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George Will

George Will

George Will is a conservative columnist syndicated by the Washington Post.

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George Will
George Will
stated on July 12, 2017 a column:
"America has more people employed as tax preparers (1.2 million) than as police and firefighters."
False
By Manuela Tobias • July 18, 2017
George Will
George Will
stated on November 30, 2015 a TV talk show:
Despite attention on global warming, "fewer Americans carpool today to work than carpooled in 1980" and "SUVs have never been a larger proportion of the vehicles being sold in this country."
Mostly True
By Tom Kertscher • December 4, 2015
George Will
George Will
stated on August 7, 2015 a Washington Post column:
Says Bernie Sanders chose "to spend his honeymoon in the Soviet Union in 1988."
Mostly True
By Will Cabaniss • August 12, 2015
George Will
George Will
stated on June 14, 2015 comments on "Fox News Sunday":
Says Jeb Bush "happens to be where a majority" of Republican voters are on giving legal status to illegal immigrants.
Mostly True
By Jon Greenberg • June 14, 2015
George Will
George Will
stated on May 31, 2015 a broadcast of "Fox News Sunday":
"We spend more money on lobbying than we do on campaigns."  
True
By Jon Greenberg • June 1, 2015
George Will
George Will
stated on April 5, 2015 an appearance on Fox News Sunday:
Says President Ronald Reagan "had a month of job creation of 1 million."  
Pants on Fire!
By Jon Greenberg • April 6, 2015
George Will
George Will
stated on October 19, 2014 comments on "Fox News Sunday":
Some doctors say Ebola can be transmitted through the air by "a sneeze or some cough."
False
By Jon Greenberg • October 19, 2014
George Will
George Will
stated on October 5, 2014 comments on "Fox News Sunday":
"The last time there was a sustained surge of confidence in government's competence was under Ronald Reagan."  
False
By Jon Greenberg • October 5, 2014
George Will
George Will
stated on September 21, 2014 a panel on "Fox News Sunday":
"Last week's three most-viewed television programs were Sunday Night Football, Thursday Night Football and Monday Night Football." 
True
By Lauren Carroll • September 21, 2014
George Will
George Will
stated on July 27, 2014 a syndicated column:
Oregon’s "three largest employers, and 13 of the top 25, are health care providers."
False
By Dana Tims • July 31, 2014
George Will
George Will
stated on May 11, 2014 comments on "Fox News Sunday":
The incandescent light bulb "has no effect whatever on the planet."     
False
By Jon Greenberg • May 11, 2014
George Will
George Will
stated on February 9, 2014 a roundtable discussion on "Fox News Sunday":
"Social Security was advocated … in the 1930s as a way of getting people to quit working, because they thought we were confined to a permanent scarcity of jobs in this country."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • February 11, 2014
George Will
George Will
stated on February 6, 2014 a "Washington Post" column:
Says President Barack Obama carried Congressional District 13 "by 8.2 points in 2008 and 5.6 points in 2012."
False
By Katie Sanders • February 6, 2014
George Will
George Will
stated on February 6, 2014 a "Washington Post" column:
"Any Floridian who has ever requested an absentee ballot henceforth gets one automatically."
False
By Katie Sanders • February 6, 2014
George Will
George Will
stated on December 22, 2013 comments on "Fox News Sunday":
"Most of the (Affordable Care Act) has already in some sense been waived or otherwise suspended."
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • December 22, 2013
George Will
George Will
stated on November 10, 2013 comments on Fox's "Fox News Sunday":
Says 18 states and the District of Columbia have voted Democratic in six consecutive presidential elections.  
True
By Jon Greenberg • November 10, 2013
George Will
George Will
stated on April 3, 2013 a column:
Wisconsin education agency "urged white students to wear white wristbands ‘as a reminder about your (white) privilege.’ "    
Mostly False
By Tom Kertscher • April 15, 2013
George Will
George Will
stated on April 3, 2011 a roundtable segment on ABC's "This Week with Christiane Amanpour":
"We lost more jobs in this great recession than the last four recessions combined."
True
By Louis Jacobson • April 4, 2011
George Will
George Will
stated on March 13, 2011 an interview on "This Week with Christiane Amanpour.":
Federal spending is "all discretionary, other than interest on the national debt. Social Security is discretionary. We have the discretion to change the law. Same is true with Medicare and Medicaid."
True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • March 15, 2011
George Will
George Will
stated on February 20, 2011 ABC's "This Week":
If Wisconsin's governor cuts perquisites as much as he plans to do, "it would still leave (workers) better off than their private sector" counterparts.
True
By Robert Farley • February 21, 2011
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