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 Barack Obama stated on June 23, 2014 in a speech at the White House Summit on Working Families: "In 31 states, decent child care costs more than college tuition." James Buchal stated on June 16, 2014 in a campaign website statement: "The government -- not the armed forces -- is stockpiling hundreds of millions of rounds of ammunition for domestic use." Greg Abbott stated on June 26, 2014 in a billboard message: "Wendy Davis’ legal work is currently under FBI investigation." League of Conservation Voters stated on June 23, 2014 in a TV ad: Says Iowa Senate candidate Joni Ernst "promises to shut down the Department of Education and abolish the EPA." Dave Marsden stated on June 14, 2014 in a radio interview.: After Massachusetts passed a mandatory health insurance law "their mortality rate went down...it saved lives." Mary Burke stated on June 2, 2014 in an interview: "Part of the increase in the cost (of higher education) has been because state support has dropped. We now spend, under Governor Walker, more on corrections than we do on higher education." Washington Examiner stated on June 9, 2014 in opinion piece: U.S. Senate candidate Michelle Nunn has avoided taking a stand on Obamacare. Rick Scott stated on June 25, 2014 in a campaign commercial: "Candidates for governor routinely disclose" their spouses’ tax returns. John Boehner stated on June 25, 2014 in an op-ed for "USA Today": "The nearly six-year delay in approving Keystone is costing Americans more than 100,000 jobs." Rick Scott stated on June 23, 2014 in a TV ad: "Under Governor Crist, 3,000 teachers laid off." Scott Walker stated on June 20, 2014 in a campaign TV ad: "When Jim Doyle was governor and Mary Burke was commerce secretary," Wisconsin saw "billions in middle-class tax hikes on nursing home beds, gas, phones and garbage." Republican Party of Florida stated on June 17, 2014 in a TV ad: "Gov. Rick Scott cut the cost of prepaid college tuition by nearly $20,000." Steve Doocy stated on June 24, 2014 in a broadcast of "Fox and Friends.": "NASA scientists fudged the numbers to make 1998 the hottest year to overstate the extent of global warming." Jim Rubens stated on June 20, 2014 in a television forum: Says Scott Brown voted with President Barack Obama 70 percent of the time in 2011. Chain email stated on June 18, 2014 in a chain email: Says Barack Obama is the "first president to appoint 45 czars to replace elected officials in his office." Georgia Restaurant Association stated on June 25, 2014 in in a study: The wages of about 60,562 state and local government employees would be affected if the minimum wage is increased to $10.10 in Georgia, for a combined cost to taxpayers of more than $164 million annually. Barack Obama stated on June 23, 2014 in an op-ed for Huffington Post: "The United States is the only developed country in the world without paid maternity leave." Dick Cheney stated on June 22, 2014 in an interview on ABC's "This Week": Says President Barack Obama said when "we got bin Laden, terrorism problem solved." Facebook posts stated on June 16, 2014 in a post on Facebook: "For the cost of the Iraq War we could’ve ended world hunger for 30 years." Joe Biden stated on June 23, 2014 in the White House Summit on Working Families: "I don't own a single stock or bond … I have no savings accounts." Austin Water Utility stated on May 27, 2014 in as quoted in a StateImpact Texas news story: Says Central Texas river water sent to downstream rice farmers in 2011 equaled about three years’ worth of Austin’s water use. Jason Carter stated on June 9, 2014 in In an AJC article: "There’s $30 billion in expansion funds that we’ve paid – it’s our money and Nathan Deal wants Washington to keep it." Chain email stated on June 26, 2014 in emails and social media posts circulating on the Internet: Says Barack Obama said that "ordinary men and women are too small-minded to govern their own affairs" and that individuals should "surrender their rights to an all-powerful sovereign." Bill Nelson stated on June 13, 2014 in his campaign website: "Gov. Rick Scott signed into law a bill that gives Florida's public officials an easy way to avoid disclosing their personal finances." Al Jazeera America stated on June 14, 2014 in a documentary: The proposed Gogebic iron ore mine is "just up the hill" from the Apostle Islands National Lakeshore caves along Lake Superior. Ed Gillespie stated on May 14, 2014 in a news release.: Mark Warner’s "record is one of acting against" the Keystone XL pipeline. Donna Brazile stated on June 22, 2014 in comments on CNN's "State of the Union": The IRS "also investigated liberal groups, groups that had progressive in their name. ... The IRS was basically looking at everybody." Dick Cheney stated on June 22, 2014 in comments on ABC's "This Week": "The number of terrorists out there" has doubled. Texas Future stated on May 8, 2014 in a web video: "One thousand people a day are moving to Texas, which means there will be 15 million more people over the next 25 years." Rick Perry stated on June 17, 2014 in an interview on Fox & Friends: Says of flood of non-Mexicans being apprehended at the border: "These are people that are coming from states like Syria that have substantial connections back to terrorist regimes and terrorist operations."
