Latest Fact-checks in PunditFact 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 Michele Bachmann stated on September 10, 2015 in an interview on CNN: Says Donald Trump’s polling numbers show that he’s "the highest with Hispanics that any Republican has ever been." Viral image stated on September 7, 2015 in a Facebook post: Says the case of a Texas judge who refused to perform heterosexual weddings exposes a double standard in the case against Kentucky clerk Kim Davis. Juan Williams stated on September 9, 2015 in a discussion on Fox News' "The Five": When it comes to classified information at the State Department, Hillary Clinton’s "the decider." Matthew Dowd stated on September 6, 2015 in a panel discussion on ABC News' "This Week with George Stephanopoulos": "Any Republican that has led for two months and led every state has won the GOP nomination." Jorge Ramos stated on September 2, 2015 in an interview on "The O'Reilly Factor" on Fox News: "Almost 40 percent of all (undocumented) immigrants come by plane and they overstay their visas." Viral image stated on September 3, 2015 in an image shared on Facebook: " 'Denali' is the Kenyan word for 'black power.' " Dick Cheney stated on September 2, 2015 in an interview on MSNBC's "Morning Joe": Under the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty "enrichment has been limited to basically the weapons states." Ryan Eller stated on August 31, 2015 in a CNN interview: "Jesus was an undocumented immigrant." Viral image stated on August 26, 2015 in an Internet graphic: Bernie Sanders opposes the death penalty, and Hillary Clinton supports it. Viral image stated on August 26, 2015 in a viral Internet chart: Bernie Sanders opposes the Trans-Pacific Partnership, and Hillary Clinton supports it. Eric Bolling stated on August 27, 2015 in a broadcast of "The Five" on Fox News: "In countries where there are higher, more strict gun laws, there is more gun violence." Curt Schilling stated on August 25, 2015 in a tweet: "In 1940, only 7 percent of Germans were Nazis." Nicholas Kristof stated on August 27, 2015 in his column in the New York Times: "More Americans have died from guns in the United States since 1968 than on battlefields of all the wars in American history." Occupy Democrats stated on April 25, 2015 in a meme first posted on Facebook: Says "Bush Jr. handed Obama a $1.4 trillion deficit" and Obama "reduced Bush Jr.’s deficit to just $492 billion." Occupy Democrats stated on August 23, 2015 in a Facebook post: Says Bobby Jindal’s parents "used his birthright citizenship to become Americans, making him an anchor baby." Julius Jones stated on August 17, 2015 in an interview on MSNBC: "The policy mistakes that ... the Clintons made got us, in large degree, to the situation that we are in today with mass incarceration." S.E. Cupp stated on August 23, 2015 in an interview on "State of the Union": "There are actually only 30 countries that practice birthright citizenship." Facebook posts stated on August 17, 2015 in a meme.: Says Michele Bachmann said, "The Chinese built a Great Wall 5,000 years ago. You don't see any illegal Mexicans in China." Matt Wuerker stated on August 4, 2015 in a political cartoon on Politico: "The U.S. has now spent more on reconstructing Afghanistan than was spent on the Marshall Plan and the reconstruction of Europe." Howard Dean stated on August 12, 2015 in an interview on "Morning Joe": "There’s a tremendous other number of public officials who have done the same thing" as Hillary Clinton with a private email server. Tom Tancredo stated on August 8, 2015 in a Breitbart article: Between 2008 and 2014, "criminal aliens accounted for 38 percent of all murder convictions in the five states of California, Texas, Arizona, Florida and New York." George Will stated on August 7, 2015 in a Washington Post column: Says Bernie Sanders chose "to spend his honeymoon in the Soviet Union in 1988." Andrew Napolitano stated on August 5, 2015 in in an interview on Fox's "Hannity": Emails released to the public show Hillary Clinton discussed "the location of Ambassador Stevens, who of course was murdered, in Libya." Rafael Cruz stated on July 31, 2015 in an interview with the Austin American-Statesman: "Prior to 1962, everybody prayed before school started," and "the Bible was the principal textbook in all schools." Heather McGhee stated on August 9, 2015 in a panel discussion on "Meet the Press": "The Republican presidential nominee hasn’t won women since 1988." Rachel Maddow stated on August 4, 2015 in a segment on her MSNBC show: "Fox changed around their poll eligibility criteria on the day they announced who is in and out of their debate." Allen West stated on August 1, 2015 in a blog on his website: The Navy "is bringing charges against" a Navy officer who shot at the Chattanooga shooter "for illegally discharging a firearm on federal property." Sandra Smith stated on July 28, 2015 in an interview with Mike Huckabee: "Almost 95 percent of all (Planned Parenthood) pregnancy services were abortions." Jack Hanna stated on August 2, 2015 in an ABC "This Week" interview: "In 1947, when I was born, there were about 450,000 lions. In the mid-70s, when my kids were born, there were about 100,000. Today, there are less than 30,000." Bill O'Reilly stated on July 27, 2015 in an interview on "The O'Reilly Factor": Russia and China "absolutely said pretty clearly" they would not keep economic sanctions on Iran if the United States "walked away from the deal."
