Latest Fact-checks on Barack Obama 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 Barack Obama stated on September 26, 2008 in a debate in Oxford, Miss.: McCain "said the other day that he would not meet potentially with the prime minister of Spain, because he . . . wasn't sure whether they were aligned with us." Barack Obama stated on September 26, 2008 in Oxford, Miss.: John McCain "has threatened extinction for North Korea and sung songs about bombing Iran." Barack Obama stated on September 26, 2008 in Oxford, Miss.: Barack Obama "pays for every dime" of his spending plans. Barack Obama stated on September 26, 2008 in the first presidential debate in Oxford, Miss.: Henry Kissinger "said that we should meet with Iran — guess what — without precondition." Barack Obama stated on September 26, 2008 in Oxford, Miss.: Under Obama's tax plan, "95 percent of you will get a tax cut." Barack Obama stated on September 26, 2008 in Oxford, Miss.: John McCain wants to "give oil companies another $4-billion" in tax breaks. Barack Obama stated on September 24, 2008 in a speech in Dunedin, Fla.: "I introduced a bill that would’ve helped stop the multimillion-dollar bonus packages that CEOs grab on their way out.. (McCain) opposed that idea." Barack Obama stated on September 23, 2008 in in a television ad: Obama says McCain went to Bermuda and "pledged to protect tax breaks for American corporations that hide their profits offshore." Barack Obama stated on September 23, 2008 in in a television ad: "Grateful insurance company executives and their lobbyists" from Bermuda gave McCain $50,000. Barack Obama stated on September 16, 2008 in a radio ad: McCain "has opposed stem cell research." Barack Obama stated on September 20, 2008: "But if my opponent had his way, the millions of Floridians who rely on it would've had their Social Security tied up in the stock market this week." Barack Obama stated on September 22, 2008 in a TV ad.: John McCain would "reduce oversight of health insurance." Barack Obama stated on September 18, 2008 in a video ad.: Obama ad contends that John McCain endorses Rush Limbaugh's comments about immigration. Barack Obama stated on September 17, 2008 in Elko, Nev.: Obama's tax plan cuts taxes "for 95 percent of all working families." Barack Obama stated on September 16, 2008 in Golden, Colo.: "In January, I outlined a plan to help revive our faltering economy, which formed the basis for a bipartisan stimulus package that passed the Congress." Barack Obama stated on September 9, 2008 in a TV ad: McCain "voted to cut education funding, against accountability standards. He even proposed abolishing the Department of Education." Barack Obama stated on September 17, 2008 in Elko, Nev.: McCain economic adviser Phil Gramm is "the architect of some of the deregulation in Washington that helped cause the mess on Wall Street." Barack Obama stated on September 16, 2008 in Golden, Colo.: John McCain said last year he didn't know of a solution to the mortgage crisis. Barack Obama stated on September 12, 2008 in a TV ad: "He admits he still doesn't know how to use a computer, can't send an e-mail." Barack Obama stated on August 28, 2008 in Denver: "The average American family" saw income rise $7,500 under Bill Clinton and decline $2,000 under George Bush. Barack Obama stated on August 28, 2008 in a speech at Democratic National Convention: "John McCain has voted with George Bush 90 percent of the time." Barack Obama stated on August 28, 2008 in a speech to the Democratic National Convention in Denver: McCain "said no to higher fuel-efficiency standards for cars." Barack Obama stated on August 28, 2008 in a speech at the Democratic National Convention in Denver: "Today, we import triple the amount of oil than we had on the day Senator McCain took office." Barack Obama stated on August 23, 2008: "Joe Biden brought Republicans and Democrats together to pass the 1994 crime bill, putting 100,000 cops on the streets and starting an eight-year drop in crime across the country." Barack Obama stated on August 23, 2008 in Springfield, Ill.: "Joe Biden wrote the Violence Against Women Act ... the rate of domestic violence went down dramatically." Barack Obama stated on August 21, 2008 in Chester, Va. : The Bush administration's latest plans for troop withdrawal from Iraq by 2011 are "more or less the same time frame I announced two years ago." Barack Obama stated on August 11, 2008 in interview by Obama campaign strategist David Axelrod: John McCain has seven houses. Barack Obama stated on August 5, 2008 in Youngstown, Ohio: McCain, "voted against renewable sources of energy, against biofuels, against solar power, against wind power.... " Barack Obama stated on August 19, 2008 in in a speech in Orlando, Fla.: "I argued for years that we need to move from a 'Musharraf policy' to a 'Pakistan policy.' " Barack Obama stated on August 16, 2008 in a TV interview with megachurch pastor Rick Warren in Lake Forest, Calif.: "The fact is that although we have had a president who is opposed to abortion over the last eight years, abortions have not gone down.''
