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Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on July 5, 2018 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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!
May 11, 2017
Devin Nunes
Devin Nunes
stated on March 20, 2017 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 an interview
"Black Lives Matter, who are attacking law enforcement officers" -- Barack Obama "had them to the White House."
Mostly False
December 2, 2016
Eric Bolling
Eric Bolling
stated on November 26, 2016 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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