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Lie of the Year 2019: Readers' Choice Poll

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Angie Drobnic Holan

By Angie Drobnic Holan December 9, 2019

PolitiFact will soon announce our Lie of the Year -- the most significant falsehood of 2019, as chosen by our editors and reporters. We're also inviting PolitiFact readers to vote for the Readers' Choice award. Vote using the ballot below or use this link to our survey.

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stated on September 27, 2020 a speech:

Says Amy Coney Barrett “has a written track record, disagreeing adamantly with the Supreme Court’s decision to uphold the ACA. In fact, she publicly criticized Chief Justice Roberts’ opinion upholding the law eight years ago.”

mostly-true

mostly-true

Instagram posts

stated on September 22, 2020 an Instagram post:

Like Al-Qaeda and ISIS, Amy Coney Barrett has said her “end goal is to end the separation of church and state & build a ‘Kingdom of God’ in the United States.”

false

false

stated on March 23, 2019 a speech:

Says that the Council on American-Islamic Relations was founded in response to 9/11.

false

false

stated on September 4, 2016 an interview on "Meet the Press":

Says Hillary Clinton "wants to increase Syrian refugees to this country by 550 percent."

true

true

Antonio Sabato Jr.

stated on July 19, 2016 an interview with ABC News:

Says President Barack Obama is "absolutely" a Muslim.

pants-fire

pants-fire

stated on June 22, 2016 a speech in New York City:

Says Hillary Clinton "said she was under attack (in Bosnia) but the attack turned out to be young girls handing her flowers."

true

true

stated on January 17, 2016 an interview on "Meet the Press":

Hostages were released as soon as Ronald Reagan took office because Iran perceived that America was "no longer under the command of someone weak."

pants-fire

pants-fire

stated on September 27, 2015 an interview on ABC's "This Week":

"We've had examples like in Yuma County, where we've been able to stop 97 percent of the illegal (immigration) flow, and those programs, they abolish."

barely-true

barely-true

stated on October 14, 2014 a campaign ad:

Says Rick Scott changed his promise from 700,000 jobs created "on top of what normal growth would be" to just 700,000 jobs.

true

true

stated on March 3, 2014 in an interview on CNN:

On the economic stimulus.

half-flip

half-flip

Americans For Tax Reform

stated on April 14, 2014 in a press release:

"Obama has proposed 442 tax hikes since taking office."

barely-true

barely-true

National Republican Congressional Committee

stated on February 12, 2014 a television ad:

"300,000 Floridians will lose their current health plans" because of Obamacare, a plan Alex Sink supports.

half-true

half-true

Janet Napolitano

stated on August 27, 2013 a speech at the National Press Club:

The 2010 DREAM Act failed despite "strong bipartisan support."

barely-true

barely-true

stated on May 29, 2013 a chain email:

Says the word "Dhimmitude" is on page 107 of the health care law and means "Muslims are specifically exempted from the government mandate to purchase insurance."

pants-fire

pants-fire

stated on May 3, 2013 a position on legislation:

On an early date for Florida's presidential primary

full-flop

full-flop

Kevin McCarthy
stated on November 26, 2023 in a speech at the Oxford Union:

“In every single war that America has fought, we have never asked for land afterwards, except for enough to bury the Americans who gave the ultimate sacrifice for that freedom we went in for.”

By Louis Jacobson • November 28, 2023
Facebook posts
stated on November 21, 2023 in a video:

"Trump has selected his pick for running mate (and the) news stuns Republican Party.”

By Kwasi Gyamfi Asiedu • November 28, 2023
Instagram posts
stated on November 25, 2023 in an Instagram post:

"You’re in danger” because the American Red Cross doesn’t label blood donations from donors vaccinated against COVID-19.

By Jeff Cercone • November 28, 2023
Instagram posts
stated on November 22, 2023 in an Instagram reel:

Video shows a military chaplain praying, “Please get rid of Joe Biden and bring back the real president, Donald J. Trump.”

By Sara Swann • November 28, 2023
Facebook posts
stated on November 23, 2023 in en una publicación en Facebook:

"La industria alimentaria quiere que comas” lechuga de plástico sintético sin nutrición y lleno de contaminantes.

By Maria Briceño • November 28, 2023
Instagram posts
stated on November 9, 2023 in an Instagram post:

Video shows a Doctors Without Borders medic in Jenin taking a weapon from a wounded person and giving it to someone else.

By Sara Swann • November 27, 2023
Social Media
stated on November 22, 2023 in social media posts:

“Terrorist attack confirmed” in Niagara Falls, New York.

By Loreben Tuquero • November 27, 2023
Facebook posts
stated on November 20, 2023 in a video:

Video shows teacher teaching gender pronouns and being confronted by students

By Grace Abels • November 27, 2023
National Republican Senatorial Committee
stated on November 8, 2023 in an ad:

Says U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin “voted to send hundreds of millions to Iran” to bankroll “radicals like Hezbollah and Hamas.”

By Tyler Katzenberger • November 24, 2023
Instagram posts
stated on November 19, 2023 in an Instagram post:

Videos of Nancy Pelosi from Jan. 6, 2021, show the Capitol attack was staged.

By Sara Swann • November 21, 2023