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 5, 2008 in a debate in Manchester, N.H.: Barack Obama "wants the government to take over health care, spend hundreds of billions of dollars of new money for health insurance for everyone." Mitt Romney stated on January 5, 2008 in a debate in Manchester, N.H.: "I don't describe your plan as amnesty in my ad. I don't call it amnesty." Rudy Giuliani stated on January 5, 2008 in a debate in Manchester, N.H.: "Ronald Reagan did amnesty." Hillary Clinton stated on January 5, 2008 in a debate in Manchester, N.H.: "There are 7,000 kids in New Hampshire who have health care because I helped to create the Children's Health Insurance Program." Hillary Clinton stated on January 5, 2008 in a debate in Manchester, N.H.: "Sen. Obama's chair in New Hampshire is a lobbyist. He lobbies for the drug companies." Hillary Clinton stated on January 5, 2008 in a debate in Manchester, N.H.: "You said you would vote against the Patriot Act, then you came to the Senate, you voted for it." Bill Richardson stated on January 5, 2008 in a debate in Manchester, N.H.: As secretary of the Department of Energy under former President Bill Clinton, "I created reserves of home heating oil." Mike Huckabee stated on January 5, 2008 in a debate in Manchester, N.H.: "I supported the surge when you didn't." Rudy Giuliani stated on January 5, 2008 in a debate in Manchester, N.H.: "Bill Clinton cut the military drastically." Mike Huckabee stated on December 30, 2007 in a TV interview on NBC.: "...some of those (tax increases) were either court-ordered, or they were voted on by the people and approved by the people for (such) things as roads." Mitt Romney stated on December 26, 2007 in a press release: "Sen. McCain says it was not a mistake to vote against the Bush tax cuts ... but now says the tax cuts need to be made permanent." Ron Paul stated on December 23, 2007 in a <i>Meet the Press</i> interview: "If you got rid of the income tax today you'd have about as much revenue as we had 10 years ago." Hillary Clinton stated on November 19, 2007 in a speech in Knoxville, Iowa: "Average families are spending roughly $2,000 more a year on energy costs. ... It's like a $2,000 energy tax in just the last seven years, more than three times what the typical American family received from the Bush tax cuts." Chris Dodd stated on October 30, 2007 in a debate in Philadelphia: "The fact of the matter is that my colleague from New York, Senator Clinton, there are 50 percent of the American public that say they're not going to vote for her." John McCain stated on January 2, 2008 in a Web ad: "Mitt Romney says the next president doesn't need foreign policy experience." Mitt Romney stated on December 28, 2007 in a TV ad: "McCain opposes repeal of the death tax." Fred Thompson stated on November 7, 2007 in a Nashville radio interview.: "He's a good man but he's a pro-life liberal. He's right on the pro-life part, but he's a liberal." Mitt Romney stated on December 16, 2007 in "Meet the Press" interview: "I just talked about guns. I told you what my position was, and what I did as governor, the fact that I received the endorsement of the NRA." Barack Obama stated on December 26, 2007 in a speech in Iowa: "Gas prices have never been higher, and Exxon Mobil's profits have never been higher." Joe Biden stated on December 27, 2007 in a TV ad: Biden was responsible for "ending genocide in Bosnia." Mitt Romney stated on December 19, 2007: Former business partner Robert Gay says: "The man who helped save my daughter was Mitt Romney." Mitt Romney stated on December 17, 2007 in a TV ad airing in Iowa.: Huckabee "granted 1,033 pardons and commutations . . . more clemencies than the previous three governors combined." Mitt Romney stated on December 6, 2007 in College Station, Texas: "I saw my father march with Martin Luther King." Mike Huckabee stated on December 19, 2007 in an interview on MSNBC's Morning Joe.: Romney refused to pardon "a decorated soldier" returning from Iraq who had been charged with a crime involving a BB gun when he was 13. Mike Huckabee stated on December 12, 2007 in a debate in Des Moines, Iowa: Says he has "the most impressive education record" of the Republican candidates. John Edwards stated on December 19, 2007 in a TV ad airing in Iowa and New Hampshire.: "One out of every four homeless people on our streets is a veteran." Club for Growth stated on December 26, 2007 in a TV ad: "As governor, Mike Huckabee supported higher income taxes, sales taxes, gas taxes, grocery taxes, tobacco taxes, beer taxes, Internet taxes, nursing home bed taxes." Bill Richardson stated on November 15, 2007 in a debate in Las Vegas: "Sixty-five percent of the Iraqi people now say it's okay to shoot an American soldier." Chain email stated on October 1, 2007: "Obama was enrolled in a Wahabi school in Jakarta. Wahabism is the RADICAL teaching that is followed by the Muslim terrorists who are now waging Jihad against the western world." Chain email stated on December 19, 2007: When Obama was sworn into office, "he DID NOT use the Holy Bible, but instead the Kuran (Their equivalency to our Bible, but very different beliefs)."
