Latest Fact-checks by Lauren Carroll 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 January 5, 2016 in a speech proposing executive action on gun regulations: "A violent felon can buy (a gun) over the Internet with no background check, no questions asked." Laura Ingraham stated on January 3, 2016 in on "Fox News Sunday": "The 90 percent statistic of supporting background checks, that's been debunked." Rand Paul stated on January 3, 2016 in an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press": "Both Cruz and Rubio are missing the vast majority of their votes." Stephen Hayes stated on December 27, 2015 in on "Fox News Sunday": Guantanamo has "never been a key component of ISIS or al-Qaida propaganda." Hillary Clinton stated on December 19, 2015 in a Democratic debate in New Hampshire: Says Bernie Sanders "voted for regime change with respect to Libya." Donald Trump stated on December 20, 2015 in an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press": Says American polling shows Russian President Vladimir Putin has "an 80 percent approval rating." Martin O'Malley stated on December 19, 2015 in the Dec. 19 Democratic presidential debate: "Secretary Clinton changes her position on (gun issues) every election year, it seems, having one position in 2000 and then campaigning against President Obama and saying we don't need federal standards." Marco Rubio stated on December 15, 2015 in a Republican presidential debate in Las Vegas: Regarding the USA Freedom Act, "There is nothing we are allowed to do under this bill that we could not do before." Marco Rubio stated on December 13, 2015 in an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press": "The states have always defined marriage." Antonin Scalia stated on December 9, 2015 in a Supreme Court hearing: "Most of the black scientists in this country don't come from schools like the University of Texas. They come from lesser schools." Donald Trump stated on December 7, 2015 in a campaign statement: Says 25 percent of U.S. Muslims "agreed that violence against Americans here in the United States is justified as a part of the global jihad." Joe Scarborough stated on December 4, 2015 in on MSNBC's "Morning Joe": In the weekend after the terrorist attacks in Paris, the White House said "this couldn't happen in the United States. ISIS couldn't reach us here." Marco Rubio stated on December 6, 2015 in an interview on CNN's "State of the Union": "There are over 700,000 Americans on some watch list or another that would all be captured" in a Democratic amendment intended to stop suspected terrorists from buying guns. Bill Maher stated on October 2, 2015 in an episode of HBO's "Real Time with Bill Maher": "15 years ago, cancer drugs cost an average of $10,000 a year. Now it’s $10,000 a month." Hillary Clinton stated on November 6, 2015 in a Democratic primary forum: "I spent 18 months putting together the sanctions against Iran so that we could force them to the negotiating table." Donald Trump stated on November 21, 2015 in comments during a speech: "I watched in Jersey City, N.J., where thousands and thousands of people were cheering" as the World Trade Center collapsed. Hillary Clinton stated on November 14, 2015 in a debate in Iowa: "Since we last debated in Las Vegas, nearly 3,000 people have been killed by guns." Ben Rhodes stated on November 15, 2015 in comments on ABC's "This Week": When President Barack Obama said ISIS, or ISIL, was contained, he "was responding very specifically to the geographic expansion of ISIL in Iraq and Syria." Martin O'Malley stated on November 14, 2015 in a Democratic debate in Des Moines: "Net immigration from Mexico last year was zero. Fact-check me." Donald Trump stated on November 10, 2015 in the Fox Business Network debate: Says President Dwight Eisenhower "moved 1.5 million illegal immigrants out of this country." Rand Paul stated on November 10, 2015 in a Republican presidential debate: Income inequality "seems to be worst in cities run by Democrats." Donald Trump stated on November 8, 2015 in comments on "State of the Union": Says that in polls about 2016 candidate leadership skills, he comes out "two and three and four times higher than anybody else." Donald Trump stated on October 28, 2015 in the CNBC debate: The CNBC debate was supposed to be three hours, and he "renegotiated it down to two hours." Jeb Bush stated on November 1, 2015 in comments on "Meet the Press": "If you look at the three people on the (debate) stage from the United States Senate, all three of them have a combined two bills that became law that they've sponsored." Ben Carson stated on October 29, 2015 in a Republican presidential debate: Among manufacturers with fewer than 50 employees, "the average cost in terms of regulations is $34,000 per employee." Ben Carson stated on October 28, 2015 in a Republican presidential debate in Boulder, Colo.: Says he "didn’t have an involvement with" nutritional supplement company Mannatech. Hillary Clinton stated on October 7, 2015 in a town hall-style campaign event in Iowa: The gun industry is "the only business in America that is wholly protected from any kind of liability." Hillary Clinton stated on October 13, 2015 in in the first Democratic debate: On the Keystone XL pipeline 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." Hillary Clinton stated on October 7, 2015 in an interview on PBS Newshour: On the Trans-Pacific Partnership.
