Latest Pants on Fire! Fact-checks in Crime 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 Mark Begich stated on August 29, 2014 in a campaign ad: Says Dan Sullivan approved a "light sentence" for a sex offender who got out of prison and is now charged with a gruesome murder and sexual assault. Occupy Democrats stated on July 11, 2014 in a Facebook photo post: Says Ted Cruz "was just bribed by the Kochs to introduce a bill that would give them and their allies America’s national forests, parks, and other public lands and open them for mining, drilling, fracking and logging." X posts stated on August 13, 2014 in posts on Twitter: The wife of the Ferguson, Mo., police chief said African-Americans in Ferguson "are feral and violent." Greg Abbott stated on July 22, 2014 in an interview on Fox News.: "We’ve had about 3,000 murders" in connection with lax border security. Rick Perry stated on July 17, 2014 in an interview with Glenn Beck: More than 3,000 homicides were committed by "illegal aliens" over the past six years. John Cornyn stated on January 10, 2014 in an online commentary: "25% of human trafficking victims are located in Texas." Ron Johnson stated on January 10, 2014 in a speech: "The average rate of fraud" in the Earned Income Tax Credit, Medicare, Medicaid and food stamps programs "is 20 to 25 percent." David Cullen stated on January 1, 2014 in a constituent newsletter: Action by the Milwaukee County Board will "provide the County Executive with the same level of security as the Governor and the Mayor of Milwaukee while saving taxpayers $300,000." For Our Daughters RI stated on January 2, 2014 in an online petition: "Earlier this year, [John DePetro] was accused of sexually assaulting a female co-worker." David Dewhurst stated on October 14, 2013 in an interview with the Texas Observer: The White House had a live video feed of the Benghazi attacks as they occurred. Mike Huckabee stated on August 20, 2013 in a Facebook post: "America’s gun-related homicide rate … would be about the same as Belgium’s if you left out California, Illinois, D.C. and New Jersey, places with some of the strictest gun control laws in the U.S." Kathleen Ford stated on June 27, 2013 in a mayoral forum: "Private prison systems are calculating how many new beds (they will need) based on the ... number of third graders." John DePetro stated on May 10, 2013 in a comment on WPRO radio.: Boston Marathon bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev is buried "not far" from President Kennedy’s grave. Facebook posts stated on December 16, 2012 in a Facebook posting: "Switzerland (where the government) issues every household a gun . . . has the lowest gun related crime rate of any civilized country in the world!!!" Chain email stated on July 16, 2012 in a chain email: The media won’t publish a real photo of Trayvon Martin with tattoos on his face. Graeme Zielinski stated on May 15, 2012 in Tweets: Gov. Scott Walker is helping pay for the criminal defense of a man accused of "boy rape." Sandra Cunningham stated on July 11, 2011 in a speech on the State Senate floor: Says a Senate resolution would restore $140 in monthly general assistance payments and prevent people from committing crime. Direct Action for Rights & Equality stated on March 9, 2011 in an online petition: "Roughly 25% of RI has a criminal record" Terry Gorman stated on January 6, 2011 in a radio interview: "Illegal aliens cost the state of Rhode Island $400 million a year." William G. Batchelder stated on January 4, 2011 in an interview on WCPN 90.3 FM: Says getting ex-cons to successfully return to society is important "so we are not always faced constantly with recidivism, which is a big problem in the penitentiary today – in the 70 to 80 percent range." American Action Network stated on October 21, 2010 in a campaign ad: Ed Perlmutter voted for "Viagra for rapists" paid for with tax dollars. Future PAC (Oregon House Democrats) stated on October 9, 2010 in a campaign mailer: Say Matt Wand cut Troutdale police, created a slush fund for himself. Tom Barrett stated on September 21, 2010 in a statement on campaign web site: "Under Tom Barrett’s leadership, violent crime in Milwaukee has decreased by over 20% -- to its lowest levels in more than 20 years." Peter Kilmartin stated on September 1, 2010 in a campaign commercial: "When the mayor of Providence's brother wrote over 100 grand in bad checks to the city, Joe Fernandez didn't have the guts to prosecute him. He let him off the hook." John Loughlin stated on July 9, 2010 in a comment on The Helen Glover Show: Transporting drugs "is the price of admission" for people crossing the border illegally. Rick Perry stated on March 10, 2010 in a Web post: My "border security efforts have led to a 60 percent decrease in border crime." Barbara Ann Radnofsky stated on October 22, 2009 in in a Web site video: "The attorney general requires that rape victims pay for the rape kit." Steve King stated on May 6, 2009 in a Fox News interview: The federal Hate Crimes Prevention Act bill would create "special protection for pedophiles." Mike Gravel stated on June 28, 2007 in a debate at Howard University.: "In 1972, we had a 179,000 human beings in jail in this country. Today, it's 2.3-million, and 70 percent of them are black, African-American."
