Latest Fact-checks by Julie Kliegman Clear Any Rating True Mostly True Half True Mostly False False Pants on Fire Full Flop Half Flip No Flip Any Speaker Any Date Range Last 3 Months Last 6 Months Last 12 Months 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 Any Category Dan Sullivan dicho el Abril 29, 2014 en a radio ad: Says Mark Begich "has taken campaign cash from the Kochs" while Dan Sullivan hasn’t. Jerry Brown dicho el Mayo 18, 2014 en comments on ABC's "This Week": "Virtually no Republican" in Washington accepts climate change science. Marco Rubio dicho el Mayo 11, 2014 en an interview on ABC's "This Week": Human activity is not "causing these dramatic changes to our climate." Rick Santorum dicho el Mayo 11, 2014 en comments on CNN's "State of the Union.": The CBO says that if you raise the minimum wage to $10.10 an hour, "half a million people would lose their jobs." Hillary Clinton dicho el Mayo 6, 2014 en a keynote speech: "A small majority of Americans don’t think they like the Affordable Care Act, but a large majority of Americans don’t want to do away with the protections that are in the Affordable Care Act." Tom Coburn dicho el Mayo 1, 2014 en an interview on MSNBC's "Morning Joe": The death penalty "is a deterrent that does affect and impact people." Cokie Roberts dicho el Mayo 4, 2014 en comments on ABC's "This Week": In discussing the attacks on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya, "Ms. Rice did say 'a terrorist attack.' It’s not that she put the whole thing on the video." Senate Majority PAC dicho el Abril 27, 2014 en a TV ad: Says "Scott Brown’s carrying some big oil baggage" because he "collected over $400,000 in campaign contributions." Senate Majority PAC dicho el Abril 27, 2014 en a TV ad: Says Scott Brown "voted to give oil companies big tax breaks." Alicia Menendez dicho el Abril 27, 2014 en comments on ABC's "This Week": "A white family is likely to have about six times as much wealth than a black or Hispanic family coming out of the recession." Thom Tillis dicho el Abril 15, 2014 en a TV ad: Says a pro-Democratic ad is "false" for saying that he allowed two disgraced staffers in 2012 to "resign." Mike McFadden dicho el Abril 17, 2014 en a TV ad: Says Al Franken "voted to exempt himself and Congress from enrolling in (the Affordable Care Act marketplaces)." Ralph Reed dicho el Abril 20, 2014 en an interview on ABC's 'This Week': "Social science is irrefutable" that children are better off being raised by a mom and a dad. John Kerry dicho el Abril 17, 2014 en a speech: "In the last couple of days, notices were sent (by officials in Ukraine) to Jews in one city indicating that they had to identify themselves as Jews." Senate Majority PAC dicho el Marzo 28, 2014 en a TV ad: "Before Congress, (Tom) Cotton got paid handsomely working for insurance companies and corporate interests." Barack Obama dicho el Abril 1, 2014 en a public address: "More than 3 million young adults ... have gained insurance under (the Affordable Care Act) by staying on their family’s plan." Marco Rubio dicho el Abril 1, 2014 en an interview on Fox's 'Hannity': Says the goal of the Affordable Care Act was to get 30 million people insured, but it only got 7 million. Organizing for Action dicho el Marzo 26, 2014 en a fundraising email: A Koch brothers group is "going to college campuses, giving away free booze to try to bribe young folks out of getting health insurance." Barbara Boxer dicho el Marzo 25, 2014 en an interview on MSNBC's "Jansing & Co.": "Women take birth control, more than half of them, as a medication for other conditions." Marco Rubio dicho el Marzo 23, 2014 en a video to supporters: "Americans increasingly want (the Affordable Care Act) to be repealed." Mark Begich dicho el Marzo 20, 2014 en a TV ad: Says he "forced Washington to open up the Arctic Ocean to oil drilling." Janet Murguía dicho el Marzo 9, 2014 en an interview on Univision's 'Al Punto': "We’re at the point of reaching 2 million deportations ... this is a historic level, more than any other president