Latest Fact-checks by Louis Jacobson 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 Marco Rubio stated on October 28, 2015 in a Republican presidential debate in Boulder, Colo.: Under his tax plan, "the greatest gains, percentage-wise," will be "at the lower end of our plan." Rand Paul stated on October 28, 2015 in a Republican presidential debate in Boulder, Colo.: The debt limit deal "allows President Obama to borrow unlimited amounts of money." Ted Cruz stated on October 28, 2015 in a Republican presidential debate in Boulder, Colo.: "Under Barack Obama and the big government economy, the median wage for women has dropped $733." Donald Trump stated on October 28, 2015 in a Republican presidential debate in Boulder, Colo.: "I never said that" Marco Rubio was Mark Zuckerberg’s personal senator. Chris Christie stated on October 28, 2015 in a Republican presidential debate in Boulder, Colo.: Bernie Sanders’s plan is "to raise your taxes to 90 percent." Viral image stated on October 23, 2015 in posts on the Internet: Unlike Benghazi, there were no investigations of the 1983 Beirut barracks bombing, none about key aspects of the 9/11 attacks and the Iraq War, and none about embassy attacks under George W. Bush. Viral image stated on October 21, 2015 in an image on the Internet: "CNN's Crap Polling" is so bad that it shows that "no one under the age of 50 has an opinion of Hillary Clinton." Donald Trump stated on October 14, 2015 in a speech.: "We have the highest tax rate anywhere in the world." Ted Cruz stated on October 18, 2015 in an interview on NBC's 'Meet the Press': "Republican leadership took the lead confirming Loretta Lynch as attorney general." Viral image stated on October 15, 2015 in a graphic circulating on the Internet: Says Bernie Sanders once said, "Instead of removing the conditions that make people depressed, modern society gives them antidepressant drugs." 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. 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." 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." 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." Barack Obama stated on October 2, 2015 in a press conference: Today, the deficit is "below the average deficits over the past 40 years." Carly Fiorina stated on September 30, 2015 in an interview on Fox News' "Hannity": Planned Parenthood "is an organization that funnels millions of dollars in political contributions to pro-abortion candidates." Donald Trump stated on September 28, 2015 in a press conference: The unemployment rate may be as high as "42 percent." John Kasich stated on September 27, 2015 in an interview on CBS' "Face the Nation": "When I left Washington, we had a $5 trillion surplus." Jeb Bush stated on September 27, 2015 in an interview on "Fox News Sunday": The tax policies of George W. Bush "created a dynamic effect of high growth." Ted Cruz stated on September 21, 2015 in an interview with CBS' Stephen Colbert: "When (Ronald) Reagan came in, from 1978 to 1982, economic growth averaged less than 1 percent a year. There’s only one other four-year period where that’s true. That’s true from 2008 to 2012." Viral image stated on September 8, 2015 in a shareable graphic on the Web: Says Bernie Sanders opposes "requiring all children to have a K-12 education." Rand Paul stated on September 16, 2015 in a presidential debate: "There's never been a direct Supreme Court case on people who were here illegally, whether or not their kids are citizens." Ted Cruz stated on September 16, 2015 in comments during the CNN debate: "A majority of the men and women on this stage have previously and publicly embraced amnesty. I am the only candidate on this stage who has never supported amnesty." Ted Cruz stated on September 9, 2015 in a tweet: "The Iran Deal will facilitate and accelerate the nation of Iran acquiring nuclear weapons." Viral image stated on September 6, 2015 in a Facebook post: "Unions did not create" the eight-hour work day and the 40-hour work week. "Henry Ford did." Hillary Clinton stated on September 1, 2015 in an op-ed in the New Hampshire Union-Leader: "Twenty-three million Americans suffer from addiction, but only 1 in 10 get treatment." John Kerry stated on September 2, 2015 in an interview on MSNBC's "Morning Joe": The nuclear agreement with Iran "never sunsets. There's no sunset in this agreement." Bloggers stated on September 25, 2015 in posts on the Internet: Democratic Sens. Ed Markey, Al Franken and Jeanne Shaheen "took Bribes From Iran … They Back Insane NUKE Deal." Donald Trump stated on August 28, 2015 in an interview with Sarah Palin: "We have 93 million people out of work. They look for jobs, they give up, and all of a sudden, statistically, they're considered employed." Donald Trump stated on August 24, 2015 in an interview on "Fox & Friends": "We’re the most highly taxed nation in the world."
