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Mike Huckabee

Mike Huckabee

Mike Huckabee ran for the Republican nomination for president in 2016. In November 2016, President-elect Donald Trump nominated him to be Israel ambassador. Huckabee is a former governor of Arkansas; he also sought the Republican presidential nomination in 2008. He left hosting a self-titled television show on Fox News in January 2015.

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Mike Huckabee
Mike Huckabee
stated on March 15, 2021 in a Twitter post:
“70% of Georgians said they would vote for Trump in 2024.”
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • March 18, 2021
Mike Huckabee
Mike Huckabee
stated on November 10, 2015 in the fourth undercard GOP debate. :
"Only one out of five of the so-called ‘Syrian refugees’ who went into Europe were actually Syrian."
Mostly False
By Linda Qiu • November 11, 2015
Mike Huckabee
Mike Huckabee
stated on September 24, 2015 in radio interview:
The Washington D.C.-area "never has a recession."
False
By Sean Gorman • October 19, 2015
Mike Huckabee
Mike Huckabee
stated on September 24, 2015 in a radio show.:
"Six of the 10 richest counties in the United States surround Washington, D.C."
True
By Sean Gorman • September 29, 2015
Mike Huckabee
Mike Huckabee
stated on September 16, 2015 in the CNN Republican debate:
The government "made accommodation to the Fort Hood shooter to let him grow a beard" for religious reasons.  
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • September 17, 2015
Mike Huckabee
Mike Huckabee
stated on September 16, 2015 in comments on the CNN debate:
"We've just now given over $100 billion" to Iran, "the equivalent in U.S. terms is $5 trillion."  
Half-True
By Lauren Carroll • September 17, 2015
Mike Huckabee
Mike Huckabee
stated on August 6, 2015 in a Republican presidential debate:
"One of the reasons that Social Security is in so much trouble is that the only funding stream comes from people who get a wage. The people who get wages is declining dramatically."
Mostly False
By Christian Belanger • August 12, 2015
Mike Huckabee
Mike Huckabee
stated on August 6, 2015 in the first Republican debate:
"$700 billion was robbed (from Medicare) to pay for Obamacare."
Half-True
By Linda Qiu • August 7, 2015
Mike Huckabee
Mike Huckabee
stated on June 2, 2015 in a speech at Gov. Rick Scott's economic summit in Orlando:
"Sixty million Americans depend on Social Security, and one-third of all the seniors in America depend on Social Security for 90 percent of their income."
Mostly True
By Linda Qiu • June 4, 2015
Mike Huckabee
Mike Huckabee
stated on May 24, 2015 in an interview on "Fox News Sunday":
The Supreme Court "can’t overrule the other two" branches of government.  
Mostly False
By Lauren Carroll • May 29, 2015
Mike Huckabee
Mike Huckabee
stated on May 1, 2015 in a video:
Says he "raised average family income by 50 percent" during his tenure as Arkansas governor.
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • May 4, 2015
Mike Huckabee
Mike Huckabee
stated on November 18, 2013 in comments on “The Mike Huckabee Show”:
"You've got more people wanting to go moose hunting in New Hampshire than want Obamacare."    
Half-True
By Jim Haddadin • November 22, 2013
Mike Huckabee
Mike Huckabee
stated on August 20, 2013 in a Facebook post:
"America’s gun-related homicide rate … would be about the same as Belgium’s if you left out California, Illinois, D.C. and New Jersey, places with some of the strictest gun control laws in the U.S."
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • August 29, 2013
Mike Huckabee
Mike Huckabee
stated on July 5, 2012 in a Facebook post:
"The White House has three staff calligraphers making between $86,000 and $97,000 each, and just one National Security Director. She makes $55,000."
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • July 30, 2012
Mike Huckabee
Mike Huckabee
stated on April 2, 2012 in a robocall:
President Obama's refusal to grant permits for offshore drilling is one reason gasoline prices are soaring.
Pants on Fire!
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • April 12, 2012
Mike Huckabee
Mike Huckabee
stated on March 4, 2011 in a post on his PAC's website:
Says it’s a "statistical reality that most single moms are very poor, under-educated, can't get a job, and if it weren't for government assistance, their kids would be starving to death."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • March 10, 2011
Mike Huckabee
Mike Huckabee
stated on February 28, 2011 in an interview on a radio show:
Says Barack Obama grew up in Kenya.
False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • March 2, 2011
Mike Huckabee
Mike Huckabee
stated on September 3, 2008 in a speech at the Republican National Convention:
Sarah Palin "got more votes running for mayor of Wasilla, Alaska, than Joe Biden got running for president of the United States."
Pants on Fire!
By Keith Perine • September 4, 2008
Mike Huckabee
Mike Huckabee
stated on February 6, 2008 in an interview on MSNBC:
"I'm the only Republican who has gotten endorsements in this presidential race from major labor unions..."
True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • February 8, 2008
Mike Huckabee
Mike Huckabee
stated on January 18, 2008 in an interview on MSNBC's Morning Joe.:
"When I was in college, we used to take a popcorn popper . . . and we would fry squirrel."
True
By Bill Adair • February 7, 2008
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