Latest False Fact-checks in National 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 Chain email stated on June 3, 2010 in a chain e-mail circulated on the Internet: Once the U.S. government signs a U.N. treaty on conventional arms, "all U.S. citizens will be subject to those gun laws created by foreign governments." John Kerry stated on June 6, 2010 in ABC's "This Week": "Every major study that has been done by a legitimate group ... shows that there are hundreds of thousands of jobs to be created if you pass our (cap-and-trade) legislation. And if you wind up pricing carbon." Markos Moulitsas stated on June 6, 2010 in a roundtable discussion on ABC's This Week: Turkey is an Arab country. Carly Fiorina stated on March 10, 2010 in a Web ad: Sen. Barbara Boxer "passed only three bills in 18 years" into law. Meg Whitman stated on April 16, 2010 in a campaign commerical: Steve Poizner "increased his department's budget nearly 14 percent." Steve Poizner stated on April 10, 2010 in a campaign commercial: "Taxpayer-funded benefits to illegals" in California are "a skyrocketing cost under Obamacare." National Republican Congressional Committee stated on May 11, 2010 in a TV ad: "Minnick voted to let the government fund abortion under Obamacare." Mary Landrieu stated on May 11, 2010 in an interview with MSNBC's Ed Schultz: Louisiana gets "not one single penny" from Gulf Coast offshore oil revenues. Harry Reid stated on May 11, 2010 in a speech on the Senate floor: On Sandra Day O'Connor: "I think one reason she was a good judge is she had no judicial experience" before she joined the Supreme Court. Darrell Issa stated on May 4, 2010 in an interview with Dylan Ratigan on MSNBC: Royalties for oil and other energy sources are the "second-largest revenue source to the federal government after the IRS." Mike Pence stated on May 2, 2010 in an interview on NBC's 'Meet the Press' : "This administration and this Congress have been systematically cutting funding to border security since the Democrats took control." Bill Maher stated on May 2, 2010 in an interview on ABC News' 'This Week': "Brazil got off oil in the last 30 years." Rush Limbaugh stated on April 29, 2010 in his radio program: Alaska's Prince William Sound "is pristine now." Tim James stated on April 26, 2010 in a press release: Says a Bureau of Labor Statistics report attributed a sharp increase in work-related fatalities to "increasing numbers of employees and drivers could not read or understand warning signs in English." John Huppenthal stated on April 26, 2010 in an interview on MSNBC's Hardball: Under the new Arizona immigration law, police can't stop someone to check their immigration status unless they think they see something illegal. Barack Obama stated on April 21, 2010 in an interview with CNBC's John Harwood : "The vast majority of the money I got was from small donors all across the country.'' Mitch McConnell stated on April 14, 2010 in a press conference: New financial regulation "actually guarantees future bailouts of Wall Street banks." Richard Shelby stated on March 25, 2010 in a letter to Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner: "The bill reported out of committee sets up a $50 billion slush fund that, while intended for resolving failing firms, is available for virtually any purpose that the treasury secretary sees fit." Newt Gingrich stated on April 8, 2010 in a speech to the Southern Republican Leadership Conference: When the United States "first created the federal income tax, frankly, nobody below a million dollars a year paid anything." Jeffrey Toobin stated on April 12, 2010 in an interview on Comedy Central's "The Colbert Report": "A filibuster has never really been successfully used against a Supreme Court justice." Charles Schumer stated on April 11, 2010 in ABC's "This Week": "No one questioned that she (Judge Sotomayor) was out of the mainstream." Jon Kyl stated on April 11, 2010 in an interview on "This Week.": Says he did not say Republicans would filibuster immigration reform. Patrick McHenry stated on April 1, 2010 in an op ed article: "Early census returns are showing that conservatives have been measurably less likely than liberals to return their census forms." Lindsey Graham stated on March 24, 2010 in an appearance on the Fox News show "On the Record" with Greta Van Susteren: "The average student will be spending $1,700 to $1,800 more during the life of their loan because of this surcharge." Michele Bachmann stated on March 28, 2010 in on CBS's "Face the Nation": "The New England Journal of Medicine released a survey the week that President Obama signed Obamacare stating that over 30 percent of American physicians would leave the profession if the government took over health care." Joe Scarborough stated on March 24, 2010 in a comment on his "Morning Joe'' program on MSNBC: The health care reform bill "is the largest tax increase in U.S. history." Richard Durbin stated on March 24, 2010 in a comment on the "Morning Joe'' show on MSNBC.: "Joe, I keep hearing you every morning talking about the biggest tax increase in history, but you don't mention it's also the biggest tax cut in history.'' Bob Schieffer stated on March 22, 2010 in comments on CBS's Face the Nation: The Iraq war has been "our longest war." Mitt Romney stated on March 2, 2010 in his book "No Apology.": Several times, Obama "has apologized for what he deems to be American arrogance, dismissiveness, and derision; for dictating solutions, for acting unilaterally ... ." Bart Stupak stated on March 4, 2010 in a Good Morning America interview: In the Senate version of the health reform bill, "Every enrollee in the Office of Personnel Management enrolled plan, every enrollee has to pay a minimum of $1 per month towards reproductive rights, which includes abortion."
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
Chain email stated on June 3, 2010 in a chain e-mail circulated on the Internet: Once the U.S. government signs a U.N. treaty on conventional arms, "all U.S. citizens will be subject to those gun laws created by foreign governments." John Kerry stated on June 6, 2010 in ABC's "This Week": "Every major study that has been done by a legitimate group ... shows that there are hundreds of thousands of jobs to be created if you pass our (cap-and-trade) legislation. And if you wind up pricing carbon." Markos Moulitsas stated on June 6, 2010 in a roundtable discussion on ABC's This Week: Turkey is an Arab country. Carly Fiorina stated on March 10, 2010 in a Web ad: Sen. Barbara Boxer "passed only three bills in 18 years" into law. Meg Whitman stated on April 16, 2010 in a campaign commerical: Steve Poizner "increased his department's budget nearly 14 percent." Steve Poizner stated on April 10, 2010 in a campaign commercial: "Taxpayer-funded benefits to illegals" in California are "a skyrocketing cost under Obamacare." National Republican Congressional Committee stated on May 11, 2010 in a TV ad: "Minnick voted to let the government fund abortion under Obamacare." Mary Landrieu stated on May 11, 2010 in an interview with MSNBC's Ed Schultz: Louisiana gets "not one single penny" from Gulf Coast offshore oil revenues. Harry Reid stated on May 11, 2010 in a speech on the Senate floor: On Sandra Day O'Connor: "I think one reason she was a good judge is she had no judicial experience" before she joined the Supreme Court. Darrell Issa stated on May 4, 2010 in an interview with Dylan Ratigan on MSNBC: Royalties for oil and other energy sources are the "second-largest revenue source to the federal government after the IRS." Mike Pence stated on May 2, 2010 in an interview on NBC's 'Meet the Press' : "This administration and this Congress have been systematically cutting funding to border security since the Democrats took control." Bill Maher stated on May 2, 2010 in an interview on ABC News' 'This Week': "Brazil got off oil in the last 30 years." Rush Limbaugh stated on April 29, 2010 in his radio program: Alaska's Prince William Sound "is pristine now." Tim James stated on April 26, 2010 in a press release: Says a Bureau of Labor Statistics report attributed a sharp increase in work-related fatalities to "increasing numbers of employees and drivers could not read or understand warning signs in English." John Huppenthal stated on April 26, 2010 in an interview on MSNBC's Hardball: Under the new Arizona immigration law, police can't stop someone to check their immigration status unless they think they see something illegal. Barack Obama stated on April 21, 2010 in an interview with CNBC's John Harwood : "The vast majority