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Jodie Laubenberg

Jodie Laubenberg

Mostly True

More icky than whoopee

Says Texas state funds were spent on "a TV series on spouses cheating on their wives, kind of glorifying the act of cheating."

Eric Cantor

Eric Cantor

Pants on Fire!

Pure fantasy

"The National Science Foundation spent $1.2 million paying seniors to play World of Warcraft to study the impact it had on their brain."

Paul Levesque

Paul Levesque

Mostly True

WrestleMania 5, Super Bowl 1

"We’ve outdrawn the Super Bowl for a little while now in the arenas and stadiums that we’ve followed them in for the Super Bowl. We’ve gone in after [the NFL] and surpassed their ticket sales."

Chris Christie

Chris Christie

True

The gov and the boss

Says Bruce Springsteen played in 1975 at Seton Hall University in South Orange at Walsh gym.

Rush Limbaugh

Rush Limbaugh

Pants on Fire!

'Ridiculous,' Bane creator says

Says it's not "accidental" that the villain in the Batman movie is named Bane.

Christopher Blazejewski

Christopher Blazejewski

True

And a new law changes that.

"Under current law, if you go on a dating website and you say you're 32 and you're actually 42, you've committed a misdemeanor."

Facebook posts

Facebook posts

Half-True

Contributions were years ago

"Richard Hayne, president and CEO of Urban Outfitters … (is) a supporter of Rick Santorum and donated over $13,000 to him."

Glee

Glee

Pants on Fire!

We'll sing it gleefully: This claim was out of tune

"The U.S. Census believes that by 2030 the majority of Americans will use Spanish as their first language."

Ellyn Bogdanoff

Ellyn Bogdanoff

False

We say it and laugh, but evidence is lacking

Tampa is "the strip club capital of the world."

Jon Stewart

Jon Stewart

Pants on Fire!

Burned by the "History" channel

"When the country was founded, Congress had exactly the same attitude about the sanctity of Christmas celebrations that a 7-Eleven does today: 'Yeah, we're open.'"

Chris Christie

Chris Christie

Half-True

“Jersey Shore” has real Jerseyans

Says "these ‘Jersey Shore’ folks, they’re from New York."

Friends of Plum Beach Lighthouse

Friends of Plum Beach Lighthouse

Mostly False

Taking too much license

"Voted the ‘best specialty plate in America’"

Donald Trump

Donald Trump

Half-True

In the previous week, yes; all season long, no

"I have the No. 1 show on NBC."

The Walking Dead

The Walking Dead

Pants on Fire!

New Zombie Apocalypse myth earns a pickaxe to the head

In the case of a catastrophic event, the Atlanta-area offices of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will self-destruct.

Lincoln Chafee

Lincoln Chafee

False

We saw it with our own eyes!

"I remember one of [Curt Schilling's] teammates said he painted his sock, the bloody sock."

Rick Scott

Rick Scott

True

Facebook <333 Scott

"Thanks to you, in under one week we have the largest GOP (Facebook) page in the Governor's race!"

Frederica Wilson

Frederica Wilson

Mostly True

No pelvic thrusts allowed

Says she introduced a ban on "dirty dancing."

Bill O'Reilly

Bill O'Reilly

True

Yes, thanks to popularity with Republicans

"A Democratic poll operation shows that Fox News is the most trusted news operation in the country."

Debra Medina

Debra Medina

False

Texans showed "volcanic" interest, but Medina wasn't nation's top search

"For the hour after the (Jan. 14) debate, 'Debra Medina' was the No. 1 search on Google and for the remainder of that night No. 3."

John Boehner

John Boehner

True

Dems, consider yourselves PWNED

"PWNED: House GOP Dominates Twitter, YouTube, Social Media in Congress."

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