Fact Check Posts – Page 9

Michele Bachmann
stated on March 6, 2011 in an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press":

"Secretly, unbeknownst to members of Congress, over $105 billion was hidden in the Obamacare legislation."

By Angie Drobnic Holan, Louis Jacobson • March 8, 2011

Progressive Change Campaign Committee
stated on March 2, 2011 in a television ad:

Under Gov. Scott Walker’s proposals, "Money is being taken away from workers, and the tax breaks given to major corporations. "

By Angie Drobnic Holan • March 4, 2011

Deval Patrick
stated on February 27, 2011 in an interview on "This Week with Christiane Amanpour.":

The 2006 Massachusetts health care law has "added (only) about 1 percent to our state budget."

By Angie Drobnic Holan • March 2, 2011

Mike Huckabee
stated on February 28, 2011 in an interview on a radio show:

Says Barack Obama grew up in Kenya.

By Angie Drobnic Holan • March 2, 2011

Donna Brazile
stated on February 20, 2011 in an interview on "This Week with Christiane Amanpour.":

"The (Wisconsin) governor has proposed tax giveaways to corporations."

By Angie Drobnic Holan • February 22, 2011

Donna Brazile
stated on February 20, 2011 in an interview on "This Week with Christiane Amanpour.":

"The firefighters, the policemen and others who supported (Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker) in his election bid ... don't have to worry about their collective bargaining rights."

By Angie Drobnic Holan • February 21, 2011

Michele Bachmann
stated on February 15, 2011 in an interview on "The Laura Ingraham Show":

The government will "go out and buy my breast pump for my babies."

By Angie Drobnic Holan • February 18, 2011

National Rifle Association
stated on February 10, 2011 in a speech by Wayne LaPierre at the Conservative Political Action Conference:

"Across the board, violent crime in jurisdictions that recognize the Right to Carry is lower than in areas that prevent it."

By Angie Drobnic Holan • February 16, 2011

Cenk Uygur
stated on February 9, 2011 in MSNBC Live:

Orrin Hatch co-sponsored a 1993 health care bill that had an individual mandate.

By Angie Drobnic Holan • February 14, 2011

Bill O'Reilly
stated on February 6, 2011 in an interview with President Obama:

The majority of people in polls do "not support Obamacare."

By Angie Drobnic Holan • February 8, 2011

Barack Obama
stated on February 6, 2011 in an interview on Super Bowl Sunday:

"I lowered taxes over the last two years."

By Angie Drobnic Holan • February 7, 2011

Barack Obama
stated on February 6, 2011 in an interview on Super Bowl Sunday:

"I didn't raise taxes once."

By Angie Drobnic Holan • February 7, 2011

Rand Paul
stated on February 4, 2011 in an interview with ABC News:

Israel's per capita income "is greater than probably three-fourths of the rest of the world."

By Angie Drobnic Holan • February 4, 2011

Ross Douthat
stated on January 30, 2011 in a newspaper column:

Under Hosni Mubarak's rule, "Egypt received more American dollars than any country besides Israel."

By Angie Drobnic Holan • February 4, 2011

Sameh Shoukry
stated on January 30, 2011 in an interview on ABC's "This Week with Christiane Amanpour.":

In the past 20 years, Egypt has made "great strides" in political and democratic reform.

By Angie Drobnic Holan • January 31, 2011

Kent Conrad
stated on January 23, 2011 in an interview on "This Week with Christiane Amanpour.":

"We're borrowing 40 cents of every dollar we spend."

By Angie Drobnic Holan • January 27, 2011

Kent Conrad
stated on January 23, 2011 in "This Week with Christiane Amanpour":

"The American people say, don't touch Social Security, don't touch Medicare, don't cut defense. That's 84 percent of the federal budget."

By Angie Drobnic Holan • January 27, 2011

Michele Bachmann
stated on January 25, 2011 in a response to the State of the Union address:

The federal government "now tells us which light bulbs to buy."

By Angie Drobnic Holan, W. Gardner Selby • January 26, 2011

Barack Obama
stated on January 25, 2011 in the State of the Union speech:

"The Interior Department is in charge of salmon while they're in fresh water, but the Commerce Department handles them when they're in saltwater."

By Angie Drobnic Holan • January 26, 2011

Barack Obama
stated on January 25, 2011 in the State of the Union address:

"We are living with a legacy of deficit-spending that began almost a decade ago."

By Angie Drobnic Holan • January 26, 2011

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