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Search results for "Spending 6 million on a banana duct-taped to a wall"

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Viral image stated on June 10, 2020 in a Facebook post:
“Trump supporters tackled an Antifa thug, unmasked him, duct taped him to an electrical box.”
By Ciara O'Rourke• June 11, 2020
Viral image stated on April 10, 2019 in a Facebook post:
A PETA activist was taped to a tree after protesting a biker rally.
By Ciara O'Rourke• April 22, 2019
CNNews3.com stated on February 06, 2017 in an Internet post:
The HIV virus has been "detected in Walmart bananas after 10 year old boy contracts the virus."
By Joshua Gillin• February 6, 2017
Marco Rubio stated on June 26, 2010 in an interview on "Fox & Friends":
"We are picking up oil with shovels and paper and plastic bags."
By Laura Figueroa• July 7, 2010
Newt Gingrich stated on February 18, 2012 in a campaign speech in Cobb County:
"You can’t put a gun rack in a [Chevrolet] Volt."  
By Willoughby Mariano• February 24, 2012
Viral image stated on May 09, 2023 in an Instagram post:
The National Parks Service posted about children who have been freed from human traffickers.
By Ciara O'Rourke• May 11, 2023
Sarah Palin stated on November 07, 2010 in a prepared speech:
Grocery prices "have risen significantly over the past year or so."
By Louis Jacobson• November 10, 2010
Benny Johnson stated on June 03, 2023 in a Facebook post:
“New tapes” of Nancy Pelosi show that the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol “was all planned.”
By Madison Czopek• June 6, 2023
Viral image stated on May 20, 2020 in a Facebook post:
A long list shows “new CDC guidelines for reopening schools.”
By Ciara O'Rourke• May 22, 2020
Mitt Romney stated on March 02, 2012 in a rally in Cleveland, Ohio:
Says in the 2012 State of the Union address, President Obama "didn't even mention the deficit or debt."
By Molly Moorhead• March 5, 2012
Tim Kaine stated on October 04, 2016 in a vice presidential debate in Virginia:
"When Donald Trump spoke in Phoenix, he looked the audience in the eye and he said ‘no, we're building a wall and we're deporting everybody.’ He said, quote, ‘they will all be gone. They will all be gone.’ This is one of the ones where you can go to the tape on it and see what Donald Trump has said."
By Miriam Valverde• October 5, 2016
Chris Murphy stated on December 23, 2018 in a tweet:
"The 2017/2018 budgets gave (President Donald) Trump billions for border upgrades. He’s spent ALMOST NONE of it. 6%."
By Louis Jacobson• January 4, 2019
Glen Sturtevant stated on October 02, 2015 in a TV ad:
Dan Gecker voted to "double vehicle registration fees, costing (Chesterfield) county residents over $6 million annually."
By Warren Fiske• October 12, 2015
Mike Huebsch stated on March 03, 2011 in a statement made by a staffer during a court hearing.:
Damage by protesters to the Wisconsin state Capitol will cost $7.5 million to repair.
By James B. Nelson• March 8, 2011
Ending Spending Action Fund stated on August 13, 2014 in a campaign ad:
"In six years, (U.S. Rep. Gary) Peters introduced zero bills that became law."
By Steve Contorno• August 20, 2014
David Segal stated on June 17, 2010 in a statement on his campaign website:
"As Washington debates cracking down on the big Wall Street banks, I’ve passed legislation that does so."
By Cynthia Needham• July 7, 2010
Facebook posts stated on March 20, 2019 in posts online:
"President Trump’s wall costs less than the ObamaCare website."
By Julianna Rennie• March 29, 2019
Joni Ernst stated on May 28, 2022 in a newsletter:
$3 million per day in "your tax dollars" are being spent to guard "unused border wall materials."
By Nina Baker• June 16, 2022
Connie Mack stated on April 12, 2012 in a television ad:
Says Sen. Bill Nelson voted to spend "$144,541 to see how monkeys react under the influence of cocaine."
By Katie Sanders• April 13, 2012
Judd Gregg stated on March 25, 2009 in a Fox News interview:
Obama's budget plan would "take national debt up to about 80 percent of gross national product. ... Historically, it's been about 40 percent."
By Robert Farley• March 26, 2009

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By PolitiFact Staff • April 20, 2017

6 months in office, Trump’s mixed record on 6 major promises

By John Kruzel• July 20, 2017

What costs more, soldiers' Viagra or transgender health care? What about Mar-a-Lago trips?

By Joshua Gillin• July 27, 2017

Mailbag: Your interpretation is 'nutty'

By Louis Jacobson• June 26, 2015

Fact-checking Donald Trump's rally in Charleston, W.Va.

By Louis Jacobson• August 22, 2018

Fact-checking Barack Obama's latest jobs claim

By Lauren Carroll, Katie Sanders, Aaron Sharockman• November 9, 2014

Fact-checking Barack Obama on the Nov. 9 Sunday shows

By Lauren Carroll, Katie Sanders, Aaron Sharockman• November 9, 2014

Fact-checking Donald Trump's address to Congress

By Louis Jacobson, Amy Sherman• March 1, 2017

Tracking Donald Trump’s flip-flops in his first 100 days

By Lauren Carroll• April 27, 2017

As Donald Trump prepares immigration speech, mass deportation at issue

By Miriam Valverde• August 30, 2016

Biden won’t be charged in classified documents case, but special counsel report questions his memory

By Louis Jacobson, Samantha Putterman, Amy Sherman• February 9, 2024

Fact-checking Donald Trump at CPAC

By Jon Greenberg, Angie Drobnic Holan, Miriam Valverde• February 24, 2017

Fact-checking the Jan. 12 news shows

By Aaron Sharockman• January 12, 2014

PunditFact fact-checks the Sunday Jan. 2 shows

By Aaron Sharockman• January 12, 2014

Fact-checking Donald Trump CIA pick Gina Haspel’s Senate hearing

By John Kruzel• May 9, 2018

Central America and the root causes of migration to the US

By Miriam Valverde• June 7, 2021

PolitiFact Sheet: Donald Trump’s immigration plan

By Miriam Valverde• November 9, 2016

Sparring over spending

By David Baumann• November 7, 2007