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 Glenn Beck stated on January 29, 2010 in his Fox News program: "Thomas Jefferson created the Marines for the Islamic pirates that were happening." Rick Perry stated on January 14, 2010 in a Republican gubernatorial debate: "We cut property taxes by one-third." David Axelrod stated on January 31, 2010 in NBC's "Meet the Press": "We passed without, frankly, the help of the Republican caucus, we passed 25 tax cuts last year, mostly aimed at the middle class and small businesses." Debra Medina stated on January 27, 2010 in an e-mail.: Says a prank phone call caused "400 children to be taken from their parents... without warrant." Mitch McConnell stated on May 12, 2009 in a speech on the Senate floor: On a bipartisan task force on ways to improve fiscal policy. Barack Obama stated on January 27, 2010 in a State of the Union speech: Health care reform "would bring down the deficit by as much as $1 trillion over the next two decades." Kay Bailey Hutchison stated on January 14, 2010 in a debate.: "The State of Texas does not even use the E-Verify system to determine if someone is legally in our country when they apply for a job." Republican Party of Texas stated on January 22, 2010 in an e-mail.: "Bill White has presided over the construction of what may be the world's largest abortion clinic." Jeb Hensarling stated on January 29, 2010 in a Republican retreat in Baltimore: "What were the old annual deficits under Republicans have now become the monthly deficits under Democrats." Barack Obama stated on January 29, 2010 in a Republican retreat in Baltimore: Obama came into office "with a $1.3 trillion deficit before I had passed any law. ... We came in with $8 trillion worth of debt over the next decade." Tom Price stated on January 29, 2010 in a Republican retreat in Baltimore: "Mr. President, multiple times from your administration there have come statements that Republicans have no ideas and no solutions" on health care. Charlie Crist stated on January 27, 2010 in Associated Press' annual legislative meeting: "I have had the challenge during this administration to suspend no less than 37 public officials in about 36 months." Democratic National Committee stated on January 20, 2010 in a press release: "Under (Rick Perry’s) watch as governor, over six million Texans have no health care coverage, including one million children, homeowners suffer from the highest insurance rates in the country, and college tuition has skyrocketed 136 percent." Nancy Pfotenhauer stated on January 27, 2010 in an interview on CNN: The president's health care proposals will cause "most Americans to have their premiums increased, not decreased, and hundreds of millions of people lose their current insurance coverage." John Boehner stated on January 27, 2010 in a blog post: "President Obama's proposed 'spending freeze' will only reduce the $42 trillion in government spending proposed between 2011 and 2020 by little more than one-half of 1 percent." Ronnie Earle stated on January 18, 2010 in a speech: "Inequality in Texas is steadily getting worse, with very few rich people, a great many poor people, and fewer and fewer in the middle." John Boehner stated on January 27, 2010 in a live-blog post during the State of the Union address: "President Obama pledged to go through the budget 'line by line,' but on his watch, non-defense spending has spiraled out of control, increasing by 67 percent in the last year alone." John Boehner stated on January 27, 2010 in a live-blog post during the State of the Union address: "A majority of Americans still oppose this health care bill." Bob McDonnell stated on January 27, 2010 in the Republican response to the State of the Union: "The amount of debt is on pace to double in five years and triple in 10. The federal debt is now over $100,000 per household." Bob McDonnell stated on January 27, 2010 in the Republican response to the State of the Union: "Here in Virginia, we have the opportunity to become the first state on the East Coast to explore for and produce oil and natural gas offshore." Barack Obama stated on January 27, 2010 in a State of the Union speech: "We cut taxes for 95 percent of working families." Barack Obama stated on January 27, 2010 in the State of the Union address: "Last week, the Supreme Court reversed a century of law that I believe will open the floodgates for special interests – including foreign corporations – to spend without limit in our elections." Barack Obama stated on January 27, 2010 in his State of the Union speech: "At the beginning of the last decade ... America had a budget surplus of over $200 billion. By the time I took office, we had a one-year deficit of over $1 trillion and projected deficits of $8 trillion over the next decade." Barack Obama stated on January 27, 2010 in his State of the Union address: "We've excluded lobbyists from policymaking jobs." Barack Obama stated on January 27, 2010 in his State of the Union address: The "pay-as-you-go law ... was a big reason why we had record surpluses in the 1990s." Barack Obama stated on January 27, 2010 in his State of the Union address: "Because of the steps we took, there are about 2 million Americans working right now who would otherwise be unemployed." Barack Obama stated on January 27, 2010 in a State of the Union speech: "For the first time in history, my administration posts our White House visitors online." Barack Obama stated on January 27, 2010 in a State of the Union speech: On a government spending freeze. Rick Perry stated on January 14, 2010 in a Republican gubernatorial debate: U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison "voted to continue Roe v. Wade." Rick Perry stated on November 30, 2009 in a press release: U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison "has voted nine separate times to raise the national debt ceiling."
