Mailbag: Bread bag edition
Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, recalled wearing bread bags to keep her shoes dry when growing up in rural Iowa. This prompted a flood of memories by PolitiFact readers. Here are recollections from those who did much the same -- and some who didn't.
The Latest from PolitiFact
Makes it sound better than it is
Jobbed on jobs?
The duck stops here
On assault weapon violence: "Ducks have more protection than people in Virginia."
— PolitiFact Virginia
Distinction is whether jobs will be for existing Georgians
Mercedes-Benz USA moving its headquarters to Atlanta will create at least 800 jobs.
— PolitiFact Georgia
The shedding is real
Democrats have "lost more than 900 state legislators" since Barack Obama has been president.
— PunditFact
A minister wrote this 50 years after Lincoln died
Some do, some don't
Middle-class Americans "pay a higher tax rate than millionaires and billionaires."
— PolitiFact Wisconsin
Citizenship requirements for voting grew over time
"The right to vote in this country has never been intrinsically tied to citizenship."
— PolitiFact Rhode Island
No evidence of online fraud so far
Online voter registration is a "more secure" way of doing voter registration.
— PolitiFact Florida
No smoking gun for numbers that high
Counting payments to Bush loans
U.S. is tops in generation, but not capacity
Recovery is finally picking up steam
Yes, using the most common measure