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Michele Bachmann stated on September 10, 2015 in an interview on CNN: Says Donald Trump’s polling numbers show that he’s "the highest with Hispanics that any Republican has ever been." Viral image stated on September 7, 2015 in a Facebook post: Says the case of a Texas judge who refused to perform heterosexual weddings exposes a double standard in the case against Kentucky clerk Kim Davis. Juan Williams stated on September 9, 2015 in a discussion on Fox News' "The Five": When it comes to classified information at the State Department, Hillary Clinton’s "the decider." Matthew Dowd stated on September 6, 2015 in a panel discussion on ABC News' "This Week with George Stephanopoulos": "Any Republican that has led for two months and led every state has won the GOP nomination." Jorge Ramos stated on September 2, 2015 in an interview on "The O'Reilly Factor" on Fox News: "Almost 40 percent of all (undocumented) immigrants come by plane and they overstay their visas." Viral image stated on September 3, 2015 in an image shared on Facebook: " 'Denali' is the Kenyan word for 'black power.' " Dick Cheney stated on September 2, 2015 in an interview on MSNBC's "Morning Joe": Under the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty "enrichment has been limited to basically the weapons states." Ryan Eller stated on August 31, 2015 in a CNN interview: "Jesus was an undocumented immigrant." Viral image stated on August 26, 2015 in an Internet graphic: Bernie Sanders opposes the death penalty, and Hillary Clinton supports it. Viral image stated on August 26, 2015 in a viral Internet chart: Bernie Sanders opposes the Trans-Pacific Partnership, and Hillary Clinton supports it. Eric Bolling stated on August 27, 2015 in a broadcast of "The Five" on Fox News: "In countries where there are higher, more strict gun laws, there is more gun violence." Curt Schilling stated on August 25, 2015 in a tweet: "In 1940, only 7 percent of Germans were Nazis." Nicholas Kristof stated on August 27, 2015 in his column in the New York Times: "More Americans have died from guns in the United States since 1968 than on battlefields of all the wars in American history." Occupy Democrats stated on April 25, 2015 in a meme first posted on Facebook: Says "Bush Jr. handed Obama a $1.4 trillion deficit" and Obama "reduced Bush Jr.’s deficit to just $492 billion." Occupy Democrats stated on August 23, 2015 in a Facebook post: Says Bobby Jindal’s parents "used his birthright citizenship to become Americans, making him an anchor baby." Julius Jones stated on August 17, 2015 in an interview on MSNBC: "The policy mistakes that ... the Clintons made got us, in large degree, to the situation that we are in today with mass incarceration." S.E. Cupp stated on August 23, 2015 in an interview on "State of the Union": "There are actually only 30 countries that practice birthright citizenship." Facebook posts stated on August 17, 2015 in a meme.: Says Michele Bachmann said, "The Chinese built a Great Wall 5,000 years ago. You don't see any illegal Mexicans in China." Matt Wuerker stated on August 4, 2015 in a political cartoon on Politico: "The U.S. has now spent more on reconstructing Afghanistan than was spent on the Marshall Plan and the reconstruction of Europe." Howard Dean stated on August 12, 2015 in an interview on "Morning Joe": "There’s a tremendous other number of public officials who have done the same thing" as Hillary Clinton with a private email server. Tom Tancredo stated on August 8, 2015 in a Breitbart article: Between 2008 and 2014, "criminal aliens accounted for 38 percent of all murder convictions in the five states of California, Texas, Arizona, Florida and New York." George Will stated on August 7, 2015 in a Washington Post column: Says Bernie Sanders chose "to spend his honeymoon in the Soviet Union in 1988." Andrew Napolitano stated on August 5, 2015 in in an interview on Fox's "Hannity": Emails released to the public show Hillary Clinton discussed "the location of Ambassador Stevens, who of course was murdered, in Libya." Rafael Cruz stated on July 31, 2015 in an interview with the Austin American-Statesman: "Prior to 1962, everybody prayed before school started," and "the Bible was the principal textbook in all schools." Heather McGhee stated on August 9, 2015 in a panel discussion on "Meet the Press": "The Republican presidential nominee hasn’t won women since 1988." Rachel Maddow stated on August 4, 2015 in a segment on her MSNBC show: "Fox changed around their poll eligibility criteria on the day they announced who is in and out of their debate." Allen West stated on August 1, 2015 in a blog on his website: The Navy "is bringing charges against" a Navy officer who shot at the Chattanooga shooter "for illegally discharging a firearm on federal property." Sandra Smith stated on July 28, 2015 in an interview with Mike Huckabee: "Almost 95 percent of all (Planned Parenthood) pregnancy services were abortions." Jack Hanna stated on August 2, 2015 in an ABC "This Week" interview: "In 1947, when I was born, there were about 450,000 lions. In the mid-70s, when my kids were born, there were about 100,000. Today, there are less than 30,000." Bill O'Reilly stated on July 27, 2015 in an interview on "The O'Reilly Factor": Russia and China "absolutely said pretty clearly" they would not keep economic sanctions on Iran if the United States "walked away from the deal."
