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Sad but largely accurate
"40% of Americans know someone who has been killed by a gun."
— PolitiFact Florida on Thursday, July 7th, 2016
They provided a boost to Walter Mondale in 84
Superdelegates "have never been a determining factor in who our nominee is since they've been in place since 1984."
— PolitiFact Florida on Tuesday, March 22nd, 2016
The worst months out of very bad year
"When we had a conservative Republican president we were losing 750,000 jobs a month."
— PolitiFact National on Sunday, October 11th, 2015
Judge must have been hungry
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit compared the health care law to buying a pepperoni and ham pizza from Domino's or Pizza Hut.
— PolitiFact National on Thursday, July 24th, 2014
Claim has support, but glosses over nuances
"Nearly 60 percent of women who use birth control do so for more than just family planning."
— PolitiFact Florida on Monday, June 30th, 2014
Much of the credit goes to President George H.W. Bush
Cap and trade legislation "was originally a Republican idea."
— PolitiFact Florida on Friday, May 23rd, 2014
Goldman Sachs says so but many factors made it difficult to predict
The shutdown is projected to result in "$10 billion in costs to the economy per week."
— PolitiFact Florida on Thursday, October 3rd, 2013
Taboo before they were fully developed
Says there's a "100-year-old international norm not to use chemical weapons."
— PolitiFact National on Thursday, September 5th, 2013
Big growth under Bush, though
"President Obama has the most border patrols and border security deployed at the border of any previous president."
— PolitiFact Florida on Monday, July 1st, 2013
A driving force in Ohio's economy
"Eighty out of 82 counties in Ohio ... have an auto manufacturing facility."
— PolitiFact Ohio on Wednesday, July 18th, 2012
Romney would have a little wiggle room to disagree, but not much
Says Mitt Romney "is committed to overturning Roe vs. Wade, and he supports such amendments that define a life as beginning at the moment of conception."
— PolitiFact National on Tuesday, November 8th, 2011
Rate only lower from 1988-92
"In terms of the wealthiest Americans, we're at the lowest tax rate since the 1950s."
— PolitiFact Florida on Tuesday, September 13th, 2011
There were some tax hikes too
The Obama administration has cut taxes on small businesses 17 times.
— PolitiFact National on Monday, June 13th, 2011
They said it, though the degree of harmony may be oversold
"The Republicans have repeatedly said that they agree with 80 percent of what's in our bill."
— PolitiFact National on Monday, March 1st, 2010
Republicans take a different tack on pre-existing conditions
The GOP health care plan "would allow health insurance companies to continue engaging in unfair and discriminatory practices like denying coverage to people because of a pre-existing medical condition."
— PolitiFact National on Thursday, November 5th, 2009