Latest False Fact-checks in Candidate Biography 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 Rob Portman stated on August 29, 2012 in a speech at the Republican National Convention in Tampa: Barack Obama has "never even worked in business." Connie Mack stated on August 9, 2012 in a video on his campaign website: Says Bill Nelson "voted to raise our taxes 150 times." Debbie Wasserman Schultz stated on August 12, 2012 in an interview on Fox News: "Mitt Romney is the first major party candidate for president of the United States in modern times not to release at least 12 years of tax returns." Tomorrow's Vision of Florida stated on August 6, 2012 in a mailer: Says Ron Saunders "made the choice to stand with Rick Scott" on expanding school vouchers, restricting scholarships and giving tax breaks to the wealthy. Tommy Thompson stated on July 22, 2012 in an interview: "I have voted every year in Wisconsin." Tommy Thompson stated on June 13, 2012 in tweets: Says he "never supported" federal health care individual mandate. Loretta Weinberg stated on June 4, 2012 in a column on Blue Jersey: Says PolitiFact "listed Governor Scott Walker of Wisconsin as the Governor who told the most lies" and "our own ‘untruthful’ Governor Chris Christie made it into Politifact's top five of ‘Lie - en Governors’." Gilberto Hinojosa stated on April 24, 2012 in the Central Texas Democratic Forum: Says "large majority" of Republicans believe Obama is a Muslim and not U.S.-born. Bill Spelman stated on May 8, 2012 in a campaign mailer.: Says challenger Dominic Chavez is a "Rick Perry Republican" lobbyist. Mitt Romney stated on April 4, 2012 in a speech to the Newspaper Association of America: Says Barack Obama "is the only president to ever cut $500 billion from Medicare." George LeMieux stated on February 27, 2012 in a Web ad: Says Connie Mack "failed to pay his child support." Debbie Wasserman Schultz stated on January 31, 2012 in a press release: Says Mitt Romney’s campaign "has already spent more on negative ads than John McCain did during his entire presidential run." Winning Our Future stated on January 12, 2012 in the video, "When Mitt Romney Came to Town": Mitt Romney has 15 homes. Ron Paul stated on December 29, 2011 in a radio interview: Says there were only "about eight or 10" inflammatory sentences in his newsletters. 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. Mitt Romney stated on October 11, 2011 in a debate at Dartmouth College in Hanover, N.H.: Says Barack Obama "never worked in the private sector" before he was elected president. Jay Carney stated on August 16, 2011 in an interview.: Says Rick Perry "wanted to secede from the union." Tom Leppert stated on July 19, 2011 in a campaign statement.: Says opponent David Dewhurst is a "career politician." Roger Williams stated on June 28, 2011 in at a campaign stop.: Says U.S. House opponent Michael Williams does not live in and has never voted in the congressional district he’s seeking to represent. Robert Watson stated on April 26, 2011 in a speech on the House floor: "I'm well aware that medical marijuana is a recognized, medical, viable treatment for this sort of [pancreas] pain condition." Scott Randolph stated on April 4, 2011 in comments during an appearance on 'The Rachel Maddow Show' on MSNBC: "We have a guy who is going to be speaker of the House in four years, and his name has been on the ballot one time." Larry Gause stated on March 1, 2011 in a flier and campaign website: Says Charlotte Nash "pretends to be a chicken farmer" in order to get property tax exemptions. Rose Ferlita stated on March 10, 2011 in a campaign TV ad: Tampa mayoral opponent Bob Buckhorn "supported forcing police officers to keep their guns locked in the trunks of their cruisers." Mike Huckabee stated on February 28, 2011 in an interview on a radio show: Says Barack Obama grew up in Kenya. Scott Walker stated on February 23, 2011 in a news conference: "The things I said (during the prank call by a blogger posing as GOP contributor David Koch) are the things I’ve said publicly all along" about the Wisconsin budget debate. Chris Abele stated on January 25, 2011 in a campaign TV ad: Says he "helped lead an outside audit that’ll save (Milwaukee County) taxpayers over $200 million." Steve Southerland stated on January 17, 2011 in comments at the Liberty County Chamber of Commerce annual dinner.: "92 percent" of President Barack Obama's administration has "never worked outside government." Dean Wright stated on November 30, 2010 in a newspaper article.: Says Texas Railroad Commissioner Michael Williams has attended more than 150 tea party gatherings. Paul Begala stated on December 6, 2010 in a TV interview.: Says Lee Leffingwell has been mayor of Austin, Texas "for about as long as Sarah Palin was governor of Alaska." Christopher Little stated on October 25, 2010 in a TV commercial: Says Peter Kilmartin has "only three years experience in his own law practice."
