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 Sarah Palin stated on July 14, 2009 in a Washington Post op-ed: On a cap-and-trade plan. Robert Bennett stated on July 15, 2009 in a news release.: The Obama administration has spent millions of taxpayer dollars for roadside signs to tout the economic stimulus. Sarah Palin stated on July 14, 2009 in an op-ed article in the Washington Post.: "Job losses are so certain under this new cap-and-tax plan that it includes a provision accommodating newly unemployed workers from the resulting dried-up energy sector, to the tune of $4.2 billion over eight years. So much for creating jobs." Barack Obama stated on July 1, 2009 in public statements: On a single-payer health care system. Jon Kyl stated on July 12, 2009 in an interview on This Week with George Stephanopolous.: "Only about 6.8 percent of the (stimulus) money has actually been spent." Joe Biden stated on July 9, 2009 in a news release.: "Across the country, $174 billion of the Recovery Act have been committed in its first 130 days." Presente.org stated on July 13, 2009 in a radio ad: Rep. Adam Putnam was silent when Rush Limbaugh called Sonia Sotomayor a racist. Republican National Committee stated on July 7, 2009 in a GOP survey: The Obama administration offered "$900 million to Hamas, a recognized terrorist organization, to rebuild Gaza." Republican National Committee stated on July 7, 2009 in a GOP survey: "Under the new and little known 'global justice' initiative," the Obama administration has ordered FBI agents to "read Miranda Rights to high-value terrorist detainees captured on the battlefield." Lindsey Graham stated on July 13, 2009 in a Senate hearing: "Now, there was a time when someone like Scalia and Ginsburg got 95-plus votes." Jon Kyl stated on July 12, 2009 in a television interview: A new Rasmussen poll shows people "oppose (Sotomayor's) confirmation. Only 37 percent support it." Ann Coulter stated on July 1, 2009 in a column in Human Events.: "Obama's Justice-designate Sotomayor threw out (the New Haven firefighters') lawsuit in a sneaky, unsigned opinion -- the judicial equivalent of 'talk to the hand.'" Rush Limbaugh stated on June 29, 2009 in his radio show: On the day the House voted on the climate change bill, "there was not even a copy of the bill in the well of the House, which is standard. It wasn't even written." Eric Cantor stated on July 8, 2009 in a PBS interview.: "We were promised. The president said we would keep unemployment under 8.5 percent (if the stimulus passed)." Barack Obama stated on July 6, 2009 in a newspaper interview: "We import more oil today than ever before." John Boehner stated on July 2, 2009 in a Web ad: "In North Carolina, they used stimulus money to hire one new state worker. His job, apply for more stimulus funds from the taxpayers by the way of the federal government." John Boehner stated on July 2, 2009 in a Web ad: "In Wisconsin, the stimulus paid for a bridge to a bar called Rusty's Backwater Saloon. They've got great burgers, but no new jobs." Barack Obama stated on June 29, 2009 in a speech at the White House.: "Californians consume 40 percent less energy per person than the national average" Democratic National Committee stated on July 2, 2009 in a television ad: Mitch McConnell opposed "legislation to create and protect Kentucky jobs . . . help for the unemployed. . . health care for Kentucky's children," and "fair pay for women." Chain email stated on June 25, 2009 in an e-mail received by many people.: "The ACLU has filed a suit to have all military cross-shaped headstones removed." Chuck Grassley stated on June 28, 2009 in interview on This Week with George Stephanopoulos: "If the United States moves ahead by itself (on cap-and-trade)... after 30 or 40 years, we're going to reduce CO2 by less than 1 percent." Chain email stated on May 24, 2009 in an e-mail received by many people.: The Free Flow of Information Act of 2009 "would guarantee Barack Obama will never be held accountable for producing forged birth documents." Lamar Smith stated on June 24, 2009 in an interview on Fox News: During a town hall meeting on health care, "ABC didn't even allow ads that opposed the president's health care plan to be aired." George Will stated on June 18, 2009 in a Washington Post op-ed: Every year tobacco kills more Americans than did World War II — more than AIDS, cocaine, heroin, alcohol, vehicular accidents, homicide and suicide combined. Michele Bachmann stated on June 17, 2009 in an interview with the Washington Times.: ACORN will be a paid partner with the Census Bureau and "they will be in charge of going door-to-door and collecting data from the American public." Michele Bachmann stated on June 17, 2009 in a Washington Times interview: Says the Constitution only requires her to tell the census "how many people are in our home." Barack Obama stated on June 24, 2009 in a town hall meeting: "Medicare and Medicaid are the single biggest drivers of the federal deficit and the federal debt by a huge margin." Edward Markey stated on June 20, 2009 in a press release.: Says the Congressional Budget Office estimates a cap-and-trade program would cost the average family the equivalent of "a postage stamp a day." Keith Olbermann stated on June 18, 2009 in his MSNBC "Countdown" program: "Yes, this would be the same congressman (Rep. Pete Hoekstra) who last year Tweeted the whereabouts of a top-secret mission to Iraq." Paul Krugman stated on June 22, 2009 in a column: Even high estimates for an early draft of the health care plan are "less than the $1.8 trillion cost of the Bush tax cuts."
