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 Rob Portman stated on July 25, 2011 in an interview on MSNBC: "Thirty-four of the last 44 (debt ceiling increases) have been for less than a year. So, this notion that short-term is somehow the exception, it's actually the rule." Sheila Harsdorf stated on July 1, 2011 in a radio ad: Says Democratic recall opponent Shelly Moore "opposes any limit on taxes." Chip Rogers stated on July 11, 2011 in Town hall meeting: "The state of Georgia is near the bottom among states for SAT scores and graduation rates." Michele Bachmann stated on July 24, 2011 in a prepared statement: Says Tim Pawlenty said in 2006, "The era of small government is over... the government has to be more proactive and more aggressive." Tom Price stated on July 24, 2011 in an interview on CNN's "State of the Union with Candy Crowley": "The U.S. won't default, because default means that you don't pay your creditors. And it takes about 10 percent of the money that's coming in right now" to pay interest to bondholders. Cliff Stearns stated on July 6, 2011 in a press release: "Active duty males in the military are twice as likely to develop prostate cancer than their civilian counterparts." John Boehner stated on July 25, 2011 in a televised speech: The House passed "cut, cap and balance" with "bipartisan support." Barack Obama stated on July 25, 2011 in a televised address: "President Reagan did it (raised the debt ceiling) 18 times. George W. Bush did it seven times." Jessica King stated on July 12, 2011 in a TV ad: Says state Sen. Randy Hopper, R-Fond du Lac, unlike typical taxpayers, "didn’t pay taxes" Sam Olens stated on June 28, 2011 in a radio news story: "If you're from Guatemala and you are found illegally in Mexico, you are automatically jailed." Shirley Turner stated on July 12, 2011 in a speech on the Senate floor: Says unemployment in Trenton is "twice as much as what we see in every other area of the state" and, as a result, "we have seen an increase in crime." Ron Paul stated on July 16, 2011 in an interview with the 'Telegraph': "When the Republicans were in charge, they actually expanded government health care with the prescription drug program." Arianna Huffington stated on July 24, 2011 in a roundtable segment on ABC's "This Week with Christiane Amanpour": "Most countries have no debt ceiling." Debbie Wasserman Schultz stated on July 19, 2011 in debate on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives: "The nonpartisan CBO, Congressional Budget Office, has said that the No. 1 policy decision that brought us to the need to prevent the nation from defaulting on our debt for the first time in history were the Bush tax cuts in 2001 and 2003." Jennifer Shilling stated on June 30, 2011 in a statement on her legislative website: The 2011-13 state budget "cuts overall funding for public schools by $1.6 billion" David Dewhurst stated on July 19, 2011 in a campaign video.: "This past (legislative) session, we passed out of the Legislature a resolution requiring Congress to pass a balanced-budget amendment to the (U.S.) Constitution." Ward Armstrong stated on July 21, 2011 in a news conference.: On campaign contributions from electric utilities. Federal Transit Administration stated on July 13, 2011 in a press release: The Atlanta streetcar is expected to create 930 jobs during construction, totaling more than 5,600 jobs over the next 20 years. Raymond Lesniak stated on July 12, 2011 in testimony during a Senate hearing: Says "the most dangerous time for children" is from "3 to 6 p.m., during which time juvenile crime rates triple" Wisconsin Family Action stated on July 21, 2011 in a campaign TV ad: Says state Rep. Fred Clark (D-Baraboo) ran a red light and seriously injured a bicyclist. Gina Raimondo stated on July 10, 2011 in an appearance on 10 News Conference: "The average 401(k) in America of a person who's 60 years old is under $100,000." Chris Christie stated on July 12, 2011 in a radio ad: Says the state budget "doubled property tax credits for seniors and middle class New Jerseyans" and had "no tax increases for any New Jersey family for the second year in a row." Ron Paul stated on July 20, 2011 in an interview.: Says members of the military have sent him more campaign contributions than they’ve sent President Barack Obama and more than