Latest Mostly False Fact-checks on Barack Obama 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 Barack Obama dicho el Mayo 30, 2019 en an on stage interview in Brazil: "Anybody can buy any weapon, any time without much, if any, regulation. They buy it over the internet. They can buy machine guns." Barack Obama dicho el Septiembre 28, 2016 en a CNN town hall: "If you look worldwide, the number of terrorist incidents have not substantially increased." Barack Obama dicho el Julio 12, 2016 en a speech at a memorial service in Dallas: "We flood communities with so many guns that it is easier for a teenager to buy a Glock than get his hands on a computer or even a book." Barack Obama dicho el Junio 29, 2016 en a press conference at the North American Leaders Summit: "During my administration, for example, we boosted U.S. exports to Canada and Mexico by about 50 percent. That supports about 2.8 million American jobs." Barack Obama dicho el Julio 21, 2015 en an interview with Jon Stewart of "The Daily Show": "The economy, by every metric, is better than when I came into office." Barack Obama dicho el Junio 18, 2015 en remarks at the White House: "This type of mass violence does not happen in other advanced countries. It doesn’t happen in other places with this kind of frequency." Barack Obama dicho el Enero 22, 2015 en an interview with YouTube celebrity Bethany Mota: "The reason we even have colleges is that at some point there were politicians who said, ‘You know what? We should start colleges.’ " Barack Obama dicho el Enero 7, 2015 en a speech in Detroit: "The auto companies have now repaid taxpayers every dime and more of what my administration invested in." Barack Obama dicho el Noviembre 14, 2014 en a press conference in Burma: Keystone XL allows "Canada to pump their oil, send it through our land, down to the Gulf, where it will be sold everywhere else." Barack Obama dicho el Noviembre 16, 2014 en Brisbane, Australia, for the G20 summit: Says Jonathan Gruber was "some adviser who never worked on our staff." Barack Obama dicho el Agosto 2, 2014 en a Saturday broadcast address: Congress is on "vacation." Barack Obama dicho el Abril 26, 2014 en a weekly address: "The average minimum wage worker is 35 years old." Barack Obama dicho el Septiembre 27, 2013 en remarks at the White House: "The United States Senate — Democrats and Republicans — (voted) to keep our government open." Barack Obama dicho el Mayo 13, 2013 en a press availability: "Over the last several months, there was a review board headed by two distinguished Americans, Mike Mullen and Tom Pickering, who investigated every element of" the Benghazi incident. Barack Obama dicho el Febrero 19, 2013 en a speech in Washington, D.C. : If the sequester hits, federal prosecutors will have to "let criminals go." Barack Obama dicho el Octubre 22, 2012 en a presidential debate: "The sequester is not something that I've proposed. It is something that Congress has proposed." Barack Obama dicho el Octubre 22, 2012 en the final debate: Says Mitt Romney was clear that he "would not provide government assistance to the U.S. auto companies, even if they went through bankruptcy." Barack Obama dicho el Octubre 9, 2012 en a campaign ad: As governor, "Mitt Romney raised nursing home fees eight times." Barack Obama dicho el Octubre 7, 2012 en an email to supporters: Says economists Harvey Rosen and Martin Feldstein have said that "paying for (Mitt) Romney’s tax cuts would require large tax increases on families making between $100,000 and $200,000." Barack Obama dicho el Octubre 1, 2012 en a campaign ad: Says Romney invested in a firm that made goods in China that "could have been made here in America." Barack Obama dicho el Octubre 3, 2012 en a presidential debate: Says 50 million people would lose their health insurance if Obamacare is repealed. Barack Obama dicho el Septiembre 18, 2012 en a campaign ad: Says Romney tax plan "could take away middle-class deductions for child care, mortgages and college tuition." Barack Obama dicho el Septiembre 8, 2012 en a speech in Seminole, Fla.: "We've doubled our use of renewable energy." Barack Obama dicho el Agosto 20, 2012 en a radio ad: "In Florida, they're already talking about how the Ryan-Romney plan will end Medicare and replace it with a voucher." Barack Obama dicho el Junio 26, 2012 en a fundraising email: Says he could be "the first president in modern history to be outspent." Barack Obama dicho el Julio 17, 2012 en a campaign ad: Says Mitt Romney’s carried interest income was a tax "trick." Barack Obama dicho el Junio 21, 2012 en a campaign ad: "Women (are) paid 77 cents on the dollar for doing the same work as men." Barack Obama dicho el Mayo 3, 2012 en a graphical tool on the campaign website: Says under Mitt Romney, "Medicare could end as we know it, leaving Julia with nothing but a voucher to buy insurance, which means $6,350 extra per year for a similar plan." Barack Obama dicho el Marzo 16, 2012 en the campaign film "The Road We've Traveled": Because of the new health care law, "17 million kids can no longer be denied for a pre-existing condition." Barack Obama dicho el Diciembre 6, 2011 en a speech in Osawatomie, Kan.: "Some billionaires have a tax rate as low as 1 percent."
