Latest Half-True 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 Center for American Progress Action Fund stated on April 16, 2017 in the website IsTrumpAtMarALago.org: "A trip to Mar-a-Lago costs taxpayers approximately $3.6 million, according to a Government Accountability Office report." Beto O'Rourke stated on March 31, 2017 in a U.S. Senate campaign speech: El Paso is the "safest city in the state of Texas, safest city in the United States." Karen Handel stated on March 21, 2017 in an interview: "As chairman of the Fulton board of commissioners, I turned a $100 million deficit into a balanced budget." Scott Walker stated on March 23, 2017 in a radio address: "Wisconsin’s economy is in the best shape it’s been since 2000." Mike Rogers stated on March 30, 2017 in a press release: "In 2014, Mexico alone received over $24 billion in remittances sent from the U.S., while other South and Central American countries received over 15 percent of their (gross domestic product) in the form of remittances." Richard Corcoran stated on April 3, 2017 in an op-ed: Says small businesses "make up 98.9 percent of all businesses in the state and employ nearly half of the state's private sector workforce" and "almost never receive a penny of government money." Donald Trump stated on April 7, 2017 in weekly address: "Last month, we saw a 64 percent reduction in illegal immigration on our southern border." Ben Cardin stated on April 9, 2017 in comments on "Fox News Sunday": "We’ve seen more filibusters on judicial nominees by the Republicans under President Obama than we saw in the whole history of the United States Senate." Donald Trump stated on April 4, 2017 in a town hall with CEOs: "I've won awards on environmental protection." Eric Greitens stated on February 8, 2017 in a television interview: "Over the past 25 years, job growth in right-to-work states has been twice as high as in non-right-to-work states. ... The facts are just so clear that this is going to lead to more jobs and higher pay for the people of Missouri." Jon Ossoff stated on February 20, 2017 in a campaign appearance: "I've got five years of experience as a national security staffer in the U.S. Congress." Marc Butler stated on March 1, 2017 in a press conference to repeal the SAFE Act: "We have counties where there have been one arrest under the SAFE Act. It indicates there's not a whole lot of interest in enforcing this in our upstate counties." David Price stated on March 22, 2017 in a report from his Congressional office: "Under the Republican health care repeal proposal North Carolina faces the 2nd highest premium increase in the nation. North Carolina residents will face an average cost increase of over $7,500." Mark Pocan stated on March 20, 2017 in a video: Under "Trumpcare," the Republican replacement for Obamacare, "$600 billion worth of tax breaks will go to the wealthiest in this country." Devin Nunes stated on March 20, 2017 in a House Intelligence Committee hearing: "In recent years ... the Obama administration was committed to the notion, against all evidence, that we could reset relations with Putin." Vicky Hartzler stated on March 14, 2017 in a press release: "Roughly one-fourth of rural Missourians are unable to purchase high-speed internet, which puts them at a disadvantage in everything from education to entertainment to health care." Luis Gutierrez stated on March 12, 2017 in CNN's State of the Union: "2009-2010, let's remember, hundreds of Republican amendments were adopted in the ACA." Paul Ryan stated on March 13, 2017 in a news release: A report from the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office "confirms that the American Health Care Act will lower premiums." Wayne LaPierre stated on February 24, 2017 in a speech at CPAC: "According to the FBI, Mexican drug cartels are working with 100,000 street gang members in Chicago alone." Mick Mulvaney stated on March 12, 2017 in a segment on ABC's "This Week": "If the CBO was right about Obamacare to begin with, there'd be 8 million more people on Obamacare today than there actually are. … Sometimes we ask them to do stuff that they're not capable of doing." Bill de Blasio stated on February 13, 2017 in his 2017 State of the City address: "We raised the minimum wage to $15 first in city government. Now, working together with people in Albany, it's the law of the state." Jeff Stone stated on February 21, 2017 in a press release: "Since the passage of Proposition 47 by voters in 2014 and the signing of AB 109 in 2011, violent crime has been on the rise in California, up 12 percent in 2015 statewide according to the FBI." Eric Greitens stated on January 17, 2017 in