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 Donald Trump stated on October 25, 2015 in comments on ABC's "This Week": Because of Obamacare "people’s premiums ... are going up 35, 45, 55 percent." Sheldon Whitehouse stated on October 14, 2015 in a news conference: "In 40 years, 23,000 chemicals came on the market and only four were regulated." Hillary Clinton stated on October 22, 2015 in a House hearing on Benghazi: Says John Kerry "is the first secretary of state to rely primarily on a government account." Chris Koster stated on August 20, 2015 in comments at the Missouri State Fair as quoted by the Columbia Daily Tribune: "Since 2001, higher education in the state has been cut or allowed to erode ... by 35 or 40 percent." Viral image stated on October 22, 2015 in a shareable graphic on the Web: Says Denmark’s suicide rate has been about twice as high as the United States’ over the past five decades. Marco Rubio stated on October 22, 2015 in an op-ed in Breitbart: "Even after Syrian troops began to shoot protesters in the streets with live ammunition in 2011, Clinton labeled Bashar al-Assad a ‘reformer.' " Ron Johnson stated on October 7, 2015 in an interview: Some 8.1 million of the estimated 11 million to 12 million people "in this country illegally are working." Slice & Pint brewpub stated on September 24, 2015 in the fall menu: Brewpubs can't sell growlers of their beer to customers. Jon Voight stated on October 20, 2015 in an interview with "Cigar Aficianado": "The word progressive ... was created as a substitute for ‘communist’." Emanuel Cleaver stated on August 11, 2015 in on 'Up to Date': Two years ago motorists in Ferguson, a city of 20,000 people, "received 31,000 citations. That's at least one citation per person plus 10,000 for visitors. The city is still surviving only on traffic tickets; there's virtually no industry there." Dan Patrick stated on October 19, 2015 in an interview with Neil Cavuto of Fox News: Planned Parenthood is "nothing more than a referral service. … They don’t do anything except profit from killing babies and then selling body parts of those aborted babies." Martin O'Malley stated on October 19, 2015 in comments on the Daily Show: Says Hillary Clinton "couldn't bring herself to say we need to separate commercial banking and speculative banking, namely reinstating Glass-Steagall." Marco Rubio stated on October 16, 2015 in prepared remarks in a written speech: To abide by Environmental Protection Agency rules when mining or drilling you have "to take caution not to disturb bodies of water barely bigger than a puddle." Chris Danou stated on October 20, 2015 in remarks in Assembly debate: A Republican bill that would change John Doe criminal investigations is "creating exceptions in the law for politicians." Viral image stated on October 21, 2015 in an image on the Internet: "CNN's Crap Polling" is so bad that it shows that "no one under the age of 50 has an opinion of Hillary Clinton." Donald Trump stated on October 20, 2015 in an interview on CNN's "New Day": Says CIA Director George Tenet told the Bush administration that the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attack "was coming. So they did have advanced notice." Hillary Clinton stated on October 15, 2015 in a speech in San Antonio: "We lose an average of 90 Americans every day because of guns." Donald Trump stated on October 14, 2015 in comments at a rally.: Says Bernie Sanders is going to "tax you people at 90 percent." Claire McCaskill stated on August 21, 2015 in comments to HBO host Bill Maher: "You wonder why you don't see Rand Paul as much; he's still shopping for his billionaire. He's like the only one who hasn't found a billionaire to fund his super PAC." Ron Johnson stated on October 20, 2015 in On support for the Export-Import Bank: On support for the Export-Import Bank Donald Trump stated on October 14, 2015 in a speech.: "We have the highest tax rate anywhere in the world." Elton John stated on October 13, 2015 in CNN: HIV/AIDS is "dramatically on the rise in the U.S. South." NowThis stated on October 15, 2015 in a video shared on social media: Says CNN deleted an online poll showing Bernie Sanders won the first Democratic presidential debate to help out Hillary Clinton. Mike Huckabee stated on September 24, 2015 in radio interview: The Washington D.C.-area "never has a recession." Edward Flynn stated on August 27, 2015 in a forum: In Milwaukee County, juveniles arrested for car theft "get sent immediately home, because under the point system in juvenile court" on holding suspects, "a stolen car gets zero points." Ted Cruz stated on October 18, 2015 in an interview on NBC's 'Meet the Press': "Republican leadership took the lead confirming Loretta Lynch as attorney general." Steven Costantino stated on September 27, 2015 in a statement: "I did not play any role in bringing the company to RI as did others in government. I was tasked with handling the legislation affecting the company by my superiors." Viral image stated on October 15, 2015 in a graphic circulating on the Internet: Says Bernie Sanders once said, "Instead of removing the conditions that make people depressed, modern society gives them antidepressant drugs." Bill O'Reilly stated on October 7, 2015 in a commentary: From 2014 to 2015, Austin’s "murder rate is up a whopping 83 percent." Hillary Clinton stated on October 7, 2015 in a town hall-style campaign event in Iowa: The gun industry is "the only business in America that is wholly protected from any kind of liability."
