Latest Fact-checks in This Week - ABC News 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 Matthew Dowd stated on August 15, 2010 in a roundtable discussion on ABC's "This Week with Christiane Amanpour'': Obama's approval numbers 'are in the low 40s.' George Packer stated on August 8, 2010 in ABC's "This Week": Despite the U.S. spending $10 billion on Iraq's electrical system, Baghdad still only gets five hours of electricity a day. Gen. Peter Chiarelli stated on August 8, 2010 in an interview on "This Week.": About 106,000 soldiers had "a prescription of three weeks or more" for pain, depression or anxiety medication. Nancy Pelosi stated on August 1, 2010 in an interview on ABC's "This Week": House Democrats "have a two-to-one advantage money-wise" against House Republicans. Paul Krugman stated on August 1, 2010 in on "This Week with Christiane Amanpour.": The Bush administration "pulled the troops out of Afghanistan, pulled the resources away, because they wanted to invade Iraq instead." George Will stated on August 1, 2010 in a roundtable discussion on ABC's "This Week": During the recession, "the consumer in his native perversity has begun to save. The savings rate is now 6.2 percent." Donna Brazile stated on July 25, 2010 in a roundtable discussion on ABC's "This Week": Over the last 10 years, incomes for the top 1 percent "have grown." Meanwhile, the bottom half of the country, "they've seen their wages stagnate." Stephen Hayes stated on July 25, 2010 in on ABC News' "This Week.": People in the top tax bracket, "these so-called wealthy, most of them are small-business owners." Timothy Geithner stated on July 25, 2010 in ABC's "This Week": "We've seen six months of positive job growth by the private sector." Stephen Hayes stated on July 25, 2010 in a roundtable discussion on ABC's "This Week": Shirley Sherrod "was forced to resign before anybody on Fox said a word about this." George Will stated on July 18, 2010 in a roundtable discussion on ABC's This Week: Democrats in the 1930s wanted President Franklin Roosevelt "to be more conservative." Joe Biden stated on July 18, 2010 in ABC's "This Week": "I never called for a partition" of Iraq. Joe Biden stated on July 18, 2010 in an interview on ABC's This Week: "The health care numbers are going up." Joe Biden stated on July 18, 2010 in an interview on ABC's This Week: "We're not engaged in nation-building" in Afghanistan. David Axelrod stated on July 11, 2010 in ABC's "This Week": "We had 2 percent of the global market (for advanced batteries) when he (Obama) started. We now have 16 percent, headed to 40 percent by 2015." David Axelrod stated on July 11, 2010 in an interview on "This Week.": Republicans extended unemployment insurance under President Bush "when he asked to extend unemployment insurance." George Will stated on July 11, 2010 in ABC's "This Week": Says that President Obama said if Congress passed the economic stimulus bill, "we would have unemployment at 8 percent and no higher. And it went higher." Luis Gutierrez stated on July 11, 2010 in an interview on ABC's 'This Week': "Forty percent of the undocumented workers in this country" entered the U.S. legally and "overstayed their visa." Al Hunt stated on July 4, 2010 in an appearance on ABC's "This Week.": "Crime is down in Arizona." John McCain stated on July 4, 2010 in an interview on "This Week.": As a senator, Barack Obama supported "an amendment that basically gutted the legal temporary worker program." Daniel Senor stated on July 4, 2010 in ABC's 'This Week': Japan's "interest on its own debt" is "25 percent of its national budget" Jorge Ramos stated on July 4, 2010 in an interview on ABC's 'This Week': "President Barack Obama has deported more people in his first year in office than George W. Bush in his last year in office." Rahm Emanuel stated on June 20, 2010 in ABC's "This Week": "If the Republicans were the majority, (Rep. Barton) would have actually the gavel and the chairmanship." Rahm Emanuel stated on June 20, 2010 in an interview on "This Week.": "In the case of General Motors, the (Bush) administration wrote a check without asking for any conditions of change." Donna Brazile stated on June 13, 2010 in a discussion on ABC's 'This Week': The Obama administration "has been constrained by the Oil Pollution Act of 1990, which basically gives the responsible party the lead role in trying to not only fix the problem, but contain the problem." Donna Brazile stated on June 14, 2010 in a statement on ABC News' 'This Week.': Ninety percent of the people in Arkansas still love Bill Clinton. Steny Hoyer stated on June 13, 2010 in an interview on ABC's "This Week'': "The Republicans didn't have a budget in '02, '04, '06." John Boehner stated on June 13, 2010 in an interview on ABC's "This Week'': "The House has never failed to pass a budget in the modern era." George Will stated on June 6, 2010 in a roundtable discussion on ABC's This Week: The final pitch of Don Larsen's perfect game in the 1956 World Series "was a foot and half probably high and outside." Arianna Huffington stated on June 6, 2010 in an interview on "This Week.": Halliburton defrauded American taxpayers of "hundreds of millions of dollars in Iraq."