of the United States." Rand Paul dicho el Marzo 9, 2014 en a 'Fox News Sunday' interview: "The president won the youth vote 3 to 1, but his numbers have dropped 20, 30 percent among the youth." Chuck Hagel dicho el Marzo 2, 2014 en an interview on CBS' "Face the Nation": "It isn't me cutting the budget. It's the Congress' decision on sequestration. So it isn't secretary of defense or the president doing this." Rick Scott dicho el Marzo 4, 2014 en his State of the State speech: "All of Florida's four-year state colleges now offer bachelor's degrees for only $10,000." David Ignatius dicho el Marzo 2, 2014 en comments on CBS' "Face the Nation": "Crimea became part of Ukraine only in 1954. Crimea was historically part of Russia, and (Nikita) Khrushchev gave it to Ukraine in a gesture that mystified some people." Mike Rogers dicho el Marzo 2, 2014 en in comments on Fox's "Fox News Sunday": Crimea was part of Russia "until 1954, when it was given to the Soviet Republic of the Ukraine." Mark Pryor dicho el Febrero 5, 2014 en a campaign ad: Says Tom Cotton’s vote in Congress to change Medicare "will increase out-of-pocket expenses for every senior in Arkansas." Facebook posts dicho el Enero 16, 2014 en Facebook posts: Says Nancy Pelosi said, "Waiting long hours in the emergency room will allow you to make new friends!" Americans for Prosperity dicho el Febrero 21, 2014 en a TV ad: Says Alaska Sen. Mark Begich "is on record supporting a carbon tax, even pushing Harry Reid to make it a priority."
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Dan Sullivan dicho el Abril 29, 2014 en a radio ad: Says Mark Begich "has taken campaign cash from the Kochs" while Dan Sullivan hasn’t. Jerry Brown dicho el Mayo 18, 2014 en comments on ABC's "This Week": "Virtually no Republican" in Washington accepts climate change science. Marco Rubio dicho el Mayo 11, 2014 en an interview on ABC's "This Week": Human activity is not "causing these dramatic changes to our climate." Rick Santorum dicho el Mayo 11, 2014 en comments on CNN's "State of the Union.": The CBO says that if you raise the minimum wage to $10.10 an hour, "half a million people would lose their jobs." Hillary Clinton dicho el Mayo 6, 2014 en a keynote speech: "A small majority of Americans don’t think they like the Affordable Care Act, but a large majority of Americans don’t want to do away with the protections that are in the Affordable Care Act." Tom Coburn dicho el Mayo 1, 2014 en an interview on MSNBC's "Morning Joe": The death penalty "is a deterrent that does affect and impact people." Cokie Roberts dicho el Mayo 4, 2014 en comments on ABC's "This Week": In discussing the attacks on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya, "Ms. Rice did say 'a terrorist attack.' It’s not that she put the whole thing on the video." Senate Majority PAC dicho el Abril 27, 2014 en a TV ad: Says "Scott Brown’s carrying some big oil baggage" because he "collected over $400,000 in campaign contributions." Senate Majority PAC dicho el Abril 27, 2014 en a TV ad: Says Scott Brown "voted to give oil companies big tax breaks." Alicia Menendez dicho el Abril 27, 2014 en comments on ABC's "This Week": "A white family is likely to have about six times as much wealth than a black or Hispanic family coming out of the recession." Thom Tillis dicho el Abril 15, 2014 en a TV ad: Says a pro-Democratic ad is "false" for saying that he allowed two disgraced staffers in 2012 to "resign." Mike McFadden dicho el Abril 17, 2014 en a TV ad: Says Al Franken "voted to exempt himself and Congress from enrolling in (the Affordable Care Act marketplaces)." Ralph Reed dicho el Abril 20, 2014 en an interview on ABC's 'This Week': "Social science is irrefutable" that children are better off being raised by a mom and a dad. John Kerry dicho el Abril 17, 2014 en a speech: "In the last couple of days, notices were sent (by officials in Ukraine) to Jews in one city indicating that they had to identify themselves as Jews." Senate Majority PAC dicho el Marzo 28, 2014 en a TV ad: "Before