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 Newt Gingrich stated on June 15, 2011 in in an interview on the “The Neal Boortz Radio Show” on Atlanta’s AM 750 and 95.5 FM : Every 10th dollar spent by the Social Security Administration on its program for the poor is "waste, or fraud, they can’t validate that the people should have gotten it," totaling about $8 billion a year. Roxanne Ross stated on May 15, 2011 in an online posting: Multnomah County’s food action plan "clearly plans to disrupt the free market system in terms of food choices making it harder and more expensive for many residents to eat their food of choice." Loretta Weinberg stated on June 6, 2011 in a column on bluejersey.com: "(New Jersey Network) is the only news station which covers New Jersey government." Jon Huntsman stated on June 22, 2011 in an interview on "Morning Joe.": The U.S. is spending "one out of every six Defense Department dollars on Afghanistan." Common Sense Now stated on June 20, 2011 in an ad: Says Miami-Dade mayoral candidate Julio Robaina "has the highest salary among Florida mayors. More than $260,000." National Republican Senatorial Committee stated on June 9, 2011 in a news release: Says that Sherrod Brown "voted to cut Medicare by over $500 billion in order to fund government-run health care." Kim Guadagno stated on May 11, 2011 in a radio interview on WNYC: After not having any foreign trade offices overseas for the past decade, New Jersey opened offices in Shanghai and London in the past six months, and has seen an 18 percent increase in exports. David Axelrod stated on June 19, 2011 in a CNN interview: When Mitt Romney was governor, Massachusetts ranked 47th out of 50 states in job creation. George Allen stated on June 14, 2011 in a blog post.: On subsidies for ethanol production. Peter Barca stated on June 14, 2011 in a television interview: "Two thirds of the people in Wisconsin strongly disagree with this idea of permanently taking away people’s rights to collective bargaining." National Republican Congressional Committee stated on May 18, 2011 in a press release: "As the Democrats finally maxed out their government spending credit card Monday, Kurt Schrader continued to stand with his party leaders in failing to offer any viable long-term solution." Ron Amstutz stated on April 18, 2011 in a forum on the state budget: "Most of the state budget isn't for state government doing things. ... 85 percent of the state budget is transferred to local communities for delivery of service." Nina Perales stated on May 31, 2011 in a press release.: Says a Republican-drawn map of proposed U.S. House districts for Texas "gerrymanders more than nine million Latinos in Texas to make sure that we have no more electoral opportunity than we did in 1991." Cory Booker stated on May 10, 2011 in a radio interview on the Brian Lehrer show: The ACLU didn't call for an investigation (of the Newark police department), they called for an immediate federal monitor. Rick Scott stated on June 16, 2011 in a Tallahassee press conference: "Almost 10 percent of Canadians came to visit Florida last year ... (Canadians) buy 7.4 percent of our homes in the state." Newt Gingrich stated on June 13, 2011 in a debate: "The right-to-work states are creating a lot more jobs today than the heavily unionized states." Chris Christie stated on April 29, 2011 in a speech at the Harvard Graduate School of Education: "When the union says I want to eliminate tenure, that’s not true." Jon Stewart stated on June 19, 2011 in an interview on Fox News Sunday: "Who are the most consistently misinformed media viewers? … Fox viewers, consistently, every poll." The Accountability Project stated on June 10, 2011 in a TV ad: Says former Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Alvarez and current mayoral candidate Carlos Gimenez both drove fancy European cars at taxpayer expense. National Republican Senatorial Committee stated on June 3, 2011 in a press release.: "President Obama and liberal former DNC Chairman Tim Kaine’s $787 billion stimulus failed to create jobs." Turn Right USA stated on June 13, 2011 in a YouTube video: "Janice Hahn hired hard-core gang members with taxpayer money to be 'gang-intervention specialists.' She even helped them get out of jail, so they could rape and kill again." Sandy Pasch stated on June 14, 2011 in a news release: State Sen. Alberta Darling "voted to add more than $1 billion in additional spending" while cutting programs such as education