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Matthew Dowd stated on August 15, 2010 in a roundtable discussion on ABC's "This Week with Christiane Amanpour'': Obama's approval numbers 'are in the low 40s.' George Packer stated on August 8, 2010 in ABC's "This Week": Despite the U.S. spending $10 billion on Iraq's electrical system, Baghdad still only gets five hours of electricity a day. Gen. Peter Chiarelli stated on August 8, 2010 in an interview on "This Week.": About 106,000 soldiers had "a prescription of three weeks or more" for pain, depression or anxiety medication. Nancy Pelosi stated on August 1, 2010 in an interview on ABC's "This Week": House Democrats "have a two-to-one advantage money-wise" against House Republicans. Paul Krugman stated on August 1, 2010 in on "This Week with Christiane Amanpour.": The Bush administration "pulled the troops out of Afghanistan, pulled the resources away, because they wanted to invade Iraq instead." George Will stated on August 1, 2010 in a roundtable discussion on ABC's "This Week": During the recession, "the consumer in his native perversity has begun to save. The savings rate is now 6.2 percent." Donna Brazile stated on July 25, 2010 in a roundtable discussion on ABC's "This Week": Over the last 10 years, incomes for the top 1 percent "have grown." Meanwhile, the bottom half of the country, "they've seen their wages stagnate." Stephen Hayes stated on July 25, 2010 in on ABC News' "This Week.": People in the top tax bracket, "these so-called wealthy, most of them are small-business owners." Timothy Geithner stated on July 25, 2010 in ABC's "This Week": "We've seen six months of positive job growth by the private sector." Stephen Hayes stated on July 25, 2010 in a roundtable discussion on ABC's "This Week": Shirley Sherrod "was forced to resign before anybody on Fox said a word about this." George Will stated on July 18, 2010 in a roundtable discussion on ABC's This Week: Democrats in the 1930s wanted President Franklin Roosevelt "to be more conservative." Joe Biden stated on July 18, 2010 in ABC's "This Week": "I never called for a partition" of Iraq. Joe Biden stated on July 18, 2010 in an interview on ABC's This Week: "The health care numbers are going up." Joe Biden stated on July 18, 2010 in an interview on ABC's This Week: "We're not engaged in nation-building" in Afghanistan. David Axelrod stated on July 11, 2010 in ABC's "This Week": "We had 2 percent of the global market (for advanced batteries) when he (Obama) started. We now have 16 percent, headed to 40 percent by 2015." David Axelrod stated on July 11, 2010 in an interview on "This Week.": Republicans extended unemployment insurance under President Bush "when he asked to extend unemployment insurance." George Will stated on July 11, 2010 in ABC's "This Week": Says that President Obama said if Congress passed the economic stimulus bill, "we would have unemployment at 8 percent and no higher. And it went higher." Luis Gutierrez stated on July 11, 2010 in an interview on ABC's 'This Week': "Forty percent of the undocumented workers in this country" entered the U.S. legally and "overstayed their visa." Al Hunt stated on July 4, 2010 in an appearance on ABC's "This Week.": "Crime is down in Arizona." John McCain stated on July 4, 2010 in an interview on "This Week.": As a senator, Barack Obama supported "an amendment that basically gutted the legal temporary worker program." Daniel Senor stated on July 4, 2010 in ABC's 'This Week': Japan's "interest on its own debt" is "25 percent of its national budget" Jorge Ramos stated on July 4, 2010 in an interview on ABC's 'This Week': "President Barack Obama has deported more people in his first year in office than George W. Bush in his last year in office." Rahm Emanuel stated on June 20, 2010 in ABC's "This Week": "If the Republicans were the majority, (Rep. Barton) would have actually the gavel and the chairmanship." Rahm Emanuel stated on June 20, 2010 in an interview on "This Week.": "In the case of General Motors, the (Bush) administration wrote a check without asking for any conditions of change." Donna Brazile stated on June 13, 2010 in a discussion on ABC's 'This Week': The Obama administration "has been constrained by the Oil Pollution Act of 1990, which basically gives the responsible party the lead role in trying to not only fix the problem, but contain the problem." Donna Brazile stated on June 14, 2010 in a statement on ABC News' 'This Week.': Ninety percent of the people in Arkansas still love Bill Clinton. Steny Hoyer stated on June 13, 2010 in an interview on ABC's "This Week'': "The Republicans didn't have a budget in '02, '04, '06." John Boehner stated on June 13, 2010 in an interview on ABC's "This Week'': "The House has never failed to pass a budget in the modern era." George Will stated on June 6, 2010 in a roundtable discussion on ABC's This Week: The final pitch of Don Larsen's perfect game in the 1956 World Series "was a foot and half probably high and outside." Arianna Huffington stated on June 6, 2010 in an interview on "This Week.": Halliburton defrauded American taxpayers of "hundreds of millions of dollars in Iraq."
