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Bill Adair

By Bill Adair December 6, 2007

We've opened a store on CafePress.com for Truth-O-Meter T-shirts that say "I believe Mike Gravel," "I don't believe Mike Gravel," etc. for each candidate. You can order "True" shirts for your favorite and "Pants on Fire" shirts for your foes. Click here to check them out.

stated on October 7, 2014 in a debate :

"The Common Core was not put together by the Department of Education in Washington. It was put together by governors and by states."

mostly-true

mostly-true

stated on October 3, 2014 in a news release:

Says Thom Tillis "refuses to say what we should do to combat ISIS."

mostly-true

mostly-true

Protect Oregon Driver Licenses

stated on April 21, 2013 in a campaign website statement:

Gov. Kitzhaber oversaw creation of the Oregon driver card law "behind closed doors without allowing any input from citizens who represent the public interest."

barely-true

barely-true

stated on July 18, 2014 in a campaign debate:

Oregon "is the most trade-dependent state in the nation"

false

false

stated on February 26, 2016 in a test of the fact-checking widget:

"This is a test of the fact-checking widget."

false

false

Donald Rumsfeld

stated on February 17, 2013 in an op-ed in the "Washington Post":

Says wrestling was a favorite sport of Abraham Lincoln.

true

true

18% of the American public

stated on September 6, 2012 in a test:

true

true

18% of the American public

stated on August 22, 2012 in a statement:

true

true

stated on June 26, 2012 in a message forwarded to many people:

Says "a lip-reading instructor at the River School, a Washington, D.C., school for the deaf" has determined that during 9/11 ceremonies, Michelle Obama said, "All this for a damn flag."

pants-fire

pants-fire

stated on January 8, 2012 in a Republican debate in New Hampshire.:

Says President Barack Obama "is a socialist."

pants-fire

pants-fire

Michele Bachmann

stated on November 22, 2011 in a Republican debate in Washington:

Says Apple CEO Steve Jobs told President Obama that the company moved factories to China because it needed 30,000 engineers.

true

true

18% of the American public

stated on November 3, 2016 in a test conducted on an obscure PolitiFact site.:

"This is a test of the Share the Facts widget."

true

true

Republican Party of Florida

stated on March 19, 2010 in a news release:

The Democratic health care plan is a "government takeover of nearly 20 percent of our economy."

pants-fire

pants-fire

stated on March 2, 2010 in the State of the State address:

Cover Florida "is available to any Floridian, offering basic coverage for about $150 a month, instead of the typical $600 a month."

barely-true

barely-true

C.W. Bill Young

stated on February 20, 2010 in a speech to Pinellas County Republicans.:

The Democratic health care plan is a "government takeover of our health programs."

pants-fire

pants-fire

Blake Gendebien
stated on January 30, 2026 in an X post:

Milk prices “currently are no higher than they were in 1980’s.”

By Emma Gavazzi • March 30, 2026
Marc Molinaro
stated on February 14, 2026 in an X post:

New York leads the nation in population loss

By Chris Doody • March 30, 2026
Bruce Blakeman
stated on March 10, 2026 in a social media post:

As Nassau County Executive, I hired 600 new law enforcement officers and made Nassau the safest county in America.

By Jill Terreri Ramos • March 27, 2026
Donald Trump
stated on March 23, 2026 in remarks at a Memphis event:

"Mail-in voting means mail-in cheating.”

By Amy Sherman • March 25, 2026
Mark Kelly
stated on March 17, 2026 in an X post:

The SAVE America Act “requires everyone to re-register to vote in person and your driver’s license, REAL ID, or military ID aren’t even good enough.”

By Amy Sherman • March 24, 2026
Social Media
stated on March 19, 2026 in social media posts:

Video shows Israelis fleeing to Cyprus.

By Loreben Tuquero • March 23, 2026
James Fishback
stated on March 11, 2026 in a speech:

"Youth underemployment for college grads is 70%" nationwide.

By Samantha Putterman • March 23, 2026
Tammy Duckworth
stated on March 18, 2026 in an X post:

“9% of American citizens don't have the identification that the SAVE act requires to vote. Almost 1 in 10.”

By Amy Sherman • March 20, 2026
Katie Britt
stated on March 19, 2026 in a press conference:

“You can't shovel snow in New York City without an ID.”

By Amy Sherman • March 20, 2026
Elizabeth Warren
stated on March 3, 2026 in in a speech on March 3, 2026:

“In the modern era, no American president has ordered more military strikes against as many different countries as Donald Trump.”

By Zoe Weyand • March 20, 2026