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Latest Fact-Checks By Amy Hollyfield

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Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on March 28, 2010 a U.S. Senate primary debate on FOX News Sunday
"Since that famous day in February where the governor campaigned with Barack Obama on behalf of the stimulus program, 211,000 Floridians have lost their jobs."
True
By Amy Hollyfield • March 28, 2010
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on May 12, 2008 Logan, W. Va.
"If West Virginia had voted for our Democratic nominee in 2000 and 2004, we wouldn't have had to put up with George Bush for the last 7 years."
Half-True
By Amy Hollyfield • May 15, 2008
Chain email
Chain email
stated on April 18, 2008
"His true name is Barak Hussein Muhammed Obama."
Pants on Fire!
By Amy Hollyfield • May 2, 2008
Chain email
Chain email
stated on April 18, 2008
"Obama ... gave almost a million dollars to the (Kenya) opposition campaign who just happened to be his cousin, Raila Odinga."
Pants on Fire!
By Amy Hollyfield • May 2, 2008
Chain email
Chain email
stated on March 19, 2008 a chain e-mail
"According to The Book of Revelations the anti-christ ... will be a man, in his 40s, of MUSLIM descent ... is it OBAMA??"
Pants on Fire!
By Amy Hollyfield • April 2, 2008
Mike Gravel
Mike Gravel
stated on March 13, 2008 a YouTube video
"I am a candidate. I have not withdrawn."
True
By Amy Hollyfield • March 26, 2008
John McCain
John McCain
stated on February 20, 2008 a news conference in Columbus, Ohio
"I committed to public financing; (Obama) committed to public financing."
Mostly True
By Amy Hollyfield • March 3, 2008
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on February 19, 2008 a campaign rally in Houston, Texas
"When we've got CEOs making more in 10 minutes than ordinary workers are making in a year ... then something is wrong."
Mostly True
By Amy Hollyfield • February 28, 2008
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on February 26, 2008 a debate in Cleveland
"Could I just point out that ... I seem to get the first question all the time?"
True
By Amy Hollyfield • February 27, 2008
Republican National Committee
Republican National Committee
stated on February 11, 2008 an RNC Web site feature where you can send a GOP valentine from your favorite Democrat
RNC version of a Hillary Clinton valentine: "Roses are red, violets are blue, I'll raise your taxes and there is nothing you can do."
Pants on Fire!
By Amy Hollyfield • February 14, 2008
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on February 10, 2008 a campaign rally in Alexandra, Va.
"She said, you know, 'I voted for it, but I hoped it wouldn't pass.' That was a quote on live TV."
False
By Amy Hollyfield • February 11, 2008
John McCain
John McCain
stated on February 6, 2008 a TV ad airing in Virginia, the District of Columbia and Maryland
"One man sacrificed for his country. One man opposed a flawed strategy in Iraq. One man had the courage to call for change. One man didn't play politics with the truth. One man stands up to the special interests."
True
By Amy Hollyfield, Wes Allison • February 7, 2008
Citizens United Political Victory Fund
Citizens United Political Victory Fund
stated on February 1, 2008 a TV ad
"(John McCain) was even mentioned as a running mate with John Kerry."
True
By Amy Hollyfield • February 4, 2008
Spike the Romney Attack Dog
Spike the Romney Attack Dog
stated on January 2, 2008 a mailer from the Romney campaign to Iowans
"Mike Huckabee raised taxes on dog groomers!"
Mostly True
By Amy Hollyfield • January 7, 2008
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on December 16, 2007 "Meet the Press" interview
"I just talked about guns. I told you what my position was, and what I did as governor, the fact that I received the endorsement of the NRA."
False
By Amy Hollyfield • December 31, 2007
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on December 12, 2007 debate in Johnston, Iowa
"I'm prolife. I'm not going to apologize for becoming prolife. Ronald Reagan followed that same course, as did Henry Hyde and George Herbert Walker Bush. And I'm proud to be prolife."
Half-True
By Amy Hollyfield • December 19, 2007
Chris Dodd
Chris Dodd
stated on December 13, 2007 debate in Johnston, Iowa
"We've got some 37-million of our fellow citizens who are living in poverty; about 12-million or 13-million are children."
True
By Amy Hollyfield • December 13, 2007
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on December 2, 2007 a news release
"Senator Obama's relatives and friends say he has been talking about running for president for at least the last 15 years," a campaign spokesman said.
True
By Amy Hollyfield • December 6, 2007
John McCain
John McCain
stated on November 26, 2007 Interview on Fox News
"He was a member of the Iraq Study Group and was either fired or quit from a very important commission that was trying to figure out the way forward in Iraq."
True
By Amy Hollyfield • December 4, 2007
Tom Tancredo
Tom Tancredo
stated on November 20, 2007 Fox News interview
"I spend a lot of time in Iowa, and believe it or not, in Ottumwa, Iowa, this is the heartland, the newspaper, the regular newspaper for Ottumwa, Iowa, is (a) bilingual newspaper."
False
By Amy Hollyfield • November 29, 2007
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