, the overwhelming majority of people want [E-Verify]."

Barth Bracy

Barth Bracy

Mostly False

True in one 2009 poll, not since

The polls "show over half of Americans identify themselves as being pro-life."

Chain email

Chain email

Pants on Fire!

Good joke. Don't believe it.

"What is the proper collective noun for a group of baboons? Believe it or not . . . a Congress!"

Christopher Plante

Christopher Plante

Pants on Fire!

His latest poll says otherwise.

"The people of Rhode Island don't want same-sex marriage."

George Nee

George Nee

Mostly False

There’s support for unions, but is it growing?

"Public sentiment in favor of collective bargaining and in favor of the unions has actually gone up as these governors, I think, have overreached and gone too far and tried to destroy the labor movement."

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