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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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