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Latest Fact-Checks By Katie Sanders

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Bill Clinton
Bill Clinton
stated on June 29, 2014 comments on NBC's "Meet the Press"
"I had the lowest net worth of any American president in the 20th century when I took office."
Half-True
By Katie Sanders • June 29, 2014
Dick Cheney
Dick Cheney
stated on June 22, 2014 an interview on ABC's "This Week"
Says President Barack Obama said when "we got bin Laden, terrorism problem solved."
False
By Katie Sanders • June 24, 2014
Dick Cheney
Dick Cheney
stated on June 22, 2014 comments on ABC's "This Week"
"The number of terrorists out there" has doubled.
True
By Katie Sanders • June 22, 2014
Rush Limbaugh
Rush Limbaugh
stated on June 18, 2014 a segment on "The Rush Limbaugh Show"
The decision to cancel the trademark of the Washington Redskins "is not the Patent and Trademark Office. This is Barack Obama."
False
By Katie Sanders • June 19, 2014
Bill Maher
Bill Maher
stated on June 13, 2014 a "Real Time with Bill Maher" episode
"There are 278 Republicans in Congress. (With Eric Cantor's defeat), they are now all Christian and all white except for one black senator, who was appointed."
Half-True
By Katie Sanders • June 18, 2014
Laura Ingraham
Laura Ingraham
stated on June 15, 2014 a statement on "This Week"
Says Eric Cantor "was the co-author of the House GOP principles on immigration reform. Both the 'New York Times' and the 'Washington Post' said that that captured the essence of what was in the Senate immigration bill."
Half-True
By Katie Sanders • June 15, 2014
John Oliver
John Oliver
stated on June 8, 2014 a segment on "Last Week Tonight"
FIFA "pressured Brazil into passing a so-called Budweiser bill, allowing beer sales in soccer stadiums."
True
By Katie Sanders • June 11, 2014
John Oliver
John Oliver
stated on June 8, 2014 a segment on "Last Week Tonight"
Brazil built a $300 million stadium in the Amazon rainforest that "is only going to be used for four World Cup games," and there’s no team "that can fill it afterwards."
True
By Katie Sanders • June 11, 2014
Katrina vanden Heuvel
Katrina vanden Heuvel
stated on June 8, 2014 comments on ABC's "This Week"
"Only one out of 10 minimum wage workers today are teen age or a young person."
False
By Katie Sanders • June 8, 2014
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on June 5, 2014 posts on Facebook
Says Michele Bachmann said on Fox News, "This country could use a president like Benjamin Franklin again."
Pants on Fire!
By Katie Sanders • June 5, 2014
Pete Hegseth
Pete Hegseth
stated on May 26, 2014 a segment on "Outnumbered"
Redskins is "used historically" as "a term of respect."
Mostly False
By Katie Sanders • June 4, 2014
Chris Wallace
Chris Wallace
stated on June 1, 2014 comments on "Fox News Sunday"
Says Hillary Clinton "defended Syria’s President Assad as a possible reformer at the start of that country’s civil war."
Half-True
By Katie Sanders • June 1, 2014
Sarah Palin
Sarah Palin
stated on May 22, 2014 a Facebook post
"As unbelievable as it sounds, your tax dollars are funding the federal government's Zombie Apocalypse Plan. I kid you not."
False
By Katie Sanders • May 28, 2014
Ed Schultz
Ed Schultz
stated on May 20, 2014 a segment on "The Ed Show"
Walmart employees receive "roughly $5,800" in public assistance per year.
Mostly False
By Katie Sanders • May 23, 2014
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on May 13, 2014 a campaign tweet
"Governor Scott Cut Taxes 40 Times For Florida Families"
Half-True
By Joshua Gillin, Katie Sanders • May 21, 2014
Larry Pratt
Larry Pratt
stated on May 6, 2014 an interview on 'All in with Chris Hayes'
"20 percent of the time (smart guns) won't work."
False
By Katie Sanders • May 20, 2014
Sean Hannity
Sean Hannity
stated on May 12, 2014 a segment on "Hannity"
"When you read the Koran, it talks about don't take Christians and Jews as your friends."
Half-True
By Katie Sanders • May 16, 2014
Ronan Farrow
Ronan Farrow
stated on May 5, 2014 a segment on "Ronan Farrow Daily"
Congress' decision to "spend less around the world" on embassy security contributed to "tragedies" like Benghazi.
Mostly False
By Katie Sanders • May 13, 2014
Van Jones
Van Jones
stated on May 4, 2014 a roundtable on ABC's "This Week"
In some states, African-Americans are three times more likely to be sentenced to death than whites for the same crime.
Half-True
By Katie Sanders • May 7, 2014
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
stated on May 4, 2014 comments on ABC's "This Week"
"More whites believe in ghosts than believe in racism."
Mostly False
By Katie Sanders • May 4, 2014
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