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 Rudy Giuliani stated on January 5, 2008 in a debate in Manchester, N.H.: "Bill Clinton cut the military drastically." Mike Huckabee stated on December 30, 2007 in a TV interview on NBC.: "...some of those (tax increases) were either court-ordered, or they were voted on by the people and approved by the people for (such) things as roads." Mitt Romney stated on December 26, 2007 in a press release: "Sen. McCain says it was not a mistake to vote against the Bush tax cuts ... but now says the tax cuts need to be made permanent." Ron Paul stated on December 23, 2007 in a <i>Meet the Press</i> interview: "If you got rid of the income tax today you'd have about as much revenue as we had 10 years ago." Hillary Clinton stated on November 19, 2007 in a speech in Knoxville, Iowa: "Average families are spending roughly $2,000 more a year on energy costs. ... It's like a $2,000 energy tax in just the last seven years, more than three times what the typical American family received from the Bush tax cuts." Chris Dodd stated on October 30, 2007 in a debate in Philadelphia: "The fact of the matter is that my colleague from New York, Senator Clinton, there are 50 percent of the American public that say they're not going to vote for her." John McCain stated on January 2, 2008 in a Web ad: "Mitt Romney says the next president doesn't need foreign policy experience." Fred Thompson stated on November 7, 2007 in a Nashville radio interview.: "He's a good man but he's a pro-life liberal. He's right on the pro-life part, but he's a liberal." Mitt Romney stated on December 16, 2007 in "Meet the Press" interview: "I just talked about guns. I told you what my position was, and what I did as governor, the fact that I received the endorsement of the NRA." Barack Obama stated on December 26, 2007 in a speech in Iowa: "Gas prices have never been higher, and Exxon Mobil's profits have never been higher." Mitt Romney stated on December 28, 2007 in a TV ad: "McCain opposes repeal of the death tax." Joe Biden stated on December 27, 2007 in a TV ad: Biden was responsible for "ending genocide in Bosnia." Mitt Romney stated on December 6, 2007 in College Station, Texas: "I saw my father march with Martin Luther King." Mitt Romney stated on December 19, 2007: Former business partner Robert Gay says: "The man who helped save my daughter was Mitt Romney." Mitt Romney stated on December 17, 2007 in a TV ad airing in Iowa.: Huckabee "granted 1,033 pardons and commutations . . . more clemencies than the previous three governors combined." Mike Huckabee stated on December 19, 2007 in an interview on MSNBC's Morning Joe.: Romney refused to pardon "a decorated soldier" returning from Iraq who had been charged with a crime involving a BB gun when he was 13. Mike Huckabee stated on December 12, 2007 in a debate in Des Moines, Iowa: Says he has "the most impressive education record" of the Republican candidates. John Edwards stated on December 19, 2007 in a TV ad airing in Iowa and New Hampshire.: "One out of every four homeless people on our streets is a veteran." Club for Growth stated on December 26, 2007 in a TV ad: "As governor, Mike Huckabee supported higher income taxes, sales taxes, gas taxes, grocery taxes, tobacco taxes, beer taxes, Internet taxes, nursing home bed taxes." Bill Richardson stated on November 15, 2007 in a debate in Las Vegas: "Sixty-five percent of the Iraqi people now say it's okay to shoot an American soldier." Chain email stated on October 1, 2007: "Obama was enrolled in a Wahabi school in Jakarta. Wahabism is the RADICAL teaching that is followed by the Muslim terrorists who are now waging Jihad against the western world." Chain email stated on December 19, 2007: When Obama was sworn into office, "he DID NOT use the Holy Bible, but instead the Kuran (Their equivalency to our Bible, but very different beliefs)." Mitt Romney stated on December 12, 2007 in debate in Johnston, Iowa: "I'm prolife. I'm not going to apologize for becoming prolife. Ronald Reagan followed that same course, as did Henry Hyde and George Herbert Walker Bush. And I'm proud to be prolife." Hillary Clinton stated on December 18, 2007 in a comment to a shopper at a supermarket in Des Moines, Iowa.: "I can't sign money. That's illegal." Ron Paul stated