Sunday, March 1st, 2015
Contorno

Steve Contorno

PolitiFact Staff Writer

Steve Contorno is a staff writer for PolitiFact. He previously covered Congress and Virginia politics for the Washington Examiner as well as state and local governments in Wisconsin for the Green Bay Press-Gazette. A native of the Chicago suburbs, Steve graduated from the University of Illinois with a bachelor's degree in news-editorial journalism and a minor in political science, and holds a master's degree in public affairs reporting from the University of Illinois-Springfield, where he covered the Illinois legislature for the Chicago Sun-Times.

Email: scontorno@politifact.com

The latest Truth-O-Meter items from Steve Contorno

True

And from Germany, Canada, Australia

American Crossroads
American Crossroads

"The Clintons' foundation took millions from foreign governments" including United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia.

False

Claim is exceptionally wrong

Rudy Giuliani
Rudy Giuliani

Says President Barack Obama said "that American exceptionalism is no more exceptional than the exceptionalism of any other country."

— PunditFact

False

A whopper from McDonald

Robert McDonald
Robert McDonald

"Nine hundred people have been fired since I became secretary (of Veterans Affairs). We’ve got 60 people that we fired who have manipulated wait times."

False

Congress has long history of weighing in

Adam Kinzinger
Adam Kinzinger

The current debate over authorizing military action against the Islamic State "would be the first time Congress would place limits on the commander-in-chief's ability to be commander-in-chief."

Mostly True

CDC survey backs him up

Barack Obama
Barack Obama

"Nearly one in five women in America has been a victim of rape or attempted rape."

Half-True

Some movement, most still oppose

Roy Moore
Roy Moore

Alabamians "haven’t changed their opinion" on same-sex marriage since voting to ban it in 2006.

Mostly False

Dildo dis goes flaccid

Alcee Hastings
Alcee Hastings

One Texas city "has a law that says that women can only have six dildos."

— PolitiFact Florida

Mostly True

Mostly depressing

Nationwide
Nationwide

"The No. 1 cause of childhood deaths is preventable accidents."

Half-True

25 percent is error, not fraud, rate

Rand Paul
Rand Paul

"When you look at the earned income tax credit, it has about a 25 percent fraud rate. We're looking at $20 billion to $30 billion."

Half-True

Makes it sound better than it is

Barack Obama
Barack Obama

"In Iraq and Syria, American leadership, including our military power, is stopping (the Islamic State’s) advance."

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