State of the State address: "Three of the 11 most violent cities in the U.S. are in Missouri — St. Louis, Kansas City, and Springfield." Kathleen Vinehout stated on February 24, 2017 in an interview: Wisconsin children are crossing "condemned bridges in the middle of the winter to get to the school bus." Rand Paul stated on March 2, 2017 in an interview on ABC's "This Week": "We've repealed regulations for the first time in 20 years using the Congressional Review Act -- three regulations that were going to cost the economy hundreds of millions of dollars and tens of thousands of jobs." Lois Kolkhorst stated on February 6, 2017 in a Texas Capitol press conference: Says the proposed Texas Privacy Act "is very different from" North Carolina’s law "in that theirs covers a whole list of things that the Texas Privacy Act does not." Donald Trump stated on February 28, 2017 in a speech to Congress: "Currently, when we ship products out of America, many other countries make us pay very high tariffs and taxes — but when foreign companies ship their products into America, we charge them nothing or almost nothing." Thomas Perez stated on March 1, 2017 in an interview on CNN's "New Day": "The primary financing mechanism of the Affordable Care Act is a tax on wealthy people." Donald Trump stated on February 28, 2017 in a speech: "Obamacare premiums nationwide have increased by double and triple digits." Tim Moore stated on February 20, 2017 in in social media posts and a press release: "North Carolina's teacher income is rising faster than any other state."
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Center for American Progress Action Fund stated on April 16, 2017 in the website IsTrumpAtMarALago.org: "A trip to Mar-a-Lago costs taxpayers approximately $3.6 million, according to a Government Accountability Office report." Beto O'Rourke stated on March 31, 2017 in a U.S. Senate campaign speech: El Paso is the "safest city in the state of Texas, safest city in the United States." Karen Handel stated on March 21, 2017 in an interview: "As chairman of the Fulton board of commissioners, I turned a $100 million deficit into a balanced budget." Scott Walker stated on March 23, 2017 in a radio address: "Wisconsin’s economy is in the best shape it’s been since 2000." Mike Rogers stated on March 30, 2017 in a press release: "In 2014, Mexico alone received over $24 billion in remittances sent from the U.S., while other South and Central American countries received over 15 percent of their (gross domestic product) in the form of remittances." Richard Corcoran stated on April 3, 2017 in an op-ed: Says small businesses "make up 98.9 percent of all businesses in the state and employ nearly half of the state's private sector workforce" and "almost never receive a penny of government money." Donald Trump stated on April 7, 2017 in weekly address: "Last month, we saw a 64 percent reduction in illegal immigration on our southern border." Ben Cardin stated on April 9, 2017 in comments on "Fox News Sunday": "We’ve seen more filibusters on judicial nominees by the Republicans under President Obama than we saw in the whole history of the United States Senate." Donald Trump stated on April 4, 2017 in a town hall with CEOs: "I've won awards on environmental protection." Eric Greitens stated on February 8, 2017 in a television interview: "Over the past 25 years, job growth in right-to-work states has been twice as high as in non-right-to-work states. ... The facts are just so clear that this is going to lead to more jobs and higher pay for the people of Missouri." Jon Ossoff stated on February 20, 2017 in a campaign appearance: "I've got five years of experience as a national security staffer in the U.S. Congress." Marc Butler stated on March 1, 2017 in a press conference to repeal the SAFE Act: "We have counties where there have been one arrest under the SAFE Act. It indicates there's not a whole lot of interest in enforcing this in our upstate counties." David Price stated on March 22, 2017 in a report from his Congressional office: "Under the Republican health care repeal proposal North Carolina faces the 2nd highest premium increase in the nation. North Carolina residents will face an average cost increase of over $7,500." Mark Pocan stated on March 20, 2017 in a video: Under "Trumpcare," the Republican replacement for Obamacare, "$600 billion worth of tax breaks will go to the wealthiest in this country." Devin Nunes stated on March 20, 2017 in a House Intelligence Committee hearing: "In recent years ... the Obama administration was committed to the notion, against all evidence, that we could reset relations with Putin." Vicky