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 June 21, 2008 in remarks to U.S. Conference of Mayors: John McCain "opposed legislation to fund levees and flood control programs, which he considers pork." Barack Obama stated on June 16, 2008 in Flint, Mich.: "These steps (a middle-class tax cut, national health care plan, foreclosure prevention fund, Social Security fix and more) are all paid for." Barack Obama stated on June 12, 2008 in a television ad: Barack Obama "extended health care for wounded troops who'd been neglected." Barack Obama stated on June 15, 2008 in a speech at a Chicago church: "More than half of all black children live in single-parent households, a number that has doubled — doubled — since we were children." Barack Obama stated on June 19, 2008 in a television ad: Barack Obama "passed laws moving people from welfare to work." Barack Obama stated on June 19, 2008 in a television ad: Barack Obama "cut taxes for working families." Barack Obama stated on May 13, 2008 in Cape Girardeau, Mo.: We're borrowing money from China and Saudi Arabia "to finance this war" in Iraq. Barack Obama stated on June 12, 2008 in a campaign e-mail to reporters: "McCain lobbied for (a) $10-million pork project honoring conservative justice." Barack Obama stated on June 11, 2008 in a speech in Chicago, Ill.: John McCain opposed bankruptcy protections for families "who were only in bankruptcy because of medical expenses they couldn't pay." Barack Obama stated on June 3, 2008 in St. Paul, Minn.: "John McCain decided to stand with George Bush 95 percent of the time (last year)." Barack Obama stated on May 20, 2008 in an interview on Fox News' <i>America's Election HQ</i>: "Ronald Reagan met with Gorbachev; Kennedy met with Khruschev; and Nixon met with Mao — and these were folks who have done horrendous damage not only to their own countries but to other countries." Barack Obama stated on May 27, 2008 in a statement by campaign spokesman Bill Burton: John McCain "has not led on nonproliferation issues when he had the chance in the Senate." Barack Obama stated on May 22, 2008 in Tampa, Fla.: "I think we came down here (to Florida) one time ... but we weren't actively fundraising here." Barack Obama stated on May 26, 2008 in a speech in Las Cruces, N.M.: "I had an uncle ... who was part of the first American troops to go into Auschwitz and liberate the concentration camps." Barack Obama stated on May 21, 2008 in a speech in Tampa, Fla.: When McCain was questioned about hiring lobbyists to his campaign staff, "his top lobbyist actually had the nerve to say, 'The American people won't care about this.' " Barack Obama stated on May 21, 2008 in Tampa, Fla.: "Ten years ago, John McCain offered a bill that said he would ban a candidate from paying registered lobbyists." Barack Obama stated on May 21, 2008 in Tampa, Fla.: McCain "hired some of the biggest lobbyists in Washington to run his campaign." Barack Obama stated on May 18, 2008 in a speech in Gresham, Ore.: "Privatizing Social Security was a bad idea when George W. Bush proposed it. It's a bad idea today. Sen. McCain's campaign went even further ... suggesting ... to cut cost-of-living adjustments or to raise the retirement age." Barack Obama stated on May 13, 2008 in a Q&A in Cape Girardeau, Mo.: A gas tax holiday is a gimmick that "every economist says will just go into the pockets of the oil companies." Barack Obama stated on May 13, 2008 in Cape Girardeau, Miss.: "NATO hasn't provided enough troops (in Afghanistan) because they are still angry about us going into Iraq." Barack Obama stated on May 12, 2008 in Charleston, W.V.: John McCain "is one of the few senators of either party who oppose this bill (to expand education aid for veterans) because he thinks it's too generous." Barack Obama stated on April 18, 2008 in a campaign speech in Williamsport, Pa.: "More people without health care since George Bush took office; more children in poverty since George Bush took office." Barack Obama stated on May 5, 2008 in in a television ad: "Clinton aides admit it (a gas tax holiday) won't do much for you – but would help her politically." Barack Obama stated on May 5, 2008 in a television interview: A gas tax holiday "would at best provide 30 cents a day for three months for a grand total of $28." Barack Obama stated on May 4, 2008 in an appearance on NBC's Meet the Press.: "If Senator Clinton or John McCain had stood up in previous years for increases in fuel efficiency standards . . . then we would not be in this same situation in the first place." Barack Obama stated on March 24, 2008 in Philadelphia: "Bill Clinton invited him (the Rev. Wright) to the White House when he was having his personal crises." Barack Obama stated on April 18, 2008 in a television ad: Hillary Clinton is "willing to have workers' wages garnisheed if they refuse to buy health insurance." Barack Obama stated on April 17, 2008 in a mailer to Pennsylvania voters: "Hillary Clinton supported NAFTA and permanent China trade. Pennsylvania lost thousands of jobs." Barack Obama stated on April 16, 2008 in Philadelphia: "I have never said that I don't wear flag pins or refuse to wear flag pins." Barack Obama stated on April 16, 2008 in in a television ad: Barack Obama is "the only candidate who doesn't take a dime from oil company PACs or lobbyists."
