Latest Fact-checks in Crime 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 Ted Cruz stated on November 8, 2013 in in an interview on the "Tonight Show": "Under President (George W.) Bush, prosecution of gun crimes was 30 percent higher than it is under President Obama." David Dewhurst stated on October 14, 2013 in an interview with the Texas Observer: The White House had a live video feed of the Benghazi attacks as they occurred. Gail Collins stated on October 3, 2013 in her opinion column: Louie Gohmert of Texas "blamed the mass shooting at a movie theater in Colorado on ‘the ongoing attacks on Judeo-Christian beliefs.'" Steve Lonegan stated on September 23, 2013 in an interview on the John Gambling radio show: "Violent crime is up since the last year of Sharpe James’ administration. This year it’s higher. … The unemployment rate is almost 15 percent. The high school dropout rate is over 50 percent." X posts stated on October 4, 2013 in messages on Twitter: The Obama administration shut down the Amber Alert program because of the government shutdown. Gwen Moore stated on September 29, 2013 in an interview: Domestic violence "is seen as a pre-existing" health condition and "women had to pay 50 percent more for health care because of gender ratings," but under Obamacare, "all of that is over." City of Atlanta stated on September 23, 2013 in a press release: The crime rate in some Atlanta neighborhoods has dropped by 35 to 51 percent. Eddie Bernice Johnson stated on August 8, 2013 in an opinion column in Fort Worth Star-Telegram: "Studies have shown that voter fraud is non-existent in Texas." Doug Whitsett stated on August 16, 2013 in a guest column: "Over the past twenty years, the number of homicides committed with a firearm in the United States has decreased by nearly 40 percent. The number of other crimes involving the use of a firearm has also plummeted, declining by nearly 70 percent." Mike Huckabee stated on August 20, 2013 in a Facebook post: "America’s gun-related homicide rate … would be about the same as Belgium’s if you left out California, Illinois, D.C. and New Jersey, places with some of the strictest gun control laws in the U.S." David Dewhurst stated on August 3, 2013 in a telephone call to the Allen, Texas, police department.: "I am every year the No.1 pick of all of the law enforcement agencies within Texas." Michael Bloomberg stated on August 18, 2013 in an op-ed in the "Washington Post": "New York is the safest big city in the nation, and our crime reductions have been steeper than any other big city’s." Steve Lonegan stated on August 15, 2013 in a radio interview on “Focal Point with Bryan Fischer”: Says under Mayor Cory Booker, Newark has seen "violent crime up five years in a row, murder up five years in a row." Wendy Davis stated on July 15, 2013 in an opinion article: Says that each year, about 25,000 American women become pregnant through rape or incest. Bill Foster stated on August 14, 2013 in a mayoral forum: "Sixty percent of the auto thefts that we have in (St. Petersburg) are caused by people leaving their keys in the car." Lone Star Project stated on July 14, 2013 in a blog post.: Says Greg Abbott "converted over $1 million in federal grant money intended for use to prosecute online sexual predators and other cyber crimes and instead used it to harass and prosecute senior citizens who were assisting other senior citizens in applying for mail-in ballots." Dan Patrick stated on June 27, 2013 in a campaign video: Says the 2014-15 state budget "cut border security and funding to fight criminal gangs." Dream Defenders stated on July 22, 2013 in a meeting with Wansley Walters, Florida Department of Juvenile Justice Secretary: "Over 12,000 school kids were arrested in Florida. It makes Florida the nation's leader in that area." Newt Gingrich stated on July 21, 2013 in a roundtable discussion on CNN's "State of the Union": "Gangs have increased by 40 percent since this president was elected." Jesse Jackson stated on July 18, 2013 in an interview on CNN: "Homicides against blacks have tripled" since Florida’s "stand your ground" law has been in existence. Instagram posts stated on July 21, 2013 in Instagram posts: Dozens of artists, including Justin Timberlake, Jay Z and Rihanna, are canceling Florida shows like Stevie Wonder in protest of "stand your ground." Bill Foster stated on July 9, 2013 in a campaign brochure: "Since I was elected, crime rates have been at their lowest in over a decade." X posts stated on July 14, 2013 in tweets: "In the 513 days between Trayvon dying, and today’s