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 John Lott stated on June 24, 2015 in comments on Fox News: "The United States doesn’t have the highest murder rate among developed countries. You look at Russia, you look at Brazil, those are countries that have 3 to 5 times higher murder rates than what we have here in the United States." Bernie Sanders stated on June 28, 2015 in comments on ABC's "This Week": "We are the only major country on Earth that doesn't guarantee health care to all people as a right." Juan Williams stated on June 22, 2015 in a broadcast of "The Five" on Fox News: Polls indicate that "white people think that black people are less intelligent. They think they’re less trustworthy, less patriotic." Stanley McChrystal stated on June 12, 2015 in comments on the Hugh Hewitt radio show: ISIS reaches "about 100 million people a day" through social media. Impact America Action stated on June 8, 2015 in an ad: As governor, Maggie Hassan first proposed a $1 billion spending increase. 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." 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." 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." 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." 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." Jeb Bush stated on June 15, 2015 in his announcement speech at Miami Dade College: Says Hillary Clinton "insists that when the progressive agenda encounters religious beliefs to the contrary, those beliefs ‘have to be changed.’ " Russ Feingold stated on June 5, 2015 in a speech at the state Democratic Party convention: "The United States still ranks 20th in the world in access to broadband -- over 50 percent below the best nations." Mark Pocan stated on May 20, 2015 in a radio interview: "Twenty-five percent of people in the country have said they changed their email and phone habits because of" the collection of data allowed by the Patriot Act. John Oliver stated on June 7, 2015 in a segment about bail on "Last Week Tonight": Says "Florida is a model" for successful pretrial release programs. Pamela Geller stated on June 4, 2015 in an interview with Chris Cuomo: "In Muslim countries, under the Sharia, there is a death penalty for blaspheming Mohammad." Jeb Bush stated on June 2, 2015 in a speech at Gov. Rick Scott's Economic Growth Summit in Orlando: "In Florida, for eight years we cut taxes every year, totaling $19 billion." Mike Tate stated on May 28, 2015 in a speech: A Republican budget proposal "would have Wisconsin have the weakest standards for who can be a teacher in the classroom in the country." Dale Kooyenga stated on May 22, 2015: Since Republicans took over after the 2010 election, "the graduation rate in Wisconsin has gone from 86 percent to 88 percent. The black graduation rate has gone from 60 percent to 65 percent. The Latino graduation rate has gone from 65 percent to 71 percent." Lincoln Chafee stated on June 7, 2015 in comments on CNN's "State of the Union": Says Ronald Reagan "talked about" converting the United States to the metric system. Marco Rubio stated on May 10, 2015 in a USA Today op-ed: "There is not a single documented case of abuse" of the bulk metadata collection program. David Bowen stated on May 11, 2015 in a news release: "Two of the top three (rated) public high schools in Wisconsin — Ronald Reagan College Prep and Rufus King International — are MPS schools." Barack Obama stated on June 1, 2015 in remarks at the White House: Today, "the United States is the most respected country on Earth." Andy Craig stated on May 11, 2015 in a news release: "Thanks to restrictive and anticompetitive ballot laws," candidates in November 2014 ran unopposed in nearly half of Wisconsin’s state representative races but in Michigan and Minnesota nearly all races had challengers. Martin O'Malley stated on May 30, 2015 in his presidential announcement speech: "Today in America, 70 percent of us are earning the same or less than we were 12 years ago, and this is the first time that that has happened this side of World War II." Robert Puente stated on May 12, 2015 in remarks to the Milwaukee Common Council: If Milwaukee approves reducing its maximum forfeiture for marijuana possession to $50, the city would have "23 different bicycle violations that have a higher forfeiture." Gina Hinojosa stated on May 6, 2015 in an interview with Kiah Collier, Austin American-Statesman reporter: Austin school district "teachers are the lowest paid of any urban" Texas district and the "lowest paid of any surrounding school district." Megyn Kelly stated on May 13, 2015 in a broadcast of "The Kelly File": The lack of an automatic braking system that could have prevented the Philadelphia Amtrak crash "wasn't driven by a lack of funding. It just takes a while. They (Congress) just passed it in the recent past." Charles Schumer stated on May 13, 2015 in remarks to reporters: "It is simply a fact that insufficient funding for Amtrak has delayed the installation" of a positive train control safety system. "To deny a connection between the (derailment in Philadelphia) and underfunding Amtrak is to deny reality."