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Mark Begich stated on August 29, 2014 in a campaign ad: Says Dan Sullivan approved a "light sentence" for a sex offender who got out of prison and is now charged with a gruesome murder and sexual assault. Occupy Democrats stated on July 11, 2014 in a Facebook photo post: Says Ted Cruz "was just bribed by the Kochs to introduce a bill that would give them and their allies America’s national forests, parks, and other public lands and open them for mining, drilling, fracking and logging." X posts stated on August 13, 2014 in posts on Twitter: The wife of the Ferguson, Mo., police chief said African-Americans in Ferguson "are feral and violent." Greg Abbott stated on July 22, 2014 in an interview on Fox News.: "We’ve had about 3,000 murders" in connection with lax border security. Rick Perry stated on July 17, 2014 in an interview with Glenn Beck: More than 3,000 homicides were committed by "illegal aliens" over the past six years. John Cornyn stated on January 10, 2014 in an online commentary: "25% of human trafficking victims are located in Texas." Ron Johnson stated on January 10, 2014 in a speech: "The average rate of fraud" in the Earned Income Tax Credit, Medicare, Medicaid and food stamps programs "is 20 to 25 percent." David Cullen stated on January 1, 2014 in a constituent newsletter: Action by the Milwaukee County Board will "provide the County Executive with the same level of security as the Governor and the Mayor of Milwaukee while saving taxpayers $300,000." For Our Daughters RI stated on January 2, 2014 in an online petition: "Earlier this year, [John DePetro] was accused of sexually assaulting a female co-worker." David Dewhurst stated on October 14, 2013 in an interview with the Texas Observer: The White House had a live video feed of the Benghazi attacks as they occurred. Mike Huckabee stated on August 20, 2013 in a Facebook post: "America’s gun-related homicide rate … would be about the same as Belgium’s if you left out California, Illinois, D.C. and New Jersey, places with some of the strictest gun control laws in the U.S." Kathleen Ford stated on June 27, 2013 in a mayoral forum: "Private prison systems are calculating how many new beds (they will need) based on the ... number of third graders." John DePetro stated on May 10, 2013 in a comment on WPRO radio.: Boston Marathon bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev is buried "not far" from President Kennedy’s grave. Facebook posts stated on December 16, 2012 in a Facebook posting: "Switzerland (where the government) issues every household a gun . . . has the lowest gun related crime rate of any civilized country in the world!!!" Chain email stated on July 16, 2012 in a chain email: The media won’t publish a real photo of Trayvon Martin with tattoos on his face. Graeme Zielinski stated on May 15, 2012 in Tweets: Gov. Scott Walker is helping pay for the criminal defense of a man accused of "boy rape." Sandra Cunningham stated on July 11, 2011 in a speech on the State Senate floor: Says a Senate resolution would restore $140 in monthly general assistance payments and prevent people from committing crime. Direct Action for Rights & Equality stated on March 9, 2011 in an online petition: "Roughly 25% of RI has a criminal record" Terry Gorman stated on January 6, 2011 in a radio interview: "Illegal aliens cost the state of Rhode Island $400 million a year." William G. Batchelder stated on January 4, 2011 in an interview on WCPN 90.3 FM: Says getting ex-cons to successfully return to society is important "so we are not always faced constantly with recidivism, which is a big problem in the penitentiary today – in the 70 to 80 percent range." American Action Network stated on October 21, 2010 in a campaign ad: Ed Perlmutter voted for "Viagra for rapists" paid for with tax dollars. Future PAC (Oregon House Democrats) stated on October 9, 2010 in a campaign mailer: Say Matt Wand cut Troutdale police, created a slush fund for himself. Tom Barrett stated on September 21, 2010 in a statement on campaign web site: "Under Tom Barrett’s leadership, violent crime in Milwaukee has decreased by over 20% -- to its lowest levels in more than 20 years." Peter Kilmartin stated on September 1, 2010 in a campaign commercial: "When the mayor of Providence's brother wrote over 100 grand in bad checks to the city, Joe Fernandez didn't have the guts to prosecute him. He let him off the hook." John Loughlin stated on July 9, 2010 in a comment on The Helen Glover Show: Transporting drugs "is the price of admission" for people crossing the border illegally. Rick Perry stated on March 10, 2010 in a Web post: My "border security efforts have led to a 60 percent decrease in border crime." Barbara Ann Radnofsky stated on October 22, 2009 in in a Web site video: "The attorney general requires that rape victims pay for the rape kit." Steve King stated on May 6, 2009 in a Fox News interview: The federal Hate Crimes Prevention Act bill would create "special protection for pedophiles." Mike Gravel stated on June 28, 2007 in a debate at Howard University.: "In 1972, we had a 179,000 human beings in jail in this country. Today, it's 2.3-million, and 70 percent of them are black, African-American."
