Latest False 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 Stephen Martin stated on May 24, 2013 in an interview.: Says Democratic Party created the Ku Klux Klan. Dick Cheney stated on April 8, 2013 in an interview on Fox News: Says it’s "an old wives’ story" that Margaret Thatcher told George H.W. Bush not to go wobbly. Michael Moore stated on November 2, 2012 in a tweet: Says during George W. Bush’s administration "we were losing millions of jobs per month," while under Barack Obama we have "three years of gaining hundreds of thousands of jobs per month." Government is Not God PAC stated on September 23, 2012 in a newspaper ad: Says Obama is only president in history who has deliberately removed the words "endowed by their Creator" when referring to the Declaration of Independence. James Clyburn stated on September 6, 2012 in a speech at the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, N.C.: When Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid were created, "Republicans stood on the sidelines" Stephanie Cutter stated on August 22, 2012 in an interview on MSNBC's "Morning Joe": In the past 27 months, President Barack Obama has created more private-sector jobs than "in the Reagan recovery." Wes Riddle stated on October 22, 2011 in a speech.: Says combined inflation and unemployment rates in October 2011 were the highest since Ronald Reagan succeeded Jimmy Carter. Mitt Romney stated on May 12, 2012 in an interview with CBN News: When Mitt Romney was governor of Massachusetts, "we didn’t just slow the rate of growth of our government, we actually cut it." Barack Obama stated on May 8, 2012 in a speech in Albany, N.Y.: "The only time government employment has gone down during a recession has been under me." Raymond Bateman stated on April 9, 2012 in an opinion piece on DailyRecord.com: Says "Cape May, Cumberland, Salem and part of Atlantic counties are all south of the Mason-Dixon line." Morgan Griffith stated on April 3, 2012 in an interview.: "On most things except witch trials, Virginia will always have been first." Rick Santorum stated on April 2, 2012 in in a speech in Wisconsin: "I think it’s seven or eight of the California system of universities don’t even teach an American history course. It’s not even available to be taught." Harold Metts stated on March 14, 2012 in a news release: Says when Rhode Island Lottery was proposed, "state residents were enticed to vote for it with the promise that the money would be used for education." Rick Santorum stated on February 29, 2012 in a campaign speech: "When my grandfather came to this country back in 1925, there were no government benefits." Travis Rowley stated on January 21, 2012 in an opinion column: "Martin Luther King was a Republican." Newt Gingrich stated on January 23, 2012 in a Republican presidential debate in Tampa: "When I was speaker, we had four consecutive balanced budgets." Charlotte Bergmann stated on January 10, 2012 in a campaign billboard along I-240.: "Martin Luther King Jr. was a Republican." Newt Gingrich stated on December 15, 2011 in a Republican presidential debate in Sioux City, Iowa: "I balanced the budget for four straight years, paid off $405 billion in debt." Michele Bachmann stated on October 18, 2011 in a Republican presidential debate in Las Vegas: "We saw the president of the United States engage American troops in a fourth conflict in a foreign land. This is historic." Haley Barbour stated on October 2, 2011 in an interview on CBS' "Face the Nation": When he took office in 2009, President Barack Obama "had the biggest Democratic majorities in Congress since Lyndon Johnson." Jay Carney stated on August 16, 2011 in an interview.: Says Rick Perry "wanted to secede from the union." Allen West stated on July 27, 2011 in an interview on CNN: "This is the first time in the history that we've had the raising of a debt limit also with spending cuts." Bill O'Reilly stated on July 26, 2011 in a comment on Fox News' "The O'Reilly Factor": Since 1965, the United States has spent "untold trillions" yet the poverty rate hasn’t budged. Robert Brown stated on June 2, 2011 in a press release: Georgia’s illegal immigration crackdown laws should be called the "Brown Codes" because of their similarity to the "Black Codes" governing blacks after the Civil War. Mitt Romney stated on June 16, 2011 in an appearance at a Tampa coffee shop: "This is the slowest job recovery since Hoover." Sarah Palin stated on May 31, 2011 in an interview with Fox News' Greta Van Susteren: "Look at the debt that has been accumulated in the last two years. It's more debt under this president than all those other presidents combined." Herman Cain stated on May 21, 2011 in in a speech announcing his presidential run: In the U.S. Constitution, "there’s a little section in there that talks about life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness." Nancy Pelosi stated on May 16, 2011 in an interview with Bloomberg television: "In the first year of the Obama administration, more jobs were created in the private sector than in the eight years of the Bush administration." John Boehner stated on May 10, 2011 in an interview on NBC's "Today" show: The Bush tax cuts "created about 8 million jobs over the first 10 years that they were in existence. We've lost about 5 million of those jobs during this recession." Doris Kearns Goodwin stated on May 8, 2011 in an appearance on NBC's "Meet the Press": During the Eisenhower Administration, "not a single soldier … died in combat."
