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 June 2, 2015 in a speech in Orlando, Fla.: "For the first time in 35 years, we have more businesses dying than we do starting." John McCain stated on May 24, 2015 in an interview on CBS' "Face the Nation": If you count United States airstrikes against ISIS, "75 percent of those combat missions return to base without having fired a weapon." Sarah Silverman stated on May 22, 2015 in a social media post: Says Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., has stated that supporting the "right to health care ... means you believe in slavery." Facebook posts stated on May 17, 2015 in a meme on social media: "During Obama's first five years as president, black unemployment increased 42 percent. During Reagan's presidency, black unemployment dropped 20 percent." Hillary Clinton stated on May 18, 2015 in an appearance in Mason City, Iowa: Hedge fund managers "pay less in taxes than nurses and truck drivers." Charles Schumer stated on May 13, 2015 in remarks to reporters: "It is simply a fact that insufficient funding for Amtrak has delayed the installation" of a positive train control safety system. "To deny a connection between the (derailment in Philadelphia) and underfunding Amtrak is to deny reality." Thomas Perez stated on May 7, 2015 in an interview on MSNBC's "Morning Joe": Due to "over-incarceration … in 1950, two out of three young black men were in the workforce. Today, it's one out of three black men are in the workforce." Hillary Clinton stated on May 5, 2015 in an appearance at a high school in Las Vegas, Nev.: "Not a single Republican candidate, announced or potential, is clearly and consistently supporting a path to citizenship. Not one." Hillary Clinton stated on April 23, 2015 in a speech at the Women in the World conference: "The United States is 65th out of 142 nations and other territories on equal pay." Anonymous cyber-squatter stated on May 4, 2015 in a website: After laying off 30,000 people, Carly Fiorina said that in retrospect, "I would have done them all faster." Mike Huckabee stated on May 1, 2015 in a video: Says he "raised average family income by 50 percent" during his tenure as Arkansas governor. Represent.us stated on April 30, 2015 in a meme on social media: "The U.S. representatives that voted to keep militarizing the police received 73 percent more campaign money from the defense industry" than the representatives who voted to stop it. Rush Limbaugh stated on April 23, 2015 in a monologue on his radio show: "Eighty-five percent of every dollar donated to the Clinton Foundation ended up either with the Clintons or with their staff to pay for travel, salaries, and benefits. Fifteen cents of every dollar actually went to some charitable beneficiary." Martin O'Malley stated on April 20, 2015 in an interview with NPR: "We're not allowed to read it (the Trans-Pacific Partnership) before representatives vote on it." Hillary Clinton stated on April 21, 2015 in a roundtable at a community college: "The United States invented the community college. Nobody else had ever done anything like it." Barack Obama stated on April 17, 2015 in a press conference: Says Loretta Lynch’s nomination "has been now sitting there longer than the previous seven attorney general nominees combined." ForAmerica stated on April 12, 2015 in a meme on social media: "American families work hard to earn $4,250 a month. Obama is spending $18,972 a month on each illegal immigrant child." Jeb Bush stated on April 14, 2015 in an interview with the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review: "We are in the sixth year of recovery, and median income is below what it was at the start of the recovery." Rick Santorum stated on April 10, 2015 in a speech to the NRA: Says Howard Zinn, "an anti-American Marxist," wrote "the most popular textbook that's taught in our high schools in America." Bernie Sanders stated on March 31, 2015 in a town hall in Austin, Texas: "In this last election in November, ... 63 percent of the American people chose not to vote, ... 80 percent of young people, (and) 75 percent of low-income workers chose not to vote." Occupy Democrats stated on March 31, 2015 in a meme on social media: Despite raising taxes on the wealthy and hiking the minimum wage, Minnesota "is creating jobs at a record pace, unemployment is at a historic low, median income is skyrocketing, and (the) state has a billion-dollar surplus." Martin O'Malley stated on March 29, 2015 in an interview on ABC's "This Week": In the United States, we’ve had "12 years in a row of wages declining." Barack Obama stated on March 25, 2015 in a speech: The Affordable Care Act is "a major reason why we’ve seen 50,000 fewer preventable patient deaths in hospitals." Bloggers stated on March 21, 2015 in posts on social media: Say Michelle Obama "mandates" weighing children in day care. Allen West stated on March 19, 2015 in a post on his website: "EPA wants to regulate … the family BBQ." David Simas stated on March 18, 2015 in an interview on CNN's "New Day": Job growth in the United States is now at the "fastest pace in this country's history." SeaWorld stated on March 24, 2015 in an ad: "Whales live as long at SeaWorld" as they do in the wild. Glenn Beck stated on March 19, 2015 in a Facebook post: "A few weeks ago Obama took Hamas and Iran OFF the terror list." Jim Webb stated on March 15, 2015 in an interview on ABC's "This Week": "The stock market has almost tripled since April of 2009." Mitch McConnell stated on March 15, 2015 in an interview on CNN's "State of the Union": Says Secretary of State John Kerry, "when he was a senator, flew to Managua and met with a communist dictator there, Daniel Ortega, and accused the Reagan administration of engaging in terrorism."
