Latest 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 Bill Cassidy stated on September 20, 2017 in an interview on CNN: Under the Graham-Cassidy health insurance bill, in "states like Maine, Virginia, Florida, Missouri, there will be billions more dollars to provide health insurance coverage for those in those states who have been passed by by Obamacare." Bernie Sanders stated on September 17, 2017 in an interview: "Private insurance companies in this country spend between 12 and 18 percent on administration costs. The cost of administering the Medicare program, a very popular program that works well for our seniors, is 2 percent. We can save approximately $500 billion a year just in administration costs." Billy Richardson stated on August 31, 2017 in on the House floor: North Carolina is home to "two rivers of the top five most polluted rivers" in the U.S. Bloggers stated on September 18, 2017 in a blog post: "House Dems introduce bill to remove citizenship requirement from presidency." Donald Trump stated on September 19, 2017 in a speech to the United Nations General Assembly: "Companies are moving back, creating job growth the likes of which our country has not seen in a very long time." Bruce Rauner stated on September 7, 2017 in in a press release: "Even with a permanent income tax increase... the budget is more than $1 billion out of balance…" Sean Duffy stated on September 14, 2017 in a Facebook Live town hall: Vermont had to "scrap" its single-payer health insurance program because it was "going bankrupt." Nancy Pelosi stated on September 18, 2017 in a speech at Sacramento State University: "Seventy-six percent of the American people support us passing the DREAM Act … with citizenship and legalization as part of it all. … More than 60 percent of Republicans support that." TheLastLineOfDefense.org stated on September 18, 2017 in a headline: "Susan Rice arrested for criminal ‘unmasking’ of Trump officials." NYDailyNews-TV.com stated on September 18, 2017 in a headline: "U.S. comedian Kevin Hart in critical condition after gory car crash." Donald Trump stated on September 17, 2017 in a tweet: "Long gas lines forming in North Korea." Joy Behar stated on September 6, 2017 in comments on 'The View': Says PolitiFact reported that "95 percent of what (Donald Trump) says is a lie." Donald Trump stated on September 14, 2017 in remarks to reporters: Says "92 percent of the people agree on DACA." Mark Pocan stated on September 13, 2017 in a tweet: Says U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin "wants to use a government jet that costs $25,000 per hour for his honeymoon." Derrick Johnson stated on August 2, 2017 in a travel advisory: "African Americans in Missouri are 75 percent more likely to be stopped and searched by law enforcement officers than caucasians." Senate Leadership Fund stated on September 14, 2017 in an attack ad: Says Roy Moore is "on the wrong side of Trump’s border wall." Dana Rohrabacher stated on September 14, 2017 in a news article: Democrats "setup" and "manipulated" the political violence in Charlottesville Young Conservatives stated on September 8, 2017 in an Internet post: "Mass voter fraud just discovered, to the amount that could void Hillary’s victory In New Hampshire." Kris Kobach stated on September 7, 2017 in Breitbart column: "Facts have come to light that indicate that a pivotal, close election was likely changed through voter fraud on November 8, 2016: New Hampshire’s U.S. Senate Seat, and perhaps also New Hampshire’s four Electoral College votes in the presidential election." Adam Putnam stated on August 30, 2017 in a tweet: San Francisco and Takoma Park, Md., are "allowing illegals to vote." William Lacy Clay stated on August 18, 2017 in an article in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch: "Calling for the assassination of the president is a federal crime." Roy Blunt stated on September 8, 2017 in a tweet: "Nearly 2/3 of rural Missourians don’t have access to broadband. That needs to change." Ken Paxton stated on September 5, 2017 in a press release: "President Obama used" his DACA order "to unilaterally confer U.S. citizenship." Dave Brat stated on September 7, 2017 in an interview on MSNBC: "So the number on DACA is 800,000, but every one person can bring in their entire extended family once they reach a certain status. So it's 3 or 4 million, right?" Paul Ryan stated on September 1, 2017 in an interview: "We've got about $3 trillion in trapped cash overseas that basically can't come back in this country because of our tax laws." Beto O'Rourke stated on August 10, 2017 in a Facebook post: Says "the latest polls show us tied neck-and-neck" with Sen. Ted Cruz. Tom Bossert stated on September 11, 2017 in a White House press briefing: The mobilization of the military in response to the storms in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands "is the largest ever mobilization of our military in a naval and marine operation" and an Air Force carrier there "was the first-ever as well." John Chiang stated on August 13, 2017 in a Facebook live video: "Since I’ve been the state treasurer, we’ve increased the building, construction of affordable housing by 80 percent." Andy Gronik stated on September 5, 2017 in an op-ed in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Wisconsin is "guaranteeing Foxconn almost $3 billion, but Foxconn is not contractually guaranteeing how many full-time employees it will hire, for how long and at what pay." Freedom Daily stated on September 6, 2017 in a blog post: "Muslims’ disturbing plan comes out after grocery stores go bare to prepare for Irma."
