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 Facebook posts stated on June 5, 2014 in posts on Facebook: Says Michele Bachmann said on Fox News, "This country could use a president like Benjamin Franklin again." Pete Hegseth stated on May 26, 2014 in a segment on "Outnumbered": Redskins is "used historically" as "a term of respect." Chain email stated on May 30, 2014 in messages on the Internet: Says Barack Obama is the only American president who has not visited the D-Day Monument in Normandy on D-Day. Dawson Hodgson stated on May 27, 2014 in a radio commercial: Peter Kilmartin voted for the 38 Studios loan guarantee and his State House job was to "twist [legislator’s] arms to vote for deals like this." Angel Taveras stated on May 12, 2014 in a fundraising letter: I turned "a $110 million deficit into a $1.6 million surplus for our city." Ralph Nader stated on May 7, 2014 in a radio interview: A majority of Americans "since Harry Truman days" support single-payer health insurance, or "full Medicare for all." John Garamendi stated on May 5, 2014 in an interview on MSNBC's "The Ed Show": "During the George W. Bush period, there were 13 attacks on various embassies and consulates around the world. Sixty people died." Joaquin Castro stated on April 24, 2014 in an interview with the McAllen Monitor: With only 67 bills or so passed into law, "2013 was the least productive year in congressional history since we’ve been keeping record." Matt Bevin stated on April 3, 2014 in a radio interview: "Many" of the founding fathers were "very actively involved" in cockfighting. Jim DeMint stated on April 3, 2014 in a broadcast of "Vocal Point": "A lot of the move to free the slaves ... did not come from the federal government. It came from a growing movement among the people, particularly people of faith." Barack Obama stated on April 10, 2014 in speech at the Lyndon B. Johnson Library: During Lyndon B. Johnson’s first 20 years in Congress, "he opposed every civil rights measure that came up for a vote." Joe Scarborough stated on April 10, 2014 in comments on MSNBC's "Morning Joe": Before "our last three presidents, you have to go back to the 1800s, early 1800s to find three presidents in a row being consecutively re-elected." Now or Never PAC stated on March 20, 2014 in a campaign ad: Says Ralph Hall is "the oldest member in Congress ever." Karl Rove stated on March 16, 2014 in an interview on "Fox News Sunday": After Russia went to war with Georgia in 2008, the U.S. sent a "very strong message" to Vladimir Putin by sending "warships to the Black Sea" and airlifting "combat troops that Georgia had in Afghanistan" back to Georgia. Andrew Napolitano stated on March 11, 2014 in a broadcast of "The Daily Show": Says President Abraham Lincoln "tried to arm the slaves." Andrew Napolitano stated on March 11, 2014 in a broadcast of "The Daily Show": Says President Abraham Lincoln enforced the Fugitive Slave Act until the Civil War ended. Jon Stewart stated on March 11, 2014 in a broadcast of "The Daily Show": The American slave trade caused 5 million deaths "or more." Jon Stewart stated on March 11, 2014 in a broadcast of "The Daily Show": Says Abraham Lincoln tried to buy slaves' freedom in border states, but the states "all rejected it." Michael Reagan stated on March 6, 2014 in an op-ed on Townhall.com: Says Ronald Reagan "got the Saudis to flood the market with cheap oil." Ted Cruz stated on March 6, 2014 in a speech at the CPAC conference: Says President Barack Obama "is the first president we've ever had who thinks he can choose which laws to enforce and which laws to ignore." John Bolton stated on March 3, 2014 in comments on Fox News Channel: Says Vladimir Putin once said, "The breakup of the Soviet Union was the greatest geopolitical tragedy of the 20th century." Paul Ryan stated on March 3, 2014 in a report issued by the House Budget Committee Republican staff: "Over the past three years, ‘deep poverty’ has reached its highest level on record." David Ignatius stated on March 2, 2014 in comments on CBS' "Face the Nation": "Crimea became part of Ukraine only in 1954. Crimea was historically part of Russia, and (Nikita) Khrushchev gave it to Ukraine in a gesture that mystified some people." Mike Rogers stated on March 2, 2014 in in comments on Fox's "Fox