Michele Bachmann stated on September 10, 2015 in an interview on CNN: Says Donald Trump’s polling numbers show that he’s "the highest with Hispanics that any Republican has ever been."
Viral image stated on September 7, 2015 in a Facebook post: Says the case of a Texas judge who refused to perform heterosexual weddings exposes a double standard in the case against Kentucky clerk Kim Davis.
Juan Williams stated on September 9, 2015 in a discussion on Fox News' "The Five": When it comes to classified information at the State Department, Hillary Clinton’s "the decider."
Matthew Dowd stated on September 6, 2015 in a panel discussion on ABC News' "This Week with George Stephanopoulos": "Any Republican that has led for two months and led every state has won the GOP nomination."
Jorge Ramos stated on September 2, 2015 in an interview on "The O'Reilly Factor" on Fox News: "Almost 40 percent of all (undocumented) immigrants come by plane and they overstay their visas."
Viral image stated on September 3, 2015 in an image shared on Facebook: " 'Denali' is the Kenyan word for 'black power.' "
Dick Cheney stated on September 2, 2015 in an interview on MSNBC's "Morning Joe": Under the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty "enrichment has been limited to basically the weapons states."
Viral image stated on August 26, 2015 in an Internet graphic: Bernie Sanders opposes the death penalty, and Hillary Clinton supports it.
Viral image stated on August 26, 2015 in a viral Internet chart: Bernie Sanders opposes the Trans-Pacific Partnership, and Hillary Clinton supports it.
Eric Bolling stated on August 27, 2015 in a broadcast of "The Five" on Fox News: "In countries where there are higher, more strict gun laws, there is more gun violence."
Curt Schilling stated on August 25, 2015 in a tweet: "In 1940, only 7 percent of Germans were Nazis."
Nicholas Kristof stated on August 27, 2015 in his column in the New York Times: "More Americans have died from guns in the United States since 1968 than on battlefields of all the wars in American history."
Occupy Democrats stated on April 25, 2015 in a meme first posted on Facebook: Says "Bush Jr. handed Obama a $1.4 trillion deficit" and Obama "reduced Bush Jr.’s deficit to just $492 billion."
Occupy Democrats stated on August 23, 2015 in a Facebook post: Says Bobby Jindal’s parents "used his birthright citizenship to become Americans, making him an anchor baby."
Julius Jones stated on August 17, 2015 in an interview on MSNBC: "The policy mistakes that ... the Clintons made got us, in large degree, to the situation that we are in today with mass incarceration."
S.E. Cupp stated on August 23, 2015 in an interview on "State of the Union": "There are actually only 30 countries that practice birthright citizenship."
Facebook posts stated on August 17, 2015 in a meme.: Says Michele Bachmann said, "The Chinese built a Great Wall 5,000 years ago. You don't see any illegal Mexicans in China."
Matt Wuerker stated on August 4, 2015 in a political cartoon on Politico: "The U.S. has now spent more on reconstructing Afghanistan than was spent on the Marshall Plan and the reconstruction of Europe."
Howard Dean stated on August 12, 2015 in an interview on "Morning Joe": "There’s a tremendous other number of public officials who have done the same thing" as Hillary Clinton with a private email server.
Tom Tancredo stated on August 8, 2015 in a Breitbart article: Between 2008 and 2014, "criminal aliens accounted for 38 percent of all murder convictions in the five states of California, Texas, Arizona, Florida and New York."
George Will stated on August 7, 2015 in a Washington Post column: Says Bernie Sanders chose "to spend his honeymoon in the Soviet Union in 1988."
Andrew Napolitano stated on August 5, 2015 in in an interview on Fox's "Hannity": Emails released to the public show Hillary Clinton discussed "the location of Ambassador Stevens, who of course was murdered, in Libya."
Rafael Cruz stated on July 31, 2015 in an interview with the Austin American-Statesman: "Prior to 1962, everybody prayed before school started," and "the Bible was the principal textbook in all schools."
Heather McGhee stated on August 9, 2015 in a panel discussion on "Meet the Press": "The Republican presidential nominee hasn’t won women since 1988."
Rachel Maddow stated on August 4, 2015 in a segment on her MSNBC show: "Fox changed around their poll eligibility criteria on the day they announced who is in and out of their debate."
Allen West stated on August 1, 2015 in a blog on his website: The Navy "is bringing charges against" a Navy officer who shot at the Chattanooga shooter "for illegally discharging a firearm on federal property."
Sandra Smith stated on July 28, 2015 in an interview with Mike Huckabee: "Almost 95 percent of all (Planned Parenthood) pregnancy services were abortions."
Jack Hanna stated on August 2, 2015 in an ABC "This Week" interview: "In 1947, when I was born, there were about 450,000 lions. In the mid-70s, when my kids were born, there were about 100,000. Today, there are less than 30,000."
Bill O'Reilly stated on July 27, 2015 in an interview on "The O'Reilly Factor": Russia and China "absolutely said pretty clearly" they would not keep economic sanctions on Iran if the United States "walked away from the deal."
