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 Everytown for Gun Safety stated on December 10, 2014 in a recent report: Georgia has had 12 school shootings in the two years since the mass killing at Sandy Hook Elementary School, more than any other state. Ana Navarro stated on December 17, 2014 in an interview on CNN's "Anderson Cooper": "A lot of what (Cuba’s) survival depends on is Venezuelan oil money, which is drying up." Marco Rubio stated on December 17, 2014 in a press conference: In the U.S. agreement with the Cuban government, "no commitment was made to allowing the establishment of political parties or to even begin the semblance of a transition to a democracy." Doonesbury stated on December 14, 2014 in the Sunday comics: Says 3,000 Americans "died of gunfire" between the time of the Ebola scare in Dallas and the midterm elections. Pete Gallego stated on December 10, 2014 in his farewell U.S. House speech: "This Congress made history as the least productive, most unpopular Congress in the history of this proud nation." Scott Walker stated on December 12, 2014 in a tweet: "My property taxes went down largely because my technical college portion went down 35.5% because of the money we put in at state." Sergey Lavrov stated on December 16, 2014 in an interview with the French television network France 24: "Congress is a very special group of people. More than 80 percent of them never left the United States." Wallace Hall stated on December 6, 2014 in a speech: Texas House Speaker Joe Straus said, ‘I do not care if Wallace Hall swings from a tree.’ Nicholas Kristof stated on December 4, 2014 in a broadcast of "The Daily Show": The wealth gap between blacks and whites in the United States is "greater than the black-white wealth gap was in apartheid South Africa." Tom Coburn stated on December 11, 2014 in an interview with CNN: The home-mortgage deduction is widely thought to be "a middle-class benefit. It's not -- 73 percent of it goes to people making a quarter-million dollars or more a year." Wisconsin Manufacturers and Commerce stated on December 8, 2014 in an opinion piece: "Site selectors who decide where businesses expand or relocate shun closed shop states like Wisconsin in favor of Right to Work states like Iowa, Indiana and Michigan." Barack Obama stated on December 4, 2014 in a statement of policy from the Executive Office of the President: A bill from U.S. Rep. Ted Yoho attempts to restrict the administration's ability to conduct national security and criminal background checks on undocumented immigrants. Matthew Cooke stated on December 10, 2014 in a Huffington Post column: The United States has "more of our people in prison than Russia, China, and North Korea combined." L.C. "Buster" Evans stated on November 12, 2014 in in a press release: "It has been many years, if ever, since an inmate has completed his or her high school diploma while incarcerated in a state correctional facility for adults." Peter King stated on December 9, 2014 in a radio show appearance: "Nobody suffered any lasting injuries" from the CIA interrogation program. Michael Needham stated on December 14, 2014 in comments on "Fox News Sunday": The federal budget bill "reauthorizes the Overseas Private Investment Corporation, which provides taxpayer dollars so that the Four Seasons hotel can build a resort in Turkey." Jim Webb stated on December 3, 2014 in a conference.: The U.S. has "5 percent of the world’s population, 25 percent of the world’s known prison population." Susan Stimpson stated on December 2, 2014 in a news release.: "Bill Howell has been the consistent force behind every major tax increase in Virginia in the last decade." Charles "Chuck" Spahos stated on December 3, 2014 in a joint legislative hearing: When Colorado eased its medical marijuana laws, fatal accidents involving pot-using drivers soared while overall traffic fatalities decreased. Dick Cheney stated on December 14, 2014 in comments on NBC's "Meet the Press": Says Saddam Hussein "had a 10-year relationship with al-Qaida." Dick Cheney stated on December 10, 2014 in an interview on Fox News: Terrorist detainees "were not covered by the Geneva Convention. They were unlawful combatants. And under those circumstances, they were not entitled to the normal kinds of courtesies and treatment." Mike Stenhouse stated on November 14, 2014 in a radio interview: "According to HUD, it is patently unfair and socially unjust that wealthy people can live in an exclusive neighborhood." Glenn Grothman stated on November 30, 2014 in an interview: "A single parent with a couple kids can easily get $35,000 a year" in public assistance in Wisconsin. Nicholas Kristof stated on December 4, 2014 in a broadcast of the "Daily Show": "The United States right now incarcerates more African-Americans as a percentage than apartheid South Africa did." Steve Adler stated on November 19, 2014 in a TWC News debate: "The city of San Antonio reuses almost 40 percent of its water. You know how much the city of Austin reuses? About 5 percent. And that's not right. We can do better." John Stossel stated on December 4, 2014 in an interview on "Fox and Friends": "There is no good data showing secondhand smoke kills people." Steve Adler stated on December 2, 2014 in a TV ad: Mike "Martinez has voted to raise taxes and utility rates while ending free bus service for seniors." Marco Rubio stated on December 8, 2014 in a news release: The authors of a report on CIA’s torture techniques "never interviewed a single CIA official." Robin Vos stated on December 4, 2014 in various interviews: On timing of right to work legislation Texas Right to Life stated on December 5, 2014 in an email blast: University of Texas students "signed a petition seeking the legal right to abort newborn babies up to five-years-old."