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
Barack Obama stated on September 26, 2008 in a debate in Oxford, Miss.: McCain "said the other day that he would not meet potentially with the prime minister of Spain, because he . . . wasn't sure whether they were aligned with us." Barack Obama stated on September 26, 2008 in Oxford, Miss.: John McCain "has threatened extinction for North Korea and sung songs about bombing Iran." Barack Obama stated on September 26, 2008 in Oxford, Miss.: Barack Obama "pays for every dime" of his spending plans. Barack Obama stated on September 26, 2008 in the first presidential debate in Oxford, Miss.: Henry Kissinger "said that we should meet with Iran — guess what — without precondition." Barack Obama stated on September 26, 2008 in Oxford, Miss.: Under Obama's tax plan, "95 percent of you will get a tax cut." Barack Obama stated on September 26, 2008 in Oxford, Miss.: John McCain wants to "give oil companies another $4-billion" in tax breaks. Barack Obama stated on September 24, 2008 in a speech in Dunedin, Fla.: "I introduced a bill that would’ve helped stop the multimillion-dollar bonus packages that CEOs grab on their way out.. (McCain) opposed that idea." Barack Obama stated on September 23, 2008 in in a television ad: Obama says McCain went to Bermuda and "pledged to protect tax breaks for American corporations that hide their profits offshore." Barack Obama stated on September 23, 2008 in in a television ad: "Grateful insurance company executives and their lobbyists" from Bermuda gave McCain $50,000. Barack Obama stated on September 16, 2008 in a radio ad: McCain "has opposed stem cell research." Barack Obama stated on September 20, 2008: "But if my opponent had his way, the millions of Floridians who rely on it would've had their Social Security tied up in the stock market this week." Barack Obama stated on September 22, 2008 in a TV ad.: John McCain would "reduce oversight of health insurance." Barack Obama stated on September 18, 2008 in a video ad.: Obama ad contends that John McCain endorses Rush Limbaugh's comments about immigration. Barack Obama stated on September 17, 2008 in Elko, Nev.: Obama's tax plan cuts taxes "for 95 percent of all working families." Barack Obama stated on September 16, 2008 in Golden, Colo.: "In January, I outlined a plan to help revive our faltering economy, which formed the basis for a bipartisan stimulus package that passed the Congress." Barack Obama stated on September 9, 2008 in a TV ad: McCain "voted to cut education funding, against accountability standards. He even proposed abolishing the Department of Education." Barack Obama stated on September 17, 2008 in Elko, Nev.: McCain economic adviser Phil Gramm is "the architect of some of the deregulation in Washington that helped cause the mess on Wall Street." Barack Obama stated on September 16, 2008 in Golden, Colo.: John McCain said last year he didn't know of a solution to the mortgage crisis. Barack Obama stated on September 12, 2008 in a TV ad: "He admits he still doesn't know how to use a computer, can't send an e-mail." Barack Obama stated on August 28, 2008 in Denver: "The average American family" saw income rise $7,500 under Bill Clinton and decline $2,000 under George Bush. Barack Obama stated on August 28, 2008 in a speech at Democratic National Convention: "John McCain has voted with George Bush 90 percent of the time." Barack Obama stated on August 28, 2008 in a speech to the Democratic National Convention in Denver: McCain "said no to higher fuel-efficiency standards for cars." Barack Obama stated on August 28, 2008 in a speech at the Democratic National Convention in Denver: "Today, we import triple the amount of oil than we had on the day Senator McCain took office." Barack Obama stated on August 23, 2008: "Joe Biden brought Republicans and Democrats together to pass the 1994 crime bill, putting 100,000 cops on the streets and starting an eight-year drop in crime across the country." Barack Obama stated on August 23, 2008 in Springfield, Ill.: "Joe Biden wrote the Violence Against Women Act ... the rate of domestic violence went down dramatically." Barack Obama stated on August 21, 2008 in Chester, Va. : The Bush administration's latest plans for troop withdrawal from Iraq by 2011 are "more or less the same time frame I announced two years ago." Barack Obama stated on August 11, 2008 in interview by Obama campaign strategist David Axelrod: John McCain has seven houses. Barack Obama stated on August 5, 2008 in Youngstown, Ohio: McCain, "voted against renewable sources of energy, against biofuels, against solar power, against wind power.... " Barack Obama stated on August 19, 2008 in in a speech in Orlando, Fla.: "I argued for years that we need to move from a 'Musharraf policy' to a 'Pakistan policy.' " Barack Obama stated on August 16, 2008 in a TV interview with megachurch pastor Rick Warren in Lake Forest, Calif.: "The fact is that although we have had a president who is opposed to abortion over the last eight years, abortions have not gone down.''
