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Facebook posts
stated on March 28, 2014 viral posts on the Internet:

"22 Countries Invaded by the U.S. in 20 Years."

False

By Louis Jacobson • March 31, 2014

Chris Chocola
stated on March 19, 2014 an op-ed supporting Senate candidate Chris McDaniel:

Says Sen. Thad Cochran "voted to spend hundreds of millions of dollars on ... the Bridge to Nowhere in Alaska instead of shifting the money to repair a bridge damaged by Hurricane Katrina."

Half-True

By Louis Jacobson • March 27, 2014

Facebook posts
stated on March 25, 2014 a meme on the Internet:

The percentage of black children born without a father in the home has risen from 7 percent in 1964 to 73 percent today, due to changes from President Lyndon Johnson’s Great Society.

False

By Louis Jacobson • March 25, 2014

Barbara Sharief
stated on March 21, 2014 a speech in Davie, Fla.:

Broward County’s unemployment rate of 5.3 percent is "the lowest in Florida."

Mostly False

By Amy Sherman, Louis Jacobson • March 21, 2014

Now or Never PAC
stated on March 20, 2014 a campaign ad:

Says Ralph Hall is "the oldest member in Congress ever."

False

By Louis Jacobson • March 20, 2014

Karl Rove
stated on March 16, 2014 an interview on "Fox News Sunday":

After Russia went to war with Georgia in 2008, the U.S. sent a "very strong message" to Vladimir Putin by sending "warships to the Black Sea" and airlifting "combat troops that Georgia had in Afghanistan" back to Georgia.

Mostly False

By Louis Jacobson • March 19, 2014

Karl Rove
stated on March 16, 2014 a panel discussion on "Fox News Sunday":

Russian annexation of Crimea "removes a million residents of the Ukraine that have provided the margin of victory for (Viktor) Yanukovych, the pro-Moscow prime minister in his last election."

Mostly True

By Louis Jacobson • March 19, 2014

Nick Rahall
stated on March 12, 2014 an interview with "The Hill" newspaper:

Says he has supported "George Bush more than I have Barack Obama."

False

By Louis Jacobson • March 18, 2014

Chain email
stated on March 17, 2014 a chain email:

Says President Barack Obama told a room of students, "Children, every time I clap my hands together, a child in America dies from gun violence," and then a child told him he could solve the problem by not clapping any more.

Pants on Fire!

By Louis Jacobson • March 17, 2014

Democratic National Committee
stated on March 11, 2014 a fundraising email:

In the recent House special election in Florida, Democrats "got outspent in a Republican district."

Mostly False

By Louis Jacobson • March 14, 2014

Rob Portman
stated on March 8, 2014 a Republican weekly address:

"The average family (is) now bringing home $4,000 less than they did just five years ago."

True

By Louis Jacobson • March 12, 2014

Barack Obama
stated on March 11, 2014 a Funnyordie.com "Between Two Ferns" interview with Zach Galifianakis:

"Most young Americans right now, they’re not covered" by health insurance.

False

By Louis Jacobson • March 11, 2014

Ted Cruz
stated on March 6, 2014 a speech at the CPAC conference:

Says President Barack Obama "is the first president we've ever had who thinks he can choose which laws to enforce and which laws to ignore."

False

By Louis Jacobson • March 10, 2014

Barack Obama
stated on March 5, 2014 a speech to the Democratic National Committee in Boston:

"When I talk about (raising the) minimum wage ... half of Republicans agree with it."

Mostly True

By Louis Jacobson • March 7, 2014

Larry Pressler
stated on February 28, 2014 a campaign ad:

"American Hustle shows the FBI making real-life bribes to Washington politicians. I know, because as your U.S. senator, I turned them down."

True

By Louis Jacobson • March 4, 2014

Paul Ryan
stated on March 3, 2014 a report issued by the House Budget Committee Republican staff:

"Over the past three years, ‘deep poverty’ has reached its highest level on record."

True

By Louis Jacobson • March 4, 2014

Barack Obama
stated on February 27, 2014 an event at the White House:

"Fewer black and Latino men participate in the labor force, compared to young white men."

Mostly True

By Louis Jacobson • February 28, 2014

Bobby Jindal
stated on February 26, 2014 an interview on MSNBC's "Morning Joe":

"Our economy (in Louisiana) has grown 50 percent faster than the national GDP, even since the national recession."

Mostly True

By Louis Jacobson • February 27, 2014

Barack Obama
stated on February 20, 2014 a speech to Democratic governors:

"We’ve got close to 7 million Americans who have access to health care for the first time because of Medicaid expansion."

False

By Louis Jacobson • February 25, 2014

Richard Durbin
stated on February 23, 2014 an interview on "Fox News Sunday":

Under current policies, "we're going to reduce the overall debt of the United States by $3 trillion over the next 10 years."

Pants on Fire!

By Louis Jacobson • February 25, 2014

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