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
John Lott stated on June 24, 2015 in comments on Fox News: "The United States doesn’t have the highest murder rate among developed countries. You look at Russia, you look at Brazil, those are countries that have 3 to 5 times higher murder rates than what we have here in the United States." Bernie Sanders stated on June 28, 2015 in comments on ABC's "This Week": "We are the only major country on Earth that doesn't guarantee health care to all people as a right." Juan Williams stated on June 22, 2015 in a broadcast of "The Five" on Fox News: Polls indicate that "white people think that black people are less intelligent. They think they’re less trustworthy, less patriotic." Stanley McChrystal stated on June 12, 2015 in comments on the Hugh Hewitt radio show: ISIS reaches "about 100 million people a day" through social media. Impact America Action stated on June 8, 2015 in an ad: As governor, Maggie Hassan first proposed a $1 billion spending increase. 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." 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." 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." 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." 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." Jeb Bush stated on June 15, 2015 in his announcement speech at Miami Dade College: Says Hillary Clinton "insists that when the progressive agenda encounters religious beliefs to the contrary, those beliefs ‘have to be changed.’ " Russ Feingold stated on June 5, 2015 in a speech at the state Democratic Party convention: "The United States still ranks 20th in the world in access to broadband -- over 50 percent below the best nations." Mark Pocan stated on May 20, 2015 in a radio interview: "Twenty-five percent of people in the country have said they changed their email and phone habits because of" the collection of data allowed by the Patriot Act. John Oliver stated on June 7, 2015 in a segment about bail on "Last Week Tonight": Says "Florida is a model" for successful pretrial release programs. Pamela Geller stated on June 4, 2015 in an interview with Chris Cuomo: "In Muslim countries, under the Sharia, there is a death penalty for blaspheming Mohammad." Jeb Bush stated on June 2, 2015 in a speech at Gov. Rick Scott's Economic Growth Summit in Orlando: "In Florida, for eight years we cut taxes every year, totaling $19 billion." Mike Tate stated on May 28, 2015 in a speech: A Republican budget proposal "would have Wisconsin have the weakest standards for who can be a teacher in the classroom in the country." Dale Kooyenga stated on May 22, 2015: Since Republicans took over after the 2010 election, "the graduation rate in Wisconsin has gone from 86 percent to 88 percent. The black graduation rate has gone from 60 percent to 65 percent. The Latino graduation rate has gone from 65 percent to 71 percent." Lincoln Chafee stated on June 7, 2015 in comments on CNN's "State of the Union": Says Ronald Reagan "talked about" converting the United States to the metric system. Marco Rubio stated on May 10, 2015 in a USA Today op-ed: "There is not a single documented case of abuse" of the bulk metadata collection program. David Bowen stated on May 11, 2015 in a news release: "Two of the top three (rated) public high schools in Wisconsin — Ronald Reagan College Prep and Rufus King International — are MPS schools." Barack Obama stated on June 1, 2015 in remarks at the White House: Today, "the United States is the most respected country on Earth." Andy Craig stated on May 11, 2015 in a news release: "Thanks to restrictive and anticompetitive ballot laws," candidates in November 2014 ran unopposed in nearly half of Wisconsin’s state representative races but in Michigan and Minnesota nearly all races had challengers. Martin O'Malley stated on May 30, 2015 in his presidential announcement speech: "Today in America, 70 percent of us are earning the same or less than we were 12 years ago, and this is the first time that that has happened this side of World War II." Robert Puente stated on May 12, 2015 in remarks to the Milwaukee Common Council: If Milwaukee approves reducing its maximum forfeiture for marijuana possession to $50, the city would have "23 different bicycle violations that have a higher forfeiture." Gina Hinojosa stated on May 6, 2015 in an interview with Kiah Collier, Austin American-Statesman reporter: Austin school district "teachers are the lowest paid of any urban" Texas district and the "lowest paid of any surrounding school district." Megyn Kelly stated on May 13, 2015 in a broadcast of "The Kelly File": The lack of an automatic braking system that could have prevented the Philadelphia Amtrak crash "wasn't driven by a lack of funding. It just takes a while. They (Congress) just passed it in the recent past." Charles Schumer stated on May 13, 2015 in remarks to reporters: "It is simply a fact that insufficient funding for Amtrak has delayed the installation" of a positive train control safety system. "To deny a connection between the (derailment in Philadelphia) and underfunding Amtrak is to deny reality."
