Latest Fact-checks by Becky Bowers 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 Rick Perry stated on December 10, 2011 in a Republican presidential debate in Iowa: Says the paperback edition of Mitt Romney's book deleted line that Massachusetts' individual mandate "should be the model for the country" Florida Democratic Party stated on December 1, 2011 in a news release: Says Mitt Romney belittled middle-class tax cuts "as nothing more than 'little Band-Aids.' " Rick Scott stated on November 17, 2011 in a meeting with the "Palm Beach Post" editorial board: The Affordable Care Act is "not the law of the land." Mitt Romney stated on November 22, 2011 in a Republican debate in Washington: "We have, right now, Hezbollah, which is working throughout Latin America, in Venezuela, in Mexico, throughout Latin America, which poses a very significant and imminent threat to the United States of America." Democratic National Committee stated on November 17, 2011 in an e-mail message: "House Republicans are ramming through legislation ... to classify pizza as a 'vegetable' for the purpose of school lunches." Mitt Romney stated on November 4, 2011 in an Americans for Prosperity Foundation summit speech: Solyndra "had robots that whistled Disney songs. I'm not kidding." David Plouffe stated on October 30, 2011 in an interview on "Meet the Press": The loan guarantee program that helped Solyndra "was a program that was supported by President Bush." Americans for Prosperity stated on November 2, 2011 in a TV ad: "(President Barack Obama gave) half a billion in taxpayer money to help his friends at Solyndra, a business the White House knew was on the path to bankruptcy." Adam Putnam stated on October 30, 2011 in an interview on the CBS News show "Sunday Morning": Says the giant African land snail "carries human meningitis." Connie Mack stated on October 26, 2011 in news reports: On whether he would run for U.S. Senate in 2012. Bill Nelson stated on October 11, 2011 in a Senate floor speech: Says it wasn't until he and a Senate colleague were able to "wrangle the actual streaming video" from BP that scientists were able to calculate the oil spill flow. Marco Rubio stated on October 21, 2011 in a biography on his U.S. Senate website: Says his parents "came to America following Fidel Castro's takeover" of Cuba. Matt Gaetz stated on September 29, 2011 in an op-ed article: "A Cornell University research study concludes that ethanol generates a 29 percent energy loss, meaning it takes more than a gallon of gasoline to produce a gallon of ethanol." Mike Fasano stated on October 11, 2011 in a news article: "Just a little over 60 percent of your electric bill, my electric bill, 60 percent of that is pass-throughs, whether they be for building of nuclear plants or whatever they may be." A planned nuclear plant repair "will only increase that percentage." Critics of water fluoridation stated on October 4, 2011 in a Pinellas County Commission meeting and web comments: Say water fluoridation started in Nazi Germany ghettos and death camps to pacify the Jews. Rick Scott stated on October 4, 2011 in an answer to reporters: On how he measures his promise to create 700,000 private-sector jobs in seven years. Chain email stated on September 24, 2011 in a chain e-mail: "Florida is the first state requiring drug testing to receive welfare!" Rick Scott stated on September 24, 2011 in a speech in Orlando at Presidency 5: "At nearly 19 million people, the population of Florida is larger than all the earlier primary and caucus states combined." Rick Perry stated on September 22, 2011 in a Republican presidential debate in Orlando: Says that Romney touted the Massachusetts health plan for the nation in his hardcover book but then deleted it for the paperback edition. Rick Perry stated on September 22, 2011 in in the Fox News Google debate in Orlando: "The federal government has not engaged in (border security) at all." Gary Johnson stated on September 22, 2011 in a Republican presidential debate in Orlando, Fla.: "We're bankrupt." Debbie Wasserman Schultz stated on September 12, 2011 in an interview before the CNN/Tea Party Express presidential debate: Says CNN's Wolf Blitzer was wrong to say that "the wealthiest Americans, they pay the most in taxes already -- 50 percent of Americans don't even pay any federal income tax." Rick Perry stated on September 12, 2011 in the CNN/Tea Party Express debate: "The first round of stimulus ... it created zero jobs." Mitt Romney stated on September 12, 2011 in the CNN-Tea Party Express debate in Tampa: "In writing his book, Gov. Perry pointed out that … by any measure Social Security has been a failure." Bob Buckhorn stated on September 2, 2011 in in an interview on WEDU-TV: "One international flight a day in a wide-bodied jet ... one flight daily generates $150 million a year and approximately 2,300 jobs." Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee stated on August 20, 2011 in a gas station advertisement: "Congressman Bill Young voted to cut taxes for millionaires and end your Medicare." Ed Schultz stated on August 25, 2011 in MSNBC's the "Ed Show," Aug. 25, 2011: "In (Sen. Marco) Rubio's state of Florida alone, Social Security lifts more than -- count it -- a million people out of poverty." Rick Scott stated on August 11, 2011 in an interview with Panama City radio station WFLA 94.5: "Our credit rating went up since I've been in office." Ron Paul stated on August 11, 2011 in in a debate in Ames, Iowa: "The country's bankrupt." Adam Hasner stated on August 8, 2011 in a news release: "George LeMieux voted against the majority of Republicans and joined with Democrats to create a 'Task Force For Responsible Fiscal Action' that looks strikingly similar to the 'Super Committee' now being set up in Washington to justify massive tax hikes."
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
Rick Perry stated on December 10, 2011 in a Republican presidential debate in Iowa: Says the paperback edition of Mitt Romney's book deleted line that Massachusetts' individual mandate "should be the model for the country" Florida Democratic Party stated on December 1, 2011 in a news release: Says Mitt Romney belittled middle-class tax cuts "as nothing more than 'little Band-Aids.' " Rick Scott stated on November 17, 2011 in a meeting with the "Palm Beach Post" editorial board: The Affordable Care Act is "not the law of the land." Mitt Romney stated on November 22, 2011 in a Republican debate in Washington: "We have, right now, Hezbollah, which is working throughout Latin America, in Venezuela, in Mexico, throughout Latin America, which poses a very significant and imminent threat to the United States of America." Democratic National Committee stated on November 17, 2011 in an e-mail message: "House Republicans are ramming through legislation ... to classify pizza as a 'vegetable' for the purpose of school lunches." Mitt Romney stated on November 4, 2011 in an Americans for Prosperity Foundation summit speech: Solyndra "had robots that whistled Disney songs. I'm not kidding." David Plouffe stated on October 30, 2011 in an interview on "Meet the Press": The loan guarantee program that helped Solyndra "was a program that was supported by President Bush." Americans for Prosperity stated on November 2, 2011 in a TV ad: "(President Barack Obama gave) half a billion in taxpayer money to help his friends at Solyndra, a business the White House knew was on the path to bankruptcy." Adam Putnam stated on October 30, 2011 in an interview on the CBS News show "Sunday Morning": Says the giant African land snail "carries human meningitis." Connie Mack stated on October 26, 2011 in news reports: On whether he would run for U.S. Senate in 2012. Bill Nelson stated on October 11, 2011 in a Senate floor speech: Says it wasn't until he and a Senate colleague were able to "wrangle the actual streaming video" from BP that scientists were able to calculate the oil spill flow. Marco Rubio stated on October 21, 2011 in a biography on his U.S. Senate website: Says his parents "came to America following Fidel Castro's takeover" of Cuba. Matt Gaetz stated on September 29, 2011 in an op-ed article: "A Cornell University research study concludes that ethanol generates a 29 percent energy loss, meaning it takes more than a gallon of gasoline to produce a gallon of ethanol." Mike Fasano stated on October 11, 2011 in a news article: "Just a little over 60 percent of your electric bill, my electric bill, 60 percent of that is pass-throughs, whether they be for building of nuclear plants or whatever they may be." A planned nuclear plant repair "will only increase that