Mark Begich stated on August 29, 2014 in a campaign ad: Says Dan Sullivan approved a "light sentence" for a sex offender who got out of prison and is now charged with a gruesome murder and sexual assault.
Occupy Democrats stated on July 11, 2014 in a Facebook photo post: Says Ted Cruz "was just bribed by the Kochs to introduce a bill that would give them and their allies America’s national forests, parks, and other public lands and open them for mining, drilling, fracking and logging."
X posts stated on August 13, 2014 in posts on Twitter: The wife of the Ferguson, Mo., police chief said African-Americans in Ferguson "are feral and violent."
Greg Abbott stated on July 22, 2014 in an interview on Fox News.: "We’ve had about 3,000 murders" in connection with lax border security.
Rick Perry stated on July 17, 2014 in an interview with Glenn Beck: More than 3,000 homicides were committed by "illegal aliens" over the past six years.
John Cornyn stated on January 10, 2014 in an online commentary: "25% of human trafficking victims are located in Texas."
Ron Johnson stated on January 10, 2014 in a speech: "The average rate of fraud" in the Earned Income Tax Credit, Medicare, Medicaid and food stamps programs "is 20 to 25 percent."
David Cullen stated on January 1, 2014 in a constituent newsletter: Action by the Milwaukee County Board will "provide the County Executive with the same level of security as the Governor and the Mayor of Milwaukee while saving taxpayers $300,000."
For Our Daughters RI stated on January 2, 2014 in an online petition: "Earlier this year, [John DePetro] was accused of sexually assaulting a female co-worker."
David Dewhurst stated on October 14, 2013 in an interview with the Texas Observer: The White House had a live video feed of the Benghazi attacks as they occurred.
Mike Huckabee stated on August 20, 2013 in a Facebook post: "America’s gun-related homicide rate … would be about the same as Belgium’s if you left out California, Illinois, D.C. and New Jersey, places with some of the strictest gun control laws in the U.S."
Kathleen Ford stated on June 27, 2013 in a mayoral forum: "Private prison systems are calculating how many new beds (they will need) based on the ... number of third graders."
John DePetro stated on May 10, 2013 in a comment on WPRO radio.: Boston Marathon bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev is buried "not far" from President Kennedy’s grave.
Facebook posts stated on December 16, 2012 in a Facebook posting: "Switzerland (where the government) issues every household a gun . . . has the lowest gun related crime rate of any civilized country in the world!!!"
Chain email stated on July 16, 2012 in a chain email: The media won’t publish a real photo of Trayvon Martin with tattoos on his face.
Graeme Zielinski stated on May 15, 2012 in Tweets: Gov. Scott Walker is helping pay for the criminal defense of a man accused of "boy rape."
Sandra Cunningham stated on July 11, 2011 in a speech on the State Senate floor: Says a Senate resolution would restore $140 in monthly general assistance payments and prevent people from committing crime.
Direct Action for Rights & Equality stated on March 9, 2011 in an online petition: "Roughly 25% of RI has a criminal record"
Terry Gorman stated on January 6, 2011 in a radio interview: "Illegal aliens cost the state of Rhode Island $400 million a year."
William G. Batchelder stated on January 4, 2011 in an interview on WCPN 90.3 FM: Says getting ex-cons to successfully return to society is important "so we are not always faced constantly with recidivism, which is a big problem in the penitentiary today – in the 70 to 80 percent range."
American Action Network stated on October 21, 2010 in a campaign ad: Ed Perlmutter voted for "Viagra for rapists" paid for with tax dollars.
Future PAC (Oregon House Democrats) stated on October 9, 2010 in a campaign mailer: Say Matt Wand cut Troutdale police, created a slush fund for himself.
Tom Barrett stated on September 21, 2010 in a statement on campaign web site: "Under Tom Barrett’s leadership, violent crime in Milwaukee has decreased by over 20% -- to its lowest levels in more than 20 years."
Peter Kilmartin stated on September 1, 2010 in a campaign commercial: "When the mayor of Providence's brother wrote over 100 grand in bad checks to the city, Joe Fernandez didn't have the guts to prosecute him. He let him off the hook."
John Loughlin stated on July 9, 2010 in a comment on The Helen Glover Show: Transporting drugs "is the price of admission" for people crossing the border illegally.
Rick Perry stated on March 10, 2010 in a Web post: My "border security efforts have led to a 60 percent decrease in border crime."
Barbara Ann Radnofsky stated on October 22, 2009 in in a Web site video: "The attorney general requires that rape victims pay for the rape kit."
Steve King stated on May 6, 2009 in a Fox News interview: The federal Hate Crimes Prevention Act bill would create "special protection for pedophiles."
Mike Gravel stated on June 28, 2007 in a debate at Howard University.: "In 1972, we had a 179,000 human beings in jail in this country. Today, it's 2.3-million, and 70 percent of them are black, African-American."
