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18% of the American public
18% of the American public
stated on 2010-08-19 a Pew Research Center poll:
President Obama is a Muslim.
Pants on Fire!
By Angie Drobnic Holan • August 26, 2010
Franklin Graham
Franklin Graham
stated on 2010-08-19 an interview on CNN:
"The seed of Muslim is passed through the father."
Mostly False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • August 26, 2010
Michael Bloomberg
Michael Bloomberg
stated on 2010-08-24 a speech:
"There is already a mosque four blocks away."
True
By Robert Farley • August 26, 2010
Mark Tapscott
Mark Tapscott
stated on 2010-08-23 an opinion column in "The Washington Examiner":
"Obama’s stimulus, passed in his first month in office, will cost more than the entire Iraq War."
Mostly False
By Lukas Pleva, Martha M. Hamilton • August 25, 2010
Harry Reid
Harry Reid
stated on 2010-08-23 his Senate re-election campaign effort. :
On birthright citizenship for illegal immigrants.  
Full Flop
By Lukas Pleva • August 25, 2010
Pat Toomey
Pat Toomey
stated on 2010-07-14 a television commercial:
"Joe Sestak ... even wants to bring back the death tax, letting the IRS take half of your savings when you die."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • August 24, 2010
Al Hunt
Al Hunt
stated on 2010-08-22 ABC's "This Week":
"This is not a mosque. It's a cultural center that has a prayer area."  
False
By Robert Farley • August 23, 2010
Chain email
Chain email
stated on 2010-08-02 a chain e-mail:
Under the new health care law, "all real estate transactions will be subject to a 3.8% Sales Tax"
Pants on Fire!
By Angie Drobnic Holan • August 23, 2010
Tamara Holder
Tamara Holder
stated on 2010-08-18 comments on the Hannity show.:
"The Republicans have 2 percent of the Muslim vote.''
Mostly True
By Lukas Pleva • August 20, 2010
Rick Lazio
Rick Lazio
stated on 2010-08-17 Fox News "Hannity" program.:
A New York imam wants to "have a mosque at Ground Zero.'' 
Mostly False
By Robert Farley • August 19, 2010
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen
stated on 2010-08-10 a press release.:
"U.S. taxpayers are being forced to fund Feisal Abdul Rauf’s trip to the Middle East."
True
By Louis Jacobson • August 19, 2010
Tim Kaine
Tim Kaine
stated on 2010-08-15 a segment of CBS' ''Face The Nation.'':
Republicans tried to block the deficit commission.
Half-True
By Lukas Pleva • August 18, 2010
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on 2010-08-14 his weekly address:
"Some Republican leaders in Congress" are "pushing to make privatizing Social Security a key part of their legislative agenda if they win a majority in Congress this fall."
Mostly False
By Robert Farley • August 18, 2010
Laura Tyson
Laura Tyson
stated on 2010-08-15 an interview on ABC's ''This Week with Christiane Amanpour.'':
The United States is "number 14, number 15" in college graduation rates, and "we're leading the world in high school dropout rates."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • August 17, 2010
Eddie Bernice Johnson
Eddie Bernice Johnson
stated on 2010-08-10 a speech on the House floor.:
"In 1935, more than 50% of the elderly population lived in poverty. Today that poverty rate stands officially at 9.4%."  
True
By Lukas Pleva • August 17, 2010
Laura Tyson
Laura Tyson
stated on 2010-08-15 an interview on ABC's "This Week with Christiane Amanpour'':
"Unemployment for those with college educations is now 4.5 percent. Unemployment for those with more than a college education, below 4 percent."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • August 17, 2010
Carol Browner
Carol Browner
stated on 2010-08-04 NBC's "Today Show.":
"More than three-quarters of the oil is gone."
Half-True
By Robert Farley • August 16, 2010
Matthew Dowd
Matthew Dowd
stated on 2010-08-15 a roundtable discussion on ABC's "This Week with Christiane Amanpour'':
Obama's approval numbers 'are in the low 40s.'
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • August 16, 2010
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
stated on 2010-08-12 an op ed article:
Republicans are now "taking credit" for provisions of the health care bill "that they had tried to derail."  
Half-True
By Robert Farley • August 13, 2010
Barney Frank
Barney Frank
stated on 2010-07-07 MSNBC's Morning Joe:
The United States accounted for 26 percent of worldwide military spending during the Cold War, but now accounts for 41 percent.
Half-True
By Erin Mershon, Robert Farley • August 13, 2010
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