News Sunday": Crimea was part of Russia "until 1954, when it was given to the Soviet Republic of the Ukraine." Wolf Blitzer stated on February 18, 2014 in comments on CNN: The words "subhuman mongrel," which Ted Nugent called President Barack Obama, were used by the Nazis to "justify the genocide of the Jewish community." Peggy Noonan stated on February 16, 2014 in a broadcast of ABC's "This Week": Says "(President) Reagan's second inaugural was moved inside the Capitol. It was. Because of a terrible snowstorm." George Will stated on February 9, 2014 in a roundtable discussion on "Fox News Sunday": "Social Security was advocated … in the 1930s as a way of getting people to quit working, because they thought we were confined to a permanent scarcity of jobs in this country." Chain email stated on February 2, 2014 in a chain email forwarded by readers: Says President Barack Obama has issued upwards of 1,000 executive orders, more than any modern president. Barack Obama stated on January 28, 2014 in the State of the Union address: "The federal minimum wage is worth about 20 percent less than it was when Ronald Reagan" gave his first address to a joint session of Congress. Nicholas Gorham stated on December 30, 2013 in a newspaper commentary: The General Assembly "has no explicit constitutional authority to impose income, sales, estate and the myriad of other taxes upon us."
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Facebook posts stated on June 5, 2014 in posts on Facebook: Says Michele Bachmann said on Fox News, "This country could use a president like Benjamin Franklin again." Pete Hegseth stated on May 26, 2014 in a segment on "Outnumbered": Redskins is "used historically" as "a term of respect." Chain email stated on May 30, 2014 in messages on the Internet: Says Barack Obama is the only American president who has not visited the D-Day Monument in Normandy on D-Day. Dawson Hodgson stated on May 27, 2014 in a radio commercial: Peter Kilmartin voted for the 38 Studios loan guarantee and his State House job was to "twist [legislator’s] arms to vote for deals like this." Angel Taveras stated on May 12, 2014 in a fundraising letter: I turned "a $110 million deficit into a $1.6 million surplus for our city." Ralph Nader stated on May 7, 2014 in a radio interview: A majority of Americans "since Harry Truman days" support single-payer health insurance, or "full Medicare for all." John Garamendi stated on May 5, 2014 in an interview on MSNBC's "The Ed Show": "During the George W. Bush period, there were 13 attacks on various embassies and consulates around the world. Sixty people died." Joaquin Castro stated on April 24, 2014 in an interview with the McAllen Monitor: With only 67 bills or so passed into law, "2013 was the least productive year in congressional history since we’ve been keeping record." Matt Bevin stated on April 3, 2014 in a radio interview: "Many" of the founding fathers were "very actively involved" in cockfighting. Jim DeMint stated on April 3, 2014 in a broadcast of "Vocal Point": "A lot of the move to free the slaves ... did not come from the federal government. It came from a growing movement among the people, particularly people of faith." Barack Obama stated on April 10, 2014 in speech at the Lyndon B. Johnson Library: During Lyndon B. Johnson’s first 20 years in Congress, "he opposed every civil rights measure that came up for a vote." Joe Scarborough stated on April 10, 2014 in comments on MSNBC's "Morning Joe": Before "our last three presidents, you have to go back to the 1800s, early 1800s to find three presidents in a row being consecutively re-elected." Now or Never PAC stated on March 20, 2014 in a campaign ad: Says Ralph Hall is "the oldest member in Congress ever." Karl Rove stated on March 16, 2014 in an interview on "Fox News Sunday": After Russia went to war with Georgia in 2008, the U.S. sent a "very strong message" to Vladimir Putin by sending "warships to the Black Sea" and airlifting "combat troops that Georgia had in Afghanistan" back to Georgia. Andrew Napolitano stated on March 11, 2014 in a broadcast of "The Daily Show": Says President Abraham Lincoln "tried to arm the slaves." Andrew Napolitano stated on March 11, 2014 in a broadcast of "The Daily Show": Says President Abraham Lincoln enforced the Fugitive