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Bill Cassidy stated on September 20, 2017 in an interview on CNN: Under the Graham-Cassidy health insurance bill, in "states like Maine, Virginia, Florida, Missouri, there will be billions more dollars to provide health insurance coverage for those in those states who have been passed by by Obamacare." Bernie Sanders stated on September 17, 2017 in an interview: "Private insurance companies in this country spend between 12 and 18 percent on administration costs. The cost of administering the Medicare program, a very popular program that works well for our seniors, is 2 percent. We can save approximately $500 billion a year just in administration costs." Billy Richardson stated on August 31, 2017 in on the House floor: North Carolina is home to "two rivers of the top five most polluted rivers" in the U.S. Bloggers stated on September 18, 2017 in a blog post: "House Dems introduce bill to remove citizenship requirement from presidency." Donald Trump stated on September 19, 2017 in a speech to the United Nations General Assembly: "Companies are moving back, creating job growth the likes of which our country has not seen in a very long time." Bruce Rauner stated on September 7, 2017 in in a press release: "Even with a permanent income tax increase... the budget is more than $1 billion out of balance…" Sean Duffy stated on September 14, 2017 in a Facebook Live town hall: Vermont had to "scrap" its single-payer health insurance program because it was "going bankrupt." Nancy Pelosi stated on September 18, 2017 in a speech at Sacramento State University: "Seventy-six percent of the American people support us passing the DREAM Act … with citizenship and legalization as part of it all. … More than 60 percent of Republicans support that." TheLastLineOfDefense.org stated on September 18, 2017 in a headline: "Susan Rice arrested for criminal ‘unmasking’ of Trump officials." NYDailyNews-TV.com stated on September 18, 2017 in a headline: "U.S. comedian Kevin Hart in critical condition after gory car crash." Donald Trump stated on September 17, 2017 in a tweet: "Long gas lines forming in North Korea." Joy Behar stated on September 6, 2017 in comments on 'The View': Says PolitiFact reported that "95 percent of what (Donald Trump) says is a lie." Donald Trump stated on September 14, 2017 in remarks to reporters: Says "92 percent of the people agree on DACA." Mark Pocan stated on September 13, 2017 in a tweet: Says U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin "wants to use a government jet that costs $25,000 per hour for his honeymoon." Derrick Johnson stated on August 2, 2017 in a travel advisory: "African Americans in Missouri are 75 percent more likely to be stopped and searched by law enforcement officers than caucasians." Senate Leadership Fund stated on September 14, 2017 in an attack ad: Says Roy Moore is "on the wrong side of Trump’s border wall." Dana Rohrabacher stated on September 14, 2017 in a news article: Democrats "setup" and "manipulated" the political violence in Charlottesville Young Conservatives stated on September 8, 2017 in an Internet post: "Mass voter fraud just discovered, to the amount that could void Hillary’s victory In New Hampshire." Kris Kobach stated on September 7, 2017 in Breitbart column: "Facts have come to light that indicate that a pivotal, close election was likely changed through voter fraud on November 8, 2016: New Hampshire’s U.S. Senate Seat, and perhaps also New Hampshire’s four Electoral College votes in the presidential election." Adam Putnam stated on August 30, 2017 in a tweet: San Francisco and Takoma Park, Md., are "allowing illegals to vote." William Lacy Clay stated on August 18, 2017 in an article in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch: "Calling for the assassination of the president is a federal crime." Roy Blunt stated on September 8, 2017 in a tweet: "Nearly 2/3 of rural Missourians don’t have access to broadband. That needs to change." Ken Paxton stated on September 5, 2017 in a press release: "President Obama used" his DACA order "to unilaterally confer U.S. citizenship." Dave Brat stated on September 7, 2017 in an interview on MSNBC: "So the number on DACA is 800,000, but every one person can bring in their entire extended family once they reach a certain status. So it's 3 or 4 million, right?" Paul Ryan stated on September 1, 2017 in an interview: "We've got about $3 trillion in trapped cash overseas that basically can't come back in this country because of our tax laws." Beto O'Rourke stated on August 10, 2017 in a Facebook post: Says "the latest polls show us tied neck-and-neck" with Sen. Ted Cruz. Tom Bossert stated on September 11, 2017 in a White House press briefing: The mobilization of the military in response to the storms in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands "is the largest ever mobilization of our military in a naval and marine operation" and an Air Force carrier there "was the first-ever as well." John Chiang stated on August 13, 2017 in a Facebook live video: "Since I’ve been the state treasurer, we’ve increased the building, construction of affordable housing by 80 percent." Andy Gronik stated on September 5, 2017 in an op-ed in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Wisconsin is "guaranteeing Foxconn almost $3 billion, but Foxconn is not contractually guaranteeing how many full-time employees it will hire, for how long and at what pay." Freedom Daily stated on September 6, 2017 in a blog post: "Muslims’ disturbing plan comes out after grocery stores go bare to prepare for Irma."