twice what they’ve sent other Republican presidential candidates. Barack Obama stated on July 21, 2011 in an interview on NPR: Says Ronald Reagan "repeatedly talked about how irresponsible it would be to allow the full faith and credit of the United States to be impaired in any kind of way." Victoria Jackson stated on July 15, 2011 in a column by Victoria Jackson: "A clause hidden in the Obamacare bill, which is now law, gives Obama the right to form a private army." Jack Bogdanski stated on July 6, 2011 in in a blog post.: Says "in the Legislature, (Mary Nolan) has been a party-line Democrat, showing a 100% track record in harmony with the American Civil Liberties Union." Randy Hopper stated on July 20, 2011 in a TV ad: Says Wisconsin Senate recall candidate Jessica King "voted to increase her pay with taxpayer dollars by 63 percent." Mike Males stated on June 13, 2011 in an article : "There’s pretty much no question that [the curfew ordinances] aren’t effective in either reducing crime or preventing harm to young people." Kay Bailey Hutchison stated on June 29, 2011 in an interview with CNBC: "The only growth sector that we’ve had in the last two years in America is government growth." Mitt Romney stated on July 5, 2011 in a Town Hall in Wolfeboro, N.H.: "Federal law requires that hospitals treat people whether or not they can pay. So someone (who) doesn’t have health insurance -- they can go to the hospital and get free care."
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Rob Portman stated on July 25, 2011 in an interview on MSNBC: "Thirty-four of the last 44 (debt ceiling increases) have been for less than a year. So, this notion that short-term is somehow the exception, it's actually the rule." Sheila Harsdorf stated on July 1, 2011 in a radio ad: Says Democratic recall opponent Shelly Moore "opposes any limit on taxes." Chip Rogers stated on July 11, 2011 in Town hall meeting: "The state of Georgia is near the bottom among states for SAT scores and graduation rates." Michele Bachmann stated on July 24, 2011 in a prepared statement: Says Tim Pawlenty said in 2006, "The era of small government is over... the government has to be more proactive and more aggressive." Tom Price stated on July 24, 2011 in an interview on CNN's "State of the Union with Candy Crowley": "The U.S. won't default, because default means that you don't pay your creditors. And it takes about 10 percent of the money that's coming in right now" to pay interest to bondholders. Cliff Stearns stated on July 6, 2011 in a press release: "Active duty males in the military are twice as likely to develop prostate cancer than their civilian counterparts." John Boehner stated on July 25, 2011 in a televised speech: The House passed "cut, cap and balance" with "bipartisan support." Barack Obama stated on July 25, 2011 in a televised address: "President Reagan did it (raised the debt ceiling) 18 times. George W. Bush did it seven times." Jessica King stated on July 12, 2011 in a TV ad: Says state Sen. Randy Hopper, R-Fond du Lac, unlike typical taxpayers, "didn’t pay taxes" Sam Olens stated on June 28, 2011 in a radio news story: "If you're from Guatemala and you are found illegally in Mexico, you are automatically jailed." Shirley Turner stated on July 12, 2011 in a speech on the Senate floor: Says unemployment in Trenton is "twice as much as what we see in every other area of the state" and, as a result, "we have seen an increase in crime." Ron Paul stated on July 16, 2011 in an interview with the 'Telegraph': "When the Republicans were in charge, they actually expanded government health care with the prescription drug program." Arianna Huffington stated on July 24, 2011 in a roundtable segment on ABC's "This Week with Christiane Amanpour": "Most countries have no debt ceiling." Debbie Wasserman Schultz stated on July 19, 2011 in debate on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives: "The nonpartisan CBO, Congressional Budget Office, has said that the No. 1 policy decision that brought us to the need to prevent the nation from defaulting on our debt for the first time in history were the Bush tax cuts in 2001 and 2003." Jennifer Shilling stated on June 30, 2011 in a statement on her legislative website: The 2011-13 state budget "cuts overall funding for public schools by $1.6 billion" David