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Latest Fact-Checks By Bill Adair

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Kay Hagan
Kay Hagan
stated on October 7, 2014 a debate
"The Common Core was not put together by the Department of Education in Washington. It was put together by governors and by states."  
Mostly True
By Bill Adair • October 8, 2014
Kay Hagan
Kay Hagan
stated on October 3, 2014 a news release
Says Thom Tillis "refuses to say what we should do to combat ISIS."
Mostly True
By Bill Adair, Shaker Samman • October 7, 2014
Protect Oregon Driver Licenses
Protect Oregon Driver Licenses
stated on April 21, 2013 a campaign website statement
Gov. Kitzhaber oversaw creation of the Oregon driver card law "behind closed doors without allowing any input from citizens who represent the public interest."
Mostly False
By Bill Adair • August 13, 2014
John Kitzhaber
John Kitzhaber
stated on July 18, 2014 a campaign debate
Oregon "is the most trade-dependent state in the nation"
False
By Bill Adair • July 25, 2014
Donald Rumsfeld
Donald Rumsfeld
stated on February 17, 2013 an op-ed in the "Washington Post"
Says wrestling was a favorite sport of Abraham Lincoln.
True
By Bill Adair • February 18, 2013
Chain email
Chain email
stated on June 26, 2012 a message forwarded to many people
Says "a lip-reading instructor at the River School, a Washington, D.C., school for the deaf" has determined that during 9/11 ceremonies, Michelle Obama said, "All this for a damn flag."
Pants on Fire!
By Bill Adair • June 26, 2012
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on January 8, 2012 a Republican debate in New Hampshire.
Says President Barack Obama "is a socialist."
Pants on Fire!
By Bill Adair • January 8, 2012
Michele Bachmann
Michele Bachmann
stated on November 22, 2011 a Republican debate in Washington
Says Apple CEO Steve Jobs told President Obama that the company moved factories to China because it needed 30,000 engineers.
True
By Bill Adair • November 23, 2011
Republican Party of Florida
Republican Party of Florida
stated on March 19, 2010 a news release
The Democratic health care plan is a "government takeover of nearly 20 percent of our economy."
Pants on Fire!
By Bill Adair • March 19, 2010
Charlie Crist
Charlie Crist
stated on March 2, 2010 the State of the State address
Cover Florida "is available to any Floridian, offering basic coverage for about $150 a month, instead of the typical $600 a month."
Mostly False
By Bill Adair, John Frank • March 3, 2010
C.W. Bill Young
C.W. Bill Young
stated on February 20, 2010 a speech to Pinellas County Republicans.
The Democratic health care plan is a "government takeover of our health programs."
Pants on Fire!
By Bill Adair • February 25, 2010
Tom Price
Tom Price
stated on January 29, 2010 a Republican retreat in Baltimore
"Mr. President, multiple times from your administration there have come statements that Republicans have no ideas and no solutions" on health care.
True
By Bill Adair • January 29, 2010
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on January 27, 2010 his State of the Union address
The "pay-as-you-go law ... was a big reason why we had record surpluses in the 1990s."
Half-True
By Bill Adair, Louis Jacobson • January 28, 2010
Dick Cheney
Dick Cheney
stated on December 30, 2009 a statement to Politico.
President Obama "doesn't ... want to admit we're at war."
Pants on Fire!
By Bill Adair • January 3, 2010
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on September 20, 2009 an interview on Meet the Press
"Mathematically, the White Sox can still get in the playoffs."
True
By Bill Adair • September 20, 2009
John King
John King
stated on August 2, 2009 an interview on CNN's State of the Union
"The John McCain Twitter account has more than 1.1 million followers. The official White House Twitter account has only about 830,000."
Mostly True
By Bill Adair • August 4, 2009
Steny Hoyer
Steny Hoyer
stated on June 16, 2009 a press availability.
"Some 500 detainees were released from Guantanamo during the Bush administration."
Mostly True
By Bill Adair • June 18, 2009
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on May 7, 2009 a speech at the White House.
Pay-as-you-go "is the principle that helped transform large deficits into surpluses in the 1990s."
Half-True
By Bill Adair • May 7, 2009
Michele Bachmann
Michele Bachmann
stated on April 27, 2009 an interview with Pajamas Media.
In the 1970s, "the swine flu broke out . . . under another Democrat, President Jimmy Carter."
Pants on Fire!
By Bill Adair • April 30, 2009
George Will
George Will
stated on March 24, 2009 a column published by the Washington Post and other news organizations.
"Congress shoveled $700 billion into the Troubled Assets Relief Program, $325 billion of which has been spent without purchasing any toxic assets."
True
By Bill Adair • April 9, 2009
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