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Barack Obama stated on June 21, 2008 in remarks to U.S. Conference of Mayors: John McCain "opposed legislation to fund levees and flood control programs, which he considers pork." Barack Obama stated on June 16, 2008 in Flint, Mich.: "These steps (a middle-class tax cut, national health care plan, foreclosure prevention fund, Social Security fix and more) are all paid for." Barack Obama stated on June 12, 2008 in a television ad: Barack Obama "extended health care for wounded troops who'd been neglected." Barack Obama stated on June 15, 2008 in a speech at a Chicago church: "More than half of all black children live in single-parent households, a number that has doubled — doubled — since we were children." Barack Obama stated on June 19, 2008 in a television ad: Barack Obama "passed laws moving people from welfare to work." Barack Obama stated on June 19, 2008 in a television ad: Barack Obama "cut taxes for working families." Barack Obama stated on May 13, 2008 in Cape Girardeau, Mo.: We're borrowing money from China and Saudi Arabia "to finance this war" in Iraq. Barack Obama stated on June 12, 2008 in a campaign e-mail to reporters: "McCain lobbied for (a) $10-million pork project honoring conservative justice." Barack Obama stated on June 11, 2008 in a speech in Chicago, Ill.: John McCain opposed bankruptcy protections for families "who were only in bankruptcy because of medical expenses they couldn't pay." Barack Obama stated on June 3, 2008 in St. Paul, Minn.: "John McCain decided to stand with George Bush 95 percent of the time (last year)." Barack Obama stated on May 20, 2008 in an interview on Fox News' <i>America's Election HQ</i>: "Ronald Reagan met with Gorbachev; Kennedy met with Khruschev; and Nixon met with Mao — and these were folks who have done horrendous damage not only to their own countries but to other countries." Barack Obama stated on May 27, 2008 in a statement by campaign spokesman Bill Burton: John McCain "has not led on nonproliferation issues when he had the chance in the Senate." Barack Obama stated on May 22, 2008 in Tampa, Fla.: "I think we came down here (to Florida) one time ... but we weren't actively fundraising here." Barack Obama stated on May 26, 2008 in a speech in Las Cruces, N.M.: "I had an uncle ... who was part of the first American troops to go into Auschwitz and liberate the concentration camps." Barack Obama stated on May 21, 2008 in a speech in Tampa, Fla.: When McCain was questioned about hiring lobbyists to his campaign staff, "his top lobbyist actually had the nerve to say, 'The American people won't care about this.' " Barack Obama stated on May 21, 2008 in Tampa, Fla.: "Ten years ago, John McCain offered a bill that said he would ban a candidate from paying registered lobbyists." Barack Obama stated on May 21, 2008 in Tampa, Fla.: McCain "hired some of the biggest lobbyists in Washington to run his campaign." Barack Obama stated on May 18, 2008 in a speech in Gresham, Ore.: "Privatizing Social Security was a bad idea when George W. Bush proposed it. It's a bad idea today. Sen. McCain's campaign went even further ... suggesting ... to cut cost-of-living adjustments or to raise the retirement age." Barack Obama stated on May 13, 2008 in a Q&A in Cape Girardeau, Mo.: A gas tax holiday is a gimmick that "every economist says will just go into the pockets of the oil companies." Barack Obama stated on May 13, 2008 in Cape Girardeau, Miss.: "NATO hasn't provided enough troops (in Afghanistan) because they are still angry about us going into Iraq." Barack Obama stated on May 12, 2008 in Charleston, W.V.: John McCain "is one of the few senators of either party who oppose this bill (to expand education aid for veterans) because he thinks it's too generous." Barack Obama stated on April 18, 2008 in a campaign speech in Williamsport, Pa.: "More people without health care since George Bush took office; more children in poverty since George Bush took office." Barack Obama stated on May 5, 2008 in in a television ad: "Clinton aides admit it (a gas tax holiday) won't do much for you – but would help her politically." Barack Obama stated on May 5, 2008 in a television interview: A gas tax holiday "would at best provide 30 cents a day for three months for a grand total of $28." Barack Obama stated on May 4, 2008 in an appearance on NBC's Meet the Press.: "If Senator Clinton or John McCain had stood up in previous years for increases in fuel efficiency standards . . . then we would not be in this same situation in the first place." Barack Obama stated on March 24, 2008 in Philadelphia: "Bill Clinton invited him (the Rev. Wright) to the White House when he was having his personal crises." Barack Obama stated on April 18, 2008 in a television ad: Hillary Clinton is "willing to have workers' wages garnisheed if they refuse to buy health insurance." Barack Obama stated on April 17, 2008 in a mailer to Pennsylvania voters: "Hillary Clinton supported NAFTA and permanent China trade. Pennsylvania lost thousands of jobs." Barack Obama stated on April 16, 2008 in Philadelphia: "I have never said that I don't wear flag pins or refuse to wear flag pins." Barack Obama stated on April 16, 2008 in in a television ad: Barack Obama is "the only candidate who doesn't take a dime from oil company PACs or lobbyists."
