Fact Check Posts – Page 9

D’Banj
stated on August 3, 2014 comments on ABC's "This Week":

"The music industry is the biggest export from Africa after oil and gas."

By Linda Qiu • August 7, 2014

Greta Van Susteren
stated on August 2, 2014 comments on ABC's "This Week":

"So many people were critical of Secretary (John) Kerry going to Paris and talking with Hamas," because Kerry was seen as "supporting Hamas to the exclusion of the Arab League."

By Derek Tsang, Linda Qiu • August 4, 2014

Facebook posts
stated on July 16, 2014 a meme on social media:

Former President George W. Bush and former Vice President Dick Cheney are "unable to visit Europe due to outstanding warrants."

By Louis Jacobson • July 17, 2014

Jeff Flake
stated on July 8, 2014 an interview on the PBS "News Hour":

When undocumented children are picked up at the border and "told to appear later in court ... 90 percent do not then show up."

By Louis Jacobson • July 10, 2014

Trey Gowdy
stated on May 11, 2014 an interview on "Fox News Sunday":

"We were the last flag flying in Benghazi."

By Louis Jacobson • May 16, 2014

Laura Ingraham
stated on May 4, 2014 a broadcast of ABC's "This Week":

After the attack on a U.S. diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya, "the ambassador's body was dragged through the street."

By Jon Greenberg • May 5, 2014

Chain email
stated on April 24, 2014 a chain email:

"The President wants the U.S. to sign on to the U.N.’s International Criminal Court."

By Louis Jacobson • April 24, 2014

John Kerry
stated on April 17, 2014 a speech:

"In the last couple of days, notices were sent (by officials in Ukraine) to Jews in one city indicating that they had to identify themselves as Jews."

By Julie Kliegman • April 18, 2014

Facebook posts
stated on March 28, 2014 viral posts on the Internet:

"22 Countries Invaded by the U.S. in 20 Years."

By Louis Jacobson • March 31, 2014

Bill Kristol
stated on February 23, 2014 comments on ABC's "This Week":

The Ukraine Orange Revolution in 2004 "was the first color revolution."

By Julie Kliegman • February 23, 2014

Branko Radulovacki
stated on October 14, 2013 an email:

I am the only U.S. Senate candidate who spoke out against bombing Syria, and who challenged Georgia’s governor and insurance commissioner over obstruction to the Affordable Care Act.

By Janel Davis • November 5, 2013

Bloggers
stated on June 21, 2013 a meme on social media:

"There are over 2,000 crimes recorded per 100,000 population in the U.K.," compared to "466 violent crimes per 100,000" in the United States.

By Louis Jacobson • June 24, 2013

Dick Cheney
stated on April 8, 2013 an interview on Fox News:

Says it’s "an old wives’ story" that Margaret Thatcher told George H.W. Bush not to go wobbly.

By Becky Bowers • April 10, 2013

Paul Ryan
stated on October 11, 2012 in a debate:

Says Obama was in New York City the same day as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu but went on a TV show instead of meeting with him.

By Amy Sherman • October 12, 2012

Special Operations OPSEC Education Fund
stated on August 15, 2012 a web video:

The Obama administration "leaked information, deliberately or otherwise, that led to the identification of the Pakistani doctor that helped us in achieving our goals and killing bin Laden."

By Jon Greenberg • August 22, 2012

Kelly Ayotte
stated on July 29, 2012 an interview on CNN’s “State of the Union” :

"The president's first major foreign policy speech in Cairo was to apologize for our country."

By Maryalice Gill • July 31, 2012

Wes Riddle
stated on May 16, 2012 a Facebook post:

Says U.S. is giving seven Alaskan islands to Russia.

By Sue Owen • July 27, 2012

Joe Biden
stated on May 8, 2012 a speech:

"When we took office, let me remind you, there was virtually no international pressure on Iran."

By Eric Stirgus • May 14, 2012

Barry Hinckley
stated on April 21, 2012 an interview on State of the State:

President Obama gave Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood one and a half billion dollars.

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • April 27, 2012

Mitt Romney
stated on January 7, 2012 a Republican presidential debate in Manchester, N.H.:

Says President Barack Obama has opened up no new trade relationships with other nations.

By Louis Jacobson • January 8, 2012

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