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Michael Reagan
Michael Reagan
stated on March 6, 2014 in an op-ed on Townhall.com:
Says Ronald Reagan "got the Saudis to flood the market with cheap oil."
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • March 13, 2014
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on March 6, 2014 in a speech at the CPAC conference:
Says President Barack Obama "is the first president we've ever had who thinks he can choose which laws to enforce and which laws to ignore."
False
By Louis Jacobson • March 10, 2014
John Bolton
John Bolton
stated on March 3, 2014 in comments on Fox News Channel:
Says Vladimir Putin once said, "The breakup of the Soviet Union was the greatest geopolitical tragedy of the 20th century."
Mostly True
By Katie Sanders • March 6, 2014
Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan
stated on March 3, 2014 in a report issued by the House Budget Committee Republican staff:
"Over the past three years, ‘deep poverty’ has reached its highest level on record."
True
By Louis Jacobson • March 4, 2014
David Ignatius
David Ignatius
stated on March 2, 2014 in comments on CBS' "Face the Nation":
"Crimea became part of Ukraine only in 1954. Crimea was historically part of Russia, and (Nikita) Khrushchev gave it to Ukraine in a gesture that mystified some people."
True
By Julie Kliegman • March 2, 2014
Mike Rogers
Mike Rogers
stated on March 2, 2014 in in comments on Fox's "Fox News Sunday":
Crimea was part of Russia "until 1954, when it was given to the Soviet Republic of the Ukraine."
True
By Julie Kliegman • March 2, 2014
Wolf Blitzer
Wolf Blitzer
stated on February 18, 2014 in comments on CNN:
The words "subhuman mongrel," which Ted Nugent called President Barack Obama, were used by the Nazis to "justify the genocide of the Jewish community."
True
By Jon Greenberg • February 19, 2014
Peggy Noonan
Peggy Noonan
stated on February 16, 2014 in a broadcast of ABC's "This Week":
Says "(President) Reagan's second inaugural was moved inside the Capitol. It was. Because of a terrible snowstorm."
Mostly True
By Jon Greenberg • February 16, 2014
George Will
George Will
stated on February 9, 2014 in a roundtable discussion on "Fox News Sunday":
"Social Security was advocated … in the 1930s as a way of getting people to quit working, because they thought we were confined to a permanent scarcity of jobs in this country."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • February 11, 2014
Chain email
Chain email
stated on February 2, 2014 in a chain email forwarded by readers:
Says President Barack Obama has issued upwards of 1,000 executive orders, more than any modern president.
Pants on Fire!
By Steve Contorno • February 6, 2014
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on January 28, 2014 in the State of the Union address:
"The federal minimum wage is worth about 20 percent less than it was when Ronald Reagan" gave his first address to a joint session of Congress.
Mostly True
By Steve Contorno • January 29, 2014
Nicholas Gorham
Nicholas Gorham
stated on December 30, 2013 in a newspaper commentary:
The General Assembly "has no explicit constitutional authority to impose income, sales, estate and the myriad of other taxes upon us."
True
By John Hill • January 19, 2014
Rhode Island Senate
Rhode Island Senate
stated on January 15, 2014 in a Senate resolution:
"The (New England) Patriots were led by an explosive offense that scored the second most points in the NFL."
Mostly True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • January 17, 2014
Robert Gates
Robert Gates
stated on January 13, 2014 in an interview with NPR:
On foreign policy, Joe Biden was against aid for Vietnam, said the fall of the Shah was "a step forward" for human rights in Iran, opposed Reagan's defense build-up and voted against the first Gulf War.
Mostly True
By Steve Contorno • January 16, 2014
Andrea Tantaros
Andrea Tantaros
stated on January 15, 2014 in comments on Fox News Channel's "The Five":
During the lead-up to the American Revolutionary War, "some guy in Boston got his head blown off because he tried to secretly raise the tax on tea."
Pants on Fire!
By Aaron Sharockman • January 16, 2014
Bryan Fischer
Bryan Fischer
stated on December 10, 2013 in a broadcast of "Focal Point":
"By the word religion in the First Amendment, the founders meant Christianity."
Pants on Fire!
By Jon Greenberg • December 16, 2013
Bill O'Reilly
Bill O'Reilly
stated on December 5, 2013 in an exchange on Fox's "The O'Reilly Factor":
Says Nelson Mandela "was a communist."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • December 11, 2013
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on December 4, 2013 in a speech at the Center for American Progress:
The minimum wage "in real terms right now is below where it was when Harry Truman was in office."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • December 4, 2013
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on November 20, 2013 in a Facebook posting:
"Since 1988, Congress has raised its own salary 15 times 'to reflect rising costs.' But raised the minimum wage only three times."
Mostly False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • December 2, 2013
Allen West
Allen West
stated on November 25, 2013 in comments on his blog:
"Black people kill more black people every six months than the KKK did in 86 years."
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • November 27, 2013
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