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George Allen
George Allen
stated on December 7, 2011 a debate.:
"Our federal government has lent $2 billion to the state-owned oil company of Brazil to allow them to explore for oil and gas."  
False
By Warren Fiske • December 12, 2011
Michele Bachmann
Michele Bachmann
stated on November 22, 2011 a foreign policy debate in Washington, D.C.:
Says Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said that "if he has a nuclear weapon he will use it to wipe Israel off the face of the earth. He will use it against the United States of America."
False
By Aaron Sharockman • November 23, 2011
Michele Bachmann
Michele Bachmann
stated on November 9, 2011 a Republican presidential debate in Michigan:
"By 2015, we will be sending so much interest" to China that "we will be paying for the entire People's Liberation Army."
False
By Louis Jacobson • November 10, 2011
John Fleming
John Fleming
stated on October 3, 2011 an interview on Fox Business Network:
Says Barack Obama is a "hypocrite" for criticizing President George W. Bush’s "drone attack program," then using it aggressively as president.
False
By Louis Jacobson • October 5, 2011
Jay Carney
Jay Carney
stated on August 16, 2011 an interview.:
Says Rick Perry "wanted to secede from the union."
False
By W. Gardner Selby • August 17, 2011
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
By Robert Farley • 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
By Robert Farley • 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
By Robert Farley • 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
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