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John Boehner
John Boehner
stated on September 12, 2013 a press conference:
According to the most recent jobs report, "we've got more Americans leaving the workforce than we have finding jobs."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • September 16, 2013
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
stated on September 11, 2013 a CNN interview:
The United States "stood alone in the war in Iraq."
Pants on Fire!
By Julie Kliegman • September 13, 2013
John Kerry
John Kerry
stated on September 5, 2013 an interview on MSNBC’s “All In”:
Says he "opposed the president’s decision to go into Iraq" in 2003.
Mostly False
By Becky Bowers • September 13, 2013
Joe Lieberman
Joe Lieberman
stated on September 10, 2013 a discussion on CNN's "Crossfire":
President Barack Obama "had the legal authority" to strike Syria without a vote from Congress.
True
By Jon Greenberg • September 12, 2013
Van Jones
Van Jones
stated on September 10, 2013 a discussion on CNN's "Crossfire":
The United Nations has conducted "172 successful peacekeeping missions and negotiations."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • September 12, 2013
Alan Grayson
Alan Grayson
stated on September 7, 2013 an interview with the "Washington Post":
In the event of a U.S. strike on Syria, "the Russians will replace the weapons immediately. They’ve said it on the record. They’ve suggested they might even replace it with better stuff."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • September 11, 2013
Rand Paul
Rand Paul
stated on September 9, 2013 an interview on CNN's 'Crossfire':
"We've seen priests beheaded by the Islamic rebels on the other side. We've also seen an Islamic rebel eating the heart of a soldier."
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • September 10, 2013
Karl Rove
Karl Rove
stated on September 8, 2013 a segment of 'Fox News Sunday':
"Before President Obama acted in Libya in 2011, the American people were opposed to military action by 35 to 60. After he took action, they were in support of it 54 to 43."
Mostly True
By Jon Greenberg • September 10, 2013
Ted Yoho
Ted Yoho
stated on September 4, 2013 an interview on Fox Business Network:
Chemical weapons have been used "probably 20 times" since the Persian Gulf War.
Mostly False
By Becky Bowers • September 10, 2013
Grover Norquist
Grover Norquist
stated on September 8, 2013 a tweet:
"CBO reports that delaying the Obamacare individual mandate will reduce the deficit by $35 billion over ten years."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • September 9, 2013
Chain email
Chain email
stated on September 4, 2013 a chain email:
An account of attacks in Benghazi written by former White House press secretary Dee Dee Myers shows that the body of U.S. Ambassador to Libya Christopher Stevens was "dragged through the streets" and abused.
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • September 6, 2013
Bill Clinton
Bill Clinton
stated on September 4, 2013 a speech in Little Rock, Ark.:
According to a recent poll, "there are more young Republicans enrolled in their parents' (health insurance) plans than young Democrats."
True
By Louis Jacobson • September 5, 2013
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
stated on September 2, 2013 a CNN interview:
Says there's a "100-year-old international norm not to use chemical weapons."
Mostly True
By Becky Bowers • September 5, 2013
Republican National Committee
Republican National Committee
stated on September 4, 2013 a tweet:
"The average family premium has increased by 29% under Obama!"
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • September 4, 2013
Peter King
Peter King
stated on September 1, 2013 an interview on "Fox News Sunday":
"The House did vote against engagement in Kosovo, and Bill Clinton kept fighting anyway. And, then, ultimately, a vote did pass."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • September 4, 2013
Cynthia Lummis
Cynthia Lummis
stated on August 23, 2013 a radio interview:
Under the Endangered Species Act, "only 1 percent of the species that have been listed have actually been delisted."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • September 3, 2013
John McCain
John McCain
stated on September 1, 2013 an interview on "Face the Nation":
Fleeing Syria, "a million children are now refugees."
True
By Jon Greenberg • September 3, 2013
Ernest Moniz
Ernest Moniz
stated on August 26, 2013 a question and answer session at Columbia University:
"We are about halfway" to the president’s goal to cut greenhouse gas emissions and "about half of that is because of the substitution of natural gas for coal in the power sector."
Mostly True
By Jon Greenberg • August 30, 2013
Nikki Haley
Nikki Haley
stated on August 26, 2013 an event to launch her reelection bid:
South Carolina has "the fastest-growing economy in the Southeast."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • August 30, 2013
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on August 19, 2013 an interview with Fox News:
In the Wisconsin health insurance exchange, "the Society of Actuaries points out that there'll be, according to them, an 82 percent increase in individual premiums over the next couple years under Obamacare."
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • August 29, 2013
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