Hartzler stated on March 14, 2017 in a press release: "Roughly one-fourth of rural Missourians are unable to purchase high-speed internet, which puts them at a disadvantage in everything from education to entertainment to health care." Luis Gutierrez stated on March 12, 2017 in CNN's State of the Union: "2009-2010, let's remember, hundreds of Republican amendments were adopted in the ACA." Paul Ryan stated on March 13, 2017 in a news release: A report from the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office "confirms that the American Health Care Act will lower premiums." Wayne LaPierre stated on February 24, 2017 in a speech at CPAC: "According to the FBI, Mexican drug cartels are working with 100,000 street gang members in Chicago alone." Mick Mulvaney stated on March 12, 2017 in a segment on ABC's "This Week": "If the CBO was right about Obamacare to begin with, there'd be 8 million more people on Obamacare today than there actually are. … Sometimes we ask them to do stuff that they're not capable of doing." Bill de Blasio stated on February 13, 2017 in his 2017 State of the City address: "We raised the minimum wage to $15 first in city government. Now, working together with people in Albany, it's the law of the state." Jeff Stone stated on February 21, 2017 in a press release: "Since the passage of Proposition 47 by voters in 2014 and the signing of AB 109 in 2011, violent crime has been on the rise in California, up 12 percent in 2015 statewide according to the FBI." Eric Greitens stated on January 17, 2017 in State of the State address: "Three of the 11 most violent cities in the U.S. are in Missouri — St. Louis, Kansas City, and Springfield." Kathleen Vinehout stated on February 24, 2017 in an interview: Wisconsin children are crossing "condemned bridges in the middle of the winter to get to the school bus." Rand Paul stated on March 2, 2017 in an interview on ABC's "This Week": "We've repealed regulations for the first time in 20 years using the Congressional Review Act -- three regulations that were going to cost the economy hundreds of millions of dollars and tens of thousands of jobs." Lois Kolkhorst stated on February 6, 2017 in a Texas Capitol press conference: Says the proposed Texas Privacy Act "is very different from" North Carolina’s law "in that theirs covers a whole list of things that the Texas Privacy Act does not." Donald Trump stated on February 28, 2017 in a speech to Congress: "Currently, when we ship products out of America, many other countries make us pay very high tariffs and taxes — but when foreign companies ship their products into America, we charge them nothing or almost nothing." Thomas Perez stated on March 1, 2017 in an interview on CNN's "New Day": "The primary financing mechanism of the Affordable Care Act is a tax on wealthy people." Donald Trump stated on February 28, 2017 in a speech: "Obamacare premiums nationwide have increased by double and triple digits." Tim Moore stated on February 20, 2017 in in social media posts and a press release: "North Carolina's teacher income is rising faster than any other state."
Center for American Progress Action Fund stated on April 16, 2017 in the website IsTrumpAtMarALago.org: "A trip to Mar-a-Lago costs taxpayers approximately $3.6 million, according to a Government Accountability Office report."
Beto O'Rourke stated on March 31, 2017 in a U.S. Senate campaign speech: El Paso is the "safest city in the state of Texas, safest city in the United States."
Karen Handel stated on March 21, 2017 in an interview: "As chairman of the Fulton board of commissioners, I turned a $100 million deficit into a balanced budget."
Scott Walker stated on March 23, 2017 in a radio address: "Wisconsin’s economy is in the best shape it’s been since 2000."
Mike Rogers stated on March 30, 2017 in a press release: "In 2014, Mexico alone received over $24 billion in remittances sent from the U.S., while other South and Central American countries received over 15 percent of their (gross domestic product) in the form of remittances."
Richard Corcoran stated on April 3, 2017 in an op-ed: Says small businesses "make up 98.9 percent of all businesses in the state and employ nearly half of the state's private sector workforce" and "almost never receive a penny of government money."
Donald Trump stated on April 7, 2017 in weekly address: "Last month, we saw a 64 percent reduction in illegal immigration on our southern border."
Ben Cardin stated on April 9, 2017 in comments on "Fox News Sunday": "We’ve seen more filibusters on judicial nominees by the Republicans under President Obama than we saw in the whole history of the United States Senate."
