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 Erick Erickson stated on October 9, 2015 in a blog post: "Paul Ryan is one of less than a dozen Republican congressmen to have voted for every bailout to come before Congress." Jim Webb stated on October 13, 2015 in a Democratic presidential debate in Las Vegas: "Fifteen out of the 20 most polluted cities in the world" are in India and China. Lincoln Chafee stated on October 13, 2015 in presidential debate: "I am very proud that over my almost 30 years of public service I have had no scandals." Bernie Sanders stated on October 13, 2015 in a Democratic presidential debate in Las Vegas: "We are imprisoning or giving jail sentences to young people who are smoking marijuana." Hillary Clinton stated on October 13, 2015 in the first Democratic presidential debate: Says Edward Snowden "could have gotten all of the protections of being a whistleblower." Bernie Sanders stated on October 14, 2015 in the CNN Democratic presidential debate in Las Vegas: "Every other major country" has family paid leave. Hillary Clinton stated on October 13, 2015 in in the first Democratic debate: On the Keystone XL pipeline Gwen Moore stated on September 29, 2015 in a speech: "60 percent of all Americans do not want to see Planned Parenthood defunded." Bernie Sanders stated on October 13, 2015 in the first Democratic debate: "Today in America, we have more people in jail than any other country on Earth." Hillary Clinton stated on October 13, 2015 in the first Democratic debate: Says as secretary of state she was reserving judgment about the Trans-Pacific Partnership and "hoped it would be the gold standard." Bernie Sanders stated on October 13, 2015 in a Democratic presidential debate in Las Vegas: "African-American youth unemployment is 51 percent. Hispanic youth unemployment is 36 percent." Hillary Clinton stated on October 13, 2015 in the first Democratic debate: "Sen. Sanders did vote five times against the Brady bill." Lynn Westmoreland stated on September 11, 2015 in press release: President Barack Obama and Secretary of State John Kerry agreed "to lift Iran’s economic and arms sanctions without any proof of change in conduct." Steve Deace stated on October 8, 2015 in an interview on MSNBC's "News Nation": Pollsters say "don't actually believe our own data" and Gallup stopped primary polling "because they don't trust their methodology." Glen Sturtevant stated on October 2, 2015 in a TV ad: Dan Gecker voted to "double vehicle registration fees, costing (Chesterfield) county residents over $6 million annually." Hillary Clinton stated on October 5, 2015 in on NBC's Today Show: "There have been seven investigations (of Benghazi) led mostly by Republicans in the Congress" that concluded "nobody did anything wrong, but there were changes we could make." Richard Saslaw stated on October 5, 2015 in a debate.: Virginia’s current unemployment rate is "the lowest in Virginia history." Bee Moorhead stated on September 29, 2015 in an oped article in the Austin American-Statesman: Texas has "outstripped the national poverty rate" since "at least 1959." Debbie Wasserman Schultz stated on October 11, 2015 in comments on "State of the Union": "When we had a conservative Republican president we were losing 750,000 jobs a month." Dave Brat stated on October 11, 2015 in comments on "Meet the Press": Says Republican Rep. Charlie Dent wants to kick the Freedom Caucus out of the Republican conference "for voting our conscience." Matt Gaetz stated on October 6, 2015 in a press conference : "In the states that allow open carry, violent crime was 23 percent lower." Ben Carson stated on October 8, 2015 in an interview with CNN's Wolf Blitzer: "In the class of 1968 at Patrice Lumumba University in Moscow, Mahmoud Abbas was one of the members of that class, and so was Ali Khamenei. And that's where they first established relationships with the young Vladimir Putin." League of Conservation Voters stated on September 1, 2015 in a television ad: Says U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson "led the fight to let polluters release unlimited amounts of carbon pollution and took nearly $225,000 from polluters." Debbie Wasserman Schultz stated on October 2, 2015 in a tweet: "380 Americans have been killed in 294 mass shootings in 2015 alone." Hillary Clinton stated on October 5, 2015 in her gun policy platform.: "While 38 percent of (firearms) dealers that were inspected in 2011 were noncompliant with federal law, only 0.05 percent of inspected dealers had their licenses revoked." Hillary Clinton stated on October 7, 2015 in an interview on PBS Newshour: On the Trans-Pacific Partnership. Sean Duffy stated on September 18, 2015 in a speech: "Millions of dollars are spent by Planned Parenthood to elect Democrats to the House of Representatives and the Senate." X posts stated on October 4, 2015 in tweets: Says Donald Trump’s "Make America Great Again" hats were made in China. Club for Growth stated on September 15, 2015 in a television ad: Says Donald Trump "supports eminent domain" and the Supreme Court’s Kelo decision. John Stemberger stated on September 22, 2015 in a letter to Gov. Rick Scott: Planned Parenthood has "now (been) found to also illegally sell baby parts."