Congress, (Tom) Cotton got paid handsomely working for insurance companies and corporate interests." Barack Obama dicho el Abril 1, 2014 en a public address: "More than 3 million young adults ... have gained insurance under (the Affordable Care Act) by staying on their family’s plan." Marco Rubio dicho el Abril 1, 2014 en an interview on Fox's 'Hannity': Says the goal of the Affordable Care Act was to get 30 million people insured, but it only got 7 million. Organizing for Action dicho el Marzo 26, 2014 en a fundraising email: A Koch brothers group is "going to college campuses, giving away free booze to try to bribe young folks out of getting health insurance." Barbara Boxer dicho el Marzo 25, 2014 en an interview on MSNBC's "Jansing & Co.": "Women take birth control, more than half of them, as a medication for other conditions." Marco Rubio dicho el Marzo 23, 2014 en a video to supporters: "Americans increasingly want (the Affordable Care Act) to be repealed." Mark Begich dicho el Marzo 20, 2014 en a TV ad: Says he "forced Washington to open up the Arctic Ocean to oil drilling." Janet Murguía dicho el Marzo 9, 2014 en an interview on Univision's 'Al Punto': "We’re at the point of reaching 2 million deportations ... this is a historic level, more than any other president of the United States." Rand Paul dicho el Marzo 9, 2014 en a 'Fox News Sunday' interview: "The president won the youth vote 3 to 1, but his numbers have dropped 20, 30 percent among the youth." Chuck Hagel dicho el Marzo 2, 2014 en an interview on CBS' "Face the Nation": "It isn't me cutting the budget. It's the Congress' decision on sequestration. So it isn't secretary of defense or the president doing this." Rick Scott dicho el Marzo 4, 2014 en his State of the State speech: "All of Florida's four-year state colleges now offer bachelor's degrees for only $10,000." David Ignatius dicho el Marzo 2, 2014 en comments on CBS' "Face the Nation": "Crimea became part of Ukraine only in 1954. Crimea was historically part of Russia, and (Nikita) Khrushchev gave it to Ukraine in a gesture that mystified some people." Mike Rogers dicho el Marzo 2, 2014 en in comments on Fox's "Fox News Sunday": Crimea was part of Russia "until 1954, when it was given to the Soviet Republic of the Ukraine." Mark Pryor dicho el Febrero 5, 2014 en a campaign ad: Says Tom Cotton’s vote in Congress to change Medicare "will increase out-of-pocket expenses for every senior in Arkansas." Facebook posts dicho el Enero 16, 2014 en Facebook posts: Says Nancy Pelosi said, "Waiting long hours in the emergency room will allow you to make new friends!" Americans for Prosperity dicho el Febrero 21, 2014 en a TV ad: Says Alaska Sen. Mark Begich "is on record supporting a carbon tax, even pushing Harry Reid to make it a priority."
Dan Sullivan dicho el Abril 29, 2014 en a radio ad: Says Mark Begich "has taken campaign cash from the Kochs" while Dan Sullivan hasn’t.
Jerry Brown dicho el Mayo 18, 2014 en comments on ABC's "This Week": "Virtually no Republican" in Washington accepts climate change science.
Marco Rubio dicho el Mayo 11, 2014 en an interview on ABC's "This Week": Human activity is not "causing these dramatic changes to our climate."
Rick Santorum dicho el Mayo 11, 2014 en comments on CNN's "State of the Union.": The CBO says that if you raise the minimum wage to $10.10 an hour, "half a million people would lose their jobs."
Hillary Clinton dicho el Mayo 6, 2014 en a keynote speech: "A small majority of Americans don’t think they like the Affordable Care Act, but a large majority of Americans don’t want to do away with the protections that are in the Affordable Care Act."
Tom Coburn dicho el Mayo 1, 2014 en an interview on MSNBC's "Morning Joe": The death penalty "is a deterrent that does affect and impact people."
Cokie Roberts dicho el Mayo 4, 2014 en comments on ABC's "This Week": In discussing the attacks on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya, "Ms. Rice did say 'a terrorist attack.' It’s not that she put the whole thing on the video."
