Latest Fact-checks by Karen Lee Ziner Clear Any Rating True Mostly True Half True Mostly False False Pants on Fire Full Flop Half Flip No Flip Any Speaker Any Date Range Last 3 Months Last 6 Months Last 12 Months 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 Any Category Vincent "Buddy" Cianci stated on September 10, 2014 in a radio interview: Jorge Elorza "wants to impose a municipal income tax." Clay Pell stated on August 26, 2014 in a TV debate: "My campaign alone has created more jobs in the state of Rhode Island than Narragansett Beer." Gina Raimondo stated on August 7, 2014 in a campaign ad: "Before I was state treasurer, my Rhode Island business helped create over 1,000 jobs." Ralph Mollis stated on August 10, 2014 in a TV debate: "The per-pupil cost in the [Blackstone Valley Prep] Mayoral Academy far outweighs the per-pupil cost in Cumberland public schools." Kenneth Block stated on July 15, 2014 in a radio debate: "The increase in the garbage tax that [Mayor Allan Fung] imposed in Cranston for some people has been as much as $200." Brett Smiley stated on June 25, 2014 in a campaign brochure: There are "approximately 20,000 annual gun purchases in Rhode Island." Angel Taveras stated on July 25, 2014 in a campaign video: "Providence graduation rates are up." Sheldon Whitehouse stated on May 27, 2014 in a newspaper commentary: "There are already more American jobs in the solar industry than in coal mining." Clay Pell stated on April 30, 2014 in a campaign website: "Rhode Island has the highest dropout rate in New England at twenty-three percent." Robert Malin stated on April 20, 2014 in a TV interview: "Fifty percent of Americans will go hungry at some time in their lives." Robert Healey stated on October 18, 2010 in a commentary in The Providence Journal: "Of the states that have a lieutenant governor, many are currently discussing the need for such an obsolete office."
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Vincent "Buddy" Cianci stated on September 10, 2014 in a radio interview: Jorge Elorza "wants to impose a municipal income tax." Clay Pell stated on August 26, 2014 in a TV debate: "My campaign alone has created more jobs in the state of Rhode Island than Narragansett Beer." Gina Raimondo stated on August 7, 2014 in a campaign ad: "Before I was state treasurer, my Rhode Island business helped create over 1,000 jobs." Ralph Mollis stated on August 10, 2014 in a TV debate: "The per-pupil cost in the [Blackstone Valley Prep] Mayoral Academy far outweighs the per-pupil cost in Cumberland public schools." Kenneth Block stated on July 15, 2014 in a radio debate: "The increase in the garbage tax that [Mayor Allan Fung] imposed in Cranston for some people has been as much as $200." Brett Smiley stated on June 25, 2014 in a campaign brochure: There are "approximately 20,000 annual gun purchases in Rhode Island." Angel Taveras stated on July 25, 2014 in a campaign video: "Providence graduation rates are up." Sheldon Whitehouse stated on May 27, 2014 in a newspaper commentary: "There are already more American jobs in the solar industry than in coal mining." Clay Pell stated on April 30, 2014 in a campaign website: "Rhode Island has the highest dropout rate in New England at twenty-three percent." Robert Malin stated on April 20, 2014 in a TV interview: "Fifty percent of Americans will go hungry at some time in their lives." Robert Healey stated on October 18, 2010 in a commentary in The Providence Journal: "Of the states that have a lieutenant governor, many are currently discussing the need for such an obsolete office."
Vincent "Buddy" Cianci stated on September 10, 2014 in a radio interview: Jorge Elorza "wants to impose a municipal income tax."
Clay Pell stated on August 26, 2014 in a TV debate: "My campaign alone has created more jobs in the state of Rhode Island than Narragansett Beer."
Gina Raimondo stated on August 7, 2014 in a campaign ad: "Before I was state treasurer, my Rhode Island business helped create over 1,000 jobs."
Ralph Mollis stated on August 10, 2014 in a TV debate: "The per-pupil cost in the [Blackstone Valley Prep] Mayoral Academy far outweighs the per-pupil cost in Cumberland public schools."
Kenneth Block stated on July 15, 2014 in a radio debate: "The increase in the garbage tax that [Mayor Allan Fung] imposed in Cranston for some people has been as much as $200."
Brett Smiley stated on June 25, 2014 in a campaign brochure: There are "approximately 20,000 annual gun purchases in Rhode Island."
Sheldon Whitehouse stated on May 27, 2014 in a newspaper commentary: "There are already more American jobs in the solar industry than in coal mining."
Clay Pell stated on April 30, 2014 in a campaign website: "Rhode Island has the highest dropout rate in New England at twenty-three percent."
Robert Malin stated on April 20, 2014 in a TV interview: "Fifty percent of Americans will go hungry at some time in their lives."
Robert Healey stated on October 18, 2010 in a commentary in The Providence Journal: "Of the states that have a lieutenant governor, many are currently discussing the need for such an obsolete office."
