Latest Fact-checks in Ohio 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 Sherrod Brown stated on February 22, 2011 in a newspaper column: "For every $10,000 invested in business incubators, up to nearly 70 local jobs are generated." Jay Hottinger stated on February 9, 2011 in a radio interview: Says Wendy’s founder "Dave Thomas left the state literally on his deathbed to avoid the estate tax." Tom Niehaus stated on February 23, 2011 in interviews with reporters: "Unfortunately we have documented instances where people defecated in the (Statehouse) building." Jim Renacci stated on January 4, 2011 in a radio interview : Says signs posted at projects funded by the federal stimulus act has cost "20 or 40 million" dollars. John Kasich stated on February 21, 2011 in a CNN interview: "President Obama came to Ohio 12 times to try to defeat me and guess what? He didn't win." Ohio Democratic Party stated on February 14, 2011 in a tweet on Twitter: "FACT: the ‘special assistant’ in @johnkasich's office makes over three times more than an average #OH firefighter" National Republican Senatorial Committee stated on February 17, 2011 in a news release: Since Sherrod Brown and the Democrats "rammed" the economic stimulus bill through, "Ohio's unemployment rate has risen to 9.6 percent, above the national average." William G. Batchelder stated on February 4, 2011 in an interview on WCPN 90.3 FM: "75 percent of the jobs created in the state of Ohio are created in small business. They are not created by huge corporations and those who are very wealthy." Dennis Kucinich stated on January 24, 2011: "One of the biggest causes of our soaring debt and economic insecurity ends up being Pentagon spending. The budget for the Pentagon consumes more than half of our discretionary spending." John Kasich stated on February 6, 2011 in a newspaper column: Says there are Ohio Turnpike workers getting paid $66,000 a year to collect tolls that machines might collect. Jim Jordan stated on January 20, 2011 in a speech to the Heritage Foundation: "Our debt to GDP ratios, our deficit to GDP ratios are quickly approaching the countries we have been reading about for the last year and a half. We are not far behind Ireland, Greece, Portugal and Spain and all these countries we have been reading about." Matt Lundy stated on February 7, 2011 in a news release: "There is nothing in the current state public records law that prohibits sensitive or confidential business information from being just that, confidential." Jay Hottinger stated on February 9, 2011: Says Ohio is one of just 17 states with an estate tax, and it has "the lowest threshold in the nation." Jim Renacci stated on January 4, 2011 in an interview on WCPN 90.3 FM: "For [GM] to pay back everything it owes, it would have to sell its shares at $143 a share . . . where the highest value of a General Motors share ever was $43, $44, $46, whatever the dollars were . . ." John Kasich stated on January 14, 2011 in a news conference: Says an EPA permit "languished" under Strickland but his new EPA director got it done in two days. 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." Lorraine Fende stated on January 17, 2011 in an interview with The Columbus Dispatch: Says that in Ohio "right now, you could be 8½ months pregnant and have an abortion for no reason." Jim Renacci stated on January 10, 2011 in a town hall forum: Says there are "a half a trillion dollars in cuts to Medicare that are going to go in place" as a result of health care reform. Rob Portman stated on January 20, 2011 in a speech to the Toledo Regional Chamber of Commerce: Says the United States does not "trade as much as other developed nations." Marcy Kaptur stated on November 23, 2010 in an MSNBC interview: "Six institutions in our country now control two thirds of the capital." William G. Batchelder stated on January 3, 2011 in a speech in the Ohio House of Representatives: Says a "Canadian provincial prime minister came to Ohio for his medical treatment because of the delay in Canadian health care which would have endangered his life." Dennis Kucinich stated on January 6, 2011 in a FoxNews interview: Says the Defense Department shrink-wrapped $10.8 billion in American money, loaded it on 175 pallets and put it on a transport plane to Iraq where they passed out $100 bills and no one has any receipts. Jay Hottinger stated on January 11, 2011 in a speech in the Ohio House of Representatives: "Ben Franklin once