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 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." 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.' " Barack Obama stated on December 13, 2007 in Johnston, Iowa: "If we went back to the obesity rates that existed in 1980, that would save the Medicare system a trillion dollars." Hillary Clinton stated on November 19, 2007 in Knoxville, Iowa: "Thanks to President Bush's policies....The income gap is now higher than at any time since the Great Depression." Hillary Clinton stated on December 5, 2007 in New York, N.Y.: "Productivity has risen 18 percent ...yet wages have stayed flat... There are 5-million more people in poverty here in our country than there were in 2000." Rudy Giuliani stated on December 12, 2007 in a debate in Johnston, Iowa: "We reduced abortion. We increased adoptions by 135 percent." Chris Dodd stated on December 13, 2007 in debate in Johnston, Iowa: "We've got some 37-million of our fellow citizens who are living in poverty; about 12-million or 13-million are children." Fred Thompson stated on December 12, 2007 in debate in Johnston, Iowa: "Five percent of Americans pay over half the income taxes in this country. Forty percent of Americans pay no income taxes at all." Chain email stated on December 12, 2007: An anonymous e-mail says that Hillary Clinton advocates communism. Joe Biden stated on December 12, 2007 in a TV ad: "When Pakistan erupted in crisis, I spoke to Musharraf before Bush did." Mitt Romney stated on December 10, 2007 in a TV ad: Mike Huckabee "supported taxpayer-funded scholarships for illegal aliens." Tom Tancredo stated on October 9, 2007 in Detroit: "For every single illegal immigrant family in this country, it costs $20,000 — it costs us $20,000; $20,000 in infrastructural costs. They pay about $10,000 in taxes." Rudy Giuliani stated on November 26, 2007 in MSNBC's "Morning Joe": "He's (Romney) the one who said that he would be to the left of Teddy Kennedy on gay rights." Rudy Giuliani stated on November 26, 2007 in MSNBC's "Morning Joe": "This guy didn't even support Ronald Reagan." Hillary Clinton stated on November 20, 2007 in a speech in Shenandoah, Iowa: "A ham and cheese sandwich on one slice of bread is the responsibility of the USDA ... But a ham and cheese sandwich on two slices of bread is the responsibility of the Food and Drug Administration." Rudy Giuliani stated on November 26, 2007 in a Washington Post interview.: "The oddest thing is he doesn't want to do for America what he did for Massachusetts. He did mandate health care for Massachusetts, which is HillaryCare, and he doesn't want to do that for America." Hillary Clinton stated on December 2, 2007 in a news release: "Senator Obama's relatives and friends say he has been talking about running for president for at least the last 15 years," a campaign spokesman said. Mitt Romney stated on December 5, 2007 in an interview: Huckabee supported "a tuition break to the children of illegals that are here illegally when citizens are having to pay a higher rate." Mitt Romney stated on November 26, 2007 in a TV ad: Romney said "'No' to in-state tuition" for illegal immigrants. John McCain stated on November 26, 2007 in Interview on Fox News: "He was a member of the Iraq Study Group and was either fired or quit from a very important commission that was trying to figure out the way forward in Iraq." Barack Obama stated on November 15, 2007 in Las Vegas, Nev. : "I do provide universal health care." Mike Huckabee stated on November 14, 2007 in interview on Fox News: MikeHuckabee.com gets "more hits than virtually any other presidential candidate." Hillary Clinton stated on November 15, 2007 in Las Vegas, Nev. : Barack Obama's health care plan "would leave 15-million Americans out." Mitt Romney stated on November 28, 2007 in a debate in St. Petersburg: The Red Sox waited "87 long years" to win the World Series. John McCain stated on November 28, 2007 in St. Petersburg, Fla.: "I saved the taxpayers $2-billion on a bogus Air Force Boeing tanker deal where people went to jail." Ron Paul stated on November 28, 2007 in a debate in St. Petersburg: "I get the most money from active duty officers and military personnel." Tom Tancredo stated on November 20, 2007 in Fox News interview: "I spend a lot of time in Iowa, and believe it or not, in Ottumwa, Iowa, this is the heartland, the newspaper, the regular newspaper for Ottumwa, Iowa, is (a) bilingual newspaper." Mike Huckabee stated on November 28, 2007 in a debate in St. Petersburg: Supported in-state tuition in Arkansas for illegal immigrants "if you'd sat in our schools from the time you're 5 or 6 years old and you had become an A-plus student," among other things. Mitt Romney stated on November 28, 2007 in a debate in St. Petersburg, Fla.: "The mayor said … 'if you happen to be in this country in an undocumented status . . . then we welcome you here. We want you here. We'll protect you here.' " Mitt Romney stated on November 28, 2007 in St. Petersburg, Fla.: "No, I did not (have illegal immigrants working at his mansion)."
