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Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on December 11, 2014 social media postings
"Newly Elected Republican Senators Sign Pledge to Eliminate Food Stamp Program in 2015."
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • January 6, 2015
Chain email
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."
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • January 5, 2015
John Thune
John Thune
stated on January 4, 2015 comments on "Fox News Sunday"
Says President Barack Obama's own administration has done five environmental impact assessments of the Keystone XL pipeline, "all of which have said it would have a minimum impact on the environment."    
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • January 4, 2015
Amy Klobuchar
Amy Klobuchar
stated on January 4, 2015 comments on NBC's "Meet the Press"
"We're now the No. 1 producer of oil in the world. We've surpassed Saudi Arabia."  
True
By Lauren Carroll • January 4, 2015
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on December 21, 2014 comments on CNN's "State of the Union"
"We're spending millions for each individual" held at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
True
By Lauren Carroll • December 21, 2014
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on December 21, 2014 comments on CNN's "State of the Union"
Since the United States began negotiations with Iran, "that's probably the first year and a half in which Iran has not advanced its nuclear program in the last decade."  
Mostly True
By Jon Greenberg • December 21, 2014
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on December 17, 2014
"The reason why Cubans don't have access to 21st century telecommunications — like smart phones, like access to the Internet — is because it is illegal in Cuba."
Mostly True
By Lauren Carroll, Steve Contorno • December 19, 2014
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on December 17, 2014 a press conference
In the U.S. agreement with the Cuban government, "no commitment was made to allowing the establishment of political parties or to even begin the semblance of a transition to a democracy."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • December 18, 2014
Sergey Lavrov
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."
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • December 17, 2014
Tom Coburn
Tom Coburn
stated on December 11, 2014 an interview with CNN
The home-mortgage deduction is widely thought to be "a middle-class benefit. It's not -- 73 percent of it goes to people making a quarter-million dollars or more a year."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • December 17, 2014
Peter King
Peter King
stated on December 9, 2014 a radio show appearance
"Nobody suffered any lasting injuries" from the CIA interrogation program.
Pants on Fire!
By Steve Contorno • December 15, 2014
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on December 3, 2014 a speech to business leaders
"We are younger than our competitors, and this is entirely because of immigration."
Mostly True
By Steve Contorno • December 9, 2014
Facebook posts
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."
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • December 9, 2014
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on December 5, 2014 a meme on social media
"In 1990, the U.S. led the world in the percentage of 25-34 year olds with college degrees. Today we are in 12th place."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • December 5, 2014
Chain email
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."
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • December 4, 2014
Reince Priebus
Reince Priebus
stated on December 2, 2014 a speech
Says Barack Obama has "the worst record of any president when it comes to putting America deeper in debt."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • December 4, 2014
Charles Schumer
Charles Schumer
stated on November 25, 2014 remarks at the National Press Club
In 2010, uninsured voters made up "about 5 percent of the electorate."
True
By Lauren Carroll • December 4, 2014
Marc Morial
Marc Morial
stated on November 30, 2014 an appearance on 'Fox News Sunday'
"The number of killings of citizens by police is at a two-decade high."
Half-True
By Steve Contorno • December 3, 2014
Facebook posts
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."
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • December 2, 2014
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on December 2, 2014 a meme
"The U.S. Constitution owes its notion of democracy to the Iroquois Tribes."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • December 2, 2014
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