Latest Mostly 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 Colorado Health Institute stated on April 8, 2016 in an analysis report : ColoradoCare would have higher revenues than McDonald’s. John Carter stated on March 10, 2016 in a commentary published in the Round Rock Leader: "This is not a joke: the president wants to house illegal aliens on our nation’s military installations." Ted Cruz stated on April 30, 2016 in a speech at the California Republican Party Convention: "Here in California, Donald Trump has given $12,000 to Jerry Brown, Gavin Newsom and Kamala Harris." Bernie Sanders stated on May 1, 2016 in an interview on CBS News' "Face the Nation": Winning enough pledged delegates is "not impossible." Maggie Hassan stated on April 12, 2016 in a press release: "Kelly Ayotte has voted four times against the federal Paycheck Fairness Act." Maggie Hassan stated on April 8, 2016 in an editorial board interview with the Concord Monitor: Kelly Ayotte "has voted to defund Planned Parenthood" six times. Arizona Grassroots Action PAC stated on March 1, 2016 in an online advertisement: Says Ann Kirkpatrick "votes with her party nearly 90 percent of the time." Michelle Obama stated on March 21, 2016 in an interview posted on Medium: "Research even shows that sending more girls to school can boost an entire country’s GDP." William Barber stated on April 22, 2016 in a speech announcing the Moral Monday march: "80 percent of North Carolinians are for the living wage" Bernie Sanders stated on April 24, 2016 in a speech: Says an array of statistics show that conditions in some parts of Baltimore rival that of "the West Bank in Palestine," "North Korea," and "distressed cities in Nigeria, India, China and South Africa." Alan Grayson stated on April 25, 2016 in an Orlando debate: Says LeBron James "stops paying his Social Security taxes at the beginning of the second quarter of the first game of the season." John Oliver stated on April 24, 2016 in a broadcast of HBO's "Last Week Tonight": "We knew Strom Thurmond had proposed" the amendment that blocked Puerto Rico’s use of Chapter 9 bankruptcy protection. Ban Ki-moon stated on April 22, 2016 in comments: The Paris Agreement "is by far the largest number of countries ever to sign an international agreement on a single day." Rick Scott stated on April 13, 2016 in a press release: "Over the past two years, Florida has cut more than $1 billion in taxes." Tim Ziemer stated on January 20, 2016 in an article posted on Medium: "In Africa, a child dies every minute because of (malaria)." Bob Goodlatte stated on April 18, 2016 in a website post.: "Before taking executive action on immigration, President Obama stated 22 times that he does not have the authority to change immigration laws on his own." Bernie Sanders stated on April 24, 2016 in an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press": In the 2014 election, "80 percent of poor people did not vote." Tom "Smitty" Smith stated on April 14, 2016 in a commentary published in the Austin American-Statesman: "Texas has 600,000 registered voters who don’t have the kind of photo ID needed to vote." Robby Mook stated on April 19, 2016 in a Medium post: "In last week’s debate, Bernie questioned Hillary’s commitment to fighting climate change because a whopping 0.2 percent of the money given to our campaign has come from employees of oil and gas companies. Not even 2 percent, mind you: 0.2 percent." Donald Trump stated on April 21, 2016 in a campaign rally speech: "Pennsylvania has lost 35 percent of its manufacturing jobs since 2001" and "Harrisburg has lost 40 percent of its manufacturing jobs since 2001." Kofi Annan stated on April 19, 2016 in an op-ed in the Huffington Post: "Studies have consistently failed to establish the existence of a link between the harshness of a country’s drug laws and its levels of drug use." Bernie Sanders stated on March 26, 2016 in a speech: "Under the federal Controlled Substance Act, marijuana is listed in the same Schedule I as heroin," even though "marijuana is not a killer drug like heroin." Ben Carson stated on April 20, 2016 in a Fox Business interview: "Andrew Jackson was the last president who actually balanced the federal budget, where we had no national debt." Hillary Clinton stated on April 21, 2016 in a town hall on ABC's 'Good Morning America': "When I withdrew in June of 2008, polls were showing that at least 40 percent of my supporters said, oh, they weren't going to support Sen. Obama." Donald Trump stated on April 20, 2016 in a tweet: "Ted Cruz is mathematically out of winning the race." Jerome Buting stated on April 11, 2016 in an interview: Wisconsin pays criminal defense lawyers who represent the indigent $40 per hour, "the lowest in the country." John Kasich stated on March 29, 2016 in an interview: Ten times, no Republican candidate for president had enough delegates to claim the nomination before the party’s convention, and seven of those times "somebody who was not the leader of delegates was selected as the nominee of the party." Bernie Sanders stated on April 15, 2016 in a Democratic debate in New York: "When this campaign began, I said that we’ve got to end the starvation minimum wage of $7.25, raise it to $15. Secretary Clinton said let's raise it to $12." Bernie Sanders stated on April 14, 2016 in the Brooklyn presidential debate: "I remain one of the poorer members of the United States Senate." Bernie Sanders stated on April 10, 2016 in in an interview on NBC's Meet the Press: Says Hillary Clinton supported and continues to "support fracking."
