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Latest Fact-Checks By Robert Farley

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Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on July 18, 2010 ABC's "This Week"
"I never called for a partition" of Iraq.
True
By Robert Farley • July 21, 2010
John McCain
John McCain
stated on May 26, 2010 a political ad
As a Congressman, J.D. Hayworth was an avid earmarker who supported such pork as "$220,000 to renovate a Maine Blueberry farm" and "$5.8 million for a Vermont snowmobile trail."
Mostly True
By Robert Farley • July 16, 2010
David Axelrod
David Axelrod
stated on July 11, 2010 ABC's "This Week"
"We had 2 percent of the global market (for advanced batteries) when he (Obama) started. We now have 16 percent, headed to 40 percent by 2015."
Half-True
By Robert Farley • July 15, 2010
George Will
George Will
stated on July 11, 2010 ABC's "This Week"
Says that President Obama said if Congress passed the economic stimulus bill, "we would have unemployment at 8 percent and no higher. And it went higher."
Mostly False
By Robert Farley • July 13, 2010
Mark Kirk
Mark Kirk
stated on June 30, 2010 a campaign video
"At his father's bank, Alexi made tens of millions in risky loans to convicted mobsters. Then, the bank collapsed."
Half-True
By Robert Farley • July 8, 2010
Alexi Giannoulias
Alexi Giannoulias
stated on July 8, 2010 a campaign commercial
"He (Kirk) did violate Pentagon rules, twice actually, for improperly mingling politics with his military service."
True
By Robert Farley • July 8, 2010
Mark Kirk
Mark Kirk
stated on July 8, 2010 a campaign ad
"Alexi Giannoulias' top aide was a longtime BP lobbyist."
Mostly False
By Robert Farley • July 8, 2010
Elena Kagan
Elena Kagan
stated on June 29, 2010 the Kagan confirmation hearing
During the year Kagan barred military recruiters from Harvard Law School's Office of Career Services, "military recruiting actually went up."
Half-True
By Robert Farley • June 30, 2010
Jeff Sessions
Jeff Sessions
stated on June 28, 2010 the Kagan confirmation hearing
"In her first appellate argument, Ms. Kagan told the court that the speech and press guarantees in the First Amendment would allow the federal government to ban the publication of pamphlets discussing political issues before an election."
Half-True
By Robert Farley • June 29, 2010
Harry Reid
Harry Reid
stated on June 12, 2010 a political ad
Sharron Angle supported "a Scientology plan to give massages to prisoners."
Half-True
By Robert Farley • June 24, 2010
Rahm Emanuel
Rahm Emanuel
stated on June 20, 2010 ABC's "This Week"
"If the Republicans were the majority, (Rep. Barton) would have actually the gavel and the chairmanship."
Half-True
By Robert Farley • June 23, 2010
Snooki
Snooki
stated on June 7, 2010 a video promo for "Jersey Shore"
"Obama put a 10 percent tax on tanning."
True
By Robert Farley • June 21, 2010
Rick Barber
Rick Barber
stated on June 13, 2010 a political ad
"Without representation, (the IRS) can increase taxes."
Pants on Fire!
By Robert Farley • June 18, 2010
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on June 15, 2010 an address from the Oval Office
"I've issued a six-month moratorium on deepwater drilling."
Half-True
By Robert Farley • June 16, 2010
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on June 11, 2010 a campaign press release
"Gov. Crist's veto also clears the way for taxpayer funding of abortion in Florida."
False
By Robert Farley • June 14, 2010
Glenn Beck
Glenn Beck
stated on June 7, 2010 his Fox News program
"The 2000 Census cost $4.5 billion. The 2010 Census is set to cost up to $14.5 billion."
Half-True
By Robert Farley • June 11, 2010
John Kerry
John Kerry
stated on June 6, 2010 ABC's "This Week"
"Every major study that has been done by a legitimate group ... shows that there are hundreds of thousands of jobs to be created if you pass our (cap-and-trade) legislation. And if you wind up pricing carbon."
False
By Robert Farley • June 8, 2010
Carly Fiorina
Carly Fiorina
stated on June 2, 2010 a campaign commercial
"Barbara Boxer's worried about the weather" instead of terrorism as the biggest threat to national security.
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson, Robert Farley • June 4, 2010
VoteVets.org
VoteVets.org
stated on May 26, 2010 a TV ad
The American Power Act "would cut our dependence on oil in half."
Half-True
By Robert Farley • June 3, 2010
Steve Poizner
Steve Poizner
stated on June 1, 2010 an online campaign commercial
As the CEO of eBay, "Whitman started a separate division that only sells porn."
Half-True
By Robert Farley • June 1, 2010
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