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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." 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.' " Barack Obama stated on December 13, 2007 in Johnston, Iowa: "If we went back to the obesity rates that existed in 1980, that would save the Medicare system a trillion dollars." Hillary Clinton stated on November 19, 2007 in Knoxville, Iowa: "Thanks to President Bush's policies....The income gap is now higher than at any time since the Great Depression." Hillary Clinton stated on December 5, 2007 in New York, N.Y.: "Productivity has risen 18 percent ...yet wages have stayed flat... There are 5-million more people in poverty here in our country than there were in 2000." Rudy Giuliani stated on December 12, 2007 in a debate in Johnston, Iowa: "We reduced abortion. We increased adoptions by 135 percent." Chris Dodd stated on December 13, 2007 in debate in Johnston, Iowa: "We've got some 37-million of our fellow citizens who are living in poverty; about 12-million or 13-million are children." Fred Thompson stated on December 12, 2007 in debate in Johnston, Iowa: "Five percent of Americans pay over half the income taxes in this country. Forty percent of Americans pay no income taxes at all." Chain email stated on December 12, 2007: An anonymous e-mail says that Hillary Clinton advocates communism. Joe Biden stated on December 12, 2007 in a TV ad: "When Pakistan erupted in crisis, I spoke to Musharraf before Bush did." Mitt Romney stated on December 10, 2007 in a TV ad: Mike Huckabee "supported taxpayer-funded scholarships for illegal aliens." Tom Tancredo stated on October 9, 2007 in Detroit: "For every single illegal immigrant family in this country, it costs $20,000 — it costs us $20,000; $20,000 in infrastructural costs. They pay about $10,000 in taxes." Rudy Giuliani stated on November 26, 2007 in MSNBC's "Morning Joe": "He's (Romney) the one who said that he would be to the left of Teddy Kennedy on gay rights." Rudy Giuliani stated on November 26, 2007 in MSNBC's "Morning Joe": "This guy didn't even support Ronald Reagan." Hillary Clinton stated on November 20, 2007 in a speech in Shenandoah, Iowa: "A ham and cheese sandwich on one slice of bread is the responsibility of the USDA ... But a ham and cheese sandwich on two slices of bread is the responsibility of the Food and Drug Administration." Rudy Giuliani stated on November 26, 2007 in a Washington Post interview.: "The oddest thing is he doesn't want to do for America what he did for Massachusetts. He did mandate health care for Massachusetts, which is HillaryCare, and he doesn't want to do that for America." Hillary Clinton stated on December 2, 2007 in a news release: "Senator Obama's relatives and friends say he has been talking about running for president for at least the last 15 years," a campaign spokesman said. Mitt Romney stated on December 5, 2007 in an interview: Huckabee supported "a tuition break to the children of illegals that are here illegally when citizens are having to pay a higher rate." Mitt Romney stated on November 26, 2007 in a TV ad: Romney said "'No' to in-state tuition" for illegal immigrants. John McCain stated on November 26, 2007 in Interview on Fox News: "He was a member of the Iraq Study Group and was either fired or quit from a very important commission that was trying to figure out the way forward in Iraq." Barack Obama stated on November 15, 2007 in Las Vegas, Nev. : "I do provide universal health care." Mike Huckabee stated on November 14, 2007 in interview on Fox News: MikeHuckabee.com gets "more hits than virtually any other presidential candidate." Hillary Clinton stated on November 15, 2007 in Las Vegas, Nev. : Barack Obama's health care plan "would leave 15-million Americans out." Mitt Romney stated on November 28, 2007 in a debate in St. Petersburg: The Red Sox waited "87 long years" to win the World Series. John McCain stated on November 28, 2007 in St. Petersburg, Fla.: "I saved the taxpayers $2-billion on a bogus Air Force Boeing tanker deal where people went to jail." Ron Paul stated on November 28, 2007 in a debate in St. Petersburg: "I get the most money from active duty officers and military personnel." Tom Tancredo stated on November 20, 2007 in Fox News interview: "I spend a lot of time in Iowa, and believe it or not, in Ottumwa, Iowa, this is the heartland, the newspaper, the regular newspaper for Ottumwa, Iowa, is (a) bilingual newspaper." Mike Huckabee stated on November 28, 2007 in a debate in St. Petersburg: Supported in-state tuition in Arkansas for illegal immigrants "if you'd sat in our schools from the time you're 5 or 6 years old and you had become an A-plus student," among other things. Mitt Romney stated on November 28, 2007 in a debate in St. Petersburg, Fla.: "The mayor said … 'if you happen to be in this country in an undocumented status . . . then we welcome you here. We want you here. We'll protect you here.' " Mitt Romney stated on November 28, 2007 in St. Petersburg, Fla.: "No, I did not (have illegal immigrants working at his mansion)."