quipped that only two things in life were certain: death and taxes. I think even he didn't envision that the tax man would visit on the day of your death." Sherrod Brown stated on January 11, 2011 in an MSNBC interview: Under federal law, Jared Loughner "would not have been able to buy a gun" had he been identified as mentally ill. John Kasich stated on January 7, 2011 in a news conference: On whether the state should privatize the Ohio Turnpike. Dennis Kucinich stated on December 31, 2010 in a CNN interview: Says that before health care reform, one of every three health care dollars spent -- more than $800 billion a year -- didn't go for health care. Ohio Alliance for Retired Americans stated on January 10, 2011 in a news release: Says Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine is hypocritical for challenging the constitutionality of the new health care law. Robert Hagan stated on December 8, 2010 in a speech in the Ohio House of Representatives: Ohio taxpayers spent more than $67 million "for the year" on food stamps and Medicaid for Wal-Mart workers John Boehner stated on January 5, 2011 in a speech in the House of Representatives: "Our spending has caught up with us, and our debt soon will eclipse the entire size of our national economy." Brent Larkin stated on January 2, 2011 in a newspaper column: Says the 3C Corridor train would have taken "an hour and 15 minutes longer" to carry passengers across Ohio "than it would have taken on a New York Central train in 1935."
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Sherrod Brown stated on February 22, 2011 in a newspaper column: "For every $10,000 invested in business incubators, up to nearly 70 local jobs are generated." Jay Hottinger stated on February 9, 2011 in a radio interview: Says Wendy’s founder "Dave Thomas left the state literally on his deathbed to avoid the estate tax." Tom Niehaus stated on February 23, 2011 in interviews with reporters: "Unfortunately we have documented instances where people defecated in the (Statehouse) building." Jim Renacci stated on January 4, 2011 in a radio interview : Says signs posted at projects funded by the federal stimulus act has cost "20 or 40 million" dollars. John Kasich stated on February 21, 2011 in a CNN interview: "President Obama came to Ohio 12 times to try to defeat me and guess what? He didn't win." Ohio Democratic Party stated on February 14, 2011 in a tweet on Twitter: "FACT: the ‘special assistant’ in @johnkasich's office makes over three times more than an average #OH firefighter" National Republican Senatorial Committee stated on February 17, 2011 in a news release: Since Sherrod Brown and the Democrats "rammed" the economic stimulus bill through, "Ohio's unemployment rate has risen to 9.6 percent, above the national average." William G. Batchelder stated on February 4, 2011 in an interview on WCPN 90.3 FM: "75 percent of the jobs created in the state of Ohio are created in small business. They are not created by huge corporations and those who are very wealthy." Dennis Kucinich stated on January 24, 2011: "One of the biggest causes of our soaring debt and economic insecurity ends up being Pentagon spending. The budget for the Pentagon consumes more than half of our discretionary spending." John Kasich stated on February 6, 2011 in a newspaper column: Says there are Ohio Turnpike workers getting paid $66,000 a year to collect tolls that machines might collect. Jim Jordan stated on January 20, 2011 in a speech to the Heritage Foundation: "Our debt to GDP ratios, our deficit to GDP ratios are quickly approaching the countries we have been reading about for the last year and a half. We are not far behind Ireland, Greece, Portugal and Spain and all these countries we have been reading about." Matt Lundy stated on February 7, 2011 in a news release: "There is nothing in the current state public records law that prohibits sensitive or confidential business information from being just that, confidential." Jay Hottinger stated on February 9, 2011: Says Ohio is one of just 17 states with an estate tax, and it has "the lowest threshold in the nation." Jim Renacci stated on January 4, 2011 in an interview on WCPN 90.3 FM: "For [GM] to pay back everything it owes, it would have to sell its shares at $143 a share . . . where the highest value of a General Motors share ever was $43, $44, $46, whatever the dollars were . . ." John Kasich stated on January 14, 2011 in a news conference: Says an EPA permit "languished" under Strickland but his new EPA director got it done in two days. 