Latest Fact-checks in National 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 Chain email stated on June 28, 2010 in a chain e-mail: Justice Antonin Scalia agreed for the Supreme Court to hear a case about whether Barack Obama is eligible to be President. Mark Dayton stated on July 14, 2010 in a campaign ad: "Tim Pawlenty has cut education funding in Minnesota. Classrooms are overcrowded. Districts have gone to four-day school weeks." Tim Pawlenty stated on July 26, 2010 in a breakfast with journalists in Washington, D.C.: "I don't think the argument can be credibly made that the United States of America is undertaxed compared to our competitors." Barack Obama stated on July 22, 2010 in remarks at a bill signing: The president's budget "would take ... non-defense spending to its lowest level ... as a percentage of the economy since JFK." Donna Brazile stated on July 25, 2010 in a roundtable discussion on ABC's "This Week": Over the last 10 years, incomes for the top 1 percent "have grown." Meanwhile, the bottom half of the country, "they've seen their wages stagnate." David Gregory stated on July 25, 2010 in an interview with Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner on NBC's Meet the Press: "25 percent of our economy is the financial sector." Marc Morial stated on July 25, 2010 in a roundtable discussion on NBC's "Meet the Press": The Latino unemployment rate is higher than the white rate and the black rate is higher than the Latino rate. Stephen Hayes stated on July 25, 2010 in on ABC News' "This Week.": People in the top tax bracket, "these so-called wealthy, most of them are small-business owners." Jeanne Shaheen stated on July 20, 2010 in an MSNBC interview: "For every dollar we put in unemployment, it pays back about $1.60." Timothy Geithner stated on July 25, 2010 in ABC's "This Week": "We've seen six months of positive job growth by the private sector." Stephen Hayes stated on July 25, 2010 in a roundtable discussion on ABC's "This Week": Shirley Sherrod "was forced to resign before anybody on Fox said a word about this." Americans for Job Security stated on July 9, 2010 in an issue advocacy ad: "Jane Norton supported the largest tax hike in Colorado history." Americans for Job Security stated on July 9, 2010 in a television ad: The "state bureaucracy" Jane Norton managed "grew by $43 million in just three years." Jane Norton stated on July 9, 2010 in a television ad: "Ken Buck's (District Attorney's) office? His spending skyrocketed by 40 percent." Susana Martinez stated on July 22, 2010 in a campaign commercial: In New Mexico, Democratic gubernatorial candidate Diane Denish "spent federal stimulus funds on campaign Christmas cards." Bill O'Reilly stated on July 17, 2010 in an online column: "Attorney General Eric Holder is involved in the dismissal of the criminal charges" against the New Black Panther Party for voter intimidation John McCain stated on May 7, 2010 in a campaign ad: "Of all the illegals in America, more than half come through Arizona." American Crossroads stated on July 18, 2010 in a campaign commercial: "Recent data showed Nevada ranks 50th in the money received from" the stimulus bill. George Will stated on July 18, 2010 in a roundtable discussion on ABC's This Week: Democrats in the 1930s wanted President Franklin Roosevelt "to be more conservative." Bloggers stated on July 17, 2010 in conservative blogs: Obama's dog has his "own plane" Mike Pence stated on July 20, 2010 in a press conference: "Should Democrats get their way, every income tax bracket will increase on Jan. 1, 2011. Every single one." Russell Pearce stated on July 7, 2010 in a CNN interview: "Sixty percent of the Hispanics" support the Arizona immigration law Joe Biden stated on July 18, 2010 in ABC's "This Week": "I never called for a partition" of Iraq. Joe Biden stated on July 18, 2010 in an interview on ABC's This Week: "The health care numbers are going up." Joe Biden stated on July 18, 2010 in an interview on ABC's This Week: "We're not engaged in nation-building" in Afghanistan. Ron Johnson stated on July 14, 2010 in a campaign commercial: Russ Feingold "voted against the law that protected our lakes" and "was the only Great Lakes senator to vote no." John McCain stated on May 26, 2010 in a political ad: As a Congressman, J.D. Hayworth was an avid earmarker who supported such pork as "$220,000 to renovate a Maine Blueberry farm" and "$5.8 million for a Vermont snowmobile trail." National Right to Life Committee stated on July 13, 2010 in a prepared statement: The Obama administration will give Pennsylvania $160 million to pay for health insurance plans that cover "any legal abortion." David Axelrod stated on July 11, 2010 in ABC's "This Week": "We had 2 percent of the global market (for advanced batteries) when he (Obama) started. We now have 16 percent, headed to 40 percent by 2015." Joe Biden stated on July 14, 2010 in a news conference: "We went from losing 3 million jobs in the last six months of the Bush Administration," adding almost 600,000 private sector jobs in the first six months of the year.