Barack Obama stated on September 26, 2008 in a debate in Oxford, Miss.: McCain "said the other day that he would not meet potentially with the prime minister of Spain, because he . . . wasn't sure whether they were aligned with us."
Barack Obama stated on September 26, 2008 in Oxford, Miss.: John McCain "has threatened extinction for North Korea and sung songs about bombing Iran."
Barack Obama stated on September 26, 2008 in Oxford, Miss.: Barack Obama "pays for every dime" of his spending plans.
Barack Obama stated on September 26, 2008 in the first presidential debate in Oxford, Miss.: Henry Kissinger "said that we should meet with Iran — guess what — without precondition."
Barack Obama stated on September 26, 2008 in Oxford, Miss.: Under Obama's tax plan, "95 percent of you will get a tax cut."
Barack Obama stated on September 26, 2008 in Oxford, Miss.: John McCain wants to "give oil companies another $4-billion" in tax breaks.
Barack Obama stated on September 24, 2008 in a speech in Dunedin, Fla.: "I introduced a bill that would’ve helped stop the multimillion-dollar bonus packages that CEOs grab on their way out.. (McCain) opposed that idea."
Barack Obama stated on September 23, 2008 in in a television ad: Obama says McCain went to Bermuda and "pledged to protect tax breaks for American corporations that hide their profits offshore."
Barack Obama stated on September 23, 2008 in in a television ad: "Grateful insurance company executives and their lobbyists" from Bermuda gave McCain $50,000.
Barack Obama stated on September 20, 2008: "But if my opponent had his way, the millions of Floridians who rely on it would've had their Social Security tied up in the stock market this week."
Barack Obama stated on September 22, 2008 in a TV ad.: John McCain would "reduce oversight of health insurance."
Barack Obama stated on September 18, 2008 in a video ad.: Obama ad contends that John McCain endorses Rush Limbaugh's comments about immigration.
Barack Obama stated on September 17, 2008 in Elko, Nev.: Obama's tax plan cuts taxes "for 95 percent of all working families."
Barack Obama stated on September 16, 2008 in Golden, Colo.: "In January, I outlined a plan to help revive our faltering economy, which formed the basis for a bipartisan stimulus package that passed the Congress."
Barack Obama stated on September 9, 2008 in a TV ad: McCain "voted to cut education funding, against accountability standards. He even proposed abolishing the Department of Education."
Barack Obama stated on September 17, 2008 in Elko, Nev.: McCain economic adviser Phil Gramm is "the architect of some of the deregulation in Washington that helped cause the mess on Wall Street."
Barack Obama stated on September 16, 2008 in Golden, Colo.: John McCain said last year he didn't know of a solution to the mortgage crisis.
Barack Obama stated on September 12, 2008 in a TV ad: "He admits he still doesn't know how to use a computer, can't send an e-mail."
Barack Obama stated on August 28, 2008 in Denver: "The average American family" saw income rise $7,500 under Bill Clinton and decline $2,000 under George Bush.
Barack Obama stated on August 28, 2008 in a speech at Democratic National Convention: "John McCain has voted with George Bush 90 percent of the time."
Barack Obama stated on August 28, 2008 in a speech to the Democratic National Convention in Denver: McCain "said no to higher fuel-efficiency standards for cars."
Barack Obama stated on August 28, 2008 in a speech at the Democratic National Convention in Denver: "Today, we import triple the amount of oil than we had on the day Senator McCain took office."
Barack Obama stated on August 23, 2008: "Joe Biden brought Republicans and Democrats together to pass the 1994 crime bill, putting 100,000 cops on the streets and starting an eight-year drop in crime across the country."
Barack Obama stated on August 23, 2008 in Springfield, Ill.: "Joe Biden wrote the Violence Against Women Act ... the rate of domestic violence went down dramatically."
Barack Obama stated on August 21, 2008 in Chester, Va. : The Bush administration's latest plans for troop withdrawal from Iraq by 2011 are "more or less the same time frame I announced two years ago."
Barack Obama stated on August 11, 2008 in interview by Obama campaign strategist David Axelrod: John McCain has seven houses.
Barack Obama stated on August 5, 2008 in Youngstown, Ohio: McCain, "voted against renewable sources of energy, against biofuels, against solar power, against wind power.... "
Barack Obama stated on August 19, 2008 in in a speech in Orlando, Fla.: "I argued for years that we need to move from a 'Musharraf policy' to a 'Pakistan policy.' "
Barack Obama stated on August 16, 2008 in a TV interview with megachurch pastor Rick Warren in Lake Forest, Calif.: "The fact is that although we have had a president who is opposed to abortion over the last eight years, abortions have not gone down.''
