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Chain email
stated on July 16, 2012 in a chain email:
The media won’t publish a real photo of Trayvon Martin with tattoos on his face.
Pants on Fire!
By Katie Sanders • July 17, 2012
Graeme Zielinski
stated on May 15, 2012 in Tweets:
Gov. Scott Walker is helping pay for the criminal defense of a man accused of “boy rape.”
Pants on Fire!
By James B. Nelson • May 18, 2012
Sandra Cunningham
stated on July 11, 2011 in a speech on the State Senate floor:
Says a Senate resolution would restore $140 in monthly general assistance payments and prevent people from committing crime.
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By Bill Wichert, Erin O'Neill • August 18, 2011
Direct Action for Rights & Equality
stated on March 9, 2011 in an online petition:
“Roughly 25% of RI has a criminal record”
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By Peter Lord • March 10, 2011
Terry Gorman
stated on January 6, 2011 in a radio interview:
“Illegal aliens cost the state of Rhode Island $400 million a year.”
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By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • February 6, 2011
William G. Batchelder
stated on January 4, 2011 in an interview on WCPN 90.3 FM:
Says getting ex-cons to successfully return to society is important “so we are not always faced constantly with recidivism, which is a big problem in the penitentiary today – in the 70 to 80 percent range.”
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By Mark Naymik • February 5, 2011
American Action Network
stated on October 21, 2010 in a campaign ad:
Ed Perlmutter voted for “Viagra for rapists” paid for with tax dollars.
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By Angie Drobnic Holan • October 26, 2010
Future PAC (Oregon House Democrats)
stated on October 9, 2010 in a campaign mailer:
Say Matt Wand cut Troutdale police, created a slush fund for himself.
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By Janie Har • October 11, 2010
stated on September 21, 2010 in a statement on campaign web site:
“Under Tom Barrett’s leadership, violent crime in Milwaukee has decreased by over 20% — to its lowest levels in more than 20 years.”
Pants on Fire!
By Dave Umhoefer • September 22, 2010
Peter Kilmartin
stated on September 1, 2010 in a campaign commercial:
“When the mayor of Providence’s brother wrote over 100 grand in bad checks to the city, Joe Fernandez didn’t have the guts to prosecute him. He let him off the hook.”
Pants on Fire!
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • September 10, 2010
John Loughlin
stated on July 9, 2010 in a comment on The Helen Glover Show:
Transporting drugs “is the price of admission” for people crossing the border illegally.
Pants on Fire!
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • July 20, 2010
Rick Perry
stated on March 10, 2010 in a Web post:
My “border security efforts have led to a 60 percent decrease in border crime.”
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By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • March 16, 2010
Barbara Ann Radnofsky
stated on October 22, 2009 in in a Web site video:
“The attorney general requires that rape victims pay for the rape kit.”
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By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • January 12, 2010
Steve King
stated on May 6, 2009 in a Fox News interview:
The federal Hate Crimes Prevention Act bill would create “special protection for pedophiles.”
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By Robert Farley • May 14, 2009
Mike Gravel
stated on June 28, 2007 in a debate at Howard University.:
“In 1972, we had a 179,000 human beings in jail in this country. Today, it’s 2.3-million, and 70 percent of them are black, African-American.”  
Pants on Fire!
By David DeCamp • August 30, 2007
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