of the money I got was from small donors all across the country.'' Mitch McConnell stated on April 14, 2010 in a press conference: New financial regulation "actually guarantees future bailouts of Wall Street banks." Richard Shelby stated on March 25, 2010 in a letter to Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner: "The bill reported out of committee sets up a $50 billion slush fund that, while intended for resolving failing firms, is available for virtually any purpose that the treasury secretary sees fit." Newt Gingrich stated on April 8, 2010 in a speech to the Southern Republican Leadership Conference: When the United States "first created the federal income tax, frankly, nobody below a million dollars a year paid anything." Jeffrey Toobin stated on April 12, 2010 in an interview on Comedy Central's "The Colbert Report": "A filibuster has never really been successfully used against a Supreme Court justice." Charles Schumer stated on April 11, 2010 in ABC's "This Week": "No one questioned that she (Judge Sotomayor) was out of the mainstream." Jon Kyl stated on April 11, 2010 in an interview on "This Week.": Says he did not say Republicans would filibuster immigration reform. Patrick McHenry stated on April 1, 2010 in an op ed article: "Early census returns are showing that conservatives have been measurably less likely than liberals to return their census forms." Lindsey Graham stated on March 24, 2010 in an appearance on the Fox News show "On the Record" with Greta Van Susteren: "The average student will be spending $1,700 to $1,800 more during the life of their loan because of this surcharge." Michele Bachmann stated on March 28, 2010 in on CBS's "Face the Nation": "The New England Journal of Medicine released a survey the week that President Obama signed Obamacare stating that over 30 percent of American physicians would leave the profession if the government took over health care." Joe Scarborough stated on March 24, 2010 in a comment on his "Morning Joe'' program on MSNBC: The health care reform bill "is the largest tax increase in U.S. history." Richard Durbin stated on March 24, 2010 in a comment on the "Morning Joe'' show on MSNBC.: "Joe, I keep hearing you every morning talking about the biggest tax increase in history, but you don't mention it's also the biggest tax cut in history.'' Bob Schieffer stated on March 22, 2010 in comments on CBS's Face the Nation: The Iraq war has been "our longest war." Mitt Romney stated on March 2, 2010 in his book "No Apology.": Several times, Obama "has apologized for what he deems to be American arrogance, dismissiveness, and derision; for dictating solutions, for acting unilaterally ... ." Bart Stupak stated on March 4, 2010 in a Good Morning America interview: In the Senate version of the health reform bill, "Every enrollee in the Office of Personnel Management enrolled plan, every enrollee has to pay a minimum of $1 per month towards reproductive rights, which includes abortion."
Chain email stated on June 3, 2010 in a chain e-mail circulated on the Internet: Once the U.S. government signs a U.N. treaty on conventional arms, "all U.S. citizens will be subject to those gun laws created by foreign governments."
John Kerry stated on June 6, 2010 in ABC's "This Week": "Every major study that has been done by a legitimate group ... shows that there are hundreds of thousands of jobs to be created if you pass our (cap-and-trade) legislation. And if you wind up pricing carbon."
Markos Moulitsas stated on June 6, 2010 in a roundtable discussion on ABC's This Week: Turkey is an Arab country.
Carly Fiorina stated on March 10, 2010 in a Web ad: Sen. Barbara Boxer "passed only three bills in 18 years" into law.
Meg Whitman stated on April 16, 2010 in a campaign commerical: Steve Poizner "increased his department's budget nearly 14 percent."
Steve Poizner stated on April 10, 2010 in a campaign commercial: "Taxpayer-funded benefits to illegals" in California are "a skyrocketing cost under Obamacare."
National Republican Congressional Committee stated on May 11, 2010 in a TV ad: "Minnick voted to let the government fund abortion under Obamacare."
Mary Landrieu stated on May 11, 2010 in an interview with MSNBC's Ed Schultz: Louisiana gets "not one single penny" from Gulf Coast offshore oil revenues.