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Barack Obama dicho el Mayo 30, 2019 en an on stage interview in Brazil: "Anybody can buy any weapon, any time without much, if any, regulation. They buy it over the internet. They can buy machine guns." Barack Obama dicho el Septiembre 28, 2016 en a CNN town hall: "If you look worldwide, the number of terrorist incidents have not substantially increased." Barack Obama dicho el Julio 12, 2016 en a speech at a memorial service in Dallas: "We flood communities with so many guns that it is easier for a teenager to buy a Glock than get his hands on a computer or even a book." Barack Obama dicho el Junio 29, 2016 en a press conference at the North American Leaders Summit: "During my administration, for example, we boosted U.S. exports to Canada and Mexico by about 50 percent. That supports about 2.8 million American jobs." Barack Obama dicho el Julio 21, 2015 en an interview with Jon Stewart of "The Daily Show": "The economy, by every metric, is better than when I came into office." Barack Obama dicho el Junio 18, 2015 en remarks at the White House: "This type of mass violence does not happen in other advanced countries. It doesn’t happen in other places with this kind of frequency." Barack Obama dicho el Enero 22, 2015 en an interview with YouTube celebrity Bethany Mota: "The reason we even have colleges is that at some point there were politicians who said, ‘You know what? We should start colleges.’ " Barack Obama dicho el Enero 7, 2015 en a speech in Detroit: "The auto companies have now repaid taxpayers every dime and more of what my administration invested in." Barack Obama dicho el Noviembre 14, 2014 en a press conference in Burma: Keystone XL allows "Canada to pump their oil, send it through our land, down to the Gulf, where it will be sold everywhere else." Barack Obama dicho el Noviembre 16, 2014 en Brisbane, Australia, for the G20 summit: Says Jonathan Gruber was "some adviser who never worked on our staff." Barack Obama dicho el Agosto 2, 2014 en a Saturday broadcast address: Congress is on "vacation." Barack Obama dicho el Abril 26, 2014 en a weekly address: "The average minimum wage worker is 35 years old." Barack Obama dicho el Septiembre 27, 2013 en remarks at the White House: "The United States Senate — Democrats and Republicans — (voted) to keep our government open." Barack Obama dicho el Mayo 13, 2013 en a press availability: "Over the last several months, there was a review board headed by two distinguished Americans, Mike Mullen and Tom Pickering, who investigated every element of" the Benghazi incident. Barack Obama dicho el Febrero 19, 2013 en a speech in Washington, D.C. : If the sequester hits, federal prosecutors will have to "let criminals go." Barack Obama dicho el Octubre 22, 2012 en a presidential debate: "The sequester is not something that I've proposed. It is something that Congress has proposed." Barack Obama dicho el Octubre 22, 2012 en the final debate: Says Mitt Romney was clear that he "would not provide government assistance to the U.S. auto companies, even if they went through bankruptcy." Barack Obama dicho el Octubre 9, 2012 en a campaign ad: As governor, "Mitt Romney raised nursing home fees eight times." Barack Obama dicho el Octubre 7, 2012 en an email to supporters: Says economists Harvey Rosen and Martin Feldstein have said that "paying for (Mitt) Romney’s tax cuts would require large tax increases on families making between $100,000 and $200,000." Barack Obama dicho el Octubre 1, 2012 en a campaign ad: Says Romney invested in a firm that made goods in China that "could have been made here in America." Barack Obama dicho el Octubre 3, 2012 en a presidential debate: Says 50 million people would lose their health insurance if Obamacare is repealed. Barack Obama dicho el Septiembre 18, 2012 en a campaign ad: Says Romney tax plan "could take away middle-class deductions for child care, mortgages and college tuition." Barack Obama dicho el Septiembre 8, 2012 en a speech in Seminole, Fla.: "We've doubled our use of renewable energy." Barack Obama dicho el Agosto 20, 2012 en a radio ad: "In Florida, they're already talking about how the Ryan-Romney plan will end Medicare and replace it with a voucher." Barack Obama dicho el Junio 26, 2012 en a fundraising email: Says he could be "the first president in modern history to be outspent." Barack Obama dicho el Julio 17, 2012 en a campaign ad: Says Mitt Romney’s carried interest income was a tax "trick." Barack Obama dicho el Junio 21, 2012 en a campaign ad: "Women (are) paid 77 cents on the dollar for doing the same work as men." Barack Obama dicho el Mayo 3, 2012 en a graphical tool on the campaign website: Says under Mitt Romney, "Medicare could end as we know it, leaving Julia with nothing but a voucher to buy insurance, which means $6,350 extra per year for a similar plan." Barack Obama dicho el Marzo 16, 2012 en the campaign film "The Road We've Traveled": Because of the new health care law, "17 million kids can no longer be denied for a pre-existing condition." Barack Obama dicho el Diciembre 6, 2011 en a speech in Osawatomie, Kan.: "Some billionaires have a tax rate as low as 1 percent."
