Latest Fact-checks in History 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 Hillary Clinton stated on May 24, 2016 in an advertisement: "In 2006, Donald Trump was hoping for a real estate crash." Hillary Clinton stated on May 22, 2016 in an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press": "The only two (Donald Trump tax returns) we have show that he hasn't paid a penny in taxes." Steve Adler stated on May 17, 2016 in a panel discussion in Austin: "The first tweet was sent from Austin." Hillary Clinton stated on May 19, 2016 in an interview on CNN: "We now do have evidence" that Donald Trump is being used as a recruiting tool for terrorists. Chris Wallace stated on May 15, 2016 in an episode of "Fox News Sunday": "Every Republican nominee since Richard Nixon, who at one time was under an audit, has released their tax returns." Ed Gillespie stated on April 30, 2016 in a speech: "For the first time in over 40 years, Republicans don’t hold a single statewide office" in Virginia. Terry McAuliffe stated on April 22, 2016 in a speech.: Before April 22, "we have restored the rights of more than 18,000 individuals, which is more than the past seven governors combined in their four-year terms." Donald Trump stated on May 3, 2016 in an interview on Fox News: Says Ted Cruz’s father "was with Lee Harvey Oswald" before the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. Facebook posts stated on April 26, 2016 in a multitude of Facebook posts: "Today President Obama said there will NOT be a National Day of Prayer in May." Tom "Smitty" Smith stated on April 14, 2016 in a commentary published in the Austin American-Statesman: "Texas has 600,000 registered voters who don’t have the kind of photo ID needed to vote." Ben Carson stated on April 20, 2016 in a Fox Business interview: "Andrew Jackson was the last president who actually balanced the federal budget, where we had no national debt." John Kasich stated on March 29, 2016 in an interview: Ten times, no Republican candidate for president had enough delegates to claim the nomination before the party’s convention, and seven of those times "somebody who was not the leader of delegates was selected as the nominee of the party." Donald Trump stated on April 11, 2016 in a rally in Rome, N.Y.: "My numbers are better right now than Ronald Reagan's numbers were with Jimmy Carter." New Day for America stated on March 31, 2016 in a television ad.: "Many just call him 'Lyin' Ted.' ... His TV ad about John Kasich? Lie! Stations had to pull it off the air." Hillary Clinton stated on March 22, 2016 in a speech at Stanford University.: When it comes to fighting terrorism, "Another thing we know that does not work, based on lots of empirical evidence, is torture." Jennifer Horn stated on March 16, 2016 in a press release: "For more than 80 years, there has not been a nomination and confirmation of a Supreme Court Justice in a presidential election year. This is simply not the time to break with decades of bipartisan practice." Mike Honda stated on March 16, 2016 in a column posted on Medium: "Six justices" on the U.S. Supreme Court have been "confirmed in presidential election years since 1912." Roy Zimmerman stated on March 13, 2016 in a YouTube video: "Republicans control the U.S. Senate with 54 seats, but those 54 senators were elected by only two-thirds the number of voters who elected the Democrats. In the Senate, the majority party represents a minority of the people." Everytown for Gun Safety stated on March 8, 2016 in a Facebook meme: The rate of U.S. female homicide victims outnumbers 24 other developed countries by more than 2½ to 1. Right to Rise stated on March 1, 2016 in a television ad.: Like Marco Rubio, Sen. Barack Obama had "one of the worst attendance records in the Senate." Hillary Clinton stated on March 6, 2016 in a Democratic debate in Flint, Mich.: "President Obama took more money from Wall Street in the 2008 campaign than anybody ever had." Donald Trump stated on March 2, 2016 in remarks after the Super Tuesday balloting: "The Great Wall of China, built 2,000 years ago, is 13,000 miles (long)." Paul Ryan stated on February 23, 2016 in an interview: "There is a precedent" for not nominating someone to the U.S. Supreme Court "in the middle of a presidential election." Donald Trump stated on March 3, 2016 in a GOP debate