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
Everytown for Gun Safety stated on December 10, 2014 in a recent report: Georgia has had 12 school shootings in the two years since the mass killing at Sandy Hook Elementary School, more than any other state. Ana Navarro stated on December 17, 2014 in an interview on CNN's "Anderson Cooper": "A lot of what (Cuba’s) survival depends on is Venezuelan oil money, which is drying up." Marco Rubio stated on December 17, 2014 in a press conference: In the U.S. agreement with the Cuban government, "no commitment was made to allowing the establishment of political parties or to even begin the semblance of a transition to a democracy." Doonesbury stated on December 14, 2014 in the Sunday comics: Says 3,000 Americans "died of gunfire" between the time of the Ebola scare in Dallas and the midterm elections. Pete Gallego stated on December 10, 2014 in his farewell U.S. House speech: "This Congress made history as the least productive, most unpopular Congress in the history of this proud nation." Scott Walker stated on December 12, 2014 in a tweet: "My property taxes went down largely because my technical college portion went down 35.5% because of the money we put in at state." Sergey Lavrov stated on December 16, 2014 in an interview with the French television network France 24: "Congress is a very special group of people. More than 80 percent of them never left the United States." Wallace Hall stated on December 6, 2014 in a speech: Texas House Speaker Joe Straus said, ‘I do not care if Wallace Hall swings from a tree.’ Nicholas Kristof stated on December 4, 2014 in a broadcast of "The Daily Show": The wealth gap between blacks and whites in the United States is "greater than the black-white wealth gap was in apartheid South Africa." Tom Coburn stated on December 11, 2014 in an interview with CNN: The home-mortgage deduction is widely thought to be "a middle-class benefit. It's not -- 73 percent of it goes to people making a quarter-million dollars or more a year." Wisconsin Manufacturers and Commerce stated on December 8, 2014 in an opinion piece: "Site selectors who decide where businesses expand or relocate shun closed shop states like Wisconsin in favor of Right to Work states like Iowa, Indiana and Michigan." Barack Obama stated on December 4, 2014 in a statement of policy from the Executive Office of the President: A bill from U.S. Rep. Ted Yoho attempts to restrict the administration's ability to conduct national security and criminal background checks on undocumented immigrants. Matthew Cooke stated on December 10, 2014 in a Huffington Post column: The United States has "more of our people in prison than Russia, China, and North Korea combined." L.C. "Buster" Evans stated on November 12, 2014 in in a press release: "It has been many years, if ever, since an inmate has completed his or her high school diploma while incarcerated in a state correctional facility for adults." Peter King stated on December 9, 2014 in a radio show appearance: "Nobody suffered any lasting injuries" from the CIA interrogation program. Michael Needham stated on December 14, 2014 in comments on "Fox News Sunday": The federal budget bill "reauthorizes the Overseas Private Investment Corporation, which provides taxpayer dollars so that the Four Seasons hotel can build a resort in Turkey." Jim Webb stated on December 3, 2014 in a conference.: The U.S. has "5 percent of the world’s population, 25 percent of the world’s known prison population." Susan Stimpson stated on December 2, 2014 in a news release.: "Bill Howell has been the consistent force behind every major tax increase in Virginia in the last decade." Charles "Chuck" Spahos stated on December 3, 2014 in a joint legislative hearing: When Colorado eased its medical marijuana laws, fatal accidents involving pot-using drivers soared while overall traffic fatalities decreased. Dick Cheney stated on December 14, 2014 in comments on NBC's "Meet the Press": Says Saddam Hussein "had a 10-year relationship with al-Qaida." Dick Cheney stated on December 10, 2014 in an interview on Fox News: Terrorist detainees "were not covered by the Geneva Convention. They were unlawful combatants. And under those circumstances, they were not entitled to the normal kinds of courtesies and treatment." Mike Stenhouse stated on November 14, 2014 in a radio interview: "According to HUD, it is patently unfair and socially unjust that wealthy people can live in an exclusive neighborhood." Glenn Grothman stated on November 30, 2014 in an interview: "A single parent with a couple kids can easily get $35,000 a year" in public assistance in Wisconsin. Nicholas Kristof stated on December 4, 2014 in a broadcast of the "Daily Show": "The United States right now incarcerates more African-Americans as a percentage than apartheid South Africa did." Steve Adler stated on November 19, 2014 in a TWC News debate: "The city of San Antonio reuses almost 40 percent of its water. You know how much the city of Austin reuses? About 5 percent. And that's not right. We can do better." John Stossel stated on December 4, 2014 in an interview on "Fox and Friends": "There is no good data showing secondhand smoke kills people." Steve Adler stated on December 2, 2014 in a TV ad: Mike "Martinez has voted to raise taxes and utility rates while ending free bus service for seniors." Marco Rubio stated on December 8, 2014 in a news release: The authors of a report on CIA’s torture techniques "never interviewed a single CIA official." Robin Vos stated on December 4, 2014 in various interviews: On timing of right to work legislation Texas Right to Life stated on December 5, 2014 in an email blast: University of Texas students "signed a petition seeking the legal right to abort newborn babies up to five-years-old."