percentage." Critics of water fluoridation stated on October 4, 2011 in a Pinellas County Commission meeting and web comments: Say water fluoridation started in Nazi Germany ghettos and death camps to pacify the Jews. Rick Scott stated on October 4, 2011 in an answer to reporters: On how he measures his promise to create 700,000 private-sector jobs in seven years. Chain email stated on September 24, 2011 in a chain e-mail: "Florida is the first state requiring drug testing to receive welfare!" Rick Scott stated on September 24, 2011 in a speech in Orlando at Presidency 5: "At nearly 19 million people, the population of Florida is larger than all the earlier primary and caucus states combined." Rick Perry stated on September 22, 2011 in a Republican presidential debate in Orlando: Says that Romney touted the Massachusetts health plan for the nation in his hardcover book but then deleted it for the paperback edition. Rick Perry stated on September 22, 2011 in in the Fox News Google debate in Orlando: "The federal government has not engaged in (border security) at all." Gary Johnson stated on September 22, 2011 in a Republican presidential debate in Orlando, Fla.: "We're bankrupt." Debbie Wasserman Schultz stated on September 12, 2011 in an interview before the CNN/Tea Party Express presidential debate: Says CNN's Wolf Blitzer was wrong to say that "the wealthiest Americans, they pay the most in taxes already -- 50 percent of Americans don't even pay any federal income tax." Rick Perry stated on September 12, 2011 in the CNN/Tea Party Express debate: "The first round of stimulus ... it created zero jobs." Mitt Romney stated on September 12, 2011 in the CNN-Tea Party Express debate in Tampa: "In writing his book, Gov. Perry pointed out that … by any measure Social Security has been a failure." Bob Buckhorn stated on September 2, 2011 in in an interview on WEDU-TV: "One international flight a day in a wide-bodied jet ... one flight daily generates $150 million a year and approximately 2,300 jobs." Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee stated on August 20, 2011 in a gas station advertisement: "Congressman Bill Young voted to cut taxes for millionaires and end your Medicare." Ed Schultz stated on August 25, 2011 in MSNBC's the "Ed Show," Aug. 25, 2011: "In (Sen. Marco) Rubio's state of Florida alone, Social Security lifts more than -- count it -- a million people out of poverty." Rick Scott stated on August 11, 2011 in an interview with Panama City radio station WFLA 94.5: "Our credit rating went up since I've been in office." Ron Paul stated on August 11, 2011 in in a debate in Ames, Iowa: "The country's bankrupt." Adam Hasner stated on August 8, 2011 in a news release: "George LeMieux voted against the majority of Republicans and joined with Democrats to create a 'Task Force For Responsible Fiscal Action' that looks strikingly similar to the 'Super Committee' now being set up in Washington to justify massive tax hikes."
Rick Perry stated on December 10, 2011 in a Republican presidential debate in Iowa: Says the paperback edition of Mitt Romney's book deleted line that Massachusetts' individual mandate "should be the model for the country"
Florida Democratic Party stated on December 1, 2011 in a news release: Says Mitt Romney belittled middle-class tax cuts "as nothing more than 'little Band-Aids.' "
Rick Scott stated on November 17, 2011 in a meeting with the "Palm Beach Post" editorial board: The Affordable Care Act is "not the law of the land."
Mitt Romney stated on November 22, 2011 in a Republican debate in Washington: "We have, right now, Hezbollah, which is working throughout Latin America, in Venezuela, in Mexico, throughout Latin America, which poses a very significant and imminent threat to the United States of America."
Democratic National Committee stated on November 17, 2011 in an e-mail message: "House Republicans are ramming through legislation ... to classify pizza as a 'vegetable' for the purpose of school lunches."
Mitt Romney stated on November 4, 2011 in an Americans for Prosperity Foundation summit speech: Solyndra "had robots that whistled Disney songs. I'm not kidding."
David Plouffe stated on October 30, 2011 in an interview on "Meet the Press": The loan guarantee program that helped Solyndra "was a program that was supported by President Bush."
