Latest Fact-checks in Elections 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 Facebook posts stated on May 13, 2015 in a Facebook post: Says Marco Rubio said that "felons should not have their voting rights restored" but that "convicted felons should be allowed to own guns after they have done their time." Institute for Women's Policy Research stated on May 20, 2015 in a new report: Georgia ranks 49th for women serving in elected state and federal offices. National Republican Senatorial Committee stated on May 14, 2015 in a tweet: Democrat "Russ Feingold announced his Wisconsin Senate run today from…California." Scott Walker stated on April 27, 2015 in an interview: Says the recall elections that aimed to remove him and other Republican officials from office "cost tens of millions of dollars to run." Ted Cruz stated on April 18, 2015 in remarks in New Hampshire: "About half of the presidents have been governors; half of them, senators." Lawrence O'Donnell stated on April 14, 2015 in a panel discussion on MSNBC's "The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell": "The president and vice president can't be from the same state." Mark Pocan stated on April 9, 2015 in a news conference: "When the Constitution was written, (only) 20 to 25 percent of the people in the country could vote." Greater Wisconsin Committee stated on March 30, 2015 in a radio ad: An April 7, 2015 referendum would take "the choice of chief justice" of the Wisconsin Supreme Court "away from the people." 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." Ted Cruz stated on March 23, 2015: "Today roughly half of born-again Christians aren’t voting. They’re staying home." Jess McIntosh stated on March 24, 2015 in a broadcast of MSNBC's "All in with Chris Hayes": Liberty University students "were mandated" to attend Sen. Ted Cruz’s presidential announcement "or they would be fined." Rand Paul stated on March 24, 2015 in an interview on the Kelly File: Says according to recent polls, no Republican candidate "is doing better against Hillary Clinton than myself." Scott Walker stated on February 27, 2015 in an interview: "I unsealed my records" at Marquette University. Charles Schumer stated on March 8, 2015 in comments on CBS' "Face the Nation": "The State Department asked all secretaries of state to send their emails over." Hillary Clinton's "the only one who’s done it." Scott Walker stated on February 26, 2015 in an interview: More than any Republican governor in the 2014 elections, "I took a higher percentage of the Republican vote"and "yet I also carried independents by 12 points." Scott Walker stated on January 24, 2015 in a speech: Wisconsin requires, "by law, a photo ID to vote." X posts stated on January 23, 2015 in various social media postings: The Republican Party has not won a presidential election without either a Bush or a Nixon on the ticket since 1928. Cokie Roberts stated on January 25, 2015 in comments on ABC's "This Week": Democrats have "lost more than 900 state legislators" since Barack Obama has been president. Ron Hayduk stated on January 1, 2015 in a newspaper commentary: "The right to vote in this country has never been intrinsically tied to citizenship." Jeff Clemens stated on January 20, 2015 in a Senate Ethics and Elections committee hearing: Online voter registration is a "more secure" way of doing voter registration. Gwen Moore stated on January 7, 2015 in a tweet: Says Mitch McConnell credits Republicans "for recent economic improvements" even though they took control of the Senate only "days ago." Matthew Dowd stated on December 7, 2014 in comments on ABC's "This Week": Says President Barack Obama "has lost more members of the House and more members of the Senate than any president ever has lost" in modern times. Keisha Lance Bottoms stated on November 28, 2014 in an Atlanta Journal-Constitution story: Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed became a city resident in the last annexation, opening the door to his candidacy. Jason Stanford stated on November 17, 2014 in a commentary: "Texas had the worst voter participation in the country" in the November 2014 elections. Scott Walker stated on November 11, 2014 in an interview: In "the past four or five" presidential elections, "people who poll high at the beginning are not the people who end up being the nominees." David Hallock stated on November 12, 2014 in a forum: In rural Virginia, "Sen. Warner ran 8-10 points ahead of a traditional Democrat -- ahead of Senator Kaine, ahead of Governor McAuliffe." Robin Vos stated on November 5, 2014 in an interview: In Wisconsin, unions can essentially give "unlimited" contributions to political parties, but business can't give any. Brit Hume stated on November 10, 2014 in an interview on Fox News: "It is senior citizens, not Hispanics, who are the fastest-growing demographic in this country." Jose Diaz-Balart stated on November 9, 2014 in a broadcast of NBC's "Meet the Press": "Every single day in this country, 1,000 people are deported and the vast majority of those people that are deported aren't criminals." Scott Walker stated on November 7, 2014 in an interview: "The president of the United States came in the Tuesday before the election in a ward that went 99% for him in the last election and they couldn't even (increase) the vote there."
