Fact Check Posts – Page 2095

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.

Bill O’Reilly called George Tiller “a baby killer” without attribution

By Angie Drobnic Holan

June 5, 2009

Says he didn't call Dr. George Tiller a baby killer, as liberal groups charge, but was merely reporting what "some prolifers branded him."

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."

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…

Gingrich reverses on calling Sotomayor a racist

By Catharine Richert

June 3, 2009

On calling Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor a racist.

McConnell claims Department of Justice disagreed with Sotomayor in Ricci firefighter case

June 1, 2009

"The Department of Justice, under the Obama administration, disagrees with the decision" Judge Sotomayor made in the Ricci vs. DeStefano case.

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."

150,000 jobs “created or saved”? Maybe.

By Angie Drobnic Holan

May 29, 2009

In the 100 days since its passage, the economic stimulus has "saved or created nearly 150,000 jobs."

North Korea contends that the five permanent members of the U.N. Security Council have conducted 99.99 percent of all nuclear tests

May 29, 2009

"The nuclear test conducted in our nation this time is the Earth's 2,054th nuclear test. The five permanent members of the U.N. Security Council have…

Rush Limbaugh says Sotomayor disregarded law to rule against white firefighters

May 28, 2009

Sotomayor "ruled against the white firefighter — Ricci and other white firefighters — just on the basis that she thought women and minorities should be…

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."

Sotomayor’s comment about Latina women versus white men

May 27, 2009

Sotomayor thinks "that one’s sex, race and ethnicity ought to affect the decisions one renders from the bench."

Latest Fact Checks

Boehner claims Biden said the stimulus is scamming the American people

Bill O’Reilly called George Tiller “a baby killer” without attribution

Obama claims America is one of the largest Muslim countries

Sen. John Barrasso claims Democrats against drilling for oil

Gingrich reverses on calling Sotomayor a racist

McConnell claims Department of Justice disagreed with Sotomayor in Ricci firefighter case

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

150,000 jobs “created or saved”? Maybe.

North Korea contends that the five permanent members of the U.N. Security Council have conducted 99.99 percent of all nuclear tests

Rush Limbaugh says Sotomayor disregarded law to rule against white firefighters

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

Sotomayor’s comment about Latina women versus white men