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Nick Gillespie
Nick Gillespie
stated on October 22, 2013 a discussion on CNN's "Crossfire"
Emergency rooms account for "2 percent of all health care spending."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • October 28, 2013
Lawrence O'Donnell
Lawrence O'Donnell
stated on October 21, 2013 'The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell"
"The IRS has been specifically forbidden ...  from ever actually pursuing either civil or criminal remedies" for people who don’t purchase health insurance.
Mostly True
By Katie Sanders • October 25, 2013
Sean Hannity
Sean Hannity
stated on October 21, 2013 a broadcast of the Sean Hannity Show on WBAP AM
"In 45 out of 50 states, on average men are seeing their premiums double, going up 99 percent. Women up 62 percent."
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • October 24, 2013
Andrew Napolitano
Andrew Napolitano
stated on October 17, 2013 an interview on "Fox and Friends"
"Woodrow Wilson borrowed $30 billion to fund World War I in 1917. That money has not been paid back. And we are still paying interest on it."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • October 23, 2013
Sam Stein
Sam Stein
stated on October 21, 2013 an interview on MSNBC's 'Morning Joe'
"No one beta-tested" healthcare.gov.
Mostly True
By Katie Sanders • October 22, 2013
Tom Colicchio
Tom Colicchio
stated on October 20, 2013 a tweet
Says under President Barack Obama, the debt increased by 23 percent, which was less than under any president going back to Ronald Reagan.
False
By Louis Jacobson • October 22, 2013
Maria Bartiromo
Maria Bartiromo
stated on October 20, 2013 an appearance on NBC's "Meet the Press"
"As a result of Obamacare, we are becoming something of a part-time employment country."
False
By Jon Greenberg • October 22, 2013
Ann Coulter
Ann Coulter
stated on October 9, 2013 a column
"No doctors who went to an American medical school will be accepting Obamacare."
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • October 16, 2013
Bill Burton
Bill Burton
stated on October 8, 2013 an appearance on CNN's "Crossfire"
Democrats already agreed to "a deal that Republicans wanted, that Eric Cantor said would be a win."
Mostly True
By Jon Greenberg • October 11, 2013
Gail Collins
Gail Collins
stated on October 3, 2013 her oped column
Louie Gohmert of Texas "compared the current general-in-charge in Egypt to George Washington."
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • October 10, 2013
Gail Collins
Gail Collins
stated on October 3, 2013 her opinion column
Louie Gohmert of Texas "blamed the mass shooting at a movie theater in Colorado on ‘the ongoing attacks on Judeo-Christian beliefs.'"
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • October 10, 2013
Newt Gingrich
Newt Gingrich
stated on September 30, 2013 a comment on CNN's "Crossfire"
Shutdowns are "a normal part of the constitutional process," with 12 shutdowns under Democratic House Speaker Tip O’Neill and two during his own speakership.
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • October 4, 2013
Robert Reich
Robert Reich
stated on September 22, 2013 a roundtable on ABC’s “This Week”
Under economic sanctions, "now Iran is suffering 30 percent inflation, 20 percent unemployment."
Mostly True
By Becky Bowers • September 27, 2013
Newt Gingrich
Newt Gingrich
stated on September 24, 2013 on CNN's "Crossfire"
"(Obamacare) is a bill which has never once had a majority of Americans favor it."
Mostly True
By Julie Kliegman • September 26, 2013
Stephanie Cutter
Stephanie Cutter
stated on September 18, 2013 an episode of CNN's "Crossfire"
"One out of 10 minimum-wage workers in the U.S. live in Texas."
True
By W. Gardner Selby • September 20, 2013
Newt Gingrich
Newt Gingrich
stated on September 18, 2013 a discussion on CNN's "Crossfire"
Since 2007, "Texas has gained 440,000 people" while "Maryland has lost 20,000."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • September 20, 2013
S.E. Cupp
S.E. Cupp
stated on September 13, 2013 a discussion on CNN's "Crossfire"
"The CDC issued a report commissioned by President Obama just earlier this year, and it found some very inconvenient facts. Armed citizens are less likely harmed by attackers. Effectiveness of gun control laws is mixed. Gun buybacks don't work."
Half-True
By Becky Bowers • September 18, 2013
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on September 13, 2013 posts on the Internet
Warren Buffett recently said "Scrap Obamacare and Start All Over."
Pants on Fire!
By Becky Bowers, Louis Jacobson • September 17, 2013
Van Jones
Van Jones
stated on September 13, 2013 a discussion on CNN's "Crossfire"
"1 percent of candidates that (the National Rifle Association) endorsed in 2012 won."
False
By Louis Jacobson • September 17, 2013
Van Jones
Van Jones
stated on September 10, 2013 a discussion on CNN's "Crossfire"
The United Nations has conducted "172 successful peacekeeping missions and negotiations."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • September 12, 2013
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