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Sarah Palin stated on July 14, 2009 in a Washington Post op-ed: On a cap-and-trade plan. Robert Bennett stated on July 15, 2009 in a news release.: The Obama administration has spent millions of taxpayer dollars for roadside signs to tout the economic stimulus. Sarah Palin stated on July 14, 2009 in an op-ed article in the Washington Post.: "Job losses are so certain under this new cap-and-tax plan that it includes a provision accommodating newly unemployed workers from the resulting dried-up energy sector, to the tune of $4.2 billion over eight years. So much for creating jobs." Barack Obama stated on July 1, 2009 in public statements: On a single-payer health care system. Jon Kyl stated on July 12, 2009 in an interview on This Week with George Stephanopolous.: "Only about 6.8 percent of the (stimulus) money has actually been spent." Joe Biden stated on July 9, 2009 in a news release.: "Across the country, $174 billion of the Recovery Act have been committed in its first 130 days." Presente.org stated on July 13, 2009 in a radio ad: Rep. Adam Putnam was silent when Rush Limbaugh called Sonia Sotomayor a racist. Republican National Committee stated on July 7, 2009 in a GOP survey: The Obama administration offered "$900 million to Hamas, a recognized terrorist organization, to rebuild Gaza." Republican National Committee stated on July 7, 2009 in a GOP survey: "Under the new and little known 'global justice' initiative," the Obama administration has ordered FBI agents to "read Miranda Rights to high-value terrorist detainees captured on the battlefield." Lindsey Graham stated on July 13, 2009 in a Senate hearing: "Now, there was a time when someone like Scalia and Ginsburg got 95-plus votes." Jon Kyl stated on July 12, 2009 in a television interview: A new Rasmussen poll shows people "oppose (Sotomayor's) confirmation. Only 37 percent support it." Ann Coulter stated on July 1, 2009 in a column in Human Events.: "Obama's Justice-designate Sotomayor threw out (the New Haven firefighters') lawsuit in a sneaky, unsigned opinion -- the judicial equivalent of 'talk to the hand.'" Rush Limbaugh stated on June 29, 2009 in his radio show: On the day the House voted on the climate change bill, "there was not even a copy of the bill in the well of the House, which is standard. It wasn't even written." Eric Cantor stated on July 8, 2009 in a PBS interview.: "We were promised. The president said we would keep unemployment under 8.5 percent (if the stimulus passed)." Barack Obama stated on July 6, 2009 in a newspaper interview: "We import more oil today than ever before." John Boehner stated on July 2, 2009 in a Web ad: "In North Carolina, they used stimulus money to hire one new state worker. His job, apply for more stimulus funds from the taxpayers by the way of the federal government." John Boehner stated on July 2, 2009 in a Web ad: "In Wisconsin, the stimulus paid for a bridge to a bar called Rusty's Backwater Saloon. They've got great burgers, but no new jobs." Barack Obama stated on June 29, 2009 in a speech at the White House.: "Californians consume 40 percent less energy per person than the national average" Democratic National Committee stated on July 2, 2009 in a television ad: Mitch McConnell opposed "legislation to create and protect Kentucky jobs . . . help for the unemployed. . . health care for Kentucky's children," and "fair pay for women." Chain email stated on June 25, 2009 in an e-mail received by many people.: "The ACLU has filed a suit to have all military cross-shaped headstones removed." Chuck Grassley stated on June 28, 2009 in interview on This Week with George Stephanopoulos: "If the United States moves ahead by itself (on cap-and-trade)... after 30 or 40 years, we're going to reduce CO2 by less than 1 percent." Chain email stated on May 24, 2009 in an e-mail received by many people.: The Free Flow of Information Act of 2009 "would guarantee Barack Obama will never be held accountable for producing forged birth documents." Lamar Smith stated on June 24, 2009 in an interview on Fox News: During a town hall meeting on health care, "ABC didn't even allow ads that opposed the president's health care plan to be aired." George Will stated on June 18, 2009 in a Washington Post op-ed: Every year tobacco kills more Americans than did World War II — more than AIDS, cocaine, heroin, alcohol, vehicular accidents, homicide and suicide combined. Michele Bachmann stated on June 17, 2009 in an interview with the Washington Times.: ACORN will be a paid partner with the Census Bureau and "they will be in charge of going door-to-door and collecting data from the American public." Michele Bachmann stated on June 17, 2009 in a Washington Times interview: Says the Constitution only requires her to tell the census "how many people are in our home." Barack Obama stated on June 24, 2009 in a town hall meeting: "Medicare and Medicaid are the single biggest drivers of the federal deficit and the federal debt by a huge margin." Edward Markey stated on June 20, 2009 in a press release.: Says the Congressional Budget Office estimates a cap-and-trade program would cost the average family the equivalent of "a postage stamp a day." Keith Olbermann stated on June 18, 2009 in his MSNBC "Countdown" program: "Yes, this would be the same congressman (Rep. Pete Hoekstra) who last year Tweeted the whereabouts of a top-secret mission to Iraq." Paul Krugman stated on June 22, 2009 in a column: Even high estimates for an early draft of the health care plan are "less than the $1.8 trillion cost of the Bush tax cuts."