on December 12, 2007 in a debate in Johnston, Iowa: "It used to be the policy of the Republican Party to get rid of the Department of Education. We finally get in charge and a chance to do something, so we double the size of the Department of Education." Duncan Hunter stated on October 31, 2007 in a Fox News interview: "And, you know, our first president and our first commander in chief prayed every day. He had a field manual of prayers." John McCain stated on November 29, 2007 in a campaign event in St. Petersburg: " ... following World War II war crime trials were convened. The Japanese were tried and convicted and hung for war crimes committed against American POWs. Among those charges for which they were convicted was waterboarding." Hillary Clinton stated on October 10, 2007 in a town hall meeting in Derry, N.H.: "The estate tax, which came into being by Republicans like Teddy Roosevelt and others ... is there for a real simple reason: In America, we've never liked the idea of massive inherited wealth." Rudy Giuliani stated on December 5, 2007 in a TV ad: "Iranian mullahs took American hostages and they held the American hostages for 444 days. ...The one hour in which they released them was the one hour in which Ronald Reagan was taking the Oath of Office …" Hillary Clinton stated on December 13, 2007 in debate in Johnston, Iowa: "George Bush ... used a signing statement (on a FEMA bill) to say, 'I don't have to follow that, unless I choose to.' "
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Rudy Giuliani stated on January 5, 2008 in a debate in Manchester, N.H.: "Bill Clinton cut the military drastically." Mike Huckabee stated on December 30, 2007 in a TV interview on NBC.: "...some of those (tax increases) were either court-ordered, or they were voted on by the people and approved by the people for (such) things as roads." Mitt Romney stated on December 26, 2007 in a press release: "Sen. McCain says it was not a mistake to vote against the Bush tax cuts ... but now says the tax cuts need to be made permanent." Ron Paul stated on December 23, 2007 in a <i>Meet the Press</i> interview: "If you got rid of the income tax today you'd have about as much revenue as we had 10 years ago." Hillary Clinton stated on November 19, 2007 in a speech in Knoxville, Iowa: "Average families are spending roughly $2,000 more a year on energy costs. ... It's like a $2,000 energy tax in just the last seven years, more than three times what the typical American family received from the Bush tax cuts." Chris Dodd stated on October 30, 2007 in a debate in Philadelphia: "The fact of the matter is that my colleague from New York, Senator Clinton, there are 50 percent of the American public that say they're not going to vote for her." John McCain stated on January 2, 2008 in a Web ad: "Mitt Romney says the next president doesn't need foreign policy experience." Fred Thompson stated on November 7, 2007 in a Nashville radio interview.: "He's a good man but he's a pro-life liberal. He's right on the pro-life part, but he's a liberal." Mitt Romney stated on December 16, 2007 in "Meet the Press" interview: "I just talked about guns. I told you what my position was, and what I did as governor, the fact that I received the endorsement of the NRA." Barack Obama stated on December 26, 2007 in a speech in Iowa: "Gas prices have never been higher, and Exxon Mobil's profits have never been higher." Mitt Romney stated on December 28, 2007 in a TV ad: "McCain opposes repeal of the death tax." Joe Biden stated on December 27, 2007 in a TV ad: Biden was responsible for "ending genocide in Bosnia." Mitt Romney stated on December 6, 2007 in College Station, Texas: "I saw my father march with Martin Luther King." Mitt Romney stated on December 19, 2007: Former business partner Robert Gay says: "The man who helped save my daughter was Mitt Romney." Mitt Romney stated on December 17, 2007 in a TV ad airing in Iowa.: Huckabee "granted 1,033 pardons and commutations . . . more clemencies than the previous three governors combined." Mike Huckabee stated on December 19, 2007 in an interview on MSNBC's Morning Joe.: Romney refused to pardon "a decorated soldier" returning from Iraq who had been charged with a crime involving a BB gun when he was 13. Mike Huckabee stated on December 12, 