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Glenn Beck
Glenn Beck
stated on 2010-01-29 his Fox News program:
"Thomas Jefferson created the Marines for the Islamic pirates that were happening."
Half-True
By Robert Farley • February 3, 2010
Debra Medina
Debra Medina
stated on 2010-01-27 an e-mail.:
Says a prank phone call caused "400 children to be taken from their parents... without warrant."
Half-True
By Ciara O'Rourke • February 2, 2010
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on 2010-01-27 a State of the Union speech:
Health care reform "would bring down the deficit by as much as $1 trillion over the next two decades."
Half-True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • February 1, 2010
Democratic National Committee
Democratic National Committee
stated on 2010-01-20 a press release:
"Under (Rick Perry’s) watch as governor, over six million Texans have no health care coverage, including one million children, homeowners suffer from the highest insurance rates in the country, and college tuition has skyrocketed 136 percent."
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • January 29, 2010
Bob McDonnell
Bob McDonnell
stated on 2010-01-27 the Republican response to the State of the Union:
"The amount of debt is on pace to double in five years and triple in 10. The federal debt is now over $100,000 per household."
Half-True
By Aaron Sharockman • January 28, 2010
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on 2010-01-27 his State of the Union address:
The "pay-as-you-go law ... was a big reason why we had record surpluses in the 1990s."
Half-True
By Bill Adair, Louis Jacobson • January 28, 2010
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on 2010-01-27 his State of the Union address:
"Because of the steps we took, there are about 2 million Americans working right now who would otherwise be unemployed."
Half-True
By Robert Farley • January 28, 2010
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on 2010-01-14 a Republican gubernatorial debate:
"We lowered the business tax from 4 percent down to 1 percent."
Half-True
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • January 22, 2010
Kay Bailey Hutchison
Kay Bailey Hutchison
stated on 2010-01-14 the Jan. 14 GOP gubernatorial debate:
Says Gov. Rick Perry was for Wall Street bailout before he was against it.
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • January 16, 2010
Karl Rove
Karl Rove
stated on 2010-01-10 the Washington Post:
The Obama administration "raised discretionary spending by 24 percent from President George W. Bush's last full-year budget and will run up more debt by October than Bush did in eight years."
Half-True
By Robert Farley • January 15, 2010
Hank Gilbert
Hank Gilbert
stated on 2009-12-14 in a press release:
Says a careless attitude and "poor oversight by the Texas Department of Agriculture" led to deaths and illnesses traced to a Texas peanut plant.
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • January 12, 2010
Farouk Shami
Farouk Shami
stated on 2009-11-23 a TV ad:
Says he "brought 1,200 jobs to Texas by moving his factories here from China."
Half-True
By Ciara O'Rourke • January 12, 2010
Michael Bloomberg
Michael Bloomberg
stated on 2010-01-03 an interview on 'Meet the Press.':
"Most of the people that work in finance make $70,000, $80,000 a year."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • January 7, 2010
Charlie Crist
Charlie Crist
stated on 2009-12-14 a meeting of Florida Republicans:
When Charlie Crist was elected governor, Florida ranked 31st in K-12 education. "Last year ... we went from 31st to 14. And this year, the top 10 in America."
Half-True
By Aaron Sharockman • December 21, 2009
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on 2009-12-15 remarks at the White House:
Health care reform plans being consided in Congress "will finally reduce the costs of health care."
Half-True
By Robert Farley • December 18, 2009
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on 2009-12-09 a speech:
"We've created or saved up to 1.6 million jobs, according to the CBO -- the Congressional Budget Office -- through the Recovery Act."
Half-True
By Robert Farley • December 14, 2009
Mike Pence
Mike Pence
stated on 2009-12-08 a speech on the House floor:
"To use money from the TARP fund in the manner that is being discussed by the White House and congressional Democrats would be a violation of the law."
Half-True
By Robert Farley • December 8, 2009
Keith Olbermann
Keith Olbermann
stated on 2009-11-23 MSNBC's Countdown with Keith Olbermann:
A new Republican litmus test "would have resulted in (the GOP) kicking out Ronald Reagan."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • December 1, 2009
Chain email
Chain email
stated on 2009-11-19 a widely circulated e-mail:
Obama "closed offshore tax safe havens."
Half-True
By Robert Farley • November 20, 2009
America's Natural Gas Alliance
America's Natural Gas Alliance
stated on 2009-11-18 a television ad:
The United States has a supply of "more than 100 years of natural gas."
Half-True
By Catharine Richert • November 18, 2009
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