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Sarah Palin
Sarah Palin
stated on April 26, 2014 speech to the NRA convention
Says Attorney General Eric Holder recently revealed "this idea to have government have gun owners wear special bracelets that would identify you as a gun owner."
False
By Katie Sanders • May 1, 2014
MSNBC
MSNBC
stated on April 25, 2014 a graphic during "The Daily Rundown"
Says Charlie Crist's campaign bashed Sen. Bill Nelson's "big-government solutions."
Pants on Fire!
By Katie Sanders • April 25, 2014
Rachel Maddow
Rachel Maddow
stated on April 21, 2014 a segment on 'The Rachel Maddow Show'
"Oklahoma’s Republican Gov. Mary Fallin signed a new law which makes you pay a special fee. It will essentially fine people for the crime of using solar power."
Mostly False
By Katie Sanders • April 24, 2014
Laura Ingraham
Laura Ingraham
stated on April 13, 2014 comments on ABC's "This Week"
Obamacare is "costing 2 million jobs."
Mostly False
By Katie Sanders • April 13, 2014
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on April 2, 2014 a Facebook meme
Says Rep. Michele Bachmann said President Barack Obama might be to blame for the Fort Hood shootings.
Pants on Fire!
By Katie Sanders • April 10, 2014
John E. Sununu
John E. Sununu
stated on April 6, 2014 a panel on "Meet the Press"
The health care law reduces "the number of uninsured in America by 3 percent for how much money? $2 trillion."
False
By Katie Sanders • April 10, 2014
Liz Cheney
Liz Cheney
stated on April 6, 2014 comments on "Fox News Sunday"
"The numbers of people that support Obamacare and like it have been steadily dropping."
False
By Katie Sanders • April 6, 2014
Charles Krauthammer
Charles Krauthammer
stated on April 1, 2014 an interview on "The O'Reilly Factor"
"If you want out of the individual mandate... all you have to do now is tick off the box that says 'hardship' and you're out."
Mostly False
By Katie Sanders • April 4, 2014
Cokie Roberts
Cokie Roberts
stated on March 31, 2014 an interview on NPR's "Morning Edition"
"Two-thirds of the people who receive the minimum wage are female."
Mostly True
By Katie Sanders • April 2, 2014
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on March 31, 2014 an online ad
"Since December 2010 Florida has created 540,000 new jobs."
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman, Katie Sanders • April 2, 2014
Nancy Grace
Nancy Grace
stated on March 24, 2014 an interview on ABC's "Good Morning America"
Premeditation, in murder cases like the Oscar Pistorius case, "can be formed in the twinkling of an eye."
Mostly False
By Katie Sanders • March 31, 2014
Steven Rattner
Steven Rattner
stated on March 30, 2014 comments on ABC's "This Week"
"Manufacturing wages today in America on a per-hour basis are actually a bit lower than average wages in the economy as a whole."
Mostly True
By Katie Sanders • March 30, 2014
Ilyse Hogue
Ilyse Hogue
stated on March 12, 2014 an interview on "The Daily Show"
"Medicare has spent $172 million on penis pumps in the last five years at $360 a pop."
Mostly True
By Katie Sanders • March 24, 2014
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on March 23, 2014 comments on CBS' "Face the Nation"
The United States stopped plans to build a missile defense shield in Eastern Europe "as a gift to Russia."
Half-True
By Katie Sanders • March 23, 2014
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on March 19, 2014 a Facebook meme
President Barack Obama spent "$5 billion paying Ukrainians to riot and dismantle their democratically elected government."
Pants on Fire!
By Katie Sanders • March 19, 2014
Patrick Moore
Patrick Moore
stated on March 11, 2014 an interview on 'Hannity'
Earth "has not warmed for the last 17 years."
Mostly False
By Katie Sanders • March 17, 2014
Rush Limbaugh
Rush Limbaugh
stated on March 6, 2014 a segment on 'The Rush Limbaugh Show'
President Barack Obama shut down NASA space flights and turned the agency "into a Muslim outreach department."
False
By Katie Sanders • March 12, 2014
John Bolton
John Bolton
stated on March 3, 2014 comments on Fox News Channel
Says Vladimir Putin once said, "The breakup of the Soviet Union was the greatest geopolitical tragedy of the 20th century."
Mostly True
By Katie Sanders • March 6, 2014
Chris Matthews
Chris Matthews
stated on March 3, 2014 a segment on "Hardball"
"The Russians didn’t wear uniforms when they came in" to Ukraine.
Mostly True
By Katie Sanders • March 4, 2014
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on February 18, 2014 conservative blogs
A YouGov.com poll shows 71 percent of Obama voters regret voting for him.
Pants on Fire!
By Katie Sanders • February 25, 2014
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