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Marco Rubio stated on October 28, 2015 in a Republican presidential debate in Boulder, Colo.: Under his tax plan, "the greatest gains, percentage-wise," will be "at the lower end of our plan." Rand Paul stated on October 28, 2015 in a Republican presidential debate in Boulder, Colo.: The debt limit deal "allows President Obama to borrow unlimited amounts of money." Ted Cruz stated on October 28, 2015 in a Republican presidential debate in Boulder, Colo.: "Under Barack Obama and the big government economy, the median wage for women has dropped $733." Donald Trump stated on October 28, 2015 in a Republican presidential debate in Boulder, Colo.: "I never said that" Marco Rubio was Mark Zuckerberg’s personal senator. Chris Christie stated on October 28, 2015 in a Republican presidential debate in Boulder, Colo.: Bernie Sanders’s plan is "to raise your taxes to 90 percent." Viral image stated on October 23, 2015 in posts on the Internet: Unlike Benghazi, there were no investigations of the 1983 Beirut barracks bombing, none about key aspects of the 9/11 attacks and the Iraq War, and none about embassy attacks under George W. Bush. Viral image stated on October 21, 2015 in an image on the Internet: "CNN's Crap Polling" is so bad that it shows that "no one under the age of 50 has an opinion of Hillary Clinton." Donald Trump stated on October 14, 2015 in a speech.: "We have the highest tax rate anywhere in the world." Ted Cruz stated on October 18, 2015 in an interview on NBC's 'Meet the Press': "Republican leadership took the lead confirming Loretta Lynch as attorney general." Viral image stated on October 15, 2015 in a graphic circulating on the Internet: Says Bernie Sanders once said, "Instead of removing the conditions that make people depressed, modern society gives them antidepressant drugs." 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. 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." 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." 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." Barack Obama stated on October 2, 2015 in a press conference: Today, the deficit is "below the average deficits over the past 40 years." Carly Fiorina stated on September 30, 2015 in an interview on Fox News' "Hannity": Planned Parenthood "is an organization that funnels millions of dollars in political contributions to pro-abortion candidates." Donald Trump stated on September 28, 2015 in a press conference: The unemployment rate may be as high as "42 percent." John Kasich stated on September 27, 2015 in an interview on CBS' "Face the Nation": "When I left Washington, we had a $5 trillion surplus." Jeb Bush stated on September 27, 2015 in an interview on "Fox News Sunday": The tax policies of George W. Bush "created a dynamic effect of high growth." Ted Cruz stated on September 21, 2015 in an interview with CBS' Stephen Colbert: "When (Ronald) Reagan came in, from 1978 to 1982, economic growth averaged less than 1 percent a year. There’s only one other four-year period where that’s true. That’s true from 2008 to 2012." Viral image stated on September 8, 2015 in a shareable graphic on the Web: Says Bernie Sanders opposes "requiring all children to have a K-12 education." Rand Paul stated on September 16, 2015 in a presidential debate: "There's never been a direct Supreme Court case on people who were here illegally, whether or not their kids are citizens." Ted Cruz stated on September 16, 2015 in comments during the CNN debate: "A majority of the men and women on this stage have previously and publicly embraced amnesty. I am the only candidate on this stage who has never supported amnesty." Ted Cruz stated on September 9, 2015 in a tweet: "The Iran Deal will facilitate and accelerate the nation of Iran acquiring nuclear weapons." Viral image stated on September 6, 2015 in a Facebook post: "Unions did not create" the eight-hour work day and the 40-hour work week. "Henry Ford did." Hillary Clinton stated on September 1, 2015 in an op-ed in the New Hampshire Union-Leader: "Twenty-three million Americans suffer from addiction, but only 1 in 10 get treatment." John Kerry stated on September 2, 2015 in an interview on MSNBC's "Morning Joe": The nuclear agreement with Iran "never sunsets. There's no sunset in this agreement." Bloggers stated on September 25, 2015 in posts on the Internet: Democratic Sens. Ed Markey, Al Franken and Jeanne Shaheen "took Bribes From Iran … They Back Insane NUKE Deal." Donald Trump stated on August 28, 2015 in an interview with Sarah Palin: "We have 93 million people out of work. They look for jobs, they give up, and all of a sudden, statistically, they're considered employed." Donald Trump stated on August 24, 2015 in an interview on "Fox & Friends": "We’re the most highly taxed nation in the world."
