President Obama
FEB. 24, 2009.“We import more oil today than ever before.” (Oil imports peaked in 2005.)
MAR. 10, 2009.“Our high school dropout rate has tripled in the past thirty years.” (It had actually declined by a third.)
JUNE 1, 2009.“If you actually took the number of Muslims [sic] Americans, we'd be one of the largest Muslim countries in the world.” (Almost 60 other countries were home to more Muslims.)
JUNE 11, 2009.“No matter how we reform health care, I intend to keep this promise: If you like your doctor, you'll be able to keep your doctor; if you like your health care plan, you'll be able to keep your health care plan.” (Some people had to switch plans as a result of the Affordable Care Act)
SEPT. 9, 2009.“One man from Illinois lost his coverage in the middle of chemotherapy because his insurer found that he hadn't reported gallstones that he didn't even know about. They delayed his treatment, and he died because of it.” (Delayed treatment didn't cause his death.)
DEC. 3, 2009.“I mentioned that I was in Asia on this trip, thinking about the economy. When I sat down for a round of interviews, not one of them asked me about Asia. Not one of them asked me about the economy.” (Several journalists did ask.)
APRIL 21, 2010.“The vast majority of the money I got was from small donors all across the country.” (It wasn't.)
SEPT. 20, 2010.“Keep in mind the previous administration had been helping them, giving billions of dollars and just asking nothing in return.” (The Bush administration imposed multiple conditions on auto companies.)
MAY 10, 2011.“Doubled our exports.” (Exports increased by less than half.)
JUN. 29, 2011.“What I have done – and this is unprecedented, by the way, no administration has done this before – is I’ve said to each agency, 'Don't just look at current regulations – or don't just look at future regulations, regulations that we’re proposing. Let’s go backwards and look at regulations that are already on the books, and if they don't make sense, let’s get rid of them.'” (Several previous administrations did.)
FEB. 17, 2012.“American manufacturers are hiring for the first time since 1990.” (Manufacturing employment grew at times during the 1990s.)
SEPT. 18, 2012. "Extremists and terrorists used [a video] as an excuse to attack a variety of our embassies." (They didn't.)
SEPT. 20, 2012.“I think it’s important for us to understand that the Fast and Furious program was a field-initiated program begun under the previous administration.” (The program began under Obama.)
MARCH 1, 2013.“The janitor, the security guards, they just got a pay cut and they've got to figure out how to manage that.” (Their pay wasn't cut.)
MAY 3, 2013. "And we also recognize that most of the guns used to commit violence here in Mexico come from the United States." (They don't.)
AUG. 6, 2013. "There is no spying on Americans." (There was.)
SEPT. 4, 2013.“First of all, I didn’t set a red line; the world set a red line.” (He did set a red line.)
MAR. 11, 2014.“Most young Americans right now, they’re not covered.” (Most were.)
MAY 7, 2014.“Since 2007, [Republicans] have filibustered about 500 pieces of legislation that would help the middle class.” (The real number was closer to 50.)
SEPT. 7, 2014.“I wasn’t specifically referring to ISIL” (He was.)
MAR. 6, 2015. "There are neighborhoods where it’s easier for you to buy a handgun and clips than it is for you to buy a fresh vegetable." (There aren't.)
MAR 6, 2015. "Our homicide rates are so much higher than other industrialized countries. I mean by like a mile." (They aren't. Not by a mile. Not by several feet.)
JUNE 29, 2016.“I mean, the steel industry is producing as much steel in the United States as it ever was.” (Steel production peaked in 1973.)
also:
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/12/14/opinion/sunday/trump-lies-obama-who-is-worse.html
http://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/365393-how-quickly-ny-times-forgets-obamas-lies-and-frauds