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Glenn Beck stated on January 29, 2010 in his Fox News program: "Thomas Jefferson created the Marines for the Islamic pirates that were happening." Rick Perry stated on January 14, 2010 in a Republican gubernatorial debate: "We cut property taxes by one-third." David Axelrod stated on January 31, 2010 in NBC's "Meet the Press": "We passed without, frankly, the help of the Republican caucus, we passed 25 tax cuts last year, mostly aimed at the middle class and small businesses." Debra Medina stated on January 27, 2010 in an e-mail.: Says a prank phone call caused "400 children to be taken from their parents... without warrant." Mitch McConnell stated on May 12, 2009 in a speech on the Senate floor: On a bipartisan task force on ways to improve fiscal policy. Barack Obama stated on January 27, 2010 in a State of the Union speech: Health care reform "would bring down the deficit by as much as $1 trillion over the next two decades." Kay Bailey Hutchison stated on January 14, 2010 in a debate.: "The State of Texas does not even use the E-Verify system to determine if someone is legally in our country when they apply for a job." Republican Party of Texas stated on January 22, 2010 in an e-mail.: "Bill White has presided over the construction of what may be the world's largest abortion clinic." Jeb Hensarling stated on January 29, 2010 in a Republican retreat in Baltimore: "What were the old annual deficits under Republicans have now become the monthly deficits under Democrats." Barack Obama stated on January 29, 2010 in a Republican retreat in Baltimore: Obama came into office "with a $1.3 trillion deficit before I had passed any law. ... We came in with $8 trillion worth of debt over the next decade." Tom Price stated on January 29, 2010 in a Republican retreat in Baltimore: "Mr. President, multiple times from your administration there have come statements that Republicans have no ideas and no solutions" on health care. Charlie Crist stated on January 27, 2010 in Associated Press' annual legislative meeting: "I have had the challenge during this administration to suspend no less than 37 public officials in about 36 months." Democratic National Committee stated on January 20, 2010 in a press release: "Under (Rick Perry’s) watch as governor, over six million Texans have no health care coverage, including one million children, homeowners suffer from the highest insurance rates in the country, and college tuition has skyrocketed 136 percent." Nancy Pfotenhauer stated on January 27, 2010 in an interview on CNN: The president's health care proposals will cause "most Americans to have their premiums increased, not decreased, and hundreds of millions of people lose their current insurance coverage." John Boehner stated on January 27, 2010 in a blog post: "President Obama's proposed 'spending freeze' will only reduce the $42 trillion in government spending proposed between 2011 and 2020 by little more than one-half of 1 percent." Ronnie Earle stated on January 18, 2010 in a speech: "Inequality in Texas is steadily getting worse, with very few rich people, a great many poor people, and fewer and fewer in the middle." John Boehner stated on January 27, 2010 in a live-blog post during the State of the Union address: "President Obama pledged to go through the budget 'line by line,' but on his watch, non-defense spending has spiraled out of control, increasing by 67 percent in the last year alone." John Boehner stated on January 27, 2010 in a live-blog post during the State of the Union address: "A majority of Americans still oppose this health care bill." Bob McDonnell stated on January 27, 2010 in the Republican response to the State of the Union: "The amount of debt is on pace to double in five years and triple in 10. The federal debt is now over $100,000 per household." Bob McDonnell stated on January 27, 2010 in the Republican response to the State of the Union: "Here in Virginia, we have the opportunity to become the first state on the East Coast to explore for and produce oil and natural gas offshore." Barack Obama stated on January 27, 2010 in a State of the Union speech: "We cut taxes for 95 percent of working families." Barack Obama stated on January 27, 2010 in the State of the Union address: "Last week, the Supreme Court reversed a century of law that I believe will open the floodgates for special interests – including foreign corporations – to spend without limit in our elections." Barack Obama stated on January 27, 2010 in his State of the Union speech: "At the beginning of the last decade ... America had a budget surplus of over $200 billion. By the time I took office, we had a one-year deficit of over $1 trillion and projected deficits of $8 trillion over the next decade." Barack Obama stated on January 27, 2010 in his State of the Union address: "We've excluded lobbyists from policymaking jobs." Barack Obama stated on January 27, 2010 in his State of the Union address: The "pay-as-you-go law ... was a big reason why we had record surpluses in the 1990s." Barack Obama stated on January 27, 2010 in his State of the Union address: "Because of the steps we took, there are about 2 million Americans working right now who would otherwise be unemployed." Barack Obama stated on January 27, 2010 in a State of the Union speech: "For the first time in history, my administration posts our White House visitors online." Barack Obama stated on January 27, 2010 in a State of the Union speech: On a government spending freeze. Rick Perry stated on January 14, 2010 in a Republican gubernatorial debate: U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison "voted to continue Roe v. Wade." Rick Perry stated on November 30, 2009 in a press release: U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison "has voted nine separate times to raise the national debt ceiling."
