Bush Administration Scorecard true 0% 11 Checks mostly true 0% 6 Checks half true 0% 6 Checks mostly false 0% 8 Checks false 0% 10 Checks Pants on Fire 0% 4 Checks For more details, see the Principles of PolitiFact All Fact-checks for Bush Administration Facebook posts stated on October 20, 2021 in a Facebook post: “Gas prices were WAY higher in 2008, under REPUBLICAN president George W. Bush.” By Gabrielle Settles • October 25, 2021 Occupy Democrats stated on August 20, 2016 in a posting on Facebook: Says President Barack Obama "has taken less vacation days than any other president in a generation," while Congress "has taken more vacation days than any other Congress in history." By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • September 9, 2016 National Rifle Association stated on August 10, 2016 in : Says Hillary Clinton "doesn’t believe in your right to keep a gun at home for self-defense." By Will Doran • August 11, 2016 NowThis stated on August 10, 2016 in a viral video: Says President Bill Clinton did not sign NAFTA. By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • August 11, 2016 Todd Wilcox stated on May 20, 2016 in a newspaper interview: "I can tell you that the enhanced interrogation techniques that have since been banned by this administration — specifically waterboarding — work." By Joshua Gillin • May 24, 2016 Rich Lowry stated on May 10, 2015 in comments on ABC's "This Week": "During the Bush administration, you actually had a prominent liberal write a book about how Bush was preparing for a fascist takeover of this country." By Jon Greenberg • May 12, 2015 Sean Hannity stated on March 10, 2015 in remarks on Fox's Hannity: In 2007, when Nancy Pelosi met with President Assad of Syria, "nobody got upset." By Lauren Carroll • March 18, 2015 X posts stated on January 23, 2015 in various social media postings: The Republican Party has not won a presidential election without either a Bush or a Nixon on the ticket since 1928. By Dave Umhoefer • January 26, 2015 Bret Baier stated on January 20, 2015 in an analysis of Obama's speech: In President Barack Obama’s 2015 State of the Union address, "the words ‘al-Qaida’ were never used, the first time those words have not been used in a State of the Union address since February 2001." January 21, 2015 Glenn Grothman stated on April 4, 2014 in a radio interview: When Republicans last controlled the presidency and Congress, "the number of people on food stamps (and) the number of people in low-income housing went through the roof." April 10, 2014 Ann Coulter stated on January 22, 2014 in a broadcast of CNN's "Piers Morgan Live": Says in 2000, Fox News broke the story of George W. Bush’s drunk driving arrest. "Who broke it? Fox News." By Jon Greenberg • January 27, 2014 Robert Gates stated on January 13, 2014 in an interview with NPR: On foreign policy, Joe Biden was against aid for Vietnam, said the fall of the Shah was "a step forward" for human rights in Iran, opposed Reagan's defense build-up and voted against the first Gulf War. By Steve Contorno • January 16, 2014 Ted Cruz stated on November 8, 2013 in in an interview on the "Tonight Show": "Under President (George W.) Bush, prosecution of gun crimes was 30 percent higher than it is under President Obama." By Julie Kliegman • November 15, 2013 Diane Ravitch stated on October 15, 2013 in a speech: "Test scores had gone up steadily for 40 years until No Child Left Behind and Race to the Top." By John Hill • October 27, 2013 John Kerry stated on September 5, 2013 in an interview on MSNBC’s “All In”: Says he "opposed the president’s decision to go into Iraq" in 2003. By Becky Bowers • September 13, 2013 Al Sharpton stated on August 9, 2013 in a segment of his MSNBC show, "Politics Nation": Says President Barack Obama "has taken 92 days of vacation since he was sworn in," compared to 367 for President George W. Bush at the same point in his presidency. By Louis Jacobson • August 12, 2013 Jim McDermott stated on June 4, 2013 in a House Ways and Means hearing: "During the Bush administration, liberal groups were targeted" by the IRS, similar to recent targeting. By Jon Greenberg • June 6, 2013 Marcia Fudge stated on January 17, 2013 in a panel discussion on poverty: "When George Bush became president of the United States, 17 million people were in poverty. When he left, 30 million people were in poverty." By Sabrina Eaton • January 30, 2013 People's Majority stated on October 30, 2012 in a TV commercial: "Sheldon Whitehouse [got] a secret closed-door briefing, warning of the [2008 economic] crash." By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • November 3, 2012 Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee stated on September 12, 2012 in a TV ad: Says U.S. Senate candidate Tommy Thompson "admitted" that Washington, D.C., "changed" him into an insider selling his influence to make millions from powerful special interests. By Dave Umhoefer • September 21, 2012 Load More Latest Articles No articles to show. Latest promises about Bush Administration No promises to show. Latest promises about Bush Administration
