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Latest Fact-Checks On Barack Obama

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Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on June 1, 2021 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.”
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By Louis Jacobson • June 2, 2021
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on April 14, 2020 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 a town hall
"We've seen more manufacturing jobs created since I've been president than anytime since the 1990s. That's a fact."
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By Neelesh Moorthy • June 16, 2016
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on March 23, 2016 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 a State of the Union speech
We've "lifted high school graduation rates to new highs."
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By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • January 13, 2016
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on December 1, 2015 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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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