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 Chris Christie stated on June 7, 2015 in an interview on CBS' Face the Nation: On Common Core. NARAL Pro-Choice America stated on June 18, 2015 in a TV ad: Says Scott Walker "said that forcing women facing abortion to get invasive ultrasounds was 'just a cool thing.'" Dan Gelber stated on June 21, 2015 in a Miami Herald op-ed: "After (Jeb) Bush’s two terms in office, Florida’s graduation rate was dead last and remains near the bottom." Athens Banner-Herald stated on May 10, 2015 in a news report: Between 1980 and 2010, water usage in Georgia dropped even as the state’s population grew. Jeb Bush stated on June 15, 2015 in a speech launching his 2016 campaign: "The party in the White House" is responsible for "a massive tax increase on the middle class." Bill Clinton stated on June 14, 2015 in comments on CNN's State of the Union: Says Hillary Clinton "was completely exonerated, when I was in the White House" by an official inquiry on Whitewater. Bill Clinton stated on June 14, 2015 in comments on CNN's State of the Union: After a federal inquiry corroborated Hillary Clinton on Whitewater, "the next day, there was nothing in the media about it." Aziz Ansari stated on June 16, 2015 in comments on "The Daily Show": "46 percent of women between the age of 16 to 24 despise sexual contact" in Japan. Scott Walker stated on May 30, 2015 in a speech in New Hampshire: "Nationally, the unemployment rate for veterans is far greater than the national unemployment rate," and Wisconsin is "one of those rare examples where unemployment is actually lower for veterans than it is for the population as a whole and certainly lower than it is nationally." Jeb Bush stated on June 16, 2015 in an interview with Sean Hannity on Fox News: As a senator, Hillary Clinton "has her name on three laws in eight years." Hank Johnson stated on June 15, 2015 in a House floor speech: "Two weeks ago, a man entered the world’s busiest airport in Atlanta, Georgia, carrying a loaded AR-15 automatic weapon with an extended-capacity, 100-round magazine." Barack Obama stated on June 20, 2015 in a tweet: "Here are the stats: Per population, we kill each other with guns at a rate 297x more than Japan, 49x more than France, 33x more than Israel." Eugene Robinson stated on June 21, 2015 in comments on NBC's "Meet the Press": The Confederate battle flag in South Carolina was first flown at the statehouse in 1961. "It was flown as a symbol of massive resistance to racial desegregation." Don Beyer stated on June 15, 2015 in a website post: "More than half of women under 30 who give birth do so outside of marriage..." Bill Clinton stated on June 17, 2015 in a broadcast of "The Daily Show": "Between 2010 and 2014, there was no net in-migration from Mexico." Barack Obama stated on June 18, 2015 in remarks at the White House: "This type of mass violence does not happen in other advanced countries. It doesn’t happen in other places with this kind of frequency." Jeb Bush stated on June 15, 2015 in his presidential announcement speech: The Democrats are "responsible" for "the swift, mindless drawdown of a military that was generations in the making." Scott Walker stated on June 2, 2015 in a speech: My support from young voters -- those 18 to 24 -- in November 2014 was "largely unheard of for a Republican." James Clyburn stated on June 21, 2015 in comments on NBC's "Meet the Press": The original compromise for the Confederate battle flag in South Carolina "was to put it on the back side of the statehouse, out of public view so it would not have any appearance of sovereignty." Jean Casarez stated on June 21, 2015 in comments on CNN: The Confederate battle flag at the South Carolina statehouse "must fly at a height of 30 feet. Any changes -- taken down, or even at half-staff, if that can be done -- must be passed by a supermajority of the General Assembly." Sheldon Whitehouse stated on May 18, 2015 in U.S. Senate: "This March, for the first time in human history, the monthly average carbon dioxide in our atmosphere exceeded 400 parts per million. The range had been 170-300 parts per million for hundreds of thousands of years." Rick Perry stated on June 4, 2015 in his declaration for president: "Texas now has the second-highest high school graduation rate in the country. And it has the highest graduation