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Facebook posts stated on May 13, 2015 in a Facebook post: Says Marco Rubio said that "felons should not have their voting rights restored" but that "convicted felons should be allowed to own guns after they have done their time." Institute for Women's Policy Research stated on May 20, 2015 in a new report: Georgia ranks 49th for women serving in elected state and federal offices. National Republican Senatorial Committee stated on May 14, 2015 in a tweet: Democrat "Russ Feingold announced his Wisconsin Senate run today from…California." Scott Walker stated on April 27, 2015 in an interview: Says the recall elections that aimed to remove him and other Republican officials from office "cost tens of millions of dollars to run." Ted Cruz stated on April 18, 2015 in remarks in New Hampshire: "About half of the presidents have been governors; half of them, senators." Lawrence O'Donnell stated on April 14, 2015 in a panel discussion on MSNBC's "The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell": "The president and vice president can't be from the same state." Mark Pocan stated on April 9, 2015 in a news conference: "When the Constitution was written, (only) 20 to 25 percent of the people in the country could vote." Greater Wisconsin Committee stated on March 30, 2015 in a radio ad: An April 7, 2015 referendum would take "the choice of chief justice" of the Wisconsin Supreme Court "away from the people." 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." Ted Cruz stated on March 23, 2015: "Today roughly half of born-again Christians aren’t voting. They’re staying home." Jess McIntosh stated on March 24, 2015 in a broadcast of MSNBC's "All in with Chris Hayes": Liberty University students "were mandated" to attend Sen. Ted Cruz’s presidential announcement "or they would be fined." Rand Paul stated on March 24, 2015 in an interview on the Kelly File: Says according to recent polls, no Republican candidate "is doing better against Hillary Clinton than myself." Scott Walker stated on February 27, 2015 in an interview: "I unsealed my records" at Marquette University. Charles Schumer stated on March 8, 2015 in comments on CBS' "Face the Nation": "The State Department asked all secretaries of state to send their emails over." Hillary Clinton's "the only one who’s done it." Scott Walker stated on February 26, 2015 in an interview: More than any Republican governor in the 2014 elections, "I took a higher percentage of the Republican vote"and "yet I also carried independents by 12 points." Scott Walker stated on January 24, 2015 in a speech: Wisconsin requires, "by law, a photo ID to vote." X posts stated on January 23, 2015 in various social media postings: The Republican Party has not won a presidential election without either a Bush or a Nixon on the ticket since 1928. Cokie Roberts stated on January 25, 2015 in comments on ABC's "This Week": Democrats have "lost more than 900 state legislators" since Barack Obama has been president. Ron Hayduk stated on January 1, 2015 in a newspaper commentary: "The right to vote in this country has never been intrinsically tied to citizenship." Jeff Clemens stated on January 20, 2015 in a Senate Ethics and Elections committee hearing: Online voter registration is a "more secure" way of doing voter registration. Gwen Moore stated on January 7, 2015 in a tweet: Says Mitch McConnell credits Republicans "for recent economic improvements" even though they took control of the Senate only "days ago." Matthew Dowd stated on December 7, 2014 in comments on ABC's "This Week": Says President Barack Obama "has lost more members of the House and more members of the Senate than any president ever has lost" in modern times. Keisha Lance Bottoms stated on November 28, 2014 in an Atlanta Journal-Constitution story: Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed became a city resident in the last annexation, opening the door to his candidacy. Jason Stanford stated on November 17, 2014 in a commentary: "Texas had the worst voter participation in the country" in the November 2014 elections. Scott Walker stated on November 11, 2014 in an interview: In "the past four or five" presidential elections, "people who poll high at the beginning are not the people who end up being the nominees." David Hallock stated on November 12, 2014 in a forum: In rural Virginia, "Sen. Warner ran 8-10 points ahead of a traditional Democrat -- ahead of Senator Kaine, ahead of Governor McAuliffe." Robin Vos stated on November 5, 2014 in an interview: In Wisconsin, unions can essentially give "unlimited" contributions to political parties, but business can't give any. Brit Hume stated on November 10, 2014 in an interview on Fox News: "It is senior citizens, not Hispanics, who are the fastest-growing demographic in this country." Jose Diaz-Balart stated on November 9, 2014 in a broadcast of NBC's "Meet the Press": "Every single day in this country, 1,000 people are deported and the vast majority of those people that are deported aren't criminals." Scott Walker stated on November 7, 2014 in an interview: "The president of the United States came in the Tuesday before the election in a ward that went 99% for him in the last election and they couldn't even (increase) the vote there."
