Latest Fact-checks by Louis Jacobson 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 Ann Coulter stated on September 8, 2010 in a column: "There have been more terrorist attacks on U.S. soil by ... Muslims in Obama's first 18 months in office than in the six years under Bush after he invaded Iraq." National Taxpayers Union stated on September 2, 2010 in a television commercial: Proposed tax changes are a "handout" to BP. Lee Fisher stated on September 7, 2010 in a campaign commercial: "On (Rob Portman's) watch as Bush's trade czar, our deficit with China exploded" and "as Bush's budget chief, Portman oversaw a spending spree that doubled the deficit." Mary Jordan stated on September 5, 2010 in a roundtable discussion on ABC's "This Week with Christiane Amanpour": "The president's party always gets shellacked in midterms. It's only twice, 1934 and 2002, that the president's party actually gained in both the House and the Senate." Mary Jordan stated on September 5, 2010 in a roundtable discussion on ABC's "This Week with Christiane Amanpour": Likens Obama's predicament to 1982, saying, "when Reagan just started out, (unemployment was at) exactly the same point. He was two years into his term. The unemployment was well over 10 percent, and it did come out of it." Harry Reid stated on August 23, 2010 in a campaign commercial: Sharron Angle "would eliminate the Department of Education." Joe Sestak stated on August 31, 2010 in a campaign commercial: "Pat Toomey thinks corporations shouldn't pay any taxes." Donna Brazile stated on August 29, 2010 in a roundtable discussion on ABC's "This Week with Christiane Amanpour": "Forty-five percent of those who've been unemployed, they've been unemployed for six months or longer." Arne Duncan stated on August 29, 2010 in an interview on ABC's "This Week with Christiane Amanpour": "In this country, we have a 25 percent dropout rate." Ann Marie Buerkle stated on August 10, 2010 in a page on her campaign website: "The Obama Health and Human Services Department is planning to compile a federal health record on all U.S. citizens by 2014," including "each individual’s Body Mass Index." Pat Toomey stated on July 14, 2010 in a television commercial: "Joe Sestak ... even wants to bring back the death tax, letting the IRS take half of your savings when you die." Ileana Ros-Lehtinen stated on August 10, 2010 in a press release.: "U.S. taxpayers are being forced to fund Feisal Abdul Rauf’s trip to the Middle East." Laura Tyson stated on August 15, 2010 in an interview on ABC's ''This Week with Christiane Amanpour.'': The United States is "number 14, number 15" in college graduation rates, and "we're leading the world in high school dropout rates." Laura Tyson stated on August 15, 2010 in an interview on ABC's "This Week with Christiane Amanpour'': "Unemployment for those with college educations is now 4.5 percent. Unemployment for those with more than a college education, below 4 percent." Matthew Dowd stated on August 15, 2010 in a roundtable discussion on ABC's "This Week with Christiane Amanpour'': Obama's approval numbers 'are in the low 40s.' Nancy Pelosi stated on August 10, 2010 in a news release: A bill to aid state and local governments "is fully paid-for by closing costly corporate tax loopholes." Lindsey Graham stated on July 28, 2010 in an interview with Fox News' "On the Record with Greta Van Susteren": "People come here to have babies. They come here to drop a child. It's called 'drop and leave." Nancy Pelosi stated on August 1, 2010 in an interview on ABC's "This Week": House Democrats "have a two-to-one advantage money-wise" against House Republicans. John Boehner stated on August 1, 2010 in an interview on "Fox News Sunday": "This is the first time since the Depression that unemployment has stayed above 9 percent for two consecutive years." George Will stated on August 1, 2010 in a roundtable discussion on ABC's "This Week": During the recession, "the consumer in his native perversity has begun to save. The savings rate is now 6.2 percent." Tim Pawlenty stated on July 26, 2010 in a breakfast with journalists in Washington, D.C.: "I don't think the argument can be credibly made that the United States of America is undertaxed compared to our competitors." Barack Obama stated on July 22, 2010 in remarks at a bill signing: The president's