Slave Act until the Civil War ended. Jon Stewart stated on March 11, 2014 in a broadcast of "The Daily Show": The American slave trade caused 5 million deaths "or more." Jon Stewart stated on March 11, 2014 in a broadcast of "The Daily Show": Says Abraham Lincoln tried to buy slaves' freedom in border states, but the states "all rejected it." Michael Reagan stated on March 6, 2014 in an op-ed on Townhall.com: Says Ronald Reagan "got the Saudis to flood the market with cheap oil." Ted Cruz stated on March 6, 2014 in a speech at the CPAC conference: Says President Barack Obama "is the first president we've ever had who thinks he can choose which laws to enforce and which laws to ignore." John Bolton stated on March 3, 2014 in comments on Fox News Channel: Says Vladimir Putin once said, "The breakup of the Soviet Union was the greatest geopolitical tragedy of the 20th century." Paul Ryan stated on March 3, 2014 in a report issued by the House Budget Committee Republican staff: "Over the past three years, ‘deep poverty’ has reached its highest level on record." David Ignatius stated on March 2, 2014 in comments on CBS' "Face the Nation": "Crimea became part of Ukraine only in 1954. Crimea was historically part of Russia, and (Nikita) Khrushchev gave it to Ukraine in a gesture that mystified some people." Mike Rogers stated on March 2, 2014 in in comments on Fox's "Fox News Sunday": Crimea was part of Russia "until 1954, when it was given to the Soviet Republic of the Ukraine." Wolf Blitzer stated on February 18, 2014 in comments on CNN: The words "subhuman mongrel," which Ted Nugent called President Barack Obama, were used by the Nazis to "justify the genocide of the Jewish community." Peggy Noonan stated on February 16, 2014 in a broadcast of ABC's "This Week": Says "(President) Reagan's second inaugural was moved inside the Capitol. It was. Because of a terrible snowstorm." George Will stated on February 9, 2014 in a roundtable discussion on "Fox News Sunday": "Social Security was advocated … in the 1930s as a way of getting people to quit working, because they thought we were confined to a permanent scarcity of jobs in this country." Chain email stated on February 2, 2014 in a chain email forwarded by readers: Says President Barack Obama has issued upwards of 1,000 executive orders, more than any modern president. Barack Obama stated on January 28, 2014 in the State of the Union address: "The federal minimum wage is worth about 20 percent less than it was when Ronald Reagan" gave his first address to a joint session of Congress. Nicholas Gorham stated on December 30, 2013 in a newspaper commentary: The General Assembly "has no explicit constitutional authority to impose income, sales, estate and the myriad of other taxes upon us."
Facebook posts stated on June 5, 2014 in posts on Facebook: Says Michele Bachmann said on Fox News, "This country could use a president like Benjamin Franklin again."
Pete Hegseth stated on May 26, 2014 in a segment on "Outnumbered": Redskins is "used historically" as "a term of respect."
Chain email stated on May 30, 2014 in messages on the Internet: Says Barack Obama is the only American president who has not visited the D-Day Monument in Normandy on D-Day.
Dawson Hodgson stated on May 27, 2014 in a radio commercial: Peter Kilmartin voted for the 38 Studios loan guarantee and his State House job was to "twist [legislator’s] arms to vote for deals like this."
Angel Taveras stated on May 12, 2014 in a fundraising letter: I turned "a $110 million deficit into a $1.6 million surplus for our city."
Ralph Nader stated on May 7, 2014 in a radio interview: A majority of Americans "since Harry Truman days" support single-payer health insurance, or "full Medicare for all."
John Garamendi stated on May 5, 2014 in an interview on MSNBC's "The Ed Show": "During the George W. Bush period, there were 13 attacks on various embassies and consulates around the world. Sixty people died."
Joaquin Castro stated on April 24, 2014 in an interview with the McAllen Monitor: With only 67 bills or so passed into law, "2013 was the least productive year in congressional history since we’ve been keeping record."
Matt Bevin stated on April 3, 2014 in a radio interview: "Many" of the founding fathers were "very actively involved" in cockfighting.