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Mitt Romney stated on January 5, 2008 in a debate in Manchester, N.H.: Barack Obama "wants the government to take over health care, spend hundreds of billions of dollars of new money for health insurance for everyone." Mitt Romney stated on January 5, 2008 in a debate in Manchester, N.H.: "I don't describe your plan as amnesty in my ad. I don't call it amnesty." Rudy Giuliani stated on January 5, 2008 in a debate in Manchester, N.H.: "Ronald Reagan did amnesty." Hillary Clinton stated on January 5, 2008 in a debate in Manchester, N.H.: "There are 7,000 kids in New Hampshire who have health care because I helped to create the Children's Health Insurance Program." Hillary Clinton stated on January 5, 2008 in a debate in Manchester, N.H.: "Sen. Obama's chair in New Hampshire is a lobbyist. He lobbies for the drug companies." Hillary Clinton stated on January 5, 2008 in a debate in Manchester, N.H.: "You said you would vote against the Patriot Act, then you came to the Senate, you voted for it." Bill Richardson stated on January 5, 2008 in a debate in Manchester, N.H.: As secretary of the Department of Energy under former President Bill Clinton, "I created reserves of home heating oil." Mike Huckabee stated on January 5, 2008 in a debate in Manchester, N.H.: "I supported the surge when you didn't." Rudy Giuliani stated on January 5, 2008 in a debate in Manchester, N.H.: "Bill Clinton cut the military drastically." Mike Huckabee stated on December 30, 2007 in a TV interview on NBC.: "...some of those (tax increases) were either court-ordered, or they were voted on by the people and approved by the people for (such) things as roads." Mitt Romney stated on December 26, 2007 in a press release: "Sen. McCain says it was not a mistake to vote against the Bush tax cuts ... but now says the tax cuts need to be made permanent." Ron Paul stated on December 23, 2007 in a <i>Meet the Press</i> interview: "If you got rid of the income tax today you'd have about as much revenue as we had 10 years ago." Hillary Clinton stated on November 19, 2007 in a speech in Knoxville, Iowa: "Average families are spending roughly $2,000 more a year on energy costs. ... It's like a $2,000 energy tax in just the last seven years, more than three times what the typical American family received from the Bush tax cuts." Chris Dodd stated on October 30, 2007 in a debate in Philadelphia: "The fact of the matter is that my colleague from New York, Senator Clinton, there are 50 percent of the American public that say they're not going to vote for her." John McCain stated on January 2, 2008 in a Web ad: "Mitt Romney says the next president doesn't need foreign policy experience." Mitt Romney stated on December 28, 2007 in a TV ad: "McCain opposes repeal of the death tax." Fred Thompson stated on November 7, 2007 in a Nashville radio interview.: "He's a good man but he's a pro-life liberal. He's right on the pro-life part, but he's a liberal." Mitt Romney stated on December 16, 2007 in "Meet the Press" interview: "I just talked about guns. I told you what my position was, and what I did as governor, the fact that I received the endorsement of the NRA." Barack Obama stated on December 26, 2007 in a speech in Iowa: "Gas prices have never been higher, and Exxon Mobil's profits have never been higher." Joe Biden stated on December 27, 2007 in a TV ad: Biden was responsible for "ending genocide in Bosnia." Mitt Romney stated on December 19, 2007: Former business partner Robert Gay says: "The man who helped save my daughter was Mitt Romney." Mitt Romney stated on December 17, 2007 in a TV ad airing in Iowa.: Huckabee "granted 1,033 pardons and commutations . . . more clemencies than the previous three governors combined." Mitt Romney stated on December 6, 2007 in College Station, Texas: "I saw my father march with Martin Luther King." Mike Huckabee stated on December 19, 2007 in an interview on MSNBC's Morning Joe.: Romney refused to pardon "a decorated soldier" returning from Iraq who had been charged with a crime involving a BB gun when he was 13. Mike Huckabee stated on December 12, 2007 in a debate in Des Moines, Iowa: Says he has "the most impressive education record" of the Republican candidates. John Edwards stated on December 19, 2007 in a TV ad airing in Iowa and New Hampshire.: "One out of every four homeless people on our streets is a veteran." Club for Growth stated on December 26, 2007 in a TV ad: "As governor, Mike Huckabee supported higher income taxes, sales taxes, gas taxes, grocery taxes, tobacco taxes, beer taxes, Internet taxes, nursing home bed taxes." Bill Richardson stated on November 15, 2007 in a debate in Las Vegas: "Sixty-five percent of the Iraqi people now say it's okay to shoot an American soldier." Chain email stated on October 1, 2007: "Obama was enrolled in a Wahabi school in Jakarta. Wahabism is the RADICAL teaching that is followed by the Muslim terrorists who are now waging Jihad against the western world." Chain email stated on December 19, 2007: When Obama was sworn into office, "he DID NOT use the Holy Bible, but instead the Kuran (Their equivalency to our Bible, but very different beliefs)."
