Latest Fact Checks By Catharine Richert

Ann Coulter criticizes Obama on Muslim history

By Catharine Richert

June 19, 2009

Says President Obama was wrong "about Muslims' historical contributions to mankind, such as algebra (actually that was the ancient Babylonians), the compass (that was the…

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Pence claims that Obama said energy costs will skyrocket with a cap-and-trade plan

By Catharine Richert

June 11, 2009

Contends that President Obama "literally said (if) his cap-and-trade proposals were to pass, that utility rates, his words now, would, 'necessarily skyrocket.'"

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Boehner claims Biden said the stimulus is scamming the American people

By Catharine Richert

June 8, 2009

Says Vice President Joe Biden "admits that the American people are being scammed" with the economic stimulus package.

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Obama claims America is one of the largest Muslim countries

By Catharine Richert

June 4, 2009

"If you actually took the number of Muslims [sic] Americans, we'd be one of the largest Muslim countries in the world."

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Sen. John Barrasso claims Democrats against drilling for oil

By Catharine Richert

June 4, 2009

There are billions of barrels of oil beneath our oceans and in Alaska, and there is ample oil shale in the Rocky Mountain West, but…

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Gingrich reverses on calling Sotomayor a racist

By Catharine Richert

June 3, 2009

On calling Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor a racist.

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RNC chairman Michael Steele claims that the government will be part owner of General Motors

By Catharine Richert

June 1, 2009

"President Obama will now own 60 percent of GM, and his union buddies will own almost 20 percent."

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Libertarian party claims Sonia Sotomayor has had four rulings thrown out by the Supreme Court

By Catharine Richert

May 27, 2009

"Sotomayor has had her rulings thrown out by the court a troubling four times."

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No inmate has escaped from federal supermax prison

By Catharine Richert

May 21, 2009

"Nobody has ever escaped from one of our federal 'supermax' prisons."

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Durbin correct that convicted terrorists are in federal prisons

By Catharine Richert

May 21, 2009

"The reality is, we are holding some of the most dangerous terrorists in the world right now in our federal prisons, including the mastermind of…

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