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Barack Obama stated on June 23, 2014 in a speech at the White House Summit on Working Families: "In 31 states, decent child care costs more than college tuition." James Buchal stated on June 16, 2014 in a campaign website statement: "The government -- not the armed forces -- is stockpiling hundreds of millions of rounds of ammunition for domestic use." Greg Abbott stated on June 26, 2014 in a billboard message: "Wendy Davis’ legal work is currently under FBI investigation." League of Conservation Voters stated on June 23, 2014 in a TV ad: Says Iowa Senate candidate Joni Ernst "promises to shut down the Department of Education and abolish the EPA." Dave Marsden stated on June 14, 2014 in a radio interview.: After Massachusetts passed a mandatory health insurance law "their mortality rate went down...it saved lives." Mary Burke stated on June 2, 2014 in an interview: "Part of the increase in the cost (of higher education) has been because state support has dropped. We now spend, under Governor Walker, more on corrections than we do on higher education." Washington Examiner stated on June 9, 2014 in opinion piece: U.S. Senate candidate Michelle Nunn has avoided taking a stand on Obamacare. Rick Scott stated on June 25, 2014 in a campaign commercial: "Candidates for governor routinely disclose" their spouses’ tax returns. John Boehner stated on June 25, 2014 in an op-ed for "USA Today": "The nearly six-year delay in approving Keystone is costing Americans more than 100,000 jobs." Rick Scott stated on June 23, 2014 in a TV ad: "Under Governor Crist, 3,000 teachers laid off." Scott Walker stated on June 20, 2014 in a campaign TV ad: "When Jim Doyle was governor and Mary Burke was commerce secretary," Wisconsin saw "billions in middle-class tax hikes on nursing home beds, gas, phones and garbage." Republican Party of Florida stated on June 17, 2014 in a TV ad: "Gov. Rick Scott cut the cost of prepaid college tuition by nearly $20,000." Steve Doocy stated on June 24, 2014 in a broadcast of "Fox and Friends.": "NASA scientists fudged the numbers to make 1998 the hottest year to overstate the extent of global warming." Jim Rubens stated on June 20, 2014 in a television forum: Says Scott Brown voted with President Barack Obama 70 percent of the time in 2011. Chain email stated on June 18, 2014 in a chain email: Says Barack Obama is the "first president to appoint 45 czars to replace elected officials in his office." Georgia Restaurant Association stated on June 25, 2014 in in a study: The wages of about 60,562 state and local government employees would be affected if the minimum wage is increased to $10.10 in Georgia, for a combined cost to taxpayers of more than $164 million annually. Barack Obama stated on June 23, 2014 in an op-ed for Huffington Post: "The United States is the only developed country in the world without paid maternity leave." Dick Cheney stated on June 22, 2014 in an interview on ABC's "This Week": Says President Barack Obama said when "we got bin Laden, terrorism problem solved." Facebook posts stated on June 16, 2014 in a post on Facebook: "For the cost of the Iraq War we could’ve ended world hunger for 30 years." Joe Biden stated on June 23, 2014 in the White House Summit on Working Families: "I don't own a single stock or bond … I have no savings accounts." Austin Water Utility stated on May 27, 2014 in as quoted in a StateImpact Texas news story: Says Central Texas river water sent to downstream rice farmers in 2011 equaled about three years’ worth of Austin’s water use. Jason Carter stated on June 9, 2014 in In an AJC article: "There’s $30 billion in expansion funds that we’ve paid – it’s our money and Nathan Deal wants Washington to keep it." Chain email stated on June 26, 2014 in emails and social media posts circulating on the Internet: Says Barack Obama said that "ordinary men and women are too small-minded to govern their own affairs" and that individuals should "surrender their rights to an all-powerful sovereign." Bill Nelson stated on June 13, 2014 in his campaign website: "Gov. Rick Scott signed into law a bill that gives Florida's public officials an easy way to avoid disclosing their personal finances." Al Jazeera America stated on June 14, 2014 in a documentary: The proposed Gogebic iron ore mine is "just up the hill" from the Apostle Islands National Lakeshore caves along Lake Superior. Ed Gillespie stated on May 14, 2014 in a news release.: Mark Warner’s "record is one of acting against" the Keystone XL pipeline. Donna Brazile stated on June 22, 2014 in comments on CNN's "State of the Union": The IRS "also investigated liberal groups, groups that had progressive in their name. ... The IRS was basically looking at everybody." Dick Cheney stated on June 22, 2014 in comments on ABC's "This Week": "The number of terrorists out there" has doubled. Texas Future stated on May 8, 2014 in a web video: "One thousand people a day are moving to Texas, which means there will be 15 million more people over the next 25 years." Rick Perry stated on June 17, 2014 in an interview on Fox & Friends: Says of flood of non-Mexicans being apprehended at the border: "These are people that are coming from states like Syria that have substantial connections back to terrorist regimes and terrorist operations."
