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Mitch McConnell
Mitch McConnell
stated on November 12, 2014 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
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on November 16, 2014 a press conference after the G20 summit:
"Over the last few years, we’ve put more people back to work than all the other advanced economies combined."
Half-True
By Lauren Carroll, Louis Jacobson • November 18, 2014
AmericanNews.com
AmericanNews.com
stated on November 2, 2014 a web post:
"Congress Approves Bill Offering Free Cars To Welfare Recipients."
Pants on Fire!
By Lauren Burns • November 17, 2014
Xi Jinping
Xi Jinping
stated on November 12, 2014 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
Nancy Pelosi
Nancy Pelosi
stated on November 13, 2014 a news conference:
"I don't know who (Jonathan Gruber) is."
False
By Louis Jacobson • November 13, 2014
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on November 10, 2014 a Facebook post:
Says Obama's net neutrality proposal "puts the government in charge of determining Internet pricing, terms of service and what types of products and services can be delivered."
Half-True
By Lauren Carroll • November 13, 2014
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on November 10, 2014 a meme on social media:
Congress has 11 percent approval ratings, yet 96.4 percent of incumbent lawmakers were re-elected in 2014.
True
By Louis Jacobson • November 11, 2014
AmericanNews.com
AmericanNews.com
stated on September 2, 2014 an article:
"According to recent reports, a group of death panels organized under Obamacare ordered their first execution."
Pants on Fire!
By Lauren Burns • November 11, 2014
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on November 9, 2014 an interview on CBS' "Face the Nation":
"We've created more jobs in the United States than every other advanced economy combined since I came into office."
Half-True
By Lauren Carroll • November 9, 2014
Chain email
Chain email
stated on October 30, 2014 a chain email:
"Over 214,000 doctors opt out of Obamacare exchanges."
False
By Steve Contorno • November 6, 2014
Ben Cardin
Ben Cardin
stated on November 2, 2014 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
Sean Spicer
Sean Spicer
stated on November 2, 2014 comments on CNN's "State of the Union":
The last time Republican U.S. Senate candidates "beat more than two (incumbents) was 1980."
True
By Lauren Carroll • November 2, 2014
American Crossroads
American Crossroads
stated on October 28, 2014 a campaign ad:
As a result of Obamacare, "California seniors face benefit cuts of over $1,700."
False
By Lauren Carroll • October 31, 2014
Color of Change
Color of Change
stated on October 29, 2014 an Arkansas flyer:
Republicans are "trying to impeach our president."
Mostly False
By Lauren Carroll, Steve Contorno • October 30, 2014
NARAL Pro-Choice America
NARAL Pro-Choice America
stated on October 29, 2014 a television ad:
"If Cory Gardner gets his way, you'd better stock up on condoms."
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • October 30, 2014
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on October 29, 2014 a meme on social media:
Says Sen. Elizabeth Warren "lives in a $5.4 million mansion."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • October 29, 2014
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on October 18, 2014 the president's weekly national address:
"You cannot get (Ebola) from just riding on a plane or bus."
Mostly True
By Steve Contorno • October 29, 2014
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on October 28, 2014 a meme on social media:
Says the 1956 Republican Party platform supported equal pay, the minimum wage, asylum for refugees, protections for unions and more.
Mostly True
By Nai Issa, Louis Jacobson • October 28, 2014
Don Young
Don Young
stated on October 22, 2014 a speech in Alaska:
Suicide comes from federal government largesse "saying you are not worth anything but you are going to get something for nothing."
False
By Louis Jacobson • October 27, 2014
Rand Paul
Rand Paul
stated on October 16, 2014 an interview with a New Hampshire radio station:
Ebola is "incredibly contagious," "very transmissible" and "easy to catch."
Mostly False
By Steve Contorno • October 27, 2014
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