Latest Fact-Checks By Aaron Sharockman

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Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on February 25, 2016 in comments during the Houston GOP debate:
Says Ted Cruz "said I was in favor in Libya. I never discussed that subject."
Pants on Fire!
By Aaron Sharockman • February 26, 2016
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on February 25, 2016 in comments during the CNN debate:
"If it weren’t for me … (illegal immigration) wouldn’t even be a big subject."  
False
By Aaron Sharockman • February 26, 2016
Right to Rise
Right to Rise
stated on February 2, 2016 in a TV ad:
Says Ohio Gov. John Kasich had "the worst rating on spending of any governor in the country, Republican or Democrat."
Half-True
By Aaron Sharockman • February 2, 2016
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on January 14, 2016 in the South Carolina presidential debate:
Among Syrian refugees and migrants coming into Europe, "there look like very few women. Very few children."
False
By Aaron Sharockman • January 15, 2016
Sean Hannity
Sean Hannity
stated on October 19, 2015 in a segment of Fox News' "Hannity":
"The president said he’s going to bring in 250,000 (Syrian and Iraqi) refugees into this country."  
Pants on Fire!
By Aaron Sharockman, Jon Greenberg • October 26, 2015
Jennifer Granholm
Jennifer Granholm
stated on October 25, 2015 in comments on ABC's "This Week":
Says Marco Rubio opposes abortion "even in the case of rape and incest."  
Mostly True
By Aaron Sharockman, Amy Sherman • October 25, 2015
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on June 2, 2015 in in posts on Facebook:
The runnerup to Caitlyn Jenner for ESPN’s Arthur Ashe Courage Award was "Army veteran Noah Galloway, who lost an arm and leg to a roadside bomb in Iraq."
Pants on Fire!
By Aaron Sharockman • June 4, 2015
Bob Sears
Bob Sears
stated on February 2, 2015 in an interview on CNN:
"Every year in the United States between 3,000 and 4,500 severe vaccine reactions are reported to the Centers for Disease Control. Not mild reactions. Severe reactions that land somebody in the hospital, the intensive care unit or cause a permanent disability or death."
Mostly False
By Aaron Sharockman • February 3, 2015
Breitbart
Breitbart
stated on November 8, 2014 in a story:
Loretta Lynch, the new nominee for attorney general, "was a member of Bill Clinton's defense team during the 1992 Whitewater corruption probe."
Pants on Fire!
By Aaron Sharockman • November 10, 2014
Rachel Maddow
Rachel Maddow
stated on March 27, 2012 in her book "Drift":
"Not even old Gen. Eisenhower … saluted military personnel" as president.
Mostly False
By Aaron Sharockman • September 24, 2014
X posts
X posts
stated on August 13, 2014 in posts on Twitter:
The wife of the Ferguson, Mo., police chief said African-Americans in Ferguson "are feral and violent."  
Pants on Fire!
By Aaron Sharockman • August 14, 2014
Rachel Maddow
Rachel Maddow
stated on June 3, 2014 in comments on "The Rachel Maddow Show":
"The Pentagon made up" the since-debunked heroics of POW Jessica Lynch as she tried to avoid capture in Iraq.  
False
By Aaron Sharockman • June 5, 2014
David Frum
David Frum
stated on June 3, 2014 in in comments on "Real Time with Bill Maher":
"We’ve seen a remarkable reduction in the number of Americans being executed -- it’s down nearly two-thirds over the past generation."  
Mostly True
By Aaron Sharockman • June 3, 2014
Bill Maher
Bill Maher
stated on May 23, 2014 in in comments on "Real Time with Bill Maher":
"We're fifth in the world (in executions), behind China, Iran, Iraq and Saudi Arabia."
Mostly True
By Aaron Sharockman • June 3, 2014
Rush Limbaugh
Rush Limbaugh
stated on April 28, 2014 in comments on his radio show:
"Some of the wealthiest Americans are African-American now."
False
By Aaron Sharockman • April 29, 2014
Anissa Naouai
Anissa Naouai
stated on April 16, 2014 in comments on CNN:
"The U.S. spends more money on its military than the 16 biggest military budgets in the world" combined.
Half-True
By Aaron Sharockman • April 16, 2014
Joe Scarborough
Joe Scarborough
stated on April 10, 2014 in comments on MSNBC's "Morning Joe":
Before "our last three presidents, you have to go back to the 1800s, early 1800s to find three presidents in a row being consecutively re-elected."
True
By Aaron Sharockman • April 10, 2014
Genevieve Wood
Genevieve Wood
stated on April 8, 2014 in comments on CNN:
"Young women today in metropolitan areas" who are childless and single are out-earning childless, single young males.
Mostly True
By Aaron Sharockman • April 9, 2014
X posts
X posts
stated on February 19, 2014 in posts on Twitter.:
A photo from the Russia-Finland hockey game shows a sad Vladimir Putin and Dmitry Medvedev.
Pants on Fire!
By Aaron Sharockman • February 19, 2014
Roger Goodell
Roger Goodell
stated on February 2, 2014 in comments on "Fox News Sunday":
NFL "players are living, on average, longer than the average male."
Mostly True
By Aaron Sharockman • February 2, 2014
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