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
Erick Erickson stated on October 9, 2015 in a blog post: "Paul Ryan is one of less than a dozen Republican congressmen to have voted for every bailout to come before Congress." Jim Webb stated on October 13, 2015 in a Democratic presidential debate in Las Vegas: "Fifteen out of the 20 most polluted cities in the world" are in India and China. Lincoln Chafee stated on October 13, 2015 in presidential debate: "I am very proud that over my almost 30 years of public service I have had no scandals." Bernie Sanders stated on October 13, 2015 in a Democratic presidential debate in Las Vegas: "We are imprisoning or giving jail sentences to young people who are smoking marijuana." Hillary Clinton stated on October 13, 2015 in the first Democratic presidential debate: Says Edward Snowden "could have gotten all of the protections of being a whistleblower." Bernie Sanders stated on October 14, 2015 in the CNN Democratic presidential debate in Las Vegas: "Every other major country" has family paid leave. Hillary Clinton stated on October 13, 2015 in in the first Democratic debate: On the Keystone XL pipeline Gwen Moore stated on September 29, 2015 in a speech: "60 percent of all Americans do not want to see Planned Parenthood defunded." Bernie Sanders stated on October 13, 2015 in the first Democratic debate: "Today in America, we have more people in jail than any other country on Earth." Hillary Clinton stated on October 13, 2015 in the first Democratic debate: Says as secretary of state she was reserving judgment about the Trans-Pacific Partnership and "hoped it would be the gold standard." Bernie Sanders stated on October 13, 2015 in a Democratic presidential debate in Las Vegas: "African-American youth unemployment is 51 percent. Hispanic youth unemployment is 36 percent." Hillary Clinton stated on October 13, 2015 in the first Democratic debate: "Sen. Sanders did vote five times against the Brady bill." Lynn Westmoreland stated on September 11, 2015 in press release: President Barack Obama and Secretary of State John Kerry agreed "to lift Iran’s economic and arms sanctions without any proof of change in conduct." Steve Deace stated on October 8, 2015 in an interview on MSNBC's "News Nation": Pollsters say "don't actually believe our own data" and Gallup stopped primary polling "because they don't trust their methodology." Glen Sturtevant stated on October 2, 2015 in a TV ad: Dan Gecker voted to "double vehicle registration fees, costing (Chesterfield) county residents over $6 million annually." Hillary Clinton stated on October 5, 2015 in on NBC's Today Show: "There have been seven investigations (of Benghazi) led mostly by Republicans in the Congress" that concluded "nobody did anything wrong, but there were changes we could make." Richard Saslaw stated on October 5, 2015 in a debate.: Virginia’s current unemployment rate is "the lowest in Virginia history." Bee Moorhead stated on September 29, 2015 in an oped article in the Austin American-Statesman: Texas has "outstripped the national poverty rate" since "at least 1959." Debbie Wasserman Schultz stated on October 11, 2015 in comments on "State of the Union": "When we had a conservative Republican president we were losing 750,000 jobs a month." Dave Brat stated on October 11, 2015 in comments on "Meet the Press": Says Republican Rep. Charlie Dent wants to kick the Freedom Caucus out of the Republican conference "for voting our conscience." Matt Gaetz stated on October 6, 2015 in a press conference : "In the states that allow open carry, violent crime was 23 percent lower." Ben Carson stated on October 8, 2015 in an interview with CNN's Wolf Blitzer: "In the class of 1968 at Patrice Lumumba University in Moscow, Mahmoud Abbas was one of the members of that class, and so was Ali Khamenei. And that's where they first established relationships with the young Vladimir Putin." League of Conservation Voters stated on September 1, 2015 in a television ad: Says U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson "led the fight to let polluters release unlimited amounts of carbon pollution and took nearly $225,000 from polluters." Debbie Wasserman Schultz stated on October 2, 2015 in a tweet: "380 Americans have been killed in 294 mass shootings in 2015 alone." Hillary Clinton stated on October 5, 2015 in her gun policy platform.: "While 38 percent of (firearms) dealers that were inspected in 2011 were noncompliant with federal law, only 0.05 percent of inspected dealers had their licenses revoked." Hillary Clinton stated on October 7, 2015 in an interview on PBS Newshour: On the Trans-Pacific Partnership. Sean Duffy stated on September 18, 2015 in a speech: "Millions of dollars are spent by Planned Parenthood to elect Democrats to the House of Representatives and the Senate." X posts stated on October 4, 2015 in tweets: Says Donald Trump’s "Make America Great Again" hats were made in China. Club for Growth stated on September 15, 2015 in a television ad: Says Donald Trump "supports eminent domain" and the Supreme Court’s Kelo decision. John Stemberger stated on September 22, 2015 in a letter to Gov. Rick Scott: Planned Parenthood has "now (been) found to also illegally sell baby parts."