budget "would take ... non-defense spending to its lowest level ... as a percentage of the economy since JFK." David Gregory stated on July 25, 2010 in an interview with Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner on NBC's Meet the Press: "25 percent of our economy is the financial sector." Marc Morial stated on July 25, 2010 in a roundtable discussion on NBC's "Meet the Press": The Latino unemployment rate is higher than the white rate and the black rate is higher than the Latino rate. Stephen Hayes stated on July 25, 2010 in a roundtable discussion on ABC's "This Week": Shirley Sherrod "was forced to resign before anybody on Fox said a word about this." Susana Martinez stated on July 22, 2010 in a campaign commercial: In New Mexico, Democratic gubernatorial candidate Diane Denish "spent federal stimulus funds on campaign Christmas cards." American Crossroads stated on July 18, 2010 in a campaign commercial: "Recent data showed Nevada ranks 50th in the money received from" the stimulus bill. George Will stated on July 18, 2010 in a roundtable discussion on ABC's This Week: Democrats in the 1930s wanted President Franklin Roosevelt "to be more conservative." Mike Pence stated on July 20, 2010 in a press conference: "Should Democrats get their way, every income tax bracket will increase on Jan. 1, 2011. Every single one." Joe Biden stated on July 18, 2010 in an interview on ABC's This Week: "We're not engaged in nation-building" in Afghanistan.
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Ann Coulter stated on September 8, 2010 in a column: "There have been more terrorist attacks on U.S. soil by ... Muslims in Obama's first 18 months in office than in the six years under Bush after he invaded Iraq." National Taxpayers Union stated on September 2, 2010 in a television commercial: Proposed tax changes are a "handout" to BP. Lee Fisher stated on September 7, 2010 in a campaign commercial: "On (Rob Portman's) watch as Bush's trade czar, our deficit with China exploded" and "as Bush's budget chief, Portman oversaw a spending spree that doubled the deficit." Mary Jordan stated on September 5, 2010 in a roundtable discussion on ABC's "This Week with Christiane Amanpour": "The president's party always gets shellacked in midterms. It's only twice, 1934 and 2002, that the president's party actually gained in both the House and the Senate." Mary Jordan stated on September 5, 2010 in a roundtable discussion on ABC's "This Week with Christiane Amanpour": Likens Obama's predicament to 1982, saying, "when Reagan just started out, (unemployment was at) exactly the same point. He was two years into his term. The unemployment was well over 10 percent, and it did come out of it." Harry Reid stated on August 23, 2010 in a campaign commercial: Sharron Angle "would eliminate the Department of Education." Joe Sestak stated on August 31, 2010 in a campaign commercial: "Pat Toomey thinks corporations shouldn't pay any taxes." Donna Brazile stated on August 29, 2010 in a roundtable discussion on ABC's "This Week with Christiane Amanpour": "Forty-five percent of those who've been unemployed, they've been unemployed for six months or longer." Arne Duncan stated on August 29, 2010 in an interview on ABC's "This Week with Christiane Amanpour": "In this country, we have a 25 percent dropout rate." Ann Marie Buerkle stated on August 10, 2010 in a page on her campaign website: "The Obama Health and Human Services Department is planning to compile a federal health record on all U.S. citizens by 2014," including "each individual’s Body Mass Index." Pat Toomey stated on July 14, 2010 in a television commercial: "Joe Sestak ... even wants to bring back the death tax, letting the IRS take half of your savings when you die." Ileana Ros-Lehtinen stated on August 10, 2010 in a press release.: "U.S. taxpayers are being forced to fund Feisal Abdul Rauf’s trip to the Middle East." Laura Tyson stated on August 15, 2010 in an interview on ABC's ''This Week with Christiane Amanpour.'': The United States is "number 14, number 15" in college graduation rates, and "we're leading the world in high school dropout rates." Laura Tyson stated on August 15, 2010 in an interview on ABC's "This Week with Christiane Amanpour'': "Unemployment for those with college educations is now 4.5 percent. Unemployment for those with