hosted by Fox: The wives of the 9/11 hijackers "knew exactly what was happening" and went back to Saudi Arabia two days before the attacks to watch their husbands on television flying the planes. Donald Trump stated on February 28, 2016 in an Instagram meme: Says Mahatma Gandhi once said, "First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win." Stephanie Schriock stated on February 1, 2016 in as quoted by the Texas Tribune: "Texas is home to millions of Latinas, but the state has never elected a Latina to Congress." Huey Rey Fischer stated on February 8, 2016 in a press release: "There isn’t a single (Texas) legislator under the age of 30, even though millennials make up 25 percent of the electorate in Texas." Donald Trump stated on February 19, 2016 in a rally in North Charleston, S.C.: Says that in the Philippines more than a century ago, Gen. John Pershing "took 50 bullets, and he dipped them in pigs’ blood," and shot 49 Muslim rebels. "The 50th person, he said, ‘You go back to your people, and you tell them what happened.’ And for 25 years, there wasn’t a problem." Bob Goodlatte stated on February 15, 2016 in a TV interview.: "It’s highly unusual to have a Supreme Court confirmation in a presidential election year. The last one was 1940." Richard Blumenthal stated on February 15, 2016 in an appearance on MSNBC's Hardball: "There's never been a (U.S. Supreme Court) vacancy in the last, I think, 30 years, lasting longer than 237 days."
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
Hillary Clinton stated on May 24, 2016 in an advertisement: "In 2006, Donald Trump was hoping for a real estate crash." Hillary Clinton stated on May 22, 2016 in an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press": "The only two (Donald Trump tax returns) we have show that he hasn't paid a penny in taxes." Steve Adler stated on May 17, 2016 in a panel discussion in Austin: "The first tweet was sent from Austin." Hillary Clinton stated on May 19, 2016 in an interview on CNN: "We now do have evidence" that Donald Trump is being used as a recruiting tool for terrorists. Chris Wallace stated on May 15, 2016 in an episode of "Fox News Sunday": "Every Republican nominee since Richard Nixon, who at one time was under an audit, has released their tax returns." Ed Gillespie stated on April 30, 2016 in a speech: "For the first time in over 40 years, Republicans don’t hold a single statewide office" in Virginia. Terry McAuliffe stated on April 22, 2016 in a speech.: Before April 22, "we have restored the rights of more than 18,000 individuals, which is more than the past seven governors combined in their four-year terms." Donald Trump stated on May 3, 2016 in an interview on Fox News: Says Ted Cruz’s father "was with Lee Harvey Oswald" before the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. Facebook posts stated on April 26, 2016 in a multitude of Facebook posts: "Today President Obama said there will NOT be a National Day of Prayer in May." Tom "Smitty" Smith stated on April 14, 2016 in a commentary published in the Austin American-Statesman: "Texas has 600,000 registered voters who don’t have the kind of photo ID needed to vote." Ben Carson stated on April 20, 2016 in a Fox Business interview: "Andrew Jackson was the last president who actually balanced the federal budget, where we had no national debt." John Kasich stated on March 29, 2016 in an interview: Ten times, no Republican candidate for president had enough delegates to claim the nomination before the party’s convention, and seven of those times "somebody who was not the leader of delegates was selected as the nominee of the party." Donald Trump stated on April 11, 2016 in a rally in Rome, N.Y.: "My numbers are better right now than Ronald Reagan's numbers were with Jimmy Carter." New Day for America stated on March 31, 2016 in a television ad.: "Many just call him 'Lyin' Ted.' ... His TV ad about John Kasich? Lie! Stations had to pull it off the air." Hillary Clinton stated on March 22, 2016 in a speech at Stanford University.: When it comes to fighting terrorism, "Another thing we know that does not work, based on lots of empirical evidence, is torture." Jennifer Horn stated on March 16, 2016 in a press release: "For more than 80 years, there has not been a nomination and confirmation of a Supreme Court Justice in a presidential