Erick Erickson stated on October 9, 2015 in a blog post: "Paul Ryan is one of less than a dozen Republican congressmen to have voted for every bailout to come before Congress."
Jim Webb stated on October 13, 2015 in a Democratic presidential debate in Las Vegas: "Fifteen out of the 20 most polluted cities in the world" are in India and China.
Lincoln Chafee stated on October 13, 2015 in presidential debate: "I am very proud that over my almost 30 years of public service I have had no scandals."
Bernie Sanders stated on October 13, 2015 in a Democratic presidential debate in Las Vegas: "We are imprisoning or giving jail sentences to young people who are smoking marijuana."
Hillary Clinton stated on October 13, 2015 in the first Democratic presidential debate: Says Edward Snowden "could have gotten all of the protections of being a whistleblower."
Bernie Sanders stated on October 14, 2015 in the CNN Democratic presidential debate in Las Vegas: "Every other major country" has family paid leave.
Hillary Clinton stated on October 13, 2015 in in the first Democratic debate: On the Keystone XL pipeline
Gwen Moore stated on September 29, 2015 in a speech: "60 percent of all Americans do not want to see Planned Parenthood defunded."
Bernie Sanders stated on October 13, 2015 in the first Democratic debate: "Today in America, we have more people in jail than any other country on Earth."
Hillary Clinton stated on October 13, 2015 in the first Democratic debate: Says as secretary of state she was reserving judgment about the Trans-Pacific Partnership and "hoped it would be the gold standard."
Bernie Sanders stated on October 13, 2015 in a Democratic presidential debate in Las Vegas: "African-American youth unemployment is 51 percent. Hispanic youth unemployment is 36 percent."
Hillary Clinton stated on October 13, 2015 in the first Democratic debate: "Sen. Sanders did vote five times against the Brady bill."
Lynn Westmoreland stated on September 11, 2015 in press release: President Barack Obama and Secretary of State John Kerry agreed "to lift Iran’s economic and arms sanctions without any proof of change in conduct."
Steve Deace stated on October 8, 2015 in an interview on MSNBC's "News Nation": Pollsters say "don't actually believe our own data" and Gallup stopped primary polling "because they don't trust their methodology."
Glen Sturtevant stated on October 2, 2015 in a TV ad: Dan Gecker voted to "double vehicle registration fees, costing (Chesterfield) county residents over $6 million annually."
Hillary Clinton stated on October 5, 2015 in on NBC's Today Show: "There have been seven investigations (of Benghazi) led mostly by Republicans in the Congress" that concluded "nobody did anything wrong, but there were changes we could make."
Richard Saslaw stated on October 5, 2015 in a debate.: Virginia’s current unemployment rate is "the lowest in Virginia history."
Bee Moorhead stated on September 29, 2015 in an oped article in the Austin American-Statesman: Texas has "outstripped the national poverty rate" since "at least 1959."
Debbie Wasserman Schultz stated on October 11, 2015 in comments on "State of the Union": "When we had a conservative Republican president we were losing 750,000 jobs a month."
Dave Brat stated on October 11, 2015 in comments on "Meet the Press": Says Republican Rep. Charlie Dent wants to kick the Freedom Caucus out of the Republican conference "for voting our conscience."
Matt Gaetz stated on October 6, 2015 in a press conference : "In the states that allow open carry, violent crime was 23 percent lower."
Ben Carson stated on October 8, 2015 in an interview with CNN's Wolf Blitzer: "In the class of 1968 at Patrice Lumumba University in Moscow, Mahmoud Abbas was one of the members of that class, and so was Ali Khamenei. And that's where they first established relationships with the young Vladimir Putin."
League of Conservation Voters stated on September 1, 2015 in a television ad: Says U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson "led the fight to let polluters release unlimited amounts of carbon pollution and took nearly $225,000 from polluters."
Debbie Wasserman Schultz stated on October 2, 2015 in a tweet: "380 Americans have been killed in 294 mass shootings in 2015 alone."
Hillary Clinton stated on October 5, 2015 in her gun policy platform.: "While 38 percent of (firearms) dealers that were inspected in 2011 were noncompliant with federal law, only 0.05 percent of inspected dealers had their licenses revoked."
Hillary Clinton stated on October 7, 2015 in an interview on PBS Newshour: On the Trans-Pacific Partnership.
Sean Duffy stated on September 18, 2015 in a speech: "Millions of dollars are spent by Planned Parenthood to elect Democrats to the House of Representatives and the Senate."
X posts stated on October 4, 2015 in tweets: Says Donald Trump’s "Make America Great Again" hats were made in China.
Club for Growth stated on September 15, 2015 in a television ad: Says Donald Trump "supports eminent domain" and the Supreme Court’s Kelo decision.
John Stemberger stated on September 22, 2015 in a letter to Gov. Rick Scott: Planned Parenthood has "now (been) found to also illegally sell baby parts."
