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Greg Abbott
Greg Abbott
stated on February 17, 2015 an interview with Sean Hannity on Fox News
"22 times Barack Obama said he did not have the authority to implement this type of" anti-deportation "measure. And then the day after he signed this into law, he said, quote, ‘I just changed the law.’"
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • February 23, 2015
Barbara Comstock
Barbara Comstock
stated on January 22, 2015 a tweet.
"Did you know under President Obama family health care premiums have increased $4,154 on the average?"
Mostly False
By Warren Fiske • February 2, 2015
Lawrence Lessig
Lawrence Lessig
stated on January 5, 2015 an editorial board interview with the Concord Monitor
"If you ask how many times did Ronald Reagan attend a fundraiser when he ran for re-election in 1984, the answer is eight times. If you say how many times did Barack Obama attend a fundraiser in 2012, the answer is 228 times."
Mostly True
By Jonathan Van Fleet • January 20, 2015
Mario Diaz-Balart
Mario Diaz-Balart
stated on December 18, 2014 a press conference
Says that in 2008, President Barack Obama said normalization with Cuba would first require "liberation of all political prisoners and some basic steps toward freedom, including freedom of the press, political parties, labor unions."  
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • December 23, 2014
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on December 17, 2014 a press conference
In the U.S. agreement with the Cuban government, "no commitment was made to allowing the establishment of political parties or to even begin the semblance of a transition to a democracy."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • December 18, 2014
Michael McCaul
Michael McCaul
stated on December 2, 2014 a committee hearing
President Barack Obama "said over 20 times he did not have the legal authority" to act as he did on immigration.
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • December 5, 2014
Reince Priebus
Reince Priebus
stated on December 2, 2014 a speech
Says Barack Obama has "the worst record of any president when it comes to putting America deeper in debt."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • December 4, 2014
Glenn Grothman
Glenn Grothman
stated on November 30, 2014 an interview
"We’re borrowing 20% of (the federal) budget."
Half-True
By Dave Umhoefer • December 3, 2014
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on December 2, 2014 a meme on social media
"794 law enforcement officers have fallen in the line of duty since B.H. Obama took office, with no special recognition from the White House."
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • December 2, 2014
Allen West
Allen West
stated on September 26, 2014 a Facebook post
Says President Barack Obama "ordered our military to enlist illegal aliens."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • October 2, 2014
John McCain
John McCain
stated on September 10, 2014 an interview on CNN
Says President Obama "has never made a statement ... that he wanted a residual force left (in Iraq)."
Mostly True
By Lauren Carroll • September 12, 2014
John McCain
John McCain
stated on September 10, 2014 an interview on CNN
"(Obama's) entire national security team, including his secretary of state, said we want to arm and train and equip (Syrian rebel forces), and he made the unilateral decision to turn them down."  
Mostly True
By Steve Contorno • September 11, 2014
Ed Gillespie
Ed Gillespie
stated on July 26, 2014 a debate.
"This administration is slashing the Navy to pay for more Obamacare."
Pants on Fire!
By Nancy Madsen • August 3, 2014
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on June 17, 2014 an interview on Fox & Friends
Says the Obama administration never responded to his 2012 letter flagging the uptick in unaccompanied children crossing the U.S.-Mexico border.
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • July 18, 2014
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on July 1, 2014 various posts on the Internet
"Justice John Roberts Signed Off On Obama’s Arrest For Treason."
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • July 9, 2014
Reince Priebus
Reince Priebus
stated on July 7, 2014 a tweet
"Thanks to #ObamaCare, average E.R. wait in California is 5 hours."
False
By Louis Jacobson • July 8, 2014
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on June 23, 2014 a press conference at Lackland Air Force Base
Says children are coming into the U.S. in "staggering numbers" because  President Barack Obama "has been promising amnesty."
False
By W. Gardner Selby • July 7, 2014
Chain email
Chain email
stated on June 18, 2014 a chain email
Says Barack Obama is the "first president to appoint 45 czars to replace elected officials in his office."
False
By Shannon Beckham • June 25, 2014
Chain email
Chain email
stated on June 26, 2014 emails and social media posts circulating on the Internet
Says Barack Obama said that "ordinary men and women are too small-minded to govern their own affairs" and that individuals should "surrender their rights to an all-powerful sovereign."
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • June 23, 2014
Chain email
Chain email
stated on June 18, 2014 a chain email
President Barack Obama "is the first president to keep a dog-trainer on retainer for $102,000 a year at taxpayer expense."
Pants on Fire!
By Molly O'Connor • June 18, 2014
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