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 Mitt Romney stated on January 28, 2008 in West Palm Beach, Fla.: "Gasoline would rise in price by approximately 50 cents a gallon" if the McCain-Lieberman bill became law. Rudy Giuliani stated on January 24, 2008 in a debate in Boca Raton, Fla.: Said he's the only Republican candidate "who's actually turned around a government economy." John McCain stated on January 28, 2008 in an ad on the Internet: Romney used to favor gun control, and said he didn't want to go back to Reagan-Bush. Mitt Romney stated on January 24, 2008 in Boca Raton.: "Now, I also support the Bush tax cuts. Sen. McCain voted against them originally. He now believes they should be made permanent. I'm glad he agrees they should be made permanent." Barack Obama stated on January 23, 2008 in a radio ad in South Carolina: "But it was Hillary Clinton, in an interview with Tom Brokaw, who quote 'paid tribute' to Ronald Reagan's economic and foreign policy." Rudy Giuliani stated on January 25, 2008 in Boca Raton.: "We have more coal reserves in the United States than they have oil reserves in Saudi Arabia." John McCain stated on January 24, 2008 in a debate in Boca Raton.: Hillary Clinton wants to "wave the white flag of surrender and set a date for withdrawal." Mitt Romney stated on January 25, 2008 in a campaign rally in Pensacola.: "I was pretty proud of being the only guy on the stage that ever had a job in the private sector." Mike Huckabee stated on January 25, 2008 in a debate in Boca Raton.: "The average American is working through the month of May just to pay off the government." Bill Clinton stated on January 25, 2008: "The 1990s were a time of prosperity. We created more than 22-million new jobs, moved 8-million people out of poverty, and turned our economy around." Rudy Giuliani stated on January 24, 2008 in a Republican debate in Boca Raton.: "Bill Clinton's peace dividend . . . cut the military 25 and 30 percent." Mike Huckabee stated on January 24, 2008 in a debate in Boca Raton.: Says he was the only Republican candidate at a prior debate who said lower-income workers were being hurt by the economy. John McCain stated on January 24, 2008 in a debate in Boca Raton.: "I won the majority of the Republican vote in both New Hampshire and South Carolina." Mike Huckabee stated on January 23, 2008: "When the Fair Tax becomes law, it will be like waving a magic wand releasing us from pain and unfairness." Chain email stated on January 18, 2008: Barack Obama's church gave a lifetime achievement award to Louis Farrakhan. Chain email stated on January 18, 2008: Obama "remains silent" and "is never asked how he feels about his church honoring Farrakhan." Hillary Clinton stated on January 21, 2008 in a debate in Myrtle Beach, S.C.: "I was fighting against those (Republican) ideas when you were practicing law and representing your contributor, Rezko, in his slum landlord business in inner city Chicago." Barack Obama stated on January 21, 2008 in a debate in Myrtle Beach, S.C.: "I know that Hillary on occasion has said — just last year said this (NAFTA) was a boon to the economy." Barack Obama stated on January 21, 2008 in a debate in Myrtle Beach, S.C.: "While I was working on those streets watching those folks see their jobs shift overseas, you were a corporate lawyer sitting on the board at Wal-Mart." John Edwards stated on January 21, 2008 in a debate in Myrtle Beach, S.C.: "If you are African-American in this country today, you are likely to have a net worth of about 10 percent of what white families have." Hillary Clinton stated on January 15, 2008 in a debate in Las Vegas: The Bush administration has "the Pentagon trying to take away the signing bonuses when a soldier gets wounded and ends up in the hospital, something that I'm working with a Republican senator to try to make sure never can happen again." Bill Clinton stated on January 18, 2008 in in Pahrump, Nev.: Obama said that "since 1992, the Republicans have had all the good ideas..." Rudy Giuliani stated on January 16, 2008 in a TV ad: "And he's the only candidate who will fight for a national catastrophe fund to reduce insurance rates." Mitt Romney stated on January 17, 2008 in a news conference in a Staples store in Columbia, S.C. : "I don't have lobbyists running my campaign." Hillary Clinton stated on January 15, 2008 in Las Vegas: "Barack (Obama) has one of his biggest supporters in terms of funding, the Exelon Corporation, which has spent millions of dollars trying to make Yucca Mountain the waste depository." Rudy Giuliani stated on January 16, 2008 in a TV ad: "He reformed welfare before others tried." Rudy Giuliani stated on January 16, 2008 in a TV ad: "And delivered more tax relief than the other Republicans combined." Vietnam Veterans Against John McCain stated on January 15, 2008 in a flyer sent to news organizations in South Carolina: Says McCain was a "Hanoi Hilton songbird" who collaborated with the enemy. Hillary Clinton stated on January 15, 2008 in a debate in Las Vegas.: "You know, Sen. McCain said the other day that we might have troops (in Iraq) for 100 years..." Barack Obama stated on January 15, 2008 in debate in Las Vegas: "I'm proud of the fact that I've raised more money from small donors than anybody else, and that we're getting $25, $50, $100 donations, and we've done very well doing it that way."
