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All Fact-checks for Bush Administration

dicho el Octubre 20, 2021 en a Facebook post

“Gas prices were WAY higher in 2008, under REPUBLICAN president George W. Bush.”

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Occupy Democrats

dicho el Agosto 20, 2016 en a posting on Facebook

Says President Barack Obama "has taken less vacation days than any other president in a generation," while Congress "has taken more vacation days than any other Congress in history."

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National Rifle Association

dicho el Agosto 10, 2016

Says Hillary Clinton "doesn’t believe in your right to keep a gun at home for self-defense."

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dicho el Agosto 10, 2016 en a viral video

Says President Bill Clinton did not sign NAFTA.

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dicho el Mayo 20, 2016 en a newspaper interview

"I can tell you that the enhanced interrogation techniques that have since been banned by this administration — specifically waterboarding — work."

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dicho el Mayo 10, 2015 en comments on ABC's "This Week"

"During the Bush administration, you actually had a prominent liberal write a book about how Bush was preparing for a fascist takeover of this country."

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dicho el Marzo 10, 2015 en remarks on Fox's Hannity

In 2007, when Nancy Pelosi met with President Assad of Syria, "nobody got upset."

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dicho el Enero 23, 2015 en various social media postings

The Republican Party has not won a presidential election without either a Bush or a Nixon on the ticket since 1928.

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dicho el Enero 20, 2015 en an analysis of Obama's speech

In President Barack Obama’s 2015 State of the Union address, "the words ‘al-Qaida’ were never used, the first time those words have not been used in a State of the Union address since February 2001."

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dicho el Abril 4, 2014 en a radio interview

When Republicans last controlled the presidency and Congress, "the number of people on food stamps (and) the number of people in low-income housing went through the roof."

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dicho el Enero 22, 2014 en a broadcast of CNN's "Piers Morgan Live"

Says in 2000, Fox News broke the story of George W. Bush’s drunk driving arrest. "Who broke it? Fox News."

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dicho el Enero 13, 2014 en an interview with NPR

On foreign policy, Joe Biden was against aid for Vietnam, said the fall of the Shah was "a step forward" for human rights in Iran, opposed Reagan's defense build-up and voted against the first Gulf War.

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dicho el Noviembre 8, 2013 en in an interview on the "Tonight Show"

"Under President (George W.) Bush, prosecution of gun crimes was 30 percent higher than it is under President Obama."

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dicho el Octubre 15, 2013 en a speech

"Test scores had gone up steadily for 40 years until No Child Left Behind and Race to the Top."

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dicho el Septiembre 5, 2013 en an interview on MSNBC’s “All In”

Says he "opposed the president’s decision to go into Iraq" in 2003.

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dicho el Agosto 9, 2013 en a segment of his MSNBC show, "Politics Nation"

Says President Barack Obama "has taken 92 days of vacation since he was sworn in," compared to 367 for President George W. Bush at the same point in his presidency.

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dicho el Junio 4, 2013 en a House Ways and Means hearing

"During the Bush administration, liberal groups were targeted" by the IRS, similar to recent targeting.

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dicho el Enero 17, 2013 en a panel discussion on poverty

"When George Bush became president of the United States, 17 million people were in poverty. When he left, 30 million people were in poverty."

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People's Majority

dicho el Octubre 30, 2012 en a TV commercial

"Sheldon Whitehouse [got] a secret closed-door briefing, warning of the [2008 economic] crash."

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Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee

dicho el Septiembre 12, 2012 en a TV ad

Says U.S. Senate candidate Tommy Thompson "admitted" that Washington, D.C., "changed" him into an insider selling his influence to make millions from powerful special interests.

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