Latest False Fact-checks in Georgia Tom Price stated on March 14, 2012 in a press release: New federal projections estimate that the health care overhaul "will cost $1.76 trillion over 10 years -- well above the $940 billion Democrats originally claimed." Rick Santorum stated on February 19, 2012 in a speech: "[R]emember, the president proposed eliminating charitable deductions for higher-income taxpayers." Newt Gingrich stated on February 10, 2012 in a radio interview: "The biggest contribution" behind a decrease in U.S. unemployment "was 1.2 million people leaving the workforce" Rick Santorum stated on February 19, 2012 in a speech : Claims Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg said "she prefers the South African Constitution over the United States Constitution." Newt Gingrich stated on February 18, 2012 in a campaign speech in Cobb County: "You can’t put a gun rack in a [Chevrolet] Volt." Nathan Deal stated on January 10, 2012 in his State of the State address: Siemens has been unable to fill approximately 200 skilled trade positions in metro Atlanta. Paul Broun stated on December 13, 2011 in a press release: "The latest unemployment numbers have shown that nearly 315,000 Americans have simply given up hope when it comes to finding a job." Herman Cain stated on October 19, 2011 in several public statements: Says his 9-9-9 tax reform plan is not "regressive." Michele Bachmann stated on November 23, 2011 in an interview: Says Newt Gingrich "has said that we should make the 11 million illegal workers that are in this country legal." Ron Paul stated on October 11, 2011 in the Republican presidential debate at Dartmouth College in New Hampshire: GOP presidential hopeful Herman Cain called Ron Paul’s followers "ignorant." Phil Kent stated on October 4, 2011 in a speech before the North Fulton and Friends Tea Party: The newly created state Immigration Enforcement Review Board "can actually prosecute, and get them [violators] into jail, if we bring in the attorney general." Herman Cain stated on October 4, 2011 in his book, "This is Herman Cain! My Journey to the White House": The Department of Energy’s "Billion Ton Study" has shown that wind and solar energy combined "could at best provide only 5 percent of our total energy needs." Eva Galambos stated on September 27, 2011 in an op-ed: "Not a single segment of the proposed Beltline intersects the MARTA system at MARTA stations." Beverly Hall stated on August 10, 2011 in a commentary published in Education Week: Gains in Atlanta Public Schools scores on a national standardized test lend credence to "dramatic" score increases on state tests. Herman Cain stated on September 22, 2011 in in a Republican presidential debate: An Environmental Protection Agency regulation that goes into effect Jan. 1, 2012, regulates dust. John Sherman stated on September 12, 2011 in a newsletter: The Atlanta Beltline paid nearly $3.5 million for less than a quarter-acre. Paul Broun stated on September 15, 2011 in a tweet: Stimulus money funded a government board that made recommendations that would cost 378,000 jobs and $28.3 billion in sales. Herman Cain stated on September 15, 2011 in an op-ed : "This is the worst jobs recovery since the Great Depression." Debbie Dooley stated on September 6, 2011 in an op-ed: "[Eighty-five percent] of the funds collected in each county will be redistributed elsewhere -- not spent in the county in which it is collected." Chris McCalla stated on August 1, 2011 in Press Release: "An amazing 5,400 jobs were lost in the first 12 months of the (smoking) ban’s implementation in Ohio’s hospitality industry alone." Johnny Isakson stated on August 23, 2011 in a speech before the Greater North Fulton Chamber of Commerce: The premiums on Medicare’s prescription drug program have fallen almost every year since it began. Herman Cain stated on August 11, 2011 in the GOP debate in Ames, Iowa: Says that he did "not exactly" say that communities have the right to ban mosques. Georgia Department of Transportation stated on July 19, 2011 in a press release: The Northwest Corridor highway project in Cobb and Cherokee counties "is expected to create over 9,700 jobs statewide." Beverly Hall stated on June 24, 2011 in a mailer: Atlanta Public Schools’ 2011 CRCT tests were "given under the strictest security possible." Phil Gingrey stated on June 22, 2011 in a news conference: Under last year’s health care reform, "a bunch of bureaucrats decide whether you get care, such as continuing on dialysis or cancer chemotherapy." Tom Price stated on July 24, 2011 in an interview on CNN's "State of the Union with Candy Crowley": "The U.S. won't default, because default means that you don't pay your creditors. And it takes about 10 percent of the money that's coming in right now" to pay interest to bondholders. Sam Olens stated on June 28, 2011 in a radio news story: "If you're from Guatemala and you are found illegally in Mexico, you are automatically jailed." National Republican Congressional Committee stated on May 18, 2011 in press releases: U.S. Reps. John Barrow and Sanford Bishop and their fellow Democrats "went on a spending spree and now their credit card is maxed out." Robert Brown stated on June 2, 2011 in a press release: Georgia’s illegal immigration crackdown laws should be called the "Brown Codes" because of their similarity to the "Black Codes" governing blacks after the Civil War. Ray Lewis stated on May 25, 2011 in an interview: "Do this research … watch how much crime picks up if you take away [football]."