John Lott stated on June 24, 2015 in comments on Fox News: "The United States doesn’t have the highest murder rate among developed countries. You look at Russia, you look at Brazil, those are countries that have 3 to 5 times higher murder rates than what we have here in the United States."
Bernie Sanders stated on June 28, 2015 in comments on ABC's "This Week": "We are the only major country on Earth that doesn't guarantee health care to all people as a right."
Juan Williams stated on June 22, 2015 in a broadcast of "The Five" on Fox News: Polls indicate that "white people think that black people are less intelligent. They think they’re less trustworthy, less patriotic."
Stanley McChrystal stated on June 12, 2015 in comments on the Hugh Hewitt radio show: ISIS reaches "about 100 million people a day" through social media.
Impact America Action stated on June 8, 2015 in an ad: As governor, Maggie Hassan first proposed a $1 billion spending increase.
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."
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."
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."
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."
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."
Jeb Bush stated on June 15, 2015 in his announcement speech at Miami Dade College: Says Hillary Clinton "insists that when the progressive agenda encounters religious beliefs to the contrary, those beliefs ‘have to be changed.’ "
Russ Feingold stated on June 5, 2015 in a speech at the state Democratic Party convention: "The United States still ranks 20th in the world in access to broadband -- over 50 percent below the best nations."
Mark Pocan stated on May 20, 2015 in a radio interview: "Twenty-five percent of people in the country have said they changed their email and phone habits because of" the collection of data allowed by the Patriot Act.
John Oliver stated on June 7, 2015 in a segment about bail on "Last Week Tonight": Says "Florida is a model" for successful pretrial release programs.
Pamela Geller stated on June 4, 2015 in an interview with Chris Cuomo: "In Muslim countries, under the Sharia, there is a death penalty for blaspheming Mohammad."
Jeb Bush stated on June 2, 2015 in a speech at Gov. Rick Scott's Economic Growth Summit in Orlando: "In Florida, for eight years we cut taxes every year, totaling $19 billion."
Mike Tate stated on May 28, 2015 in a speech: A Republican budget proposal "would have Wisconsin have the weakest standards for who can be a teacher in the classroom in the country."
Dale Kooyenga stated on May 22, 2015: Since Republicans took over after the 2010 election, "the graduation rate in Wisconsin has gone from 86 percent to 88 percent. The black graduation rate has gone from 60 percent to 65 percent. The Latino graduation rate has gone from 65 percent to 71 percent."
Lincoln Chafee stated on June 7, 2015 in comments on CNN's "State of the Union": Says Ronald Reagan "talked about" converting the United States to the metric system.
Marco Rubio stated on May 10, 2015 in a USA Today op-ed: "There is not a single documented case of abuse" of the bulk metadata collection program.
David Bowen stated on May 11, 2015 in a news release: "Two of the top three (rated) public high schools in Wisconsin — Ronald Reagan College Prep and Rufus King International — are MPS schools."
Barack Obama stated on June 1, 2015 in remarks at the White House: Today, "the United States is the most respected country on Earth."
Andy Craig stated on May 11, 2015 in a news release: "Thanks to restrictive and anticompetitive ballot laws," candidates in November 2014 ran unopposed in nearly half of Wisconsin’s state representative races but in Michigan and Minnesota nearly all races had challengers.
Martin O'Malley stated on May 30, 2015 in his presidential announcement speech: "Today in America, 70 percent of us are earning the same or less than we were 12 years ago, and this is the first time that that has happened this side of World War II."
Robert Puente stated on May 12, 2015 in remarks to the Milwaukee Common Council: If Milwaukee approves reducing its maximum forfeiture for marijuana possession to $50, the city would have "23 different bicycle violations that have a higher forfeiture."
Gina Hinojosa stated on May 6, 2015 in an interview with Kiah Collier, Austin American-Statesman reporter: Austin school district "teachers are the lowest paid of any urban" Texas district and the "lowest paid of any surrounding school district."
Megyn Kelly stated on May 13, 2015 in a broadcast of "The Kelly File": The lack of an automatic braking system that could have prevented the Philadelphia Amtrak crash "wasn't driven by a lack of funding. It just takes a while. They (Congress) just passed it in the recent past."
Charles Schumer stated on May 13, 2015 in remarks to reporters: "It is simply a fact that insufficient funding for Amtrak has delayed the installation" of a positive train control safety system. "To deny a connection between the (derailment in Philadelphia) and underfunding Amtrak is to deny reality."