more than a college education, below 4 percent." Matthew Dowd stated on August 15, 2010 in a roundtable discussion on ABC's "This Week with Christiane Amanpour'': Obama's approval numbers 'are in the low 40s.' Nancy Pelosi stated on August 10, 2010 in a news release: A bill to aid state and local governments "is fully paid-for by closing costly corporate tax loopholes." Lindsey Graham stated on July 28, 2010 in an interview with Fox News' "On the Record with Greta Van Susteren": "People come here to have babies. They come here to drop a child. It's called 'drop and leave." Nancy Pelosi stated on August 1, 2010 in an interview on ABC's "This Week": House Democrats "have a two-to-one advantage money-wise" against House Republicans. John Boehner stated on August 1, 2010 in an interview on "Fox News Sunday": "This is the first time since the Depression that unemployment has stayed above 9 percent for two consecutive years." George Will stated on August 1, 2010 in a roundtable discussion on ABC's "This Week": During the recession, "the consumer in his native perversity has begun to save. The savings rate is now 6.2 percent." Tim Pawlenty stated on July 26, 2010 in a breakfast with journalists in Washington, D.C.: "I don't think the argument can be credibly made that the United States of America is undertaxed compared to our competitors." Barack Obama stated on July 22, 2010 in remarks at a bill signing: The president's budget "would take ... non-defense spending to its lowest level ... as a percentage of the economy since JFK." David Gregory stated on July 25, 2010 in an interview with Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner on NBC's Meet the Press: "25 percent of our economy is the financial sector." Marc Morial stated on July 25, 2010 in a roundtable discussion on NBC's "Meet the Press": The Latino unemployment rate is higher than the white rate and the black rate is higher than the Latino rate. Stephen Hayes stated on July 25, 2010 in a roundtable discussion on ABC's "This Week": Shirley Sherrod "was forced to resign before anybody on Fox said a word about this." Susana Martinez stated on July 22, 2010 in a campaign commercial: In New Mexico, Democratic gubernatorial candidate Diane Denish "spent federal stimulus funds on campaign Christmas cards." American Crossroads stated on July 18, 2010 in a campaign commercial: "Recent data showed Nevada ranks 50th in the money received from" the stimulus bill. George Will stated on July 18, 2010 in a roundtable discussion on ABC's This Week: Democrats in the 1930s wanted President Franklin Roosevelt "to be more conservative." Mike Pence stated on July 20, 2010 in a press conference: "Should Democrats get their way, every income tax bracket will increase on Jan. 1, 2011. Every single one." Joe Biden stated on July 18, 2010 in an interview on ABC's This Week: "We're not engaged in nation-building" in Afghanistan.
Ann Coulter stated on September 8, 2010 in a column: "There have been more terrorist attacks on U.S. soil by ... Muslims in Obama's first 18 months in office than in the six years under Bush after he invaded Iraq."
National Taxpayers Union stated on September 2, 2010 in a television commercial: Proposed tax changes are a "handout" to BP.
Lee Fisher stated on September 7, 2010 in a campaign commercial: "On (Rob Portman's) watch as Bush's trade czar, our deficit with China exploded" and "as Bush's budget chief, Portman oversaw a spending spree that doubled the deficit."
Mary Jordan stated on September 5, 2010 in a roundtable discussion on ABC's "This Week with Christiane Amanpour": "The president's party always gets shellacked in midterms. It's only twice, 1934 and 2002, that the president's party actually gained in both the House and the Senate."
Mary Jordan stated on September 5, 2010 in a roundtable discussion on ABC's "This Week with Christiane Amanpour": Likens Obama's predicament to 1982, saying, "when Reagan just started out, (unemployment was at) exactly the same point. He was two years into his term. The unemployment was well over 10 percent, and it did come out of it."
Harry Reid stated on August 23, 2010 in a campaign commercial: Sharron Angle "would eliminate the Department of Education."
Joe Sestak stated on August 31, 2010 in a campaign commercial: "Pat Toomey thinks corporations shouldn't pay any taxes."
