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Mike Pence
Mike Pence
stated on June 7, 2023 in a CNN town hall:
“The family separation policy actually began under the Obama administration.”
False
By Louis Jacobson • June 8, 2023
Nikki Haley
Nikki Haley
stated on June 4, 2023 in a CNN town hall:
Having "biological boys … in their locker rooms” is a reason why “a third of our teenage girls seriously contemplated suicide last year."
False
By Amy Sherman, Louis Jacobson • June 6, 2023
Kevin McCarthy
Kevin McCarthy
stated on May 28, 2023 in an interview on "Fox News Sunday":
"Every study has shown” that when work requirements are tied to federal safety-net programs, “it puts more people to work.”
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • June 1, 2023
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on May 21, 2023 in a press conference in Hiroshima, Japan:
Said he was “able to convince India, Australia, Japan, and the United States to form an organization called the Quad to maintain stability in the Indian Ocean and the South China Sea."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • May 26, 2023
Tim Scott
Tim Scott
stated on May 22, 2023 in his presidential announcement speech:
“The share of working-age men choosing to work is the lowest it has ever been.”
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • May 24, 2023
Hakeem Jeffries
Hakeem Jeffries
stated on May 12, 2023 in a tweet:
“(Donald) Trump ran up more debt than any other president in American history.”
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • May 22, 2023
Brian Tyler Cohen
Brian Tyler Cohen
stated on May 3, 2023 in a Facebook post:
House Speaker “Kevin McCarthy has quietly implemented a pay raise for members (of Congress) that could be $30,000+ per person. It circumvents the Constitution by instead reimbursing their rent, utilities, & meals.”
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • May 11, 2023
Marc Short
Marc Short
stated on May 7, 2023 in remarks on CNN's "State of the Union":
“This year, there have been 13,000 deaths by gun violence. The vast majority, 95% of them, are in inner cities, where you have some of the strictest gun control laws in the country.”
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • May 10, 2023
Vivek Ramaswamy
Vivek Ramaswamy
stated on April 30, 2023 in an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press":
Gov. Ron DeSantis signed “a last-minute exception into an anti-discrimination law for anyone who also operates a theme park more than 25 acres in Florida,” benefiting Walt Disney Co.
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson, Matthew Crowley • May 4, 2023
Jonathan Martin
Jonathan Martin
stated on April 30, 2023 in a roundtable on ABC's "This Week":
“Joe Biden was older on his first day as president than Ronald Reagan was on his last day.”
True
By Louis Jacobson • May 1, 2023
Mike Pence
Mike Pence
stated on April 14, 2023 in a speech to the National Rifle Association:
"In the 1960s, liberals emptied our psych wards."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • April 20, 2023
Kamala Harris
Kamala Harris
stated on April 14, 2023 in a speech to the National Action Network:
“One in 5 Americans has lost a family member to gun violence.”
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • April 18, 2023
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on April 13, 2023 in a speech to the Irish parliament:
“Fewer people get hurt playing rugby” than American football.
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • April 14, 2023
Cameron Sexton
Cameron Sexton
stated on March 30, 2023 in an interview:
Actions of the Tennessee state legislators who protested against gun violence were “at least equivalent” to the actions of the Jan. 6 insurrectionists.
False
By Amy Sherman, Louis Jacobson • April 13, 2023
Chris Murphy
Chris Murphy
stated on April 3, 2023 in a tweet:
“The 5 states with the highest gun homicide rates in the nation all have loose gun laws” while “the 5 states with the lowest rates have some of the toughest laws.”
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • April 11, 2023
Mike Pence
Mike Pence
stated on March 30, 2023 in an interview with CNN's Wolf Blitzer:
“In the next two years, we'll spend more on interest on our national debt than we do on the national defense.”
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • April 5, 2023
Mike Pence
Mike Pence
stated on March 24, 2023 in an interview with Fox Business' Maria Bartiromo:
“We have a national debt the size of our nation’s economy for the first time since World War II.”
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • March 30, 2023
Tommy Tuberville
Tommy Tuberville
stated on March 2, 2023 in a speech at the CPAC conference:
"Half the kids in this country, when they graduate, can’t read their diploma.”
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • March 20, 2023
Whoopi Goldberg
Whoopi Goldberg
stated on March 8, 2023 in remarks on ABC's "The View":
"The First Amendment doesn’t allow you to willingly lie."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • March 17, 2023
George Santos
George Santos
stated on February 20, 2023 in an interview with Piers Morgan:
“I never claimed to be Jewish.”
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • February 22, 2023
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