Latest Fact-checksBarack 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 Howard Dean stated on November 12, 2010 in a KLRU interview: "Barack Obama's health care bill is nothing new. Mitt Romney signed one just like it four years before." Jon Kyl stated on November 28, 2010 in an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press": Obama's position on nuclear arms is a "march toward global zero." Joe Barton stated on August 19, 2010 in a speech.: "Eighty percent of the oil we're discovering, we're discovering in the deep Gulf" of Mexico. Reince Priebus stated on November 16, 2010 in a Twitter post: Says President Obama has grown the federal government payroll by 141,000 workers and wants to add 125,000 more. Chain email stated on October 7, 2010 in e-mail and blog postings: The cap-and-trade bill before Congress "prevents you from selling your home without the permission of the EPA administrator." Chain email stated on October 31, 2010 in a message via the Internet: "Pres. Obama's finance team is recommending a . . . 1% tax on all transactions at any financial institution." Michele Bachmann stated on November 3, 2010 in a CNN interview: "The president of the United States will be taking a trip over to India that is expected to cost the taxpayers $200 million a day." Michael Steele stated on October 24, 2010 in an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press": "When President, then candidate, Obama was asked to disclose some of his donors because there was suspicion of their being the foreign source of money into his campaign, they refused to do it." Phil Gingrey stated on September 25, 2010 in a CNN interview: The federal government can tell General Motors what to charge for its automobiles. George Will stated on September 12, 2010 in a roundtable discussion on ABC's "This Week with Christiane Amanpour'': "Over 10 years, (extending tax cuts for the wealthy) would add less to the deficit than Obama added with the stimulus in one year." Chip Rogers stated on August 19, 2010 in a campaign flyer: "Congress and President Obama have accumulated more debt since he took office than the total amount of debt accumulated during the first 200 years of the United States existence." Jerry Patterson stated on August 9, 2010 in a speech: Says Barack Obama didn't keep his promise to have an immigration bill in his first year. John McCain stated on July 29, 2010 in a campaign commercial: "The border security plan of Sens. McCain and Kyl called for 3,000 additional troops to keep us safe. President Obama says he'll send 524." Pete Sessions stated on July 30, 2010 in a speech in the U.S. House: "Over the time that President Obama has been in office, we have lost 2.5 million free enterprise system jobs, and, yet, 500,000 federal government jobs have been added." Chain email stated on August 3, 2010 in referring to a YouTube video: "Obama admits he is not a citizen." Rick Perry stated on July 28, 2010 in an interview: Because of violence spreading from Mexico, "you’ve got bullets hitting the city hall in El Paso. You’ve got bombs exploding in El Paso." Republican Party of Texas stated on July 19, 2010 in a message on Twitter: Says President Barack Obama initially said the national health-care mandate isn't a tax, but his administration now says it is a tax. Chain email stated on June 28, 2010 in a chain e-mail.: When Obama went to Pakistan in 1981, he could not have been traveling as a U.S. citizen. Chain email stated on June 28, 2010 in a chain e-mail: A transcript released by Occidental College proves that Barack Obama was an Indonesian citizen. 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. Tom Ganley stated on July 6, 2010 in a statement posted to his website: "The Arizona law basically parrots the federal immigration law." Rick Perry stated on July 13, 2010 in an interview: "We don't get a lot of calls from this White House… I have, frankly, never had a call from them." George Will stated on July 11, 2010 in ABC's "This Week": Says that President Obama said if Congress passed the economic stimulus bill, "we would have unemployment at 8 percent and no higher. And it went higher." John McCain stated on July 4, 2010 in an interview on "This Week.": As a senator, Barack Obama supported "an amendment that basically gutted the legal temporary worker program." Andrew Napolitano stated on June 28, 2010 in comments on the 'Glenn Beck' show: "There are mechanisms in place to shut down the Internet privately." Snooki stated on June 7, 2010 in a video promo for "Jersey Shore": "Obama put a 10 percent tax on tanning." Bloggers stated on June 8, 2010 in a rumor widely discussed on the Internet.: Barack Obama appeared in the video for 'Whoomp! (There it is!)' Bobby Jindal stated on May 30, 2010 in an interview on ABC news "This Week'': The federal government only ordered BP to pay "to do one of those six segments" of sand barriers for Louisiana. John Cornyn stated on May 10, 2010 in a news release: On the importance of judicial experience for Supreme Court nominees. Jon Kyl stated on April 11, 2010 in in an interview on ABC News' "This Week": "President Obama himself attempted to filibuster Justice Alito, who now sits on the Supreme Court."
