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Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee

stated on January 5, 2012 in a press release.:

Congressman Scott DesJarlais "is spending his one year anniversary on vacation -- only working 6 days in all of January."

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By Michael Collins February 2, 2012

DCCC says Republican freshman Scott DesJarlais vacationed from Congress all but six days in January

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Democratic Campaign Congressional Committee, "Year One: DesJarlais Chooses Extremism and Ultra Wealthy Over Middle Class and Creating Jobs," Jan. 5, 2012

House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, House calendar, January 2012

Robert Jameson, spokesman for U.S. Rep. Scott DesJarlais, interview on Jan. 31, 2012

Robert Jameson, spokesman for U.S. Rep. Scott DesJarlais, email on Jan. 31, 2012

Christian Science Monitor, "Will the 112th Congress work hard -- or hardly work?," Jan. 4, 2011

PolitiFact Ohio, "DCCC says Bob Gibbs is vacationing from Congress all but six days in January," Jan. 16, 2012.

stated on April 3, 2012 in in a press release.:

"The average age of members of the House of Representatives is 57 years old."

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stated on April 6, 2012 in a statement on his campaign website.:

Adding ethanol to gas "raises food costs."

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stated on December 1, 2011 in Washington Report newsletter to constituents.:

"Fewer than 10 percent of those in the House are what anyone would classify as wealthy."

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stated on September 22, 2012 in in a press release.:

"We haven’t passed a budget in more than three years and not a single appropriations bill has been brought to the floor this year."

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stated on September 4, 2012 in Tennessee Republican Party web site posting:

President Obama campaign surrogate Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley "acknowledged that we are not better off than we were four years ago."

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stated on July 23, 2012 in column in the Huffington Post:

"After one year, Tennessee’s students made their biggest single-year jump in achievement ever recorded in the state."

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Chuck Fleischmann

stated on July 17, 2012 in in a blog post on his campaign website.:

Says that President Obama said that "Small Businesses Succeed Because of Government."

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Lou Ann Zelenik

stated on July 26, 2012 in in an ongoing radio commercial.:

"Diane Black voted to fund Obamacare."

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stated on June 23, 2012 in an email to constituents:

"If you have ever visited Nashville or Washington D.C. you will see MANY names and initials carved into ... desks."

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stated on June 27, 2012 in Posted by Ciparro's website:

"In the last 10 years, only one piece of legislation has been cosponsored and passed by" John Duncan Jr.

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stated on June 1, 2012 in a press release.:

The United States has experienced "40 straight months of unemployment at 8 percent or higher."

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Tennessee Democratic Party

stated on April 25, 2012 in a blog post on the party’s web site on April 25, 2012:

Says U.S. Rep. Stephen Fincher "breaks earmark pledge."

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stated on May 7, 2012 in an interview about WTVF-TV’s “ghost voting” story.:

Says in U.S. Congress, members "don’t even have to be on the floor for debates or votes."

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Scott DesJarlais

stated on April 24, 2012 in a blog post on his website.:

"The United States already has the highest corporate tax rate in the world."

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stated on March 20, 2012 in an op-ed published in The Hill.:

"Congress as a whole is less popular than it’s been since polling was invented."

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stated on April 3, 2012 in in a press release.:

"The average age of members of the House of Representatives is 57 years old."

true

true

stated on April 6, 2012 in a statement on his campaign website.:

Adding ethanol to gas "raises food costs."

mostly-true

mostly-true

stated on December 1, 2011 in Washington Report newsletter to constituents.:

"Fewer than 10 percent of those in the House are what anyone would classify as wealthy."

false

false

stated on September 22, 2012 in in a press release.:

"We haven’t passed a budget in more than three years and not a single appropriations bill has been brought to the floor this year."

true

true

stated on September 4, 2012 in Tennessee Republican Party web site posting:

President Obama campaign surrogate Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley "acknowledged that we are not better off than we were four years ago."

half-true

half-true

stated on July 23, 2012 in column in the Huffington Post:

"After one year, Tennessee’s students made their biggest single-year jump in achievement ever recorded in the state."

mostly-true

mostly-true

Instagram posts
stated on August 27, 2024 in an Instagram post:

California S.B. 1174 eliminates the requirement for voter ID at polling places.

By Sofia Ahmed • August 30, 2024
X posts
stated on August 29, 2024 in X posts:

President Joe Biden “did a campaign ad at the graves in Arlington in 2020.”

By Loreben Tuquero • August 30, 2024
X posts
stated on August 16, 2024 in a video:

Video shows “Kamala Harris describing how she can ruin lives with the 'swipe of a pen.’"

By Kwasi Gyamfi Asiedu • August 30, 2024
Facebook posts
stated on August 25, 2024 in a post:

Kamala Harris’ “plan to tax unrecognized Capital Gains mean(s) if your house goes up in value you will have to pay that Tax Even if you don’t sell your House!”

By Sara Swann • August 30, 2024
Facebook posts
stated on August 25, 2024 in a Facebook post:

“There’s no such thing as menopause.”

By Madison Czopek • August 30, 2024
Instagram posts
stated on August 27, 2024 in an Instagram post:

“Hollywood actor Kurt Russell just said: ‘It is now proven, beyond a shadow of a doubt that Kamala Harris and Joe Biden CHEATED in the 2020 election with mail-in ballots.’”

By Caleb McCullough • August 30, 2024
Kamala Harris
stated on August 22, 2024 in her acceptance speech at the Democratic National Convention:

Former President Donald Trump "intends to enact what, in effect, is a national sales tax ... that would raise prices on middle-class families by almost $4,000 a year."

By Louis Jacobson • August 30, 2024
Viral image
stated on August 27, 2024 in a Facebook post:

“Kurt Russell forms a new non-woke actors alliance with Roseanne Barr and Tim Allen.”

By Ciara O'Rourke • August 30, 2024
Viral image
stated on August 23, 2024 in an X post:

Photo of former President Donald Trump after an assassination attempt was generated by artificial intelligence.

By Ciara O'Rourke • August 30, 2024
X posts
stated on August 28, 2024 in an X post:

C-SPAN captions for a JD Vance speech said, “Single person clapping.”

By Ciara O'Rourke • August 30, 2024

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