and health care Herman Cain stated on June 13, 2011 in the Republican primary presidential debate in Manchester, NH: Muslims tried to use Sharia law to influence court decisions in New Jersey and Oklahoma Chris Widener stated on June 7, 2011 in remarks to reporters: Says tax revenue was lower than expected in May and "that's basically a clear indication the governor's counselors are probably right -- that we are still not out of the woods yet." Judith Zaffirini stated on May 25, 2011 in remarks on the Senate floor: Says 11 percent of the nation’s fatal car crashes in 2009 were attributed to distracted driving. Diane Allen stated on May 9, 2011 in a press release: Says Ocean Spray is moving its Bordentown processing facility to Pennsylvania largely because of costs associated with the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative. New Jersey Education Association stated on May 4, 2011 in a television ad: "As soon as Chris Christie was governor, he gave tax cuts to millionaires." Michael Cutler stated on June 7, 2011 in an appearance on the "Helen Glover ShowV: "A couple of hundred American cities are infested by members of the Mexican cartels." George Allen stated on June 14, 2011 in a speech.: "The tax on job creating businesses is 35 percent in the United States, second worst in the entire world." Doug Whitsett stated on June 3, 2011 in a legislative hearing: The Medford Water Commission was fined $279,000 for dumping plain drinking water into a stream.
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Newt Gingrich stated on June 15, 2011 in in an interview on the “The Neal Boortz Radio Show” on Atlanta’s AM 750 and 95.5 FM : Every 10th dollar spent by the Social Security Administration on its program for the poor is "waste, or fraud, they can’t validate that the people should have gotten it," totaling about $8 billion a year. Roxanne Ross stated on May 15, 2011 in an online posting: Multnomah County’s food action plan "clearly plans to disrupt the free market system in terms of food choices making it harder and more expensive for many residents to eat their food of choice." Loretta Weinberg stated on June 6, 2011 in a column on bluejersey.com: "(New Jersey Network) is the only news station which covers New Jersey government." Jon Huntsman stated on June 22, 2011 in an interview on "Morning Joe.": The U.S. is spending "one out of every six Defense Department dollars on Afghanistan." Common Sense Now stated on June 20, 2011 in an ad: Says Miami-Dade mayoral candidate Julio Robaina "has the highest salary among Florida mayors. More than $260,000." National Republican Senatorial Committee stated on June 9, 2011 in a news release: Says that Sherrod Brown "voted to cut Medicare by over $500 billion in order to fund government-run health care." Kim Guadagno stated on May 11, 2011 in a radio interview on WNYC: After not having any foreign trade offices overseas for the past decade, New Jersey opened offices in Shanghai and London in the past six months, and has seen an 18 percent increase in exports. David Axelrod stated on June 19, 2011 in a CNN interview: When Mitt Romney was governor, Massachusetts ranked 47th out of 50 states in job creation. George Allen stated on June 14, 2011 in a blog post.: On subsidies for ethanol production. Peter Barca stated on June 14, 2011 in a television interview: "Two thirds of the people in Wisconsin strongly disagree with this idea of permanently taking away people’s rights to collective bargaining." National Republican Congressional Committee stated on May 18, 2011 in a press release: "As the Democrats finally maxed out their government spending credit card Monday, Kurt Schrader continued to stand with his party leaders in failing to offer any viable long-term solution." Ron Amstutz stated on April 18, 2011 in a forum on the state budget: "Most of the state budget isn't for state government doing things. ... 