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Ken Paxton stated on September 5, 2017 in a press release:

"President Obama used" his DACA order "to unilaterally confer U.S. citizenship."

By W. Gardner Selby • September 15, 2017

Marsha Blackburn stated on June 19, 2026 in an X post:

The Obama Presidential Center is "requiring photo ID to enter."

By Alex Min • June 23, 2026

James Uthmeier stated on August 24, 2025 in an X post:

The U.S. Census included a citizenship question “for over 150 years” before the Obama administration.

By Samantha Putterman • September 2, 2025

Facebook posts stated on February 19, 2025 in a Facebook post:

“The media is showing how Obama’s birth certificate was changed! He was never born in the U.S. so he was never a real president!”

By Ciara O'Rourke • February 21, 2025

Threads posts stated on January 5, 2025 in a Threads post:

Image shows former President Barack Obama was born in Kenya.

By Ciara O'Rourke • January 13, 2025

Bloggers stated on December 14, 2021 in a blog post:

“Obama certificate a fake.”

By Ciara O'Rourke • December 20, 2021

Bloggers stated on April 20, 2012 in a Facebook post:

"Obama’s lawyers officially admit birth certificate is fake."

By Ciara O'Rourke • January 28, 2020

Rush Limbaugh stated on July 12, 2019 in a "Fox & Friends" appearance:

"Somebody in the Obama regime decided to get rid of" the citizenship question in the census.

By Bill McCarthy • July 15, 2019

Mark Meadows stated on March 14, 2019 in a congressional hearing:

"The previous administration under President Barack Obama really was the first time that we didn’t ask a citizenship-type question … for the first time in a century, a citizenship question was not included in 2010."

By Bill McCarthy • April 4, 2019

Diamond and Silk stated on July 2, 2018 in a headline:

"Obama secretly gave citizenship to 2,500 Iranians as part of nuke deal."

By Amy Sherman • July 5, 2018

Brian Kemp stated on March 5, 2018 in a Facebook post:

Says he "fought Obama twice and won to stop illegal immigrants from voting."

By Miriam Valverde • March 21, 2018

Donald Trump stated on January 9, 2018 in a press conference with congressional leaders:

When President Barack Obama "signed the executive order (on DACA, he) actually said he doesn't have the right to do this."

By Jon Greenberg • January 9, 2018

Bloggers stated on December 1, 2016 in an MRCTV post:

"More than two-thirds of the aliens the Obama administration has brought to the United States under the president's Central American Minors program weren’t actually minors at all."

By Miriam Valverde • December 7, 2016

Donald Trump stated on October 19, 2016 in the third presidential debate:

"Nobody knows about it, nobody talks about it, but under Obama, millions of people have been moved out of this country, they've been deported."

By Miriam Valverde • October 21, 2016

Barack Obama stated on September 20, 2016 in a speech to the Leader's Summit on Refugees:

"Refugees are subject to more rigorous screening than the average tourist in the U.S."

By Joseph Cariz • October 13, 2016

Donald Trump stated on September 16, 2016 in a speech:

"Hillary Clinton and her campaign of 2008 started the birther controversy."

By Jon Greenberg, Linda Qiu • September 16, 2016

Greg Abbott stated on December 8, 2015 in a press conference with Sen. Ted Cruz:

Says President Barack Obama "himself has granted waivers allowing into the United States refugees who provided material support to terrorists."

By W. Gardner Selby • December 18, 2015

Donald Trump stated on November 14, 2015 in a rally in Beaumont, Texas:

President Barack Obama "wants to take in 250,000 (people) from Syria."

By Fauzeya Rahman • December 1, 2015

Ted Cruz stated on August 21, 2015 in answering a reporter in Iowa:

"In the year 2013, the Obama administration released 104,000 criminal illegal aliens. They released 196 murderers – people with homicide convictions, who are here illegally."

By W. Gardner Selby • August 28, 2015

John Boehner stated on March 1, 2015 in comments on CBS' "Face the Nation":

On immigration, "the president said 22 times, 22 times, that he couldn't do what he eventually did."

By Katie Sanders • March 1, 2015

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Pants on Fire for Facebook meme about Ted Cruz, Barack Obama, citizenship an online hit

By W. Gardner Selby • April 2, 2015

Trump Obama white house meeting tighter crop

Comparing progress on Trump, Obama campaign promises at two-year mark

By Manuela Tobias • January 17, 2019

Barack Obama’s top 25 campaign promises: How’d he do?

By Linda Qiu • January 5, 2017

What is the citizenship status of terrorist suspects in the United States?

By Amy Sherman • December 29, 2015

Not so: Donald Trump’s claim that Barack Obama plans to import 250,000 Syrian refugees

By Fauzeya Rahman • December 2, 2015

Did Obama say 22 times he couldn’t stop deportations by himself? Almost.

By W. Gardner Selby • March 2, 2015

Income inequality in Texas, Maxine Waters’ secret edge, Obama on D-Day: PolitiFact Oregon Roundup

By Dana Tims • June 2, 2014

Obama campaign promises that are still in progress

By Louis Jacobson • January 13, 2013

The lists: Barack Obama’s Top 10 Broken and Kept promises

By Angie Drobnic Holan, J.B. Wogan • September 4, 2012

The lists: Barack Obama’s Top 10 Broken and Kept promises

By Angie Drobnic Holan • September 1, 2012

Leo Berman claim about Obama topped our charts

By W. Gardner Selby • June 7, 2011

Obama’s birthplace, a Perry promise, Texans gambling

By W. Gardner Selby • May 3, 2011

The Obama halftime report

By Angie Drobnic Holan, Louis Jacobson, Robert Farley • January 20, 2011

The Obama halftime report

By Angie Drobnic Holan, Louis Jacobson, Robert Farley • January 17, 2011

Rating Obama’s promises at the 1-year mark

By Angie Drobnic Holan, Bill Adair • January 15, 2010

Obama’s Top 25 Promises: A Progress Report

By Angie Drobnic Holan • November 27, 2009

Hey SNL! We’ve rated Obama’s promises!

By Angie Drobnic Holan • October 5, 2009

President Obama’s promises: the Top 25

By Angie Drobnic Holan • April 14, 2009

Obama’s birth certificate (Really!)

By Amy Hollyfield • June 13, 2008

E-mails twist context of Obama’s memoir

By Angie Drobnic Holan • June 10, 2008