Fact Check Posts – Page 143

Louie Gohmert
stated on January 23, 2014 an interview on Fox News

"Forty years ago, hardly anybody in the country had health insurance."

By Louis Jacobson • January 24, 2014

Ron Johnson
stated on January 10, 2014 a speech

"The average rate of fraud" in the Earned Income Tax Credit, Medicare, Medicaid and food stamps programs "is 20 to 25 percent."

By Tom Kertscher • January 20, 2014

David Cullen
stated on January 1, 2014 a constituent newsletter

Action by the Milwaukee County Board will "provide the County Executive with the same level of security as the Governor and the Mayor of Milwaukee while saving taxpayers $300,000."

By Dave Umhoefer • January 19, 2014

Andrea Tantaros
stated on January 15, 2014 comments on Fox News Channel's "The Five"

During the lead-up to the American Revolutionary War, "some guy in Boston got his head blown off because he tried to secretly raise the tax on tea."

By Aaron Sharockman • January 16, 2014

Mary Burke
stated on January 7, 2014 an interview

Scott Walker's income "tax plan is a tax hike. It increases taxes for nearly 80% of the people in the state."

By Tom Kertscher • January 16, 2014

Bill Post
stated on January 9, 2014 a tweet by Post

Oregon Rep. Tina Kotek, D-Portland, has "never held a job nor run a business"

By Dana Tims • January 15, 2014

Rush Limbaugh
stated on January 6, 2014 comments on his radio show

Says the media created the term "polar vortex" and the cold air proves "the ice isn’t melting."

By Katie Sanders • January 8, 2014

For Our Daughters RI
stated on January 2, 2014 an online petition

"Earlier this year, [John DePetro] was accused of sexually assaulting a female co-worker."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • January 5, 2014

Bloggers
stated on November 23, 2013 blog posts

"Obamacare Medical Codes Confirm: Execution by Beheading To Be Implemented in America."

By Louis Jacobson • January 2, 2014

Chris Christie
stated on December 2, 2013 response to subpoenas being sent out over a bridge lane-closure controversy

"The fact that one town has three lanes dedicated to it, that kind of gets me sauced."

By Caryn Shinske • December 22, 2013

Bryan Fischer
stated on December 10, 2013 a broadcast of "Focal Point"

"By the word religion in the First Amendment, the founders meant Christianity."

By Jon Greenberg • December 16, 2013

Bloggers
stated on December 7, 2013 viral posts on the Internet

School children can earn higher grades by studying Islam under a new "nationwide Muslim outreach program" announced by President Barack Obama.

By Louis Jacobson • December 16, 2013

Barry Smitherman
stated on November 17, 2013

"The Earth is not warming."

By W. Gardner Selby • December 13, 2013

Facebook posts
stated on December 5, 2013 a meme on the Internet

Says Vladimir Putin said, "President Obama and his fellow Democrats are either idiots or deliberately trying to destroy their own economy."

By Lilly Maier • December 5, 2013

Jeb Bush
stated on November 27, 2013 a tweet

"Why would our president close the embassy to the Vatican? Hopefully, it is not retribution for Catholic organizations opposing Obamacare."

By Amy Sherman • December 4, 2013

Allen West
stated on December 2, 2013 a blog on his website

"Back door gun control is in full effect in the United States" due to "Obama’s Environmental Protection Agency."

By Amy Sherman • December 3, 2013

Mr. Conservative
stated on November 12, 2013 a Web post

Says the Obama administration is handing out a pamphlet titled, "What To Do When The Veteran In Your Classroom Attempts A Mass Shooting"

By Louis Jacobson • November 12, 2013

Scott Walker
stated on October 25, 2013 a press release

With a bill bringing $100 million in property tax relief, "the typical Wisconsin homeowner will save approximately $680 over four years."

By Dave Umhoefer • November 7, 2013

Glenn Beck
stated on November 4, 2013 a broadcast of the Glenn Beck Show

Says Barack Obama "knew half of the population of the United States would lose their health insurance."

By Jon Greenberg • November 6, 2013

Barack Obama
stated on November 4, 2013 a speech to Organizing for Action

"What we said was, you can keep (your plan) if it hasn’t changed since the law passed."

By Louis Jacobson • November 6, 2013

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