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Howard Dean stated on November 12, 2010 in a KLRU interview: "Barack Obama's health care bill is nothing new. Mitt Romney signed one just like it four years before." Jon Kyl stated on November 28, 2010 in an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press": Obama's position on nuclear arms is a "march toward global zero." Joe Barton stated on August 19, 2010 in a speech.: "Eighty percent of the oil we're discovering, we're discovering in the deep Gulf" of Mexico. Reince Priebus stated on November 16, 2010 in a Twitter post: Says President Obama has grown the federal government payroll by 141,000 workers and wants to add 125,000 more. Chain email stated on October 7, 2010 in e-mail and blog postings: The cap-and-trade bill before Congress "prevents you from selling your home without the permission of the EPA administrator." Chain email stated on October 31, 2010 in a message via the Internet: "Pres. Obama's finance team is recommending a . . . 1% tax on all transactions at any financial institution." Michele Bachmann stated on November 3, 2010 in a CNN interview: "The president of the United States will be taking a trip over to India that is expected to cost the taxpayers $200 million a day." Michael Steele stated on October 24, 2010 in an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press": "When President, then candidate, Obama was asked to disclose some of his donors because there was suspicion of their being the foreign source of money into his campaign, they refused to do it." Phil Gingrey stated on September 25, 2010 in a CNN interview: The federal government can tell General Motors what to charge for its automobiles. George Will stated on September 12, 2010 in a roundtable discussion on ABC's "This Week with Christiane Amanpour'': "Over 10 years, (extending tax cuts for the wealthy) would add less to the deficit than Obama added with the stimulus in one year." Chip Rogers stated on August 19, 2010 in a campaign flyer: "Congress and President Obama have accumulated more debt since he took office than the total amount of debt accumulated during the first 200 years of the United States existence." Jerry Patterson stated on August 9, 2010 in a speech: Says Barack Obama didn't keep his promise to have an immigration bill in his first year. John McCain stated on July 29, 2010 in a campaign commercial: "The border security plan of Sens. McCain and Kyl called for 3,000 additional troops to keep us safe. President Obama says he'll send 524." Pete Sessions stated on July 30, 2010 in a speech in the U.S. House: "Over the time that President Obama has been in office, we have lost 2.5 million free enterprise system jobs, and, yet, 500,000 federal government jobs have been added." Chain email stated on August 3, 2010 in referring to a YouTube video: "Obama admits he is not a citizen." Rick Perry stated on July 28, 2010 in an interview: Because of violence spreading from Mexico, "you’ve got bullets hitting the city hall in El Paso. You’ve got bombs exploding in El Paso." Republican Party of Texas stated on July 19, 2010 in a message on Twitter: Says President Barack Obama initially said the national health-care mandate isn't a tax, but his administration now says it is a tax. Chain email stated on June 28, 2010 in a chain e-mail.: When Obama went to Pakistan in 1981, he could not have been traveling as a U.S. citizen. Chain email stated on June 28, 2010 in a chain e-mail: A transcript released by Occidental College proves that Barack Obama was an Indonesian citizen. 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. Tom Ganley stated on July 6, 2010 in a statement posted to his website: "The Arizona law basically parrots the federal immigration law." Rick Perry stated on July 13, 2010 in an interview: "We don't get a lot of calls from this White House… I have, frankly, never had a call from them." George Will stated on July 11, 2010 in ABC's "This Week": Says that President Obama said if Congress passed the economic stimulus bill, "we would have unemployment at 8 percent and no higher. And it went higher." John McCain stated on July 4, 2010 in an interview on "This Week.": As a senator, Barack Obama supported "an amendment that basically gutted the legal temporary worker program." Andrew Napolitano stated on June 28, 2010 in comments on the 'Glenn Beck' show: "There are mechanisms in place to shut down the Internet privately." Snooki stated on June 7, 2010 in a video promo for "Jersey Shore": "Obama put a 10 percent tax on tanning." Bloggers stated on June 8, 2010 in a rumor widely discussed on the Internet.: Barack Obama appeared in the video for 'Whoomp! (There it is!)' Bobby Jindal stated on May 30, 2010 in an interview on ABC news "This Week'': The federal government only ordered BP to pay "to do one of those six segments" of sand barriers for Louisiana. John Cornyn stated on May 10, 2010 in a news release: On the importance of judicial experience for Supreme Court nominees. Jon Kyl stated on April 11, 2010 in in an interview on ABC News' "This Week": "President Obama himself attempted to filibuster Justice Alito, who now sits on the Supreme Court."
