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Rush Limbaugh stated on June 6, 2013 in his radio show:

"One person, Kathleen Sebelius, was going to determine whether or not" 10-year-old lung patient Sarah Murnaghan would live or die.

By Louis Jacobson • June 11, 2013

Rush Limbaugh stated on March 9, 2010 in his talk show:

People "can't go fishing anymore because of Obama."

By Catharine Richert • March 17, 2010

Donald Trump stated on February 16, 2024 in a statement to the media:

President Joe Biden “directed New York AG Witch Hunt” into Donald Trump’s real estate.

By Amy Sherman, Louis Jacobson • February 20, 2024

Mo Brooks stated on January 7, 2021 in a tweet:

“Evidence growing that fascist ANTIFA orchestrated Capitol attack with clever mob control tactics.”

By Miriam Valverde • January 7, 2021

Hogan Gidley stated on February 12, 2018 in an interview on Fox News:

"The president has been very clear. All forms of abuse, all forms of battery against women are deplorable and disgusting. ... He’s said that multiple times in the past."

By Jon Greenberg • February 13, 2018

Bill Belichick stated on January 24, 2015 in a news conference:

Atmospheric conditions could push a football’s pressure "down approximately one-and-a-half pounds per square inch."

By Jon Greenberg • January 29, 2015

Scott Walker stated on November 15, 2011 in a radio interview:

"The overwhelming number" of school districts reported their staff stayed the same or grew after the 2011-’13 state budget

By Dave Umhoefer • November 27, 2011

Harry Reid stated on December 4, 2010 in the Senate floor:

"The senior senator from Arizona (John McCain) said he couldn't support repealing 'don't ask, don't tell' because of the economy."

By Robert Farley • December 6, 2010

George W. Bush stated on February 10, 2008 in Camp David:

Barack Obama said "he's going to attack Pakistan and embrace (Iranian President Mahmoud) Ahmadinejad."

By Angie Drobnic Holan • February 12, 2008

Dennis Prager stated on November 8, 2021 in an interview with Newsmax:

"During the AIDS crisis, can you imagine if gay men and intravenous drug users … had they been pariahs the way the non-vaccinated are? But it would've been inconceivable."

By Louis Jacobson • November 11, 2021

Rush Limbaugh stated on December 15, 2020 in a radio show segment:

The American Medical Association rescinded a previous statement and now says "hydroxychloroquine is okay" for COVID-19.

By Bill McCarthy • December 16, 2020

X posts stated on February 11, 2019 in a tweet:

Photo shows “Lynn Rothschild and her eating babies decor.”

By Ciara O'Rourke • July 20, 2020

Gwen Moore stated on June 12, 2020 in a TV interview:

Says police unions have it “written into a contract that (officers) are not going to be accountable” for misconduct.

By D.L. Davis, Eric Litke • July 10, 2020

Joe Biden stated on September 3, 2019 in an NPR interview:

Referring to the Iraq War, "immediately, the moment it started, I came out against the war at that moment."

By Miriam Valverde • September 5, 2019

Donald Trump stated on March 18, 2018 in a tweet:

Robert Mueller’s investigative team has "13 hardened Democrats, some big Crooked Hillary supporters, and Zero Republicans."

By Louis Jacobson • March 21, 2018

Beto O'Rourke stated on February 24, 2018 in a Waco campaign stop:

Says "PTA meetings are now being conducted to help parents tell their kids" that if a guy with an AR-15 walks into their classroom, "you are supposed to create as much chaos as you possibly can. They want you to scream and yell and dance around and throw books and just keep moving."

By W. Gardner Selby • March 15, 2018

Richard Burr stated on June 8, 2017 in an interview:

"This is not the first time (the Russians) have been involved in our elections."

By Will Doran • June 20, 2017

Donald Trump stated on January 6, 2017 in a statement released by the transition office:

Activities by foreign governments had "absolutely no effect on the outcome of this election."

By Louis Jacobson • January 8, 2017

Bruce Rauner stated on August 17, 2016 in a speech at the Illinois State Fair:

Democrats "are cutting our school funding. Four times in the last 10 years before we came into office."

By Matt Dietrich • September 1, 2016

Donald Trump stated on June 22, 2016 in a speech:

"I was among the earliest to criticize the rush to war (in Iraq), and yes, even before the war ever started."

By Aaron Sharockman • June 22, 2016

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Rush to judgment

By Angie Drobnic Holan • July 14, 2009

In Context: What NY Attorney General Letitia James said about Trump that Trump’s video left out

By Tom Kertscher • August 12, 2022

We crunched the numbers: Trump devoted 45,000 words to construction like Reflecting Pool, ballroom

By Caleb McCullough, Loreben Tuquero • August 11, 2026

Have Democrats always been interested in Epstein case transparency? We looked back.

By Amy Sherman • August 5, 2025

Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s campaign of conspiracy theories: PolitiFact’s 2023 Lie of the Year

By Katie Sanders, Madison Czopek • December 21, 2023

PolitiFact readers respond to our fact-checks related to Biden, Trump

By Jeff Cercone • April 3, 2023

What Joe Biden, Stacey Abrams and Georgia senators said about a MLB boycott

By Amy Sherman • April 21, 2021

Fact-checking Day 1 of Trump’s second impeachment trial: To try or not to try

By Jon Greenberg, Miriam Valverde • February 10, 2021

Lie of the Year: Coronavirus downplay and denial

By Daniel Funke, Katie Sanders • December 16, 2020

Wealthy Illinois candidates face tax disclosure minefield

By Matt Dietrich • November 21, 2017

Donald Trump and Mike Pence embrace each other

Donald Trump’s GOP acceptance speech, annotated

By Adam Thorp, Joseph Cariz, Taylor Leighton • July 21, 2016

Fact-checking Donald Trump’s speech calling Hillary Clinton ‘a world-class liar’

By Linda Qiu • June 22, 2016

Why we fact-checked Jon Stewart and The Daily Show, and 11 reasons we’re sad to see him go

By Aaron Sharockman • August 6, 2015

Encouraged by readers, we’re checking just the facts in Texas

By W. Gardner Selby • March 18, 2013

Mailbag: ‘Get out of your parents’ basement and into the real world!’

By Louis Jacobson • July 28, 2012

Blazing the way on health care reform claims

By Tom Feran • June 28, 2012

Does Obama ‘demonize,’ ‘denigrate’ almost every sector of our economy?

By Louis Jacobson • February 6, 2012

Fact-checking in the Echo Chamber Nation

By Bill Adair • December 23, 2011

Fact-checking in the Echo Chamber Nation

By Bill Adair • December 22, 2011

In 2008, Obama vowed to kill Osama bin Laden

By Bill Adair • May 2, 2011