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Tulsi Gabbard stated on July 31, 2019 in a debate:
Says that under President Donald Trump, "not only have we not gone after al-Qaida ... our president is supporting al-Qaida."
By Tom Kertscher• August 2, 2019
Congressional Leadership Fund stated on April 05, 2017 in a web video:
Says Al Jazeera, "a mouthpiece for terrorists, has been paying Jon Ossoff thousands of dollars. ... What is he hiding?"
By Jon Greenberg• April 13, 2017
Joe Biden stated on August 20, 2021 in remarks:
Al-Qaida is “gone” from Afghanistan.
By Amy Sherman• August 23, 2021
David Gregory stated on August 10, 2014 in comments on NBC's "Meet the Press":
The Islamic State, or ISIS, was "cast off by al-Qaida because" it was "considered too extreme."  
By Linda Qiu• August 13, 2014
Jack Keane stated on February 01, 2015 in comments on "Fox News Sunday":
"Al-Qaida has grown fourfold in five years." 
By Lauren Carroll• February 1, 2015
Rand Paul stated on March 06, 2013 in a Senate filibuster speech:
"When the president's spokesman was asked about (Anwar) al-Awlaki's son, … he said he should have chosen a more responsible father."
By Louis Jacobson• March 7, 2013
Glenn Beck stated on January 31, 2011 in his radio program:
Many of the 9/11 conspirators came from the Muslim Brotherhood, including Osama bin Laden, Ayman Zawahiri and Khalid Sheikh Mohammed.
By Robert Farley• February 4, 2011
Bloggers stated on August 28, 2014 in blog posts:
"Over 73% of all donations raised (from the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge) are going to fundraising, overhead, executive salaries, and external donations."
By Louis Jacobson• September 2, 2014
John McCain stated on March 18, 2008 in Amman, Jordan:
It's "common knowledge" that al-Qaida is receiving training from Iran.
By Angie Drobnic Holan• March 19, 2008
Bret Baier stated on January 20, 2015 in an analysis of Obama's speech:
In President Barack Obama’s 2015 State of the Union address, "the words ‘al-Qaida’ were never used, the first time those words have not been used in a State of the Union address since February 2001."
By Katie Sanders• January 21, 2015
Bloggers stated on January 14, 2020 in a blog post:
"‘He’s low risk,’ said Obama before freeing ISIS leader al Baghdadi."
By Bill McCarthy• January 16, 2020
David Cicilline stated on May 06, 2011 in a radio interview:
"Most military experts say there is anywhere between 25 and 30 members of al Qaeda in Afghanistan."
By Richard Salit• May 15, 2011
Dick Cheney stated on December 14, 2014 in comments on NBC's "Meet the Press":
Says Saddam Hussein "had a 10-year relationship with al-Qaida."
By Jon Greenberg• December 14, 2014
Jeb Bush stated on May 20, 2015 in a roundtable in New Hampshire:
"ISIS didn't exist when my brother was president. Al-Qaida in Iraq was wiped out when my brother was president."
By Amy Sherman• May 28, 2015
Louie Gohmert stated on April 17, 2013 in an interview on C-SPAN.:
Says al Qaeda has camps with the drug cartels in Mexico.
By W. Gardner Selby• April 23, 2013
Akbar Al Baker stated on March 16, 2015 in an interview:
The average age of planes in the Qatar Airways fleet is about four years while Delta Air Lines flies planes that are 35 years old.
By Nancy Badertscher• May 19, 2015
Viral image stated on February 08, 2021 in a Facebook post:
Photo shows the “USS Al Gore Global Warming Research Vessel” covered in ice.
By Ciara O'Rourke• February 16, 2021
Marco Rubio stated on February 13, 2015 in a radio interview:
ISIS is "now the predominant Islamist group in Benghazi."
By Joshua Gillin• February 19, 2015
Jay Carney stated on May 10, 2013 in a White House press briefing:
When Susan Rice spoke about Benghazi on Sunday news shows, she said "that al-Qaida might be involved, or other al-Qaida affiliates might be involved, or non-al-Qaida Libyan extremists, which I think demonstrates that there was no effort to play that down."
By Louis Jacobson• May 13, 2013
Dick Cheney stated on June 22, 2014 in comments on ABC's "This Week":
"The number of terrorists out there" has doubled.
By Katie Sanders• June 22, 2014

Articles (434)

Setting the record straight: When did the U.S. free Islamic State leader?

By Jon Greenberg• December 31, 2014

Al Franken fact-checks Ted Cruz

By W. Gardner Selby• May 24, 2017

Who vacationed more, Bush or Obama?

By Louis Jacobson• August 13, 2013

Who vacationed more, Bush or Obama?

By Louis Jacobson• August 13, 2013

Ataque atómico de Súper Pac contra Duckworth por el acuerdo con Irán

By Marc Filippino• September 28, 2016

Al Sharpton hypes 3-week-old (Mostly False) info on Texas' 'scarlet letter' bill

By Jon Greenberg• June 3, 2015

Al Qaeda camps with Mexican cartels? That's speculation, not fact

By W. Gardner Selby• April 23, 2013

The facts behind Kirsten Gillibrand’s comments on Al Franken and sexual misconduct

By Stefanie Pousoulides• July 1, 2019

La acusación del recorte de fondos a la educación no es más acertado ahora que en el 2014

By Matt Dietrich• October 7, 2016

PunditFact fact-checks Dick Cheney on 'Meet the Press'

By Jon Greenberg, Louis Jacobson• December 14, 2014

Fact-checking Dick Cheney on the torture report

By Jon Greenberg, Louis Jacobson• December 14, 2014

On 'This Week,' checking claims about Arizona and immigration

By Bill Adair• July 6, 2010

Jeb Bush selectively recounts details of Iraq and ISIS

By Joshua Gillin• August 14, 2015

It's Lieberman to the rescue

By Robert Farley, Angie Drobnic Holan• March 20, 2008

Michele Bachmann's comments on 9/11 and the Muslim Brotherhood

By Julie Kliegman• September 11, 2013

Differences between the debt and the deficit

By Katie Sanders• November 14, 2013

PunditFact fact-checks the Feb. 1 Sunday shows

By Lauren Carroll, Katie Sanders, Aaron Sharockman• February 1, 2015

Keystone attacks

By Bill Adair• March 12, 2008

Desmintiendo mitos sobre el fentanilo: No, no va tener una sobredosis por tan solo tocar fentanilo

By Maria Ramirez Uribe• September 4, 2023

Es improbable que la Proposición 1 elimine los limites de cuando se pueden realizar los abortos

By Gabrielle Settles• November 7, 2022