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Chain email
Chain email
stated on June 18, 2014
Barack Obama is the "first president to file lawsuits against the states he swore an oath to protect."
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • June 18, 2014
Lamar Smith
Lamar Smith
stated on May 31, 2014 a letter to the editor of the San Antonio Express-News
"Last year," Obama "administration officials released into our neighborhoods more than 36,000 criminal immigrants who had nearly 88,000 convictions. The crimes included hundreds of convictions for murder, rape and kidnapping and thousands of drug-related crimes."
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • June 10, 2014
Chain email
Chain email
stated on June 5, 2014 emails and social media posts circulating on the Internet
"Obama Signs Bill Forgiving All Student Loan Debt."
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • June 9, 2014
Chain email
Chain email
stated on June 5, 2014 emails circulating on the Internet
Due to actions by President Barack Obama, "the Burger King national headquarters announced this month that they will be pulling their franchises from our military bases."
False
By Louis Jacobson • June 5, 2014
Chain email
Chain email
stated on May 30, 2014 messages on the Internet
Says Barack Obama is the only American president who has not visited the D-Day Monument in Normandy on D-Day.
Pants on Fire!
By Shannon Beckham • May 30, 2014
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on May 27, 2014 a meme on social media
"For every one job created under the Obama administration, 75 people went on food stamps."
False
By Louis Jacobson • May 28, 2014
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on May 19, 2014 a letter to President Barack Obama
Since 2000, Texas has reduced "harmful pollutants in the air like nitrogen oxide by 62.5 percent, and ozone by 23 percent--a reduction that is 12 percent greater than the national average."  
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • May 26, 2014
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on May 6, 2014 a report
The Obama administration spent "$205,075 in ‘stimulus’ funds to relocate a shrub that sells for $16."
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • May 23, 2014
Chain email
Chain email
stated on May 14, 2014 a chain email
"No Republicans voted for" recent hikes in the income tax, payroll tax, capital gains tax, dividend tax and estate tax. "These taxes were all passed under … Obamacare."
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • May 14, 2014
Jim Sensenbrenner
Jim Sensenbrenner
stated on April 15, 2014 a town-hall meeting
President Barack Obama’s budget threatens national security by proposing "an Army of fewer personnel than we had before Pearl Harbor."
False
By Dave Umhoefer • May 4, 2014
Chain email
Chain email
stated on April 3, 2014 a chain email
Because the EPA closed a lead smelter in Missouri, "all lead for bullets will have to come from overseas!"
Pants on Fire!
By Amy Sherman • April 25, 2014
Chain email
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."
False
By Louis Jacobson • April 24, 2014
Chain email
Chain email
stated on April 24, 2014 a chain email
"More than 1,000 American soldiers have lost their lives in Afghanistan in the last 27 months. This is more than the combined total of the nine years before."
False
By Louis Jacobson • April 24, 2014
Americans For Tax Reform
Americans For Tax Reform
stated on April 14, 2014 in a press release
"Obama has proposed 442 tax hikes since taking office."
Mostly False
By Angie Drobnic Holan, Tim Ryan • April 22, 2014
Eric Bolling
Eric Bolling
stated on April 8, 2014 a discussion on Fox News' "The Five"
"Of all the jobs President Obama claims to have created since he started, only 38.5 percent are women. So 61.5 percent have gone to men."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • April 9, 2014
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on March 27, 2014 viral posts on the Internet
Says President Barack Obama's acceptance of an "Islamic order and gold medal" was "unconstitutional."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • April 1, 2014
Kesha Rogers
Kesha Rogers
stated on March 19, 2014 statements on her campaign website
Says President Barack Obama was responsible for "the assassination of at least four American citizens" in drone strikes.
Half-True
By Sue Owen • March 19, 2014
Chain email
Chain email
stated on March 17, 2014 a chain email
Says President Barack Obama told a room of students, "Children, every time I clap my hands together, a child in America dies from gun violence," and then a child told him he could solve the problem by not clapping any more.
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • March 17, 2014
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on February 23, 2014 a TV interview
"Federal government reneging" on Medicaid payments to Wisconsin caused about $240 million in extra costs in the 2013-’15 state budget.
False
By Dave Umhoefer • February 28, 2014
Mr. Conservative
Mr. Conservative
stated on January 29, 2014 a blog post
"According to (Barack) Obama’s newest unconstitutionally enacted law, health care professionals are now required to violate HIPAA privacy laws and submit medical data to the government," which is "then used as justification for gun confiscation."
False
By Louis Jacobson • February 6, 2014
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