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Matthew Dowd
Matthew Dowd
stated on May 24, 2022 an interview:
“50% of the guns sold in Texas, because of the loopholes, do not pass through a background check.”
False
By Tom Kertscher • May 25, 2022
Matthew Dowd
Matthew Dowd
stated on March 8, 2019 a tweet:
"Job growth and stock growth for the first two years of Trump are down from where they were (during the) last two years of Obama."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • March 13, 2019
Matthew Dowd
Matthew Dowd
stated on September 20, 2015 a panel discussion on ABC News' "This Week with George Stephanopoulos":
Says Pope Francis "took the name of a saint who basically reached out to Muslims."
Mostly True
By Jon Greenberg • September 22, 2015
Matthew Dowd
Matthew Dowd
stated on September 6, 2015 a panel discussion on ABC News' "This Week with George Stephanopoulos":
"Any Republican that has led for two months and led every state has won the GOP nomination."
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • September 10, 2015
Matthew Dowd
Matthew Dowd
stated on December 7, 2014 comments on ABC's "This Week":
Says President Barack Obama "has lost more members of the House and more members of the Senate than any president ever has lost" in modern times.
Mostly True
By Jon Greenberg • December 7, 2014
Matthew Dowd
Matthew Dowd
stated on November 24, 2013 comments on ABC's "This Week":
"Harry Reid was against (the nuclear option) before he was for it. Mitch McConnell was for it before he was against it. President Obama was against it before he was for it."
True
By Julie Kliegman • November 24, 2013
Matthew Dowd
Matthew Dowd
stated on January 23, 2011 an interview on ABC's "This Week with Christiane Amanpour":
Poll results from the past 35 years show that State of the Union speeches "do not move" presidential approval numbers.
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • January 24, 2011
Matthew Dowd
Matthew Dowd
stated on December 12, 2010 an interview on ABC's "This Week with Christiane Amanpour":
"Barack Obama is in an economy that's only worsened since he's been president of the United States."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • December 13, 2010
Matthew Dowd
Matthew Dowd
stated on August 15, 2010 a roundtable discussion on ABC's "This Week with Christiane Amanpour'':
Obama's approval numbers 'are in the low 40s.'
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • August 16, 2010