Latest Fact-checks in Foreign Policy 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 Ben Carson stated on August 6, 2015 in the first Republican debate: "Ukraine was a nuclear-armed state. They gave away their nuclear arms with the understanding that we would protect them." Hillary Clinton stated on July 31, 2015 in a speech in Miami: On the Cuba embargo. Facebook posts stated on July 26, 2015 in a meme on social media: Says Hillary Clinton "refuses to testify before Congress" about the 2012 attack in Benghazi. Restoration PAC stated on July 22, 2015 in a TV ad: President Barack Obama met with Iranian president Hassan Rouhani. Marco Rubio stated on July 22, 2015 in an interview on Fox News: The Iran deal says that "if any other country tries to undermine (Iran's) nuclear program, we have to help them defend themselves against Israel, Egypt, Saudis, our own allies." Tom Cotton stated on July 15, 2015 in an interview on CNN's "New Day": President Barack Obama "said at the beginning of the negotiations that the basic approach was to dismantle Iran’s nuclear program in exchange for dismantling the sanctions." Donald Trump stated on July 11, 2015 in a speech in Las Vegas: "If you're from Syria and you're a Christian, you cannot come into this country" as a refugee. Marco Rubio stated on July 19, 2015 in comments on CNN's "State of the Union": The Iran deal "violates promises the president made to the American people." ... "It is not an anytime, anywhere inspection process." Ron Dermer stated on July 13, 2015 in a speech to a pro-Israel Christian group: "In a few months, this deal would give Iran $150 billion" for its $300 billion to $400 billion economy, which is "like $8 trillion flowing into the United States treasury." Don Beyer stated on July 14, 2015 in an op-ed: "Thanks to the Obama administration’s negotiations, Iran’s nuclear program will be under lock, key and camera 24 hours a day, 365 days a year." Donald Trump stated on July 8, 2015 in an interview with NBC's Katy Tur: "The Mexican government forces many bad people into our country." Paul Krugman stated on July 5, 2015 in an interview on ABC's "This Week with George Stephanopoulos": "Greece is not a big economy. It's about the size of metropolitan Miami." Scott Walker stated on June 20, 2015 in a speech: Says Barack Obama told the U.S. Coast Guard Academy "that the number one threat to the military and the world today is global warming." Facebook posts stated on June 15, 2015 in a social media post: Says Bill Clinton "gave a speech in 1996 about Iraq having WMDs" and said "we needed a regime change," even though everyone blamed those things on George W. Bush. Bloggers stated on June 6, 2015 in social media posts: "U.S. Embassy Celebrates America’s Independence on June 4th in Order to Accommodate Muslims." Jeb Bush stated on June 2, 2015 in remarks at an economic summit in Orlando: "You can fill out your tax return in Estonia online in five minutes." Barack Obama stated on June 1, 2015 in remarks at the White House: Today, "the United States is the most respected country on Earth." Jeb Bush stated on May 20, 2015 in a roundtable in New Hampshire: "ISIS didn't exist when my brother was president. Al-Qaida in Iraq was wiped out when my brother was president." John McCain stated on May 24, 2015 in an interview on CBS' "Face the Nation": If you count United States airstrikes against ISIS, "75 percent of those combat missions return to base without having fired a weapon." Marco Rubio stated on May 17, 2015 in an interview on Fox News: On whether the Iraq War was a mistake. Paul Ryan stated on May 17, 2015 in on CNN's "State of the Union": "Every president since Franklin Delano Roosevelt has had" fast-track trade authority. Elizabeth Warren stated on May 5, 2015 in remarks at the Institute for New Economic Thinking: Proposed fast-track legislation allows presidents to "easily use a future trade deal to override our domestic financial rules." Scott Walker stated on April 25, 2015 in an interview: Says that as president, Barack Obama has not gone to the Texas-Mexico border Marco Rubio stated on April 13, 2015 in an interview on National Public Radio: "The Iranians are now saying that what we're saying the deal is and what they understand it to be are two different things." Joe Scarborough stated on April 27, 2015 in a segment on 'Morning Joe': Algeria "wanted to be taken off of the terror list" at the time it made an unreported donation to the Clinton Foundation. Newt Gingrich stated on April 26, 2015 in comments on ABC's "This Week": The money the Clinton Foundation took from from foreign governments while Hillary Clinton was secretary of state "is clearly illegal. … The Constitution says you can’t take this stuff." Peter Schweizer stated on April 26, 2015 in his book "Clinton Cash": "Of the 13 (Bill) Clinton speeches that fetched $500,000 or more, only two occurred during the years his wife was not secretary of state." Rand Paul stated on April 18, 2015 in a speech in Nashua, N.H.: "Hillary Clinton’s State Department sent three comedians to India on the ‘Make Chai, Not War’ tour." Martin O'Malley stated on April 20, 2015 in an interview with NPR: "We're not allowed to read it (the Trans-Pacific Partnership) before representatives vote on it." Reince Priebus stated on April 12, 2015 in an interview: Says Hillary Clinton took "money from kings of Saudi Arabia and Morocco and Oman and Yemen."
