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Sarah Palin

Sarah Palin

Sarah Palin was the Republican nominee for vice president in 2008. She is also the former governor of Alaska and the author of  Going Rogue: An American Life. Sarah Palin's previous experience includes leading the Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission and serving as the mayor of Wasilla, Alaska.

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Latest Fact-Checks By Sarah Palin

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Sarah Palin
Sarah Palin
stated on March 25, 2022 a Facebook post:
The Biden administration is attempting “to criminalize free speech.”
False
By Jeff Cercone • March 31, 2022
Sarah Palin
Sarah Palin
stated on June 6, 2017 a Facebook post:
Says an Internet meme shows people rejoicing over the Paris agreement.  
False
By Amy Sherman • June 7, 2017
Sarah Palin
Sarah Palin
stated on August 11, 2016 a Facebook post:
Says Arizona congressional candidate Ray Strauss is "a ‘Champion of Big Government’ for his votes to raise taxes while on the local city council."
Half-True
By Anthony Cave • August 18, 2016
Sarah Palin
Sarah Palin
stated on February 1, 2016 an interview on CNN:
Says Donald Trump's conversion to pro-life beliefs are akin to Justin Bieber's, who said in the past that abortion "was no big deal to him."
False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • February 5, 2016
Sarah Palin
Sarah Palin
stated on August 17, 2014 a commentary:
Texas prosecutor Rosemary Lehmberg purchased "72 bottles of vodka in just one store alone, in just over a year."
True
By W. Gardner Selby • August 21, 2014
Sarah Palin
Sarah Palin
stated on August 17, 2014 a commentary:
Under Rosemary Lehmberg, the "Travis County D.A.’s office" convened the grand jury that indicted Rick Perry.
False
By W. Gardner Selby • August 21, 2014
Sarah Palin
Sarah Palin
stated on May 22, 2014 a Facebook post:
"As unbelievable as it sounds, your tax dollars are funding the federal government's Zombie Apocalypse Plan. I kid you not."
False
By Katie Sanders • May 28, 2014
Sarah Palin
Sarah Palin
stated on April 26, 2014 speech to the NRA convention:
Says Attorney General Eric Holder recently revealed "this idea to have government have gun owners wear special bracelets that would identify you as a gun owner."
False
By Katie Sanders • May 1, 2014
Sarah Palin
Sarah Palin
stated on February 28, 2014 a post on Facebook:
Says she made an "accurate prediction" that if Barack Obama were elected it would encourage Russia to invade Ukraine.  
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • March 4, 2014
Sarah Palin
Sarah Palin
stated on November 24, 2013 comments on Fox's "Fox News Sunday":
The Affordable Care Act alters the "sensible doctor-patient-relationship-centered health care program ... we see today."
False
By Steve Contorno • November 24, 2013
Sarah Palin
Sarah Palin
stated on July 26, 2013 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
Sarah Palin
Sarah Palin
stated on March 16, 2013 a speech at CPAC:
"Seven of the 10 highest-income counties in the country ring the city" of Washington D.C.
True
By Molly Moorhead • March 20, 2013
Sarah Palin
Sarah Palin
stated on July 27, 2012 her speech at a rally for Ted Cruz in The Woodlands:
Says 1 in 7 American families is on food stamps.
True
By Sue Owen • August 2, 2012
Sarah Palin
Sarah Palin
stated on June 28, 2012 a tweet:
Obama "said (the individual mandate) wasn't a tax."
True
By Louis Jacobson • June 28, 2012
Sarah Palin
Sarah Palin
stated on July 10, 2011 an interview with "Newsweek":
Slim Jims "just recently" cost 99 cents but now cost $2.69.
False
By Louis Jacobson • July 11, 2011
Sarah Palin
Sarah Palin
stated on June 5, 2011 an interview on Fox:
"Part of his ride was to warn the British that were already there that, 'Hey, you're not going to succeed.' "
Mostly False
By Robert Farley • June 6, 2011
Sarah Palin
Sarah Palin
stated on May 31, 2011 an interview on Fox:
"We're going to be looking at $8 billion a day that we're going to be pouring into foreign countries in order to import that make-up fuel that we're going to need to take the place of what we could have gotten out of the gulf."
Pants on Fire!
By Robert Farley • June 3, 2011
Sarah Palin
Sarah Palin
stated on May 31, 2011 an interview on Fox News:
We are looking at "150,000 barrels (of oil) per day less next year, and 200,000 barrels per day less being able to be developed from the gulf the year after" because of the moratorium on new drilling enacted by the Obama administration.
Mostly False
By Robert Farley • June 3, 2011
Sarah Palin
Sarah Palin
stated on May 31, 2011 an interview with Fox News' Greta Van Susteren:
"Look at the debt that has been accumulated in the last two years. It's more debt under this president than all those other presidents combined."
False
By Louis Jacobson • June 1, 2011
Sarah Palin
Sarah Palin
stated on April 16, 2011 a speech in Madison, Wisconsin:
Says $38 billion in spending cuts in federal budget compromise is "less than $1 billion in real cuts."
Mostly False
By Tom Kertscher • April 21, 2011
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Latest Fact-Checks About Sarah Palin

Politicono.com
Politicono.com
stated on December 3, 2016 an online article:
"Sarah Palin Calls To Boycott Mall Of America Because ‘Santa Was Always White In The Bible.’"
Pants on Fire!
By Lauren Carroll • December 21, 2016
Paul Begala
Paul Begala
stated on December 6, 2010 a TV interview.:
Says Lee Leffingwell has been mayor of Austin, Texas "for about as long as Sarah Palin was governor of Alaska."
False
By W. Gardner Selby • December 15, 2010
Rachel Maddow
Rachel Maddow
stated on April 6, 2009 an episode of her MSNBC show:
Gov. Sarah Palin "got precisely zero support for her call for Alaska's Democratic Senator Mark Begich to resign because Ted Stevens' corruption conviction was overturned."
False
By Alexander Lane • April 10, 2009
Americans United for Change
Americans United for Change
stated on March 9, 2009 a cable TV ad:
Republican leaders said "no" to "tax cuts for 95% of working Americans."
Mostly False
By Robert Farley • March 10, 2009
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