Everytown for Gun Safety stated on December 10, 2014 in a recent report: Georgia has had 12 school shootings in the two years since the mass killing at Sandy Hook Elementary School, more than any other state.
Ana Navarro stated on December 17, 2014 in an interview on CNN's "Anderson Cooper": "A lot of what (Cuba’s) survival depends on is Venezuelan oil money, which is drying up."
Marco Rubio stated on December 17, 2014 in a press conference: In the U.S. agreement with the Cuban government, "no commitment was made to allowing the establishment of political parties or to even begin the semblance of a transition to a democracy."
Doonesbury stated on December 14, 2014 in the Sunday comics: Says 3,000 Americans "died of gunfire" between the time of the Ebola scare in Dallas and the midterm elections.
Pete Gallego stated on December 10, 2014 in his farewell U.S. House speech: "This Congress made history as the least productive, most unpopular Congress in the history of this proud nation."
Scott Walker stated on December 12, 2014 in a tweet: "My property taxes went down largely because my technical college portion went down 35.5% because of the money we put in at state."
Sergey Lavrov stated on December 16, 2014 in an interview with the French television network France 24: "Congress is a very special group of people. More than 80 percent of them never left the United States."
Wallace Hall stated on December 6, 2014 in a speech: Texas House Speaker Joe Straus said, ‘I do not care if Wallace Hall swings from a tree.’
Nicholas Kristof stated on December 4, 2014 in a broadcast of "The Daily Show": The wealth gap between blacks and whites in the United States is "greater than the black-white wealth gap was in apartheid South Africa."
Tom Coburn stated on December 11, 2014 in an interview with CNN: The home-mortgage deduction is widely thought to be "a middle-class benefit. It's not -- 73 percent of it goes to people making a quarter-million dollars or more a year."
Wisconsin Manufacturers and Commerce stated on December 8, 2014 in an opinion piece: "Site selectors who decide where businesses expand or relocate shun closed shop states like Wisconsin in favor of Right to Work states like Iowa, Indiana and Michigan."
Barack Obama stated on December 4, 2014 in a statement of policy from the Executive Office of the President: A bill from U.S. Rep. Ted Yoho attempts to restrict the administration's ability to conduct national security and criminal background checks on undocumented immigrants.
Matthew Cooke stated on December 10, 2014 in a Huffington Post column: The United States has "more of our people in prison than Russia, China, and North Korea combined."
L.C. "Buster" Evans stated on November 12, 2014 in in a press release: "It has been many years, if ever, since an inmate has completed his or her high school diploma while incarcerated in a state correctional facility for adults."
Peter King stated on December 9, 2014 in a radio show appearance: "Nobody suffered any lasting injuries" from the CIA interrogation program.
Michael Needham stated on December 14, 2014 in comments on "Fox News Sunday": The federal budget bill "reauthorizes the Overseas Private Investment Corporation, which provides taxpayer dollars so that the Four Seasons hotel can build a resort in Turkey."
Jim Webb stated on December 3, 2014 in a conference.: The U.S. has "5 percent of the world’s population, 25 percent of the world’s known prison population."
Susan Stimpson stated on December 2, 2014 in a news release.: "Bill Howell has been the consistent force behind every major tax increase in Virginia in the last decade."
Charles "Chuck" Spahos stated on December 3, 2014 in a joint legislative hearing: When Colorado eased its medical marijuana laws, fatal accidents involving pot-using drivers soared while overall traffic fatalities decreased.
Dick Cheney stated on December 14, 2014 in comments on NBC's "Meet the Press": Says Saddam Hussein "had a 10-year relationship with al-Qaida."
Dick Cheney stated on December 10, 2014 in an interview on Fox News: Terrorist detainees "were not covered by the Geneva Convention. They were unlawful combatants. And under those circumstances, they were not entitled to the normal kinds of courtesies and treatment."
Mike Stenhouse stated on November 14, 2014 in a radio interview: "According to HUD, it is patently unfair and socially unjust that wealthy people can live in an exclusive neighborhood."
Glenn Grothman stated on November 30, 2014 in an interview: "A single parent with a couple kids can easily get $35,000 a year" in public assistance in Wisconsin.
Nicholas Kristof stated on December 4, 2014 in a broadcast of the "Daily Show": "The United States right now incarcerates more African-Americans as a percentage than apartheid South Africa did."
Steve Adler stated on November 19, 2014 in a TWC News debate: "The city of San Antonio reuses almost 40 percent of its water. You know how much the city of Austin reuses? About 5 percent. And that's not right. We can do better."
John Stossel stated on December 4, 2014 in an interview on "Fox and Friends": "There is no good data showing secondhand smoke kills people."
Steve Adler stated on December 2, 2014 in a TV ad: Mike "Martinez has voted to raise taxes and utility rates while ending free bus service for seniors."
Marco Rubio stated on December 8, 2014 in a news release: The authors of a report on CIA’s torture techniques "never interviewed a single CIA official."
Texas Right to Life stated on December 5, 2014 in an email blast: University of Texas students "signed a petition seeking the legal right to abort newborn babies up to five-years-old."