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stated on October 3, 2022 an Instagram post:
George W. Bush was photographed talking into the wrong end of a phone.
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • October 5, 2022
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on June 19, 2022 an Instagram post:
The Clintons and Bushes were “involved in orchestrating the assassination of JFK Jr.”
Pants on Fire!
By Ciara O'Rourke • June 28, 2022
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stated on November 17, 2021 a Facebook post:
“Military arrests former President George W. Bush.”
Pants on Fire!
By Ciara O'Rourke • November 18, 2021
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on March 27, 2015 comments on social media.:
Say President George W. Bush " ‘borrowed’ $1.37 trillion of Social Security surplus revenue to pay for his tax cuts for the rich and his war in Iraq and never paid it back."
Mostly False
By Linda Qiu • August 3, 2015
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on July 16, 2014 a meme on social media:
Former President George W. Bush and former Vice President Dick Cheney are "unable to visit Europe due to outstanding warrants."
False
By Louis Jacobson • July 17, 2014
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on November 3, 2013 an image shared on Facebook:
Medicare Part D "was far more expensive than the Affordable Care Act and unlike" the act, "was never budgeted."
Mostly True
By Sue Owen • November 18, 2013
Kelly Ayotte
Kelly Ayotte
stated on October 24, 2013 a town hall meeting in Hudson, N.H.:
Under President George W. Bush, "we added $4.9 trillion to the debt. Under President Obama … we’ve added $6.5 trillion to the debt."
True
By Jim Haddadin • November 1, 2013
Gilberto Hinojosa
Gilberto Hinojosa
stated on May 8, 2013 an email blast.:
"The economy added more jobs during four years under Obama than it did in the entire eight years under George W. Bush."  
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • May 9, 2013
Paul Sadler
Paul Sadler
stated on June 26, 2012 a debate of Democratic primary runoff candidates for U.S. Senate in Dallas:
Says federal debt "doubled during the Bush administration."
Mostly True
By Sue Owen • July 19, 2012
Tim Kaine
Tim Kaine
stated on February 19, 2011 a speech at the Jefferson-Jackson dinner.:
Under former President George W. Bush’s administration "while the population in that period grew by 10 percent, the number of jobs in the nation grew by 1 percent."
Mostly True
By Sean Gorman • February 26, 2011
David Axelrod
David Axelrod
stated on January 15, 2010 an op-ed in the Washington Post.:
When President Bush took office in 2001, he inherited a $236 billion budget surplus, with a projected 10-year surplus of $5.6 trillion. When he ended his term, he left a $1.3 trillion deficit and a projected 10-year shortfall of $8 trillion.
Mostly True
By Catharine Richert • January 15, 2010