85 percent of the state budget is transferred to local communities for delivery of service." Nina Perales stated on May 31, 2011 in a press release.: Says a Republican-drawn map of proposed U.S. House districts for Texas "gerrymanders more than nine million Latinos in Texas to make sure that we have no more electoral opportunity than we did in 1991." Cory Booker stated on May 10, 2011 in a radio interview on the Brian Lehrer show: The ACLU didn't call for an investigation (of the Newark police department), they called for an immediate federal monitor. Rick Scott stated on June 16, 2011 in a Tallahassee press conference: "Almost 10 percent of Canadians came to visit Florida last year ... (Canadians) buy 7.4 percent of our homes in the state." Newt Gingrich stated on June 13, 2011 in a debate: "The right-to-work states are creating a lot more jobs today than the heavily unionized states." Chris Christie stated on April 29, 2011 in a speech at the Harvard Graduate School of Education: "When the union says I want to eliminate tenure, that’s not true." Jon Stewart stated on June 19, 2011 in an interview on Fox News Sunday: "Who are the most consistently misinformed media viewers? … Fox viewers, consistently, every poll." The Accountability Project stated on June 10, 2011 in a TV ad: Says former Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Alvarez and current mayoral candidate Carlos Gimenez both drove fancy European cars at taxpayer expense. National Republican Senatorial Committee stated on June 3, 2011 in a press release.: "President Obama and liberal former DNC Chairman Tim Kaine’s $787 billion stimulus failed to create jobs." Turn Right USA stated on June 13, 2011 in a YouTube video: "Janice Hahn hired hard-core gang members with taxpayer money to be 'gang-intervention specialists.' She even helped them get out of jail, so they could rape and kill again." Sandy Pasch stated on June 14, 2011 in a news release: State Sen. Alberta Darling "voted to add more than $1 billion in additional spending" while cutting programs such as education and health care Herman Cain stated on June 13, 2011 in the Republican primary presidential debate in Manchester, NH: Muslims tried to use Sharia law to influence court decisions in New Jersey and Oklahoma Chris Widener stated on June 7, 2011 in remarks to reporters: Says tax revenue was lower than expected in May and "that's basically a clear indication the governor's counselors are probably right -- that we are still not out of the woods yet." Judith Zaffirini stated on May 25, 2011 in remarks on the Senate floor: Says 11 percent of the nation’s fatal car crashes in 2009 were attributed to distracted driving. Diane Allen stated on May 9, 2011 in a press release: Says Ocean Spray is moving its Bordentown processing facility to Pennsylvania largely because of costs associated with the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative. New Jersey Education Association stated on May 4, 2011 in a television ad: "As soon as Chris Christie was governor, he gave tax cuts to millionaires." Michael Cutler stated on June 7, 2011 in an appearance on the "Helen Glover ShowV: "A couple of hundred American cities are infested by members of the Mexican cartels." George Allen stated on June 14, 2011 in a speech.: "The tax on job creating businesses is 35 percent in the United States, second worst in the entire world." Doug Whitsett stated on June 3, 2011 in a legislative hearing: The Medford Water Commission was fined $279,000 for dumping plain drinking water into a stream.
Newt Gingrich stated on June 15, 2011 in in an interview on the “The Neal Boortz Radio Show” on Atlanta’s AM 750 and 95.5 FM : Every 10th dollar spent by the Social Security Administration on its program for the poor is "waste, or fraud, they can’t validate that the people should have gotten it," totaling about $8 billion a year.
Roxanne Ross stated on May 15, 2011 in an online posting: Multnomah County’s food action plan "clearly plans to disrupt the free market system in terms of food choices making it harder and more expensive for many residents to eat their food of choice."
Loretta Weinberg stated on June 6, 2011 in a column on bluejersey.com: "(New Jersey Network) is the only news station which covers New Jersey government."
Jon Huntsman stated on June 22, 2011 in an interview on "Morning Joe.": The U.S. is spending "one out of every six Defense Department dollars on Afghanistan."
Common Sense Now stated on June 20, 2011 in an ad: Says Miami-Dade mayoral candidate Julio Robaina "has the highest salary among Florida mayors. More than $260,000."
National Republican Senatorial Committee stated on June 9, 2011 in a news release: Says that Sherrod Brown "voted to cut Medicare by over $500 billion in order to fund government-run health care."
Kim Guadagno stated on May 11, 2011 in a radio interview on WNYC: After not having any foreign trade offices overseas for the past decade, New Jersey opened offices in Shanghai and London in the past six months, and has seen an 18 percent increase in exports.