Robert Bennett stated on July 15, 2009 in a news release.: The Obama administration has spent millions of taxpayer dollars for roadside signs to tout the economic stimulus.
Sarah Palin stated on July 14, 2009 in an op-ed article in the Washington Post.: "Job losses are so certain under this new cap-and-tax plan that it includes a provision accommodating newly unemployed workers from the resulting dried-up energy sector, to the tune of $4.2 billion over eight years. So much for creating jobs."
Jon Kyl stated on July 12, 2009 in an interview on This Week with George Stephanopolous.: "Only about 6.8 percent of the (stimulus) money has actually been spent."
Joe Biden stated on July 9, 2009 in a news release.: "Across the country, $174 billion of the Recovery Act have been committed in its first 130 days."
Presente.org stated on July 13, 2009 in a radio ad: Rep. Adam Putnam was silent when Rush Limbaugh called Sonia Sotomayor a racist.
Republican National Committee stated on July 7, 2009 in a GOP survey: The Obama administration offered "$900 million to Hamas, a recognized terrorist organization, to rebuild Gaza."
Republican National Committee stated on July 7, 2009 in a GOP survey: "Under the new and little known 'global justice' initiative," the Obama administration has ordered FBI agents to "read Miranda Rights to high-value terrorist detainees captured on the battlefield."
Lindsey Graham stated on July 13, 2009 in a Senate hearing: "Now, there was a time when someone like Scalia and Ginsburg got 95-plus votes."
Jon Kyl stated on July 12, 2009 in a television interview: A new Rasmussen poll shows people "oppose (Sotomayor's) confirmation. Only 37 percent support it."
Ann Coulter stated on July 1, 2009 in a column in Human Events.: "Obama's Justice-designate Sotomayor threw out (the New Haven firefighters') lawsuit in a sneaky, unsigned opinion -- the judicial equivalent of 'talk to the hand.'"
Rush Limbaugh stated on June 29, 2009 in his radio show: On the day the House voted on the climate change bill, "there was not even a copy of the bill in the well of the House, which is standard. It wasn't even written."
Eric Cantor stated on July 8, 2009 in a PBS interview.: "We were promised. The president said we would keep unemployment under 8.5 percent (if the stimulus passed)."
Barack Obama stated on July 6, 2009 in a newspaper interview: "We import more oil today than ever before."
John Boehner stated on July 2, 2009 in a Web ad: "In North Carolina, they used stimulus money to hire one new state worker. His job, apply for more stimulus funds from the taxpayers by the way of the federal government."
John Boehner stated on July 2, 2009 in a Web ad: "In Wisconsin, the stimulus paid for a bridge to a bar called Rusty's Backwater Saloon. They've got great burgers, but no new jobs."
Barack Obama stated on June 29, 2009 in a speech at the White House.: "Californians consume 40 percent less energy per person than the national average"
Democratic National Committee stated on July 2, 2009 in a television ad: Mitch McConnell opposed "legislation to create and protect Kentucky jobs . . . help for the unemployed. . . health care for Kentucky's children," and "fair pay for women."
Chain email stated on June 25, 2009 in an e-mail received by many people.: "The ACLU has filed a suit to have all military cross-shaped headstones removed."
Chuck Grassley stated on June 28, 2009 in interview on This Week with George Stephanopoulos: "If the United States moves ahead by itself (on cap-and-trade)... after 30 or 40 years, we're going to reduce CO2 by less than 1 percent."
Chain email stated on May 24, 2009 in an e-mail received by many people.: The Free Flow of Information Act of 2009 "would guarantee Barack Obama will never be held accountable for producing forged birth documents."
Lamar Smith stated on June 24, 2009 in an interview on Fox News: During a town hall meeting on health care, "ABC didn't even allow ads that opposed the president's health care plan to be aired."
George Will stated on June 18, 2009 in a Washington Post op-ed: Every year tobacco kills more Americans than did World War II — more than AIDS, cocaine, heroin, alcohol, vehicular accidents, homicide and suicide combined.
Michele Bachmann stated on June 17, 2009 in an interview with the Washington Times.: ACORN will be a paid partner with the Census Bureau and "they will be in charge of going door-to-door and collecting data from the American public."
Michele Bachmann stated on June 17, 2009 in a Washington Times interview: Says the Constitution only requires her to tell the census "how many people are in our home."
Barack Obama stated on June 24, 2009 in a town hall meeting: "Medicare and Medicaid are the single biggest drivers of the federal deficit and the federal debt by a huge margin."
Edward Markey stated on June 20, 2009 in a press release.: Says the Congressional Budget Office estimates a cap-and-trade program would cost the average family the equivalent of "a postage stamp a day."
Keith Olbermann stated on June 18, 2009 in his MSNBC "Countdown" program: "Yes, this would be the same congressman (Rep. Pete Hoekstra) who last year Tweeted the whereabouts of a top-secret mission to Iraq."
Paul Krugman stated on June 22, 2009 in a column: Even high estimates for an early draft of the health care plan are "less than the $1.8 trillion cost of the Bush tax cuts."
