Latest 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 Russ Feingold stated on January 26, 2016 in an interview: Says U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson wants to put 100,000 troops, including 25,000 Americans, "into the area where ISIS is." Ted Cruz stated on January 28, 2016 in comments during the Iowa Republican presidential debate: Obamacare "is the biggest job-killer in this country -- millions of Americans have lost their jobs, have been forced into part-time work." Marco Rubio stated on January 28, 2016 in a Republican debate in Iowa on Fox News: "I have never supported cap and trade." Jennifer Granholm stated on January 24, 2016 in an appearance on ABC's 'This Week': When a Gallup poll asked about presidential candidate characteristics, "When they get to the question on, 'Would you vote for a socialist,' it is even less popular than voting for atheists." Ron Johnson stated on January 22, 2016 in a campaign email: Says Barack Obama's administration has admitted that money from its Iran nuclear deal "would go directly to terrorism." Donald Trump stated on January 28, 2016 in an interview on CNN: "I never once asked that (Megyn Kelly) be removed" as a debate moderator. Ben Carson stated on January 28, 2016 in a Republican debate: "Last year, there were an additional 81,000 pages of government regulations. If you stack that up, it would be a three-story building." Marco Rubio stated on January 28, 2016 in a Republican debate in Iowa on Fox News: On opposing citizenship for illegal immigrants Rand Paul stated on January 28, 2016 in a Republican debate: "A third of the budget for the city of Ferguson (Missouri) was being reaped by civil fines." Chris Christie stated on January 28, 2016 in the Republican debate in Des Moines, Iowa: Neighbors of the San Bernardino shooters "knew that they were talking about trying to take our country and attack it." Ted Cruz stated on January 28, 2016 in comments during the Iowa Republican presidential debate: "I have not insulted Donald personally." Ted Cruz stated on January 28, 2016 in a Fox News debate : "Barack Obama, right now, No. 1, over seven years has dramatically degraded our military." Fox News Channel stated on January 26, 2016 in a news release: Donald Trump’s decision to skip the Fox News/Google debate in Des Moines "is near unprecedented." Hillary Clinton stated on January 20, 2016 in a speech in Burlington, Iowa: "I am the only candidate on either side who has laid out a specific plan about what I would do to defeat ISIS." Dale Kooyenga stated on January 20, 2016 in a radio interview: "A lot of student loans are already refinanced by the federal government." Donald Trump stated on January 20, 2016 in a town hall in Norwalk, Iowa: "When they say Mexico can't pay for the wall, I say of course they can. We have a trade deficit with Mexico that's unbelievably big. ... It's billions and billions of dollars -- far more than what we're talking about for the wall." Marco Rubio stated on January 14, 2016 in Republican presidential debate in North Charleston, S.C.: Under Ted Cruz’s tax plan, "businesses will now have to pay 16 percent on the money they make. They will also have to pay 16 percent on the money they pay their employees." Bernie Sanders stated on January 24, 2016 in comments on "Meet the Press.": Says his views on reparations for slavery are the same as Barack Obama's and Hillary Clinton's. Virginia Center for Public Safety stated on January 18, 2016 in a rally flier: "Since John F. Kennedy was assassinated in 1963, more Americans have died by gunfire within our own country than American servicemen and women who were killed in all our wars." John Cortes stated on January 13, 2016 in a House Health Innovation Subcommittee meeting: "Anyone can die of a toothache." Bernie Sanders stated on January 19, 2016 in a town hall meeting in Underwood, Iowa.: "Almost all of the polls that have come out suggest that I am a much stronger candidate against the Republicans than is Hillary Clinton." Glenn Beck stated on January 23, 2016 in an appearance in Ankeny, Iowa: "In 40 years of broadcast, I have never endorsed any candidate." Martin O'Malley stated on January 14, 2016 in a column posted on Medium.com: "Fifty years ago, the average GM employee could pay for a year of a son or daughter’s college tuition on just two weeks wages." Hillary Clinton stated on January 6, 2016 in comments during the Nevada Battleborn Battleground Dinner at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas: Says Cresent Hardy agreed with Mitt Romney "about the 47 percent" and said that "people with disabilities are, and I quote him, ‘a drain on society.’ " Philip Van Cleave stated on January 18, 2016 in a speech: Martin Luther King Jr. "was a Republican." Jerry Brown stated on January 21, 2016 in a State of the State address: "Two million new jobs have been created," in California since 2011. Donald Trump stated on January 24, 2016 in an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press": Says a Ted Cruz ad has "got me bull-dozing down a house. I never bulldozed it down. It's false advertising." Bernie Sanders stated on January 24, 2016 in an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press": Says Donald Trump "thinks that climate change is a hoax, invented by the Chinese." Environmental Justice League of R.I stated on January 12, 2016 in a report: "In reality, gas produced by fracking is worse for the climate than coal." Jeff Judson stated on December 15, 2015 in Conservatives in Action blog post: Texas has the sixth-highest property taxes in the nation.
