Latest Fact-Checks By Jon Greenberg

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Karl Rove
Karl Rove
stated on September 8, 2013 in a segment of 'Fox News Sunday':
"Before President Obama acted in Libya in 2011, the American people were opposed to military action by 35 to 60. After he took action, they were in support of it 54 to 43."
Mostly True
By Jon Greenberg • September 10, 2013
John McCain
John McCain
stated on September 1, 2013 in an interview on "Face the Nation":
Fleeing Syria, "a million children are now refugees."
True
By Jon Greenberg • September 3, 2013
Ernest Moniz
Ernest Moniz
stated on August 26, 2013 in a question and answer session at Columbia University:
"We are about halfway" to the president’s goal to cut greenhouse gas emissions and "about half of that is because of the substitution of natural gas for coal in the power sector."
Mostly True
By Jon Greenberg • August 30, 2013
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on August 19, 2013 in an interview with Fox News:
In the Wisconsin health insurance exchange, "the Society of Actuaries points out that there'll be, according to them, an 82 percent increase in individual premiums over the next couple years under Obamacare."
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • August 29, 2013
Mike Lee
Mike Lee
stated on August 4, 2013 in a 'USA Today' op-ed:
Says unions call Obamacare "bad for workers."
Mostly True
By Jon Greenberg • August 21, 2013
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on August 6, 2013 in a speech on homeownership:
"We now sell more products made in America to the rest of the world than ever before."
True
By Jon Greenberg • August 20, 2013
Matt Bevin
Matt Bevin
stated on August 6, 2013 in a campaign ad:
Says Mitch McConnell pushed "the Wall Street bailout through the U.S. Senate" and called it "the Senate at its finest."
Mostly True
By Jon Greenberg • August 14, 2013
Mitch McConnell
Mitch McConnell
stated on August 5, 2013 in a campaign ad:
Says Matt Bevin has repeatedly failed to pay his taxes.
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • August 14, 2013
Jan Schakowsky
Jan Schakowsky
stated on August 5, 2013 in an interview with MSNBC:
"Half of all adults have a pre-existing condition" that could affect their health care coverage.
Mostly True
By Jon Greenberg • August 7, 2013
Harry Reid
Harry Reid
stated on July 30, 2013 in a media availability with reporters:
The sequester has "already lost 1.6 million jobs."
False
By Jon Greenberg • August 1, 2013
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on July 27, 2013 in an interview with the 'New York Times':
The "most realistic estimates" for jobs created by Keystone XL are "maybe 2,000 jobs during the construction of the pipeline."
False
By Jon Greenberg • July 31, 2013
Sarah Palin
Sarah Palin
stated on July 26, 2013 in an interview with Fox News:
"I was banned from talking about" Bill Ayers during the 2008 presidential campaign.
Pants on Fire!
By Jon Greenberg • July 30, 2013
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on July 24, 2013 in a speech at Knox College in Illinois:
Says "our deficits are falling at the fastest rate in 60 years."
True
By Jon Greenberg • July 25, 2013
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on July 18, 2013 in a speech at the White House:
Says last year "13 million (health insurance) rebates went out, in all 50 states. Another 8.5 (million) rebates are being sent out this summer, averaging around 100 bucks each."
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • July 24, 2013
Mitch McConnell
Mitch McConnell
stated on July 14, 2013 in an interview on 'Meet the Press':
"The president has had 1,540 of his nominations confirmed, only four defeated."
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • July 22, 2013
Mitch McConnell
Mitch McConnell
stated on July 14, 2013 in an interview on 'Meet the Press.':
Says Barack Obama is getting his nominees confirmed "faster than President (George W.) Bush was at the same time in his second term."
False
By Jon Greenberg • July 18, 2013
Americans for Prosperity
Americans for Prosperity
stated on July 7, 2013 in a television ad:
Says health insurance premiums will rise under Obamacare.
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • July 16, 2013
Jeb Bush
Jeb Bush
stated on June 30, 2013 in a Wall Street Journal op-ed:
Says "Canada has one-tenth of our population—yet it issues far more high-skilled visas (more than 150,000) yearly than we do (65,000)."
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • July 10, 2013
Luis Gutierrez
Luis Gutierrez
stated on June 29, 2013 in an interview with CNN:
Says under the Senate immigration bill, newly legalized immigrants will "pay every tax possible, but you don’t get a single benefit" for 10 years.
Mostly True
By Jon Greenberg • July 8, 2013
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on June 24, 2013 in an interview with Fox News:
The Senate immigration bill "has immediate legalization ... and the border security is sometime in the future, and just like in 1986, it's designed never to come into being."
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • June 27, 2013
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