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." Lorraine Fende stated on January 17, 2011 in an interview with The Columbus Dispatch: Says that in Ohio "right now, you could be 8½ months pregnant and have an abortion for no reason." Jim Renacci stated on January 10, 2011 in a town hall forum: Says there are "a half a trillion dollars in cuts to Medicare that are going to go in place" as a result of health care reform. Rob Portman stated on January 20, 2011 in a speech to the Toledo Regional Chamber of Commerce: Says the United States does not "trade as much as other developed nations." Marcy Kaptur stated on November 23, 2010 in an MSNBC interview: "Six institutions in our country now control two thirds of the capital." William G. Batchelder stated on January 3, 2011 in a speech in the Ohio House of Representatives: Says a "Canadian provincial prime minister came to Ohio for his medical treatment because of the delay in Canadian health care which would have endangered his life." Dennis Kucinich stated on January 6, 2011 in a FoxNews interview: Says the Defense Department shrink-wrapped $10.8 billion in American money, loaded it on 175 pallets and put it on a transport plane to Iraq where they passed out $100 bills and no one has any receipts. Jay Hottinger stated on January 11, 2011 in a speech in the Ohio House of Representatives: "Ben Franklin once quipped that only two things in life were certain: death and taxes. I think even he didn't envision that the tax man would visit on the day of your death." Sherrod Brown stated on January 11, 2011 in an MSNBC interview: Under federal law, Jared Loughner "would not have been able to buy a gun" had he been identified as mentally ill. John Kasich stated on January 7, 2011 in a news conference: On whether the state should privatize the Ohio Turnpike. Dennis Kucinich stated on December 31, 2010 in a CNN interview: Says that before health care reform, one of every three health care dollars spent -- more than $800 billion a year -- didn't go for health care. Ohio Alliance for Retired Americans stated on January 10, 2011 in a news release: Says Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine is hypocritical for challenging the constitutionality of the new health care law. Robert Hagan stated on December 8, 2010 in a speech in the Ohio House of Representatives: Ohio taxpayers spent more than $67 million "for the year" on food stamps and Medicaid for Wal-Mart workers John Boehner stated on January 5, 2011 in a speech in the House of Representatives: "Our spending has caught up with us, and our debt soon will eclipse the entire size of our national economy." Brent Larkin stated on January 2, 2011 in a newspaper column: Says the 3C Corridor train would have taken "an hour and 15 minutes longer" to carry passengers across Ohio "than it would have taken on a New York Central train in 1935."
Sherrod Brown stated on February 22, 2011 in a newspaper column: "For every $10,000 invested in business incubators, up to nearly 70 local jobs are generated."
Jay Hottinger stated on February 9, 2011 in a radio interview: Says Wendy’s founder "Dave Thomas left the state literally on his deathbed to avoid the estate tax."
Tom Niehaus stated on February 23, 2011 in interviews with reporters: "Unfortunately we have documented instances where people defecated in the (Statehouse) building."
Jim Renacci stated on January 4, 2011 in a radio interview : Says signs posted at projects funded by the federal stimulus act has cost "20 or 40 million" dollars.
John Kasich stated on February 21, 2011 in a CNN interview: "President Obama came to Ohio 12 times to try to defeat me and guess what? He didn't win."
Ohio Democratic Party stated on February 14, 2011 in a tweet on Twitter: "FACT: the ‘special assistant’ in @johnkasich's office makes over three times more than an average #OH firefighter"
National Republican Senatorial Committee stated on February 17, 2011 in a news release: Since Sherrod Brown and the Democrats "rammed" the economic stimulus bill through, "Ohio's unemployment rate has risen to 9.6 percent, above the national average."
William G. Batchelder stated on February 4, 2011 in an interview on WCPN 90.3 FM: "75 percent of the jobs created in the state of Ohio are created in small business. They are not created by huge corporations and those who are very wealthy."
