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Stephen Martin
Stephen Martin
stated on May 24, 2013 an interview.
Says Democratic Party created the Ku Klux Klan.
False
By Sean Gorman • June 10, 2013
Dick Cheney
Dick Cheney
stated on April 8, 2013 an interview on Fox News
Says it’s "an old wives’ story" that Margaret Thatcher told George H.W. Bush not to go wobbly.
False
By Becky Bowers • April 10, 2013
Michael Moore
Michael Moore
stated on November 2, 2012 a tweet
Says during George W. Bush’s administration "we were losing millions of jobs per month," while under Barack Obama we have "three years of gaining hundreds of thousands of jobs per month."
False
By Louis Jacobson • November 2, 2012
Government is Not God PAC
Government is Not God PAC
stated on September 23, 2012 a newspaper ad
Says Obama is only president in history who has deliberately removed the words "endowed by their Creator" when referring to the Declaration of Independence.
False
By Molly Moorhead • September 27, 2012
James Clyburn
James Clyburn
stated on September 6, 2012 a speech at the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, N.C.
When Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid were created, "Republicans stood on the sidelines"
False
By Louis Jacobson • September 7, 2012
Stephanie Cutter
Stephanie Cutter
stated on August 22, 2012 an interview on MSNBC's "Morning Joe"
In the past 27 months, President Barack Obama has created more private-sector jobs than "in the Reagan recovery."
False
By Louis Jacobson • August 27, 2012
Wes Riddle
Wes Riddle
stated on October 22, 2011 a speech.
Says combined inflation and unemployment rates in October 2011 were the highest since Ronald Reagan succeeded Jimmy Carter.
False
By W. Gardner Selby • June 8, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on May 12, 2012 an interview with CBN News
When Mitt Romney was governor of Massachusetts, "we didn’t just slow the rate of growth of our government, we actually cut it."
False
By Louis Jacobson • May 21, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on May 8, 2012 a speech in Albany, N.Y.
"The only time government employment has gone down during a recession has been under me."
False
By Louis Jacobson • May 10, 2012
Raymond Bateman
Raymond Bateman
stated on April 9, 2012 an opinion piece on DailyRecord.com
Says "Cape May, Cumberland, Salem and part of Atlantic counties are all south of the Mason-Dixon line."
False
By Bill Wichert • April 22, 2012
Morgan Griffith
Morgan Griffith
stated on April 3, 2012 an interview.
"On most things except witch trials, Virginia will always have been first."
False
By Nancy Madsen • April 9, 2012
Rick Santorum
Rick Santorum
stated on April 2, 2012 in a speech in Wisconsin
"I think it’s seven or eight of the California system of universities don’t even teach an American history course. It’s not even available to be taught."
False
By Becky Bowers • April 3, 2012
Harold Metts
Harold Metts
stated on March 14, 2012 a news release
Says when Rhode Island Lottery was proposed, "state residents were enticed to vote for it with the promise that the money would be used for education." 
False
By Edward Fitzpatrick • March 28, 2012
Rick Santorum
Rick Santorum
stated on February 29, 2012 a campaign speech
"When my grandfather came to this country back in 1925, there were no government benefits."  
False
By Louis Jacobson • March 6, 2012
Travis Rowley
Travis Rowley
stated on January 21, 2012 an opinion column
"Martin Luther King was a Republican."
False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • January 29, 2012
Newt Gingrich
Newt Gingrich
stated on January 23, 2012 a Republican presidential debate in Tampa
"When I was speaker, we had four consecutive balanced budgets."
False
By Louis Jacobson • January 24, 2012
Charlotte Bergmann
Charlotte Bergmann
stated on January 10, 2012 a campaign billboard along I-240.
"Martin Luther King Jr. was a Republican."
False
By Bartholomew Sullivan • January 23, 2012
Newt Gingrich
Newt Gingrich
stated on December 15, 2011 a Republican presidential debate in Sioux City, Iowa
"I balanced the budget for four straight years, paid off $405 billion in debt."
False
By Louis Jacobson • December 16, 2011
Michele Bachmann
Michele Bachmann
stated on October 18, 2011 a Republican presidential debate in Las Vegas
"We saw the president of the United States engage American troops in a fourth conflict in a foreign land. This is historic."
False
By Louis Jacobson • October 19, 2011
Haley Barbour
Haley Barbour
stated on October 2, 2011 an interview on CBS' "Face the Nation"
When he took office in 2009, President Barack Obama "had the biggest Democratic majorities in Congress since Lyndon Johnson."
False
By Louis Jacobson • October 4, 2011
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