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Donald Trump stated on October 25, 2015 in comments on ABC's "This Week": Because of Obamacare "people’s premiums ... are going up 35, 45, 55 percent." Sheldon Whitehouse stated on October 14, 2015 in a news conference: "In 40 years, 23,000 chemicals came on the market and only four were regulated." Hillary Clinton stated on October 22, 2015 in a House hearing on Benghazi: Says John Kerry "is the first secretary of state to rely primarily on a government account." Chris Koster stated on August 20, 2015 in comments at the Missouri State Fair as quoted by the Columbia Daily Tribune: "Since 2001, higher education in the state has been cut or allowed to erode ... by 35 or 40 percent." Viral image stated on October 22, 2015 in a shareable graphic on the Web: Says Denmark’s suicide rate has been about twice as high as the United States’ over the past five decades. Marco Rubio stated on October 22, 2015 in an op-ed in Breitbart: "Even after Syrian troops began to shoot protesters in the streets with live ammunition in 2011, Clinton labeled Bashar al-Assad a ‘reformer.' " Ron Johnson stated on October 7, 2015 in an interview: Some 8.1 million of the estimated 11 million to 12 million people "in this country illegally are working." Slice & Pint brewpub stated on September 24, 2015 in the fall menu: Brewpubs can't sell growlers of their beer to customers. Jon Voight stated on October 20, 2015 in an interview with "Cigar Aficianado": "The word progressive ... was created as a substitute for ‘communist’." Emanuel Cleaver stated on August 11, 2015 in on 'Up to Date': Two years ago motorists in Ferguson, a city of 20,000 people, "received 31,000 citations. That's at least one citation per person plus 10,000 for visitors. The city is still surviving only on traffic tickets; there's virtually no industry there." Dan Patrick stated on October 19, 2015 in an interview with Neil Cavuto of Fox News: Planned Parenthood is "nothing more than a referral service. … They don’t do anything except profit from killing babies and then selling body parts of those aborted babies." Martin O'Malley stated on October 19, 2015 in comments on the Daily Show: Says Hillary Clinton "couldn't bring herself to say we need to separate commercial banking and speculative banking, namely reinstating Glass-Steagall." Marco Rubio stated on October 16, 2015 in prepared remarks in a written speech: To abide by Environmental Protection Agency rules when mining or drilling you have "to take caution not to disturb bodies of water barely bigger than a puddle." Chris Danou stated on October 20, 2015 in remarks in Assembly debate: A Republican bill that would change John Doe criminal investigations is "creating exceptions in the law for politicians." Viral image stated on October 21, 2015 in an image on the Internet: "CNN's Crap Polling" is so bad that it shows that "no one under the age of 50 has an opinion of Hillary Clinton." Donald Trump stated on October 20, 2015 in an interview on CNN's "New Day": Says CIA Director George Tenet told the Bush administration that the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attack "was coming. So they did have advanced notice." Hillary Clinton stated on October 15, 2015 in a speech in San Antonio: "We lose an average of 90 Americans every day because of guns." Donald Trump stated on October 14, 2015 in comments at a rally.: Says Bernie Sanders is going to "tax you people at 90 percent." Claire McCaskill stated on August 21, 2015 in comments to HBO host Bill Maher: "You wonder why you don't see Rand Paul as much; he's still shopping for his billionaire. He's like the only one who hasn't found a billionaire to fund his super PAC." Ron Johnson stated on October 20, 2015 in On support for the Export-Import Bank: On support for the Export-Import Bank Donald Trump stated on October 14, 2015 in a speech.: "We have the highest tax rate anywhere in the world." Elton John stated on October 13, 2015 in CNN: HIV/AIDS is "dramatically on the rise in the U.S. South." NowThis stated on October 15, 2015 in a video shared on social media: Says CNN deleted an online poll showing Bernie Sanders won the first Democratic presidential debate to help out Hillary Clinton. Mike Huckabee stated on September 24, 2015 in radio interview: The Washington D.C.-area "never has a recession." Edward Flynn stated on August 27, 2015 in a forum: In Milwaukee County, juveniles arrested for car theft "get sent immediately home, because under the point system in juvenile court" on holding suspects, "a stolen car gets zero points." Ted Cruz stated on October 18, 2015 in an interview on NBC's 'Meet the Press': "Republican leadership took the lead confirming Loretta Lynch as attorney general." Steven Costantino stated on September 27, 2015 in a statement: "I did not play any role in bringing the company to RI as did others in government. I was tasked with handling the legislation affecting the company by my superiors." Viral image stated on October 15, 2015 in a graphic circulating on the Internet: Says Bernie Sanders once said, "Instead of removing the conditions that make people depressed, modern society gives them antidepressant drugs." Bill O'Reilly stated on October 7, 2015 in a commentary: From 2014 to 2015, Austin’s "murder rate is up a whopping 83 percent." Hillary Clinton stated on October 7, 2015 in a town hall-style campaign event in Iowa: The gun industry is "the only business in America that is wholly protected from any kind of liability."