Dewhurst stated on July 19, 2011 in a campaign video.: "This past (legislative) session, we passed out of the Legislature a resolution requiring Congress to pass a balanced-budget amendment to the (U.S.) Constitution." Ward Armstrong stated on July 21, 2011 in a news conference.: On campaign contributions from electric utilities. Federal Transit Administration stated on July 13, 2011 in a press release: The Atlanta streetcar is expected to create 930 jobs during construction, totaling more than 5,600 jobs over the next 20 years. Raymond Lesniak stated on July 12, 2011 in testimony during a Senate hearing: Says "the most dangerous time for children" is from "3 to 6 p.m., during which time juvenile crime rates triple" Wisconsin Family Action stated on July 21, 2011 in a campaign TV ad: Says state Rep. Fred Clark (D-Baraboo) ran a red light and seriously injured a bicyclist. Gina Raimondo stated on July 10, 2011 in an appearance on 10 News Conference: "The average 401(k) in America of a person who's 60 years old is under $100,000." Chris Christie stated on July 12, 2011 in a radio ad: Says the state budget "doubled property tax credits for seniors and middle class New Jerseyans" and had "no tax increases for any New Jersey family for the second year in a row." Ron Paul stated on July 20, 2011 in an interview.: Says members of the military have sent him more campaign contributions than they’ve sent President Barack Obama and more than twice what they’ve sent other Republican presidential candidates. Barack Obama stated on July 21, 2011 in an interview on NPR: Says Ronald Reagan "repeatedly talked about how irresponsible it would be to allow the full faith and credit of the United States to be impaired in any kind of way." Victoria Jackson stated on July 15, 2011 in a column by Victoria Jackson: "A clause hidden in the Obamacare bill, which is now law, gives Obama the right to form a private army." Jack Bogdanski stated on July 6, 2011 in in a blog post.: Says "in the Legislature, (Mary Nolan) has been a party-line Democrat, showing a 100% track record in harmony with the American Civil Liberties Union." Randy Hopper stated on July 20, 2011 in a TV ad: Says Wisconsin Senate recall candidate Jessica King "voted to increase her pay with taxpayer dollars by 63 percent." Mike Males stated on June 13, 2011 in an article : "There’s pretty much no question that [the curfew ordinances] aren’t effective in either reducing crime or preventing harm to young people." Kay Bailey Hutchison stated on June 29, 2011 in an interview with CNBC: "The only growth sector that we’ve had in the last two years in America is government growth." Mitt Romney stated on July 5, 2011 in a Town Hall in Wolfeboro, N.H.: "Federal law requires that hospitals treat people whether or not they can pay. So someone (who) doesn’t have health insurance -- they can go to the hospital and get free care."
Rob Portman stated on July 25, 2011 in an interview on MSNBC: "Thirty-four of the last 44 (debt ceiling increases) have been for less than a year. So, this notion that short-term is somehow the exception, it's actually the rule."
Sheila Harsdorf stated on July 1, 2011 in a radio ad: Says Democratic recall opponent Shelly Moore "opposes any limit on taxes."
Chip Rogers stated on July 11, 2011 in Town hall meeting: "The state of Georgia is near the bottom among states for SAT scores and graduation rates."
Michele Bachmann stated on July 24, 2011 in a prepared statement: Says Tim Pawlenty said in 2006, "The era of small government is over... the government has to be more proactive and more aggressive."
Tom Price stated on July 24, 2011 in an interview on CNN's "State of the Union with Candy Crowley": "The U.S. won't default, because default means that you don't pay your creditors. And it takes about 10 percent of the money that's coming in right now" to pay interest to bondholders.
Cliff Stearns stated on July 6, 2011 in a press release: "Active duty males in the military are twice as likely to develop prostate cancer than their civilian counterparts."
John Boehner stated on July 25, 2011 in a televised speech: The House passed "cut, cap and balance" with "bipartisan support."
Barack Obama stated on July 25, 2011 in a televised address: "President Reagan did it (raised the debt ceiling) 18 times. George W. Bush did it seven times."