rate for African Americans and Hispanics." Scott Walker stated on June 18, 2015 in remarks to reporters: On timing of announcement for president. Doonesbury stated on June 14, 2015 in the strip about Greg Abbott and the Jade Helm military exercise: Greg Abbott "activated the state guard to monitor" Jade Helm 15 "in case the troops try to impose martial law, disarm innocent Texans, and detain them in tunnels beneath closed Walmart stores." Russ Feingold stated on June 5, 2015 in a speech: Says U.S. Senate opponent Ron Johnson "is opposed to all government-assisted student loans." Fulton County Health and Wellness stated on June 16, 2015 in a press release: Currently, almost 40 percent of people with HIV are not diagnosed until they already have developed AIDS. And that can be up to 10 years after they first are infected with HIV. Michael Skolnik stated on June 16, 2015 in comments on CNN: "For most black people in the history of this country … it was illegal to pass as a white person. You were actually put in jail if you tried to pass." Donald Trump stated on June 16, 2015 in his presidential announcement speech: "Even our nuclear arsenal doesn't work. It came out recently they have equipment that is 30 years old. They don't know if it worked." Breitbart stated on June 14, 2015 in an article on the Breitbart website: Says the California flag was supposed to be a pear, not a bear. Bernie Sanders stated on June 4, 2015 in a post on Twitter: "The gap between the very rich and everyone else in America is wider today than at any time since the 1920s."
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Chris Christie stated on June 7, 2015 in an interview on CBS' Face the Nation: On Common Core. NARAL Pro-Choice America stated on June 18, 2015 in a TV ad: Says Scott Walker "said that forcing women facing abortion to get invasive ultrasounds was 'just a cool thing.'" Dan Gelber stated on June 21, 2015 in a Miami Herald op-ed: "After (Jeb) Bush’s two terms in office, Florida’s graduation rate was dead last and remains near the bottom." Athens Banner-Herald stated on May 10, 2015 in a news report: Between 1980 and 2010, water usage in Georgia dropped even as the state’s population grew. Jeb Bush stated on June 15, 2015 in a speech launching his 2016 campaign: "The party in the White House" is responsible for "a massive tax increase on the middle class." Bill Clinton stated on June 14, 2015 in comments on CNN's State of the Union: Says Hillary Clinton "was completely exonerated, when I was in the White House" by an official inquiry on Whitewater. Bill Clinton stated on June 14, 2015 in comments on CNN's State of the Union: After a federal inquiry corroborated Hillary Clinton on Whitewater, "the next day, there was nothing in the media about it." Aziz Ansari stated on June 16, 2015 in comments on "The Daily Show": "46 percent of women between the age of 16 to 24 despise sexual contact" in Japan. Scott Walker stated on May 30, 2015 in a speech in New Hampshire: "Nationally, the unemployment rate for veterans is far greater than the national unemployment rate," and Wisconsin is "one of those rare examples where unemployment is actually lower for veterans than it is for the population as a whole and certainly lower than it is nationally." Jeb Bush stated on June 16, 2015 in an interview with Sean Hannity on Fox News: As a senator, Hillary Clinton "has her name on three laws in eight years." Hank Johnson stated on June 15, 2015 in a House floor speech: "Two weeks ago, a man entered the world’s busiest airport in Atlanta, Georgia, carrying a loaded AR-15 automatic weapon with an extended-capacity, 100-round magazine." Barack Obama stated on June 20, 2015 in a tweet: "Here are the stats: Per population, we kill each other with guns at a rate 297x more than Japan, 49x more than France, 33x more than Israel." Eugene Robinson stated on June 21, 2015 in comments on NBC's "Meet the Press": The Confederate battle flag in South Carolina was first flown at the statehouse in 1961. "It was flown as a symbol of massive resistance to racial desegregation." Don Beyer stated on June 15, 2015 in a website post: "More than half of women under 30 who give birth do so outside of marriage..." Bill Clinton stated on June 17, 2015 in a broadcast of "The Daily Show": "Between 2010 and 2014, there was no net in-migration from