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Mark Neumann
Mark Neumann
stated on November 9, 2011 a radio interview
The federal "limousine fleet has increased by 42 percent since Barack Obama took office."
Mostly False
November 13, 2011
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on November 9, 2011 tweet and blogs
Obama creates new tax on Christmas trees, fees get passed on to consumers.
Mostly False
By Janie Har, Louis Jacobson • November 10, 2011
Michele Bachmann
Michele Bachmann
stated on October 28, 2011 an interview with CNN's Wolf Blitzer
"Under Barack Obama's watch, we have expended $805 billion to liberate the people of Iraq and, more importantly, 4,400 American lives."
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • October 31, 2011
Chain email
Chain email
stated on October 25, 2011 a chain e-mail
Barack Obama is the "First President to terminate America’s ability to put a man in space."
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • October 28, 2011
Michele Bachmann
Michele Bachmann
stated on October 18, 2011 a Republican presidential primary debate
President Obama’s uncle and aunt "are illegal aliens ...  who've been allowed to stay in this country."
Half-True
By Molly Moorhead • October 20, 2011
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on October 11, 2011 a debate at Dartmouth College in Hanover, N.H.
Says Barack Obama "never worked in the private sector" before he was elected president.
False
By John Gregg • October 18, 2011
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on October 11, 2011 a Republican presidential primary debate
Says the National Labor Relations Board told Boeing that it "can't build a factory in a non-union state."
False
By Jon Greenberg • October 14, 2011
Jon Huntsman
Jon Huntsman
stated on October 11, 2011 a Republican presidential debate in Hanover, N.H.
"The IRS is already planning on 19,500 new employees to administer" Obama’s health care mandate.
Pants on Fire!
By Maryalice Gill • October 13, 2011
American Crossroads
American Crossroads
stated on October 10, 2011 a television ad airing in Orlando
Says Bill Clinton opposes President Barack Obama's plan to raise taxes on wealthy Americans.
False
By Aaron Sharockman • October 11, 2011
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on September 30, 2011 a speech
Coca-Cola’s CEO "said he finds it easier to do work in China than in the United States."
Half-True
By Eric Stirgus • October 10, 2011
John Fleming
John Fleming
stated on October 3, 2011 an interview on Fox Business Network
Says Barack Obama is a "hypocrite" for criticizing President George W. Bush’s "drone attack program," then using it aggressively as president.
False
By Louis Jacobson • October 5, 2011
Chris Christie
Chris Christie
stated on September 27, 2011 a speech at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library
Says President Barack Obama failed "to stand up for the bipartisan debt solutions of the Simpson-Bowles Commission."
Mostly False
By Bill Wichert, Erin O'Neill • September 29, 2011
Michele Bachmann
Michele Bachmann
stated on September 22, 2011 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
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on September 22, 2011 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
Michele Bachmann
Michele Bachmann
stated on September 12, 2011 the CNN/Tea Party Express debate in Tampa
"We know that President Obama stole over $500 billion out of Medicare to switch it over to Obamacare."
Mostly False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • September 13, 2011
Kinky Friedman
Kinky Friedman
stated on August 24, 2011 an opinion column.
Says Barack Obama’s "favorability rating in Israel once clocked in at 4 percent."
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • September 4, 2011
Ken Langone
Ken Langone
stated on July 28, 2011 an interview on CNBC
In contrast to President Barack Obama, who "is not acting presidential," President Ronald Reagan "would never go into the Oval Office without his jacket on — that's how much he revered the presidency."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • August 1, 2011
David Dewhurst
David Dewhurst
stated on July 5, 2011 a Twitter message.
Says President Barack Obama’s "own economists say the stimulus cost $278K per job ‘created.’ "
False
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms, W. Gardner Selby • July 20, 2011
Mike Haridopolos
Mike Haridopolos
stated on June 29, 2011 a posting on Twitter
Florida’s proposed Health Care Freedom Act "will allow Floridians to opt out of Obama’s govt. takeover of healthcare!"
False
By Janet Zink • July 13, 2011
Republican National Committee
Republican National Committee
stated on July 7, 2011 a television commercial
Since President Obama took office, "2 million jobs. Gone."
Mostly True
By Mark Naymik • July 13, 2011
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