Matthew Dowd stated on August 15, 2010 in a roundtable discussion on ABC's "This Week with Christiane Amanpour'': Obama's approval numbers 'are in the low 40s.'
George Packer stated on August 8, 2010 in ABC's "This Week": Despite the U.S. spending $10 billion on Iraq's electrical system, Baghdad still only gets five hours of electricity a day.
Gen. Peter Chiarelli stated on August 8, 2010 in an interview on "This Week.": About 106,000 soldiers had "a prescription of three weeks or more" for pain, depression or anxiety medication.
Nancy Pelosi stated on August 1, 2010 in an interview on ABC's "This Week": House Democrats "have a two-to-one advantage money-wise" against House Republicans.
Paul Krugman stated on August 1, 2010 in on "This Week with Christiane Amanpour.": The Bush administration "pulled the troops out of Afghanistan, pulled the resources away, because they wanted to invade Iraq instead."
George Will stated on August 1, 2010 in a roundtable discussion on ABC's "This Week": During the recession, "the consumer in his native perversity has begun to save. The savings rate is now 6.2 percent."
Donna Brazile stated on July 25, 2010 in a roundtable discussion on ABC's "This Week": Over the last 10 years, incomes for the top 1 percent "have grown." Meanwhile, the bottom half of the country, "they've seen their wages stagnate."
Stephen Hayes stated on July 25, 2010 in on ABC News' "This Week.": People in the top tax bracket, "these so-called wealthy, most of them are small-business owners."
Timothy Geithner stated on July 25, 2010 in ABC's "This Week": "We've seen six months of positive job growth by the private sector."
Stephen Hayes stated on July 25, 2010 in a roundtable discussion on ABC's "This Week": Shirley Sherrod "was forced to resign before anybody on Fox said a word about this."
George Will stated on July 18, 2010 in a roundtable discussion on ABC's This Week: Democrats in the 1930s wanted President Franklin Roosevelt "to be more conservative."
Joe Biden stated on July 18, 2010 in an interview on ABC's This Week: "The health care numbers are going up."
Joe Biden stated on July 18, 2010 in an interview on ABC's This Week: "We're not engaged in nation-building" in Afghanistan.
David Axelrod stated on July 11, 2010 in ABC's "This Week": "We had 2 percent of the global market (for advanced batteries) when he (Obama) started. We now have 16 percent, headed to 40 percent by 2015."
David Axelrod stated on July 11, 2010 in an interview on "This Week.": Republicans extended unemployment insurance under President Bush "when he asked to extend unemployment insurance."
George Will stated on July 11, 2010 in ABC's "This Week": Says that President Obama said if Congress passed the economic stimulus bill, "we would have unemployment at 8 percent and no higher. And it went higher."
Luis Gutierrez stated on July 11, 2010 in an interview on ABC's 'This Week': "Forty percent of the undocumented workers in this country" entered the U.S. legally and "overstayed their visa."
John McCain stated on July 4, 2010 in an interview on "This Week.": As a senator, Barack Obama supported "an amendment that basically gutted the legal temporary worker program."
Daniel Senor stated on July 4, 2010 in ABC's 'This Week': Japan's "interest on its own debt" is "25 percent of its national budget"
Jorge Ramos stated on July 4, 2010 in an interview on ABC's 'This Week': "President Barack Obama has deported more people in his first year in office than George W. Bush in his last year in office."
Rahm Emanuel stated on June 20, 2010 in ABC's "This Week": "If the Republicans were the majority, (Rep. Barton) would have actually the gavel and the chairmanship."
Rahm Emanuel stated on June 20, 2010 in an interview on "This Week.": "In the case of General Motors, the (Bush) administration wrote a check without asking for any conditions of change."
Donna Brazile stated on June 13, 2010 in a discussion on ABC's 'This Week': The Obama administration "has been constrained by the Oil Pollution Act of 1990, which basically gives the responsible party the lead role in trying to not only fix the problem, but contain the problem."
Donna Brazile stated on June 14, 2010 in a statement on ABC News' 'This Week.': Ninety percent of the people in Arkansas still love Bill Clinton.
Steny Hoyer stated on June 13, 2010 in an interview on ABC's "This Week'': "The Republicans didn't have a budget in '02, '04, '06."
John Boehner stated on June 13, 2010 in an interview on ABC's "This Week'': "The House has never failed to pass a budget in the modern era."
George Will stated on June 6, 2010 in a roundtable discussion on ABC's This Week: The final pitch of Don Larsen's perfect game in the 1956 World Series "was a foot and half probably high and outside."
Arianna Huffington stated on June 6, 2010 in an interview on "This Week.": Halliburton defrauded American taxpayers of "hundreds of millions of dollars in Iraq."