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Colorado Health Institute stated on April 8, 2016 in an analysis report : ColoradoCare would have higher revenues than McDonald’s. John Carter stated on March 10, 2016 in a commentary published in the Round Rock Leader: "This is not a joke: the president wants to house illegal aliens on our nation’s military installations." Ted Cruz stated on April 30, 2016 in a speech at the California Republican Party Convention: "Here in California, Donald Trump has given $12,000 to Jerry Brown, Gavin Newsom and Kamala Harris." Bernie Sanders stated on May 1, 2016 in an interview on CBS News' "Face the Nation": Winning enough pledged delegates is "not impossible." Maggie Hassan stated on April 12, 2016 in a press release: "Kelly Ayotte has voted four times against the federal Paycheck Fairness Act." Maggie Hassan stated on April 8, 2016 in an editorial board interview with the Concord Monitor: Kelly Ayotte "has voted to defund Planned Parenthood" six times. Arizona Grassroots Action PAC stated on March 1, 2016 in an online advertisement: Says Ann Kirkpatrick "votes with her party nearly 90 percent of the time." Michelle Obama stated on March 21, 2016 in an interview posted on Medium: "Research even shows that sending more girls to school can boost an entire country’s GDP." William Barber stated on April 22, 2016 in a speech announcing the Moral Monday march: "80 percent of North Carolinians are for the living wage" Bernie Sanders stated on April 24, 2016 in a speech: Says an array of statistics show that conditions in some parts of Baltimore rival that of "the West Bank in Palestine," "North Korea," and "distressed cities in Nigeria, India, China and South Africa." Alan Grayson stated on April 25, 2016 in an Orlando debate: Says LeBron James "stops paying his Social Security taxes at the beginning of the second quarter of the first game of the season." John Oliver stated on April 24, 2016 in a broadcast of HBO's "Last Week Tonight": "We knew Strom Thurmond had proposed" the amendment that blocked Puerto Rico’s use of Chapter 9 bankruptcy protection. Ban Ki-moon stated on April 22, 2016 in comments: The Paris Agreement "is by far the largest number of countries ever to sign an international agreement on a single day." Rick Scott stated on April 13, 2016 in a press release: "Over the past two years, Florida has cut more than $1 billion in taxes." Tim Ziemer stated on January 20, 2016 in an article posted on Medium: "In Africa, a child dies every minute because of (malaria)." Bob Goodlatte stated on April 18, 2016 in a website post.: "Before taking executive action on immigration, President Obama stated 22 times that he does not have the authority to change immigration laws on his own." Bernie Sanders stated on April 24, 2016 in an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press": In the 2014 election, "80 percent of poor people did not vote." Tom "Smitty" Smith stated on April 14, 2016 in a commentary published in the Austin American-Statesman: "Texas has 600,000 registered voters who don’t have the kind of photo ID needed to vote." Robby Mook stated on April 19, 2016 in a Medium post: "In last week’s debate, Bernie questioned Hillary’s commitment to fighting climate change because a whopping 0.2 percent of the money given to our campaign has come from employees of oil and gas companies. Not even 2 percent, mind you: 0.2 percent." Donald Trump stated on April 21, 2016 in a campaign rally speech: "Pennsylvania has lost 35 percent of its manufacturing jobs since 2001" and "Harrisburg has lost 40 percent of its manufacturing jobs since 2001." Kofi Annan stated on April 19, 2016 in an op-ed in the Huffington Post: "Studies have consistently failed to establish the existence of a link between the harshness of a country’s drug laws and its levels of drug use." Bernie Sanders stated on March 26, 2016 in a speech: "Under the federal Controlled Substance Act, marijuana is listed in the same Schedule I as heroin," even though "marijuana is not a killer drug like heroin." Ben Carson stated on April 20, 2016 in a Fox Business interview: "Andrew Jackson was the last president who actually balanced the federal budget, where we had no national debt." Hillary Clinton stated on April 21, 2016 in a town hall on ABC's 'Good Morning America': "When I withdrew in June of 2008, polls were showing that at least 40 percent of my supporters said, oh, they weren't going to support Sen. Obama." Donald Trump stated on April 20, 2016 in a tweet: "Ted Cruz is mathematically out of winning the race." Jerome Buting stated on April 11, 2016 in an interview: Wisconsin pays criminal defense lawyers who represent the indigent $40 per hour, "the lowest in the country." John Kasich stated on March 29, 2016 in an interview: Ten times, no Republican candidate for president had enough delegates to claim the nomination before the party’s convention, and seven of those times "somebody who was not the leader of delegates was selected as the nominee of the party." Bernie Sanders stated on April 15, 2016 in a Democratic debate in New York: "When this campaign began, I said that we’ve got to end the starvation minimum wage of $7.25, raise it to $15. Secretary Clinton said let's raise it to $12." Bernie Sanders stated on April 14, 2016 in the Brooklyn presidential debate: "I remain one of the poorer members of the United States Senate." Bernie Sanders stated on April 10, 2016 in in an interview on NBC's Meet the Press: Says Hillary Clinton supported and continues to "support fracking."
