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Statements about Human Rights
Terry Gorman

Terry Gorman

True

The best, the brightest, the unhireable

"When these [undocumented] students graduate from college, they're still illegal aliens. They cannot get a job."

Barry Hinckley

Barry Hinckley

False

The money was for Egypt. Big difference.

President Obama gave Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood one and a half billion dollars.

Jefferson Smith

Jefferson Smith

Mostly False

The bill doesn’t deserve much of the credit

Says "we got a chance to pass what I think is Oregon's first human trafficking bill which has increased by 66 percent the calls to the human trafficking hotline."

Beatrice Lanzi

Beatrice Lanzi

Half-True

All abuse yes; physical abuse no

"One out of four of our young people say they are victims of this (dating) violence."

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."

John DePetro

John DePetro

Pants on Fire!

Waaaay out of bounds

"[The] ACLU and atheists in Denver are demanding the NFL stop [Tim Tebow] from praying on the sidelines."

Ron Paul

Ron Paul

True

He's right, though not everyone agrees that waterboarding is torture

"Torture is illegal by our laws. It's illegal by international laws."

Teresa Fedor

Teresa Fedor

Mostly False

Experts say it's more hype than reality

"Toledo … is fourth in the nation behind much bigger cities — Miami, Las Vegas, Portland — in number of human trafficking arrests and rescues."

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

False

Human rights reports say executions in Iran are up

It's "not true" that since he's been the president, executions in Iran have increased by four times.

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

False

Court documents say stoning

Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani "was never sentenced to stoning."

John Loughlin

John Loughlin

Pants on Fire!

Few pay that price

Transporting drugs "is the price of admission" for people crossing the border illegally.

Michael J. Gardiner

Michael J. Gardiner

Pants on Fire!

Borders on fabrication

U.S. Rep. Jim Langevin didn't want a border fence to block illegal immigration "because he is afraid that someone will get hurt trying to go around the fence."

Joe Lieberman

Joe Lieberman

Mostly True

There's strong, but not universal, support in the law

The president can "authorize the killing of a U.S. citizen who fights for a foreign terrorist organization."

Bill Clinton

Bill Clinton

Mostly False

Human rights groups say abuse of immigrant workers still rampant

"Dubai is the only country with huge amounts of imported workers that's actually passed legislation to give these immigrant workers a better deal in the Middle East."

Julian Assange

Julian Assange

Half-True

"RPG," no; "weapons" yes

"The permission to engage was given before the word RPG was ever used."

Barack Obama

Barack Obama

Full Flop

Obama changes his mind on photos

On releasing photographs depicting the abuse of prisoners.

Newt Gingrich

Newt Gingrich

Mostly False

Bush vetoed the law Dems passed

Democrats in Congress "had control since January of 2007. They haven't passed a law making waterboarding illegal. They haven't gone into any of these things and changed law."

Newt Gingrich

Newt Gingrich

Half Flip

More a Half Flip than "bitterest hypocrisy"

On torture.

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