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Barack Obama stated on January 5, 2016 in a speech proposing executive action on gun regulations: "A violent felon can buy (a gun) over the Internet with no background check, no questions asked." Laura Ingraham stated on January 3, 2016 in on "Fox News Sunday": "The 90 percent statistic of supporting background checks, that's been debunked." Rand Paul stated on January 3, 2016 in an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press": "Both Cruz and Rubio are missing the vast majority of their votes." Stephen Hayes stated on December 27, 2015 in on "Fox News Sunday": Guantanamo has "never been a key component of ISIS or al-Qaida propaganda." Hillary Clinton stated on December 19, 2015 in a Democratic debate in New Hampshire: Says Bernie Sanders "voted for regime change with respect to Libya." Donald Trump stated on December 20, 2015 in an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press": Says American polling shows Russian President Vladimir Putin has "an 80 percent approval rating." Martin O'Malley stated on December 19, 2015 in the Dec. 19 Democratic presidential debate: "Secretary Clinton changes her position on (gun issues) every election year, it seems, having one position in 2000 and then campaigning against President Obama and saying we don't need federal standards." Marco Rubio stated on December 15, 2015 in a Republican presidential debate in Las Vegas: Regarding the USA Freedom Act, "There is nothing we are allowed to do under this bill that we could not do before." Marco Rubio stated on December 13, 2015 in an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press": "The states have always defined marriage." Antonin Scalia stated on December 9, 2015 in a Supreme Court hearing: "Most of the black scientists in this country don't come from schools like the University of Texas. They come from lesser schools." Donald Trump stated on December 7, 2015 in a campaign statement: Says 25 percent of U.S. Muslims "agreed that violence against Americans here in the United States is justified as a part of the global jihad." Joe Scarborough stated on December 4, 2015 in on MSNBC's "Morning Joe": In the weekend after the terrorist attacks in Paris, the White House said "this couldn't happen in the United States. ISIS couldn't reach us here." Marco Rubio stated on December 6, 2015 in an interview on CNN's "State of the Union": "There are over 700,000 Americans on some watch list or another that would all be captured" in a Democratic amendment intended to stop suspected terrorists from buying guns. Bill Maher stated on October 2, 2015 in an episode of HBO's "Real Time with Bill Maher": "15 years ago, cancer drugs cost an average of $10,000 a year. Now it’s $10,000 a month." Hillary Clinton stated on November 6, 2015 in a Democratic primary forum: "I spent 18 months putting together the sanctions against Iran so that we could force them to the negotiating table." Donald Trump stated on November 21, 2015 in comments during a speech: "I watched in Jersey City, N.J., where thousands and thousands of people were cheering" as the World Trade Center collapsed. Hillary Clinton stated on November 14, 2015 in a debate in Iowa: "Since we last debated in Las Vegas, nearly 3,000 people have been killed by guns." Ben Rhodes stated on November 15, 2015 in comments on ABC's "This Week": When President Barack Obama said ISIS, or ISIL, was contained, he "was responding very specifically to the geographic expansion of ISIL in Iraq and Syria." Martin O'Malley stated on November 14, 2015 in a Democratic debate in Des Moines: "Net immigration from Mexico last year was zero. Fact-check me." Donald Trump stated on November 10, 2015 in the Fox Business Network debate: Says President Dwight Eisenhower "moved 1.5 million illegal immigrants out of this country." Rand Paul stated on November 10, 2015 in a Republican presidential debate: Income inequality "seems to be worst in cities run by Democrats." Donald Trump stated on November 8, 2015 in comments on "State of the Union": Says that in polls about 2016 candidate leadership skills, he comes out "two and three and four times higher than anybody else." Donald Trump stated on October 28, 2015 in the CNBC debate: The CNBC debate was supposed to be three hours, and he "renegotiated it down to two hours." Jeb Bush stated on November 1, 2015 in comments on "Meet the Press": "If you look at the three people on the (debate) stage from the United States Senate, all three of them have a combined two bills that became law that they've sponsored." Ben Carson stated on October 29, 2015 in a Republican presidential debate: Among manufacturers with fewer than 50 employees, "the average cost in terms of regulations is $34,000 per employee." Ben Carson stated on October 28, 2015 in a Republican presidential debate in Boulder, Colo.: Says he "didn’t have an involvement with" nutritional supplement company Mannatech. Hillary Clinton stated on October 7, 2015 in a town hall-style campaign event in Iowa: The gun industry is "the only business in America that is wholly protected from any kind of liability." Hillary Clinton stated on October 13, 2015 in in the first Democratic debate: On the Keystone XL pipeline 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." Hillary Clinton stated on October 7, 2015 in an interview on PBS Newshour: On the Trans-Pacific Partnership.