Facebook posts stated on May 13, 2015 in a Facebook post: Says Marco Rubio said that "felons should not have their voting rights restored" but that "convicted felons should be allowed to own guns after they have done their time."
Institute for Women's Policy Research stated on May 20, 2015 in a new report: Georgia ranks 49th for women serving in elected state and federal offices.
National Republican Senatorial Committee stated on May 14, 2015 in a tweet: Democrat "Russ Feingold announced his Wisconsin Senate run today from…California."
Scott Walker stated on April 27, 2015 in an interview: Says the recall elections that aimed to remove him and other Republican officials from office "cost tens of millions of dollars to run."
Ted Cruz stated on April 18, 2015 in remarks in New Hampshire: "About half of the presidents have been governors; half of them, senators."
Lawrence O'Donnell stated on April 14, 2015 in a panel discussion on MSNBC's "The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell": "The president and vice president can't be from the same state."
Mark Pocan stated on April 9, 2015 in a news conference: "When the Constitution was written, (only) 20 to 25 percent of the people in the country could vote."
Greater Wisconsin Committee stated on March 30, 2015 in a radio ad: An April 7, 2015 referendum would take "the choice of chief justice" of the Wisconsin Supreme Court "away from the people."
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."
Ted Cruz stated on March 23, 2015: "Today roughly half of born-again Christians aren’t voting. They’re staying home."
Jess McIntosh stated on March 24, 2015 in a broadcast of MSNBC's "All in with Chris Hayes": Liberty University students "were mandated" to attend Sen. Ted Cruz’s presidential announcement "or they would be fined."
Rand Paul stated on March 24, 2015 in an interview on the Kelly File: Says according to recent polls, no Republican candidate "is doing better against Hillary Clinton than myself."
Scott Walker stated on February 27, 2015 in an interview: "I unsealed my records" at Marquette University.
Charles Schumer stated on March 8, 2015 in comments on CBS' "Face the Nation": "The State Department asked all secretaries of state to send their emails over." Hillary Clinton's "the only one who’s done it."
Scott Walker stated on February 26, 2015 in an interview: More than any Republican governor in the 2014 elections, "I took a higher percentage of the Republican vote"and "yet I also carried independents by 12 points."
Scott Walker stated on January 24, 2015 in a speech: Wisconsin requires, "by law, a photo ID to vote."
X posts stated on January 23, 2015 in various social media postings: The Republican Party has not won a presidential election without either a Bush or a Nixon on the ticket since 1928.
Cokie Roberts stated on January 25, 2015 in comments on ABC's "This Week": Democrats have "lost more than 900 state legislators" since Barack Obama has been president.
Ron Hayduk stated on January 1, 2015 in a newspaper commentary: "The right to vote in this country has never been intrinsically tied to citizenship."
Jeff Clemens stated on January 20, 2015 in a Senate Ethics and Elections committee hearing: Online voter registration is a "more secure" way of doing voter registration.
Gwen Moore stated on January 7, 2015 in a tweet: Says Mitch McConnell credits Republicans "for recent economic improvements" even though they took control of the Senate only "days ago."
Matthew Dowd stated on December 7, 2014 in comments on ABC's "This Week": Says President Barack Obama "has lost more members of the House and more members of the Senate than any president ever has lost" in modern times.
Keisha Lance Bottoms stated on November 28, 2014 in an Atlanta Journal-Constitution story: Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed became a city resident in the last annexation, opening the door to his candidacy.
Jason Stanford stated on November 17, 2014 in a commentary: "Texas had the worst voter participation in the country" in the November 2014 elections.
Scott Walker stated on November 11, 2014 in an interview: In "the past four or five" presidential elections, "people who poll high at the beginning are not the people who end up being the nominees."
David Hallock stated on November 12, 2014 in a forum: In rural Virginia, "Sen. Warner ran 8-10 points ahead of a traditional Democrat -- ahead of Senator Kaine, ahead of Governor McAuliffe."
Robin Vos stated on November 5, 2014 in an interview: In Wisconsin, unions can essentially give "unlimited" contributions to political parties, but business can't give any.
Brit Hume stated on November 10, 2014 in an interview on Fox News: "It is senior citizens, not Hispanics, who are the fastest-growing demographic in this country."
Jose Diaz-Balart stated on November 9, 2014 in a broadcast of NBC's "Meet the Press": "Every single day in this country, 1,000 people are deported and the vast majority of those people that are deported aren't criminals."
Scott Walker stated on November 7, 2014 in an interview: "The president of the United States came in the Tuesday before the election in a ward that went 99% for him in the last election and they couldn't even (increase) the vote there."