Colorado Health Institute stated on April 8, 2016 in an analysis report : ColoradoCare would have higher revenues than McDonald’s.
John Carter stated on March 10, 2016 in a commentary published in the Round Rock Leader: "This is not a joke: the president wants to house illegal aliens on our nation’s military installations."
Ted Cruz stated on April 30, 2016 in a speech at the California Republican Party Convention: "Here in California, Donald Trump has given $12,000 to Jerry Brown, Gavin Newsom and Kamala Harris."
Bernie Sanders stated on May 1, 2016 in an interview on CBS News' "Face the Nation": Winning enough pledged delegates is "not impossible."
Maggie Hassan stated on April 12, 2016 in a press release: "Kelly Ayotte has voted four times against the federal Paycheck Fairness Act."
Maggie Hassan stated on April 8, 2016 in an editorial board interview with the Concord Monitor: Kelly Ayotte "has voted to defund Planned Parenthood" six times.
Arizona Grassroots Action PAC stated on March 1, 2016 in an online advertisement: Says Ann Kirkpatrick "votes with her party nearly 90 percent of the time."
Michelle Obama stated on March 21, 2016 in an interview posted on Medium: "Research even shows that sending more girls to school can boost an entire country’s GDP."
William Barber stated on April 22, 2016 in a speech announcing the Moral Monday march: "80 percent of North Carolinians are for the living wage"
Bernie Sanders stated on April 24, 2016 in a speech: Says an array of statistics show that conditions in some parts of Baltimore rival that of "the West Bank in Palestine," "North Korea," and "distressed cities in Nigeria, India, China and South Africa."
Alan Grayson stated on April 25, 2016 in an Orlando debate: Says LeBron James "stops paying his Social Security taxes at the beginning of the second quarter of the first game of the season."
John Oliver stated on April 24, 2016 in a broadcast of HBO's "Last Week Tonight": "We knew Strom Thurmond had proposed" the amendment that blocked Puerto Rico’s use of Chapter 9 bankruptcy protection.
Ban Ki-moon stated on April 22, 2016 in comments: The Paris Agreement "is by far the largest number of countries ever to sign an international agreement on a single day."
Rick Scott stated on April 13, 2016 in a press release: "Over the past two years, Florida has cut more than $1 billion in taxes."
Tim Ziemer stated on January 20, 2016 in an article posted on Medium: "In Africa, a child dies every minute because of (malaria)."
Bob Goodlatte stated on April 18, 2016 in a website post.: "Before taking executive action on immigration, President Obama stated 22 times that he does not have the authority to change immigration laws on his own."
Bernie Sanders stated on April 24, 2016 in an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press": In the 2014 election, "80 percent of poor people did not vote."
Tom "Smitty" Smith stated on April 14, 2016 in a commentary published in the Austin American-Statesman: "Texas has 600,000 registered voters who don’t have the kind of photo ID needed to vote."
Robby Mook stated on April 19, 2016 in a Medium post: "In last week’s debate, Bernie questioned Hillary’s commitment to fighting climate change because a whopping 0.2 percent of the money given to our campaign has come from employees of oil and gas companies. Not even 2 percent, mind you: 0.2 percent."
Donald Trump stated on April 21, 2016 in a campaign rally speech: "Pennsylvania has lost 35 percent of its manufacturing jobs since 2001" and "Harrisburg has lost 40 percent of its manufacturing jobs since 2001."
Kofi Annan stated on April 19, 2016 in an op-ed in the Huffington Post: "Studies have consistently failed to establish the existence of a link between the harshness of a country’s drug laws and its levels of drug use."
Bernie Sanders stated on March 26, 2016 in a speech: "Under the federal Controlled Substance Act, marijuana is listed in the same Schedule I as heroin," even though "marijuana is not a killer drug like heroin."
Ben Carson stated on April 20, 2016 in a Fox Business interview: "Andrew Jackson was the last president who actually balanced the federal budget, where we had no national debt."
Hillary Clinton stated on April 21, 2016 in a town hall on ABC's 'Good Morning America': "When I withdrew in June of 2008, polls were showing that at least 40 percent of my supporters said, oh, they weren't going to support Sen. Obama."
Donald Trump stated on April 20, 2016 in a tweet: "Ted Cruz is mathematically out of winning the race."
Jerome Buting stated on April 11, 2016 in an interview: Wisconsin pays criminal defense lawyers who represent the indigent $40 per hour, "the lowest in the country."
John Kasich stated on March 29, 2016 in an interview: Ten times, no Republican candidate for president had enough delegates to claim the nomination before the party’s convention, and seven of those times "somebody who was not the leader of delegates was selected as the nominee of the party."
Bernie Sanders stated on April 15, 2016 in a Democratic debate in New York: "When this campaign began, I said that we’ve got to end the starvation minimum wage of $7.25, raise it to $15. Secretary Clinton said let's raise it to $12."
Bernie Sanders stated on April 14, 2016 in the Brooklyn presidential debate: "I remain one of the poorer members of the United States Senate."
Bernie Sanders stated on April 10, 2016 in in an interview on NBC's Meet the Press: Says Hillary Clinton supported and continues to "support fracking."