Bill Cassidy stated on September 20, 2017 in an interview on CNN: Under the Graham-Cassidy health insurance bill, in "states like Maine, Virginia, Florida, Missouri, there will be billions more dollars to provide health insurance coverage for those in those states who have been passed by by Obamacare."
Bernie Sanders stated on September 17, 2017 in an interview: "Private insurance companies in this country spend between 12 and 18 percent on administration costs. The cost of administering the Medicare program, a very popular program that works well for our seniors, is 2 percent. We can save approximately $500 billion a year just in administration costs."
Billy Richardson stated on August 31, 2017 in on the House floor: North Carolina is home to "two rivers of the top five most polluted rivers" in the U.S.
Bloggers stated on September 18, 2017 in a blog post: "House Dems introduce bill to remove citizenship requirement from presidency."
Donald Trump stated on September 19, 2017 in a speech to the United Nations General Assembly: "Companies are moving back, creating job growth the likes of which our country has not seen in a very long time."
Bruce Rauner stated on September 7, 2017 in in a press release: "Even with a permanent income tax increase... the budget is more than $1 billion out of balance…"
Sean Duffy stated on September 14, 2017 in a Facebook Live town hall: Vermont had to "scrap" its single-payer health insurance program because it was "going bankrupt."
Nancy Pelosi stated on September 18, 2017 in a speech at Sacramento State University: "Seventy-six percent of the American people support us passing the DREAM Act … with citizenship and legalization as part of it all. … More than 60 percent of Republicans support that."
TheLastLineOfDefense.org stated on September 18, 2017 in a headline: "Susan Rice arrested for criminal ‘unmasking’ of Trump officials."
NYDailyNews-TV.com stated on September 18, 2017 in a headline: "U.S. comedian Kevin Hart in critical condition after gory car crash."
Joy Behar stated on September 6, 2017 in comments on 'The View': Says PolitiFact reported that "95 percent of what (Donald Trump) says is a lie."
Donald Trump stated on September 14, 2017 in remarks to reporters: Says "92 percent of the people agree on DACA."
Mark Pocan stated on September 13, 2017 in a tweet: Says U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin "wants to use a government jet that costs $25,000 per hour for his honeymoon."
Derrick Johnson stated on August 2, 2017 in a travel advisory: "African Americans in Missouri are 75 percent more likely to be stopped and searched by law enforcement officers than caucasians."
Senate Leadership Fund stated on September 14, 2017 in an attack ad: Says Roy Moore is "on the wrong side of Trump’s border wall."
Dana Rohrabacher stated on September 14, 2017 in a news article: Democrats "setup" and "manipulated" the political violence in Charlottesville
Young Conservatives stated on September 8, 2017 in an Internet post: "Mass voter fraud just discovered, to the amount that could void Hillary’s victory In New Hampshire."
Kris Kobach stated on September 7, 2017 in Breitbart column: "Facts have come to light that indicate that a pivotal, close election was likely changed through voter fraud on November 8, 2016: New Hampshire’s U.S. Senate Seat, and perhaps also New Hampshire’s four Electoral College votes in the presidential election."
Adam Putnam stated on August 30, 2017 in a tweet: San Francisco and Takoma Park, Md., are "allowing illegals to vote."
William Lacy Clay stated on August 18, 2017 in an article in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch: "Calling for the assassination of the president is a federal crime."
Roy Blunt stated on September 8, 2017 in a tweet: "Nearly 2/3 of rural Missourians don’t have access to broadband. That needs to change."
Ken Paxton stated on September 5, 2017 in a press release: "President Obama used" his DACA order "to unilaterally confer U.S. citizenship."
Dave Brat stated on September 7, 2017 in an interview on MSNBC: "So the number on DACA is 800,000, but every one person can bring in their entire extended family once they reach a certain status. So it's 3 or 4 million, right?"
Paul Ryan stated on September 1, 2017 in an interview: "We've got about $3 trillion in trapped cash overseas that basically can't come back in this country because of our tax laws."
Beto O'Rourke stated on August 10, 2017 in a Facebook post: Says "the latest polls show us tied neck-and-neck" with Sen. Ted Cruz.
Tom Bossert stated on September 11, 2017 in a White House press briefing: The mobilization of the military in response to the storms in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands "is the largest ever mobilization of our military in a naval and marine operation" and an Air Force carrier there "was the first-ever as well."
John Chiang stated on August 13, 2017 in a Facebook live video: "Since I’ve been the state treasurer, we’ve increased the building, construction of affordable housing by 80 percent."
Andy Gronik stated on September 5, 2017 in an op-ed in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Wisconsin is "guaranteeing Foxconn almost $3 billion, but Foxconn is not contractually guaranteeing how many full-time employees it will hire, for how long and at what pay."
Freedom Daily stated on September 6, 2017 in a blog post: "Muslims’ disturbing plan comes out after grocery stores go bare to prepare for Irma."
