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Bill O'Reilly
Bill O'Reilly
stated on March 15, 2022 in a video on his website:
“As soon as Biden took office, he eliminated all subsidies for fossil fuels.”
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • March 17, 2022
Joe Manchin
Joe Manchin
stated on December 20, 2021 in a radio interview:
The expanded child tax credit in the Build Back Better Act has “no means testing,” so people making $200,000 and $400,000 would get “the same as someone making” $70,000.
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • December 20, 2021
Viral image
Viral image
stated on November 15, 2021 in a Facebook post:
The Build Back Better bill provides “'parole' amnesty for millions of criminal illegal aliens.”
Mostly False
By Tom Kertscher • November 23, 2021
Don Lemon
Don Lemon
stated on September 29, 2021 in an exchange between CNN hosts:
Says Sens. Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema “are Republicans … Just look at the way they vote.”
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg, Louis Jacobson • September 30, 2021
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on September 23, 2021 in an op-ed:
“Democrats are responsible for the massive spending and debt growth, they alone need to take responsibility for raising the debt limit.”
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • September 27, 2021
Mark Pocan
Mark Pocan
stated on May 21, 2021 in Twitter:
Says withdrawing troops from Afghanistan could save the U.S. $50 billion.
Mostly False
By Laura Schulte • June 8, 2021
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on May 25, 2021 in a Facebook post:
“The Biden administration has decided to cancel $0 in student debt.”
Mostly False
By Tom Kertscher • May 28, 2021
Josh Mandel
Josh Mandel
stated on May 21, 2021 in a tweet:
“The federal government spent over $500k trying to force fish to exercise on treadmills, an additional $150k to see if gingerbread houses are earthquake proof.”
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • May 24, 2021
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on March 9, 2021 in a Facebook post:
“Illegal aliens will receive $1,400 stimulus checks.”
Mostly False
By Tom Kertscher • March 12, 2021
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on February 9, 2021 in a Facebook post:
Says Joe Biden “will redirect the $30 billion” that Donald Trump “left for U.S. farmers to ‘climate change.’”
Mostly False
By Tom Kertscher • February 18, 2021
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on December 21, 2020 in in a Facebook post:
Says COVID-19 relief bill “provides more funding to foreign governments and to American arts centers, than to the American people.”
Mostly False
By Miriam Valverde • December 22, 2020
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on October 22, 2020 in the final 2020 presidential debate:
“President Obama would never give them long-term funding, and I did … I saved historically Black colleges and universities.”
Mostly False
By Bill McCarthy • October 27, 2020
Lucy McBath
Lucy McBath
stated on September 28, 2020 in an ad:
Says Karen Handel "slashed the Centers for Disease Control's ability to fight diseases, cutting millions in research funding."
Mostly False
By Tom Kertscher • October 23, 2020
Mike Pence
Mike Pence
stated on July 9, 2020 in a speech:
“And I heard that just yesterday, Joe Biden said that well-armed police in his words ‘become the enemy’ and he said that he would ‘absolutely cut funding for law enforcement.’”
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson, Tom Kertscher • July 10, 2020
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on April 6, 2020 in a White House briefing:
The Obama administration left Trump with a “stockpile with a cupboard that was bare.”
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • April 8, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on March 27, 2020 in social media:
Shows a waitress saying, "I lost my job. But I'll sleep better knowing” that the coronavirus relief bill included funding for the Kennedy Center, refugee resettlement, PBS, and congressional salaries: “Thanks, Democrats”
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • March 31, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on February 23, 2020 in a Facebook post:
“Trump’s farmer bailout is now twice the size of Obama’s GM bailout. The big difference is GM paid their bailout back — with interest.”
Mostly False
By Tom Kertscher • February 26, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on August 16, 2019 in a Facebook post:
Says the U.S. gives Israel "$3 billion annually" in aid and zero to Detroit.   
Mostly False
By Samantha Putterman • September 3, 2019
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on May 8, 2019 in a tweet:
Democrats "don’t want money" to go to the Florida Panhandle for Hurricane Michael aid
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • May 9, 2019
Ron DeSantis
Ron DeSantis
stated on March 5, 2019 in his State of the State address:
"I’ve already traveled to Washington, D.C., and secured a historic commitment from the Trump administration to provide assistance to the communities that Michael battered."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • March 7, 2019
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