Latest Mostly True Fact-checks 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 Common Sense Kids Action stated on September 21, 2015 in a press release: "California has more kids in poverty ... than virtually any other state." Chris Larson stated on November 22, 2015 in an interview: The Milwaukee County executive can sell the public "museum, the airport and the zoo" -- all on his own, without County Board approval Bill Maher stated on October 2, 2015 in an episode of HBO's "Real Time with Bill Maher": "15 years ago, cancer drugs cost an average of $10,000 a year. Now it’s $10,000 a month." Jeb Bush stated on November 29, 2015 in an interview on "Face the Nation": "It is already in the law that there is a requirement to screen (refugees) for religion." Kasim Reed stated on November 17, 2015 in press release: While the smoking rate nationally has fallen, more than 18 percent of Georgians still light up. Jennifer Horn stated on October 21, 2015 in a memo: In 2008, Maggie Hassan voted against legislation to "prevent sanctuary cities in New Hampshire." Jeb Bush stated on November 18, 2015 in a speech at the Citadel: For NATO exercises, "we don’t have enough of our own hardware and equipment even for training purposes. So the Brits are spotting us choppers." Greg Abbott stated on October 19, 2015 in op-ed in Austin American-Statesman: "Road congestion costs rush hour drivers in Austin and Dallas more than $1,000 a year. And in Houston, it’s even more -- almost $1,500 a year." Jeff Morales stated on October 29, 2015 in a press conference: "The actual (construction) contracts that we’ve awarded to date have come in several hundred million dollars below estimates." Hillary Clinton stated on November 6, 2015 in a Democratic primary forum: "I spent 18 months putting together the sanctions against Iran so that we could force them to the negotiating table." Chris Abele stated on October 29, 2015 in a TV interview: Since he took office as Milwaukee County executive, "we have never raised" bus fares and "this year there’ll be a million route-miles more than there were five years ago." Paul Doughty stated on November 10, 2015 in a tweet: "@Jorge_Elorza still think your plan is safe? Rescue Captain Kenyon just worked 96 hours straight. 96 hours." John Bel Edwards stated on November 11, 2015 in a campaign ad: Says David Vitter "answered a prostitute’s call minutes after he skipped a vote honoring 28 soldiers who gave their lives in defense of our freedom." Marion Hammer stated on November 1, 2015 in a column on the National Rifle Association Institute for Legislative Action website: "Forty-five states allow open carry of firearms." Jennifer Shilling stated on October 1, 2015 in a tweet: "71% of WI’s roads are in poor or mediocre condition and 14% of WI’s bridges are structurally deficient or functionally obsolete." Barack Obama stated on November 15, 2015 in a joint statement with the president of Turkey.: "The United States (is) the largest provider of humanitarian assistance to displaced persons and refugees." Jeb Bush stated on November 15, 2015 in comments on CNN's "State of the Union": "It takes almost a year for a refugee to be processed in the United States." Martin O'Malley stated on November 14, 2015 in a Democratic debate in Des Moines: "Net immigration from Mexico last year was zero. Fact-check me." Bernie Sanders stated on November 14, 2015 in comments at the Iowa Democratic debate: 500,000 U.S. troops came home from Iraq and Afghanistan "with PTSD and traumatic brain injury." Hillary Clinton stated on September 18, 2015 in a roundtable event on women's economic security: "Women fill two-thirds of minimum wage jobs." Rand Paul stated on November 10, 2015 in a debate: Says Marco Rubio is proposing a new $1 trillion "welfare program" in tax credits and "$1 trillion in new military spending." Bernie Sanders stated on November 6, 2015 in a Democratic presidential candidates' forum in Rock Hill, S.C.: "Over half of the black workers in this country earn less" than $15 an hour. Tim Echols stated on October 26, 2015 in an opinion piece in a trade magazine: "Our state has no major rivers to produce big hydropower." Ben Carson stated on November 8, 2015 in comments on ABC's "This Week": "Go look on the West Point website and you’ll see those specific words, ‘full scholarship to West Point.’ So even though it is, you know, given as a grant for anybody who gets in, those words are used." Republican Party of Florida stated on October 29, 2015 in a Facebook post: "How many concerts would Taylor Swift have to perform to pay off one day of interest on our national debt? She would have to perform every day for three years." Kevin de León stated on October 7, 2015 in a speech: "No city in the state, no state in this nation, for that matter the entire world, has adopted (clean energy) targets more ambitious in scale." Jeb Bush stated on November 1, 2015 in comments on "Meet the Press": "If you look at the three people on the (debate) stage from the United States Senate, all three of them have a combined two bills that became law that they've sponsored." Ted Cruz stated on October 26, 2015 in a Houston press conference: My campaign "finished the last quarter reporting the most cash on hand of any Republican in the field … $13.8 million in the bank, $3.5 million more than the Jeb Bush campaign." Jeb Bush stated on October 21, 2015 in a post on his website: "The federal government owns about half of the West, yet it continues to acquire more land." Centers for Disease Control stated on October 22, 2015 in map: Georgia has the highest flu activity in the country.
