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Latest Fact-Checks On Rush Limbaugh

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Rush Limbaugh
Rush Limbaugh
stated on July 14, 2014 an episode of his radio show:
Republicans "went out of the way to praise (Eric) Holder's nomination. ... Not a single Republican senator opposed Eric Holder's nomination."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • July 16, 2014
Rush Limbaugh
Rush Limbaugh
stated on June 24, 2014 a broadcast of the "Rush Limbaugh Show":
"Obama regime planned the influx of illegal alien children at the border."
Pants on Fire!
By Jon Greenberg • June 30, 2014
Rush Limbaugh
Rush Limbaugh
stated on June 18, 2014 a segment on "The Rush Limbaugh Show":
The decision to cancel the trademark of the Washington Redskins "is not the Patent and Trademark Office. This is Barack Obama."
False
By Katie Sanders • June 19, 2014
Rush Limbaugh
Rush Limbaugh
stated on April 28, 2014 comments on his radio show:
"Some of the wealthiest Americans are African-American now."
False
By Aaron Sharockman • April 29, 2014
Rush Limbaugh
Rush Limbaugh
stated on March 19, 2014 a radio commentary:
Wisconsin is "one of the bluest" states, but under Scott Walker its unemployment rate "is around 3.5%."
False
By Tom Kertscher • April 2, 2014
Rush Limbaugh
Rush Limbaugh
stated on March 6, 2014 a segment on 'The Rush Limbaugh Show':
President Barack Obama shut down NASA space flights and turned the agency "into a Muslim outreach department."
False
By Katie Sanders • March 12, 2014
Rush Limbaugh
Rush Limbaugh
stated on January 6, 2014 comments on his radio show:
Says the media created the term "polar vortex" and the cold air proves "the ice isn’t melting."
Pants on Fire!
By Katie Sanders • January 8, 2014
Rush Limbaugh
Rush Limbaugh
stated on December 6, 2013 a segment on his radio show:
"Obamacare is going to increase the divorce rate."
False
By Katie Sanders • December 11, 2013
Rush Limbaugh
Rush Limbaugh
stated on October 30, 2013 comments on his radio show:
"If your plan is the result of collective bargaining, no subsequent changes by anybody -- insurance companies, Obamacare -- can force your grandfathered policy to change."
Mostly False
By Katie Sanders • November 4, 2013
Rush Limbaugh
Rush Limbaugh
stated on June 6, 2013 his radio show:
"One person, Kathleen Sebelius, was going to determine whether or not" 10-year-old lung patient Sarah Murnaghan would live or die.
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • June 11, 2013
Rush Limbaugh
Rush Limbaugh
stated on January 29, 2013 a radio interview:
Research shows that "a vast majority of arriving immigrants today come here because they believe that government is the source of prosperity, and that's what they support."
Mostly False
By Molly Moorhead • January 31, 2013
Rush Limbaugh
Rush Limbaugh
stated on July 17, 2012 his syndicated radio show:
Says it's not "accidental" that the villain in the Batman movie is named Bane.
Pants on Fire!
By Molly Moorhead • July 18, 2012
Rush Limbaugh
Rush Limbaugh
stated on June 28, 2012 comments on his radio show:
"Obamacare is . . . the largest tax increase in the history of the world."
Pants on Fire!
By Aaron Sharockman • June 28, 2012
Rush Limbaugh
Rush Limbaugh
stated on May 18, 2011 his radio program.:
Says Rick Perry is "the guy that tracked" down Democratic legislators who fled Texas in 2003.
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • May 28, 2011
Rush Limbaugh
Rush Limbaugh
stated on April 29, 2010 his radio program:
Alaska's Prince William Sound "is pristine now."
False
By Robert Farley • April 30, 2010
Rush Limbaugh
Rush Limbaugh
stated on March 9, 2010 his talk show:
People "can't go fishing anymore because of Obama."
Pants on Fire!
By Catharine Richert • March 17, 2010
Rush Limbaugh
Rush Limbaugh
stated on January 18, 2010 a comment on his radio show.:
There are "high administrative costs" when you donate to Haiti relief through the White House Web site.
Pants on Fire!
By Kevin Robillard • January 20, 2010
Rush Limbaugh
Rush Limbaugh
stated on December 8, 2009 his radio show:
A recent drop in the unemployment rate is questionable because it was calculated "over two days of the Thanksgiving week."
False
By Louis Jacobson • December 10, 2009
Rush Limbaugh
Rush Limbaugh
stated on November 10, 2009 his radio show:
The health care bills will be "mandated spending. You can't cut it, regardless of the budget circumstances."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • November 12, 2009
Rush Limbaugh
Rush Limbaugh
stated on November 1, 2009 Fox News Sunday:
"That 3.5 percent (increase in the third quarter GDP) came from two things — government spending on Cash for Clunkers — they just moved fourth-quarter auto sales into the third quarter — and the first-time home buyer thing."
Half-True
By Robert Farley • November 3, 2009
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