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Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on 2011-09-26 a fundraising event in San Jose, Calif.:
Says Texas wildfires are linked to climate change.
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • September 28, 2011
Herman Cain
Herman Cain
stated on 2011-09-22 the Fox News Google debate in Orlando:
"If we had been on 'Obamacare' and a bureaucrat was trying to tell me when I could get that CAT scan, that would have delayed my treatment."
False
By Angie Drobnic Holan, Willoughby Mariano • September 27, 2011
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on 2011-09-22 a speech in Cincinnati, Ohio:
"A construction worker who’s making $50 or $60 grand a year shouldn’t be paying higher tax rates than the guy who’s making $50 million a year. And that’s how it’s working right now."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • September 27, 2011
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on 2011-09-22 a Republican presidential debate in Orlando:
Says that Romney touted the Massachusetts health plan for the nation in his hardcover book but then deleted it for the paperback edition.
Mostly False
By Becky Bowers • September 23, 2011
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on 2011-09-22 a Republican presidential debate in Orlando:
Says he never said he wanted to move Social Security "back to the states."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • September 23, 2011
Michele Bachmann
Michele Bachmann
stated on 2011-09-22 a Republican presidential debate in Orlando:
"President Obama has the lowest public approval ratings of any president in modern times."
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • September 23, 2011
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on 2011-09-22 in the Fox News Google debate in Orlando:
"The federal government has not engaged in (border security) at all."
Pants on Fire!
By Becky Bowers • September 23, 2011
Gary Johnson
Gary Johnson
stated on 2011-09-22 a Republican presidential debate in Orlando, Fla.:
"We're bankrupt."
False
By Becky Bowers, Louis Jacobson • September 23, 2011
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on 2011-09-22 a debate in Orlando, Fla.:
President Obama "went around the world and apologized for America."
Pants on Fire!
By Angie Drobnic Holan • September 23, 2011
Gary Johnson
Gary Johnson
stated on 2011-09-19 an interview with the editorial board of the 'Telegraph.':
Says the United States has the highest incarceration rate in the world with 2.3 million inmates, and the majority of Americans are imprisoned because they sold small amounts of drugs.
Half-True
By Maryalice Gill • September 22, 2011
Barbara Boxer
Barbara Boxer
stated on 2011-09-20 an interview on MSNBC:
"Since 1995, the top 400 wealthiest families have seen their incomes go up 400 percent and their tax rates go down 40 percent."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • September 21, 2011
Nancy Pelosi
Nancy Pelosi
stated on 2011-09-17 an interview on MSNBC's "Up with Chris Hayes":
More private-sector jobs were created in the second year of the Obama administration than in the eight years of the Bush administration.
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • September 20, 2011
Rachel Maddow
Rachel Maddow
stated on 2011-09-19 on "The Rachel Maddow Show":
"Poverty among Americans 65 and over is statistically unchanged" in recent years because of Social Security.
Mostly True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • September 19, 2011
Michele Bachmann
Michele Bachmann
stated on 2011-09-13 several media interviews:
Says the vaccine to prevent HPV can cause mental retardation.
False
By Angie Drobnic Holan, Louis Jacobson • September 16, 2011
New Hampshire Democratic Party
New Hampshire Democratic Party
stated on 2011-09-04 a news release:
"Two-thirds of Granite Staters oppose the Tea Party" and its agenda on labor unions.
Mostly False
By John Gregg • September 16, 2011
Eric Cantor
Eric Cantor
stated on 2011-09-14 a blog post:
The jobs bill includes "President Obama's tax on soup kitchens"
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • September 15, 2011
Sean Hannity
Sean Hannity
stated on 2011-09-13 a discussion on Fox News' "Hannity":
Under President Barack Obama’s jobs bill, "you can sue if you are unemployed and don't get the job and think you weren't hired because you are unemployed."
True
By Louis Jacobson • September 15, 2011
Ron Paul
Ron Paul
stated on 2011-09-12 a Republican presidential debate in Tampa:
The U.S. military "is in 130 countries. We have 900 bases around the world."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • September 14, 2011
Ron Paul
Ron Paul
stated on 2011-09-12 a Republican presidential debate in Tampa:
"170,000 of the jobs" created in Texas under Gov. Rick Perry "were government jobs."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • September 14, 2011
Gail Collins
Gail Collins
stated on 2011-09-08 a column:
Mitt Romney "drove to Canada with the family dog Seamus strapped to the roof of the car."
Mostly True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • September 13, 2011
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