verdict, 11,106 African-Americans have been murdered by other African-Americans." Kathleen Ford stated on June 27, 2013 in a mayoral forum: "Private prison systems are calculating how many new beds (they will need) based on the ... number of third graders." Gabrielle Giffords stated on July 1, 2013 in an op-ed in USA Today: "In New Hampshire, 93 percent of Democrats, 79 percent of Republicans, 82 percent of gun owners and 60 percent of NRA households support background checks." Joseph McNamara stated on June 28, 2013 in a speech on the floor of the Rhode Island House of Representatives: Rhode Island's graduated driving license "has saved hundreds of lives." David A. Clarke Jr. stated on June 22, 2013 in a speech: "When I was growing up as a kid in the city of Milwaukee, if we averaged 4 homicides a year in the entire city that was a record number." Bloggers stated on June 21, 2013 in a meme on social media: "There are over 2,000 crimes recorded per 100,000 population in the U.K.," compared to "466 violent crimes per 100,000" in the United States. Michael McCaul stated on June 5, 2013 in U.S. House floor debate.: Says the Obama administration plans to reduce the number of beds devoted to holding individuals violating immigration laws and to "release hundreds of dangerous criminals into our communities." Peter Roskam stated on June 12, 2013 in an interview with Fox News: "Worldwide credit card transactions, the credit card fraud rate is 0.04 percent, compared to almost 8 percent, 9 percent, 10 percent of Medicare fraud."
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Ted Cruz stated on November 8, 2013 in in an interview on the "Tonight Show": "Under President (George W.) Bush, prosecution of gun crimes was 30 percent higher than it is under President Obama." David Dewhurst stated on October 14, 2013 in an interview with the Texas Observer: The White House had a live video feed of the Benghazi attacks as they occurred. Gail Collins stated on October 3, 2013 in her opinion column: Louie Gohmert of Texas "blamed the mass shooting at a movie theater in Colorado on ‘the ongoing attacks on Judeo-Christian beliefs.'" Steve Lonegan stated on September 23, 2013 in an interview on the John Gambling radio show: "Violent crime is up since the last year of Sharpe James’ administration. This year it’s higher. … The unemployment rate is almost 15 percent. The high school dropout rate is over 50 percent." X posts stated on October 4, 2013 in messages on Twitter: The Obama administration shut down the Amber Alert program because of the government shutdown. Gwen Moore stated on September 29, 2013 in an interview: Domestic violence "is seen as a pre-existing" health condition and "women had to pay 50 percent more for health care because of gender ratings," but under Obamacare, "all of that is over." City of Atlanta stated on September 23, 2013 in a press release: The crime rate in some Atlanta neighborhoods has dropped by 35 to 51 percent. Eddie Bernice Johnson stated on August 8, 2013 in an opinion column in Fort Worth Star-Telegram: "Studies have shown that voter fraud is non-existent in Texas." Doug Whitsett stated on August 16, 2013 in a guest column: "Over the past twenty years, the number of homicides committed with a firearm in the United States has decreased by nearly 40 percent. The number of other crimes involving the use of a firearm has also plummeted, declining by nearly 70 percent." Mike Huckabee stated on August 20, 2013 in a Facebook post: "America’s gun-related homicide rate … would be about the same as Belgium’s if you left out California, Illinois, D.C. and New Jersey, places with some of the strictest gun control laws in the U.S." David Dewhurst stated on August 3, 2013 in a telephone call to the Allen, Texas, police department.: "I am every year the No.1 pick of all of the law enforcement agencies within Texas." Michael Bloomberg stated on August 18, 2013 in an op-ed in the "Washington Post": "New York is the safest big city in the nation, and our crime reductions have been steeper than any other big city’s." Steve Lonegan stated on August 15, 2013 in a radio interview on “Focal Point with Bryan Fischer”: Says under Mayor Cory Booker, Newark has seen "violent crime up five years in a row, murder up five years in a row." Wendy Davis stated on July 15, 2013 in an opinion article: Says that each year, about 25,000 American women become pregnant through rape or incest. Bill Foster stated on August 14, 2013 in a mayoral forum: "Sixty percent of the auto thefts that we have in (St. Petersburg) are caused by people