Donna Brazile stated on August 29, 2010 in a roundtable discussion on ABC's "This Week with Christiane Amanpour": "Forty-five percent of those who've been unemployed, they've been unemployed for six months or longer."
Arne Duncan stated on August 29, 2010 in an interview on ABC's "This Week with Christiane Amanpour": "In this country, we have a 25 percent dropout rate."
Ann Marie Buerkle stated on August 10, 2010 in a page on her campaign website: "The Obama Health and Human Services Department is planning to compile a federal health record on all U.S. citizens by 2014," including "each individual’s Body Mass Index."
Pat Toomey stated on July 14, 2010 in a television commercial: "Joe Sestak ... even wants to bring back the death tax, letting the IRS take half of your savings when you die."
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen stated on August 10, 2010 in a press release.: "U.S. taxpayers are being forced to fund Feisal Abdul Rauf’s trip to the Middle East."
Laura Tyson stated on August 15, 2010 in an interview on ABC's ''This Week with Christiane Amanpour.'': The United States is "number 14, number 15" in college graduation rates, and "we're leading the world in high school dropout rates."
Laura Tyson stated on August 15, 2010 in an interview on ABC's "This Week with Christiane Amanpour'': "Unemployment for those with college educations is now 4.5 percent. Unemployment for those with more than a college education, below 4 percent."
Matthew Dowd stated on August 15, 2010 in a roundtable discussion on ABC's "This Week with Christiane Amanpour'': Obama's approval numbers 'are in the low 40s.'
Nancy Pelosi stated on August 10, 2010 in a news release: A bill to aid state and local governments "is fully paid-for by closing costly corporate tax loopholes."
Lindsey Graham stated on July 28, 2010 in an interview with Fox News' "On the Record with Greta Van Susteren": "People come here to have babies. They come here to drop a child. It's called 'drop and leave."
Nancy Pelosi stated on August 1, 2010 in an interview on ABC's "This Week": House Democrats "have a two-to-one advantage money-wise" against House Republicans.
John Boehner stated on August 1, 2010 in an interview on "Fox News Sunday": "This is the first time since the Depression that unemployment has stayed above 9 percent for two consecutive years."
George Will stated on August 1, 2010 in a roundtable discussion on ABC's "This Week": During the recession, "the consumer in his native perversity has begun to save. The savings rate is now 6.2 percent."
Tim Pawlenty stated on July 26, 2010 in a breakfast with journalists in Washington, D.C.: "I don't think the argument can be credibly made that the United States of America is undertaxed compared to our competitors."
Barack Obama stated on July 22, 2010 in remarks at a bill signing: The president's budget "would take ... non-defense spending to its lowest level ... as a percentage of the economy since JFK."
David Gregory stated on July 25, 2010 in an interview with Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner on NBC's Meet the Press: "25 percent of our economy is the financial sector."
Marc Morial stated on July 25, 2010 in a roundtable discussion on NBC's "Meet the Press": The Latino unemployment rate is higher than the white rate and the black rate is higher than the Latino rate.
Stephen Hayes stated on July 25, 2010 in a roundtable discussion on ABC's "This Week": Shirley Sherrod "was forced to resign before anybody on Fox said a word about this."
Susana Martinez stated on July 22, 2010 in a campaign commercial: In New Mexico, Democratic gubernatorial candidate Diane Denish "spent federal stimulus funds on campaign Christmas cards."
American Crossroads stated on July 18, 2010 in a campaign commercial: "Recent data showed Nevada ranks 50th in the money received from" the stimulus bill.
George Will stated on July 18, 2010 in a roundtable discussion on ABC's This Week: Democrats in the 1930s wanted President Franklin Roosevelt "to be more conservative."
Mike Pence stated on July 20, 2010 in a press conference: "Should Democrats get their way, every income tax bracket will increase on Jan. 1, 2011. Every single one."
Joe Biden stated on July 18, 2010 in an interview on ABC's This Week: "We're not engaged in nation-building" in Afghanistan.