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."
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.' "
Barack Obama stated on December 13, 2007 in Johnston, Iowa: "If we went back to the obesity rates that existed in 1980, that would save the Medicare system a trillion dollars."
Hillary Clinton stated on November 19, 2007 in Knoxville, Iowa: "Thanks to President Bush's policies....The income gap is now higher than at any time since the Great Depression."
Hillary Clinton stated on December 5, 2007 in New York, N.Y.: "Productivity has risen 18 percent ...yet wages have stayed flat... There are 5-million more people in poverty here in our country than there were in 2000."
Rudy Giuliani stated on December 12, 2007 in a debate in Johnston, Iowa: "We reduced abortion. We increased adoptions by 135 percent."
Chris Dodd stated on December 13, 2007 in debate in Johnston, Iowa: "We've got some 37-million of our fellow citizens who are living in poverty; about 12-million or 13-million are children."
Fred Thompson stated on December 12, 2007 in debate in Johnston, Iowa: "Five percent of Americans pay over half the income taxes in this country. Forty percent of Americans pay no income taxes at all."
Chain email stated on December 12, 2007: An anonymous e-mail says that Hillary Clinton advocates communism.
Joe Biden stated on December 12, 2007 in a TV ad: "When Pakistan erupted in crisis, I spoke to Musharraf before Bush did."
Mitt Romney stated on December 10, 2007 in a TV ad: Mike Huckabee "supported taxpayer-funded scholarships for illegal aliens."
Tom Tancredo stated on October 9, 2007 in Detroit: "For every single illegal immigrant family in this country, it costs $20,000 — it costs us $20,000; $20,000 in infrastructural costs. They pay about $10,000 in taxes."
Rudy Giuliani stated on November 26, 2007 in MSNBC's "Morning Joe": "He's (Romney) the one who said that he would be to the left of Teddy Kennedy on gay rights."
Rudy Giuliani stated on November 26, 2007 in MSNBC's "Morning Joe": "This guy didn't even support Ronald Reagan."
Hillary Clinton stated on November 20, 2007 in a speech in Shenandoah, Iowa: "A ham and cheese sandwich on one slice of bread is the responsibility of the USDA ... But a ham and cheese sandwich on two slices of bread is the responsibility of the Food and Drug Administration."
Rudy Giuliani stated on November 26, 2007 in a Washington Post interview.: "The oddest thing is he doesn't want to do for America what he did for Massachusetts. He did mandate health care for Massachusetts, which is HillaryCare, and he doesn't want to do that for America."
Hillary Clinton stated on December 2, 2007 in a news release: "Senator Obama's relatives and friends say he has been talking about running for president for at least the last 15 years," a campaign spokesman said.
Mitt Romney stated on December 5, 2007 in an interview: Huckabee supported "a tuition break to the children of illegals that are here illegally when citizens are having to pay a higher rate."
Mitt Romney stated on November 26, 2007 in a TV ad: Romney said "'No' to in-state tuition" for illegal immigrants.
John McCain stated on November 26, 2007 in Interview on Fox News: "He was a member of the Iraq Study Group and was either fired or quit from a very important commission that was trying to figure out the way forward in Iraq."
Mike Huckabee stated on November 14, 2007 in interview on Fox News: MikeHuckabee.com gets "more hits than virtually any other presidential candidate."
Hillary Clinton stated on November 15, 2007 in Las Vegas, Nev. : Barack Obama's health care plan "would leave 15-million Americans out."
Mitt Romney stated on November 28, 2007 in a debate in St. Petersburg: The Red Sox waited "87 long years" to win the World Series.
John McCain stated on November 28, 2007 in St. Petersburg, Fla.: "I saved the taxpayers $2-billion on a bogus Air Force Boeing tanker deal where people went to jail."
Ron Paul stated on November 28, 2007 in a debate in St. Petersburg: "I get the most money from active duty officers and military personnel."
Tom Tancredo stated on November 20, 2007 in Fox News interview: "I spend a lot of time in Iowa, and believe it or not, in Ottumwa, Iowa, this is the heartland, the newspaper, the regular newspaper for Ottumwa, Iowa, is (a) bilingual newspaper."
Mike Huckabee stated on November 28, 2007 in a debate in St. Petersburg: Supported in-state tuition in Arkansas for illegal immigrants "if you'd sat in our schools from the time you're 5 or 6 years old and you had become an A-plus student," among other things.
Mitt Romney stated on November 28, 2007 in a debate in St. Petersburg, Fla.: "The mayor said … 'if you happen to be in this country in an undocumented status . . . then we welcome you here. We want you here. We'll protect you here.' "
Mitt Romney stated on November 28, 2007 in St. Petersburg, Fla.: "No, I did not (have illegal immigrants working at his mansion)."
