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Bill Adair

By Bill Adair January 8, 2008

Our story about the Obama chain e-mail was suggested by a PolitiFact reader. If you have a suggestion for facts or chain e-mails we should check, click here to email us.

stated on October 7, 2014 in a debate :

"The Common Core was not put together by the Department of Education in Washington. It was put together by governors and by states."

mostly-true

mostly-true

stated on October 3, 2014 in a news release:

Says Thom Tillis "refuses to say what we should do to combat ISIS."

mostly-true

mostly-true

Protect Oregon Driver Licenses

stated on April 21, 2013 in a campaign website statement:

Gov. Kitzhaber oversaw creation of the Oregon driver card law "behind closed doors without allowing any input from citizens who represent the public interest."

barely-true

barely-true

stated on July 18, 2014 in a campaign debate:

Oregon "is the most trade-dependent state in the nation"

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false

stated on February 26, 2016 in a test of the fact-checking widget:

"This is a test of the fact-checking widget."

false

false

Donald Rumsfeld

stated on February 17, 2013 in an op-ed in the "Washington Post":

Says wrestling was a favorite sport of Abraham Lincoln.

true

true

18% of the American public

stated on September 6, 2012 in a test:

true

true

18% of the American public

stated on August 22, 2012 in a statement:

true

true

stated on June 26, 2012 in a message forwarded to many people:

Says "a lip-reading instructor at the River School, a Washington, D.C., school for the deaf" has determined that during 9/11 ceremonies, Michelle Obama said, "All this for a damn flag."

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pants-fire

stated on January 8, 2012 in a Republican debate in New Hampshire.:

Says President Barack Obama "is a socialist."

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pants-fire

Michele Bachmann

stated on November 22, 2011 in a Republican debate in Washington:

Says Apple CEO Steve Jobs told President Obama that the company moved factories to China because it needed 30,000 engineers.

true

true

18% of the American public

stated on November 3, 2016 in a test conducted on an obscure PolitiFact site.:

"This is a test of the Share the Facts widget."

true

true

Republican Party of Florida

stated on March 19, 2010 in a news release:

The Democratic health care plan is a "government takeover of nearly 20 percent of our economy."

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pants-fire

stated on March 2, 2010 in the State of the State address:

Cover Florida "is available to any Floridian, offering basic coverage for about $150 a month, instead of the typical $600 a month."

barely-true

barely-true

C.W. Bill Young

stated on February 20, 2010 in a speech to Pinellas County Republicans.:

The Democratic health care plan is a "government takeover of our health programs."

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pants-fire

Facebook posts
stated on April 25, 2024 in a Facebook post:

As of April 24, “there was active military in 360 U.S. cities awaiting a Supreme Court announcement ‘that will rock the world’ and trigger cabal deep state planned protests.”

By Ciara O'Rourke • May 1, 2024
Kamala Harris
stated on May 1, 2024 in a speech:

In his Time magazine interview, Donald Trump “said states have the right to monitor pregnant women to enforce these bans, and states have the right to punish pregnant women for seeking out abortion care.”

By Louis Jacobson • May 1, 2024
Facebook posts
stated on April 27, 2024 in una publicación en Facebook:

Video muestra al Dr. Juan Rivera hablando sobre “un nuevo tratamiento para la prostatitis ha captado gran atención recientemente en el Congreso Americano de Urología.”

By Maria Briceño • May 1, 2024
Viral image
stated on April 28, 2024 in a Facebook post:

Video shows a “Piers Morgan Uncensored” segment about a remedy that “cures diabetes in two to three weeks.”

By Ciara O'Rourke • May 1, 2024
Viral image
stated on April 23, 2024 in a Facebook post:

U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said, “The moon is more important than the sun as the moon gives us light at night when it is dark out. The sun only gives us light during the day when it is already light out.”

By Ciara O'Rourke • May 1, 2024
Facebook posts
stated on April 3, 2024 in una publicación en Facebook:

Más de 2 millones de personas se han registrado para votar en lo que va de año sin una identificación con foto en Texas, Pensilvania y Arizona.

By Sofia Ahmed • May 1, 2024
American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers
stated on April 2, 2024 in TV ad:

"EPA regulators just banned most new gas-powered cars."

By Sophia Voight • May 1, 2024
Viral image
stated on April 30, 2024 in an X post:

Time magazine "gave President Trump devil horns" on the cover.

By Grace Abels • May 1, 2024
Facebook posts
stated on April 29, 2024 in a Facebook post:

Photos show the scene of an accident that left an unidentified woman in a coma after a “hit and run incident.”

By Ciara O'Rourke • April 30, 2024
Ron DeSantis
stated on April 23, 2024 in a news conference:

Florida’s Amendment 4 "will mandate abortion until the moment of birth.”

By Samantha Putterman • April 30, 2024