2007 in a debate in Des Moines, Iowa: Says he has "the most impressive education record" of the Republican candidates. John Edwards stated on December 19, 2007 in a TV ad airing in Iowa and New Hampshire.: "One out of every four homeless people on our streets is a veteran." Club for Growth stated on December 26, 2007 in a TV ad: "As governor, Mike Huckabee supported higher income taxes, sales taxes, gas taxes, grocery taxes, tobacco taxes, beer taxes, Internet taxes, nursing home bed taxes." Bill Richardson stated on November 15, 2007 in a debate in Las Vegas: "Sixty-five percent of the Iraqi people now say it's okay to shoot an American soldier." Chain email stated on October 1, 2007: "Obama was enrolled in a Wahabi school in Jakarta. Wahabism is the RADICAL teaching that is followed by the Muslim terrorists who are now waging Jihad against the western world." Chain email stated on December 19, 2007: When Obama was sworn into office, "he DID NOT use the Holy Bible, but instead the Kuran (Their equivalency to our Bible, but very different beliefs)." Mitt Romney stated on December 12, 2007 in debate in Johnston, Iowa: "I'm prolife. I'm not going to apologize for becoming prolife. Ronald Reagan followed that same course, as did Henry Hyde and George Herbert Walker Bush. And I'm proud to be prolife." Hillary Clinton stated on December 18, 2007 in a comment to a shopper at a supermarket in Des Moines, Iowa.: "I can't sign money. That's illegal." Ron Paul stated on December 12, 2007 in a debate in Johnston, Iowa: "It used to be the policy of the Republican Party to get rid of the Department of Education. We finally get in charge and a chance to do something, so we double the size of the Department of Education." Duncan Hunter stated on October 31, 2007 in a Fox News interview: "And, you know, our first president and our first commander in chief prayed every day. He had a field manual of prayers." John McCain stated on November 29, 2007 in a campaign event in St. Petersburg: " ... following World War II war crime trials were convened. The Japanese were tried and convicted and hung for war crimes committed against American POWs. Among those charges for which they were convicted was waterboarding." Hillary Clinton stated on October 10, 2007 in a town hall meeting in Derry, N.H.: "The estate tax, which came into being by Republicans like Teddy Roosevelt and others ... is there for a real simple reason: In America, we've never liked the idea of massive inherited wealth." Rudy Giuliani stated on December 5, 2007 in a TV ad: "Iranian mullahs took American hostages and they held the American hostages for 444 days. ...The one hour in which they released them was the one hour in which Ronald Reagan was taking the Oath of Office …" Hillary Clinton stated on December 13, 2007 in debate in Johnston, Iowa: "George Bush ... used a signing statement (on a FEMA bill) to say, 'I don't have to follow that, unless I choose to.' "
Rudy Giuliani stated on January 5, 2008 in a debate in Manchester, N.H.: "Bill Clinton cut the military drastically."
Mike Huckabee stated on December 30, 2007 in a TV interview on NBC.: "...some of those (tax increases) were either court-ordered, or they were voted on by the people and approved by the people for (such) things as roads."
Mitt Romney stated on December 26, 2007 in a press release: "Sen. McCain says it was not a mistake to vote against the Bush tax cuts ... but now says the tax cuts need to be made permanent."
Ron Paul stated on December 23, 2007 in a <i>Meet the Press</i> interview: "If you got rid of the income tax today you'd have about as much revenue as we had 10 years ago."
Hillary Clinton stated on November 19, 2007 in a speech in Knoxville, Iowa: "Average families are spending roughly $2,000 more a year on energy costs. ... It's like a $2,000 energy tax in just the last seven years, more than three times what the typical American family received from the Bush tax cuts."
Chris Dodd stated on October 30, 2007 in a debate in Philadelphia: "The fact of the matter is that my colleague from New York, Senator Clinton, there are 50 percent of the American public that say they're not going to vote for her."
John McCain stated on January 2, 2008 in a Web ad: "Mitt Romney says the next president doesn't need foreign policy experience."
