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Latest Fact-Checks By Robert Farley

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Sarah Palin
Sarah Palin
stated on May 31, 2011 an interview on Fox News
We are looking at "150,000 barrels (of oil) per day less next year, and 200,000 barrels per day less being able to be developed from the gulf the year after" because of the moratorium on new drilling enacted by the Obama administration.
Mostly False
By Robert Farley • June 3, 2011
Tim Pawlenty
Tim Pawlenty
stated on May 29, 2011 ABC's "This Week"
Medicare "only has about 50 percent of it paid for by either premiums or payroll taxes, and the rest is deficit spending ... or debt spending."
Half-True
By Robert Farley • June 1, 2011
Sergio Marchionne
Sergio Marchionne
stated on May 24, 2011 a press release
"Less than two years ago, we made a commitment to repay the U.S. . . .taxpayers in full, and today we made good on that promise."
Half-True
By Robert Farley • May 26, 2011
AmeriPAC
AmeriPAC
stated on May 16, 2011 a fundraising letter
Compact fluorescent light bulbs are "toxic" and "not environmentally friendly."
Half-True
By Robert Farley • May 24, 2011
AmeriPAC
AmeriPAC
stated on May 16, 2011 a fundraising letter
"The new light bulbs will cost roughly six times the cost of the light bulbs we now use."
Mostly False
By Robert Farley • May 23, 2011
Chain email
Chain email
stated on May 16, 2011 a fundraising letter
Next year, "you will be mandated by federal law to get rid of your existing light bulbs."
Pants on Fire!
By Robert Farley • May 20, 2011
AmeriPAC
AmeriPAC
stated on May 16, 2011 a fundraising letter
"The Democrats have already voted to ban our conventional light bulbs ... in favor of dangerous fluorescent light bulbs."
Pants on Fire!
By Robert Farley • May 20, 2011
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on May 10, 2011 a speech in El Paso
"The (border) fence is now basically complete."
Mostly False
By Robert Farley • May 16, 2011
George LeMieux
George LeMieux
stated on May 10, 2011 a Web ad
"(George) LeMieux never requested a single earmark and pushed to ban them all."
Half-True
By Robert Farley • May 12, 2011
George LeMieux
George LeMieux
stated on May 10, 2011 a Web ad
"(Bill) Nelson voted for billions in wasteful spending earmarks like the Bridge to Nowhere."
Mostly True
By Robert Farley • May 12, 2011
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on May 10, 2011 a speech in El Paso
The Obama administration increased the deportation of illegal immigrants convicted of crimes by 70 percent.
True
By Robert Farley • May 11, 2011
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on May 10, 2011 a speech in El Paso
"The Border Patrol has 20,000 agents – more than twice as many as there were in 2004."
True
By Robert Farley • May 10, 2011
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on May 1, 2011 an address to the nation
"Bin Laden had declared war against Pakistan."
Half-True
By Robert Farley • May 5, 2011
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on April 27, 2011 a CNN interview
"We don't have bridges being built" in the United States.
Half-True
By Robert Farley • May 3, 2011
Herman Cain
Herman Cain
stated on April 16, 2011 a speech in Iowa
China holds 26 percent of the U.S. debt.
False
By Robert Farley • April 22, 2011
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on April 13, 2011 a speech at George Washington University
The Republican budget plan "says that 10 years from now, if you’re a 65-year-old who’s eligible for Medicare, you should have to pay nearly $6,400 more than you would today."
Mostly True
By Robert Farley • April 18, 2011
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on April 13, 2011 a speech at George Washington University
"In the last decade, the average income of the bottom 90 percent of all working Americans actually declined. The top 1 percent saw their income rise by an average of more than a quarter of a million dollars each."
Half-True
By Robert Farley • April 14, 2011
Tim Pawlenty
Tim Pawlenty
stated on January 11, 2011 his book, "Courage to Stand: An American Story"
President Obama has "stopped using the phrase 'war on terror.' "
True
By Robert Farley • April 13, 2011
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on April 7, 2011 a "Today Show" interview
Says President Obama's "grandmother in Kenya said he was born in Kenya and she was there and witnessed the birth."
False
By Robert Farley • April 7, 2011
Americans United for Change
Americans United for Change
stated on March 31, 2011 a news release.
Says Majority Leader Eric Cantor called for "abolishing Social Security and Medicare."
False
By Robert Farley • April 1, 2011
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