Senate Majority PAC dicho el Abril 27, 2014 en a TV ad: Says "Scott Brown’s carrying some big oil baggage" because he "collected over $400,000 in campaign contributions."
Senate Majority PAC dicho el Abril 27, 2014 en a TV ad: Says Scott Brown "voted to give oil companies big tax breaks."
Alicia Menendez dicho el Abril 27, 2014 en comments on ABC's "This Week": "A white family is likely to have about six times as much wealth than a black or Hispanic family coming out of the recession."
Thom Tillis dicho el Abril 15, 2014 en a TV ad: Says a pro-Democratic ad is "false" for saying that he allowed two disgraced staffers in 2012 to "resign."
Mike McFadden dicho el Abril 17, 2014 en a TV ad: Says Al Franken "voted to exempt himself and Congress from enrolling in (the Affordable Care Act marketplaces)."
Ralph Reed dicho el Abril 20, 2014 en an interview on ABC's 'This Week': "Social science is irrefutable" that children are better off being raised by a mom and a dad.
John Kerry dicho el Abril 17, 2014 en a speech: "In the last couple of days, notices were sent (by officials in Ukraine) to Jews in one city indicating that they had to identify themselves as Jews."
Senate Majority PAC dicho el Marzo 28, 2014 en a TV ad: "Before Congress, (Tom) Cotton got paid handsomely working for insurance companies and corporate interests."
Barack Obama dicho el Abril 1, 2014 en a public address: "More than 3 million young adults ... have gained insurance under (the Affordable Care Act) by staying on their family’s plan."
Marco Rubio dicho el Abril 1, 2014 en an interview on Fox's 'Hannity': Says the goal of the Affordable Care Act was to get 30 million people insured, but it only got 7 million.
Organizing for Action dicho el Marzo 26, 2014 en a fundraising email: A Koch brothers group is "going to college campuses, giving away free booze to try to bribe young folks out of getting health insurance."
Barbara Boxer dicho el Marzo 25, 2014 en an interview on MSNBC's "Jansing & Co.": "Women take birth control, more than half of them, as a medication for other conditions."
Marco Rubio dicho el Marzo 23, 2014 en a video to supporters: "Americans increasingly want (the Affordable Care Act) to be repealed."
Mark Begich dicho el Marzo 20, 2014 en a TV ad: Says he "forced Washington to open up the Arctic Ocean to oil drilling."
Janet Murguía dicho el Marzo 9, 2014 en an interview on Univision's 'Al Punto': "We’re at the point of reaching 2 million deportations ... this is a historic level, more than any other president of the United States."
Rand Paul dicho el Marzo 9, 2014 en a 'Fox News Sunday' interview: "The president won the youth vote 3 to 1, but his numbers have dropped 20, 30 percent among the youth."
Chuck Hagel dicho el Marzo 2, 2014 en an interview on CBS' "Face the Nation": "It isn't me cutting the budget. It's the Congress' decision on sequestration. So it isn't secretary of defense or the president doing this."
Rick Scott dicho el Marzo 4, 2014 en his State of the State speech: "All of Florida's four-year state colleges now offer bachelor's degrees for only $10,000."
David Ignatius dicho el Marzo 2, 2014 en comments on CBS' "Face the Nation": "Crimea became part of Ukraine only in 1954. Crimea was historically part of Russia, and (Nikita) Khrushchev gave it to Ukraine in a gesture that mystified some people."
Mike Rogers dicho el Marzo 2, 2014 en in comments on Fox's "Fox News Sunday": Crimea was part of Russia "until 1954, when it was given to the Soviet Republic of the Ukraine."
Mark Pryor dicho el Febrero 5, 2014 en a campaign ad: Says Tom Cotton’s vote in Congress to change Medicare "will increase out-of-pocket expenses for every senior in Arkansas."
Facebook posts dicho el Enero 16, 2014 en Facebook posts: Says Nancy Pelosi said, "Waiting long hours in the emergency room will allow you to make new friends!"
Americans for Prosperity dicho el Febrero 21, 2014 en a TV ad: Says Alaska Sen. Mark Begich "is on record supporting a carbon tax, even pushing Harry Reid to make it a priority."