Fred Thompson stated on November 7, 2007 in a Nashville radio interview.: "He's a good man but he's a pro-life liberal. He's right on the pro-life part, but he's a liberal."
Mitt Romney stated on December 16, 2007 in "Meet the Press" interview: "I just talked about guns. I told you what my position was, and what I did as governor, the fact that I received the endorsement of the NRA."
Barack Obama stated on December 26, 2007 in a speech in Iowa: "Gas prices have never been higher, and Exxon Mobil's profits have never been higher."
Joe Biden stated on December 27, 2007 in a TV ad: Biden was responsible for "ending genocide in Bosnia."
Mitt Romney stated on December 6, 2007 in College Station, Texas: "I saw my father march with Martin Luther King."
Mitt Romney stated on December 19, 2007: Former business partner Robert Gay says: "The man who helped save my daughter was Mitt Romney."
Mitt Romney stated on December 17, 2007 in a TV ad airing in Iowa.: Huckabee "granted 1,033 pardons and commutations . . . more clemencies than the previous three governors combined."
Mike Huckabee stated on December 19, 2007 in an interview on MSNBC's Morning Joe.: Romney refused to pardon "a decorated soldier" returning from Iraq who had been charged with a crime involving a BB gun when he was 13.
Mike Huckabee stated on December 12, 2007 in a debate in Des Moines, Iowa: Says he has "the most impressive education record" of the Republican candidates.
John Edwards stated on December 19, 2007 in a TV ad airing in Iowa and New Hampshire.: "One out of every four homeless people on our streets is a veteran."
Club for Growth stated on December 26, 2007 in a TV ad: "As governor, Mike Huckabee supported higher income taxes, sales taxes, gas taxes, grocery taxes, tobacco taxes, beer taxes, Internet taxes, nursing home bed taxes."
Bill Richardson stated on November 15, 2007 in a debate in Las Vegas: "Sixty-five percent of the Iraqi people now say it's okay to shoot an American soldier."
Chain email stated on October 1, 2007: "Obama was enrolled in a Wahabi school in Jakarta. Wahabism is the RADICAL teaching that is followed by the Muslim terrorists who are now waging Jihad against the western world."
Chain email stated on December 19, 2007: When Obama was sworn into office, "he DID NOT use the Holy Bible, but instead the Kuran (Their equivalency to our Bible, but very different beliefs)."
Mitt Romney stated on December 12, 2007 in debate in Johnston, Iowa: "I'm prolife. I'm not going to apologize for becoming prolife. Ronald Reagan followed that same course, as did Henry Hyde and George Herbert Walker Bush. And I'm proud to be prolife."
Hillary Clinton stated on December 18, 2007 in a comment to a shopper at a supermarket in Des Moines, Iowa.: "I can't sign money. That's illegal."
Ron Paul stated on December 12, 2007 in a debate in Johnston, Iowa: "It used to be the policy of the Republican Party to get rid of the Department of Education. We finally get in charge and a chance to do something, so we double the size of the Department of Education."
Duncan Hunter stated on October 31, 2007 in a Fox News interview: "And, you know, our first president and our first commander in chief prayed every day. He had a field manual of prayers."
John McCain stated on November 29, 2007 in a campaign event in St. Petersburg: " ... following World War II war crime trials were convened. The Japanese were tried and convicted and hung for war crimes committed against American POWs. Among those charges for which they were convicted was waterboarding."
Hillary Clinton stated on October 10, 2007 in a town hall meeting in Derry, N.H.: "The estate tax, which came into being by Republicans like Teddy Roosevelt and others ... is there for a real simple reason: In America, we've never liked the idea of massive inherited wealth."
Rudy Giuliani stated on December 5, 2007 in a TV ad: "Iranian mullahs took American hostages and they held the American hostages for 444 days. ...The one hour in which they released them was the one hour in which Ronald Reagan was taking the Oath of Office …"
Hillary Clinton stated on December 13, 2007 in debate in Johnston, Iowa: "George Bush ... used a signing statement (on a FEMA bill) to say, 'I don't have to follow that, unless I choose to.' "
