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David Axelrod
David Axelrod
stated on July 11, 2010 an interview on "This Week."
Republicans extended unemployment insurance under President Bush "when he asked to extend unemployment insurance."
Mostly True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • July 13, 2010
Sharron Angle
Sharron Angle
stated on July 7, 2010 a local radio interview
On whether BP's $20 billion fund to compensate oil spill victims is "a slush fund."
Full Flop
By Martha M. Hamilton • July 13, 2010
George Will
George Will
stated on July 11, 2010 ABC's "This Week"
Says that President Obama said if Congress passed the economic stimulus bill, "we would have unemployment at 8 percent and no higher. And it went higher."
Mostly False
By Robert Farley • July 13, 2010
Luis Gutierrez
Luis Gutierrez
stated on July 11, 2010 an interview on ABC's 'This Week'
"Forty percent of the undocumented workers in this country" entered the U.S. legally and "overstayed their visa."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • July 12, 2010
Trent Franks
Trent Franks
stated on July 7, 2010 an interview on MSNBC's 'The Dylan Ratigan Show'
"The top 1 percent pay over half of the entire revenue for this country."
False
By Louis Jacobson • July 9, 2010
Sarah Palin
Sarah Palin
stated on June 30, 2010 a Facebook posting
The U.S. "only ranks 25th worldwide on defense spending as a percentage of GDP."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • July 9, 2010
Sarah Palin
Sarah Palin
stated on June 30, 2010 a Facebook posting
"We spend three times more on entitlements and debt services than we do on defense."
True
By Louis Jacobson • July 9, 2010
Keith Olbermann
Keith Olbermann
stated on July 6, 2010 a comment on MSNBC's 'Countdown with Keith Olbermann'
"Subsidies for oil and gas companies make up 88 percent of all federal subsidies. Just cutting the oil and gas subsidies out would save the U.S. government $45 billion every year."
False
By Louis Jacobson • July 9, 2010
Mark Kirk
Mark Kirk
stated on June 30, 2010 a campaign video
"At his father's bank, Alexi made tens of millions in risky loans to convicted mobsters. Then, the bank collapsed."
Half-True
By Robert Farley • July 8, 2010
Alexi Giannoulias
Alexi Giannoulias
stated on July 8, 2010 a campaign commercial
"He (Kirk) did violate Pentagon rules, twice actually, for improperly mingling politics with his military service."
True
By Robert Farley • July 8, 2010
Mark Kirk
Mark Kirk
stated on July 8, 2010 a campaign ad
"Alexi Giannoulias' top aide was a longtime BP lobbyist."
Mostly False
By Robert Farley • July 8, 2010
Jan Brewer
Jan Brewer
stated on July 1, 2010 a Fox News interview with Greta Van Susteren
"Law enforcement in the state of Arizona supports" the state's new immigration law.
Half-True
By Martha M. Hamilton • July 8, 2010
Al Hunt
Al Hunt
stated on July 4, 2010 an appearance on ABC's "This Week."
"Crime is down in Arizona."
True
By Alex Holt • July 7, 2010
John McCain
John McCain
stated on July 4, 2010 an interview on "This Week."
As a senator, Barack Obama supported "an amendment that basically gutted the legal temporary worker program."
Mostly True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • July 7, 2010
Andrew Napolitano
Andrew Napolitano
stated on June 28, 2010 comments on the 'Glenn Beck' show
"There are mechanisms in place to shut down the Internet privately."
Half-True
By Lukas Pleva • July 6, 2010
Daniel Senor
Daniel Senor
stated on July 4, 2010 ABC's 'This Week'
Japan's "interest on its own debt" is "25 percent of its national budget"
False
By Lukas Pleva • July 6, 2010
Jorge Ramos
Jorge Ramos
stated on July 4, 2010 an interview on ABC's 'This Week'
"President Barack Obama has deported more people in his first year in office than George W. Bush in his last year in office."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • July 6, 2010
J.D. Hayworth
J.D. Hayworth
stated on June 14, 2010 a campaign commerical
John McCain "began his career in Washington as a lobbyist when he was appointed in 1976 as the Navy's liaison to the United States Senate."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • July 5, 2010
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on July 1, 2010 a speech
"Today, we have more boots on the ground near the Southwest border than at any time in our history."
Mostly True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • July 2, 2010
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on September 17, 2008 a campaign speech in Grand Junction, Colo.
On the use of presidentially appointed commissions.
Full Flop
By Louis Jacobson • July 1, 2010
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