Latest Fact Checks By Molly Moorhead

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Marco Rubio says sequester was Obama’s idea

February 13, 2013
Military spending cuts, known as the sequester, were President Barack Obama’s idea.
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Rep. Zoe Lofgren says U.S. laws have rarely barred access to citizenship

February 8, 2013
"With the exception of slavery and the Chinese Exclusion Act, our laws have never barred persons from becoming citizens."
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Rush Limbaugh says immigrants come to U.S. seeking prosperity from government

January 31, 2013
Research shows that "a vast majority of arriving immigrants today come here because they believe that government is the source of prosperity, and that's what…
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Kirsten Gillibrand says 40 percent of guns sold today escape background check

January 30, 2013
"Today, about 40 percent of guns are purchased without a background check."
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Florida Rep. Ron DeSantis says ‘Obamacare’ tax is cheaper than insurance

January 24, 2013
The tax penalty that the government imposes if you don't buy health insurance "is lower than it would have cost to buy insurance."
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Mitt Romney and Rick Scott both have Medicare fraud in their background, super PAC ad claims

November 2, 2012
Says Mitt Romney "was director of a company that stole millions from Medicare."
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Adam Putnam: Obama campaign gives free cell phones to supporters

October 31, 2012
An Obama campaign tactic for rallying voters is to "offer them cell phones."
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Obama ad says Romney will make ‘catastrophic cuts to education’

October 30, 2012
Says Mitt Romney’s plan makes "catastrophic cuts to education."
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Barack Obama says Congress owns sequestration cuts

October 24, 2012
"The sequester is not something that I've proposed. It is something that Congress has proposed."
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Romney says Obama wants ‘daylight’ in U.S.-Israel relationship

October 23, 2012
"The president said he was going to create daylight between ourselves and Israel."
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Obama: Romney called Russia our top geopolitical threat

October 23, 2012
"A few months ago when you were asked what's the biggest geopolitical threat facing America, you said Russia."
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Barack Obama says George W. Bush never sought to defund Planned Parenthood

October 19, 2012
"George Bush never suggested that we eliminate funding for Planned Parenthood."
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