Latest Fact-checks by Robert Farley 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 Rush Limbaugh stated on April 29, 2010 in his radio program: Alaska's Prince William Sound "is pristine now." Tim James stated on April 26, 2010 in a press release: Says a Bureau of Labor Statistics report attributed a sharp increase in work-related fatalities to "increasing numbers of employees and drivers could not read or understand warning signs in English." Ed Whitacre stated on April 21, 2010 in a TV ad: GM has "repaid our government loan, in full, with interest, five years ahead of the original schedule." Bill Clinton stated on April 18, 2010 in ABC's "This Week": "Dubai is the only country with huge amounts of imported workers that's actually passed legislation to give these immigrant workers a better deal in the Middle East." Bill Clinton stated on April 18, 2010 in an interview on ABC's 'This Week': "I never had a filibuster-proof Senate." Steve Cohen stated on April 15, 2010 in a story about taxes from Associated Press: "The fact is, in the past year we have had more tax cuts than almost any time in our nation's history." Julian Assange stated on April 12, 2010 in an interview on Comedy Central's "The Colbert Report": "The permission to engage was given before the word RPG was ever used." Charles Schumer stated on April 11, 2010 in ABC's "This Week": "No one questioned that she (Judge Sotomayor) was out of the mainstream." Robert Gates stated on April 11, 2010 in ABC's "This Week": "The video doesn't show the broader picture of the firing that was going on at American troops." Robert Gates stated on April 11, 2010 in ABC's "This Week": "The policy of the Bush administration was also not to add new nuclear capabilities." Patrick McHenry stated on April 1, 2010 in an op ed article: "Early census returns are showing that conservatives have been measurably less likely than liberals to return their census forms." Patrick McHenry stated on April 1, 2010 in an op ed article: "The most private question on this year’s form asks for an individual’s race, and that question has been asked by every census since the 1790 census conducted under then-President George Washington." Patrick McHenry stated on March 29, 2010 in a press release: "This census is also the shortest and least intrusive count in modern history." Michele Bachmann stated on March 28, 2010 in on CBS's "Face the Nation": "The New England Journal of Medicine released a survey the week that President Obama signed Obamacare stating that over 30 percent of American physicians would leave the profession if the government took over health care." Joe Scarborough stated on March 24, 2010 in a comment on his "Morning Joe'' program on MSNBC: The health care reform bill "is the largest tax increase in U.S. history." Richard Durbin stated on March 24, 2010 in a comment on the "Morning Joe'' show on MSNBC.: "Joe, I keep hearing you every morning talking about the biggest tax increase in history, but you don't mention it's also the biggest tax cut in history.'' Bart Stupak stated on March 21, 2010 in a news conference: "There will be no public funding for abortion in this legislation." Barack Obama stated on March 19, 2010 in a health care speech: "Americans who get their insurance through the workplace, cost savings could be as much as $3,000 less per employee than if we do nothing." Nancy Pelosi stated on March 18, 2010 in a press release: The Congressional Budget Office analysis of the health insurance reform legislation says the bill "cuts the deficit by $1.2 trillion in the second 10 years." J.D. Hayworth stated on March 14, 2010 in a radio interview: "The Massachusetts Supreme Court...defined marriage as simply, quote, the establishment of intimacy ... I guess that would mean if you really had affection for your horse, I guess you could marry your horse." Americans for Prosperity stated on March 16, 2010 in a TV ad: "A government panel that didn't include cancer specialists says women shouldn't receive mammograms until age 50...If government takes over health care, recommendations like these could become the law for all kinds of diseases." Jim DeMint stated on March 10, 2010 in a message on Twitter: "House Appropriations Chair David Obey's partial earmark ban wouldn't apply to 90% of earmarks." Bart Stupak stated on March 4, 2010 in a Good Morning America interview: In the Senate version of the health reform bill, "Every enrollee in the Office of Personnel Management enrolled plan, every enrollee has to pay a minimum of $1 per month towards reproductive rights, which includes abortion." Daniel Lipinski stated on January 22, 2010 in a press release: The Senate version of the health care reform bill "allows taxpayer money to pay directly for abortion in federal community health centers funded in the bill." Barack Obama stated on March 4, 2010 in campaign speeches: On reconciliation Mitt Romney stated on March 2, 2010 in a 'Today Show' interview: "He (Obama) has done several things well. Most of those things are places where he changed his view from where he had during the campaign. So, for instance, he's left our troops in Iraq and they're being more successful there. He boosted our effort in Afghanistan, which is the right course to take. He did not close Guantanamo, thank heavens." Charles Rangel stated on February 26, 2010 in a press conference: "I'm glad for the wording of it (an ethics report on corporate-sponsored Congressional trips) because clearly the wording exonerates me." Barack Obama stated on February 25, 2010 in the televised health care summit: "The costs for families (in the individual market) for the same type of coverage that they're currently receiving would go down 14 percent to 20 percent." Harry Reid stated on February 25, 2010 in the televised health care summit: "Since 1981, reconciliation has been used 21 times. Most of it's been used by Republicans." Dan Gelber stated on February 8, 2010 in his campaign blog: "Florida leads the nation in elected officials charged with crimes."
