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Yard sign
Yard sign
stated on 2011-06-15 a yard on Route 12 near Keene, N.H.:
Says President Obama "has fired more cruise missiles than all other Peace Prize winners combined."
True
By John Gregg • June 30, 2011
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on 2011-06-29 a press conference:
"What I have done -- and this is unprecedented ... is I've said to each agency ... 'look at regulations that are already on the books and if they don't make sense, let's get rid of them.'"  
Pants on Fire!
By Robert Farley • June 29, 2011
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on 2011-06-29 a press conference:
"If you're a … wealthy CEO or a … hedge fund manager in America right now, your taxes are … lower than they've been since the 1950s."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • June 29, 2011
Michele Bachmann
Michele Bachmann
stated on 2011-06-27 several speeches and interviews:
Says President Barack Obama said that if he doesn’t turn the economy around after three years in office, he’ll be a one-term president.
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • June 29, 2011
John Boehner
John Boehner
stated on 2011-06-24 a press conference:
"The American people don't want us to raise taxes."
Mostly False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • June 29, 2011
James Clyburn
James Clyburn
stated on 2011-06-26 an interview on ABC's "This Week with Christiane Amanpour":
"We do not want to raise anybody's tax rates. That's never been on the table."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • June 28, 2011
Jim DeMint
Jim DeMint
stated on 2011-06-26 an interview on CNN's "State of the Union with Candy Crowley":
"We've got more revenue than we ever have."
False
By Louis Jacobson • June 28, 2011
Michele Bachmann
Michele Bachmann
stated on 2011-06-26 CBS' Face the Nation:
"Under Barack Obama the last two years, the number of federal limousines for bureaucrats has increased 73 percent."
Mostly False
By Robert Farley • June 27, 2011
Michele Bachmann
Michele Bachmann
stated on 2011-06-01 an interview on WKXL-AM in Concord, N.H.:
"If you threw a barbecue yesterday for the Memorial weekend, it was 29 percent more expensive than last year because Barack Obama's policies have led to groceries going up 29 percent."
False
By Jake Berry • June 27, 2011
Michele Bachmann
Michele Bachmann
stated on 2011-06-26 an interview on CBS's "Face the Nation":
"The president released all of the oil from the Strategic Oil Reserve."
False
By Louis Jacobson • June 27, 2011
Harry Reid
Harry Reid
stated on 2011-06-22 an online chat with the "Washington Post":
"Hispanic unemployment has been ticking down from an all-time high of 13.9 percent because of the policies we’ve implemented."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • June 27, 2011
Jay Carney
Jay Carney
stated on 2011-06-14 a comment to reporters aboard Air Force One:
In the Republican presidential debate in New Hampshire, none of the candidates mentioned the "middle class" or "education."
Mostly False
By Maryalice Gill • June 24, 2011
Tim Pawlenty
Tim Pawlenty
stated on 2011-06-10 an interview WKXL-AM.:
Says President Barack Obama promised he would cut the deficit in half, but instead will at least double it.
Mostly False
By Gregory Trotter • June 24, 2011
Jon Huntsman
Jon Huntsman
stated on 2011-06-22 an interview on "Morning Joe.":
The U.S. is spending "one out of every six Defense Department dollars on Afghanistan."
True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • June 23, 2011
David Axelrod
David Axelrod
stated on 2011-06-19 a CNN interview:
When Mitt Romney was governor, Massachusetts ranked 47th out of 50 states in job creation.  
Half-True
By Robert Farley • June 22, 2011
Jon Stewart
Jon Stewart
stated on 2011-06-19 an interview on Fox News Sunday:
"Who are the most consistently misinformed media viewers? … Fox viewers, consistently, every poll."
False
By Louis Jacobson • June 20, 2011
Turn Right USA
Turn Right USA
stated on 2011-06-13 a YouTube video:
"Janice Hahn hired hard-core gang members with taxpayer money to be 'gang-intervention specialists.' She even helped them get out of jail, so they could rape and kill again."
False
By Robert Farley • June 20, 2011
Herman Cain
Herman Cain
stated on 2011-06-13 a Republican presidential debate:
Says an alternative to Social Security that operates in Galveston County, Texas, has meant that participants will "retire with a whole lot more money" than under Social Security.
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • June 17, 2011
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on 2011-06-13 a Republican presidential candidate debate in New Hampshire:
"Obamacare takes $500 billion out of Medicare and funds Obamacare."
Half-True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • June 16, 2011
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on 2011-06-16 an appearance at a Tampa coffee shop:
"This is the slowest job recovery since Hoover."
False
By Louis Jacobson • June 16, 2011
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