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Russ Feingold stated on January 26, 2016 in an interview: Says U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson wants to put 100,000 troops, including 25,000 Americans, "into the area where ISIS is." Ted Cruz stated on January 28, 2016 in comments during the Iowa Republican presidential debate: Obamacare "is the biggest job-killer in this country -- millions of Americans have lost their jobs, have been forced into part-time work." Marco Rubio stated on January 28, 2016 in a Republican debate in Iowa on Fox News: "I have never supported cap and trade." Jennifer Granholm stated on January 24, 2016 in an appearance on ABC's 'This Week': When a Gallup poll asked about presidential candidate characteristics, "When they get to the question on, 'Would you vote for a socialist,' it is even less popular than voting for atheists." Ron Johnson stated on January 22, 2016 in a campaign email: Says Barack Obama's administration has admitted that money from its Iran nuclear deal "would go directly to terrorism." Donald Trump stated on January 28, 2016 in an interview on CNN: "I never once asked that (Megyn Kelly) be removed" as a debate moderator. Ben Carson stated on January 28, 2016 in a Republican debate: "Last year, there were an additional 81,000 pages of government regulations. If you stack that up, it would be a three-story building." Marco Rubio stated on January 28, 2016 in a Republican debate in Iowa on Fox News: On opposing citizenship for illegal immigrants Rand Paul stated on January 28, 2016 in a Republican debate: "A third of the budget for the city of Ferguson (Missouri) was being reaped by civil fines." Chris Christie stated on January 28, 2016 in the Republican debate in Des Moines, Iowa: Neighbors of the San Bernardino shooters "knew that they were talking about trying to take our country and attack it." Ted Cruz stated on January 28, 2016 in comments during the Iowa Republican presidential debate: "I have not insulted Donald personally." Ted Cruz stated on January 28, 2016 in a Fox News debate : "Barack Obama, right now, No. 1, over seven years has dramatically degraded our military." Fox News Channel stated on January 26, 2016 in a news release: Donald Trump’s decision to skip the Fox News/Google debate in Des Moines "is near unprecedented." Hillary Clinton stated on January 20, 2016 in a speech in Burlington, Iowa: "I am the only candidate on either side who has laid out a specific plan about what I would do to defeat ISIS." Dale Kooyenga stated on January 20, 2016 in a radio interview: "A lot of student loans are already refinanced by the federal government." Donald Trump stated on January 20, 2016 in a town hall in Norwalk, Iowa: "When they say Mexico can't pay for the wall, I say of course they can. We have a trade deficit with Mexico that's unbelievably big. ... It's billions and billions of dollars -- far more than what we're talking about for the wall." Marco Rubio stated on January 14, 2016 in Republican presidential debate in North Charleston, S.C.: Under Ted Cruz’s tax plan, "businesses will now have to pay 16 percent on the money they make. They will also have to pay 16 percent on the money they pay their employees." Bernie Sanders stated on January 24, 2016 in comments on "Meet the Press.": Says his views on reparations for slavery are the same as Barack Obama's and Hillary Clinton's. Virginia Center for Public Safety stated on January 18, 2016 in a rally flier: "Since John F. Kennedy was assassinated in 1963, more Americans have died by gunfire within our own country than American servicemen and women who were killed in all our wars." John Cortes stated on January 13, 2016 in a House Health Innovation Subcommittee meeting: "Anyone can die of a toothache." Bernie Sanders stated on January 19, 2016 in a town hall meeting in Underwood, Iowa.: "Almost all of the polls that have come out suggest that I am a much stronger candidate against the Republicans than is Hillary Clinton." Glenn Beck stated on January 23, 2016 in an appearance in Ankeny, Iowa: "In 40 years of broadcast, I have never endorsed any candidate." Martin O'Malley stated on January 14, 2016 in a column posted on Medium.com: "Fifty years ago, the average GM employee could pay for a year of a son or daughter’s college tuition on just two weeks wages." Hillary Clinton stated on January 6, 2016 in comments during the Nevada Battleborn Battleground Dinner at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas: Says Cresent Hardy agreed with Mitt Romney "about the 47 percent" and said that "people with disabilities are, and I quote him, ‘a drain on society.’ " Philip Van Cleave stated on January 18, 2016 in a speech: Martin Luther King Jr. "was a Republican." Jerry Brown stated on January 21, 2016 in a State of the State address: "Two million new jobs have been created," in California since 2011. Donald Trump stated on January 24, 2016 in an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press": Says a Ted Cruz ad has "got me bull-dozing down a house. I never bulldozed it down. It's false advertising." Bernie Sanders stated on January 24, 2016 in an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press": Says Donald Trump "thinks that climate change is a hoax, invented by the Chinese." Environmental Justice League of R.I stated on January 12, 2016 in a report: "In reality, gas produced by fracking is worse for the climate than coal." Jeff Judson stated on December 15, 2015 in Conservatives in Action blog post: Texas has the sixth-highest property taxes in the nation.
