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Bill Clinton stated on February 07, 2008 in Portland, Maine:

"Everything I have said (on the campaign trail) has been factually accurate."

By Angie Drobnic Holan• February 12, 2008

Facebook posts stated on March 24, 2021 in a Facebook post:

A CNN chyron said the Boulder “shooter was factually Arabic, but morally white.”

By Bill McCarthy• March 25, 2021

Maryellen O'Shaughnessy stated on August 16, 2010 in a radio interview:

"It's factually correct to say" that Jennifer Brunner inherited at least 18 lawsuits when she came into the office that were a result of Ken Blackwell’s "mismanagement of the 2004 election."

By Joe Guillen• September 10, 2010

Democratic Party of Wisconsin stated on March 17, 2015 in a website post:

Says Gov. Scott Walker "has been rated America’s most factually-challenged politician."

By Tom Kertscher• March 27, 2015

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. stated on June 12, 2024 in a post on Facebook:

The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals “just ruled Covid vax mandates unconstitutional.”

By Madison Czopek• June 18, 2024

Bloggers stated on December 17, 2018 in a blog post:

Says Sen. Chuck Schumer in 2014 "helped put together and signed a $25 billion deal to fund a border wall" and now opposes Trump's $5 billion request for a border wall "just because he's a Republican."

By John Kruzel• December 20, 2018

American Civil Liberties Union stated on December 22, 2018 in a Facebook post:

"Half the states in the U.S. have laws that criminalize criticism."

By Yanqi Xu• February 27, 2019

John Cornyn stated on November 22, 2016 in a letter to Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson:

Says the Department of Homeland Security didn't request any hours of aerial surveillance for the U.S.-Mexico border from the Department of Defense for 2017.

By Fauzeya Rahman• January 31, 2017

Scott Perry stated on November 30, 2017 in a House committee hearing:

Says the Obama administration purged "training courses and information about Islamism, jihad, Sharia, and the Muslim Brotherhood."

By Miriam Valverde• December 15, 2017

Bloggers stated on October 16, 2020 in a blog post:

The coronavirus pandemic is “effectively over” in the United Kingdom and “there is absolutely no need for vaccines.”

By Bill McCarthy• December 2, 2020

David Dewhurst stated on April 16, 2014 in a video ad:

Dan Patrick "changed his name from Danny Goeb to hide from" his "debts."

By W. Gardner Selby• April 18, 2014

Barack Obama stated on February 01, 2008 in a flyer sent prior to Super Tuesday:

"8 years of the Clintons, major losses for Democrats across the nation."

By Adriel Bettelheim• February 11, 2008

Viral image stated on September 11, 2020 in a Facebook post:

Photo shows a man who burned the car of an antifa member.

By Ciara O'Rourke• September 14, 2020

Bill Clinton stated on April 10, 2008 in Boonville, Ind.:

"Hillary (Clinton), one time late at night when she was exhausted, misstated and immediately apologized for it, what happened to her in Bosnia in 1995."

By Angie Drobnic Holan• April 11, 2008

Donald Trump stated on June 28, 2018 in a speech in Mount Pleasant, Wis.:

"Watch those GDP numbers. We started off at a very low number, and right now we hit a 3.2 (percent). Nobody thought that was possible."

By Louis Jacobson• July 2, 2018

Jerome R. Corsi stated on August 01, 2008 in his book <i>The Obama Nation</i>. :

Barack Obama "rejects everyone white, including his mother and his grandparents."

By Angie Drobnic Holan• August 20, 2008

Rusty Hicks stated on January 12, 2021 in a press conference:

The effort to recall California Gov. Gavin Newsom is "a coup."

By Chris Nichols• January 14, 2021

Viral image stated on January 30, 2022 in a Facebook post:

Picture shows the “Freedom Convoy” trucks in Canada.

By Ciara O'Rourke• February 2, 2022

Greg Abbott stated on July 22, 2014 in an interview on Fox News.:

"We’ve had about 3,000 murders" in connection with lax border security.

By W. Gardner Selby• July 29, 2014

Facebook posts stated on January 12, 2020 in a Facebook post:

Fox News changed its accreditation to "entertainment."

By Samantha Putterman• January 16, 2020

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