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John Thune stated on August 29, 2012 in at the Republican National Convention in Tampa:
The Obama administration "even proposed banning farm kids from doing basic chores!"
By Amy Sherman• August 30, 2012
Facebook posts stated on December 04, 2021 in a Facebook post:
Microsoft and Bill Gates created a 1999 video game called “Omikron.”
By Samantha Putterman• December 17, 2021
Facebook posts stated on March 29, 2020 in a Facebook post:
Says CEOs got advance notice of COVID, then resigned to dump stock.
By Tom Kertscher• April 13, 2020
Priorities USA Action stated on July 25, 2012 in a video shown on cable news shows:
Says Romney had the uniforms for the 2002 Winter Olympic games made in Burma.
By Jon Greenberg• July 27, 2012
Leonard Lance stated on April 15, 2013 in a press release:
"The Internal Revenue code has ballooned to a 5,600-page, 4 million-word complicated mess that is seven times as long as the Bible with none of the good news."
By Caryn Shinske• May 2, 2013
Steve Chabot stated on September 06, 2018 in a campaign ad:
Says Aftab Pureval is "lying" about his office’s "$400,000 projected deficit."  
By Stephen Koff• September 13, 2018
Facebook posts stated on April 22, 2020 in a Facebook post:
Mosquitoes can transfer COVID-19 “from person to person”
By Amy Sherman• April 27, 2020
Mike Dovilla stated on March 13, 2012 in a letter to the editor:
Says President Obama's decision to not issue a permit for the Keystone XL pipeline meant "we were denied the ability immediately to reduce prices at the pump."
By Tom Feran• April 17, 2012
Facebook posts stated on January 12, 2015 in a Facebook post:
"In 1913, it was legal to mail children."
By Nancy Badertscher• January 13, 2015
Alan Grayson stated on November 24, 2012 in a Huffington Post column:
Says Walmart employees represent the largest group of Medicaid and food stamp recipients in many states, costing the taxpayer $1,000 per worker.
By Katie Sanders• December 6, 2012
Sherrod Brown stated on August 04, 2011 in an appearance on MSNBC:
"Rooting for the Red Sox is like rooting for the drug companies."
By Tom Feran• August 29, 2011
Barry Hinckley stated on December 04, 2011 in an appearance on WPRI's "Newsmakers" program:
"Our tax code is . . . 80,000 pages."
By C. Eugene Emery Jr.• December 27, 2011
Raul Labrador stated on July 06, 2014 in an interview on "Meet the Press":
The Obama administration estimates the number of children at the border is "going to increase to 150,000 to 200,000 next year."
By Jon Greenberg• July 8, 2014
Threads posts stated on February 09, 2025 in Feb. 9, 2025, in a Threads post:
President Donald Trump posted that “the Chiefs’ Super Bowl performance was a disaster” and “too focused on DEI nonsense.”
By Claire Cranford• February 11, 2025
Thomas Perez stated on February 26, 2017 in an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press":
Says "Donald Trump wants to eliminate overtime pay for people." 
By Allison Graves• February 26, 2017
David Axelrod stated on December 05, 2011 in an interview on NBC's "The Daily Rundown":
Says Newt Gingrich is responsible for the gridlocked politics of Washington.
By Louis Jacobson• December 5, 2011
Mitt Romney stated on December 06, 2011 in a TV airing in Florida:
Says he "helped save" the Olympic games.
By Matt Clary• January 6, 2012
John Oliver stated on June 08, 2014 in a segment on "Last Week Tonight":
Brazil built a $300 million stadium in the Amazon rainforest that "is only going to be used for four World Cup games," and there’s no team "that can fill it afterwards."
By Katie Sanders• June 11, 2014
National Republican Congressional Committee stated on October 09, 2013 in an advertisement:
Ann Kuster turned "a blind eye to those in need of funding" by voting "against funding for our nation’s veterans, low-income women and children, the FDA and the National Institutes of Health."
By Kaitlin Mulhere• October 16, 2013
Citizens for Michael McAuliffe and House Republican Organization stated on September 14, 2016 in a video attack advertisement :
Mike Madigan made a fortune on tax appeals… Saving his friends millions... It’s an inside game played by people like Merry Marwig, Madigan’s hand-picked candidate. When Marwig thought her property taxes were too high she got them lowered at your expense. Saved so much she did it again. Marwig and Madigan: Profiting from the same corrupt system.
By Marc Filippino• October 5, 2016

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By Loreben Tuquero• June 23, 2025

Mailbag: 'Discontinue this farce'

By Katie Sanders• October 11, 2013

What's at stake in the tax debate?

By Louis Jacobson• September 13, 2017

Romney: turning over the turnaround label

By David Baumann• September 27, 2007

Fact-checking claims about Brazil's World Cup

By Katie Sanders• June 12, 2014

Examining Scott Walker's 'cheaper to keep them' slogan

By Tom Kertscher• June 18, 2015

Fact-checks about FIFA and the World Cup

By Katie Sanders• June 20, 2014

Fact-checks about FIFA and the World Cup

By Katie Sanders• June 20, 2014

Why ousting the House speaker could be easy in 118th Congress

By Louis Jacobson• January 5, 2023

Vice: What the movie gets right and wrong about Dick Cheney

By Jon Greenberg• February 8, 2019

Fact-checking Donald Trump in Singapore about North Korea

By Louis Jacobson, Manuela Tobias• June 12, 2018

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By Grace Abels• February 7, 2025

Amid images and news of actual war, false and misleading claims about Israel-Hamas thrive

By Sara Swann• October 11, 2023

Will Tampa’s Super Bowl be a super spreader? Experts worry about what NFL can’t control

By Bill McCarthy• February 1, 2021

Playing the blame game on torture

By Robert Farley, Angie Drobnic Holan• May 13, 2009

The weird and wacky Truth-O-Meters of late

By April Hunt• October 16, 2015

PunditFact fact-checks the Sept. 21 news shows

By Lauren Carroll, Steve Contorno, Katie Sanders• September 21, 2014

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The facts about FIFA

By Katie Sanders• May 27, 2015