Jim DeMint stated on April 3, 2014 in a broadcast of "Vocal Point": "A lot of the move to free the slaves ... did not come from the federal government. It came from a growing movement among the people, particularly people of faith."
Barack Obama stated on April 10, 2014 in speech at the Lyndon B. Johnson Library: During Lyndon B. Johnson’s first 20 years in Congress, "he opposed every civil rights measure that came up for a vote."
Joe Scarborough stated on April 10, 2014 in comments on MSNBC's "Morning Joe": Before "our last three presidents, you have to go back to the 1800s, early 1800s to find three presidents in a row being consecutively re-elected."
Now or Never PAC stated on March 20, 2014 in a campaign ad: Says Ralph Hall is "the oldest member in Congress ever."
Karl Rove stated on March 16, 2014 in an interview on "Fox News Sunday": After Russia went to war with Georgia in 2008, the U.S. sent a "very strong message" to Vladimir Putin by sending "warships to the Black Sea" and airlifting "combat troops that Georgia had in Afghanistan" back to Georgia.
Andrew Napolitano stated on March 11, 2014 in a broadcast of "The Daily Show": Says President Abraham Lincoln "tried to arm the slaves."
Andrew Napolitano stated on March 11, 2014 in a broadcast of "The Daily Show": Says President Abraham Lincoln enforced the Fugitive Slave Act until the Civil War ended.
Jon Stewart stated on March 11, 2014 in a broadcast of "The Daily Show": The American slave trade caused 5 million deaths "or more."
Jon Stewart stated on March 11, 2014 in a broadcast of "The Daily Show": Says Abraham Lincoln tried to buy slaves' freedom in border states, but the states "all rejected it."
Michael Reagan stated on March 6, 2014 in an op-ed on Townhall.com: Says Ronald Reagan "got the Saudis to flood the market with cheap oil."
Ted Cruz stated on March 6, 2014 in a speech at the CPAC conference: Says President Barack Obama "is the first president we've ever had who thinks he can choose which laws to enforce and which laws to ignore."
John Bolton stated on March 3, 2014 in comments on Fox News Channel: Says Vladimir Putin once said, "The breakup of the Soviet Union was the greatest geopolitical tragedy of the 20th century."
Paul Ryan stated on March 3, 2014 in a report issued by the House Budget Committee Republican staff: "Over the past three years, ‘deep poverty’ has reached its highest level on record."
David Ignatius stated on March 2, 2014 in comments on CBS' "Face the Nation": "Crimea became part of Ukraine only in 1954. Crimea was historically part of Russia, and (Nikita) Khrushchev gave it to Ukraine in a gesture that mystified some people."
Mike Rogers stated on March 2, 2014 in in comments on Fox's "Fox News Sunday": Crimea was part of Russia "until 1954, when it was given to the Soviet Republic of the Ukraine."
Wolf Blitzer stated on February 18, 2014 in comments on CNN: The words "subhuman mongrel," which Ted Nugent called President Barack Obama, were used by the Nazis to "justify the genocide of the Jewish community."
Peggy Noonan stated on February 16, 2014 in a broadcast of ABC's "This Week": Says "(President) Reagan's second inaugural was moved inside the Capitol. It was. Because of a terrible snowstorm."
George Will stated on February 9, 2014 in a roundtable discussion on "Fox News Sunday": "Social Security was advocated … in the 1930s as a way of getting people to quit working, because they thought we were confined to a permanent scarcity of jobs in this country."
Chain email stated on February 2, 2014 in a chain email forwarded by readers: Says President Barack Obama has issued upwards of 1,000 executive orders, more than any modern president.
Barack Obama stated on January 28, 2014 in the State of the Union address: "The federal minimum wage is worth about 20 percent less than it was when Ronald Reagan" gave his first address to a joint session of Congress.
Nicholas Gorham stated on December 30, 2013 in a newspaper commentary: The General Assembly "has no explicit constitutional authority to impose income, sales, estate and the myriad of other taxes upon us."
