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Only a stupid liberal would believe this fucking nigger.

�Starting tomorrow everybody here, all the folks who are 
cleaning the floors at the Capitol. Now that Congress has left, 
somebody�s going to be vacuuming and cleaning those floors and 
throwing out the garbage. They�re going to have less pay. The 
janitors, the security guards, they just got a pay cut, and 
they�ve got to figure out how to manage that. That�s real.�

� President Obama, news conference, March 1, 2013

This column has been updated with a new Pinocchio rating

This was a pretty evocative image the president offered at his 
news conference Friday on the sequester � janitors sweeping the 
empty halls of the Capitol, laboring at less pay.

When we first heard his remarks, we thought he was perhaps 
overstating matters. Even at federal agencies that have planned 
furloughs, none are expected to begin on Saturday; such actions 
are weeks away at many federal agencies. But that�s perhaps a 
minor rhetorical overreach.

But then our colleague Ed O�Keefe obtained the sequester plan 
released by the Architect for the Capitol, which employs Capitol 
Hill janitors on the House side. (The Sergeant at Arms employs 
the janitorial staff on the Senate side.) UPDATE: Obama�s 
remarks also prompted a warning from AOC officials that his 
comments were �not true.�

The Facts
We have embedded an image of the first AOC document below. 
Stephen T. Ayers, the  architect of the Capitol, listed a number 
of steps being taken to reduce expenses, including limiting new 
hiring and postponing repairs. This line jumped out at us: �We 
do not anticipate furloughs for AOC employees as a result of 
Sequestration.�

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/fact-checker/post/sequester-
spin-obamas-incorrect-claim-of-capitol-janitors-receiving-a-pay-
cut/2013/03/01/3407535c-82a9-11e2-b99e-
6baf4ebe42df_blog.html?tid=pm_politics_pop

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