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
Rush Limbaugh stated on April 29, 2010 in his radio program: Alaska's Prince William Sound "is pristine now." Tim James stated on April 26, 2010 in a press release: Says a Bureau of Labor Statistics report attributed a sharp increase in work-related fatalities to "increasing numbers of employees and drivers could not read or understand warning signs in English." Ed Whitacre stated on April 21, 2010 in a TV ad: GM has "repaid our government loan, in full, with interest, five years ahead of the original schedule." Bill Clinton stated on April 18, 2010 in ABC's "This Week": "Dubai is the only country with huge amounts of imported workers that's actually passed legislation to give these immigrant workers a better deal in the Middle East." Bill Clinton stated on April 18, 2010 in an interview on ABC's 'This Week': "I never had a filibuster-proof Senate." Steve Cohen stated on April 15, 2010 in a story about taxes from Associated Press: "The fact is, in the past year we have had more tax cuts than almost any time in our nation's history." Julian Assange stated on April 12, 2010 in an interview on Comedy Central's "The Colbert Report": "The permission to engage was given before the word RPG was ever used." Charles Schumer stated on April 11, 2010 in ABC's "This Week": "No one questioned that she (Judge Sotomayor) was out of the mainstream." Robert Gates stated on April 11, 2010 in ABC's "This Week": "The video doesn't show the broader picture of the firing that was going on at American troops." Robert Gates stated on April 11, 2010 in ABC's "This Week": "The policy of the Bush administration was also not to add new nuclear capabilities." Patrick McHenry stated on April 1, 2010 in an op ed article: "Early census returns are showing that conservatives have been measurably less likely than liberals to return their census forms." Patrick McHenry stated on April 1, 2010 in an op ed article: "The most private question on this year’s form asks for an individual’s race, and that question has been asked by every census since the 1790 census conducted under then-President George Washington." Patrick McHenry stated on March 29, 2010 in a press release: "This census is also the shortest and least intrusive count in modern history." Michele Bachmann stated on March 28, 2010 in on CBS's "Face the Nation": "The New England Journal of Medicine released a survey the week that President Obama signed Obamacare stating that over 30 percent of American physicians would leave the profession if the government took over health care." Joe Scarborough stated on March 24, 2010 in a comment on his "Morning Joe'' program on MSNBC: The health care reform bill "is the largest tax increase in U.S. history." Richard Durbin stated on March 24, 2010 in a comment on the "Morning Joe'' show on MSNBC.: "Joe, I keep hearing you every morning talking about the biggest tax increase in history, but you don't mention it's also the biggest tax cut in history.'' Bart Stupak stated on March 21, 2010 in a news conference: "There will be no public funding for abortion in this legislation." Barack Obama stated on March 19, 2010 in a health care speech: "Americans who get their insurance through the workplace, cost savings could be as much as $3,000 less per employee than if we do nothing." Nancy Pelosi stated on March 18, 2010 in a press release: The Congressional Budget Office analysis of the health insurance reform legislation says the bill "cuts the deficit by $1.2 trillion in the second 10 years." J.D. Hayworth stated on March 14, 2010 in a radio interview: "The Massachusetts Supreme Court...defined marriage as simply, quote, the establishment of intimacy ... I guess that would mean if you really had affection for your horse, I guess you could marry your horse." Americans for Prosperity stated on March 16, 2010 in a TV ad: "A government panel that didn't include cancer specialists says women shouldn't receive mammograms until age 50...If government takes over health care, recommendations like these could become the law for all kinds of diseases." Jim DeMint stated on March 10, 2010 in a message on Twitter: "House Appropriations Chair David Obey's partial earmark ban wouldn't apply to 90% of earmarks." Bart Stupak stated on March 4, 2010 in a Good Morning America interview: In the Senate version of the health reform bill, "Every enrollee in the Office of Personnel Management enrolled plan, every enrollee has to pay a minimum of $1 per month towards reproductive rights, which includes abortion." Daniel Lipinski stated on January 22, 2010 in a press release: The Senate version of the health care reform bill "allows taxpayer money to pay directly for abortion in federal community health centers funded in the bill." Barack Obama stated on March 4, 2010 in campaign speeches: On reconciliation Mitt Romney stated on March 2, 2010 in a 'Today Show' interview: "He (Obama) has done several things well. Most of those things are places where he changed his view from where he had during the campaign. So, for instance, he's left our troops in Iraq and they're being more successful there. He boosted our effort in Afghanistan, which is the right course to take. He did not close Guantanamo, thank heavens." Charles Rangel stated on February 26, 2010 in a press conference: "I'm glad for the wording of it (an ethics report on corporate-sponsored Congressional trips) because clearly the wording exonerates me." Barack Obama stated on February 25, 2010 in the televised health care summit: "The costs for families (in the individual market) for the same type of coverage that they're currently receiving would go down 14 percent to 20 percent." Harry Reid stated on February 25, 2010 in the televised health care summit: "Since 1981, reconciliation has been used 21 times. Most of it's been used by Republicans." Dan Gelber stated on February 8, 2010 in his campaign blog: "Florida leads the nation in elected officials charged with crimes."