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Common Sense Kids Action stated on September 21, 2015 in a press release: "California has more kids in poverty ... than virtually any other state." Chris Larson stated on November 22, 2015 in an interview: The Milwaukee County executive can sell the public "museum, the airport and the zoo" -- all on his own, without County Board approval Bill Maher stated on October 2, 2015 in an episode of HBO's "Real Time with Bill Maher": "15 years ago, cancer drugs cost an average of $10,000 a year. Now it’s $10,000 a month." Jeb Bush stated on November 29, 2015 in an interview on "Face the Nation": "It is already in the law that there is a requirement to screen (refugees) for religion." Kasim Reed stated on November 17, 2015 in press release: While the smoking rate nationally has fallen, more than 18 percent of Georgians still light up. Jennifer Horn stated on October 21, 2015 in a memo: In 2008, Maggie Hassan voted against legislation to "prevent sanctuary cities in New Hampshire." Jeb Bush stated on November 18, 2015 in a speech at the Citadel: For NATO exercises, "we don’t have enough of our own hardware and equipment even for training purposes. So the Brits are spotting us choppers." Greg Abbott stated on October 19, 2015 in op-ed in Austin American-Statesman: "Road congestion costs rush hour drivers in Austin and Dallas more than $1,000 a year. And in Houston, it’s even more -- almost $1,500 a year." Jeff Morales stated on October 29, 2015 in a press conference: "The actual (construction) contracts that we’ve awarded to date have come in several hundred million dollars below estimates." Hillary Clinton stated on November 6, 2015 in a Democratic primary forum: "I spent 18 months putting together the sanctions against Iran so that we could force them to the negotiating table." Chris Abele stated on October 29, 2015 in a TV interview: Since he took office as Milwaukee County executive, "we have never raised" bus fares and "this year there’ll be a million route-miles more than there were five years ago." Paul Doughty stated on November 10, 2015 in a tweet: "@Jorge_Elorza still think your plan is safe? Rescue Captain Kenyon just worked 96 hours straight. 96 hours." John Bel Edwards stated on November 11, 2015 in a campaign ad: Says David Vitter "answered a prostitute’s call minutes after he skipped a vote honoring 28 soldiers who gave their lives in defense of our freedom." Marion Hammer stated on November 1, 2015 in a column on the National Rifle Association Institute for Legislative Action website: "Forty-five states allow open carry of firearms." Jennifer Shilling stated on October 1, 2015 in a tweet: "71% of WI’s roads are in poor or mediocre condition and 14% of WI’s bridges are structurally deficient or functionally obsolete." Barack Obama stated on November 15, 2015 in a joint statement with the president of Turkey.: "The United States (is) the largest provider of humanitarian assistance to displaced persons and refugees." Jeb Bush stated on November 15, 2015 in comments on CNN's "State of the Union": "It takes almost a year for a refugee to be processed in the United States." Martin O'Malley stated on November 14, 2015 in a Democratic debate in Des Moines: "Net immigration from Mexico last year was zero. Fact-check me." Bernie Sanders stated on November 14, 2015 in comments at the Iowa Democratic debate: 500,000 U.S. troops came home from Iraq and Afghanistan "with PTSD and traumatic brain injury." Hillary Clinton stated on September 18, 2015 in a roundtable event on women's economic security: "Women fill two-thirds of minimum wage jobs." Rand Paul stated on November 10, 2015 in a debate: Says Marco Rubio is proposing a new $1 trillion "welfare program" in tax credits and "$1 trillion in new military spending." Bernie Sanders stated on November 6, 2015 in a Democratic presidential candidates' forum in Rock Hill, S.C.: "Over half of the black workers in this country earn less" than $15 an hour. Tim Echols stated on October 26, 2015 in an opinion piece in a trade magazine: "Our state has no major rivers to produce big hydropower." Ben Carson stated on November 8, 2015 in comments on ABC's "This Week": "Go look on the West Point website and you’ll see those specific words, ‘full scholarship to West Point.’ So even though it is, you know, given as a grant for anybody who gets in, those words are used." Republican Party of Florida stated on October 29, 2015 in a Facebook post: "How many concerts would Taylor Swift have to perform to pay off one day of interest on our national debt? She would have to perform every day for three years." Kevin de León stated on October 7, 2015 in a speech: "No city in the state, no state in this nation, for that matter the entire world, has adopted (clean energy) targets more ambitious in scale." Jeb Bush stated on November 1, 2015 in comments on "Meet the Press": "If you look at the three people on the (debate) stage from the United States Senate, all three of them have a combined two bills that became law that they've sponsored." Ted Cruz stated on October 26, 2015 in a Houston press conference: My campaign "finished the last quarter reporting the most cash on hand of any Republican in the field … $13.8 million in the bank, $3.5 million more than the Jeb Bush campaign." Jeb Bush stated on October 21, 2015 in a post on his website: "The federal government owns about half of the West, yet it continues to acquire more land." Centers for Disease Control stated on October 22, 2015 in map: Georgia has the highest flu activity in the country.