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Chain email stated on June 28, 2010 in a chain e-mail: Justice Antonin Scalia agreed for the Supreme Court to hear a case about whether Barack Obama is eligible to be President. Mark Dayton stated on July 14, 2010 in a campaign ad: "Tim Pawlenty has cut education funding in Minnesota. Classrooms are overcrowded. Districts have gone to four-day school weeks." Tim Pawlenty stated on July 26, 2010 in a breakfast with journalists in Washington, D.C.: "I don't think the argument can be credibly made that the United States of America is undertaxed compared to our competitors." Barack Obama stated on July 22, 2010 in remarks at a bill signing: The president's budget "would take ... non-defense spending to its lowest level ... as a percentage of the economy since JFK." Donna Brazile stated on July 25, 2010 in a roundtable discussion on ABC's "This Week": Over the last 10 years, incomes for the top 1 percent "have grown." Meanwhile, the bottom half of the country, "they've seen their wages stagnate." David Gregory stated on July 25, 2010 in an interview with Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner on NBC's Meet the Press: "25 percent of our economy is the financial sector." Marc Morial stated on July 25, 2010 in a roundtable discussion on NBC's "Meet the Press": The Latino unemployment rate is higher than the white rate and the black rate is higher than the Latino rate. Stephen Hayes stated on July 25, 2010 in on ABC News' "This Week.": People in the top tax bracket, "these so-called wealthy, most of them are small-business owners." Jeanne Shaheen stated on July 20, 2010 in an MSNBC interview: "For every dollar we put in unemployment, it pays back about $1.60." Timothy Geithner stated on July 25, 2010 in ABC's "This Week": "We've seen six months of positive job growth by the private sector." Stephen Hayes stated on July 25, 2010 in a roundtable discussion on ABC's "This Week": Shirley Sherrod "was forced to resign before anybody on Fox said a word about this." Americans for Job Security stated on July 9, 2010 in an issue advocacy ad: "Jane Norton supported the largest tax hike in Colorado history." Americans for Job Security stated on July 9, 2010 in a television ad: The "state bureaucracy" Jane Norton managed "grew by $43 million in just three years." Jane Norton stated on July 9, 2010 in a television ad: "Ken Buck's (District Attorney's) office? His spending skyrocketed by 40 percent." Susana Martinez stated on July 22, 2010 in a campaign commercial: In New Mexico, Democratic gubernatorial candidate Diane Denish "spent federal stimulus funds on campaign Christmas cards." Bill O'Reilly stated on July 17, 2010 in an online column: "Attorney General Eric Holder is involved in the dismissal of the criminal charges" against the New Black Panther Party for voter intimidation John McCain stated on May 7, 2010 in a campaign ad: "Of all the illegals in America, more than half come through Arizona." American Crossroads stated on July 18, 2010 in a campaign commercial: "Recent data showed Nevada ranks 50th in the money received from" the stimulus bill. George Will stated on July 18, 2010 in a roundtable discussion on ABC's This Week: Democrats in the 1930s wanted President Franklin Roosevelt "to be more conservative." Bloggers stated on July 17, 2010 in conservative blogs: Obama's dog has his "own plane" Mike Pence stated on July 20, 2010 in a press conference: "Should Democrats get their way, every income tax bracket will increase on Jan. 1, 2011. Every single one." Russell Pearce stated on July 7, 2010 in a CNN interview: "Sixty percent of the Hispanics" support the Arizona immigration law Joe Biden stated on July 18, 2010 in ABC's "This Week": "I never called for a partition" of Iraq. Joe Biden stated on July 18, 2010 in an interview on ABC's This Week: "The health care numbers are going up." Joe Biden stated on July 18, 2010 in an interview on ABC's This Week: "We're not engaged in nation-building" in Afghanistan. Ron Johnson stated on July 14, 2010 in a campaign commercial: Russ Feingold "voted against the law that protected our lakes" and "was the only Great Lakes senator to vote no." John McCain stated on May 26, 2010 in a political ad: As a Congressman, J.D. Hayworth was an avid earmarker who supported such pork as "$220,000 to renovate a Maine Blueberry farm" and "$5.8 million for a Vermont snowmobile trail." National Right to Life Committee stated on July 13, 2010 in a prepared statement: The Obama administration will give Pennsylvania $160 million to pay for health insurance plans that cover "any legal abortion." David Axelrod stated on July 11, 2010 in ABC's "This Week": "We had 2 percent of the global market (for advanced batteries) when he (Obama) started. We now have 16 percent, headed to 40 percent by 2015." Joe Biden stated on July 14, 2010 in a news conference: "We went from losing 3 million jobs in the last six months of the Bush Administration," adding almost 600,000 private sector jobs in the first six months of the year.