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Rob Portman stated on August 29, 2012 in a speech at the Republican National Convention in Tampa: Barack Obama has "never even worked in business." Connie Mack stated on August 9, 2012 in a video on his campaign website: Says Bill Nelson "voted to raise our taxes 150 times." Debbie Wasserman Schultz stated on August 12, 2012 in an interview on Fox News: "Mitt Romney is the first major party candidate for president of the United States in modern times not to release at least 12 years of tax returns." Tomorrow's Vision of Florida stated on August 6, 2012 in a mailer: Says Ron Saunders "made the choice to stand with Rick Scott" on expanding school vouchers, restricting scholarships and giving tax breaks to the wealthy. Tommy Thompson stated on July 22, 2012 in an interview: "I have voted every year in Wisconsin." Tommy Thompson stated on June 13, 2012 in tweets: Says he "never supported" federal health care individual mandate. Loretta Weinberg stated on June 4, 2012 in a column on Blue Jersey: Says PolitiFact "listed Governor Scott Walker of Wisconsin as the Governor who told the most lies" and "our own ‘untruthful’ Governor Chris Christie made it into Politifact's top five of ‘Lie - en Governors’." Gilberto Hinojosa stated on April 24, 2012 in the Central Texas Democratic Forum: Says "large majority" of Republicans believe Obama is a Muslim and not U.S.-born. Bill Spelman stated on May 8, 2012 in a campaign mailer.: Says challenger Dominic Chavez is a "Rick Perry Republican" lobbyist. Mitt Romney stated on April 4, 2012 in a speech to the Newspaper Association of America: Says Barack Obama "is the only president to ever cut $500 billion from Medicare." George LeMieux stated on February 27, 2012 in a Web ad: Says Connie Mack "failed to pay his child support." Debbie Wasserman Schultz stated on January 31, 2012 in a press release: Says Mitt Romney’s campaign "has already spent more on negative ads than John McCain did during his entire presidential run." Winning Our Future stated on January 12, 2012 in the video, "When Mitt Romney Came to Town": Mitt Romney has 15 homes. Ron Paul stated on December 29, 2011 in a radio interview: Says there were only "about eight or 10" inflammatory sentences in his newsletters. 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. Mitt Romney stated on October 11, 2011 in a debate at Dartmouth College in Hanover, N.H.: Says Barack Obama "never worked in the private sector" before he was elected president. Jay Carney stated on August 16, 2011 in an interview.: Says Rick Perry "wanted to secede from the union." Tom Leppert stated on July 19, 2011 in a campaign statement.: Says opponent David Dewhurst is a "career politician." Roger Williams stated on June 28, 2011 in at a campaign stop.: Says U.S. House opponent Michael Williams does not live in and has never voted in the congressional district he’s seeking to represent. Robert Watson stated on April 26, 2011 in a speech on the House floor: "I'm well aware that medical marijuana is a recognized, medical, viable treatment for this sort of [pancreas] pain condition." Scott Randolph stated on April 4, 2011 in comments during an appearance on 'The Rachel Maddow Show' on MSNBC: "We have a guy who is going to be speaker of the House in four years, and his name has been on the ballot one time." Larry Gause stated on March 1, 2011 in a flier and campaign website: Says Charlotte Nash "pretends to be a chicken farmer" in order to get property tax exemptions. Rose Ferlita stated on March 10, 2011 in a campaign TV ad: Tampa mayoral opponent Bob Buckhorn "supported forcing police officers to keep their guns locked in the trunks of their cruisers." Mike Huckabee stated on February 28, 2011 in an interview on a radio show: Says Barack Obama grew up in Kenya. Scott Walker stated on February 23, 2011 in a news conference: "The things I said (during the prank call by a blogger posing as GOP contributor David Koch) are the things I’ve said publicly all along" about the Wisconsin budget debate. Chris Abele stated on January 25, 2011 in a campaign TV ad: Says he "helped lead an outside audit that’ll save (Milwaukee County) taxpayers over $200 million." Steve Southerland stated on January 17, 2011 in comments at the Liberty County Chamber of Commerce annual dinner.: "92 percent" of President Barack Obama's administration has "never worked outside government." Dean Wright stated on November 30, 2010 in a newspaper article.: Says Texas Railroad Commissioner Michael Williams has attended more than 150 tea party gatherings. Paul Begala stated on December 6, 2010 in a TV interview.: Says Lee Leffingwell has been mayor of Austin, Texas "for about as long as Sarah Palin was governor of Alaska." Christopher Little stated on October 25, 2010 in a TV commercial: Says Peter Kilmartin has "only three years experience in his own law practice."