Common Sense Kids Action stated on September 21, 2015 in a press release: "California has more kids in poverty ... than virtually any other state."
Chris Larson stated on November 22, 2015 in an interview: The Milwaukee County executive can sell the public "museum, the airport and the zoo" -- all on his own, without County Board approval
Bill Maher stated on October 2, 2015 in an episode of HBO's "Real Time with Bill Maher": "15 years ago, cancer drugs cost an average of $10,000 a year. Now it’s $10,000 a month."
Jeb Bush stated on November 29, 2015 in an interview on "Face the Nation": "It is already in the law that there is a requirement to screen (refugees) for religion."
Kasim Reed stated on November 17, 2015 in press release: While the smoking rate nationally has fallen, more than 18 percent of Georgians still light up.
Jennifer Horn stated on October 21, 2015 in a memo: In 2008, Maggie Hassan voted against legislation to "prevent sanctuary cities in New Hampshire."
Jeb Bush stated on November 18, 2015 in a speech at the Citadel: For NATO exercises, "we don’t have enough of our own hardware and equipment even for training purposes. So the Brits are spotting us choppers."
Greg Abbott stated on October 19, 2015 in op-ed in Austin American-Statesman: "Road congestion costs rush hour drivers in Austin and Dallas more than $1,000 a year. And in Houston, it’s even more -- almost $1,500 a year."
Jeff Morales stated on October 29, 2015 in a press conference: "The actual (construction) contracts that we’ve awarded to date have come in several hundred million dollars below estimates."
Hillary Clinton stated on November 6, 2015 in a Democratic primary forum: "I spent 18 months putting together the sanctions against Iran so that we could force them to the negotiating table."
Chris Abele stated on October 29, 2015 in a TV interview: Since he took office as Milwaukee County executive, "we have never raised" bus fares and "this year there’ll be a million route-miles more than there were five years ago."
Paul Doughty stated on November 10, 2015 in a tweet: "@Jorge_Elorza still think your plan is safe? Rescue Captain Kenyon just worked 96 hours straight. 96 hours."
John Bel Edwards stated on November 11, 2015 in a campaign ad: Says David Vitter "answered a prostitute’s call minutes after he skipped a vote honoring 28 soldiers who gave their lives in defense of our freedom."
Marion Hammer stated on November 1, 2015 in a column on the National Rifle Association Institute for Legislative Action website: "Forty-five states allow open carry of firearms."
Jennifer Shilling stated on October 1, 2015 in a tweet: "71% of WI’s roads are in poor or mediocre condition and 14% of WI’s bridges are structurally deficient or functionally obsolete."
Barack Obama stated on November 15, 2015 in a joint statement with the president of Turkey.: "The United States (is) the largest provider of humanitarian assistance to displaced persons and refugees."
Jeb Bush stated on November 15, 2015 in comments on CNN's "State of the Union": "It takes almost a year for a refugee to be processed in the United States."
Martin O'Malley stated on November 14, 2015 in a Democratic debate in Des Moines: "Net immigration from Mexico last year was zero. Fact-check me."
Bernie Sanders stated on November 14, 2015 in comments at the Iowa Democratic debate: 500,000 U.S. troops came home from Iraq and Afghanistan "with PTSD and traumatic brain injury."
Hillary Clinton stated on September 18, 2015 in a roundtable event on women's economic security: "Women fill two-thirds of minimum wage jobs."
Rand Paul stated on November 10, 2015 in a debate: Says Marco Rubio is proposing a new $1 trillion "welfare program" in tax credits and "$1 trillion in new military spending."
Bernie Sanders stated on November 6, 2015 in a Democratic presidential candidates' forum in Rock Hill, S.C.: "Over half of the black workers in this country earn less" than $15 an hour.
Tim Echols stated on October 26, 2015 in an opinion piece in a trade magazine: "Our state has no major rivers to produce big hydropower."
Ben Carson stated on November 8, 2015 in comments on ABC's "This Week": "Go look on the West Point website and you’ll see those specific words, ‘full scholarship to West Point.’ So even though it is, you know, given as a grant for anybody who gets in, those words are used."
Republican Party of Florida stated on October 29, 2015 in a Facebook post: "How many concerts would Taylor Swift have to perform to pay off one day of interest on our national debt? She would have to perform every day for three years."
Kevin de León stated on October 7, 2015 in a speech: "No city in the state, no state in this nation, for that matter the entire world, has adopted (clean energy) targets more ambitious in scale."
Jeb Bush stated on November 1, 2015 in comments on "Meet the Press": "If you look at the three people on the (debate) stage from the United States Senate, all three of them have a combined two bills that became law that they've sponsored."
Ted Cruz stated on October 26, 2015 in a Houston press conference: My campaign "finished the last quarter reporting the most cash on hand of any Republican in the field … $13.8 million in the bank, $3.5 million more than the Jeb Bush campaign."
Jeb Bush stated on October 21, 2015 in a post on his website: "The federal government owns about half of the West, yet it continues to acquire more land."
Centers for Disease Control stated on October 22, 2015 in map: Georgia has the highest flu activity in the country.
