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Arthur Cyr
stated on December 26, 2014 in a Providence Journal commentary:

Says Nikita Khrushchev brought an extra shoe to a United Nations session in 1960, which he banged on the desk in protest.

False

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • January 18, 2015

Bobby Scott
stated on January 9, 2015 in a news release.:

President Barack Obama’s policies "have resulted in gas prices being reduced from $3.07 per gallon when he was sworn in in 2009 to $2.30 today."

False

By Sean Gorman • January 18, 2015

Rand Paul
stated on January 14, 2015 in a speech in New Hampshire:

"Over half the people on disability are either anxious or their back hurts."

False

By Steve Contorno • January 16, 2015

Julaine Appling
stated on January 6, 2015 in a radio interview:

Polls on legalizing same-sex marriage "are not dramatically changing."

False

By Dave Umhoefer • January 16, 2015

Jerry Jones
stated on January 9, 2015 in an interview with ESPN aired Jan. 9, 2015:

The cheerleaders for the Dallas Cowboys have "entertained more troops in the world than Bob Hope."

False

By W. Gardner Selby • January 9, 2015

Dennis Moss
stated on December 19, 2014 in in an interview with the "Miami Herald":

"When Disney was looking to build Disney World, they came to Miami and we told Disney to take a hike."

False

By Amy Sherman • January 9, 2015

Peter Feigin
stated on January 6, 2015 in a speech:

The Milwaukee Bucks are "actually younger than the Marquette team."

False

By James B. Nelson • January 9, 2015

Mitch McConnell
stated on January 7, 2015 in a Senate floor speech:

A recent economic uptick appears to "coincide" with "the expectation of a new Republican Congress."

False

By Louis Jacobson • January 8, 2015

Louie Gohmert
stated on January 5, 2015 in a Fox news interview:

Says President Barack Obama has "not proposed one thing that would change" the fact that Warren Buffett pays a lower tax rate than his secretary.

False

By Lauren Carroll • January 7, 2015

Newt Gingrich
stated on January 4, 2015 in an interview on CBS's "Face the Nation":

Says President Barack Obama got "a pass" over controversal remarks by Rev. Jeremiah Wright, while a 12-year-old speech by House Majority Whip Steve Scalise has blown up into a national story.

False

By Jon Greenberg • January 6, 2015

Nicholas Kristof
stated on December 4, 2014 in a broadcast of "The Daily Show":

The wealth gap between blacks and whites in the United States is "greater than the black-white wealth gap was in apartheid South Africa."

False

By Jon Greenberg • December 17, 2014

Dick Cheney
stated on December 14, 2014 in comments on NBC's "Meet the Press":

Says Saddam Hussein "had a 10-year relationship with al-Qaida."

False

By Jon Greenberg • December 14, 2014

Mike Stenhouse
stated on November 14, 2014 in a radio interview:

"According to HUD, it is patently unfair and socially unjust that wealthy people can live in an exclusive neighborhood."

False

By Katie Mulvaney • December 14, 2014

John Stossel
stated on December 4, 2014 in an interview on "Fox and Friends":

"There is no good data showing secondhand smoke kills people."

False

By Katie Sanders • December 11, 2014

Jeb Bush
stated on December 1, 2014 in a Wall Street Journal CEO Council event:

"The pass rate for a high school level test to join the military" is 35 to 40 percent.

False

By Amy Sherman • December 9, 2014

Jim Skaggs
stated on November 5, 2014 in as quoted in a news story:

Austin is "burdened by the fastest-growing tax increases of any major city in the nation."

False

By W. Gardner Selby • November 28, 2014

Rudy Giuliani
stated on November 24, 2014 in an interview on 'Fox and Friends':

"The conviction rate is almost exactly the same" for whites and blacks who commit murder.

False

By Lauren Carroll • November 26, 2014

Anne Nolan
stated on November 12, 2014 in a Journal commentary:

"In Rhode Island, a recent study showed that among a group of people who had been homeless for a year or more, Medicaid costs averaged about $60,000 per person."

False

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • November 23, 2014

David Hallock
stated on November 12, 2014 in a forum:

In rural Virginia, "Sen. Warner ran 8-10 points ahead of a traditional Democrat -- ahead of Senator Kaine, ahead of Governor McAuliffe."

False

By Nancy Madsen, Warren Fiske • November 21, 2014

Ted Cruz
stated on November 19, 2014 in an interview on Fox News:

In the 2014 elections, "the American people overwhelmingly said we don't want Obamacare … and we don't want amnesty."

False

By Louis Jacobson • November 21, 2014

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