Rob Portman stated on August 29, 2012 in a speech at the Republican National Convention in Tampa: Barack Obama has "never even worked in business."
Connie Mack stated on August 9, 2012 in a video on his campaign website: Says Bill Nelson "voted to raise our taxes 150 times."
Debbie Wasserman Schultz stated on August 12, 2012 in an interview on Fox News: "Mitt Romney is the first major party candidate for president of the United States in modern times not to release at least 12 years of tax returns."
Tomorrow's Vision of Florida stated on August 6, 2012 in a mailer: Says Ron Saunders "made the choice to stand with Rick Scott" on expanding school vouchers, restricting scholarships and giving tax breaks to the wealthy.
Tommy Thompson stated on June 13, 2012 in tweets: Says he "never supported" federal health care individual mandate.
Loretta Weinberg stated on June 4, 2012 in a column on Blue Jersey: Says PolitiFact "listed Governor Scott Walker of Wisconsin as the Governor who told the most lies" and "our own ‘untruthful’ Governor Chris Christie made it into Politifact's top five of ‘Lie - en Governors’."
Gilberto Hinojosa stated on April 24, 2012 in the Central Texas Democratic Forum: Says "large majority" of Republicans believe Obama is a Muslim and not U.S.-born.
Bill Spelman stated on May 8, 2012 in a campaign mailer.: Says challenger Dominic Chavez is a "Rick Perry Republican" lobbyist.
Mitt Romney stated on April 4, 2012 in a speech to the Newspaper Association of America: Says Barack Obama "is the only president to ever cut $500 billion from Medicare."
George LeMieux stated on February 27, 2012 in a Web ad: Says Connie Mack "failed to pay his child support."
Debbie Wasserman Schultz stated on January 31, 2012 in a press release: Says Mitt Romney’s campaign "has already spent more on negative ads than John McCain did during his entire presidential run."
Winning Our Future stated on January 12, 2012 in the video, "When Mitt Romney Came to Town": Mitt Romney has 15 homes.
Ron Paul stated on December 29, 2011 in a radio interview: Says there were only "about eight or 10" inflammatory sentences in his newsletters.
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.
Mitt Romney stated on October 11, 2011 in a debate at Dartmouth College in Hanover, N.H.: Says Barack Obama "never worked in the private sector" before he was elected president.
Jay Carney stated on August 16, 2011 in an interview.: Says Rick Perry "wanted to secede from the union."
Tom Leppert stated on July 19, 2011 in a campaign statement.: Says opponent David Dewhurst is a "career politician."
Roger Williams stated on June 28, 2011 in at a campaign stop.: Says U.S. House opponent Michael Williams does not live in and has never voted in the congressional district he’s seeking to represent.
Robert Watson stated on April 26, 2011 in a speech on the House floor: "I'm well aware that medical marijuana is a recognized, medical, viable treatment for this sort of [pancreas] pain condition."
Scott Randolph stated on April 4, 2011 in comments during an appearance on 'The Rachel Maddow Show' on MSNBC: "We have a guy who is going to be speaker of the House in four years, and his name has been on the ballot one time."
Larry Gause stated on March 1, 2011 in a flier and campaign website: Says Charlotte Nash "pretends to be a chicken farmer" in order to get property tax exemptions.
Rose Ferlita stated on March 10, 2011 in a campaign TV ad: Tampa mayoral opponent Bob Buckhorn "supported forcing police officers to keep their guns locked in the trunks of their cruisers."
Mike Huckabee stated on February 28, 2011 in an interview on a radio show: Says Barack Obama grew up in Kenya.
Scott Walker stated on February 23, 2011 in a news conference: "The things I said (during the prank call by a blogger posing as GOP contributor David Koch) are the things I’ve said publicly all along" about the Wisconsin budget debate.
Chris Abele stated on January 25, 2011 in a campaign TV ad: Says he "helped lead an outside audit that’ll save (Milwaukee County) taxpayers over $200 million."
Steve Southerland stated on January 17, 2011 in comments at the Liberty County Chamber of Commerce annual dinner.: "92 percent" of President Barack Obama's administration has "never worked outside government."
Dean Wright stated on November 30, 2010 in a newspaper article.: Says Texas Railroad Commissioner Michael Williams has attended more than 150 tea party gatherings.
Paul Begala stated on December 6, 2010 in a TV interview.: Says Lee Leffingwell has been mayor of Austin, Texas "for about as long as Sarah Palin was governor of Alaska."
Christopher Little stated on October 25, 2010 in a TV commercial: Says Peter Kilmartin has "only three years experience in his own law practice."