Dennis Kucinich stated on January 24, 2011: "One of the biggest causes of our soaring debt and economic insecurity ends up being Pentagon spending. The budget for the Pentagon consumes more than half of our discretionary spending."
John Kasich stated on February 6, 2011 in a newspaper column: Says there are Ohio Turnpike workers getting paid $66,000 a year to collect tolls that machines might collect.
Jim Jordan stated on January 20, 2011 in a speech to the Heritage Foundation: "Our debt to GDP ratios, our deficit to GDP ratios are quickly approaching the countries we have been reading about for the last year and a half. We are not far behind Ireland, Greece, Portugal and Spain and all these countries we have been reading about."
Matt Lundy stated on February 7, 2011 in a news release: "There is nothing in the current state public records law that prohibits sensitive or confidential business information from being just that, confidential."
Jay Hottinger stated on February 9, 2011: Says Ohio is one of just 17 states with an estate tax, and it has "the lowest threshold in the nation."
Jim Renacci stated on January 4, 2011 in an interview on WCPN 90.3 FM: "For [GM] to pay back everything it owes, it would have to sell its shares at $143 a share . . . where the highest value of a General Motors share ever was $43, $44, $46, whatever the dollars were . . ."
John Kasich stated on January 14, 2011 in a news conference: Says an EPA permit "languished" under Strickland but his new EPA director got it done in two days.
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."
Lorraine Fende stated on January 17, 2011 in an interview with The Columbus Dispatch: Says that in Ohio "right now, you could be 8½ months pregnant and have an abortion for no reason."
Jim Renacci stated on January 10, 2011 in a town hall forum: Says there are "a half a trillion dollars in cuts to Medicare that are going to go in place" as a result of health care reform.
Rob Portman stated on January 20, 2011 in a speech to the Toledo Regional Chamber of Commerce: Says the United States does not "trade as much as other developed nations."
Marcy Kaptur stated on November 23, 2010 in an MSNBC interview: "Six institutions in our country now control two thirds of the capital."
William G. Batchelder stated on January 3, 2011 in a speech in the Ohio House of Representatives: Says a "Canadian provincial prime minister came to Ohio for his medical treatment because of the delay in Canadian health care which would have endangered his life."
Dennis Kucinich stated on January 6, 2011 in a FoxNews interview: Says the Defense Department shrink-wrapped $10.8 billion in American money, loaded it on 175 pallets and put it on a transport plane to Iraq where they passed out $100 bills and no one has any receipts.
Jay Hottinger stated on January 11, 2011 in a speech in the Ohio House of Representatives: "Ben Franklin once quipped that only two things in life were certain: death and taxes. I think even he didn't envision that the tax man would visit on the day of your death."
Sherrod Brown stated on January 11, 2011 in an MSNBC interview: Under federal law, Jared Loughner "would not have been able to buy a gun" had he been identified as mentally ill.
John Kasich stated on January 7, 2011 in a news conference: On whether the state should privatize the Ohio Turnpike.
Dennis Kucinich stated on December 31, 2010 in a CNN interview: Says that before health care reform, one of every three health care dollars spent -- more than $800 billion a year -- didn't go for health care.
Ohio Alliance for Retired Americans stated on January 10, 2011 in a news release: Says Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine is hypocritical for challenging the constitutionality of the new health care law.
Robert Hagan stated on December 8, 2010 in a speech in the Ohio House of Representatives: Ohio taxpayers spent more than $67 million "for the year" on food stamps and Medicaid for Wal-Mart workers
John Boehner stated on January 5, 2011 in a speech in the House of Representatives: "Our spending has caught up with us, and our debt soon will eclipse the entire size of our national economy."
Brent Larkin stated on January 2, 2011 in a newspaper column: Says the 3C Corridor train would have taken "an hour and 15 minutes longer" to carry passengers across Ohio "than it would have taken on a New York Central train in 1935."
