Latest Fact-checks 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 Tim Echols stated on October 26, 2015 in an opinion piece in a trade magazine: "Our state has no major rivers to produce big hydropower." Florida Democratic Party stated on November 5, 2015 in a Facebook post: "Marco Rubio spent $400K of your tax dollars remodeling offices, and building a members-only lounge." Luis Alejo stated on September 25, 2015 in a press release: "Everyone on California’s roads is properly licensed, tested and insured." Donald Trump stated on October 31, 2015 in a speech.: On the VA: "Over 300,000 veterans have died waiting for care." Ben Carson stated on November 8, 2015 in comments on ABC's "This Week": "Go look on the West Point website and you’ll see those specific words, ‘full scholarship to West Point.’ So even though it is, you know, given as a grant for anybody who gets in, those words are used." Donald Trump stated on November 8, 2015 in comments on "State of the Union": Says that in polls about 2016 candidate leadership skills, he comes out "two and three and four times higher than anybody else." Ben Carson stated on November 4, 2015 in an edited Facebook post: "Every signer of the Declaration of Independence had no federal elected office experience." Rick Santorum stated on October 31, 2015 in a speech at the Republican Party of Iowa's Growth and Opportunity Party in Des Moines: "I am the only person in this field who is against amnesty. Every other person in this field wants to allow people who are here illegally to be able to stay here, in one form or another." Mason Tvert stated on October 27, 2015 in a news release: "Most Americans are ready to put it [marijuana prohibition] behind us and move on." Greg Abbott stated on October 28, 2015 in a tweet: "Texas #2 in nation for new gun purchases, behind California." Republican Party of Florida stated on October 29, 2015 in a Facebook post: "How many concerts would Taylor Swift have to perform to pay off one day of interest on our national debt? She would have to perform every day for three years." Greenville Gazette stated on February 1, 2015 in an article: Texas legislation "would allow… teachers to kill their students if they felt it was needed." Scott Walker stated on November 6, 2015 in a series of tweets: Wisconsin’s Government Accountability Board "ignored their duties and did not regularly audit" voters to remove felons "for a span of 16 elections. Bernie Sanders stated on October 28, 2015 in a speech.: The Koch Brothers are "spending more money than either the Democratic or Republican parties" in the 2016 elections. Glenn Grothman stated on November 6, 2015: On support for the Export-Import Bank Donald Trump stated on October 28, 2015 in the third GOP primary debate.: Says his plan would cut taxes without increasing the deficit. Jeb Bush stated on October 28, 2015 in a Republican presidential debate in Boulder, Colo.: "My plan actually gives the middle class the greatest break: $2,000 per family." Tammy Baldwin stated on October 31, 2015 in a campaign email: "‘Dark money’ spending" in the 2016 election cycle "is 10 times what it was at the same point in the 2012 election cycle," when it topped $308 million. Trevor Noah stated on November 3, 2015 in a broadcast of "The Daily Show": "Iowa's Republican caucus stopped mattering years ago. It in no way determines the party nominee." Marco Rubio stated on October 29, 2015 in an interview on CNN: "There was never a single shred of evidence presented to anyone" that the attacks in Benghazi, Libya, were "spontaneous, and in fact, the CIA themselves understood that early on." Ben Carson stated on October 28, 2015 in the third GOP primary debate.: Says his tax plan wouldn't leave the federal government with a $1.1 trillion hole. Marco Rubio stated on October 28, 2015 in a Republican presidential debate in Boulder, Colo.: Under his tax plan, "the greatest gains, percentage-wise," will be "at the lower end of our plan." Jerry Brown stated on October 7, 2015 in a speech: "Smog was invented in Los Angeles. It was. The name was invented. There was a fellow at Caltech and he came up with the idea and they called it smog." Kevin de León stated on October 7, 2015 in a speech: "No city in the state, no state in this nation, for that matter the entire world, has adopted (clean energy) targets more ambitious in scale." Donald Trump stated on October 28, 2015 in the CNBC debate: The CNBC debate was supposed to be three hours, and he "renegotiated it down to two hours." Donald Trump stated on October 28, 2015 in comments during the CNBC debate.: Says Ohio Gov. John Kasich "got lucky with a thing called fracking," which "is why Ohio is doing well." Rand Paul stated on October 28, 2015 in a Republican presidential debate in Boulder, Colo.: The debt limit deal "allows President Obama to borrow unlimited amounts of money." Terry McAuliffe stated on October 15, 2015 in an executive order.: "It has been estimated that nearly 40 percent of all guns sold in America are sold by private, unlicensed sellers either online or through gun shows." Don Francis stated on October 28, 2015 in an interview with Watchdog.org: Electric car sales in Georgia have dropped dramatically since a $5,000 tax credit was eliminated and a $200 annual registration fee was imposed July 1. Jeb Bush stated on November 1, 2015 in comments on "Meet the Press": "If you look at the three people on the (debate) stage from the United States Senate, all three of them have a combined two bills that became law that they've sponsored."