Harry Reid stated on May 11, 2010 in a speech on the Senate floor: On Sandra Day O'Connor: "I think one reason she was a good judge is she had no judicial experience" before she joined the Supreme Court.
Darrell Issa stated on May 4, 2010 in an interview with Dylan Ratigan on MSNBC: Royalties for oil and other energy sources are the "second-largest revenue source to the federal government after the IRS."
Mike Pence stated on May 2, 2010 in an interview on NBC's 'Meet the Press' : "This administration and this Congress have been systematically cutting funding to border security since the Democrats took control."
Bill Maher stated on May 2, 2010 in an interview on ABC News' 'This Week': "Brazil got off oil in the last 30 years."
Rush Limbaugh stated on April 29, 2010 in his radio program: Alaska's Prince William Sound "is pristine now."
Tim James stated on April 26, 2010 in a press release: Says a Bureau of Labor Statistics report attributed a sharp increase in work-related fatalities to "increasing numbers of employees and drivers could not read or understand warning signs in English."
John Huppenthal stated on April 26, 2010 in an interview on MSNBC's Hardball: Under the new Arizona immigration law, police can't stop someone to check their immigration status unless they think they see something illegal.
Barack Obama stated on April 21, 2010 in an interview with CNBC's John Harwood : "The vast majority of the money I got was from small donors all across the country.''
Mitch McConnell stated on April 14, 2010 in a press conference: New financial regulation "actually guarantees future bailouts of Wall Street banks."
Richard Shelby stated on March 25, 2010 in a letter to Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner: "The bill reported out of committee sets up a $50 billion slush fund that, while intended for resolving failing firms, is available for virtually any purpose that the treasury secretary sees fit."
Newt Gingrich stated on April 8, 2010 in a speech to the Southern Republican Leadership Conference: When the United States "first created the federal income tax, frankly, nobody below a million dollars a year paid anything."
Jeffrey Toobin stated on April 12, 2010 in an interview on Comedy Central's "The Colbert Report": "A filibuster has never really been successfully used against a Supreme Court justice."
Charles Schumer stated on April 11, 2010 in ABC's "This Week": "No one questioned that she (Judge Sotomayor) was out of the mainstream."
Jon Kyl stated on April 11, 2010 in an interview on "This Week.": Says he did not say Republicans would filibuster immigration reform.
Patrick McHenry stated on April 1, 2010 in an op ed article: "Early census returns are showing that conservatives have been measurably less likely than liberals to return their census forms."
Lindsey Graham stated on March 24, 2010 in an appearance on the Fox News show "On the Record" with Greta Van Susteren: "The average student will be spending $1,700 to $1,800 more during the life of their loan because of this surcharge."
Michele Bachmann stated on March 28, 2010 in on CBS's "Face the Nation": "The New England Journal of Medicine released a survey the week that President Obama signed Obamacare stating that over 30 percent of American physicians would leave the profession if the government took over health care."
Joe Scarborough stated on March 24, 2010 in a comment on his "Morning Joe'' program on MSNBC: The health care reform bill "is the largest tax increase in U.S. history."
Richard Durbin stated on March 24, 2010 in a comment on the "Morning Joe'' show on MSNBC.: "Joe, I keep hearing you every morning talking about the biggest tax increase in history, but you don't mention it's also the biggest tax cut in history.''
Bob Schieffer stated on March 22, 2010 in comments on CBS's Face the Nation: The Iraq war has been "our longest war."
Mitt Romney stated on March 2, 2010 in his book "No Apology.": Several times, Obama "has apologized for what he deems to be American arrogance, dismissiveness, and derision; for dictating solutions, for acting unilaterally ... ."
Bart Stupak stated on March 4, 2010 in a Good Morning America interview: In the Senate version of the health reform bill, "Every enrollee in the Office of Personnel Management enrolled plan, every enrollee has to pay a minimum of $1 per month towards reproductive rights, which includes abortion."