election year. This is simply not the time to break with decades of bipartisan practice." Mike Honda stated on March 16, 2016 in a column posted on Medium: "Six justices" on the U.S. Supreme Court have been "confirmed in presidential election years since 1912." Roy Zimmerman stated on March 13, 2016 in a YouTube video: "Republicans control the U.S. Senate with 54 seats, but those 54 senators were elected by only two-thirds the number of voters who elected the Democrats. In the Senate, the majority party represents a minority of the people." Everytown for Gun Safety stated on March 8, 2016 in a Facebook meme: The rate of U.S. female homicide victims outnumbers 24 other developed countries by more than 2½ to 1. Right to Rise stated on March 1, 2016 in a television ad.: Like Marco Rubio, Sen. Barack Obama had "one of the worst attendance records in the Senate." Hillary Clinton stated on March 6, 2016 in a Democratic debate in Flint, Mich.: "President Obama took more money from Wall Street in the 2008 campaign than anybody ever had." Donald Trump stated on March 2, 2016 in remarks after the Super Tuesday balloting: "The Great Wall of China, built 2,000 years ago, is 13,000 miles (long)." Paul Ryan stated on February 23, 2016 in an interview: "There is a precedent" for not nominating someone to the U.S. Supreme Court "in the middle of a presidential election." Donald Trump stated on March 3, 2016 in a GOP debate hosted by Fox: The wives of the 9/11 hijackers "knew exactly what was happening" and went back to Saudi Arabia two days before the attacks to watch their husbands on television flying the planes. Donald Trump stated on February 28, 2016 in an Instagram meme: Says Mahatma Gandhi once said, "First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win." Stephanie Schriock stated on February 1, 2016 in as quoted by the Texas Tribune: "Texas is home to millions of Latinas, but the state has never elected a Latina to Congress." Huey Rey Fischer stated on February 8, 2016 in a press release: "There isn’t a single (Texas) legislator under the age of 30, even though millennials make up 25 percent of the electorate in Texas." Donald Trump stated on February 19, 2016 in a rally in North Charleston, S.C.: Says that in the Philippines more than a century ago, Gen. John Pershing "took 50 bullets, and he dipped them in pigs’ blood," and shot 49 Muslim rebels. "The 50th person, he said, ‘You go back to your people, and you tell them what happened.’ And for 25 years, there wasn’t a problem." Bob Goodlatte stated on February 15, 2016 in a TV interview.: "It’s highly unusual to have a Supreme Court confirmation in a presidential election year. The last one was 1940." Richard Blumenthal stated on February 15, 2016 in an appearance on MSNBC's Hardball: "There's never been a (U.S. Supreme Court) vacancy in the last, I think, 30 years, lasting longer than 237 days."
Hillary Clinton stated on May 24, 2016 in an advertisement: "In 2006, Donald Trump was hoping for a real estate crash."
Hillary Clinton stated on May 22, 2016 in an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press": "The only two (Donald Trump tax returns) we have show that he hasn't paid a penny in taxes."
Steve Adler stated on May 17, 2016 in a panel discussion in Austin: "The first tweet was sent from Austin."
Hillary Clinton stated on May 19, 2016 in an interview on CNN: "We now do have evidence" that Donald Trump is being used as a recruiting tool for terrorists.
Chris Wallace stated on May 15, 2016 in an episode of "Fox News Sunday": "Every Republican nominee since Richard Nixon, who at one time was under an audit, has released their tax returns."
Ed Gillespie stated on April 30, 2016 in a speech: "For the first time in over 40 years, Republicans don’t hold a single statewide office" in Virginia.
Terry McAuliffe stated on April 22, 2016 in a speech.: Before April 22, "we have restored the rights of more than 18,000 individuals, which is more than the past seven governors combined in their four-year terms."
Donald Trump stated on May 3, 2016 in an interview on Fox News: Says Ted Cruz’s father "was with Lee Harvey Oswald" before the assassination of President John F. Kennedy.
Facebook posts stated on April 26, 2016 in a multitude of Facebook posts: "Today President Obama said there will NOT be a National Day of Prayer in May."
