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Gene McIntyre stated on February 22, 2013 in a guest column:

Says we will pay the new chancellor "a basic salary of nearly $300,000 a year ... an amount that does not include the costs of this public employee’s benefits, perks and living expenses for a lavish house, an upscale car, a spending allowance, and fine dining almost every day on the taxpayer dollar."

By Yuxing Zheng• March 20, 2013

Robert Walsh stated on April 20, 2014 in an interview on WPRI's "Newsmakers" program:

Says gubernatorial candidate Clay Pell "hasn't spent a dime on advertising."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr.• May 2, 2014

Florida Democratic Party stated on May 18, 2010 in an e-mail message:

"Last year, (Bill McCollum) spent more than $2.2 million dollars to produce and air campaign-style TV ads where you were featured in almost every frame."

By Trenton Daniel• May 25, 2010

Dennis Kucinich stated on November 10, 2010 in a news release:

"We are giving almost $2 billion of taxpayer money to the junk food and fast food industries every year to make the (childhood obesity) epidemic worse."

By Tom Feran• December 6, 2010

Jay Nixon stated on August 20, 2015 in comments at the Missouri State Fair:

"Almost nine out of every 10 pennies that would be spent" turning a 200-mile stretch of Interstate 70 into a toll road "would be from folks outside Missouri."

By Allison Graves• September 29, 2015

Florida Democratic Party stated on November 05, 2015 in a Facebook post:

"Marco Rubio spent $400K of your tax dollars remodeling offices, and building a members-only lounge."

By Joshua Gillin• November 9, 2015

Jay Nixon stated on August 17, 2014 in on ABC's "This Week":

"I've been here almost every day."

By Steve Contorno• August 18, 2014

Chuck Grassley stated on December 30, 2009 in a conference call:

"I haven't missed a vote since 1993."

By Catharine Richert• January 6, 2010

Jim Renacci stated on January 04, 2011 in a radio interview :

Says signs posted at projects funded by the federal stimulus act has cost "20 or 40 million" dollars.

By Tom Feran• February 28, 2011

Roy Cooper stated on October 14, 2020 in a debate:

Says Dan Forest has “missed almost half of the Board of Education meetings during the pandemic."

By Paul Specht• October 30, 2020

Michael Riley stated on September 18, 2012 in a radio ad:

James Langevin "has received almost $20 million from taxpayers and special interests to use at his own discretion to supposedly champion Rhode Island’s needs."

By John Hill• September 23, 2012

John Loughlin stated on June 07, 2013 in an appearance on WPRO.:

"We have one of the most expensive General Assemblies, per capita, in the entire country."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr.• June 23, 2013

Viral image stated on June 19, 2019 in a Facebook post:

Says a photo shows a dog who has slept by his master’s grave every night for seven years.

By Ciara O'Rourke• September 26, 2019

Pat Roberts stated on February 05, 2009 in remarks made in the Senate:

The Congressional Budget Office "estimates that only 15 percent of this stimulus package will be spent in 2009" and only 37 percent in 2010.

By Angie Drobnic Holan• February 9, 2009

Tom Rooney stated on June 02, 2011 in a press release:

"For every $1 spent on mitigation, $4 in post-storm cleanup and rebuilding is saved."

By Amy Sherman• June 8, 2011

Mike Huebsch stated on March 03, 2011 in a statement made by a staffer during a court hearing.:

Damage by protesters to the Wisconsin state Capitol will cost $7.5 million to repair.

By James B. Nelson• March 8, 2011

Florida Police Benevolent Association stated on September 27, 2010 in a TV ad.:

"Rick Scott's prison plan would cut Florida's prison budget in half, close prisons, and release tens of thousands of prisoners early -- murderers, rapists, sex offenders, armed robbers, drug dealers."

By Aaron Sharockman• October 4, 2010

Charlie Crist stated on July 01, 2010 in a speech at the Florida Association of Counties conference:

"I have spent virtually every weekend since Memorial Day in the Panhandle."

By Cristina Silva• July 2, 2010

Mike DeWine stated on March 20, 2018 in a TV ad:

Says Mary Taylor has a work schedule that is "almost untraceable."

By Amy Sherman• April 3, 2018

Sarah Silverman stated on October 08, 2014 in a video for the National Women's Law Center:

"Every year the average woman loses around $11,000 to the wage gap," which amounts to "a $500,000 vagina tax" over her working career.

By Katie Sanders• October 10, 2014

Booker latest Democrat to exaggerate gun violence statistic

By Louis Jacobson• April 4, 2013

Thompson's first role: factory worker

By John Frank• October 18, 2007

Readers sound off on time taken for mandated tests

By W. Gardner Selby• September 10, 2012

Does your natural gas flow through wood pipes?

By Louis Jacobson• September 20, 2010

How MSNBC and Fox News covered Chris Christie's 'Bridgegate'

By Aaron Sharockman• January 14, 2014

PunditFact fact-checks the Aug. 30 Sunday shows

By Will Cabaniss, Linda Qiu, Aaron Sharockman• August 30, 2015

Why we fact-checked Jon Stewart and The Daily Show, and 11 reasons we’re sad to see him go

By Aaron Sharockman• August 6, 2015

Fact-checking the Aug. 30 news shows

By Will Cabaniss, Linda Qiu, Aaron Sharockman• August 30, 2015

Fact-checking Trump on Reflecting Pool renovation timeline, cost, contractor relationship

By Louis Jacobson, Amy Sherman• May 28, 2026

Epstein emails led to rumors that Trump spent 2017 Thanksgiving with him. Here’s what we found.

By Loreben Tuquero• November 19, 2025

PolitiFact's Five Surprising "True" ratings

By Louis Jacobson• December 24, 2009

Fact-checking Barack Obama's 2016 State of the Union address

By Lauren Carroll, C. Eugene Emery Jr., Louis Jacobson, Katie Sanders• January 13, 2016

What happened when fact-checkers left their desks to go to Iowa

By Angie Drobnic Holan• January 22, 2016

A few claims don't make the Truth-O-Meter

By Jacob Geiger, Sean Gorman• March 29, 2011

Rick Perry alone among presidential prospects in military service?

By W. Gardner Selby• March 25, 2015

Truth-O-Meter travels back in time

By Willoughby Mariano• September 26, 2010

Clinton's not-so-radical past

By Robert Farley• February 15, 2008

PolitiFact Florida's new 'Scott-O-Meter' to track campaign promises

By Aaron Sharockman• December 30, 2010

'Transgender monkeys'? Musk highlights misleading posts in push for new Government Efficiency group

By Caleb McCullough, Mia Osmonbekov, Amy Sherman• November 18, 2024

Launching PolitiFact Global News Service

By Jon Greenberg• February 9, 2016

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