Donald Trump stated on October 25, 2015 in comments on ABC's "This Week": Because of Obamacare "people’s premiums ... are going up 35, 45, 55 percent."
Sheldon Whitehouse stated on October 14, 2015 in a news conference: "In 40 years, 23,000 chemicals came on the market and only four were regulated."
Hillary Clinton stated on October 22, 2015 in a House hearing on Benghazi: Says John Kerry "is the first secretary of state to rely primarily on a government account."
Chris Koster stated on August 20, 2015 in comments at the Missouri State Fair as quoted by the Columbia Daily Tribune: "Since 2001, higher education in the state has been cut or allowed to erode ... by 35 or 40 percent."
Viral image stated on October 22, 2015 in a shareable graphic on the Web: Says Denmark’s suicide rate has been about twice as high as the United States’ over the past five decades.
Marco Rubio stated on October 22, 2015 in an op-ed in Breitbart: "Even after Syrian troops began to shoot protesters in the streets with live ammunition in 2011, Clinton labeled Bashar al-Assad a ‘reformer.' "
Ron Johnson stated on October 7, 2015 in an interview: Some 8.1 million of the estimated 11 million to 12 million people "in this country illegally are working."
Slice & Pint brewpub stated on September 24, 2015 in the fall menu: Brewpubs can't sell growlers of their beer to customers.
Jon Voight stated on October 20, 2015 in an interview with "Cigar Aficianado": "The word progressive ... was created as a substitute for ‘communist’."
Emanuel Cleaver stated on August 11, 2015 in on 'Up to Date': Two years ago motorists in Ferguson, a city of 20,000 people, "received 31,000 citations. That's at least one citation per person plus 10,000 for visitors. The city is still surviving only on traffic tickets; there's virtually no industry there."
Dan Patrick stated on October 19, 2015 in an interview with Neil Cavuto of Fox News: Planned Parenthood is "nothing more than a referral service. … They don’t do anything except profit from killing babies and then selling body parts of those aborted babies."
Martin O'Malley stated on October 19, 2015 in comments on the Daily Show: Says Hillary Clinton "couldn't bring herself to say we need to separate commercial banking and speculative banking, namely reinstating Glass-Steagall."
Marco Rubio stated on October 16, 2015 in prepared remarks in a written speech: To abide by Environmental Protection Agency rules when mining or drilling you have "to take caution not to disturb bodies of water barely bigger than a puddle."
Chris Danou stated on October 20, 2015 in remarks in Assembly debate: A Republican bill that would change John Doe criminal investigations is "creating exceptions in the law for politicians."
Viral image stated on October 21, 2015 in an image on the Internet: "CNN's Crap Polling" is so bad that it shows that "no one under the age of 50 has an opinion of Hillary Clinton."
Donald Trump stated on October 20, 2015 in an interview on CNN's "New Day": Says CIA Director George Tenet told the Bush administration that the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attack "was coming. So they did have advanced notice."
Hillary Clinton stated on October 15, 2015 in a speech in San Antonio: "We lose an average of 90 Americans every day because of guns."
Donald Trump stated on October 14, 2015 in comments at a rally.: Says Bernie Sanders is going to "tax you people at 90 percent."
Claire McCaskill stated on August 21, 2015 in comments to HBO host Bill Maher: "You wonder why you don't see Rand Paul as much; he's still shopping for his billionaire. He's like the only one who hasn't found a billionaire to fund his super PAC."
Ron Johnson stated on October 20, 2015 in On support for the Export-Import Bank: On support for the Export-Import Bank
Donald Trump stated on October 14, 2015 in a speech.: "We have the highest tax rate anywhere in the world."
Elton John stated on October 13, 2015 in CNN: HIV/AIDS is "dramatically on the rise in the U.S. South."
NowThis stated on October 15, 2015 in a video shared on social media: Says CNN deleted an online poll showing Bernie Sanders won the first Democratic presidential debate to help out Hillary Clinton.
Mike Huckabee stated on September 24, 2015 in radio interview: The Washington D.C.-area "never has a recession."
Edward Flynn stated on August 27, 2015 in a forum: In Milwaukee County, juveniles arrested for car theft "get sent immediately home, because under the point system in juvenile court" on holding suspects, "a stolen car gets zero points."
Ted Cruz stated on October 18, 2015 in an interview on NBC's 'Meet the Press': "Republican leadership took the lead confirming Loretta Lynch as attorney general."
Steven Costantino stated on September 27, 2015 in a statement: "I did not play any role in bringing the company to RI as did others in government. I was tasked with handling the legislation affecting the company by my superiors."
Viral image stated on October 15, 2015 in a graphic circulating on the Internet: Says Bernie Sanders once said, "Instead of removing the conditions that make people depressed, modern society gives them antidepressant drugs."
Bill O'Reilly stated on October 7, 2015 in a commentary: From 2014 to 2015, Austin’s "murder rate is up a whopping 83 percent."
Hillary Clinton stated on October 7, 2015 in a town hall-style campaign event in Iowa: The gun industry is "the only business in America that is wholly protected from any kind of liability."