Mexico." Barack Obama stated on June 18, 2015 in remarks at the White House: "This type of mass violence does not happen in other advanced countries. It doesn’t happen in other places with this kind of frequency." Jeb Bush stated on June 15, 2015 in his presidential announcement speech: The Democrats are "responsible" for "the swift, mindless drawdown of a military that was generations in the making." Scott Walker stated on June 2, 2015 in a speech: My support from young voters -- those 18 to 24 -- in November 2014 was "largely unheard of for a Republican." James Clyburn stated on June 21, 2015 in comments on NBC's "Meet the Press": The original compromise for the Confederate battle flag in South Carolina "was to put it on the back side of the statehouse, out of public view so it would not have any appearance of sovereignty." Jean Casarez stated on June 21, 2015 in comments on CNN: The Confederate battle flag at the South Carolina statehouse "must fly at a height of 30 feet. Any changes -- taken down, or even at half-staff, if that can be done -- must be passed by a supermajority of the General Assembly." Sheldon Whitehouse stated on May 18, 2015 in U.S. Senate: "This March, for the first time in human history, the monthly average carbon dioxide in our atmosphere exceeded 400 parts per million. The range had been 170-300 parts per million for hundreds of thousands of years." Rick Perry stated on June 4, 2015 in his declaration for president: "Texas now has the second-highest high school graduation rate in the country. And it has the highest graduation rate for African Americans and Hispanics." Scott Walker stated on June 18, 2015 in remarks to reporters: On timing of announcement for president. Doonesbury stated on June 14, 2015 in the strip about Greg Abbott and the Jade Helm military exercise: Greg Abbott "activated the state guard to monitor" Jade Helm 15 "in case the troops try to impose martial law, disarm innocent Texans, and detain them in tunnels beneath closed Walmart stores." Russ Feingold stated on June 5, 2015 in a speech: Says U.S. Senate opponent Ron Johnson "is opposed to all government-assisted student loans." Fulton County Health and Wellness stated on June 16, 2015 in a press release: Currently, almost 40 percent of people with HIV are not diagnosed until they already have developed AIDS. And that can be up to 10 years after they first are infected with HIV. Michael Skolnik stated on June 16, 2015 in comments on CNN: "For most black people in the history of this country … it was illegal to pass as a white person. You were actually put in jail if you tried to pass." Donald Trump stated on June 16, 2015 in his presidential announcement speech: "Even our nuclear arsenal doesn't work. It came out recently they have equipment that is 30 years old. They don't know if it worked." Breitbart stated on June 14, 2015 in an article on the Breitbart website: Says the California flag was supposed to be a pear, not a bear. Bernie Sanders stated on June 4, 2015 in a post on Twitter: "The gap between the very rich and everyone else in America is wider today than at any time since the 1920s."
NARAL Pro-Choice America stated on June 18, 2015 in a TV ad: Says Scott Walker "said that forcing women facing abortion to get invasive ultrasounds was 'just a cool thing.'"
Dan Gelber stated on June 21, 2015 in a Miami Herald op-ed: "After (Jeb) Bush’s two terms in office, Florida’s graduation rate was dead last and remains near the bottom."
Athens Banner-Herald stated on May 10, 2015 in a news report: Between 1980 and 2010, water usage in Georgia dropped even as the state’s population grew.
Jeb Bush stated on June 15, 2015 in a speech launching his 2016 campaign: "The party in the White House" is responsible for "a massive tax increase on the middle class."
Bill Clinton stated on June 14, 2015 in comments on CNN's State of the Union: Says Hillary Clinton "was completely exonerated, when I was in the White House" by an official inquiry on Whitewater.
Bill Clinton stated on June 14, 2015 in comments on CNN's State of the Union: After a federal inquiry corroborated Hillary Clinton on Whitewater, "the next day, there was nothing in the media about it."
Aziz Ansari stated on June 16, 2015 in comments on "The Daily Show": "46 percent of women between the age of 16 to 24 despise sexual contact" in Japan.
