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Karl Rove

Karl Rove

Karl Rove is a former senior adviser and deputy chief of staff to President George W. Bush. He has worked as a commentator and political analyst for Fox News.

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Latest Fact-Checks By Karl Rove

Karl Rove
stated on September 20, 2015 in comments on "Fox News Sunday":
At this point in 2012, “Rick Perry was ahead at 29.9 percent, and we had seven more leads before it finally settled on Mitt Romney.”  
Mostly True
By Jon Greenberg • September 20, 2015
Karl Rove
stated on April 19, 2015 in comments on "Fox News Sunday":
The Hyde Amendment “language was in the (human trafficking) bill. The Democratic sponsor admits it was in the bill, and she voted for it.”  
Mostly True
By Lauren Carroll • April 19, 2015
Karl Rove
stated on May 8, 2014 in a panel discussion:
Says Hillary Clinton spent 30 days in the hospital in 2012 and appeared “wearing glasses that are only for people who have traumatic brain injury.”  
False
By Jon Greenberg • May 14, 2014
Karl Rove
stated on March 16, 2014 in an interview on "Fox News Sunday":
After Russia went to war with Georgia in 2008, the U.S. sent a “very strong message” to Vladimir Putin by sending “warships to the Black Sea” and airlifting “combat troops that Georgia had in Afghanistan” back to Georgia.
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • March 19, 2014
Karl Rove
stated on March 16, 2014 in a panel discussion on "Fox News Sunday":
Russian annexation of Crimea “removes a million residents of the Ukraine that have provided the margin of victory for (Viktor) Yanukovych, the pro-Moscow prime minister in his last election.”
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • March 19, 2014
Karl Rove
stated on January 12, 2014 in comments on "Fox News Sunday":
“The amount of attention paid this week to Chris Christie makes the coverage of Benghazi … pale in significance.”  
False
By Steve Contorno • January 12, 2014
Karl Rove
stated on September 8, 2013 in a segment of 'Fox News Sunday':
“Before President Obama acted in Libya in 2011, the American people were opposed to military action by 35 to 60. After he took action, they were in support of it 54 to 43.”
Mostly True
By Jon Greenberg • September 10, 2013
Karl Rove
stated on June 26, 2013 in an op-ed:
The Hispanic population in Gwinnett and Henry counties has increased by 153 percent and 339 percent, respectively, since 2000 while Republican presidential candidates are getting a smaller percentage of the vote in those counties.
Mostly True
By Eric Stirgus • July 15, 2013
Karl Rove
stated on May 18, 2013 in a speech at the convention of the Georgia Republican Party.:
Says that in Texas, Republican nominees “get 40 percent of the Latino vote on average.”
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • June 4, 2013
Karl Rove
stated on March 23, 2011 in an interview with Sean Hannity of Fox News:
“American troops have never been under the formal control of another nation.”
False
By Louis Jacobson • March 29, 2011
Karl Rove
stated on March 9, 2010 in his autobiography:
“Rick Perry had planned to retire from the legislature until his best friend, David Weeks, and I talked him into switching parties and running for the GOP nomination for agriculture commissioner.”
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • March 19, 2010
Karl Rove
stated on March 9, 2010 in his autobiography:
“Kay Bailey Hutchison was elected state treasurer, succeeding Ann Richards. Democrats then abolished the position … Hutchison later became a U.S. senator.”
False
By W. Gardner Selby • March 19, 2010
Karl Rove
stated on January 10, 2010 in the Washington Post:
The Obama administration “raised discretionary spending by 24 percent from President George W. Bush’s last full-year budget and will run up more debt by October than Bush did in eight years.”
Half-True
By Robert Farley • January 15, 2010
Karl Rove
stated on December 22, 2009 in an interview with Fox News:
“In Florida, Sen. Bill Nelson … got a $25 billion to $30 billion carve-out for Medicare Advantage patients in their state.”
Mostly False
By Aaron Sharockman • December 24, 2009
Karl Rove
stated on December 16, 2009 in a 'Wall Street Journal' column:
President Obama has “the worst ratings of any president at the end of his first year.”
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • December 17, 2009
Karl Rove
stated on September 16, 2009 in an interview on Fox News:
Obama used to be a lawyer for ACORN.
Half-True
By Robert Farley • September 17, 2009
Karl Rove
stated on June 11, 2009 in an op-ed.:
Under a public health care option, 120 million Americans will “lose what they now get from private companies and be forced onto the government-run rolls as businesses decide it is more cost-effective for them to drop coverage.”
False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • June 12, 2009
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Latest Fact-Checks About Karl Rove

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stated on October 15, 2024 in a Threads post:
Video shows “Karl Rove rallying support for Kamala Harris yesterday in Pennsylvania.”
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By Ciara O'Rourke • October 22, 2024
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