Fact Check Posts – Page 136

Rush Limbaugh
stated on February 3, 2015 a broadcast of the "Rush Limbaugh Show"

The children coming across the southern U.S. border "were never examined after they got here and quarantined if they had a disease. They were just sent out across the country. Many of them had measles ... We now have an outbreak of it all because of our immigration policy."

By Jon Greenberg • February 5, 2015

Scott Walker
stated on January 21, 2015 an interview

"Documents released from the Soviet Union" show "the Soviet Union started treating" President Ronald Reagan more seriously after Reagan fired the air traffic controllers.

January 28, 2015

Rick Perry
stated on January 26, 2015 a breakfast talk in Iowa

The U.S. unemployment rate has "been massaged, it’s been doctored."

By W. Gardner Selby • January 26, 2015

Alfonso Lopez
stated on January 19, 2015 a floor speech.

On assault weapon violence: "Ducks have more protection than people in Virginia."

By Warren Fiske • January 26, 2015

John Kasich
stated on January 25, 2015 comments on "Fox News Sunday"

"You cannot build a little guy up by tearing a big guy down -- Abraham Lincoln said it."

By Lauren Carroll • January 25, 2015

Steven Emerson
stated on January 10, 2015 an interview on Fox News

"There are actual cities" like Birmingham, England, "that are totally Muslim where non-Muslims just simply don’t go in."

By Katie Sanders • January 14, 2015

Facebook posts
stated on December 11, 2014 social media postings

"Newly Elected Republican Senators Sign Pledge to Eliminate Food Stamp Program in 2015."

By Louis Jacobson • January 6, 2015

NaHa Daily
stated on January 4, 2015 a website article

"Fox News airs Stuart Scott R.I.P. tribute with picture of Stephen A. Smith."

By Jon Greenberg • January 6, 2015

Chain email
stated on January 1, 2015 a chain email

New tax increases that went into effect on Jan. 1, 2015, "all passed under the Affordable Care Act, aka Obamacare."

By Louis Jacobson • January 5, 2015

Rudy Giuliani
stated on December 21, 2014 an interview on Fox News

Says President Barack Obama has said "that everybody should hate the police."

By Lauren Carroll • December 23, 2014

Sergey Lavrov
stated on December 16, 2014 an interview with the French television network France 24

"Congress is a very special group of people. More than 80 percent of them never left the United States."

By Louis Jacobson • December 17, 2014

Wallace Hall
stated on December 6, 2014 a speech

Texas House Speaker Joe Straus said, ‘I do not care if Wallace Hall swings from a tree.’

By W. Gardner Selby • December 17, 2014

Peter King
stated on December 9, 2014 a radio show appearance

"Nobody suffered any lasting injuries" from the CIA interrogation program.

By Steve Contorno • December 15, 2014

Facebook posts
stated on December 5, 2014 a meme on social media

"When (Barack Obama) took office, 2.3 million people were out of work. Five-plus years later, we have 5 million-plus out of work."

By Louis Jacobson • December 9, 2014

Jesse Ventura
stated on December 2, 2014 an interview with Salon.com

"Fluoride in the water, that was originally done by the Nazis!"

By Louis Jacobson • December 8, 2014

Chain email
stated on December 2, 2014 a chain email

Says a man in Ferguson, Mo., was photographed holding a sign that said, "No mother should have to fear for her son's life every time he robs a store."

By Louis Jacobson • December 4, 2014

Facebook posts
stated on December 2, 2014 a meme on social media

"794 law enforcement officers have fallen in the line of duty since B.H. Obama took office, with no special recognition from the White House."

By Louis Jacobson • December 2, 2014

Facebook posts
stated on November 20, 2014 a meme on social media

A sign in Dearborn, Mich., for the Advancement of Islamic Agenda for America says, "Allah be praised. America we will kill you all and nothing you can do to stop it."

By Nai Issa • November 24, 2014

Mike Martinez
stated on November 11, 2014 an interview for a news story

Austin mayoral candidate Steve Adler has "never been active in anything that has to do with City Hall."

By W. Gardner Selby • November 20, 2014

Thom Hartmann
stated on November 7, 2014 a segment on his RT show

"The Kochs stand to make around $100 billion if the government approves the Keystone XL pipeline."

By Katie Sanders • November 19, 2014

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