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Kathleen Connell

Kathleen Connell

False

Closer to 22 percent

"Sixty-percent of the state retirees...don’t get Social Security.’’

Lincoln Chafee

Lincoln Chafee

False

Hardly new

"If Rhode Island does a hybrid [retirement] plan we’ll be the first state in the nation to do this.’’

George Nee

George Nee

Half-True

True for R.I., not for U.S.

"This is the first time in our state, and one of the first times in the country, where benefit reductions . . . has happened to people who are retired."

Brian Newberry

Brian Newberry

True

The Founding Fathers said so

"Legally, it doesn't make any difference" which state district you live in when running for Congress.

Robert Barber

Robert Barber

False

'Cuff that claim!

Statistically, law-enforcement officers die 10 years earlier than the general population.

Ted Ferrioli

Ted Ferrioli

Half-True

But for one you have to work 30 years

"The Public Employee Retirement System is making more millionaires than the Oregon state lottery."

Chain e-mail

Chain e-mail

Pants on Fire!

Minimum service: 5 years. Maximum pay: 80 percent.

Members of Congress "receive full pay retirement after serving one term."

Stephen Wise

Stephen Wise

False

Hardened killers, yes; all from foster care, no

"Every person on death row was a foster kid."

Gina Raimondo

Gina Raimondo

True

The issue has yet to be settled

The law has not established whether Rhode Island public employees have property rights to their pensions.

Ohio Democratic Party

Ohio Democratic Party

Mostly True

Trending on this tweet is toward accuracy

"FACT: the ‘special assistant’ in @johnkasich's office makes over three times more than an average #OH firefighter"

Ed Turanchik

Ed Turanchik

Half-True

It's rare, but 'no one' misses the mark

"No one in the private sector gets unlimited accruals of vacation and sick leave."

Greg Walden

Greg Walden

Mostly False

Walden’s 50 percent claim falls short

"The incoming Republican freshman class – well, it’s no ordinary group: nearly half of its roughly 80 members have never served in elective office before."

Josh Mandel

Josh Mandel

True

His medals back up his claim

"Decorated Marine, two-tour Iraq war vet."

Jon Husted

Jon Husted

False

Voters gave her a raise when they re-elected her

"O’Shaughnessy even voted for her own personal stimulus package -- a taxpayer-funded pay raise for herself."

Kernan "Kerry" King

Kernan "Kerry" King

True

And most are underfunded

In Rhode Island "there are 150 different pension plans for public workers."

Holly Benson

Holly Benson

Mostly True

AGs spend more time running the office

"Most AGs don't go to court.."  

Ken Hodges

Ken Hodges

Mostly False

"Career politician" claim by elected official doesn't completely measure up

"Rob Teilhet, Just another career politician."

Doug MacGinnitie

Doug MacGinnitie

False

Career politician charge doesn't stand the test of time.

Georgia Secretary of State Brian Kemp is a "career politician."

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