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 June 2, 2015 in a speech in Orlando, Fla.: "For the first time in 35 years, we have more businesses dying than we do starting." John McCain stated on May 24, 2015 in an interview on CBS' "Face the Nation": If you count United States airstrikes against ISIS, "75 percent of those combat missions return to base without having fired a weapon." Sarah Silverman stated on May 22, 2015 in a social media post: Says Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., has stated that supporting the "right to health care ... means you believe in slavery." Facebook posts stated on May 17, 2015 in a meme on social media: "During Obama's first five years as president, black unemployment increased 42 percent. During Reagan's presidency, black unemployment dropped 20 percent." Hillary Clinton stated on May 18, 2015 in an appearance in Mason City, Iowa: Hedge fund managers "pay less in taxes than nurses and truck drivers." Charles Schumer stated on May 13, 2015 in remarks to reporters: "It is simply a fact that insufficient funding for Amtrak has delayed the installation" of a positive train control safety system. "To deny a connection between the (derailment in Philadelphia) and underfunding Amtrak is to deny reality." Thomas Perez stated on May 7, 2015 in an interview on MSNBC's "Morning Joe": Due to "over-incarceration … in 1950, two out of three young black men were in the workforce. Today, it's one out of three black men are in the workforce." Hillary Clinton stated on May 5, 2015 in an appearance at a high school in Las Vegas, Nev.: "Not a single Republican candidate, announced or potential, is clearly and consistently supporting a path to citizenship. Not one." Hillary Clinton stated on April 23, 2015 in a speech at the Women in the World conference: "The United States is 65th out of 142 nations and other territories on equal pay." Anonymous cyber-squatter stated on May 4, 2015 in a website: After laying off 30,000 people, Carly Fiorina said that in retrospect, "I would have done them all faster." Mike Huckabee stated on May 1, 2015 in a video: Says he "raised average family income by 50 percent" during his tenure as Arkansas governor. Represent.us stated on April 30, 2015 in a meme on social media: "The U.S. representatives that voted to keep militarizing the police received 73 percent more campaign money from the defense industry" than the representatives who voted to stop it. Rush Limbaugh stated on April 23, 2015 in a monologue on his radio show: "Eighty-five percent of every dollar donated to the Clinton Foundation ended up either with the Clintons or with their staff to pay for travel, salaries, and benefits. Fifteen cents of every dollar actually went to some charitable beneficiary." Martin O'Malley stated on April 20, 2015 in an interview with NPR: "We're not allowed to read it (the Trans-Pacific Partnership) before representatives vote on it." Hillary Clinton stated on April 21, 2015 in a roundtable at a community college: "The United States invented the community college. Nobody else had ever done anything like it." Barack Obama stated on April 17, 2015 in a press conference: Says Loretta Lynch’s nomination "has been now sitting there longer than the previous seven attorney general nominees combined." ForAmerica stated on April 12, 2015 in a meme on social media: "American families work hard to earn $4,250 a month. Obama is spending $18,972 a month on each illegal immigrant child." Jeb Bush stated on April 14, 2015 in an interview with the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review: "We are in the sixth year of recovery, and median income is below what it was at the start of the recovery." Rick Santorum stated on April 10, 2015 in a speech to the NRA: Says Howard Zinn, "an anti-American Marxist," wrote "the most popular textbook that's taught in our high schools in America." Bernie Sanders stated on March 31, 2015 in a town hall in Austin, Texas: "In this last election in November, ... 63 percent of the American people chose not to vote, ... 80 percent of young people, (and) 75 percent of low-income workers chose not to vote." Occupy Democrats stated on March 31, 2015 in a meme on social media: Despite raising taxes on the wealthy and hiking the minimum wage, Minnesota "is creating jobs at a record pace, unemployment is at a historic low, median income is skyrocketing, and (the) state has a billion-dollar surplus." Martin O'Malley stated on March 29, 2015 in an interview on ABC's "This Week": In the United States, we’ve had "12 years in a row of wages declining." Barack Obama stated on March 25, 2015 in a speech: The Affordable Care Act is "a major reason why we’ve seen 50,000 fewer preventable patient deaths in hospitals." Bloggers stated on March 21, 2015 in posts on social media: Say Michelle Obama "mandates" weighing children in day care. Allen West stated on March 19, 2015 in a post on his website: "EPA wants to regulate … the family BBQ." David Simas stated on March 18, 2015 in an interview on CNN's "New Day": Job growth in the United States is now at the "fastest pace in this country's history." SeaWorld stated on March 24, 2015 in an ad: "Whales live as long at SeaWorld" as they do in the wild. Glenn Beck stated on March 19, 2015 in a Facebook post: "A few weeks ago Obama took Hamas and Iran OFF the terror list." Jim Webb stated on March 15, 2015 in an interview on ABC's "This Week": "The stock market has almost tripled since April of 2009." Mitch McConnell stated on March 15, 2015 in an interview on CNN's "State of the Union": Says Secretary of State John Kerry, "when he was a senator, flew to Managua and met with a communist dictator there, Daniel Ortega, and accused the Reagan administration of engaging in terrorism."
