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stated on 2011-05-02 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 2011-05-05 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 2011-05-05 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 2011-05-01 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 2011-05-03 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 2011-05-01 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 2011-05-01 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 2011-04-27 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 2011-04-27 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 2011-04-14 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 2011-04-27 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 2011-04-25 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 2011-04-27 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 2011-04-27 a press conference:
"CNN did a poll recently where Obama and I are statistically tied."
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • April 27, 2011
Paul Krugman
Paul Krugman
stated on 2011-04-18 a newspaper column:
"Large majorities" of the public "oppose major changes to Medicare" and favor higher taxes on the wealthy.
True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • April 25, 2011
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on 2011-04-14 an interview with Sean Hannity of Fox News:
"Iraq has the second-largest oilfields in the world (behind) Saudi Arabia."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • April 25, 2011
Herman Cain
Herman Cain
stated on 2011-04-16 a speech in Iowa:
China holds 26 percent of the U.S. debt.
False
By Robert Farley • April 22, 2011
Bill Maher
Bill Maher
stated on 2011-04-15 an episode of HBO's "Real Time with Bill Maher":
Under a proposal by Rep. Paul Ryan, people on Medicare will only have $15,000 from the federal government to spend on their health care.
False
By Louis Jacobson • April 20, 2011
Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee
Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee
stated on 2011-04-18 a Web ad:
"Seniors will have to find $12,500 for health care because Republicans voted to end Medicare."
Pants on Fire!
By Angie Drobnic Holan • April 20, 2011
Chris Hayes
Chris Hayes
stated on 2011-04-15 an interview on MSNBC's "The Rachel Maddow Show":
According to David Cay Johnston, "the average American pays about 22 percent of their income to federal taxes. The richest 400 Americans … pay about 16 percent of their income to federal taxes."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • April 19, 2011
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