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Latest Fact-Checks On Barack Obama

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Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on June 1, 2021 in an interview with Ezra Klein:
“The filibuster, if it does not get reformed, still means that maybe 30% of the population potentially controls the majority of Senate seats.”
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • June 2, 2021
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on April 14, 2020 in an endorsement announcement:
Joe Biden "already has what is the most progressive platform of any major party nominee in history."
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By Louis Jacobson • April 17, 2020
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on November 1, 2017 in a video:
"Eight in 10 people this year can find plans for $75 a month or less."
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By Manuela Tobias • November 6, 2017
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on November 2, 2016 in a rally in North Carolina:
The list of voters that North Carolina Republicans "tried to purge was two-thirds black and Democratic."
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By Lauren Carroll • November 7, 2016
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on September 28, 2016 in a CNN town hall:
"Since I came into office … we have increased the VA budget by 85 percent."
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By Louis Jacobson • September 30, 2016
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on August 2, 2016 in a press conference at the White House:
Thanks to the Trans-Pacific Partnership, "Vietnam is drafting and presenting unprecedented labor reforms, changing their Constitution to recognize worker organizations in Vietnam for the first time."
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By Allison Graves, Neelesh Moorthy • August 4, 2016
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on June 20, 2016 in a statement:
"As governor, in the face of partisan attacks, (Charlie Crist) had the courage to save jobs and lead his state into economic recovery."
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By Joshua Gillin • June 23, 2016
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on March 11, 2016 in keynoting South by Southwest Interactive:
"We’re the only advanced democracy in the world that makes it harder for people to vote."
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By W. Gardner Selby • June 20, 2016
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on June 1, 2016 in in a town hall:
"We've seen more manufacturing jobs created since I've been president than anytime since the 1990s. That's a fact."
Half-True
By Neelesh Moorthy • June 16, 2016
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on March 23, 2016 in a Medium post:
The "rate of uninsured Americans (is) 8.8 percent."
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By Louis Jacobson • April 5, 2016
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on January 12, 2016 in a State of the Union speech:
We've "lifted high school graduation rates to new highs."
Half-True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • January 13, 2016
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on December 1, 2015 in a press conference:
"You go down to Miami and when it's flooding at high tide on a sunny day, fish are swimming through the middle of the streets."  
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By Amy Sherman • December 4, 2015
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on June 1, 2015 in remarks at the White House:
Today, "the United States is the most respected country on Earth."
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By Louis Jacobson • June 3, 2015
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on January 20, 2015 in the State of the Union address:
"In Iraq and Syria, American leadership, including our military power, is stopping (the Islamic State’s) advance."
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By Steve Contorno • January 27, 2015
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on January 20, 2015 in his 2015 State of the Union address:
"Since 2010, America has put more people back to work than Europe, Japan, and all advanced economies combined."
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By Lauren Carroll • January 21, 2015
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on December 4, 2014 in a statement of policy from the Executive Office of the President:
A bill from U.S. Rep. Ted Yoho attempts to restrict the administration's ability to conduct national security and criminal background checks on undocumented immigrants.
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By Joshua Gillin • December 16, 2014
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on November 20, 2014 in a speech:
Citing his efforts to secure the border, Obama said, "Overall, the number of people trying to cross our border illegally is the lowest it has been since the 1970s."
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By Amy Sherman • November 25, 2014
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on November 20, 2014 in a speech announcing new immigration actions:
"The actions I’m taking" are "the kinds of actions taken by every single Republican president and every single Democratic president for the past half-century."
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By Louis Jacobson • November 21, 2014
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on November 16, 2014 in a press conference after the G20 summit:
"Over the last few years, we’ve put more people back to work than all the other advanced economies combined."
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By Lauren Carroll, Louis Jacobson • November 18, 2014
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on November 9, 2014 in an interview on CBS' "Face the Nation":
"We've created more jobs in the United States than every other advanced economy combined since I came into office."
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By Lauren Carroll • November 9, 2014
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