Barack Obama stated on June 21, 2008 in remarks to U.S. Conference of Mayors: John McCain "opposed legislation to fund levees and flood control programs, which he considers pork."
Barack Obama stated on June 16, 2008 in Flint, Mich.: "These steps (a middle-class tax cut, national health care plan, foreclosure prevention fund, Social Security fix and more) are all paid for."
Barack Obama stated on June 12, 2008 in a television ad: Barack Obama "extended health care for wounded troops who'd been neglected."
Barack Obama stated on June 15, 2008 in a speech at a Chicago church: "More than half of all black children live in single-parent households, a number that has doubled — doubled — since we were children."
Barack Obama stated on June 19, 2008 in a television ad: Barack Obama "passed laws moving people from welfare to work."
Barack Obama stated on June 19, 2008 in a television ad: Barack Obama "cut taxes for working families."
Barack Obama stated on May 13, 2008 in Cape Girardeau, Mo.: We're borrowing money from China and Saudi Arabia "to finance this war" in Iraq.
Barack Obama stated on June 12, 2008 in a campaign e-mail to reporters: "McCain lobbied for (a) $10-million pork project honoring conservative justice."
Barack Obama stated on June 11, 2008 in a speech in Chicago, Ill.: John McCain opposed bankruptcy protections for families "who were only in bankruptcy because of medical expenses they couldn't pay."
Barack Obama stated on June 3, 2008 in St. Paul, Minn.: "John McCain decided to stand with George Bush 95 percent of the time (last year)."
Barack Obama stated on May 20, 2008 in an interview on Fox News' <i>America's Election HQ</i>: "Ronald Reagan met with Gorbachev; Kennedy met with Khruschev; and Nixon met with Mao — and these were folks who have done horrendous damage not only to their own countries but to other countries."
Barack Obama stated on May 27, 2008 in a statement by campaign spokesman Bill Burton: John McCain "has not led on nonproliferation issues when he had the chance in the Senate."
Barack Obama stated on May 22, 2008 in Tampa, Fla.: "I think we came down here (to Florida) one time ... but we weren't actively fundraising here."
Barack Obama stated on May 26, 2008 in a speech in Las Cruces, N.M.: "I had an uncle ... who was part of the first American troops to go into Auschwitz and liberate the concentration camps."
Barack Obama stated on May 21, 2008 in a speech in Tampa, Fla.: When McCain was questioned about hiring lobbyists to his campaign staff, "his top lobbyist actually had the nerve to say, 'The American people won't care about this.' "
Barack Obama stated on May 21, 2008 in Tampa, Fla.: "Ten years ago, John McCain offered a bill that said he would ban a candidate from paying registered lobbyists."
Barack Obama stated on May 21, 2008 in Tampa, Fla.: McCain "hired some of the biggest lobbyists in Washington to run his campaign."
Barack Obama stated on May 18, 2008 in a speech in Gresham, Ore.: "Privatizing Social Security was a bad idea when George W. Bush proposed it. It's a bad idea today. Sen. McCain's campaign went even further ... suggesting ... to cut cost-of-living adjustments or to raise the retirement age."
Barack Obama stated on May 13, 2008 in a Q&A in Cape Girardeau, Mo.: A gas tax holiday is a gimmick that "every economist says will just go into the pockets of the oil companies."
Barack Obama stated on May 13, 2008 in Cape Girardeau, Miss.: "NATO hasn't provided enough troops (in Afghanistan) because they are still angry about us going into Iraq."
Barack Obama stated on May 12, 2008 in Charleston, W.V.: John McCain "is one of the few senators of either party who oppose this bill (to expand education aid for veterans) because he thinks it's too generous."
Barack Obama stated on April 18, 2008 in a campaign speech in Williamsport, Pa.: "More people without health care since George Bush took office; more children in poverty since George Bush took office."
Barack Obama stated on May 5, 2008 in in a television ad: "Clinton aides admit it (a gas tax holiday) won't do much for you – but would help her politically."
Barack Obama stated on May 5, 2008 in a television interview: A gas tax holiday "would at best provide 30 cents a day for three months for a grand total of $28."
Barack Obama stated on May 4, 2008 in an appearance on NBC's Meet the Press.: "If Senator Clinton or John McCain had stood up in previous years for increases in fuel efficiency standards . . . then we would not be in this same situation in the first place."
Barack Obama stated on March 24, 2008 in Philadelphia: "Bill Clinton invited him (the Rev. Wright) to the White House when he was having his personal crises."
Barack Obama stated on April 18, 2008 in a television ad: Hillary Clinton is "willing to have workers' wages garnisheed if they refuse to buy health insurance."
Barack Obama stated on April 17, 2008 in a mailer to Pennsylvania voters: "Hillary Clinton supported NAFTA and permanent China trade. Pennsylvania lost thousands of jobs."
Barack Obama stated on April 16, 2008 in Philadelphia: "I have never said that I don't wear flag pins or refuse to wear flag pins."
Barack Obama stated on April 16, 2008 in in a television ad: Barack Obama is "the only candidate who doesn't take a dime from oil company PACs or lobbyists."