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Tim Echols stated on October 26, 2015 in an opinion piece in a trade magazine: "Our state has no major rivers to produce big hydropower." Florida Democratic Party stated on November 5, 2015 in a Facebook post: "Marco Rubio spent $400K of your tax dollars remodeling offices, and building a members-only lounge." Luis Alejo stated on September 25, 2015 in a press release: "Everyone on California’s roads is properly licensed, tested and insured." Donald Trump stated on October 31, 2015 in a speech.: On the VA: "Over 300,000 veterans have died waiting for care." Ben Carson stated on November 8, 2015 in comments on ABC's "This Week": "Go look on the West Point website and you’ll see those specific words, ‘full scholarship to West Point.’ So even though it is, you know, given as a grant for anybody who gets in, those words are used." Donald Trump stated on November 8, 2015 in comments on "State of the Union": Says that in polls about 2016 candidate leadership skills, he comes out "two and three and four times higher than anybody else." Ben Carson stated on November 4, 2015 in an edited Facebook post: "Every signer of the Declaration of Independence had no federal elected office experience." Rick Santorum stated on October 31, 2015 in a speech at the Republican Party of Iowa's Growth and Opportunity Party in Des Moines: "I am the only person in this field who is against amnesty. Every other person in this field wants to allow people who are here illegally to be able to stay here, in one form or another." Mason Tvert stated on October 27, 2015 in a news release: "Most Americans are ready to put it [marijuana prohibition] behind us and move on." Greg Abbott stated on October 28, 2015 in a tweet: "Texas #2 in nation for new gun purchases, behind California." Republican Party of Florida stated on October 29, 2015 in a Facebook post: "How many concerts would Taylor Swift have to perform to pay off one day of interest on our national debt? She would have to perform every day for three years." Greenville Gazette stated on February 1, 2015 in an article: Texas legislation "would allow… teachers to kill their students if they felt it was needed." Scott Walker stated on November 6, 2015 in a series of tweets: Wisconsin’s Government Accountability Board "ignored their duties and did not regularly audit" voters to remove felons "for a span of 16 elections. Bernie Sanders stated on October 28, 2015 in a speech.: The Koch Brothers are "spending more money than either the Democratic or Republican parties" in the 2016 elections. Glenn Grothman stated on November 6, 2015: On support for the Export-Import Bank Donald Trump stated on October 28, 2015 in the third GOP primary debate.: Says his plan would cut taxes without increasing the deficit. Jeb Bush stated on October 28, 2015 in a Republican presidential debate in Boulder, Colo.: "My plan actually gives the middle class the greatest break: $2,000 per family." Tammy Baldwin stated on October 31, 2015 in a campaign email: "‘Dark money’ spending" in the 2016 election cycle "is 10 times what it was at the same point in the 2012 election cycle," when it topped $308 million. Trevor Noah stated on November 3, 2015 in a broadcast of "The Daily Show": "Iowa's Republican caucus stopped mattering years ago. It in no way determines the party nominee." Marco Rubio stated on October 29, 2015 in an interview on CNN: "There was never a single shred of evidence presented to anyone" that the attacks in Benghazi, Libya, were "spontaneous, and in fact, the CIA themselves understood that early on." Ben Carson stated on October 28, 2015 in the third GOP primary debate.: Says his tax plan wouldn't leave the federal government with a $1.1 trillion hole. Marco Rubio stated on October 28, 2015 in a Republican presidential debate in Boulder, Colo.: Under his tax plan, "the greatest gains, percentage-wise," will be "at the lower end of our plan." Jerry Brown stated on October 7, 2015 in a speech: "Smog was invented in Los Angeles. It was. The name was invented. There was a fellow at Caltech and he came up with the idea and they called it smog." Kevin de León stated on October 7, 2015 in a speech: "No city in the state, no state in this nation, for that matter the entire world, has adopted (clean energy) targets more ambitious in scale." Donald Trump stated on October 28, 2015 in the CNBC debate: The CNBC debate was supposed to be three hours, and he "renegotiated it down to two hours." Donald Trump stated on October 28, 2015 in comments during the CNBC debate.: Says Ohio Gov. John Kasich "got lucky with a thing called fracking," which "is why Ohio is doing well." Rand Paul stated on October 28, 2015 in a Republican presidential debate in Boulder, Colo.: The debt limit deal "allows President Obama to borrow unlimited amounts of money." Terry McAuliffe stated on October 15, 2015 in an executive order.: "It has been estimated that nearly 40 percent of all guns sold in America are sold by private, unlicensed sellers either online or through gun shows." Don Francis stated on October 28, 2015 in an interview with Watchdog.org: Electric car sales in Georgia have dropped dramatically since a $5,000 tax credit was eliminated and a $200 annual registration fee was imposed July 1. Jeb Bush stated on November 1, 2015 in comments on "Meet the Press": "If you look at the three people on the (debate) stage from the United States Senate, all three of them have a combined two bills that became law that they've sponsored."
