Rand Paul's file

Republican from Kentucky

Rand Paul, a U.S. senator from Kentucky elected in 2010, is a candidate running for president in 2016. Paul is a medical doctor and an ophthalmologist. His father is Ron Paul, a 2008 presidential candidate and a former member of Congress from Texas.

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True12 (%)(12)
Mostly True13 (%)(13)
Half True12 (%)(12)
Mostly False7 (%)(7)
False9 (%)(9)
Pants on Fire3 (%)(3)

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Wrong on two counts

Claire McCaskill

"You wonder why you don't see Rand Paul as much; he's still shopping for his billionaire. He's like the only one who hasn't found a billionaire to fund his super PAC."

— PolitiFact Missouri on Tuesday, October 20th, 2015

A social-media meme that's actually True!

Sarah Silverman

Says Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., has stated that supporting the "right to health care ... means you believe in slavery."

— PunditFact on Wednesday, May 27th, 2015

Yabba dabba doo, this is untrue!

Facebook posts

Says Marco Rubio believes the earth is 9,000 years old and that humans hunted dinosaurs to extinction; says Rand Paul believes the earth is 10,000 years old and God removed dinosaurs "to make space for humans."

— PolitiFact National on Tuesday, March 25th, 2014

Pot, meet kettle

Chris Christie

"In fact New Jersey is a donor state, we get 61 cents back on every dollar we send to Washington. And interestingly Kentucky gets $1.51 on every dollar they send to Washington."

— PolitiFact New Jersey on Sunday, August 4th, 2013

We check the part of the ad that wasn't about Aqua Buddha

Jack Conway

Rand Paul wants "to end all federal faith-based initiatives, and even end the deduction for religious charities."

— PolitiFact National on Tuesday, October 19th, 2010

Recent statements made by Rand Paul

His numbers are on target

Rand Paul

"George W. Bush doubled the debt from $5 trillion to $10 trillion. President Obama doubled the debt from $10 trillion to $20 trillion. Now we're on course to exceed $30 trillion in the next seven years or so."

— PolitiFact National on Friday, February 9th, 2018

Bye, bye, bye, rule, rule, rule

Rand Paul

"We've repealed regulations for the first time in 20 years using the Congressional Review Act -- three regulations that were going to cost the economy hundreds of millions of dollars and tens of thousands of jobs."

— PolitiFact National on Thursday, March 2nd, 2017

A stat plucked from thin air

Rand Paul

"We give (foreign aid) to developing countries, and 70 percent of it's stolen off the top."

— PolitiFact Global News Service on Tuesday, January 17th, 2017

Not a precise diagnosis

Rand Paul

"The vast majority of people that got insurance under President Obama's Obamacare, the Affordable Care Act, got it through Medicaid."

— PolitiFact National on Sunday, January 15th, 2017

No regrets

Rand Paul

Says John Bolton supported the Iraq War and said last year that "I still think the decision to overthrow Saddam was correct."

— PolitiFact National on Thursday, November 17th, 2016

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