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Ben Carson stated on August 6, 2015 in the first Republican debate: "Ukraine was a nuclear-armed state. They gave away their nuclear arms with the understanding that we would protect them." Hillary Clinton stated on July 31, 2015 in a speech in Miami: On the Cuba embargo. Facebook posts stated on July 26, 2015 in a meme on social media: Says Hillary Clinton "refuses to testify before Congress" about the 2012 attack in Benghazi. Restoration PAC stated on July 22, 2015 in a TV ad: President Barack Obama met with Iranian president Hassan Rouhani. Marco Rubio stated on July 22, 2015 in an interview on Fox News: The Iran deal says that "if any other country tries to undermine (Iran's) nuclear program, we have to help them defend themselves against Israel, Egypt, Saudis, our own allies." Tom Cotton stated on July 15, 2015 in an interview on CNN's "New Day": President Barack Obama "said at the beginning of the negotiations that the basic approach was to dismantle Iran’s nuclear program in exchange for dismantling the sanctions." Donald Trump stated on July 11, 2015 in a speech in Las Vegas: "If you're from Syria and you're a Christian, you cannot come into this country" as a refugee. Marco Rubio stated on July 19, 2015 in comments on CNN's "State of the Union": The Iran deal "violates promises the president made to the American people." ... "It is not an anytime, anywhere inspection process." Ron Dermer stated on July 13, 2015 in a speech to a pro-Israel Christian group: "In a few months, this deal would give Iran $150 billion" for its $300 billion to $400 billion economy, which is "like $8 trillion flowing into the United States treasury." Don Beyer stated on July 14, 2015 in an op-ed: "Thanks to the Obama administration’s negotiations, Iran’s nuclear program will be under lock, key and camera 24 hours a day, 365 days a year." Donald Trump stated on July 8, 2015 in an interview with NBC's Katy Tur: "The Mexican government forces many bad people into our country." Paul Krugman stated on July 5, 2015 in an interview on ABC's "This Week with George Stephanopoulos": "Greece is not a big economy. It's about the size of metropolitan Miami." Scott Walker stated on June 20, 2015 in a speech: Says Barack Obama told the U.S. Coast Guard Academy "that the number one threat to the military and the world today is global warming." Facebook posts stated on June 15, 2015 in a social media post: Says Bill Clinton "gave a speech in 1996 about Iraq having WMDs" and said "we needed a regime change," even though everyone blamed those things on George W. Bush. Bloggers stated on June 6, 2015 in social media posts: "U.S. Embassy Celebrates America’s Independence on June 4th in Order to Accommodate Muslims." Jeb Bush stated on June 2, 2015 in remarks at an economic summit in Orlando: "You can fill out your tax return in Estonia online in five minutes." Barack Obama stated on June 1, 2015 in remarks at the White House: Today, "the United States is the most respected country on Earth." Jeb Bush stated on May 20, 2015 in a roundtable in New Hampshire: "ISIS didn't exist when my brother was president. Al-Qaida in Iraq was wiped out when my brother was president." John McCain stated on May 24, 2015 in an interview on CBS' "Face the Nation": If you count United States airstrikes against ISIS, "75 percent of those combat missions return to base without having fired a weapon." Marco Rubio stated on May 17, 2015 in an interview on Fox News: On whether the Iraq War was a mistake. Paul Ryan stated on May 17, 2015 in on CNN's "State of the Union": "Every president since Franklin Delano Roosevelt has had" fast-track trade authority. Elizabeth Warren stated on May 5, 2015 in remarks at the Institute for New Economic Thinking: Proposed fast-track legislation allows presidents to "easily use a future trade deal to override our domestic financial rules." Scott Walker stated on April 25, 2015 in an interview: Says that as president, Barack Obama has not gone to the Texas-Mexico border Marco Rubio stated on April 13, 2015 in an interview on National Public Radio: "The Iranians are now saying that what we're saying the deal is and what they understand it to be are two different things." Joe Scarborough stated on April 27, 2015 in a segment on 'Morning Joe': Algeria "wanted to be taken off of the terror list" at the time it made an unreported donation to the Clinton Foundation. Newt Gingrich stated on April 26, 2015 in comments on ABC's "This Week": The money the Clinton Foundation took from from foreign governments while Hillary Clinton was secretary of state "is clearly illegal. … The Constitution says you can’t take this stuff." Peter Schweizer stated on April 26, 2015 in his book "Clinton Cash": "Of the 13 (Bill) Clinton speeches that fetched $500,000 or more, only two occurred during the years his wife was not secretary of state." Rand Paul stated on April 18, 2015 in a speech in Nashua, N.H.: "Hillary Clinton’s State Department sent three comedians to India on the ‘Make Chai, Not War’ tour." Martin O'Malley stated on April 20, 2015 in an interview with NPR: "We're not allowed to read it (the Trans-Pacific Partnership) before representatives vote on it." Reince Priebus stated on April 12, 2015 in an interview: Says Hillary Clinton took "money from kings of Saudi Arabia and Morocco and Oman and Yemen."