Tim Echols stated on October 26, 2015 in an opinion piece in a trade magazine: "Our state has no major rivers to produce big hydropower."
Florida Democratic Party stated on November 5, 2015 in a Facebook post: "Marco Rubio spent $400K of your tax dollars remodeling offices, and building a members-only lounge."
Luis Alejo stated on September 25, 2015 in a press release: "Everyone on California’s roads is properly licensed, tested and insured."
Donald Trump stated on October 31, 2015 in a speech.: On the VA: "Over 300,000 veterans have died waiting for care."
Ben Carson stated on November 8, 2015 in comments on ABC's "This Week": "Go look on the West Point website and you’ll see those specific words, ‘full scholarship to West Point.’ So even though it is, you know, given as a grant for anybody who gets in, those words are used."
Donald Trump stated on November 8, 2015 in comments on "State of the Union": Says that in polls about 2016 candidate leadership skills, he comes out "two and three and four times higher than anybody else."
Ben Carson stated on November 4, 2015 in an edited Facebook post: "Every signer of the Declaration of Independence had no federal elected office experience."
Rick Santorum stated on October 31, 2015 in a speech at the Republican Party of Iowa's Growth and Opportunity Party in Des Moines: "I am the only person in this field who is against amnesty. Every other person in this field wants to allow people who are here illegally to be able to stay here, in one form or another."
Mason Tvert stated on October 27, 2015 in a news release: "Most Americans are ready to put it [marijuana prohibition] behind us and move on."
Greg Abbott stated on October 28, 2015 in a tweet: "Texas #2 in nation for new gun purchases, behind California."
Republican Party of Florida stated on October 29, 2015 in a Facebook post: "How many concerts would Taylor Swift have to perform to pay off one day of interest on our national debt? She would have to perform every day for three years."
Greenville Gazette stated on February 1, 2015 in an article: Texas legislation "would allow… teachers to kill their students if they felt it was needed."
Scott Walker stated on November 6, 2015 in a series of tweets: Wisconsin’s Government Accountability Board "ignored their duties and did not regularly audit" voters to remove felons "for a span of 16 elections.
Bernie Sanders stated on October 28, 2015 in a speech.: The Koch Brothers are "spending more money than either the Democratic or Republican parties" in the 2016 elections.
Donald Trump stated on October 28, 2015 in the third GOP primary debate.: Says his plan would cut taxes without increasing the deficit.
Jeb Bush stated on October 28, 2015 in a Republican presidential debate in Boulder, Colo.: "My plan actually gives the middle class the greatest break: $2,000 per family."
Tammy Baldwin stated on October 31, 2015 in a campaign email: "‘Dark money’ spending" in the 2016 election cycle "is 10 times what it was at the same point in the 2012 election cycle," when it topped $308 million.
Trevor Noah stated on November 3, 2015 in a broadcast of "The Daily Show": "Iowa's Republican caucus stopped mattering years ago. It in no way determines the party nominee."
Marco Rubio stated on October 29, 2015 in an interview on CNN: "There was never a single shred of evidence presented to anyone" that the attacks in Benghazi, Libya, were "spontaneous, and in fact, the CIA themselves understood that early on."
Ben Carson stated on October 28, 2015 in the third GOP primary debate.: Says his tax plan wouldn't leave the federal government with a $1.1 trillion hole.
Marco Rubio stated on October 28, 2015 in a Republican presidential debate in Boulder, Colo.: Under his tax plan, "the greatest gains, percentage-wise," will be "at the lower end of our plan."
Jerry Brown stated on October 7, 2015 in a speech: "Smog was invented in Los Angeles. It was. The name was invented. There was a fellow at Caltech and he came up with the idea and they called it smog."
Kevin de León stated on October 7, 2015 in a speech: "No city in the state, no state in this nation, for that matter the entire world, has adopted (clean energy) targets more ambitious in scale."
Donald Trump stated on October 28, 2015 in the CNBC debate: The CNBC debate was supposed to be three hours, and he "renegotiated it down to two hours."
Donald Trump stated on October 28, 2015 in comments during the CNBC debate.: Says Ohio Gov. John Kasich "got lucky with a thing called fracking," which "is why Ohio is doing well."
Rand Paul stated on October 28, 2015 in a Republican presidential debate in Boulder, Colo.: The debt limit deal "allows President Obama to borrow unlimited amounts of money."
Terry McAuliffe stated on October 15, 2015 in an executive order.: "It has been estimated that nearly 40 percent of all guns sold in America are sold by private, unlicensed sellers either online or through gun shows."
Don Francis stated on October 28, 2015 in an interview with Watchdog.org: Electric car sales in Georgia have dropped dramatically since a $5,000 tax credit was eliminated and a $200 annual registration fee was imposed July 1.
Jeb Bush stated on November 1, 2015 in comments on "Meet the Press": "If you look at the three people on the (debate) stage from the United States Senate, all three of them have a combined two bills that became law that they've sponsored."