Marco Rubio stated on October 28, 2015 in a Republican presidential debate in Boulder, Colo.: Under his tax plan, "the greatest gains, percentage-wise," will be "at the lower end of our plan."
Rand Paul stated on October 28, 2015 in a Republican presidential debate in Boulder, Colo.: The debt limit deal "allows President Obama to borrow unlimited amounts of money."
Ted Cruz stated on October 28, 2015 in a Republican presidential debate in Boulder, Colo.: "Under Barack Obama and the big government economy, the median wage for women has dropped $733."
Donald Trump stated on October 28, 2015 in a Republican presidential debate in Boulder, Colo.: "I never said that" Marco Rubio was Mark Zuckerberg’s personal senator.
Chris Christie stated on October 28, 2015 in a Republican presidential debate in Boulder, Colo.: Bernie Sanders’s plan is "to raise your taxes to 90 percent."
Viral image stated on October 23, 2015 in posts on the Internet: Unlike Benghazi, there were no investigations of the 1983 Beirut barracks bombing, none about key aspects of the 9/11 attacks and the Iraq War, and none about embassy attacks under George W. Bush.
Viral image stated on October 21, 2015 in an image on the Internet: "CNN's Crap Polling" is so bad that it shows that "no one under the age of 50 has an opinion of Hillary Clinton."
Donald Trump stated on October 14, 2015 in a speech.: "We have the highest tax rate anywhere in the world."
Ted Cruz stated on October 18, 2015 in an interview on NBC's 'Meet the Press': "Republican leadership took the lead confirming Loretta Lynch as attorney general."
Viral image stated on October 15, 2015 in a graphic circulating on the Internet: Says Bernie Sanders once said, "Instead of removing the conditions that make people depressed, modern society gives them antidepressant drugs."
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.
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."
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."
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."
Barack Obama stated on October 2, 2015 in a press conference: Today, the deficit is "below the average deficits over the past 40 years."
Carly Fiorina stated on September 30, 2015 in an interview on Fox News' "Hannity": Planned Parenthood "is an organization that funnels millions of dollars in political contributions to pro-abortion candidates."
Donald Trump stated on September 28, 2015 in a press conference: The unemployment rate may be as high as "42 percent."
John Kasich stated on September 27, 2015 in an interview on CBS' "Face the Nation": "When I left Washington, we had a $5 trillion surplus."
Jeb Bush stated on September 27, 2015 in an interview on "Fox News Sunday": The tax policies of George W. Bush "created a dynamic effect of high growth."
Ted Cruz stated on September 21, 2015 in an interview with CBS' Stephen Colbert: "When (Ronald) Reagan came in, from 1978 to 1982, economic growth averaged less than 1 percent a year. There’s only one other four-year period where that’s true. That’s true from 2008 to 2012."
Viral image stated on September 8, 2015 in a shareable graphic on the Web: Says Bernie Sanders opposes "requiring all children to have a K-12 education."
Rand Paul stated on September 16, 2015 in a presidential debate: "There's never been a direct Supreme Court case on people who were here illegally, whether or not their kids are citizens."
Ted Cruz stated on September 16, 2015 in comments during the CNN debate: "A majority of the men and women on this stage have previously and publicly embraced amnesty. I am the only candidate on this stage who has never supported amnesty."
Ted Cruz stated on September 9, 2015 in a tweet: "The Iran Deal will facilitate and accelerate the nation of Iran acquiring nuclear weapons."
Viral image stated on September 6, 2015 in a Facebook post: "Unions did not create" the eight-hour work day and the 40-hour work week. "Henry Ford did."
Hillary Clinton stated on September 1, 2015 in an op-ed in the New Hampshire Union-Leader: "Twenty-three million Americans suffer from addiction, but only 1 in 10 get treatment."
John Kerry stated on September 2, 2015 in an interview on MSNBC's "Morning Joe": The nuclear agreement with Iran "never sunsets. There's no sunset in this agreement."
Bloggers stated on September 25, 2015 in posts on the Internet: Democratic Sens. Ed Markey, Al Franken and Jeanne Shaheen "took Bribes From Iran … They Back Insane NUKE Deal."
Donald Trump stated on August 28, 2015 in an interview with Sarah Palin: "We have 93 million people out of work. They look for jobs, they give up, and all of a sudden, statistically, they're considered employed."
Donald Trump stated on August 24, 2015 in an interview on "Fox & Friends": "We’re the most highly taxed nation in the world."