Ben Carson stated on August 6, 2015 in the first Republican debate: "Ukraine was a nuclear-armed state. They gave away their nuclear arms with the understanding that we would protect them."
Facebook posts stated on July 26, 2015 in a meme on social media: Says Hillary Clinton "refuses to testify before Congress" about the 2012 attack in Benghazi.
Restoration PAC stated on July 22, 2015 in a TV ad: President Barack Obama met with Iranian president Hassan Rouhani.
Marco Rubio stated on July 22, 2015 in an interview on Fox News: The Iran deal says that "if any other country tries to undermine (Iran's) nuclear program, we have to help them defend themselves against Israel, Egypt, Saudis, our own allies."
Tom Cotton stated on July 15, 2015 in an interview on CNN's "New Day": President Barack Obama "said at the beginning of the negotiations that the basic approach was to dismantle Iran’s nuclear program in exchange for dismantling the sanctions."
Donald Trump stated on July 11, 2015 in a speech in Las Vegas: "If you're from Syria and you're a Christian, you cannot come into this country" as a refugee.
Marco Rubio stated on July 19, 2015 in comments on CNN's "State of the Union": The Iran deal "violates promises the president made to the American people." ... "It is not an anytime, anywhere inspection process."
Ron Dermer stated on July 13, 2015 in a speech to a pro-Israel Christian group: "In a few months, this deal would give Iran $150 billion" for its $300 billion to $400 billion economy, which is "like $8 trillion flowing into the United States treasury."
Don Beyer stated on July 14, 2015 in an op-ed: "Thanks to the Obama administration’s negotiations, Iran’s nuclear program will be under lock, key and camera 24 hours a day, 365 days a year."
Donald Trump stated on July 8, 2015 in an interview with NBC's Katy Tur: "The Mexican government forces many bad people into our country."
Paul Krugman stated on July 5, 2015 in an interview on ABC's "This Week with George Stephanopoulos": "Greece is not a big economy. It's about the size of metropolitan Miami."
Scott Walker stated on June 20, 2015 in a speech: Says Barack Obama told the U.S. Coast Guard Academy "that the number one threat to the military and the world today is global warming."
Facebook posts stated on June 15, 2015 in a social media post: Says Bill Clinton "gave a speech in 1996 about Iraq having WMDs" and said "we needed a regime change," even though everyone blamed those things on George W. Bush.
Bloggers stated on June 6, 2015 in social media posts: "U.S. Embassy Celebrates America’s Independence on June 4th in Order to Accommodate Muslims."
Jeb Bush stated on June 2, 2015 in remarks at an economic summit in Orlando: "You can fill out your tax return in Estonia online in five minutes."
Barack Obama stated on June 1, 2015 in remarks at the White House: Today, "the United States is the most respected country on Earth."
Jeb Bush stated on May 20, 2015 in a roundtable in New Hampshire: "ISIS didn't exist when my brother was president. Al-Qaida in Iraq was wiped out when my brother was president."
John McCain stated on May 24, 2015 in an interview on CBS' "Face the Nation": If you count United States airstrikes against ISIS, "75 percent of those combat missions return to base without having fired a weapon."
Marco Rubio stated on May 17, 2015 in an interview on Fox News: On whether the Iraq War was a mistake.
Paul Ryan stated on May 17, 2015 in on CNN's "State of the Union": "Every president since Franklin Delano Roosevelt has had" fast-track trade authority.
Elizabeth Warren stated on May 5, 2015 in remarks at the Institute for New Economic Thinking: Proposed fast-track legislation allows presidents to "easily use a future trade deal to override our domestic financial rules."
Scott Walker stated on April 25, 2015 in an interview: Says that as president, Barack Obama has not gone to the Texas-Mexico border
Marco Rubio stated on April 13, 2015 in an interview on National Public Radio: "The Iranians are now saying that what we're saying the deal is and what they understand it to be are two different things."
Joe Scarborough stated on April 27, 2015 in a segment on 'Morning Joe': Algeria "wanted to be taken off of the terror list" at the time it made an unreported donation to the Clinton Foundation.
Newt Gingrich stated on April 26, 2015 in comments on ABC's "This Week": The money the Clinton Foundation took from from foreign governments while Hillary Clinton was secretary of state "is clearly illegal. … The Constitution says you can’t take this stuff."
Peter Schweizer stated on April 26, 2015 in his book "Clinton Cash": "Of the 13 (Bill) Clinton speeches that fetched $500,000 or more, only two occurred during the years his wife was not secretary of state."
Rand Paul stated on April 18, 2015 in a speech in Nashua, N.H.: "Hillary Clinton’s State Department sent three comedians to India on the ‘Make Chai, Not War’ tour."
Martin O'Malley stated on April 20, 2015 in an interview with NPR: "We're not allowed to read it (the Trans-Pacific Partnership) before representatives vote on it."
Reince Priebus stated on April 12, 2015 in an interview: Says Hillary Clinton took "money from kings of Saudi Arabia and Morocco and Oman and Yemen."