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Mitt Romney stated on January 28, 2008 in West Palm Beach, Fla.: "Gasoline would rise in price by approximately 50 cents a gallon" if the McCain-Lieberman bill became law. Rudy Giuliani stated on January 24, 2008 in a debate in Boca Raton, Fla.: Said he's the only Republican candidate "who's actually turned around a government economy." John McCain stated on January 28, 2008 in an ad on the Internet: Romney used to favor gun control, and said he didn't want to go back to Reagan-Bush. Mitt Romney stated on January 24, 2008 in Boca Raton.: "Now, I also support the Bush tax cuts. Sen. McCain voted against them originally. He now believes they should be made permanent. I'm glad he agrees they should be made permanent." Barack Obama stated on January 23, 2008 in a radio ad in South Carolina: "But it was Hillary Clinton, in an interview with Tom Brokaw, who quote 'paid tribute' to Ronald Reagan's economic and foreign policy." Rudy Giuliani stated on January 25, 2008 in Boca Raton.: "We have more coal reserves in the United States than they have oil reserves in Saudi Arabia." John McCain stated on January 24, 2008 in a debate in Boca Raton.: Hillary Clinton wants to "wave the white flag of surrender and set a date for withdrawal." Mitt Romney stated on January 25, 2008 in a campaign rally in Pensacola.: "I was pretty proud of being the only guy on the stage that ever had a job in the private sector." Mike Huckabee stated on January 25, 2008 in a debate in Boca Raton.: "The average American is working through the month of May just to pay off the government." Bill Clinton stated on January 25, 2008: "The 1990s were a time of prosperity. We created more than 22-million new jobs, moved 8-million people out of poverty, and turned our economy around." Rudy Giuliani stated on January 24, 2008 in a Republican debate in Boca Raton.: "Bill Clinton's peace dividend . . . cut the military 25 and 30 percent." Mike Huckabee stated on January 24, 2008 in a debate in Boca Raton.: Says he was the only Republican candidate at a prior debate who said lower-income workers were being hurt by the economy. John McCain stated on January 24, 2008 in a debate in Boca Raton.: "I won the majority of the Republican vote in both New Hampshire and South Carolina." Mike Huckabee stated on January 23, 2008: "When the Fair Tax becomes law, it will be like waving a magic wand releasing us from pain and unfairness." Chain email stated on January 18, 2008: Barack Obama's church gave a lifetime achievement award to Louis Farrakhan. Chain email stated on January 18, 2008: Obama "remains silent" and "is never asked how he feels about his church honoring Farrakhan." Hillary Clinton stated on January 21, 2008 in a debate in Myrtle Beach, S.C.: "I was fighting against those (Republican) ideas when you were practicing law and representing your contributor, Rezko, in his slum landlord business in inner city Chicago." Barack Obama stated on January 21, 2008 in a debate in Myrtle Beach, S.C.: "I know that Hillary on occasion has said — just last year said this (NAFTA) was a boon to the economy." Barack Obama stated on January 21, 2008 in a debate in Myrtle Beach, S.C.: "While I was working on those streets watching those folks see their jobs shift overseas, you were a corporate lawyer sitting on the board at Wal-Mart." John Edwards stated on January 21, 2008 in a debate in Myrtle Beach, S.C.: "If you are African-American in this country today, you are likely to have a net worth of about 10 percent of what white families have." Hillary Clinton stated on January 15, 2008 in a debate in Las Vegas: The Bush administration has "the Pentagon trying to take away the signing bonuses when a soldier gets wounded and ends up in the hospital, something that I'm working with a Republican senator to try to make sure never can happen again." Bill Clinton stated on January 18, 2008 in in Pahrump, Nev.: Obama said that "since 1992, the Republicans have had all the good ideas..." Rudy Giuliani stated on January 16, 2008 in a TV ad: "And he's the only candidate who will fight for a national catastrophe fund to reduce insurance rates." Mitt Romney stated on January 17, 2008 in a news conference in a Staples store in Columbia, S.C. : "I don't have lobbyists running my campaign." Hillary Clinton stated on January 15, 2008 in Las Vegas: "Barack (Obama) has one of his biggest supporters in terms of funding, the Exelon Corporation, which has spent millions of dollars trying to make Yucca Mountain the waste depository." Rudy Giuliani stated on January 16, 2008 in a TV ad: "He reformed welfare before others tried." Rudy Giuliani stated on January 16, 2008 in a TV ad: "And delivered more tax relief than the other Republicans combined." Vietnam Veterans Against John McCain stated on January 15, 2008 in a flyer sent to news organizations in South Carolina: Says McCain was a "Hanoi Hilton songbird" who collaborated with the enemy. Hillary Clinton stated on January 15, 2008 in a debate in Las Vegas.: "You know, Sen. McCain said the other day that we might have troops (in Iraq) for 100 years..." Barack Obama stated on January 15, 2008 in debate in Las Vegas: "I'm proud of the fact that I've raised more money from small donors than anybody else, and that we're getting $25, $50, $100 donations, and we've done very well doing it that way."