Barack Obama stated on January 5, 2016 in a speech proposing executive action on gun regulations: "A violent felon can buy (a gun) over the Internet with no background check, no questions asked."
Laura Ingraham stated on January 3, 2016 in on "Fox News Sunday": "The 90 percent statistic of supporting background checks, that's been debunked."
Rand Paul stated on January 3, 2016 in an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press": "Both Cruz and Rubio are missing the vast majority of their votes."
Stephen Hayes stated on December 27, 2015 in on "Fox News Sunday": Guantanamo has "never been a key component of ISIS or al-Qaida propaganda."
Hillary Clinton stated on December 19, 2015 in a Democratic debate in New Hampshire: Says Bernie Sanders "voted for regime change with respect to Libya."
Donald Trump stated on December 20, 2015 in an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press": Says American polling shows Russian President Vladimir Putin has "an 80 percent approval rating."
Martin O'Malley stated on December 19, 2015 in the Dec. 19 Democratic presidential debate: "Secretary Clinton changes her position on (gun issues) every election year, it seems, having one position in 2000 and then campaigning against President Obama and saying we don't need federal standards."
Marco Rubio stated on December 15, 2015 in a Republican presidential debate in Las Vegas: Regarding the USA Freedom Act, "There is nothing we are allowed to do under this bill that we could not do before."
Marco Rubio stated on December 13, 2015 in an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press": "The states have always defined marriage."
Antonin Scalia stated on December 9, 2015 in a Supreme Court hearing: "Most of the black scientists in this country don't come from schools like the University of Texas. They come from lesser schools."
Donald Trump stated on December 7, 2015 in a campaign statement: Says 25 percent of U.S. Muslims "agreed that violence against Americans here in the United States is justified as a part of the global jihad."
Joe Scarborough stated on December 4, 2015 in on MSNBC's "Morning Joe": In the weekend after the terrorist attacks in Paris, the White House said "this couldn't happen in the United States. ISIS couldn't reach us here."
Marco Rubio stated on December 6, 2015 in an interview on CNN's "State of the Union": "There are over 700,000 Americans on some watch list or another that would all be captured" in a Democratic amendment intended to stop suspected terrorists from buying guns.
Bill Maher stated on October 2, 2015 in an episode of HBO's "Real Time with Bill Maher": "15 years ago, cancer drugs cost an average of $10,000 a year. Now it’s $10,000 a month."
Hillary Clinton stated on November 6, 2015 in a Democratic primary forum: "I spent 18 months putting together the sanctions against Iran so that we could force them to the negotiating table."
Donald Trump stated on November 21, 2015 in comments during a speech: "I watched in Jersey City, N.J., where thousands and thousands of people were cheering" as the World Trade Center collapsed.
Hillary Clinton stated on November 14, 2015 in a debate in Iowa: "Since we last debated in Las Vegas, nearly 3,000 people have been killed by guns."
Ben Rhodes stated on November 15, 2015 in comments on ABC's "This Week": When President Barack Obama said ISIS, or ISIL, was contained, he "was responding very specifically to the geographic expansion of ISIL in Iraq and Syria."
Martin O'Malley stated on November 14, 2015 in a Democratic debate in Des Moines: "Net immigration from Mexico last year was zero. Fact-check me."
Donald Trump stated on November 10, 2015 in the Fox Business Network debate: Says President Dwight Eisenhower "moved 1.5 million illegal immigrants out of this country."
Rand Paul stated on November 10, 2015 in a Republican presidential debate: Income inequality "seems to be worst in cities run by Democrats."
Donald Trump stated on November 8, 2015 in comments on "State of the Union": Says that in polls about 2016 candidate leadership skills, he comes out "two and three and four times higher than anybody else."
Donald Trump stated on October 28, 2015 in the CNBC debate: The CNBC debate was supposed to be three hours, and he "renegotiated it down to two hours."
Jeb Bush stated on November 1, 2015 in comments on "Meet the Press": "If you look at the three people on the (debate) stage from the United States Senate, all three of them have a combined two bills that became law that they've sponsored."
Ben Carson stated on October 29, 2015 in a Republican presidential debate: Among manufacturers with fewer than 50 employees, "the average cost in terms of regulations is $34,000 per employee."
Ben Carson stated on October 28, 2015 in a Republican presidential debate in Boulder, Colo.: Says he "didn’t have an involvement with" nutritional supplement company Mannatech.
Hillary Clinton stated on October 7, 2015 in a town hall-style campaign event in Iowa: The gun industry is "the only business in America that is wholly protected from any kind of liability."
Hillary Clinton stated on October 13, 2015 in in the first Democratic debate: On the Keystone XL pipeline
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."
Hillary Clinton stated on October 7, 2015 in an interview on PBS Newshour: On the Trans-Pacific Partnership.