Mitt Romney stated on January 5, 2008 in a debate in Manchester, N.H.: Barack Obama "wants the government to take over health care, spend hundreds of billions of dollars of new money for health insurance for everyone."
Mitt Romney stated on January 5, 2008 in a debate in Manchester, N.H.: "I don't describe your plan as amnesty in my ad. I don't call it amnesty."
Rudy Giuliani stated on January 5, 2008 in a debate in Manchester, N.H.: "Ronald Reagan did amnesty."
Hillary Clinton stated on January 5, 2008 in a debate in Manchester, N.H.: "There are 7,000 kids in New Hampshire who have health care because I helped to create the Children's Health Insurance Program."
Hillary Clinton stated on January 5, 2008 in a debate in Manchester, N.H.: "Sen. Obama's chair in New Hampshire is a lobbyist. He lobbies for the drug companies."
Hillary Clinton stated on January 5, 2008 in a debate in Manchester, N.H.: "You said you would vote against the Patriot Act, then you came to the Senate, you voted for it."
Bill Richardson stated on January 5, 2008 in a debate in Manchester, N.H.: As secretary of the Department of Energy under former President Bill Clinton, "I created reserves of home heating oil."
Mike Huckabee stated on January 5, 2008 in a debate in Manchester, N.H.: "I supported the surge when you didn't."
Rudy Giuliani stated on January 5, 2008 in a debate in Manchester, N.H.: "Bill Clinton cut the military drastically."
Mike Huckabee stated on December 30, 2007 in a TV interview on NBC.: "...some of those (tax increases) were either court-ordered, or they were voted on by the people and approved by the people for (such) things as roads."
Mitt Romney stated on December 26, 2007 in a press release: "Sen. McCain says it was not a mistake to vote against the Bush tax cuts ... but now says the tax cuts need to be made permanent."
Ron Paul stated on December 23, 2007 in a <i>Meet the Press</i> interview: "If you got rid of the income tax today you'd have about as much revenue as we had 10 years ago."
Hillary Clinton stated on November 19, 2007 in a speech in Knoxville, Iowa: "Average families are spending roughly $2,000 more a year on energy costs. ... It's like a $2,000 energy tax in just the last seven years, more than three times what the typical American family received from the Bush tax cuts."
Chris Dodd stated on October 30, 2007 in a debate in Philadelphia: "The fact of the matter is that my colleague from New York, Senator Clinton, there are 50 percent of the American public that say they're not going to vote for her."
John McCain stated on January 2, 2008 in a Web ad: "Mitt Romney says the next president doesn't need foreign policy experience."
Fred Thompson stated on November 7, 2007 in a Nashville radio interview.: "He's a good man but he's a pro-life liberal. He's right on the pro-life part, but he's a liberal."
Mitt Romney stated on December 16, 2007 in "Meet the Press" interview: "I just talked about guns. I told you what my position was, and what I did as governor, the fact that I received the endorsement of the NRA."
Barack Obama stated on December 26, 2007 in a speech in Iowa: "Gas prices have never been higher, and Exxon Mobil's profits have never been higher."
Joe Biden stated on December 27, 2007 in a TV ad: Biden was responsible for "ending genocide in Bosnia."
Mitt Romney stated on December 19, 2007: Former business partner Robert Gay says: "The man who helped save my daughter was Mitt Romney."
Mitt Romney stated on December 17, 2007 in a TV ad airing in Iowa.: Huckabee "granted 1,033 pardons and commutations . . . more clemencies than the previous three governors combined."
Mitt Romney stated on December 6, 2007 in College Station, Texas: "I saw my father march with Martin Luther King."
Mike Huckabee stated on December 19, 2007 in an interview on MSNBC's Morning Joe.: Romney refused to pardon "a decorated soldier" returning from Iraq who had been charged with a crime involving a BB gun when he was 13.
Mike Huckabee stated on December 12, 2007 in a debate in Des Moines, Iowa: Says he has "the most impressive education record" of the Republican candidates.
John Edwards stated on December 19, 2007 in a TV ad airing in Iowa and New Hampshire.: "One out of every four homeless people on our streets is a veteran."
Club for Growth stated on December 26, 2007 in a TV ad: "As governor, Mike Huckabee supported higher income taxes, sales taxes, gas taxes, grocery taxes, tobacco taxes, beer taxes, Internet taxes, nursing home bed taxes."
Bill Richardson stated on November 15, 2007 in a debate in Las Vegas: "Sixty-five percent of the Iraqi people now say it's okay to shoot an American soldier."
Chain email stated on October 1, 2007: "Obama was enrolled in a Wahabi school in Jakarta. Wahabism is the RADICAL teaching that is followed by the Muslim terrorists who are now waging Jihad against the western world."
Chain email stated on December 19, 2007: When Obama was sworn into office, "he DID NOT use the Holy Bible, but instead the Kuran (Their equivalency to our Bible, but very different beliefs)."
