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The Gateway Pundit
The Gateway Pundit
stated on October 17, 2021 a headline:
Democrats “manufactured votes from low income voters to steal the battleground states.”
Pants on Fire!
By Amy Sherman • October 19, 2021
Gavin Newsom
Gavin Newsom
stated on June 23, 2019 an interview on "Axios on HBO":
"The vast majority" of San Francisco’s homeless people "also come in from — and we know this — from Texas. Just (an) interesting fact."
Pants on Fire!
By Chris Nichols • August 14, 2019
Bob Donovan
Bob Donovan
stated on January 29, 2016 a Facebook post:
"This is the true picture of ‘Milwaukee's Renaissance’ after 12 years of Mayor Tom Barrett's leadership."  
Pants on Fire!
By Tom Kertscher • February 2, 2016
William Benson Huber
William Benson Huber
stated on September 28, 2014 an op-ed in the "New York Post":
The non-profit group Feeding America is lying when it claims "that one in five kids is fighting starvation daily" in the United States.    
Pants on Fire!
By Jon Greenberg • October 1, 2014
Oxfam Ireland
Oxfam Ireland
stated on July 22, 2014 an info-graphic tweet:
Women "own just 1 percent of the world’s land."
Pants on Fire!
By Jon Greenberg • August 5, 2014
Michele Bachmann
Michele Bachmann
stated on March 16, 2013 a speech at the conservative CPAC conference:
Of every "three dollars in food stamps for the needy, seven dollars in salaries and pensions (go to) the bureaucrats who are supposed to be taking care of the poor."
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • March 19, 2013
Chain email
Chain email
stated on July 12, 2012 a message via the Internet:
Medicare insurance premiums will be rising to "$120.20 per month in 2013 and $247.00 per month in 2014."
Pants on Fire!
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • August 7, 2012
National Republican Congressional Committee
National Republican Congressional Committee
stated on May 2, 2012 an email statement:
Says that Rep. Betty Sutton "would rather riot with Occupy (Wall Street) than stand up for Ohio families."
Pants on Fire!
By Henry J. Gomez • May 9, 2012
Newt Gingrich
Newt Gingrich
stated on November 30, 2011 a speech in Council Bluffs, Iowa:
People can use food stamps "for anything," including "to go to Hawaii," and even millionaires can qualify.
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • December 1, 2011
Lisa Baldelli-Hunt
Lisa Baldelli-Hunt
stated on November 17, 2011 a General Assembly debate on pension overhaul:
"Eighty-five percent . . . of Rhode Island tax returns that were filed for the year 2010 . . . were from individuals who earned $30,000 or less."
Pants on Fire!
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • December 1, 2011
Sandra Cunningham
Sandra Cunningham
stated on July 11, 2011 a speech on the State Senate floor:
Says a Senate resolution would restore $140 in monthly general assistance payments and prevent people from committing crime.
Pants on Fire!
By Bill Wichert, Erin O'Neill • August 18, 2011
David Cicilline
David Cicilline
stated on June 14, 2011 a speech on the floor of the House of Representatives:
The WIC program "is an incredibly cost effective program, serving nearly 10 million Americans each year and costing less than $100 per person. In my district, more than 18 percent of residents suffer from food insecurity and depend on WIC to make ends meet."
Pants on Fire!
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • June 26, 2011
Chain email
Chain email
stated on February 17, 2011 a chain e-mail:
Welfare programs caused more long-term damage to Detroit than the atomic bomb caused to Hiroshima
Pants on Fire!
By Peter Lord • February 18, 2011
Zack Space
Zack Space
stated on September 2, 2010 a letter:
A bill to save teacher jobs is completely paid for by closing corporate tax loopholes.
Pants on Fire!
By Stephen Koff • October 1, 2010