leaving their keys in the car." Lone Star Project stated on July 14, 2013 in a blog post.: Says Greg Abbott "converted over $1 million in federal grant money intended for use to prosecute online sexual predators and other cyber crimes and instead used it to harass and prosecute senior citizens who were assisting other senior citizens in applying for mail-in ballots." Dan Patrick stated on June 27, 2013 in a campaign video: Says the 2014-15 state budget "cut border security and funding to fight criminal gangs." Dream Defenders stated on July 22, 2013 in a meeting with Wansley Walters, Florida Department of Juvenile Justice Secretary: "Over 12,000 school kids were arrested in Florida. It makes Florida the nation's leader in that area." Newt Gingrich stated on July 21, 2013 in a roundtable discussion on CNN's "State of the Union": "Gangs have increased by 40 percent since this president was elected." Jesse Jackson stated on July 18, 2013 in an interview on CNN: "Homicides against blacks have tripled" since Florida’s "stand your ground" law has been in existence. Instagram posts stated on July 21, 2013 in Instagram posts: Dozens of artists, including Justin Timberlake, Jay Z and Rihanna, are canceling Florida shows like Stevie Wonder in protest of "stand your ground." Bill Foster stated on July 9, 2013 in a campaign brochure: "Since I was elected, crime rates have been at their lowest in over a decade." X posts stated on July 14, 2013 in tweets: "In the 513 days between Trayvon dying, and today’s verdict, 11,106 African-Americans have been murdered by other African-Americans." Kathleen Ford stated on June 27, 2013 in a mayoral forum: "Private prison systems are calculating how many new beds (they will need) based on the ... number of third graders." Gabrielle Giffords stated on July 1, 2013 in an op-ed in USA Today: "In New Hampshire, 93 percent of Democrats, 79 percent of Republicans, 82 percent of gun owners and 60 percent of NRA households support background checks." Joseph McNamara stated on June 28, 2013 in a speech on the floor of the Rhode Island House of Representatives: Rhode Island's graduated driving license "has saved hundreds of lives." David A. Clarke Jr. stated on June 22, 2013 in a speech: "When I was growing up as a kid in the city of Milwaukee, if we averaged 4 homicides a year in the entire city that was a record number." Bloggers stated on June 21, 2013 in a meme on social media: "There are over 2,000 crimes recorded per 100,000 population in the U.K.," compared to "466 violent crimes per 100,000" in the United States. Michael McCaul stated on June 5, 2013 in U.S. House floor debate.: Says the Obama administration plans to reduce the number of beds devoted to holding individuals violating immigration laws and to "release hundreds of dangerous criminals into our communities." Peter Roskam stated on June 12, 2013 in an interview with Fox News: "Worldwide credit card transactions, the credit card fraud rate is 0.04 percent, compared to almost 8 percent, 9 percent, 10 percent of Medicare fraud."
Ted Cruz stated on November 8, 2013 in in an interview on the "Tonight Show": "Under President (George W.) Bush, prosecution of gun crimes was 30 percent higher than it is under President Obama."
David Dewhurst stated on October 14, 2013 in an interview with the Texas Observer: The White House had a live video feed of the Benghazi attacks as they occurred.
Gail Collins stated on October 3, 2013 in her opinion column: Louie Gohmert of Texas "blamed the mass shooting at a movie theater in Colorado on ‘the ongoing attacks on Judeo-Christian beliefs.'"
Steve Lonegan stated on September 23, 2013 in an interview on the John Gambling radio show: "Violent crime is up since the last year of Sharpe James’ administration. This year it’s higher. … The unemployment rate is almost 15 percent. The high school dropout rate is over 50 percent."
X posts stated on October 4, 2013 in messages on Twitter: The Obama administration shut down the Amber Alert program because of the government shutdown.
Gwen Moore stated on September 29, 2013 in an interview: Domestic violence "is seen as a pre-existing" health condition and "women had to pay 50 percent more for health care because of gender ratings," but under Obamacare, "all of that is over."
City of Atlanta stated on September 23, 2013 in a press release: The crime rate in some Atlanta neighborhoods has dropped by 35 to 51 percent.
Eddie Bernice Johnson stated on August 8, 2013 in an opinion column in Fort Worth Star-Telegram: "Studies have shown that voter fraud is non-existent in Texas."
