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Joe Biden stated on April 13, 2023 in a speech to the Irish parliament:

“Fewer people get hurt playing rugby” than American football.

By Louis Jacobson • April 14, 2023

Viral image stated on February 25, 2023 in an Instagram post:

Photos of an apartment building in Kyiv are evidence the war in Ukraine “is fake.”

By Ciara O'Rourke • February 27, 2023

Mandela Barnes stated on August 16, 2021 in Twitter:

In Afghanistan, “over 100 billion dollars spent on military contracts.”

By D.L. Davis • August 31, 2021

Viral image stated on August 17, 2021 in a viral image:

The Biden administration “gifted the Taliban with $80 billion-plus” in military-grade weapons but now “wants your 9mm pistols.”

By Tom Kertscher • August 20, 2021

Royce West stated on November 23, 2020 in a committee meeting:

Says that this year is the first time during his 27 years as senator “that two African Americans have ever served on the same (Senate) committee.”

By Brandon Mulder • December 11, 2020

Ted Cruz stated on September 21, 2018 in a debate at Southern Methodist University:

Says Beto O’Rourke described police as "modern-day Jim Crow."

By W. Gardner Selby • September 25, 2018

Vicky Hartzler stated on October 30, 2017 in a news release:

"In Missouri, there are still (FEMA) cases pending from floods that occurred in 2013."

By Riley Newton, Tateanna McCaskill • December 14, 2017

Mike Pence stated on October 16, 2016 in an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press":

"State Department officials actually directed contracts for the Haitian recovery after the earthquake to friends of the Clintons."

By Jon Greenberg • October 19, 2016

Bernie Sanders stated on February 7, 2016 in comments on Meet the Press:

"Tell me what Madeleine Albright’s position was on the War on Iraq. I wouldn’t be surprised if she supported it."

By Linda Qiu • February 7, 2016

Chris Matthews stated on September 10, 2014 in a broadcast on MSNBC:

Says Dick Cheney "de-Ba’athisized the Iraqi government and created ISIS."

By Jon Greenberg • September 15, 2014

Barack Obama stated on April 10, 2014 in speech at the Lyndon B. Johnson Library:

During Lyndon B. Johnson’s first 20 years in Congress, "he opposed every civil rights measure that came up for a vote."

By W. Gardner Selby • April 14, 2014

Robert Brown stated on June 2, 2011 in a press release:

Georgia’s illegal immigration crackdown laws should be called the "Brown Codes" because of their similarity to the "Black Codes" governing blacks after the Civil War.

By Willoughby Mariano • July 1, 2011

Ron Paul stated on May 5, 2011 in a presidential debate:

"The Arab and the Muslim nations get twice as much money as Israel."

By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • May 21, 2011

Joe Straus stated on November 12, 2010 in an e-mail:

Says the Texas House has "a record number of new members joining our ranks."

By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • November 27, 2010

Back to Basics stated on October 13, 2010 in a TV ad.:

Rick Perry is "taking money away from hurricane victims" and diverting it to "remodel the Governor's Mansion."

By W. Gardner Selby • October 27, 2010

Mary Squires stated on October 5, 2010 in a newspaper interview:

Said state insurance commissioner candidate Ralph Hudgens "fights hard" to strip women of life-saving coverage such as mammograms.

By Willoughby Mariano • October 12, 2010

Republican Party of Georgia stated on September 7, 2010 in GOP press release:

"Barnes opposed the creation of the HOPE Scholarship and campaigned against Zell Miller on the issue."

By Jim Tharpe • September 20, 2010

Jim Sensenbrenner stated on September 10, 2010 in a radio ad for the Scott Walker gubernatorial campaign:

Like me, Scott Walker opposed the 1998 transportation bill and the $9 billion of wasteful spending.

By Dave Umhoefer • September 11, 2010

Rick Scott stated on September 2, 2010 in a press release.:

Jennifer Carroll is the "first African-American Republican woman to be part of a statewide ticket in Florida."

By Aaron Sharockman • September 3, 2010

Joe Biden stated on July 18, 2010 in an interview on ABC's This Week:

"We're not engaged in nation-building" in Afghanistan.

By Louis Jacobson • July 20, 2010

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Trump at White House press room podium for 1 year anniversary

Fact-checking Donald Trump’s marathon press briefing at one-year mark of second term

By Louis Jacobson, Maria Ramirez Uribe • January 20, 2026

How much has Donald Trump reshaped the government’s portrayal of Black history?

By Louis Jacobson • February 19, 2026

What the indictment about the 2020 election and Jan. 6, 2021, tells us about Donald Trump’s actions

By Amy Sherman, Louis Jacobson • August 2, 2023

What we know about Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout, why Joe Biden traded him to free Brittney Griner

By Tom Kertscher, Yacob Reyes • December 8, 2022

Georgia’s election law sparks ‘Jim Crow’ rhetoric, as well as pushback

By Amy Sherman, Louis Jacobson • April 30, 2021

Fact-checking Larry Elder’s reparations chatter on ‘Fox & Friends’

By Bill McCarthy • June 27, 2019

Fact-checking Donald Trump’s statement on Saudi Arabia, Khashoggi murder

By Jon Greenberg, Louis Jacobson • November 27, 2018

Rick Perry revisits claims about job gains, graduation rates

By W. Gardner Selby • July 18, 2016