David Axelrod stated on June 19, 2011 in a CNN interview: When Mitt Romney was governor, Massachusetts ranked 47th out of 50 states in job creation.
Peter Barca stated on June 14, 2011 in a television interview: "Two thirds of the people in Wisconsin strongly disagree with this idea of permanently taking away people’s rights to collective bargaining."
National Republican Congressional Committee stated on May 18, 2011 in a press release: "As the Democrats finally maxed out their government spending credit card Monday, Kurt Schrader continued to stand with his party leaders in failing to offer any viable long-term solution."
Ron Amstutz stated on April 18, 2011 in a forum on the state budget: "Most of the state budget isn't for state government doing things. ... 85 percent of the state budget is transferred to local communities for delivery of service."
Nina Perales stated on May 31, 2011 in a press release.: Says a Republican-drawn map of proposed U.S. House districts for Texas "gerrymanders more than nine million Latinos in Texas to make sure that we have no more electoral opportunity than we did in 1991."
Cory Booker stated on May 10, 2011 in a radio interview on the Brian Lehrer show: The ACLU didn't call for an investigation (of the Newark police department), they called for an immediate federal monitor.
Rick Scott stated on June 16, 2011 in a Tallahassee press conference: "Almost 10 percent of Canadians came to visit Florida last year ... (Canadians) buy 7.4 percent of our homes in the state."
Newt Gingrich stated on June 13, 2011 in a debate: "The right-to-work states are creating a lot more jobs today than the heavily unionized states."
Chris Christie stated on April 29, 2011 in a speech at the Harvard Graduate School of Education: "When the union says I want to eliminate tenure, that’s not true."
Jon Stewart stated on June 19, 2011 in an interview on Fox News Sunday: "Who are the most consistently misinformed media viewers? … Fox viewers, consistently, every poll."
The Accountability Project stated on June 10, 2011 in a TV ad: Says former Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Alvarez and current mayoral candidate Carlos Gimenez both drove fancy European cars at taxpayer expense.
National Republican Senatorial Committee stated on June 3, 2011 in a press release.: "President Obama and liberal former DNC Chairman Tim Kaine’s $787 billion stimulus failed to create jobs."
Turn Right USA stated on June 13, 2011 in a YouTube video: "Janice Hahn hired hard-core gang members with taxpayer money to be 'gang-intervention specialists.' She even helped them get out of jail, so they could rape and kill again."
Sandy Pasch stated on June 14, 2011 in a news release: State Sen. Alberta Darling "voted to add more than $1 billion in additional spending" while cutting programs such as education and health care
Herman Cain stated on June 13, 2011 in the Republican primary presidential debate in Manchester, NH: Muslims tried to use Sharia law to influence court decisions in New Jersey and Oklahoma
Chris Widener stated on June 7, 2011 in remarks to reporters: Says tax revenue was lower than expected in May and "that's basically a clear indication the governor's counselors are probably right -- that we are still not out of the woods yet."
Judith Zaffirini stated on May 25, 2011 in remarks on the Senate floor: Says 11 percent of the nation’s fatal car crashes in 2009 were attributed to distracted driving.
Diane Allen stated on May 9, 2011 in a press release: Says Ocean Spray is moving its Bordentown processing facility to Pennsylvania largely because of costs associated with the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative.
New Jersey Education Association stated on May 4, 2011 in a television ad: "As soon as Chris Christie was governor, he gave tax cuts to millionaires."
Michael Cutler stated on June 7, 2011 in an appearance on the "Helen Glover ShowV: "A couple of hundred American cities are infested by members of the Mexican cartels."
George Allen stated on June 14, 2011 in a speech.: "The tax on job creating businesses is 35 percent in the United States, second worst in the entire world."
Doug Whitsett stated on June 3, 2011 in a legislative hearing: The Medford Water Commission was fined $279,000 for dumping plain drinking water into a stream.