Rush Limbaugh stated on April 29, 2010 in his radio program: Alaska's Prince William Sound "is pristine now."
Tim James stated on April 26, 2010 in a press release: Says a Bureau of Labor Statistics report attributed a sharp increase in work-related fatalities to "increasing numbers of employees and drivers could not read or understand warning signs in English."
Ed Whitacre stated on April 21, 2010 in a TV ad: GM has "repaid our government loan, in full, with interest, five years ahead of the original schedule."
Bill Clinton stated on April 18, 2010 in ABC's "This Week": "Dubai is the only country with huge amounts of imported workers that's actually passed legislation to give these immigrant workers a better deal in the Middle East."
Bill Clinton stated on April 18, 2010 in an interview on ABC's 'This Week': "I never had a filibuster-proof Senate."
Steve Cohen stated on April 15, 2010 in a story about taxes from Associated Press: "The fact is, in the past year we have had more tax cuts than almost any time in our nation's history."
Julian Assange stated on April 12, 2010 in an interview on Comedy Central's "The Colbert Report": "The permission to engage was given before the word RPG was ever used."
Charles Schumer stated on April 11, 2010 in ABC's "This Week": "No one questioned that she (Judge Sotomayor) was out of the mainstream."
Robert Gates stated on April 11, 2010 in ABC's "This Week": "The video doesn't show the broader picture of the firing that was going on at American troops."
Robert Gates stated on April 11, 2010 in ABC's "This Week": "The policy of the Bush administration was also not to add new nuclear capabilities."
Patrick McHenry stated on April 1, 2010 in an op ed article: "Early census returns are showing that conservatives have been measurably less likely than liberals to return their census forms."
Patrick McHenry stated on April 1, 2010 in an op ed article: "The most private question on this year’s form asks for an individual’s race, and that question has been asked by every census since the 1790 census conducted under then-President George Washington."
Patrick McHenry stated on March 29, 2010 in a press release: "This census is also the shortest and least intrusive count in modern history."
Michele Bachmann stated on March 28, 2010 in on CBS's "Face the Nation": "The New England Journal of Medicine released a survey the week that President Obama signed Obamacare stating that over 30 percent of American physicians would leave the profession if the government took over health care."
Joe Scarborough stated on March 24, 2010 in a comment on his "Morning Joe'' program on MSNBC: The health care reform bill "is the largest tax increase in U.S. history."
Richard Durbin stated on March 24, 2010 in a comment on the "Morning Joe'' show on MSNBC.: "Joe, I keep hearing you every morning talking about the biggest tax increase in history, but you don't mention it's also the biggest tax cut in history.''
Bart Stupak stated on March 21, 2010 in a news conference: "There will be no public funding for abortion in this legislation."
Barack Obama stated on March 19, 2010 in a health care speech: "Americans who get their insurance through the workplace, cost savings could be as much as $3,000 less per employee than if we do nothing."
Nancy Pelosi stated on March 18, 2010 in a press release: The Congressional Budget Office analysis of the health insurance reform legislation says the bill "cuts the deficit by $1.2 trillion in the second 10 years."
J.D. Hayworth stated on March 14, 2010 in a radio interview: "The Massachusetts Supreme Court...defined marriage as simply, quote, the establishment of intimacy ... I guess that would mean if you really had affection for your horse, I guess you could marry your horse."
Americans for Prosperity stated on March 16, 2010 in a TV ad: "A government panel that didn't include cancer specialists says women shouldn't receive mammograms until age 50...If government takes over health care, recommendations like these could become the law for all kinds of diseases."
Jim DeMint stated on March 10, 2010 in a message on Twitter: "House Appropriations Chair David Obey's partial earmark ban wouldn't apply to 90% of earmarks."
Bart Stupak stated on March 4, 2010 in a Good Morning America interview: In the Senate version of the health reform bill, "Every enrollee in the Office of Personnel Management enrolled plan, every enrollee has to pay a minimum of $1 per month towards reproductive rights, which includes abortion."
Daniel Lipinski stated on January 22, 2010 in a press release: The Senate version of the health care reform bill "allows taxpayer money to pay directly for abortion in federal community health centers funded in the bill."
Mitt Romney stated on March 2, 2010 in a 'Today Show' interview: "He (Obama) has done several things well. Most of those things are places where he changed his view from where he had during the campaign. So, for instance, he's left our troops in Iraq and they're being more successful there. He boosted our effort in Afghanistan, which is the right course to take. He did not close Guantanamo, thank heavens."
Charles Rangel stated on February 26, 2010 in a press conference: "I'm glad for the wording of it (an ethics report on corporate-sponsored Congressional trips) because clearly the wording exonerates me."
Barack Obama stated on February 25, 2010 in the televised health care summit: "The costs for families (in the individual market) for the same type of coverage that they're currently receiving would go down 14 percent to 20 percent."
Harry Reid stated on February 25, 2010 in the televised health care summit: "Since 1981, reconciliation has been used 21 times. Most of it's been used by Republicans."
Dan Gelber stated on February 8, 2010 in his campaign blog: "Florida leads the nation in elected officials charged with crimes."