Russ Feingold stated on January 26, 2016 in an interview: Says U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson wants to put 100,000 troops, including 25,000 Americans, "into the area where ISIS is."
Ted Cruz stated on January 28, 2016 in comments during the Iowa Republican presidential debate: Obamacare "is the biggest job-killer in this country -- millions of Americans have lost their jobs, have been forced into part-time work."
Marco Rubio stated on January 28, 2016 in a Republican debate in Iowa on Fox News: "I have never supported cap and trade."
Jennifer Granholm stated on January 24, 2016 in an appearance on ABC's 'This Week': When a Gallup poll asked about presidential candidate characteristics, "When they get to the question on, 'Would you vote for a socialist,' it is even less popular than voting for atheists."
Ron Johnson stated on January 22, 2016 in a campaign email: Says Barack Obama's administration has admitted that money from its Iran nuclear deal "would go directly to terrorism."
Donald Trump stated on January 28, 2016 in an interview on CNN: "I never once asked that (Megyn Kelly) be removed" as a debate moderator.
Ben Carson stated on January 28, 2016 in a Republican debate: "Last year, there were an additional 81,000 pages of government regulations. If you stack that up, it would be a three-story building."
Marco Rubio stated on January 28, 2016 in a Republican debate in Iowa on Fox News: On opposing citizenship for illegal immigrants
Rand Paul stated on January 28, 2016 in a Republican debate: "A third of the budget for the city of Ferguson (Missouri) was being reaped by civil fines."
Chris Christie stated on January 28, 2016 in the Republican debate in Des Moines, Iowa: Neighbors of the San Bernardino shooters "knew that they were talking about trying to take our country and attack it."
Ted Cruz stated on January 28, 2016 in comments during the Iowa Republican presidential debate: "I have not insulted Donald personally."
Ted Cruz stated on January 28, 2016 in a Fox News debate : "Barack Obama, right now, No. 1, over seven years has dramatically degraded our military."
Fox News Channel stated on January 26, 2016 in a news release: Donald Trump’s decision to skip the Fox News/Google debate in Des Moines "is near unprecedented."
Hillary Clinton stated on January 20, 2016 in a speech in Burlington, Iowa: "I am the only candidate on either side who has laid out a specific plan about what I would do to defeat ISIS."
Dale Kooyenga stated on January 20, 2016 in a radio interview: "A lot of student loans are already refinanced by the federal government."
Donald Trump stated on January 20, 2016 in a town hall in Norwalk, Iowa: "When they say Mexico can't pay for the wall, I say of course they can. We have a trade deficit with Mexico that's unbelievably big. ... It's billions and billions of dollars -- far more than what we're talking about for the wall."
Marco Rubio stated on January 14, 2016 in Republican presidential debate in North Charleston, S.C.: Under Ted Cruz’s tax plan, "businesses will now have to pay 16 percent on the money they make. They will also have to pay 16 percent on the money they pay their employees."
Bernie Sanders stated on January 24, 2016 in comments on "Meet the Press.": Says his views on reparations for slavery are the same as Barack Obama's and Hillary Clinton's.
Virginia Center for Public Safety stated on January 18, 2016 in a rally flier: "Since John F. Kennedy was assassinated in 1963, more Americans have died by gunfire within our own country than American servicemen and women who were killed in all our wars."
John Cortes stated on January 13, 2016 in a House Health Innovation Subcommittee meeting: "Anyone can die of a toothache."
Bernie Sanders stated on January 19, 2016 in a town hall meeting in Underwood, Iowa.: "Almost all of the polls that have come out suggest that I am a much stronger candidate against the Republicans than is Hillary Clinton."
Glenn Beck stated on January 23, 2016 in an appearance in Ankeny, Iowa: "In 40 years of broadcast, I have never endorsed any candidate."
Martin O'Malley stated on January 14, 2016 in a column posted on Medium.com: "Fifty years ago, the average GM employee could pay for a year of a son or daughter’s college tuition on just two weeks wages."
Hillary Clinton stated on January 6, 2016 in comments during the Nevada Battleborn Battleground Dinner at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas: Says Cresent Hardy agreed with Mitt Romney "about the 47 percent" and said that "people with disabilities are, and I quote him, ‘a drain on society.’ "
Jerry Brown stated on January 21, 2016 in a State of the State address: "Two million new jobs have been created," in California since 2011.
Donald Trump stated on January 24, 2016 in an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press": Says a Ted Cruz ad has "got me bull-dozing down a house. I never bulldozed it down. It's false advertising."
Bernie Sanders stated on January 24, 2016 in an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press": Says Donald Trump "thinks that climate change is a hoax, invented by the Chinese."
Environmental Justice League of R.I stated on January 12, 2016 in a report: "In reality, gas produced by fracking is worse for the climate than coal."
Jeff Judson stated on December 15, 2015 in Conservatives in Action blog post: Texas has the sixth-highest property taxes in the nation.