Tom Price stated on March 14, 2012 in a press release: New federal projections estimate that the health care overhaul "will cost $1.76 trillion over 10 years -- well above the $940 billion Democrats originally claimed." Rick Santorum stated on February 19, 2012 in a speech: "[R]emember, the president proposed eliminating charitable deductions for higher-income taxpayers." Newt Gingrich stated on February 10, 2012 in a radio interview: "The biggest contribution" behind a decrease in U.S. unemployment "was 1.2 million people leaving the workforce" Rick Santorum stated on February 19, 2012 in a speech : Claims Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg said "she prefers the South African Constitution over the United States Constitution." Newt Gingrich stated on February 18, 2012 in a campaign speech in Cobb County: "You can’t put a gun rack in a [Chevrolet] Volt." Nathan Deal stated on January 10, 2012 in his State of the State address: Siemens has been unable to fill approximately 200 skilled trade positions in metro Atlanta. Paul Broun stated on December 13, 2011 in a press release: "The latest unemployment numbers have shown that nearly 315,000 Americans have simply given up hope when it comes to finding a job." Herman Cain stated on October 19, 2011 in several public statements: Says his 9-9-9 tax reform plan is not "regressive." Michele Bachmann stated on November 23, 2011 in an interview: Says Newt Gingrich "has said that we should make the 11 million illegal workers that are in this country legal." Ron Paul stated on October 11, 2011 in the Republican presidential debate at Dartmouth College in New Hampshire: GOP presidential hopeful Herman Cain called Ron Paul’s followers "ignorant." Phil Kent stated on October 4, 2011 in a speech before the North Fulton and Friends Tea Party: The newly created state Immigration Enforcement Review Board "can actually prosecute, and get them [violators] into jail, if we bring in the attorney general." Herman Cain stated on October 4, 2011 in his book, "This is Herman Cain! My Journey to the White House": The Department of Energy’s "Billion Ton Study" has shown that wind and solar energy combined "could at best provide only 5 percent of our total energy needs." Eva Galambos stated on September 27, 2011 in an op-ed: "Not a single segment of the proposed Beltline intersects the MARTA system at MARTA stations." Beverly Hall stated on August 10, 2011 in a commentary published in Education Week: Gains in Atlanta Public Schools scores on a national standardized test lend credence to "dramatic" score increases on state tests. Herman Cain stated on September 22, 2011 in in a Republican presidential debate: An Environmental Protection Agency regulation that goes into effect Jan. 1, 2012, regulates dust. John Sherman stated on September 12, 2011 in a newsletter: The Atlanta Beltline paid nearly $3.5 million for less than a quarter-acre. Paul Broun stated on September 15, 2011 in a tweet: Stimulus money funded a government board that made recommendations that would cost 378,000 jobs and $28.3 billion in sales. Herman Cain stated on September 15, 2011 in an op-ed : "This is the worst jobs recovery since the Great Depression." Debbie Dooley stated on September 6, 2011 in an op-ed: "[Eighty-five percent] of the funds collected in each county will be redistributed elsewhere -- not spent in the county in which it is collected." Chris McCalla stated on August 1, 2011 in Press Release: "An amazing 5,400 jobs were lost in the first 12 months of the (smoking) ban’s implementation in Ohio’s hospitality industry alone." Johnny Isakson stated on August 23, 2011 in a speech before the Greater North Fulton Chamber of Commerce: The premiums on Medicare’s prescription drug program have fallen almost every year since it began. Herman Cain stated on August 11, 2011 in the GOP debate in Ames, Iowa: Says that he did "not exactly" say that communities have the right to ban mosques. Georgia Department of Transportation stated on July 19, 2011 in a press release: The Northwest Corridor highway project in Cobb and Cherokee counties "is expected to create over 9,700 jobs statewide." Beverly Hall stated on June 24, 2011 in a mailer: Atlanta Public Schools’ 2011 CRCT tests were "given under the strictest security possible." Phil Gingrey stated on June 22, 2011 in a news conference: Under last year’s health care reform, "a bunch of bureaucrats decide whether you get care, such as continuing on dialysis or cancer chemotherapy." Tom Price stated on July 24, 2011 in an interview on CNN's "State of the Union with Candy Crowley": "The U.S. won't default, because default means that you don't pay your creditors. And it takes about 10 percent of the money that's coming in right now" to pay interest to bondholders. Sam Olens stated on June 28, 2011 in a radio news story: "If you're from Guatemala and you are found illegally in Mexico, you are automatically jailed." National Republican Congressional Committee stated on May 18, 2011 in press releases: U.S. Reps. John Barrow and Sanford Bishop and their fellow Democrats "went on a spending spree and now their credit card is maxed out." Robert Brown stated on June 2, 2011 in a press release: Georgia’s illegal immigration crackdown laws should be called the "Brown Codes" because of their similarity to the "Black Codes" governing blacks after the Civil War. Ray Lewis stated on May 25, 2011 in an interview: "Do this research … watch how much crime picks up if you take away [football]."
