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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
Facebook posts
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."
Pants on Fire!
By Nai Issa • November 24, 2014
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on November 20, 2014 a speech announcing new immigration actions:
"The actions I’m taking" are "the kinds of actions taken by every single Republican president and every single Democratic president for the past half-century."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • November 21, 2014
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on November 19, 2014 an interview on Fox News:
In the 2014 elections, "the American people overwhelmingly said we don't want Obamacare … and we don't want amnesty."
False
By Louis Jacobson • November 21, 2014
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on November 16, 2014 a press conference in Australia.:
"My position hasn’t changed" on using executive authority to address immigration issues.
False
By Steve Contorno • November 20, 2014
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on November 14, 2014 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
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on November 16, 2014 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
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