Howard Dean stated on November 12, 2010 in a KLRU interview: "Barack Obama's health care bill is nothing new. Mitt Romney signed one just like it four years before."
Jon Kyl stated on November 28, 2010 in an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press": Obama's position on nuclear arms is a "march toward global zero."
Joe Barton stated on August 19, 2010 in a speech.: "Eighty percent of the oil we're discovering, we're discovering in the deep Gulf" of Mexico.
Reince Priebus stated on November 16, 2010 in a Twitter post: Says President Obama has grown the federal government payroll by 141,000 workers and wants to add 125,000 more.
Chain email stated on October 7, 2010 in e-mail and blog postings: The cap-and-trade bill before Congress "prevents you from selling your home without the permission of the EPA administrator."
Chain email stated on October 31, 2010 in a message via the Internet: "Pres. Obama's finance team is recommending a . . . 1% tax on all transactions at any financial institution."
Michele Bachmann stated on November 3, 2010 in a CNN interview: "The president of the United States will be taking a trip over to India that is expected to cost the taxpayers $200 million a day."
Michael Steele stated on October 24, 2010 in an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press": "When President, then candidate, Obama was asked to disclose some of his donors because there was suspicion of their being the foreign source of money into his campaign, they refused to do it."
Phil Gingrey stated on September 25, 2010 in a CNN interview: The federal government can tell General Motors what to charge for its automobiles.
George Will stated on September 12, 2010 in a roundtable discussion on ABC's "This Week with Christiane Amanpour'': "Over 10 years, (extending tax cuts for the wealthy) would add less to the deficit than Obama added with the stimulus in one year."
Chip Rogers stated on August 19, 2010 in a campaign flyer: "Congress and President Obama have accumulated more debt since he took office than the total amount of debt accumulated during the first 200 years of the United States existence."
Jerry Patterson stated on August 9, 2010 in a speech: Says Barack Obama didn't keep his promise to have an immigration bill in his first year.
John McCain stated on July 29, 2010 in a campaign commercial: "The border security plan of Sens. McCain and Kyl called for 3,000 additional troops to keep us safe. President Obama says he'll send 524."
Pete Sessions stated on July 30, 2010 in a speech in the U.S. House: "Over the time that President Obama has been in office, we have lost 2.5 million free enterprise system jobs, and, yet, 500,000 federal government jobs have been added."
Chain email stated on August 3, 2010 in referring to a YouTube video: "Obama admits he is not a citizen."
Rick Perry stated on July 28, 2010 in an interview: Because of violence spreading from Mexico, "you’ve got bullets hitting the city hall in El Paso. You’ve got bombs exploding in El Paso."
Republican Party of Texas stated on July 19, 2010 in a message on Twitter: Says President Barack Obama initially said the national health-care mandate isn't a tax, but his administration now says it is a tax.
Chain email stated on June 28, 2010 in a chain e-mail.: When Obama went to Pakistan in 1981, he could not have been traveling as a U.S. citizen.
Chain email stated on June 28, 2010 in a chain e-mail: A transcript released by Occidental College proves that Barack Obama was an Indonesian citizen.
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.
Tom Ganley stated on July 6, 2010 in a statement posted to his website: "The Arizona law basically parrots the federal immigration law."
Rick Perry stated on July 13, 2010 in an interview: "We don't get a lot of calls from this White House… I have, frankly, never had a call from them."
George Will stated on July 11, 2010 in ABC's "This Week": Says that President Obama said if Congress passed the economic stimulus bill, "we would have unemployment at 8 percent and no higher. And it went higher."
John McCain stated on July 4, 2010 in an interview on "This Week.": As a senator, Barack Obama supported "an amendment that basically gutted the legal temporary worker program."
Andrew Napolitano stated on June 28, 2010 in comments on the 'Glenn Beck' show: "There are mechanisms in place to shut down the Internet privately."
Snooki stated on June 7, 2010 in a video promo for "Jersey Shore": "Obama put a 10 percent tax on tanning."
Bloggers stated on June 8, 2010 in a rumor widely discussed on the Internet.: Barack Obama appeared in the video for 'Whoomp! (There it is!)'
Bobby Jindal stated on May 30, 2010 in an interview on ABC news "This Week'': The federal government only ordered BP to pay "to do one of those six segments" of sand barriers for Louisiana.
John Cornyn stated on May 10, 2010 in a news release: On the importance of judicial experience for Supreme Court nominees.
Jon Kyl stated on April 11, 2010 in in an interview on ABC News' "This Week": "President Obama himself attempted to filibuster Justice Alito, who now sits on the Supreme Court."