Donald Trump stated on April 4, 2017 in a town hall with CEOs: "I've won awards on environmental protection."
Eric Greitens stated on February 8, 2017 in a television interview: "Over the past 25 years, job growth in right-to-work states has been twice as high as in non-right-to-work states. ... The facts are just so clear that this is going to lead to more jobs and higher pay for the people of Missouri."
Jon Ossoff stated on February 20, 2017 in a campaign appearance: "I've got five years of experience as a national security staffer in the U.S. Congress."
Marc Butler stated on March 1, 2017 in a press conference to repeal the SAFE Act: "We have counties where there have been one arrest under the SAFE Act. It indicates there's not a whole lot of interest in enforcing this in our upstate counties."
David Price stated on March 22, 2017 in a report from his Congressional office: "Under the Republican health care repeal proposal North Carolina faces the 2nd highest premium increase in the nation. North Carolina residents will face an average cost increase of over $7,500."
Mark Pocan stated on March 20, 2017 in a video: Under "Trumpcare," the Republican replacement for Obamacare, "$600 billion worth of tax breaks will go to the wealthiest in this country."
Devin Nunes stated on March 20, 2017 in a House Intelligence Committee hearing: "In recent years ... the Obama administration was committed to the notion, against all evidence, that we could reset relations with Putin."
Vicky Hartzler stated on March 14, 2017 in a press release: "Roughly one-fourth of rural Missourians are unable to purchase high-speed internet, which puts them at a disadvantage in everything from education to entertainment to health care."
Luis Gutierrez stated on March 12, 2017 in CNN's State of the Union: "2009-2010, let's remember, hundreds of Republican amendments were adopted in the ACA."
Paul Ryan stated on March 13, 2017 in a news release: A report from the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office "confirms that the American Health Care Act will lower premiums."
Wayne LaPierre stated on February 24, 2017 in a speech at CPAC: "According to the FBI, Mexican drug cartels are working with 100,000 street gang members in Chicago alone."
Mick Mulvaney stated on March 12, 2017 in a segment on ABC's "This Week": "If the CBO was right about Obamacare to begin with, there'd be 8 million more people on Obamacare today than there actually are. … Sometimes we ask them to do stuff that they're not capable of doing."
Bill de Blasio stated on February 13, 2017 in his 2017 State of the City address: "We raised the minimum wage to $15 first in city government. Now, working together with people in Albany, it's the law of the state."
Jeff Stone stated on February 21, 2017 in a press release: "Since the passage of Proposition 47 by voters in 2014 and the signing of AB 109 in 2011, violent crime has been on the rise in California, up 12 percent in 2015 statewide according to the FBI."
Eric Greitens stated on January 17, 2017 in State of the State address: "Three of the 11 most violent cities in the U.S. are in Missouri — St. Louis, Kansas City, and Springfield."
Kathleen Vinehout stated on February 24, 2017 in an interview: Wisconsin children are crossing "condemned bridges in the middle of the winter to get to the school bus."
Rand Paul stated on March 2, 2017 in an interview on ABC's "This Week": "We've repealed regulations for the first time in 20 years using the Congressional Review Act -- three regulations that were going to cost the economy hundreds of millions of dollars and tens of thousands of jobs."
Lois Kolkhorst stated on February 6, 2017 in a Texas Capitol press conference: Says the proposed Texas Privacy Act "is very different from" North Carolina’s law "in that theirs covers a whole list of things that the Texas Privacy Act does not."
Donald Trump stated on February 28, 2017 in a speech to Congress: "Currently, when we ship products out of America, many other countries make us pay very high tariffs and taxes — but when foreign companies ship their products into America, we charge them nothing or almost nothing."
Thomas Perez stated on March 1, 2017 in an interview on CNN's "New Day": "The primary financing mechanism of the Affordable Care Act is a tax on wealthy people."
Donald Trump stated on February 28, 2017 in a speech: "Obamacare premiums nationwide have increased by double and triple digits."
Tim Moore stated on February 20, 2017 in in social media posts and a press release: "North Carolina's teacher income is rising faster than any other state."
