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Search results for "The president said 'I made everything double in price for no reason and I love it'"

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Fact-checks (25457)

We Love USA PAC stated on September 24, 2010 in a website:
Ron Klein "sponsored an amendment that specifically allows price gouging."
By Amy Sherman• October 5, 2010
Bill Nelson stated on April 15, 2012 in an op-ed in POLITICO:
At the same time gas prices have increased, "the share of the oil market controlled by speculators has more than doubled over the past 10 years."
By Katie Sanders• April 24, 2012
Threads posts stated on September 24, 2024 in a Threads post:
Says Donald Trump said, “Women are miserable — not sexy, not safe.”
By Ciara O'Rourke• September 26, 2024
Sarah Palin stated on July 10, 2011 in an interview with "Newsweek":
Slim Jims "just recently" cost 99 cents but now cost $2.69.
By Louis Jacobson• July 11, 2011
Donald Trump stated on March 08, 2018 in a cabinet meeting at the White House:
The last private rocket launch "cost $80 million. If the government did it, the same thing would have cost probably 40 or 50 times that amount of money. I mean, literally."
By Jon Greenberg• March 12, 2018
Priorities USA Action stated on June 19, 2016 in an ad discussed on "Meet the Press":
Says Donald Trump has said he loves war, "including with nukes."
By Lauren Carroll• June 19, 2016
Sarah Palin stated on November 17, 2009 in her book, Going Rogue:
"Ronald Reagan faced an even worse recession" than the current one.
By Louis Jacobson• November 17, 2009
Facebook posts stated on May 31, 2019 in a Facebook post:
Says Clint Eastwood called Barack Obama an "incompetent, lying, insincere, narcissistic, double-talking, socialist hypocrite, and fiscally irresponsible moron who spent eight years in the White House trying to … turn our wonderful country into a Muslim loving, socialist sh--hole like the one he came from, and I don’t mean Hawaii!"
By Ciara O'Rourke• November 5, 2019
John McCain stated on June 17, 2008 in Houston, Texas:
"We must deal with the here and now and assure affordable fuel for America by increasing domestic production."
By Robert Farley• June 19, 2008
Scott Wagner stated on May 21, 2018 in Fundraising email:
Gov. Wolf is trying to implement "a severance tax that would be financed by Pennsylvania’s working class"
By Colin Deppen• May 25, 2018
Facebook posts stated on September 20, 2019 in a Facebook post:
Says Tom Hanks was photographed wearing a T-shirt with progressive slogans on it. 
By Josie Hollingsworth• January 3, 2020
Facebook posts stated on May 30, 2021 in a Facebook post:
“Not one word” from Joe Biden and Kamala Harris honoring service members for Memorial Day.
By Samantha Putterman• June 1, 2021
Blake Gendebien stated on January 30, 2026 in an X post:
Milk prices “currently are no higher than they were in 1980’s.”
By Emma Gavazzi, Mary McNaughton• March 31, 2026
Viral image stated on January 20, 2025 in a Facebook post:
Image shows President Donald Trump responding to a picture rapper Ye drew of them.
By Ciara O'Rourke• January 23, 2025
Focus on the Family Action stated on March 26, 2008 in a Web article:
Obama supports "teaching schoolchildren — in 2nd grade, no less — about homosexual relationships."
By Robert Farley• April 15, 2008
Viral image stated on February 10, 2016 in in a post on Facebook:
Quotes Mark Cuban as saying, "I worry that millions of millennials are voting Democrat this year because they fact-check everything."
By Lauren Carroll• February 12, 2016
Roxanne Ross stated on May 15, 2011 in an online posting:
Multnomah County’s food action plan "clearly plans to disrupt the free market system in terms of food choices making it harder and more expensive for many residents to eat their food of choice." 
By Janie Har• June 24, 2011
Donald Trump stated on May 04, 2018 in the NRA convention:
"I doubled my African-American poll numbers. We went from 11 to 22 in one week."
By John Kruzel• May 7, 2018
Bloggers stated on January 26, 2012 in a graphic circulating on the Internet:
Republican-leaning states get more in federal dollars than they pay in taxes.
By Louis Jacobson• January 26, 2012
Chain email stated on June 22, 2011 in a chain e-mail:
Says that President Obama said, "Nobody made these guys go to war. ... Now they whine about bearing the costs of their choice?" 
By Angie Drobnic Holan• July 4, 2011

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By Katie Sanders• November 23, 2012

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By Robert Farley• June 19, 2008

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By Angie Drobnic Holan• December 22, 2009

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By Bill Adair• March 27, 2012

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By Angie Drobnic Holan• May 1, 2020

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By Louis Jacobson• May 10, 2012

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By Joshua Gillin, Angie Drobnic Holan, Katie Sanders• March 3, 2015

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