Americans for Prosperity stated on November 2, 2011 in a TV ad: "(President Barack Obama gave) half a billion in taxpayer money to help his friends at Solyndra, a business the White House knew was on the path to bankruptcy."
Adam Putnam stated on October 30, 2011 in an interview on the CBS News show "Sunday Morning": Says the giant African land snail "carries human meningitis."
Connie Mack stated on October 26, 2011 in news reports: On whether he would run for U.S. Senate in 2012.
Bill Nelson stated on October 11, 2011 in a Senate floor speech: Says it wasn't until he and a Senate colleague were able to "wrangle the actual streaming video" from BP that scientists were able to calculate the oil spill flow.
Marco Rubio stated on October 21, 2011 in a biography on his U.S. Senate website: Says his parents "came to America following Fidel Castro's takeover" of Cuba.
Matt Gaetz stated on September 29, 2011 in an op-ed article: "A Cornell University research study concludes that ethanol generates a 29 percent energy loss, meaning it takes more than a gallon of gasoline to produce a gallon of ethanol."
Mike Fasano stated on October 11, 2011 in a news article: "Just a little over 60 percent of your electric bill, my electric bill, 60 percent of that is pass-throughs, whether they be for building of nuclear plants or whatever they may be." A planned nuclear plant repair "will only increase that percentage."
Critics of water fluoridation stated on October 4, 2011 in a Pinellas County Commission meeting and web comments: Say water fluoridation started in Nazi Germany ghettos and death camps to pacify the Jews.
Rick Scott stated on October 4, 2011 in an answer to reporters: On how he measures his promise to create 700,000 private-sector jobs in seven years.
Chain email stated on September 24, 2011 in a chain e-mail: "Florida is the first state requiring drug testing to receive welfare!"
Rick Scott stated on September 24, 2011 in a speech in Orlando at Presidency 5: "At nearly 19 million people, the population of Florida is larger than all the earlier primary and caucus states combined."
Rick Perry stated on September 22, 2011 in a Republican presidential debate in Orlando: Says that Romney touted the Massachusetts health plan for the nation in his hardcover book but then deleted it for the paperback edition.
Rick Perry stated on September 22, 2011 in in the Fox News Google debate in Orlando: "The federal government has not engaged in (border security) at all."
Gary Johnson stated on September 22, 2011 in a Republican presidential debate in Orlando, Fla.: "We're bankrupt."
Debbie Wasserman Schultz stated on September 12, 2011 in an interview before the CNN/Tea Party Express presidential debate: Says CNN's Wolf Blitzer was wrong to say that "the wealthiest Americans, they pay the most in taxes already -- 50 percent of Americans don't even pay any federal income tax."
Rick Perry stated on September 12, 2011 in the CNN/Tea Party Express debate: "The first round of stimulus ... it created zero jobs."
Mitt Romney stated on September 12, 2011 in the CNN-Tea Party Express debate in Tampa: "In writing his book, Gov. Perry pointed out that … by any measure Social Security has been a failure."
Bob Buckhorn stated on September 2, 2011 in in an interview on WEDU-TV: "One international flight a day in a wide-bodied jet ... one flight daily generates $150 million a year and approximately 2,300 jobs."
Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee stated on August 20, 2011 in a gas station advertisement: "Congressman Bill Young voted to cut taxes for millionaires and end your Medicare."
Ed Schultz stated on August 25, 2011 in MSNBC's the "Ed Show," Aug. 25, 2011: "In (Sen. Marco) Rubio's state of Florida alone, Social Security lifts more than -- count it -- a million people out of poverty."
Rick Scott stated on August 11, 2011 in an interview with Panama City radio station WFLA 94.5: "Our credit rating went up since I've been in office."
Adam Hasner stated on August 8, 2011 in a news release: "George LeMieux voted against the majority of Republicans and joined with Democrats to create a 'Task Force For Responsible Fiscal Action' that looks strikingly similar to the 'Super Committee' now being set up in Washington to justify massive tax hikes."