Barack Obama stated on June 23, 2014 in a speech at the White House Summit on Working Families: "In 31 states, decent child care costs more than college tuition."
James Buchal stated on June 16, 2014 in a campaign website statement: "The government -- not the armed forces -- is stockpiling hundreds of millions of rounds of ammunition for domestic use."
Greg Abbott stated on June 26, 2014 in a billboard message: "Wendy Davis’ legal work is currently under FBI investigation."
League of Conservation Voters stated on June 23, 2014 in a TV ad: Says Iowa Senate candidate Joni Ernst "promises to shut down the Department of Education and abolish the EPA."
Dave Marsden stated on June 14, 2014 in a radio interview.: After Massachusetts passed a mandatory health insurance law "their mortality rate went down...it saved lives."
Mary Burke stated on June 2, 2014 in an interview: "Part of the increase in the cost (of higher education) has been because state support has dropped. We now spend, under Governor Walker, more on corrections than we do on higher education."
Washington Examiner stated on June 9, 2014 in opinion piece: U.S. Senate candidate Michelle Nunn has avoided taking a stand on Obamacare.
Rick Scott stated on June 25, 2014 in a campaign commercial: "Candidates for governor routinely disclose" their spouses’ tax returns.
John Boehner stated on June 25, 2014 in an op-ed for "USA Today": "The nearly six-year delay in approving Keystone is costing Americans more than 100,000 jobs."
Scott Walker stated on June 20, 2014 in a campaign TV ad: "When Jim Doyle was governor and Mary Burke was commerce secretary," Wisconsin saw "billions in middle-class tax hikes on nursing home beds, gas, phones and garbage."
Republican Party of Florida stated on June 17, 2014 in a TV ad: "Gov. Rick Scott cut the cost of prepaid college tuition by nearly $20,000."
Steve Doocy stated on June 24, 2014 in a broadcast of "Fox and Friends.": "NASA scientists fudged the numbers to make 1998 the hottest year to overstate the extent of global warming."
Jim Rubens stated on June 20, 2014 in a television forum: Says Scott Brown voted with President Barack Obama 70 percent of the time in 2011.
Chain email stated on June 18, 2014 in a chain email: Says Barack Obama is the "first president to appoint 45 czars to replace elected officials in his office."
Georgia Restaurant Association stated on June 25, 2014 in in a study: The wages of about 60,562 state and local government employees would be affected if the minimum wage is increased to $10.10 in Georgia, for a combined cost to taxpayers of more than $164 million annually.
Barack Obama stated on June 23, 2014 in an op-ed for Huffington Post: "The United States is the only developed country in the world without paid maternity leave."
Dick Cheney stated on June 22, 2014 in an interview on ABC's "This Week": Says President Barack Obama said when "we got bin Laden, terrorism problem solved."
Facebook posts stated on June 16, 2014 in a post on Facebook: "For the cost of the Iraq War we could’ve ended world hunger for 30 years."
Joe Biden stated on June 23, 2014 in the White House Summit on Working Families: "I don't own a single stock or bond … I have no savings accounts."
Austin Water Utility stated on May 27, 2014 in as quoted in a StateImpact Texas news story: Says Central Texas river water sent to downstream rice farmers in 2011 equaled about three years’ worth of Austin’s water use.
Jason Carter stated on June 9, 2014 in In an AJC article: "There’s $30 billion in expansion funds that we’ve paid – it’s our money and Nathan Deal wants Washington to keep it."
Chain email stated on June 26, 2014 in emails and social media posts circulating on the Internet: Says Barack Obama said that "ordinary men and women are too small-minded to govern their own affairs" and that individuals should "surrender their rights to an all-powerful sovereign."
Bill Nelson stated on June 13, 2014 in his campaign website: "Gov. Rick Scott signed into law a bill that gives Florida's public officials an easy way to avoid disclosing their personal finances."
Al Jazeera America stated on June 14, 2014 in a documentary: The proposed Gogebic iron ore mine is "just up the hill" from the Apostle Islands National Lakeshore caves along Lake Superior.
Ed Gillespie stated on May 14, 2014 in a news release.: Mark Warner’s "record is one of acting against" the Keystone XL pipeline.
Donna Brazile stated on June 22, 2014 in comments on CNN's "State of the Union": The IRS "also investigated liberal groups, groups that had progressive in their name. ... The IRS was basically looking at everybody."
Dick Cheney stated on June 22, 2014 in comments on ABC's "This Week": "The number of terrorists out there" has doubled.
Texas Future stated on May 8, 2014 in a web video: "One thousand people a day are moving to Texas, which means there will be 15 million more people over the next 25 years."
Rick Perry stated on June 17, 2014 in an interview on Fox & Friends: Says of flood of non-Mexicans being apprehended at the border: "These are people that are coming from states like Syria that have substantial connections back to terrorist regimes and terrorist operations."
