Latest Fact-Checks By Angie Drobnic Holan

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Presente.org
stated on July 13, 2009 in a radio ad:

Rep. Adam Putnam was silent when Rush Limbaugh called Sonia Sotomayor a racist.

False

By Angie Drobnic Holan • July 14, 2009

Lindsey Graham
stated on July 13, 2009 in a Senate hearing:

"Now, there was a time when someone like Scalia and Ginsburg got 95-plus votes."

True

By Angie Drobnic Holan • July 13, 2009

Jon Kyl
stated on July 12, 2009 in a television interview:

A new Rasmussen poll shows people "oppose (Sotomayor's) confirmation. Only 37 percent support it."

Half-True

By Angie Drobnic Holan • July 13, 2009

Democratic National Committee
stated on July 2, 2009 in a television ad:

Mitch McConnell opposed "legislation to create and protect Kentucky jobs . . . help for the unemployed. . . health care for Kentucky's children," and "fair pay for women."

Mostly False

By Angie Drobnic Holan • July 6, 2009

Chain email
stated on June 25, 2009 in an e-mail received by many people.:

"The ACLU has filed a suit to have all military cross-shaped headstones removed."

Pants on Fire!

By Angie Drobnic Holan • July 2, 2009

Lamar Smith
stated on June 24, 2009 in an interview on Fox News:

During a town hall meeting on health care, "ABC didn't even allow ads that opposed the president's health care plan to be aired."

True

By Angie Drobnic Holan • June 30, 2009

Barack Obama
stated on June 24, 2009 in a town hall meeting:

"Medicare and Medicaid are the single biggest drivers of the federal deficit and the federal debt by a huge margin."

Mostly True

By Angie Drobnic Holan • June 25, 2009

Paul Krugman
stated on June 22, 2009 in a column:

Even high estimates for an early draft of the health care plan are "less than the $1.8 trillion cost of the Bush tax cuts."

Mostly True

By Angie Drobnic Holan • June 24, 2009

Americans United for Change
stated on June 14, 2009 in an Internet ad.:

"A new poll shows 62 percent support the president's plan to reform health care. That means ... letting you choose between keeping the private insurance you have and a public health insurance plan."

False

By Angie Drobnic Holan • June 16, 2009

Mike Murphy
stated on June 12, 2009 in a column in Time magazine.:

In Texas, "the No. 1 name for new male babies — many of whom will vote one day — is Jose."

True

By Angie Drobnic Holan • June 15, 2009

Karl Rove
stated on June 11, 2009 in an op-ed.:

Under a public health care option, 120 million Americans will "lose what they now get from private companies and be forced onto the government-run rolls as businesses decide it is more cost-effective for them to drop coverage."

False

By Angie Drobnic Holan • June 12, 2009

Chris Dodd
stated on June 8, 2009 in an opinion piece.:

Sixty-two percent of all personal bankruptcies are "caused by medical problems."

Half-True

By Angie Drobnic Holan • June 11, 2009

Newt Gingrich
stated on May 30, 2009 in an e-mail:

Inside the stimulus package "is anti-Christian legislation that will stop churches from using public schools for meeting on Sundays, as well as Boy Scouts and student Bible study groups."

Pants on Fire!

By Angie Drobnic Holan • June 8, 2009

Bill O'Reilly
stated on June 3, 2009 in an op-ed.:

Says he didn't call Dr. George Tiller a baby killer, as liberal groups charge, but was merely reporting what "some prolifers branded him."

False

By Angie Drobnic Holan • June 5, 2009

Barack Obama
stated on May 27, 2009 in a speech:

In the 100 days since its passage, the economic stimulus has "saved or created nearly 150,000 jobs."

Mostly False

By Angie Drobnic Holan • May 29, 2009

Barack Obama
stated on May 26, 2009 in a speech at the White House.:

"Walking in the door (Sonia Sotomayor) would bring more experience on the bench, and more varied experience on the bench, than anyone currently serving on the United States Supreme Court had when they were appointed."

Half-True

By Angie Drobnic Holan • May 26, 2009

Mitch McConnell
stated on May 17, 2009 in an interview on Fox News Sunday.:

A public option for health care would end private insurance "because the private insurance people will not be able to compete with a government option."

Mostly False

By Angie Drobnic Holan • May 19, 2009

Mike Pence
stated on May 12, 2009 in an e-mail:

The Democrats propose "a government-controlled health care plan that will deprive roughly 120 million Americans of their current health care coverage."

False

By Angie Drobnic Holan • May 19, 2009

Roy Blunt
stated on May 14, 2009 in a news release:

"Democrats have failed to answer the most basic question of how they want to pay for the more than $1 trillion of health care spending."

Mostly True

By Angie Drobnic Holan • May 19, 2009

Barack Obama
stated on May 13, 2009 in legal filings:

On releasing photographs depicting the abuse of prisoners.

Full Flop

By Angie Drobnic Holan • May 14, 2009

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