Fact Check Posts – Page 4

Gavin McInnes
stated on June 23, 2015 in a tweet:

"The Civil War wasn't about slavery."

By Jon Greenberg • June 25, 2015

Ann Coulter
stated on June 24, 2015 in comments on Fox Business Network:

Says South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley "is an immigrant."

By Anna Bruzgulis • June 24, 2015

Breitbart
stated on June 14, 2015 in an article on the Breitbart website:

Says the California flag was supposed to be a pear, not a bear.

By Jon Greenberg • June 18, 2015

Eric Turner
stated on April 7, 2015 in testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee.:

There was "a 57-percent decrease in fireworks-related injuries in 2000 [after Connecticut legalized sparklers] compared to the 14 years prior."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • May 24, 2015

Facebook posts
stated on May 17, 2015 in a meme on social media:

"During Obama's first five years as president, black unemployment increased 42 percent. During Reagan's presidency, black unemployment dropped 20 percent."

By Louis Jacobson • May 22, 2015

Scott Walker
stated on January 21, 2015 in an interview:

"Documents released from the Soviet Union" show "the Soviet Union started treating" President Ronald Reagan more seriously after Reagan fired the air traffic controllers.

By Tom Kertscher • January 28, 2015

Jesse Ventura
stated on December 2, 2014 in an interview with Salon.com:

"Fluoride in the water, that was originally done by the Nazis!"

By Louis Jacobson • December 8, 2014

David Alameel
stated on June 28, 2014 in his speech at the Texas Democratic Party convention:

Says John Cornyn dodged the draft during the Vietnam War.

By W. Gardner Selby • July 31, 2014

John DePetro
stated on July 7, 2014 in a talk radio comment:

"Although the governor doubled the beach fees . . . all the money, as we found out, is all going to an out-of-state company. The state isn't even getting the money for that."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • July 14, 2014

Facebook posts
stated on June 5, 2014 in posts on Facebook:

Says Michele Bachmann said on Fox News, "This country could use a president like Benjamin Franklin again."

By Katie Sanders • June 5, 2014

Chain email
stated on May 30, 2014 in messages on the Internet:

Says Barack Obama is the only American president who has not visited the D-Day Monument in Normandy on D-Day.

By Shannon Beckham • May 30, 2014

Andrew Napolitano
stated on March 11, 2014 in a broadcast of "The Daily Show":

Says President Abraham Lincoln "tried to arm the slaves."

By Jon Greenberg • March 18, 2014

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.

By Steve Contorno • February 6, 2014

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."

By Aaron Sharockman • January 16, 2014

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."

By Jon Greenberg • December 16, 2013

Charlene Lima
stated on June 13, 2013 in a speech on the floor of the Rhode Island House of Representatives:

Rhode Island "didn't ratify the 13th Amendment to the Constitution to pay federal income taxes. So Rhode Island doesn't even have to pay federal income taxes."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • June 19, 2013

Saxby Chambliss
stated on June 13, 2013 in an interview on CNN's "The Situation Room":

"The United States has never stood by and seen innocent people slaughtered to the extent that's happening in Syria."

By Louis Jacobson • June 18, 2013

John DePetro
stated on May 10, 2013 in a comment on WPRO radio.:

Boston Marathon bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev is buried "not far" from President Kennedy’s grave.

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • May 17, 2013

People's Majority
stated on October 30, 2012 in a TV commercial:

"Sheldon Whitehouse [got] a secret closed-door briefing, warning of the [2008 economic] crash."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • November 3, 2012

Mitt Romney
stated on September 19, 2012 in remarks in Atlanta:

"Redistribution" has "never been a characteristic of America."

By Louis Jacobson • September 20, 2012

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