Glenn Beck stated on January 29, 2010 in his Fox News program: "Thomas Jefferson created the Marines for the Islamic pirates that were happening."
Rick Perry stated on January 14, 2010 in a Republican gubernatorial debate: "We cut property taxes by one-third."
David Axelrod stated on January 31, 2010 in NBC's "Meet the Press": "We passed without, frankly, the help of the Republican caucus, we passed 25 tax cuts last year, mostly aimed at the middle class and small businesses."
Debra Medina stated on January 27, 2010 in an e-mail.: Says a prank phone call caused "400 children to be taken from their parents... without warrant."
Mitch McConnell stated on May 12, 2009 in a speech on the Senate floor: On a bipartisan task force on ways to improve fiscal policy.
Barack Obama stated on January 27, 2010 in a State of the Union speech: Health care reform "would bring down the deficit by as much as $1 trillion over the next two decades."
Kay Bailey Hutchison stated on January 14, 2010 in a debate.: "The State of Texas does not even use the E-Verify system to determine if someone is legally in our country when they apply for a job."
Republican Party of Texas stated on January 22, 2010 in an e-mail.: "Bill White has presided over the construction of what may be the world's largest abortion clinic."
Jeb Hensarling stated on January 29, 2010 in a Republican retreat in Baltimore: "What were the old annual deficits under Republicans have now become the monthly deficits under Democrats."
Barack Obama stated on January 29, 2010 in a Republican retreat in Baltimore: Obama came into office "with a $1.3 trillion deficit before I had passed any law. ... We came in with $8 trillion worth of debt over the next decade."
Tom Price stated on January 29, 2010 in a Republican retreat in Baltimore: "Mr. President, multiple times from your administration there have come statements that Republicans have no ideas and no solutions" on health care.
Charlie Crist stated on January 27, 2010 in Associated Press' annual legislative meeting: "I have had the challenge during this administration to suspend no less than 37 public officials in about 36 months."
Democratic National Committee stated on January 20, 2010 in a press release: "Under (Rick Perry’s) watch as governor, over six million Texans have no health care coverage, including one million children, homeowners suffer from the highest insurance rates in the country, and college tuition has skyrocketed 136 percent."
Nancy Pfotenhauer stated on January 27, 2010 in an interview on CNN: The president's health care proposals will cause "most Americans to have their premiums increased, not decreased, and hundreds of millions of people lose their current insurance coverage."
John Boehner stated on January 27, 2010 in a blog post: "President Obama's proposed 'spending freeze' will only reduce the $42 trillion in government spending proposed between 2011 and 2020 by little more than one-half of 1 percent."
Ronnie Earle stated on January 18, 2010 in a speech: "Inequality in Texas is steadily getting worse, with very few rich people, a great many poor people, and fewer and fewer in the middle."
John Boehner stated on January 27, 2010 in a live-blog post during the State of the Union address: "President Obama pledged to go through the budget 'line by line,' but on his watch, non-defense spending has spiraled out of control, increasing by 67 percent in the last year alone."
John Boehner stated on January 27, 2010 in a live-blog post during the State of the Union address: "A majority of Americans still oppose this health care bill."
Bob McDonnell stated on January 27, 2010 in the Republican response to the State of the Union: "The amount of debt is on pace to double in five years and triple in 10. The federal debt is now over $100,000 per household."
Bob McDonnell stated on January 27, 2010 in the Republican response to the State of the Union: "Here in Virginia, we have the opportunity to become the first state on the East Coast to explore for and produce oil and natural gas offshore."
Barack Obama stated on January 27, 2010 in a State of the Union speech: "We cut taxes for 95 percent of working families."
Barack Obama stated on January 27, 2010 in the State of the Union address: "Last week, the Supreme Court reversed a century of law that I believe will open the floodgates for special interests – including foreign corporations – to spend without limit in our elections."
Barack Obama stated on January 27, 2010 in his State of the Union speech: "At the beginning of the last decade ... America had a budget surplus of over $200 billion. By the time I took office, we had a one-year deficit of over $1 trillion and projected deficits of $8 trillion over the next decade."
Barack Obama stated on January 27, 2010 in his State of the Union address: "We've excluded lobbyists from policymaking jobs."
Barack Obama stated on January 27, 2010 in his State of the Union address: The "pay-as-you-go law ... was a big reason why we had record surpluses in the 1990s."
Barack Obama stated on January 27, 2010 in his State of the Union address: "Because of the steps we took, there are about 2 million Americans working right now who would otherwise be unemployed."
Barack Obama stated on January 27, 2010 in a State of the Union speech: "For the first time in history, my administration posts our White House visitors online."
Barack Obama stated on January 27, 2010 in a State of the Union speech: On a government spending freeze.
Rick Perry stated on January 14, 2010 in a Republican gubernatorial debate: U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison "voted to continue Roe v. Wade."
Rick Perry stated on November 30, 2009 in a press release: U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison "has voted nine separate times to raise the national debt ceiling."