Jessica King stated on July 12, 2011 in a TV ad: Says state Sen. Randy Hopper, R-Fond du Lac, unlike typical taxpayers, "didn’t pay taxes"
Sam Olens stated on June 28, 2011 in a radio news story: "If you're from Guatemala and you are found illegally in Mexico, you are automatically jailed."
Shirley Turner stated on July 12, 2011 in a speech on the Senate floor: Says unemployment in Trenton is "twice as much as what we see in every other area of the state" and, as a result, "we have seen an increase in crime."
Ron Paul stated on July 16, 2011 in an interview with the 'Telegraph': "When the Republicans were in charge, they actually expanded government health care with the prescription drug program."
Arianna Huffington stated on July 24, 2011 in a roundtable segment on ABC's "This Week with Christiane Amanpour": "Most countries have no debt ceiling."
Debbie Wasserman Schultz stated on July 19, 2011 in debate on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives: "The nonpartisan CBO, Congressional Budget Office, has said that the No. 1 policy decision that brought us to the need to prevent the nation from defaulting on our debt for the first time in history were the Bush tax cuts in 2001 and 2003."
Jennifer Shilling stated on June 30, 2011 in a statement on her legislative website: The 2011-13 state budget "cuts overall funding for public schools by $1.6 billion"
David Dewhurst stated on July 19, 2011 in a campaign video.: "This past (legislative) session, we passed out of the Legislature a resolution requiring Congress to pass a balanced-budget amendment to the (U.S.) Constitution."
Ward Armstrong stated on July 21, 2011 in a news conference.: On campaign contributions from electric utilities.
Federal Transit Administration stated on July 13, 2011 in a press release: The Atlanta streetcar is expected to create 930 jobs during construction, totaling more than 5,600 jobs over the next 20 years.
Raymond Lesniak stated on July 12, 2011 in testimony during a Senate hearing: Says "the most dangerous time for children" is from "3 to 6 p.m., during which time juvenile crime rates triple"
Wisconsin Family Action stated on July 21, 2011 in a campaign TV ad: Says state Rep. Fred Clark (D-Baraboo) ran a red light and seriously injured a bicyclist.
Gina Raimondo stated on July 10, 2011 in an appearance on 10 News Conference: "The average 401(k) in America of a person who's 60 years old is under $100,000."
Chris Christie stated on July 12, 2011 in a radio ad: Says the state budget "doubled property tax credits for seniors and middle class New Jerseyans" and had "no tax increases for any New Jersey family for the second year in a row."
Ron Paul stated on July 20, 2011 in an interview.: Says members of the military have sent him more campaign contributions than they’ve sent President Barack Obama and more than twice what they’ve sent other Republican presidential candidates.
Barack Obama stated on July 21, 2011 in an interview on NPR: Says Ronald Reagan "repeatedly talked about how irresponsible it would be to allow the full faith and credit of the United States to be impaired in any kind of way."
Victoria Jackson stated on July 15, 2011 in a column by Victoria Jackson: "A clause hidden in the Obamacare bill, which is now law, gives Obama the right to form a private army."
Jack Bogdanski stated on July 6, 2011 in in a blog post.: Says "in the Legislature, (Mary Nolan) has been a party-line Democrat, showing a 100% track record in harmony with the American Civil Liberties Union."
Randy Hopper stated on July 20, 2011 in a TV ad: Says Wisconsin Senate recall candidate Jessica King "voted to increase her pay with taxpayer dollars by 63 percent."
Mike Males stated on June 13, 2011 in an article : "There’s pretty much no question that [the curfew ordinances] aren’t effective in either reducing crime or preventing harm to young people."
Kay Bailey Hutchison stated on June 29, 2011 in an interview with CNBC: "The only growth sector that we’ve had in the last two years in America is government growth."
Mitt Romney stated on July 5, 2011 in a Town Hall in Wolfeboro, N.H.: "Federal law requires that hospitals treat people whether or not they can pay. So someone (who) doesn’t have health insurance -- they can go to the hospital and get free care."