Mitt Romney stated on January 28, 2008 in West Palm Beach, Fla.: "Gasoline would rise in price by approximately 50 cents a gallon" if the McCain-Lieberman bill became law.
Rudy Giuliani stated on January 24, 2008 in a debate in Boca Raton, Fla.: Said he's the only Republican candidate "who's actually turned around a government economy."
John McCain stated on January 28, 2008 in an ad on the Internet: Romney used to favor gun control, and said he didn't want to go back to Reagan-Bush.
Mitt Romney stated on January 24, 2008 in Boca Raton.: "Now, I also support the Bush tax cuts. Sen. McCain voted against them originally. He now believes they should be made permanent. I'm glad he agrees they should be made permanent."
Barack Obama stated on January 23, 2008 in a radio ad in South Carolina: "But it was Hillary Clinton, in an interview with Tom Brokaw, who quote 'paid tribute' to Ronald Reagan's economic and foreign policy."
Rudy Giuliani stated on January 25, 2008 in Boca Raton.: "We have more coal reserves in the United States than they have oil reserves in Saudi Arabia."
John McCain stated on January 24, 2008 in a debate in Boca Raton.: Hillary Clinton wants to "wave the white flag of surrender and set a date for withdrawal."
Mitt Romney stated on January 25, 2008 in a campaign rally in Pensacola.: "I was pretty proud of being the only guy on the stage that ever had a job in the private sector."
Mike Huckabee stated on January 25, 2008 in a debate in Boca Raton.: "The average American is working through the month of May just to pay off the government."
Bill Clinton stated on January 25, 2008: "The 1990s were a time of prosperity. We created more than 22-million new jobs, moved 8-million people out of poverty, and turned our economy around."
Rudy Giuliani stated on January 24, 2008 in a Republican debate in Boca Raton.: "Bill Clinton's peace dividend . . . cut the military 25 and 30 percent."
Mike Huckabee stated on January 24, 2008 in a debate in Boca Raton.: Says he was the only Republican candidate at a prior debate who said lower-income workers were being hurt by the economy.
John McCain stated on January 24, 2008 in a debate in Boca Raton.: "I won the majority of the Republican vote in both New Hampshire and South Carolina."
Mike Huckabee stated on January 23, 2008: "When the Fair Tax becomes law, it will be like waving a magic wand releasing us from pain and unfairness."
Chain email stated on January 18, 2008: Barack Obama's church gave a lifetime achievement award to Louis Farrakhan.
Chain email stated on January 18, 2008: Obama "remains silent" and "is never asked how he feels about his church honoring Farrakhan."
Hillary Clinton stated on January 21, 2008 in a debate in Myrtle Beach, S.C.: "I was fighting against those (Republican) ideas when you were practicing law and representing your contributor, Rezko, in his slum landlord business in inner city Chicago."
Barack Obama stated on January 21, 2008 in a debate in Myrtle Beach, S.C.: "I know that Hillary on occasion has said — just last year said this (NAFTA) was a boon to the economy."
Barack Obama stated on January 21, 2008 in a debate in Myrtle Beach, S.C.: "While I was working on those streets watching those folks see their jobs shift overseas, you were a corporate lawyer sitting on the board at Wal-Mart."
John Edwards stated on January 21, 2008 in a debate in Myrtle Beach, S.C.: "If you are African-American in this country today, you are likely to have a net worth of about 10 percent of what white families have."
Hillary Clinton stated on January 15, 2008 in a debate in Las Vegas: The Bush administration has "the Pentagon trying to take away the signing bonuses when a soldier gets wounded and ends up in the hospital, something that I'm working with a Republican senator to try to make sure never can happen again."
Bill Clinton stated on January 18, 2008 in in Pahrump, Nev.: Obama said that "since 1992, the Republicans have had all the good ideas..."
Rudy Giuliani stated on January 16, 2008 in a TV ad: "And he's the only candidate who will fight for a national catastrophe fund to reduce insurance rates."
Mitt Romney stated on January 17, 2008 in a news conference in a Staples store in Columbia, S.C. : "I don't have lobbyists running my campaign."
Hillary Clinton stated on January 15, 2008 in Las Vegas: "Barack (Obama) has one of his biggest supporters in terms of funding, the Exelon Corporation, which has spent millions of dollars trying to make Yucca Mountain the waste depository."
Rudy Giuliani stated on January 16, 2008 in a TV ad: "And delivered more tax relief than the other Republicans combined."
Vietnam Veterans Against John McCain stated on January 15, 2008 in a flyer sent to news organizations in South Carolina: Says McCain was a "Hanoi Hilton songbird" who collaborated with the enemy.
Hillary Clinton stated on January 15, 2008 in a debate in Las Vegas.: "You know, Sen. McCain said the other day that we might have troops (in Iraq) for 100 years..."
Barack Obama stated on January 15, 2008 in debate in Las Vegas: "I'm proud of the fact that I've raised more money from small donors than anybody else, and that we're getting $25, $50, $100 donations, and we've done very well doing it that way."