Tom Price stated on March 14, 2012 in a press release: New federal projections estimate that the health care overhaul "will cost $1.76 trillion over 10 years -- well above the $940 billion Democrats originally claimed."
Rick Santorum stated on February 19, 2012 in a speech: "[R]emember, the president proposed eliminating charitable deductions for higher-income taxpayers."
Newt Gingrich stated on February 10, 2012 in a radio interview: "The biggest contribution" behind a decrease in U.S. unemployment "was 1.2 million people leaving the workforce"
Rick Santorum stated on February 19, 2012 in a speech : Claims Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg said "she prefers the South African Constitution over the United States Constitution."
Newt Gingrich stated on February 18, 2012 in a campaign speech in Cobb County: "You can’t put a gun rack in a [Chevrolet] Volt."
Nathan Deal stated on January 10, 2012 in his State of the State address: Siemens has been unable to fill approximately 200 skilled trade positions in metro Atlanta.
Paul Broun stated on December 13, 2011 in a press release: "The latest unemployment numbers have shown that nearly 315,000 Americans have simply given up hope when it comes to finding a job."
Herman Cain stated on October 19, 2011 in several public statements: Says his 9-9-9 tax reform plan is not "regressive."
Michele Bachmann stated on November 23, 2011 in an interview: Says Newt Gingrich "has said that we should make the 11 million illegal workers that are in this country legal."
Ron Paul stated on October 11, 2011 in the Republican presidential debate at Dartmouth College in New Hampshire: GOP presidential hopeful Herman Cain called Ron Paul’s followers "ignorant."
Phil Kent stated on October 4, 2011 in a speech before the North Fulton and Friends Tea Party: The newly created state Immigration Enforcement Review Board "can actually prosecute, and get them [violators] into jail, if we bring in the attorney general."
Herman Cain stated on October 4, 2011 in his book, "This is Herman Cain! My Journey to the White House": The Department of Energy’s "Billion Ton Study" has shown that wind and solar energy combined "could at best provide only 5 percent of our total energy needs."
Eva Galambos stated on September 27, 2011 in an op-ed: "Not a single segment of the proposed Beltline intersects the MARTA system at MARTA stations."
Beverly Hall stated on August 10, 2011 in a commentary published in Education Week: Gains in Atlanta Public Schools scores on a national standardized test lend credence to "dramatic" score increases on state tests.
Herman Cain stated on September 22, 2011 in in a Republican presidential debate: An Environmental Protection Agency regulation that goes into effect Jan. 1, 2012, regulates dust.
John Sherman stated on September 12, 2011 in a newsletter: The Atlanta Beltline paid nearly $3.5 million for less than a quarter-acre.
Paul Broun stated on September 15, 2011 in a tweet: Stimulus money funded a government board that made recommendations that would cost 378,000 jobs and $28.3 billion in sales.
Herman Cain stated on September 15, 2011 in an op-ed : "This is the worst jobs recovery since the Great Depression."
Debbie Dooley stated on September 6, 2011 in an op-ed: "[Eighty-five percent] of the funds collected in each county will be redistributed elsewhere -- not spent in the county in which it is collected."
Chris McCalla stated on August 1, 2011 in Press Release: "An amazing 5,400 jobs were lost in the first 12 months of the (smoking) ban’s implementation in Ohio’s hospitality industry alone."
Johnny Isakson stated on August 23, 2011 in a speech before the Greater North Fulton Chamber of Commerce: The premiums on Medicare’s prescription drug program have fallen almost every year since it began.
Herman Cain stated on August 11, 2011 in the GOP debate in Ames, Iowa: Says that he did "not exactly" say that communities have the right to ban mosques.
Georgia Department of Transportation stated on July 19, 2011 in a press release: The Northwest Corridor highway project in Cobb and Cherokee counties "is expected to create over 9,700 jobs statewide."
Beverly Hall stated on June 24, 2011 in a mailer: Atlanta Public Schools’ 2011 CRCT tests were "given under the strictest security possible."
Phil Gingrey stated on June 22, 2011 in a news conference: Under last year’s health care reform, "a bunch of bureaucrats decide whether you get care, such as continuing on dialysis or cancer chemotherapy."
Tom Price stated on July 24, 2011 in an interview on CNN's "State of the Union with Candy Crowley": "The U.S. won't default, because default means that you don't pay your creditors. And it takes about 10 percent of the money that's coming in right now" to pay interest to bondholders.
Sam Olens stated on June 28, 2011 in a radio news story: "If you're from Guatemala and you are found illegally in Mexico, you are automatically jailed."
National Republican Congressional Committee stated on May 18, 2011 in press releases: U.S. Reps. John Barrow and Sanford Bishop and their fellow Democrats "went on a spending spree and now their credit card is maxed out."
Robert Brown stated on June 2, 2011 in a press release: Georgia’s illegal immigration crackdown laws should be called the "Brown Codes" because of their similarity to the "Black Codes" governing blacks after the Civil War.
Ray Lewis stated on May 25, 2011 in an interview: "Do this research … watch how much crime picks up if you take away [football]."