Doug Whitsett stated on August 16, 2013 in a guest column: "Over the past twenty years, the number of homicides committed with a firearm in the United States has decreased by nearly 40 percent. The number of other crimes involving the use of a firearm has also plummeted, declining by nearly 70 percent."
Mike Huckabee stated on August 20, 2013 in a Facebook post: "America’s gun-related homicide rate … would be about the same as Belgium’s if you left out California, Illinois, D.C. and New Jersey, places with some of the strictest gun control laws in the U.S."
David Dewhurst stated on August 3, 2013 in a telephone call to the Allen, Texas, police department.: "I am every year the No.1 pick of all of the law enforcement agencies within Texas."
Michael Bloomberg stated on August 18, 2013 in an op-ed in the "Washington Post": "New York is the safest big city in the nation, and our crime reductions have been steeper than any other big city’s."
Steve Lonegan stated on August 15, 2013 in a radio interview on “Focal Point with Bryan Fischer”: Says under Mayor Cory Booker, Newark has seen "violent crime up five years in a row, murder up five years in a row."
Wendy Davis stated on July 15, 2013 in an opinion article: Says that each year, about 25,000 American women become pregnant through rape or incest.
Bill Foster stated on August 14, 2013 in a mayoral forum: "Sixty percent of the auto thefts that we have in (St. Petersburg) are caused by people leaving their keys in the car."
Lone Star Project stated on July 14, 2013 in a blog post.: Says Greg Abbott "converted over $1 million in federal grant money intended for use to prosecute online sexual predators and other cyber crimes and instead used it to harass and prosecute senior citizens who were assisting other senior citizens in applying for mail-in ballots."
Dan Patrick stated on June 27, 2013 in a campaign video: Says the 2014-15 state budget "cut border security and funding to fight criminal gangs."
Dream Defenders stated on July 22, 2013 in a meeting with Wansley Walters, Florida Department of Juvenile Justice Secretary: "Over 12,000 school kids were arrested in Florida. It makes Florida the nation's leader in that area."
Newt Gingrich stated on July 21, 2013 in a roundtable discussion on CNN's "State of the Union": "Gangs have increased by 40 percent since this president was elected."
Jesse Jackson stated on July 18, 2013 in an interview on CNN: "Homicides against blacks have tripled" since Florida’s "stand your ground" law has been in existence.
Instagram posts stated on July 21, 2013 in Instagram posts: Dozens of artists, including Justin Timberlake, Jay Z and Rihanna, are canceling Florida shows like Stevie Wonder in protest of "stand your ground."
Bill Foster stated on July 9, 2013 in a campaign brochure: "Since I was elected, crime rates have been at their lowest in over a decade."
X posts stated on July 14, 2013 in tweets: "In the 513 days between Trayvon dying, and today’s verdict, 11,106 African-Americans have been murdered by other African-Americans."
Kathleen Ford stated on June 27, 2013 in a mayoral forum: "Private prison systems are calculating how many new beds (they will need) based on the ... number of third graders."
Gabrielle Giffords stated on July 1, 2013 in an op-ed in USA Today: "In New Hampshire, 93 percent of Democrats, 79 percent of Republicans, 82 percent of gun owners and 60 percent of NRA households support background checks."
Joseph McNamara stated on June 28, 2013 in a speech on the floor of the Rhode Island House of Representatives: Rhode Island's graduated driving license "has saved hundreds of lives."
David A. Clarke Jr. stated on June 22, 2013 in a speech: "When I was growing up as a kid in the city of Milwaukee, if we averaged 4 homicides a year in the entire city that was a record number."
Bloggers stated on June 21, 2013 in a meme on social media: "There are over 2,000 crimes recorded per 100,000 population in the U.K.," compared to "466 violent crimes per 100,000" in the United States.
Michael McCaul stated on June 5, 2013 in U.S. House floor debate.: Says the Obama administration plans to reduce the number of beds devoted to holding individuals violating immigration laws and to "release hundreds of dangerous criminals into our communities."
Peter Roskam stated on June 12, 2013 in an interview with Fox News: "Worldwide credit card transactions, the credit card fraud rate is 0.04 percent, compared to almost 8 percent, 9 percent, 10 percent of Medicare fraud."
