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Doris Kearns Goodwin
Doris Kearns Goodwin
stated on May 8, 2011 an appearance on NBC's "Meet the Press"
During the Eisenhower Administration, "not a single soldier … died in combat."
False
By Louis Jacobson • May 10, 2011
Herman Cain
Herman Cain
stated on April 16, 2011 a speech in Iowa
China holds 26 percent of the U.S. debt.
False
April 22, 2011
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on April 4, 2011 an interview on Fox News
"Libya supplies the oil for China. We get no oil from Libya."
False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • April 11, 2011
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on March 23, 2011 an interview on ABC's "The View"
South Korea doesn't pay the United States for U.S. troops that protect their country.
False
By Louis Jacobson • April 1, 2011
Karl Rove
Karl Rove
stated on March 23, 2011 an interview with Sean Hannity of Fox News
"American troops have never been under the formal control of another nation."
False
By Louis Jacobson • March 29, 2011
Ted Poe
Ted Poe
stated on February 9, 2011 a House floor speech
The U.S. gives foreign aid to Cuba and Venezuela, even though those countries are our enemies.
False
By Louis Jacobson • March 23, 2011
Glenn Beck
Glenn Beck
stated on February 4, 2011 a comment on his television show
The Muslim Brotherhood has "openly stated they want to declare war on Israel."
False
By Lucas Graves • February 15, 2011
David Rivera
David Rivera
stated on January 25, 2011 a statement
"In the past, President Obama has refused to meet with representatives from Cuban exile organizations."
False
By Trenton Daniel • February 2, 2011
Sameh Shoukry
Sameh Shoukry
stated on January 30, 2011 an interview on ABC's "This Week with Christiane Amanpour."
In the past 20 years, Egypt has made "great strides" in political and democratic reform.
False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • January 31, 2011
Michele Bachmann
Michele Bachmann
stated on November 3, 2010 a CNN interview
"The president of the United States will be taking a trip over to India that is expected to cost the taxpayers $200 million a day."
False
November 4, 2010
Franklin Graham
Franklin Graham
stated on October 3, 2010 ABC's "This Week"
In most Muslim countries, "We can't have a church. We're not able to build synagogues. It's forbidden."
False
October 6, 2010
Bill White
Bill White
stated on June 25, 2010 a speech
"In Rick Perry's Texas, the governor threatens to leave, to secede from the greatest country in the" world.
False
By W. Gardner Selby • July 7, 2010
Chain email
Chain email
stated on June 3, 2010 a chain e-mail circulated on the Internet
Once the U.S. government signs a U.N. treaty on conventional arms, "all U.S. citizens will be subject to those gun laws created by foreign governments."
False
By Louis Jacobson • June 9, 2010
Markos Moulitsas
Markos Moulitsas
stated on June 6, 2010 a roundtable discussion on ABC's This Week
Turkey is an Arab country.
False
By Louis Jacobson • June 6, 2010
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on March 2, 2010 his book "No Apology."
Several times, Obama "has apologized for what he deems to be American arrogance, dismissiveness, and derision; for dictating solutions, for acting unilaterally ... ."
False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • March 15, 2010
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on December 3, 2009 comments at the White House
When Obama was interviewed by American reporters in Asia, "Not one of them asked me about Asia. Not one of them asked me about the economy."
False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • December 7, 2009
Republican National Committee
Republican National Committee
stated on July 7, 2009 a GOP survey
The Obama administration offered "$900 million to Hamas, a recognized terrorist organization, to rebuild Gaza."
False
July 14, 2009
Lawrence O'Donnell
Lawrence O'Donnell
stated on April 6, 2009 an appearance on MSNBC.
"There are no similar clips of Newt Gingrich talking about how ineffective President Bush was in trying to control North Korea."
False
By Bill Adair • April 7, 2009
John McCain
John McCain
stated on October 28, 2008 a TV ad airing in Florida
"Obama says Iran is a 'tiny' country, 'doesn't pose a serious threat.'"
False
By Bill Adair, Bart Jansen • October 28, 2008
Sarah Palin
Sarah Palin
stated on September 22, 2008 the New York Sun
"If an Iranian woman shows too much hair in public, she risks being beaten or killed."
False
By Alexander Lane • September 25, 2008
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