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Bill O'Reilly
Bill O'Reilly
stated on December 1, 2014 in a segment on "The O'Reilly Factor":
"In 2012, 123 African-Americans were shot dead by police. ... Same year, 326 whites were killed by police."
Mostly False
By Katie Sanders • December 4, 2014
Peter Morici
Peter Morici
stated on December 7, 2014 in an op-ed in the "Statesman Journal":
Immigrants "have captured all of the nearly 9 million jobs created since 2000."
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • December 2, 2014
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on December 2, 2014 in a meme:
"The U.S. Constitution owes its notion of democracy to the Iroquois Tribes."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • December 2, 2014
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on November 11, 2014 in an interview:
In "the past four or five" presidential elections, "people who poll high at the beginning are not the people who end up being the nominees."
Mostly False
By Tom Kertscher • November 24, 2014
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on November 14, 2014 in a press conference in Burma:
Keystone XL allows "Canada to pump their oil, send it through our land, down to the Gulf, where it will be sold everywhere else."
Mostly False
By Lauren Carroll • November 20, 2014
John Thrasher
John Thrasher
stated on September 15, 2014 in forum with Florida State students:
Says he has "never received any contributions from the Koch brothers."
Mostly False
By Joshua Gillin • November 19, 2014
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on November 16, 2014 in Brisbane, Australia, for the G20 summit:
Says Jonathan Gruber was "some adviser who never worked on our staff."
Mostly False
By Steve Contorno • November 19, 2014
Mitch McConnell
Mitch McConnell
stated on November 12, 2014 in a media availability:
The climate-change agreement between the United States and China "requires the Chinese to do nothing at all for 16 years."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • November 19, 2014
Dana Loesch
Dana Loesch
stated on November 13, 2014 in an interview on MSNBC's "The Ed Show":
"4.7 million people have lost their insurance in 32 states" due to Obamacare.
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • November 18, 2014
Xi Jinping
Xi Jinping
stated on November 12, 2014 in a press conference in Beijing.:
"China has made enormous progress in its human rights. That is a fact recognized by all the people in the world."
Mostly False
By Steve Contorno • November 17, 2014
Lynda Rife
Lynda Rife
stated on November 4, 2014 in as quoted in a news story:
110 people a day move to Austin.
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • November 14, 2014
Brit Hume
Brit Hume
stated on November 10, 2014 in an interview on Fox News:
"It is senior citizens, not Hispanics, who are the fastest-growing demographic in this country."  
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • November 13, 2014
Anna Kooiman
Anna Kooiman
stated on November 6, 2014 in a segment on "Fox & Friends":
"There would be tens of thousands of jobs created" if President Barack Obama approved the Keystone XL pipeline.
Mostly False
By Katie Sanders • November 11, 2014
Bill Clinton
Bill Clinton
stated on October 24, 2014 in a speech:
"One-hundred times as many people worked their way from poverty into the American middle class" during his presidency compared to Ronald Reagan's presidency.   
Mostly False
By Tom Kertscher • November 7, 2014
Jeb Bush
Jeb Bush
stated on October 27, 2014 in a fundraising letter:
"1/3 of our kids drop out (of high school), cannot go to college or start a career."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • November 6, 2014
Ben Cardin
Ben Cardin
stated on November 2, 2014 in an interview on "Fox News Sunday":
"Every time we've increased the minimum wage, we've seen a growth in jobs."
Mostly False
By Lauren Carroll • November 6, 2014
Republican Party of Wisconsin
Republican Party of Wisconsin
stated on October 29, 2014 in a campaign news release:
"25,000 businesses have been created since (Scott) Walker took office."
Mostly False
By Dave Umhoefer • November 3, 2014
Jack Trammell
Jack Trammell
stated on October 20, 2014 in a TV ad.:
Dave Brat said "the best way to fix Social Security would be to give seniors back what they paid in and no more."
Mostly False
By Nancy Madsen • November 2, 2014
Chris Taylor
Chris Taylor
stated on October 24, 2014 in an interview:
Attorney general candidate Brad Schimel "is in cahoots with Wisconsin Right to Life to make abortion a crime in Wisconsin."  
Mostly False
By Tom Kertscher • October 31, 2014
Allan Fung
Allan Fung
stated on October 9, 2014 in a TV commercial:
Gina Raimondo "paid 70 million in taxpayer dollars to millionaire hedge fund managers."
Mostly False
By Alex Kuffner • October 31, 2014
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