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Newt Gingrich
Newt Gingrich
stated on May 11, 2011 a campaign video
During his time as House speaker, "unemployment came down from 5.6 percent to under 4 (percent)."
False
By Eric Stirgus, Louis Jacobson • May 12, 2011
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on May 10, 2011 a speech in Austin, Texas
Under President Barack Obama, the United States has "doubled our exports."
False
By Louis Jacobson • May 11, 2011
John Boehner
John Boehner
stated on May 10, 2011 an interview on NBC's "Today" show
The Bush tax cuts "created about 8 million jobs over the first 10 years that they were in existence. We've lost about 5 million of those jobs during this recession."
False
By Louis Jacobson • May 11, 2011
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on May 10, 2011 a speech in El Paso
The Obama administration increased the deportation of illegal immigrants convicted of crimes by 70 percent.
True
By Robert Farley • May 11, 2011
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on May 10, 2011 a speech in El Paso
"The Border Patrol has 20,000 agents – more than twice as many as there were in 2004."
True
By Robert Farley • May 10, 2011
Doris Kearns Goodwin
Doris Kearns Goodwin
stated on May 8, 2011 an appearance on NBC's "Meet the Press"
During the Eisenhower Administration, "not a single soldier … died in combat."
False
By Louis Jacobson • May 10, 2011
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on May 2, 2011 in various posts on the web
Wrote that in 2006, Nancy Pelosi said she didn’t think capturing Osama bin Laden "makes us any safer," but in 2011 called his killing "historic."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • May 9, 2011
Tim Pawlenty
Tim Pawlenty
stated on May 5, 2011 a Republican presidential debate in South Carolina
On the night of the Iowa caucuses, Obama "promised the nation that he would do health care reform focused on cost containment, he opposed an individual mandate, and he said he was going to do it with Republicans."
Mostly True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • May 6, 2011
Gary Johnson
Gary Johnson
stated on May 5, 2011 a Republican presidential debate
"We have the highest corporate income tax in the world right now."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • May 6, 2011
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on May 1, 2011 an address to the nation
"Bin Laden had declared war against Pakistan."
Half-True
By Robert Farley • May 5, 2011
Gerry Connolly
Gerry Connolly
stated on May 3, 2011 a House floor speech
"America owns 3 percent of the world’s oil but consumes 25 percent of its global reserves."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • May 5, 2011
David Stockman
David Stockman
stated on May 1, 2011 an interview on 'This Week with Christiane Amanpour'
Rep. Paul Ryan's budget proposal cuts "nothing" from Medicare, Social Security or defense in the next two to three years, and "in three years, he does not cut one dime from the debt."
True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • May 4, 2011
Arianna Huffington
Arianna Huffington
stated on May 1, 2011 a roundtable segment on ABC's "This Week with Christiane Amanpour"
Says although the unemployment rate seems to be improving, it does not reflect real job creation -- it’s caused by a "shrinking of the actual labor force."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • May 4, 2011
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on April 27, 2011 a CNN interview
"We don't have bridges being built" in the United States.
Half-True
By Robert Farley • May 3, 2011
Dan Boren
Dan Boren
stated on April 27, 2011 an interview on Fox News
"A vast majority of the production in the United States comes from small independent oil and gas companies."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • May 3, 2011
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on April 14, 2011 an interview with George Stephanopoulos
On whether the federal debt limit should be raised
Full Flop
By Angie Drobnic Holan • April 29, 2011
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on April 27, 2011 a press conference
Says stories about his birth certificate drowned out media coverage of the Republican and White House budget plans the week of April 11.
False
By Angie Drobnic Holan, Louis Jacobson • April 28, 2011
John Boehner
John Boehner
stated on April 25, 2011 an interview with ABC news
President Barack Obama "took exactly none of his own deficit reduction commission’s ideas. Not one."
False
By Louis Jacobson • April 28, 2011
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on April 27, 2011 a press conference
After the U.S.-led military alliance ejected Saddam Hussein’s forces from Kuwait in 1991, the Kuwaitis "never paid us."
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • April 27, 2011
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on April 27, 2011 a press conference
"CNN did a poll recently where Obama and I are statistically tied."
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • April 27, 2011
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