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Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on July 5, 2018 in a blog post:
"Shocking Video Emerges of Obama Mocking God and the Bible."
False
By Katie Akin • July 12, 2018
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on March 28, 2018 in a blog post:
"Robert Redford Says: Michelle And Barack Obama Should Get Five Years In Prison."
Pants on Fire!
By Aaron Sharockman • March 30, 2018
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on January 8, 2018 in a tweet:
"African American unemployment is the lowest ever recorded in our country. The Hispanic unemployment rate dropped a full point in the last year and is close to the lowest in recorded history. Dems did nothing for you but get your vote!"
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • January 8, 2018
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on November 6, 2017 in an interview with Shannon Bream of Fox News:
"In 2010, 48,000 felons and fugitives lied and illegally tried to purchase guns. They [The Obama administration] prosecuted only 44 of them."
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • November 10, 2017
Ken Paxton
Ken Paxton
stated on September 5, 2017 in a press release:
"President Obama used" his DACA order "to unilaterally confer U.S. citizenship."
Pants on Fire!
By W. Gardner Selby • September 15, 2017
Sebastian Gorka
Sebastian Gorka
stated on August 8, 2017 in an interview with MSNBC:
"There's no such thing as a lone wolf. ... That was a phrase invented by the last administration to make Americans stupid."
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • August 10, 2017
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on August 8, 2017 in a briefing on opioids:
"At the end of 2016, there were 23 percent fewer federal prosecutions than in 2011, so (prosecutors) looked at this scourge (opioid deaths) and they let it go by."
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • August 9, 2017
Newt Gingrich
Newt Gingrich
stated on July 23, 2017 in an interview on Fox News:
In economic growth, "Obama's best year was slower than Bill Clinton's worst year."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • July 27, 2017
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on July 8, 2017 in a blog post:
"Obama goes to G20 summit ...  Everywhere President Donald Trump goes, Obama shows up, too."
Pants on Fire!
By Miriam Valverde • July 11, 2017
Ken Paxton
Ken Paxton
stated on June 16, 2017 in a press release:
Says Barack Obama "acknowledged over 20 times" that his administration’s Deferred Action for Parents of Americans "immigration edict was a violation of law and the separation of powers."
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • June 21, 2017
Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan
stated on May 2, 2017 in a news conference:
"We got to a point that our Air Force pilots were going to museums to find spare parts over the last eight years" under Barack Obama.
Pants on Fire!
By Tom Kertscher • May 11, 2017
Devin Nunes
Devin Nunes
stated on March 20, 2017 in a House Intelligence Committee hearing:
"In recent years ... the Obama administration was committed to the notion, against all evidence, that we could reset relations with Putin."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • March 20, 2017
Peter Roskam
Peter Roskam
stated on March 6, 2017 in a speech at the City Club of Chicago:
"The past (Obama) administration was the first administration that never had a whole year of 3 percent growth."
Mostly True
By Kevin Hoffman • March 16, 2017
BuzzFeedUSA.com
BuzzFeedUSA.com
stated on December 20, 2016 in a website:
"Breaking: Crew of Air Force One Refuses to Fly Obama 6000 miles ‘Just to Play Golf’ "
Pants on Fire!
By Linda Qiu • December 30, 2016
Larry Pratt
Larry Pratt
stated on December 15, 2016 in a radio interview.:
Says President Barack Obama "has not condemned" shootings targeting police.
Pants on Fire!
By Warren Fiske • December 27, 2016
Tdtalliance.com
Tdtalliance.com
stated on December 12, 2016 in an article on a fake news website:
"Obama orders ban on Christmas cards to military."
Pants on Fire!
By Lauren Carroll • December 23, 2016
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on December 15, 2016 in a tweet :
"If Russia, or some other entity, was hacking, why did the White House wait so long to act? Why did they only complain after Hillary lost?"
Pants on Fire!
By Miriam Valverde • December 15, 2016
Conservative Tribune
Conservative Tribune
stated on December 2, 2016 in a web post:
"Before Leaving, Obama Enacts Rules to Take $3,000 From EVERY American."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • December 14, 2016
Sean Duffy
Sean Duffy
stated on November 17, 2016 in an interview:
"Black Lives Matter, who are attacking law enforcement officers" -- Barack Obama "had them to the White House."
Mostly False
By Tom Kertscher • December 2, 2016
Eric Bolling
Eric Bolling
stated on November 26, 2016 in a commentary on Fox News:
"President Obama's American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (was) a fancy name for almost a trillion-dollar spending bill. The ARRA was supposed to fix our crumbling roads and bridges," but now, "we have absolutely nothing to show for it."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • November 29, 2016
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