Marco Rubio stated on June 2, 2015 in a speech in Orlando, Fla.: "For the first time in 35 years, we have more businesses dying than we do starting."
John McCain stated on May 24, 2015 in an interview on CBS' "Face the Nation": If you count United States airstrikes against ISIS, "75 percent of those combat missions return to base without having fired a weapon."
Sarah Silverman stated on May 22, 2015 in a social media post: Says Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., has stated that supporting the "right to health care ... means you believe in slavery."
Facebook posts stated on May 17, 2015 in a meme on social media: "During Obama's first five years as president, black unemployment increased 42 percent. During Reagan's presidency, black unemployment dropped 20 percent."
Hillary Clinton stated on May 18, 2015 in an appearance in Mason City, Iowa: Hedge fund managers "pay less in taxes than nurses and truck drivers."
Charles Schumer stated on May 13, 2015 in remarks to reporters: "It is simply a fact that insufficient funding for Amtrak has delayed the installation" of a positive train control safety system. "To deny a connection between the (derailment in Philadelphia) and underfunding Amtrak is to deny reality."
Thomas Perez stated on May 7, 2015 in an interview on MSNBC's "Morning Joe": Due to "over-incarceration … in 1950, two out of three young black men were in the workforce. Today, it's one out of three black men are in the workforce."
Hillary Clinton stated on May 5, 2015 in an appearance at a high school in Las Vegas, Nev.: "Not a single Republican candidate, announced or potential, is clearly and consistently supporting a path to citizenship. Not one."
Hillary Clinton stated on April 23, 2015 in a speech at the Women in the World conference: "The United States is 65th out of 142 nations and other territories on equal pay."
Anonymous cyber-squatter stated on May 4, 2015 in a website: After laying off 30,000 people, Carly Fiorina said that in retrospect, "I would have done them all faster."
Mike Huckabee stated on May 1, 2015 in a video: Says he "raised average family income by 50 percent" during his tenure as Arkansas governor.
Represent.us stated on April 30, 2015 in a meme on social media: "The U.S. representatives that voted to keep militarizing the police received 73 percent more campaign money from the defense industry" than the representatives who voted to stop it.
Rush Limbaugh stated on April 23, 2015 in a monologue on his radio show: "Eighty-five percent of every dollar donated to the Clinton Foundation ended up either with the Clintons or with their staff to pay for travel, salaries, and benefits. Fifteen cents of every dollar actually went to some charitable beneficiary."
Martin O'Malley stated on April 20, 2015 in an interview with NPR: "We're not allowed to read it (the Trans-Pacific Partnership) before representatives vote on it."
Hillary Clinton stated on April 21, 2015 in a roundtable at a community college: "The United States invented the community college. Nobody else had ever done anything like it."
Barack Obama stated on April 17, 2015 in a press conference: Says Loretta Lynch’s nomination "has been now sitting there longer than the previous seven attorney general nominees combined."
ForAmerica stated on April 12, 2015 in a meme on social media: "American families work hard to earn $4,250 a month. Obama is spending $18,972 a month on each illegal immigrant child."
Jeb Bush stated on April 14, 2015 in an interview with the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review: "We are in the sixth year of recovery, and median income is below what it was at the start of the recovery."
Rick Santorum stated on April 10, 2015 in a speech to the NRA: Says Howard Zinn, "an anti-American Marxist," wrote "the most popular textbook that's taught in our high schools in America."
Bernie Sanders stated on March 31, 2015 in a town hall in Austin, Texas: "In this last election in November, ... 63 percent of the American people chose not to vote, ... 80 percent of young people, (and) 75 percent of low-income workers chose not to vote."
Occupy Democrats stated on March 31, 2015 in a meme on social media: Despite raising taxes on the wealthy and hiking the minimum wage, Minnesota "is creating jobs at a record pace, unemployment is at a historic low, median income is skyrocketing, and (the) state has a billion-dollar surplus."
Martin O'Malley stated on March 29, 2015 in an interview on ABC's "This Week": In the United States, we’ve had "12 years in a row of wages declining."
Barack Obama stated on March 25, 2015 in a speech: The Affordable Care Act is "a major reason why we’ve seen 50,000 fewer preventable patient deaths in hospitals."
Bloggers stated on March 21, 2015 in posts on social media: Say Michelle Obama "mandates" weighing children in day care.
Allen West stated on March 19, 2015 in a post on his website: "EPA wants to regulate … the family BBQ."
David Simas stated on March 18, 2015 in an interview on CNN's "New Day": Job growth in the United States is now at the "fastest pace in this country's history."
SeaWorld stated on March 24, 2015 in an ad: "Whales live as long at SeaWorld" as they do in the wild.
Glenn Beck stated on March 19, 2015 in a Facebook post: "A few weeks ago Obama took Hamas and Iran OFF the terror list."
Jim Webb stated on March 15, 2015 in an interview on ABC's "This Week": "The stock market has almost tripled since April of 2009."
Mitch McConnell stated on March 15, 2015 in an interview on CNN's "State of the Union": Says Secretary of State John Kerry, "when he was a senator, flew to Managua and met with a communist dictator there, Daniel Ortega, and accused the Reagan administration of engaging in terrorism."