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Stephen Martin stated on May 24, 2013 in an interview.: Says Democratic Party created the Ku Klux Klan. Dick Cheney stated on April 8, 2013 in an interview on Fox News: Says it’s "an old wives’ story" that Margaret Thatcher told George H.W. Bush not to go wobbly. Michael Moore stated on November 2, 2012 in a tweet: Says during George W. Bush’s administration "we were losing millions of jobs per month," while under Barack Obama we have "three years of gaining hundreds of thousands of jobs per month." Government is Not God PAC stated on September 23, 2012 in a newspaper ad: Says Obama is only president in history who has deliberately removed the words "endowed by their Creator" when referring to the Declaration of Independence. James Clyburn stated on September 6, 2012 in a speech at the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, N.C.: When Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid were created, "Republicans stood on the sidelines" Stephanie Cutter stated on August 22, 2012 in an interview on MSNBC's "Morning Joe": In the past 27 months, President Barack Obama has created more private-sector jobs than "in the Reagan recovery." Wes Riddle stated on October 22, 2011 in a speech.: Says combined inflation and unemployment rates in October 2011 were the highest since Ronald Reagan succeeded Jimmy Carter. Mitt Romney stated on May 12, 2012 in an interview with CBN News: When Mitt Romney was governor of Massachusetts, "we didn’t just slow the rate of growth of our government, we actually cut it." Barack Obama stated on May 8, 2012 in a speech in Albany, N.Y.: "The only time government employment has gone down during a recession has been under me." Raymond Bateman stated on April 9, 2012 in an opinion piece on DailyRecord.com: Says "Cape May, Cumberland, Salem and part of Atlantic counties are all south of the Mason-Dixon line." Morgan Griffith stated on April 3, 2012 in an interview.: "On most things except witch trials, Virginia will always have been first." Rick Santorum stated on April 2, 2012 in in a speech in Wisconsin: "I think it’s seven or eight of the California system of universities don’t even teach an American history course. It’s not even available to be taught." Harold Metts stated on March 14, 2012 in a news release: Says when Rhode Island Lottery was proposed, "state residents were enticed to vote for it with the promise that the money would be used for education." Rick Santorum stated on February 29, 2012 in a campaign speech: "When my grandfather came to this country back in 1925, there were no government benefits." Travis Rowley stated on January 21, 2012 in an opinion column: "Martin Luther King was a Republican." Newt Gingrich stated on January 23, 2012 in a Republican presidential debate in Tampa: "When I was speaker, we had four consecutive balanced budgets." Charlotte Bergmann stated on January 10, 2012 in a campaign billboard along I-240.: "Martin Luther King Jr. was a Republican." Newt Gingrich stated on December 15, 2011 in a Republican presidential debate in Sioux City, Iowa: "I balanced the budget for four straight years, paid off $405 billion in debt." Michele Bachmann stated on October 18, 2011 in a Republican presidential debate in Las Vegas: "We saw the president of the United States engage American troops in a fourth conflict in a foreign land. This is historic." Haley Barbour stated on October 2, 2011 in an interview on CBS' "Face the Nation": When he took office in 2009, President Barack Obama "had the biggest Democratic majorities in Congress since Lyndon Johnson." Jay Carney stated on August 16, 2011 in an interview.: Says Rick Perry "wanted to secede from the union." Allen West stated on July 27, 2011 in an interview on CNN: "This is the first time in the history that we've had the raising of a debt limit also with spending cuts." Bill O'Reilly stated on July 26, 2011 in a comment on Fox News' "The O'Reilly Factor": Since 1965, the United States has spent "untold trillions" yet the poverty rate hasn’t budged. Robert Brown stated on June 2, 2011 in a press release: Georgia’s illegal immigration crackdown laws should be called the "Brown Codes" because of their similarity to the "Black Codes" governing blacks after the Civil War. Mitt Romney stated on June 16, 2011 in an appearance at a Tampa coffee shop: "This is the slowest job recovery since Hoover." Sarah Palin stated on May 31, 2011 in an interview with Fox News' Greta Van Susteren: "Look at the debt that has been accumulated in the last two years. It's more debt under this president than all those other presidents combined." Herman Cain stated on May 21, 2011 in in a speech announcing his presidential run: In the U.S. Constitution, "there’s a little section in there that talks about life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness." Nancy Pelosi stated on May 16, 2011 in an interview with Bloomberg television: "In the first year of the Obama administration, more jobs were created in the private sector than in the eight years of the Bush administration." John Boehner stated on May 10, 2011 in an interview on NBC's "Today" show: The Bush tax cuts "created about 8 million jobs over the first 10 years that they were in existence. We've lost about 5 million of those jobs during this recession." Doris Kearns Goodwin stated on May 8, 2011 in an appearance on NBC's "Meet the Press": During the Eisenhower Administration, "not a single soldier … died in combat."
