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Search results for "People have a natural tendency to turn to the left and walk in an anticlockwise direction"

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Fact-checks (24799)

Oregon Food Bank stated on November 15, 2010 in a press release:
"Oregon, once again, remains among the top five hungriest states in the nation."
By Ian K. Kullgren• November 27, 2010
Earl Blumenauer stated on December 21, 2012 in in a news release:
Says ending the direct payment farm subsidy program "could save up to $28.4 billion over ten years that could be used to reduce the deficit."
By Charles Pope• February 1, 2013
Donald Trump stated on July 23, 2019 in a speech to conservative high school students:
Says Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez "called our country and our people garbage."
By Jon Greenberg• July 23, 2019
Pat Buchanan stated on July 17, 2014 in comments on Fox News:
"Right now, one third of all illegal aliens are going to California."  
By Linda Qiu• July 23, 2014
Barack Obama stated on August 14, 2012 in a news release:
Says that as Massachusetts governor, Mitt Romney "condemned coal-fired plants, saying they kill people."
By Stephen Koff• August 23, 2012
Viral image stated on November 19, 2019 in a Facebook post:
Says a photo shows a pack of wolves walking in a single line in the snow being led by the sick.  
By Samantha Putterman• November 20, 2019
Ryan Sitton stated on November 07, 2017 in a guest editorial in Drilling Contractor:
"Earlier this year, Hurricane Harvey left more than 12 million people in Texas and Louisiana without homes."
By W. Gardner Selby• December 8, 2017
Priorities USA Action stated on August 07, 2012 in campaign ad:
Says Mitt Romney and Bain Capital are to blame in a woman’s premature death when they closed the plant where her husband worked.
By Jon Greenberg• August 9, 2012
X posts stated on July 26, 2021 in a tweet:
Says Joe Biden “is restricting travel for Americans into Mexico, but is keeping the border wide open for illegal aliens to walk right into our country.”
By Tom Kertscher• July 28, 2021
Wolf Blitzer stated on February 18, 2014 in comments on CNN:
The words "subhuman mongrel," which Ted Nugent called President Barack Obama, were used by the Nazis to "justify the genocide of the Jewish community."
By Jon Greenberg• February 19, 2014
Marco Rubio stated on December 27, 2020 in a tweet:
Says “Dr. Fauci lied about masks in March.”
By Jon Greenberg• December 28, 2020
Barack Obama stated on May 14, 2012 in a TV ad:
After they bought GST Steel, "Mitt Romney and his partners loaded it with debt, closed the Kansas City plant and walked away with a healthy profit, leaving hundreds of employees out of work with their pensions in jeopardy."
By Becky Bowers, Molly Moorhead• May 16, 2012
X posts stated on April 05, 2022 in a tweet:
“With the money Elon Musk spent to buy Twitter shares, he could have given every American family $100,000 and still had enough left over to cancel all student debt.”
By Andy Nguyen• April 8, 2022
Facebook posts stated on March 20, 2020 in a Facebook post:
Says truck drivers are being turned away from fast-food restaurants during the COVID-19 pandemic.
By Samantha Putterman• March 26, 2020
Hillary Clinton stated on February 11, 2008 in an ABC/Politico interview:
"I have something in common with my husband. He never carried caucuses either. He lost all of the ones that I've lost."
By Adriel Bettelheim• February 13, 2008
Joe Biden stated on February 16, 2010 in an interview on "Face the Nation":
"There have been three people tried and convicted by the last administration in military courts. Two are walking the street right now."
By Angie Drobnic Holan• February 16, 2010
Nancy Pelosi stated on May 23, 2018 in a CNN town hall:
A recent spending bill had at least "$1.6 billion in there ... for schools to give them an opportunity to secure them."
By Louis Jacobson• May 24, 2018
Michele Bachmann stated on June 13, 2011 in a debate in New Hampshire:
"The CBO, the Congressional Budget Office has said that Obamacare will kill 800,000 jobs."
By Angie Drobnic Holan• June 14, 2011
Stacy White stated on June 02, 2016 in a Hillsborough County Commission meeting:
Says it's not true that Florida black bears are an "apex predator."
By Joshua Gillin• June 8, 2016
Zoe Lofgren stated on February 05, 2013 in a House hearing on immigration:
"With the exception of slavery and the Chinese Exclusion Act, our laws have never barred persons from becoming citizens."
By Molly Moorhead• February 8, 2013

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By W. Gardner Selby• June 15, 2012

A look at Scott Walker's campaign promises

By Dave Umhoefer• January 2, 2011

In context: The Medal of Freedom clip that went viral on Twitter

By Louis Jacobson• December 8, 2020

Promises, promises: A look at Walker and Burke pledges

By Dave Umhoefer• October 6, 2014

Books: 'The Righteous Mind: Why Good People are Divided by Religion and Politics'

By Angie Drobnic Holan• April 28, 2012

Matt Rinaldi offers different accounts of 'illegal immigrant' signs blamed for his calls to ICE

By W. Gardner Selby• June 2, 2017

How many oil and gas jobs are there in West Virginia? It's surprisingly hard to say

By Stephanie Alvaro, Jensen Mills• April 5, 2019

Super Bowl facts, falsehoods

By Katie Sanders, Aaron Sharockman• February 1, 2014

Read James Comey's opening remarks for the June 8 Senate hearing

By Lauren Carroll• June 7, 2017

Why economists are skeptical that U.S. can grow by 3 percent

By Louis Jacobson• May 26, 2017

Rand Paul on 'walking, talking' children who end up with 'profound mental disorders after vaccines'

By Steve Contorno• February 5, 2015

PunditFact's fact or fiction guide to the Super Bowl

By Aaron Sharockman• February 2, 2014

Checking Herman Cain's math on 9-9-9

By Aaron Sharockman• October 14, 2011

Did the NFL ask Eminem not to kneel? What we know about Super Bowl halftime show claims

By Samantha Putterman• February 15, 2022

Trump wants to designate antifa as a terrorist organization, but lacks legal authority for it

By Miriam Valverde• June 1, 2020

Checking Herman Cain's math on 9-9-9

By Aaron Sharockman• October 14, 2011

In context: What Rush Limbaugh said about Hurricane Irma before evacuation

By Angie Drobnic Holan• September 10, 2017

PolitiFact Wisconsin's 'High Five' for July 2019

By D.L. Davis• August 2, 2019

Does new research say Ebola is airborne?

By Jon Greenberg• February 24, 2015

The age of cherry-picking

By Louis Jacobson• February 5, 2018