Chain email stated on June 28, 2010 in a chain e-mail: Justice Antonin Scalia agreed for the Supreme Court to hear a case about whether Barack Obama is eligible to be President.
Mark Dayton stated on July 14, 2010 in a campaign ad: "Tim Pawlenty has cut education funding in Minnesota. Classrooms are overcrowded. Districts have gone to four-day school weeks."
Tim Pawlenty stated on July 26, 2010 in a breakfast with journalists in Washington, D.C.: "I don't think the argument can be credibly made that the United States of America is undertaxed compared to our competitors."
Barack Obama stated on July 22, 2010 in remarks at a bill signing: The president's budget "would take ... non-defense spending to its lowest level ... as a percentage of the economy since JFK."
Donna Brazile stated on July 25, 2010 in a roundtable discussion on ABC's "This Week": Over the last 10 years, incomes for the top 1 percent "have grown." Meanwhile, the bottom half of the country, "they've seen their wages stagnate."
David Gregory stated on July 25, 2010 in an interview with Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner on NBC's Meet the Press: "25 percent of our economy is the financial sector."
Marc Morial stated on July 25, 2010 in a roundtable discussion on NBC's "Meet the Press": The Latino unemployment rate is higher than the white rate and the black rate is higher than the Latino rate.
Stephen Hayes stated on July 25, 2010 in on ABC News' "This Week.": People in the top tax bracket, "these so-called wealthy, most of them are small-business owners."
Jeanne Shaheen stated on July 20, 2010 in an MSNBC interview: "For every dollar we put in unemployment, it pays back about $1.60."
Timothy Geithner stated on July 25, 2010 in ABC's "This Week": "We've seen six months of positive job growth by the private sector."
Stephen Hayes stated on July 25, 2010 in a roundtable discussion on ABC's "This Week": Shirley Sherrod "was forced to resign before anybody on Fox said a word about this."
Americans for Job Security stated on July 9, 2010 in an issue advocacy ad: "Jane Norton supported the largest tax hike in Colorado history."
Americans for Job Security stated on July 9, 2010 in a television ad: The "state bureaucracy" Jane Norton managed "grew by $43 million in just three years."
Jane Norton stated on July 9, 2010 in a television ad: "Ken Buck's (District Attorney's) office? His spending skyrocketed by 40 percent."
Susana Martinez stated on July 22, 2010 in a campaign commercial: In New Mexico, Democratic gubernatorial candidate Diane Denish "spent federal stimulus funds on campaign Christmas cards."
Bill O'Reilly stated on July 17, 2010 in an online column: "Attorney General Eric Holder is involved in the dismissal of the criminal charges" against the New Black Panther Party for voter intimidation
John McCain stated on May 7, 2010 in a campaign ad: "Of all the illegals in America, more than half come through Arizona."
American Crossroads stated on July 18, 2010 in a campaign commercial: "Recent data showed Nevada ranks 50th in the money received from" the stimulus bill.
George Will stated on July 18, 2010 in a roundtable discussion on ABC's This Week: Democrats in the 1930s wanted President Franklin Roosevelt "to be more conservative."
Mike Pence stated on July 20, 2010 in a press conference: "Should Democrats get their way, every income tax bracket will increase on Jan. 1, 2011. Every single one."
Russell Pearce stated on July 7, 2010 in a CNN interview: "Sixty percent of the Hispanics" support the Arizona immigration law
Joe Biden stated on July 18, 2010 in an interview on ABC's This Week: "The health care numbers are going up."
Joe Biden stated on July 18, 2010 in an interview on ABC's This Week: "We're not engaged in nation-building" in Afghanistan.
Ron Johnson stated on July 14, 2010 in a campaign commercial: Russ Feingold "voted against the law that protected our lakes" and "was the only Great Lakes senator to vote no."
John McCain stated on May 26, 2010 in a political ad: As a Congressman, J.D. Hayworth was an avid earmarker who supported such pork as "$220,000 to renovate a Maine Blueberry farm" and "$5.8 million for a Vermont snowmobile trail."
National Right to Life Committee stated on July 13, 2010 in a prepared statement: The Obama administration will give Pennsylvania $160 million to pay for health insurance plans that cover "any legal abortion."
David Axelrod stated on July 11, 2010 in ABC's "This Week": "We had 2 percent of the global market (for advanced batteries) when he (Obama) started. We now have 16 percent, headed to 40 percent by 2015."
Joe Biden stated on July 14, 2010 in a news conference: "We went from losing 3 million jobs in the last six months of the Bush Administration," adding almost 600,000 private sector jobs in the first six months of the year.