Stephen Martin stated on May 24, 2013 in an interview.: Says Democratic Party created the Ku Klux Klan.
Dick Cheney stated on April 8, 2013 in an interview on Fox News: Says it’s "an old wives’ story" that Margaret Thatcher told George H.W. Bush not to go wobbly.
Michael Moore stated on November 2, 2012 in a tweet: Says during George W. Bush’s administration "we were losing millions of jobs per month," while under Barack Obama we have "three years of gaining hundreds of thousands of jobs per month."
Government is Not God PAC stated on September 23, 2012 in a newspaper ad: Says Obama is only president in history who has deliberately removed the words "endowed by their Creator" when referring to the Declaration of Independence.
James Clyburn stated on September 6, 2012 in a speech at the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, N.C.: When Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid were created, "Republicans stood on the sidelines"
Stephanie Cutter stated on August 22, 2012 in an interview on MSNBC's "Morning Joe": In the past 27 months, President Barack Obama has created more private-sector jobs than "in the Reagan recovery."
Wes Riddle stated on October 22, 2011 in a speech.: Says combined inflation and unemployment rates in October 2011 were the highest since Ronald Reagan succeeded Jimmy Carter.
Mitt Romney stated on May 12, 2012 in an interview with CBN News: When Mitt Romney was governor of Massachusetts, "we didn’t just slow the rate of growth of our government, we actually cut it."
Barack Obama stated on May 8, 2012 in a speech in Albany, N.Y.: "The only time government employment has gone down during a recession has been under me."
Raymond Bateman stated on April 9, 2012 in an opinion piece on DailyRecord.com: Says "Cape May, Cumberland, Salem and part of Atlantic counties are all south of the Mason-Dixon line."
Morgan Griffith stated on April 3, 2012 in an interview.: "On most things except witch trials, Virginia will always have been first."
Rick Santorum stated on April 2, 2012 in in a speech in Wisconsin: "I think it’s seven or eight of the California system of universities don’t even teach an American history course. It’s not even available to be taught."
Harold Metts stated on March 14, 2012 in a news release: Says when Rhode Island Lottery was proposed, "state residents were enticed to vote for it with the promise that the money would be used for education."
Rick Santorum stated on February 29, 2012 in a campaign speech: "When my grandfather came to this country back in 1925, there were no government benefits."
Travis Rowley stated on January 21, 2012 in an opinion column: "Martin Luther King was a Republican."
Newt Gingrich stated on January 23, 2012 in a Republican presidential debate in Tampa: "When I was speaker, we had four consecutive balanced budgets."
Charlotte Bergmann stated on January 10, 2012 in a campaign billboard along I-240.: "Martin Luther King Jr. was a Republican."
Newt Gingrich stated on December 15, 2011 in a Republican presidential debate in Sioux City, Iowa: "I balanced the budget for four straight years, paid off $405 billion in debt."
Michele Bachmann stated on October 18, 2011 in a Republican presidential debate in Las Vegas: "We saw the president of the United States engage American troops in a fourth conflict in a foreign land. This is historic."
Haley Barbour stated on October 2, 2011 in an interview on CBS' "Face the Nation": When he took office in 2009, President Barack Obama "had the biggest Democratic majorities in Congress since Lyndon Johnson."
Jay Carney stated on August 16, 2011 in an interview.: Says Rick Perry "wanted to secede from the union."
Allen West stated on July 27, 2011 in an interview on CNN: "This is the first time in the history that we've had the raising of a debt limit also with spending cuts."
Bill O'Reilly stated on July 26, 2011 in a comment on Fox News' "The O'Reilly Factor": Since 1965, the United States has spent "untold trillions" yet the poverty rate hasn’t budged.
Robert Brown stated on June 2, 2011 in a press release: Georgia’s illegal immigration crackdown laws should be called the "Brown Codes" because of their similarity to the "Black Codes" governing blacks after the Civil War.
Mitt Romney stated on June 16, 2011 in an appearance at a Tampa coffee shop: "This is the slowest job recovery since Hoover."
Sarah Palin stated on May 31, 2011 in an interview with Fox News' Greta Van Susteren: "Look at the debt that has been accumulated in the last two years. It's more debt under this president than all those other presidents combined."
Herman Cain stated on May 21, 2011 in in a speech announcing his presidential run: In the U.S. Constitution, "there’s a little section in there that talks about life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness."
Nancy Pelosi stated on May 16, 2011 in an interview with Bloomberg television: "In the first year of the Obama administration, more jobs were created in the private sector than in the eight years of the Bush administration."
John Boehner stated on May 10, 2011 in an interview on NBC's "Today" show: The Bush tax cuts "created about 8 million jobs over the first 10 years that they were in existence. We've lost about 5 million of those jobs during this recession."
Doris Kearns Goodwin stated on May 8, 2011 in an appearance on NBC's "Meet the Press": During the Eisenhower Administration, "not a single soldier … died in combat."