Tom "Smitty" Smith stated on April 14, 2016 in a commentary published in the Austin American-Statesman: "Texas has 600,000 registered voters who don’t have the kind of photo ID needed to vote."
Ben Carson stated on April 20, 2016 in a Fox Business interview: "Andrew Jackson was the last president who actually balanced the federal budget, where we had no national debt."
John Kasich stated on March 29, 2016 in an interview: Ten times, no Republican candidate for president had enough delegates to claim the nomination before the party’s convention, and seven of those times "somebody who was not the leader of delegates was selected as the nominee of the party."
Donald Trump stated on April 11, 2016 in a rally in Rome, N.Y.: "My numbers are better right now than Ronald Reagan's numbers were with Jimmy Carter."
New Day for America stated on March 31, 2016 in a television ad.: "Many just call him 'Lyin' Ted.' ... His TV ad about John Kasich? Lie! Stations had to pull it off the air."
Hillary Clinton stated on March 22, 2016 in a speech at Stanford University.: When it comes to fighting terrorism, "Another thing we know that does not work, based on lots of empirical evidence, is torture."
Jennifer Horn stated on March 16, 2016 in a press release: "For more than 80 years, there has not been a nomination and confirmation of a Supreme Court Justice in a presidential election year. This is simply not the time to break with decades of bipartisan practice."
Mike Honda stated on March 16, 2016 in a column posted on Medium: "Six justices" on the U.S. Supreme Court have been "confirmed in presidential election years since 1912."
Roy Zimmerman stated on March 13, 2016 in a YouTube video: "Republicans control the U.S. Senate with 54 seats, but those 54 senators were elected by only two-thirds the number of voters who elected the Democrats. In the Senate, the majority party represents a minority of the people."
Everytown for Gun Safety stated on March 8, 2016 in a Facebook meme: The rate of U.S. female homicide victims outnumbers 24 other developed countries by more than 2½ to 1.
Right to Rise stated on March 1, 2016 in a television ad.: Like Marco Rubio, Sen. Barack Obama had "one of the worst attendance records in the Senate."
Hillary Clinton stated on March 6, 2016 in a Democratic debate in Flint, Mich.: "President Obama took more money from Wall Street in the 2008 campaign than anybody ever had."
Donald Trump stated on March 2, 2016 in remarks after the Super Tuesday balloting: "The Great Wall of China, built 2,000 years ago, is 13,000 miles (long)."
Paul Ryan stated on February 23, 2016 in an interview: "There is a precedent" for not nominating someone to the U.S. Supreme Court "in the middle of a presidential election."
Donald Trump stated on March 3, 2016 in a GOP debate hosted by Fox: The wives of the 9/11 hijackers "knew exactly what was happening" and went back to Saudi Arabia two days before the attacks to watch their husbands on television flying the planes.
Donald Trump stated on February 28, 2016 in an Instagram meme: Says Mahatma Gandhi once said, "First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win."
Stephanie Schriock stated on February 1, 2016 in as quoted by the Texas Tribune: "Texas is home to millions of Latinas, but the state has never elected a Latina to Congress."
Huey Rey Fischer stated on February 8, 2016 in a press release: "There isn’t a single (Texas) legislator under the age of 30, even though millennials make up 25 percent of the electorate in Texas."
Donald Trump stated on February 19, 2016 in a rally in North Charleston, S.C.: Says that in the Philippines more than a century ago, Gen. John Pershing "took 50 bullets, and he dipped them in pigs’ blood," and shot 49 Muslim rebels. "The 50th person, he said, ‘You go back to your people, and you tell them what happened.’ And for 25 years, there wasn’t a problem."
Bob Goodlatte stated on February 15, 2016 in a TV interview.: "It’s highly unusual to have a Supreme Court confirmation in a presidential election year. The last one was 1940."
Richard Blumenthal stated on February 15, 2016 in an appearance on MSNBC's Hardball: "There's never been a (U.S. Supreme Court) vacancy in the last, I think, 30 years, lasting longer than 237 days."