Scott Walker stated on May 30, 2015 in a speech in New Hampshire: "Nationally, the unemployment rate for veterans is far greater than the national unemployment rate," and Wisconsin is "one of those rare examples where unemployment is actually lower for veterans than it is for the population as a whole and certainly lower than it is nationally."
Jeb Bush stated on June 16, 2015 in an interview with Sean Hannity on Fox News: As a senator, Hillary Clinton "has her name on three laws in eight years."
Hank Johnson stated on June 15, 2015 in a House floor speech: "Two weeks ago, a man entered the world’s busiest airport in Atlanta, Georgia, carrying a loaded AR-15 automatic weapon with an extended-capacity, 100-round magazine."
Barack Obama stated on June 20, 2015 in a tweet: "Here are the stats: Per population, we kill each other with guns at a rate 297x more than Japan, 49x more than France, 33x more than Israel."
Eugene Robinson stated on June 21, 2015 in comments on NBC's "Meet the Press": The Confederate battle flag in South Carolina was first flown at the statehouse in 1961. "It was flown as a symbol of massive resistance to racial desegregation."
Don Beyer stated on June 15, 2015 in a website post: "More than half of women under 30 who give birth do so outside of marriage..."
Bill Clinton stated on June 17, 2015 in a broadcast of "The Daily Show": "Between 2010 and 2014, there was no net in-migration from Mexico."
Barack Obama stated on June 18, 2015 in remarks at the White House: "This type of mass violence does not happen in other advanced countries. It doesn’t happen in other places with this kind of frequency."
Jeb Bush stated on June 15, 2015 in his presidential announcement speech: The Democrats are "responsible" for "the swift, mindless drawdown of a military that was generations in the making."
Scott Walker stated on June 2, 2015 in a speech: My support from young voters -- those 18 to 24 -- in November 2014 was "largely unheard of for a Republican."
James Clyburn stated on June 21, 2015 in comments on NBC's "Meet the Press": The original compromise for the Confederate battle flag in South Carolina "was to put it on the back side of the statehouse, out of public view so it would not have any appearance of sovereignty."
Jean Casarez stated on June 21, 2015 in comments on CNN: The Confederate battle flag at the South Carolina statehouse "must fly at a height of 30 feet. Any changes -- taken down, or even at half-staff, if that can be done -- must be passed by a supermajority of the General Assembly."
Sheldon Whitehouse stated on May 18, 2015 in U.S. Senate: "This March, for the first time in human history, the monthly average carbon dioxide in our atmosphere exceeded 400 parts per million. The range had been 170-300 parts per million for hundreds of thousands of years."
Rick Perry stated on June 4, 2015 in his declaration for president: "Texas now has the second-highest high school graduation rate in the country. And it has the highest graduation rate for African Americans and Hispanics."
Scott Walker stated on June 18, 2015 in remarks to reporters: On timing of announcement for president.
Doonesbury stated on June 14, 2015 in the strip about Greg Abbott and the Jade Helm military exercise: Greg Abbott "activated the state guard to monitor" Jade Helm 15 "in case the troops try to impose martial law, disarm innocent Texans, and detain them in tunnels beneath closed Walmart stores."
Russ Feingold stated on June 5, 2015 in a speech: Says U.S. Senate opponent Ron Johnson "is opposed to all government-assisted student loans."
Fulton County Health and Wellness stated on June 16, 2015 in a press release: Currently, almost 40 percent of people with HIV are not diagnosed until they already have developed AIDS. And that can be up to 10 years after they first are infected with HIV.
Michael Skolnik stated on June 16, 2015 in comments on CNN: "For most black people in the history of this country … it was illegal to pass as a white person. You were actually put in jail if you tried to pass."
Donald Trump stated on June 16, 2015 in his presidential announcement speech: "Even our nuclear arsenal doesn't work. It came out recently they have equipment that is 30 years old. They don't know if it worked."
Breitbart stated on June 14, 2015 in an article on the Breitbart website: Says the California flag was supposed to be a pear, not a bear.
Bernie Sanders stated on June 4, 2015 in a post on Twitter: "The gap between the very rich and everyone else in America is wider today than at any time since the 1920s."