Barack Obama dicho el Mayo 30, 2019 en an on stage interview in Brazil: "Anybody can buy any weapon, any time without much, if any, regulation. They buy it over the internet. They can buy machine guns."
Barack Obama dicho el Septiembre 28, 2016 en a CNN town hall: "If you look worldwide, the number of terrorist incidents have not substantially increased."
Barack Obama dicho el Julio 12, 2016 en a speech at a memorial service in Dallas: "We flood communities with so many guns that it is easier for a teenager to buy a Glock than get his hands on a computer or even a book."
Barack Obama dicho el Junio 29, 2016 en a press conference at the North American Leaders Summit: "During my administration, for example, we boosted U.S. exports to Canada and Mexico by about 50 percent. That supports about 2.8 million American jobs."
Barack Obama dicho el Julio 21, 2015 en an interview with Jon Stewart of "The Daily Show": "The economy, by every metric, is better than when I came into office."
Barack Obama dicho el Junio 18, 2015 en remarks at the White House: "This type of mass violence does not happen in other advanced countries. It doesn’t happen in other places with this kind of frequency."
Barack Obama dicho el Enero 22, 2015 en an interview with YouTube celebrity Bethany Mota: "The reason we even have colleges is that at some point there were politicians who said, ‘You know what? We should start colleges.’ "
Barack Obama dicho el Enero 7, 2015 en a speech in Detroit: "The auto companies have now repaid taxpayers every dime and more of what my administration invested in."
Barack Obama dicho el Noviembre 14, 2014 en a press conference in Burma: Keystone XL allows "Canada to pump their oil, send it through our land, down to the Gulf, where it will be sold everywhere else."
Barack Obama dicho el Noviembre 16, 2014 en Brisbane, Australia, for the G20 summit: Says Jonathan Gruber was "some adviser who never worked on our staff."
Barack Obama dicho el Abril 26, 2014 en a weekly address: "The average minimum wage worker is 35 years old."
Barack Obama dicho el Septiembre 27, 2013 en remarks at the White House: "The United States Senate — Democrats and Republicans — (voted) to keep our government open."
Barack Obama dicho el Mayo 13, 2013 en a press availability: "Over the last several months, there was a review board headed by two distinguished Americans, Mike Mullen and Tom Pickering, who investigated every element of" the Benghazi incident.
Barack Obama dicho el Febrero 19, 2013 en a speech in Washington, D.C. : If the sequester hits, federal prosecutors will have to "let criminals go."
Barack Obama dicho el Octubre 22, 2012 en a presidential debate: "The sequester is not something that I've proposed. It is something that Congress has proposed."
Barack Obama dicho el Octubre 22, 2012 en the final debate: Says Mitt Romney was clear that he "would not provide government assistance to the U.S. auto companies, even if they went through bankruptcy."
Barack Obama dicho el Octubre 9, 2012 en a campaign ad: As governor, "Mitt Romney raised nursing home fees eight times."
Barack Obama dicho el Octubre 7, 2012 en an email to supporters: Says economists Harvey Rosen and Martin Feldstein have said that "paying for (Mitt) Romney’s tax cuts would require large tax increases on families making between $100,000 and $200,000."
Barack Obama dicho el Octubre 1, 2012 en a campaign ad: Says Romney invested in a firm that made goods in China that "could have been made here in America."
Barack Obama dicho el Octubre 3, 2012 en a presidential debate: Says 50 million people would lose their health insurance if Obamacare is repealed.
Barack Obama dicho el Septiembre 18, 2012 en a campaign ad: Says Romney tax plan "could take away middle-class deductions for child care, mortgages and college tuition."
Barack Obama dicho el Septiembre 8, 2012 en a speech in Seminole, Fla.: "We've doubled our use of renewable energy."
Barack Obama dicho el Agosto 20, 2012 en a radio ad: "In Florida, they're already talking about how the Ryan-Romney plan will end Medicare and replace it with a voucher."
Barack Obama dicho el Junio 26, 2012 en a fundraising email: Says he could be "the first president in modern history to be outspent."
Barack Obama dicho el Julio 17, 2012 en a campaign ad: Says Mitt Romney’s carried interest income was a tax "trick."
Barack Obama dicho el Junio 21, 2012 en a campaign ad: "Women (are) paid 77 cents on the dollar for doing the same work as men."
Barack Obama dicho el Mayo 3, 2012 en a graphical tool on the campaign website: Says under Mitt Romney, "Medicare could end as we know it, leaving Julia with nothing but a voucher to buy insurance, which means $6,350 extra per year for a similar plan."
Barack Obama dicho el Marzo 16, 2012 en the campaign film "The Road We've Traveled": Because of the new health care law, "17 million kids can no longer be denied for a pre-existing condition."
Barack Obama dicho el Diciembre 6, 2011 en a speech in Osawatomie, Kan.: "Some billionaires have a tax rate as low as 1 percent."
