Fact Check Posts – Page 6

Restore Our Future
stated on January 12, 2012 a television ad:

Says Newt Gingrich "co-sponsored a bill with Nancy Pelosi that would have given $60 million a year to a U.N. program supporting China’s brutal one-child policy."

By Angie Drobnic Holan • January 12, 2012

Chain email
stated on December 14, 2011 a chain e-mail:

"Ever wonder why no one ever came forward from Obama's past, saying they knew him, attended school with him, was his friend, etc.? Not one person has ever come forward from his past."

By Bill Wichert • December 26, 2011

Rick Perry
stated on December 15, 2011 Fox News Republican presidential debate in Sioux City, Iowa:

Says Texas did not bail out a loan program he oversaw as state agriculture commissioner.

By W. Gardner Selby • December 18, 2011

Michele Bachmann
stated on December 15, 2011 a Republican presidential debate in Sioux City, Iowa:

"After the debate that we had last week, PolitiFact came out and said that everything I said was true."

By Louis Jacobson • December 16, 2011

Bloggers
stated on August 12, 2011 web pages:

Say Ohio Reps. Marcia Fudge, Marcy Kaptur and Dennis Kucinich are "socialists who are openly serving in the U.S. Congress."

By Charles Pope, Tom Feran • September 6, 2011

Bloggers
stated on August 12, 2011 on web pages.:

Say Texas U.S. Reps. Eddie Bernice Johnson and Sheila Jackson Lee are among open Socialists in Congress.

By Charles Pope, W. Gardner Selby • September 5, 2011

Sovereign Citizens United
stated on August 12, 2011 a web post:

U.S. Reps. Hank Johnson, John Lewis and other members of the Congressional Progressive Caucus are "socialists who are openly serving in the U.S. Congress."

By Eric Stirgus • September 2, 2011

Bloggers
stated on August 12, 2011 web pages:

Say New Jersey Reps. Donald Payne and Frank Pallone are "socialists who are openly serving in the U.S. Congress."

By Charles Pope • September 1, 2011

Bloggers
stated on August 12, 2011 web pages:

Say Oregon Reps. Peter DeFazio and Earl Blumenauer are "socialists who are openly serving in the U.S. Congress."

By Charles Pope • August 29, 2011

Citizens for a Strong America
stated on March 31, 2011 a TV ad:

Says Wisconsin Supreme Court candidate JoAnne Kloppenburg "put an 80-year-old farmer in jail for refusing to plant native vegetation on his farm."

By Tom Kertscher • April 1, 2011

JoAnne Kloppenburg
stated on March 29, 2011 a statement at a candidate forum:

PolitiFact Wisconsin "concluded that the charge that Justice Prosser prejudges matters that come before the court is True."

By Tom Kertscher • April 1, 2011

David Prosser
stated on March 21, 2011 statement during a candidate forum:

Says Supreme Court candidate JoAnne Kloppenburg’s record as a state Justice Department lawyer consists only of the prosecution of cases regarding regulation of docks.

By James B. Nelson • April 1, 2011

Donald Trump
stated on February 10, 2011 a speech at the CPAC conference:

"The people that went to school with (Barack Obama), they never saw him, they don't know who he is."

By Robert Farley • February 14, 2011

Lee Holloway
stated on January 21, 2011 a statement at a candidate forum:

The city building code violations on my properties only involve exterior issues; "within the households, it’s fine."

By James B. Nelson • February 7, 2011

Jennifer Carroll
stated on September 27, 2010 a speech:

Rick Scott "doesn't have any ties to a lobbyist."

By Amy Sherman • October 18, 2010

Christine O'Donnell
stated on October 13, 2010 a debate:

Chris Coons has "Marxist beliefs."

By Robert Farley • October 14, 2010

Allen West
stated on September 21, 2010 a candidate forum:

"If you look at the application for a security clearance, I have a clearance that even the president of the United States cannot obtain because of my background."

By Louis Jacobson • September 24, 2010

John Lombardi
stated on August 24, 2010 a WPRI Channel 12 debate:

"80 to 85 percent of my campaign funds go to donations to various organizations throughout the City of Providence."

By Cynthia Needham • September 3, 2010

18% of the American public
stated on August 19, 2010 a Pew Research Center poll:

President Obama is a Muslim.

By Angie Drobnic Holan • August 26, 2010

Chain email
stated on August 3, 2010 referring to a YouTube video:

"Obama admits he is not a citizen."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • August 5, 2010

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