Latest True Fact-checks in Elections 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 Greg Abbott stated on February 12, 2013 in a Twitter post.: Says the "last non-partisan commission to improve the voting experience in America concluded that #VoterID was necessary." Rick Scott stated on January 18, 2013 in a TV interview: Says his elections proposal would allow "a potential of 168 hours (of early voting), which I think is the most we’ve ever had." Josh Mandel stated on November 16, 2012 in an email to supporters: "Our race was the closest U.S. Senate race in Ohio in 36 years -- when Howard Metzenbaum defeated Robert Taft in 1976." Raymond Bateman stated on November 23, 2012 in a column: Says that in the 1985 election former Gov. Tom Kean had "the largest winning margin for a gubernatorial candidate in Jersey history." Chain email stated on November 11, 2012 in an email: "Mitt Romney received exactly zero votes in at least 12 Cuyahoga County precincts." Carolyn Medeiros stated on November 13, 2012 in a radio interview: Three thousand felons voted in Rhode Island in 2008. Chris Redfern stated on November 7, 2012 in a news conference: Barack Obama is "only the second Democrat in the last 75 years to win Ohio twice with more than 50 percent of the vote." Chris Redfern stated on November 7, 2012 in a news conference: Says a poll shows that "without a name attached, Democrats are just one point behind" Gov. John Kasich. Larry Sabato stated on October 16, 2012 in article: Virginia’s educational level among whites is higher than Georgia’s. Ann Coulter stated on September 27, 2012 in a TV show appearance: Rhode Island’s voter identification law was pushed by "a black Democrat in the House, a black Democrat in the Senate. That's a fact." Joaquin Castro stated on September 22, 2012 in a panel at the Texas Tribune Festival.: Texas is "the state that has now gone the longest without electing a Democrat statewide." Marcia Fudge stated on August 24, 2012 in a news release: "In Cuyahoga County ... 56 percent of weekend voters in 2008 were African American while adult African Americans comprise 28 percent of the county population." Teresa Fedor stated on August 15, 2012 in a news conference: Says Republicans supported legislation on early voting and in-person voting in 2005. Paul Ryan stated on August 12, 2012 in a television interview: Says under Wisconsin law, he cannot remove his name from the ballot for re-election to Congress. Austinites for Geographic Representation stated on July 8, 2012 in a handout.: "Austin is the largest city in the U.S. or Texas with no geographic representation" on its city council. Chris Christie stated on August 7, 2012 in a news conference: Says "a Republican hasn't won [an election] for a presidency in New Jersey since 1988." John Lehman stated on July 10, 2012 in a radio interview: The new 21st State Senate district was "created in secret for Van Wanggaard. It was drawn within half a block of his house." Chris Christie stated on July 3, 2012 in an interview on CNBC: "If you look at most of the polls, this is a margin-of-error race on Fourth of July between Mitt Romney and the president." Corrine Brown stated on June 15, 2012 in a press release: In 2008, "33.2 percent of those who voted early on the last Sunday before Election Day were African-American, while 23.6 percent were Hispanic." Bill Nelson stated on May 29, 2012 in letter to Gov. Rick Scott: "In the 2000 Florida election, at least 1,100 eligible voters were wrongly dropped from voting rolls in an attempt to purge a list of felons. Many of those who were dropped showed up to vote and were told they could not." Chris Christie stated on May 4, 2012 in a speech at a Cato Institute event: "We are coming up on our 40th anniversary of electing a Republican to the United States Senate. 1972 was the last time New Jersey sent a Republican to the United States Senate." Nia Gill stated on May 7, 2012 in an interview on NJToday: "There has not been a Democratic woman in Congress from New Jersey in almost four decades." Eric Kearney stated on March 28, 2012 in a speech in the Ohio Senate: An effort to repeal voting-reform legislation would be "the first time in Ohio history where a bill has been passed to stop a referendum." Rick Perry stated on March 16, 2012 in a Fox News interview.: Says you need a photo ID to purchase Sudafed in Texas. Ohio Democratic Party stated on March 13, 2012 in a news release: There are "850,000 Ohio jobs tied to the auto industry." Kathleen Clyde stated on January 27, 2012 in a news conference: "Ohio is not meeting its obligation to update voter registrations when voters change their address with the BMV." Kathleen Clyde stated on February 8, 2012 in an email: "'Wrong precinct' rules exacerbate our provisional ballot problems (and) HB 194 does nothing to solve the wrong-precinct problem." Kathleen Clyde stated on January 27, 2012 in a news conference: "Ohio has one of the highest provisional ballot rates in the country, and many of them go uncounted each election." Brian Kemp stated on June 24, 2011 in in editorials and op-ed articles: The Georgia Secretary of State's Office and the Georgia State Elections Board investigate and penalize hundreds of people guilty of election fraud. Eric Holder stated on December 13, 2011 in a speech: "After filing a lawsuit in Rhode Island, we reached an agreement with state agencies that resulted in more voters being registered in the first full month after our lawsuit than in the entire previous two-year reporting period."
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Greg Abbott stated on February 12, 2013 in a Twitter post.: Says the "last non-partisan commission to improve the voting experience in America concluded that #VoterID was necessary." Rick Scott stated on January 18, 2013 in a TV interview: Says his elections proposal would allow "a potential of 168 hours (of early voting), which I think is the most we’ve ever had." Josh Mandel stated on November 16, 2012 in an email to supporters: "Our race was the closest U.S. Senate race in Ohio in 36 years -- when Howard Metzenbaum defeated Robert Taft in 1976." Raymond Bateman stated on November 23, 2012 in a column: Says that in the 1985 election former Gov. Tom Kean had "the largest winning margin for a gubernatorial candidate in Jersey history." Chain email stated on November 11, 2012 in an email: "Mitt Romney received exactly zero votes in at least 12 Cuyahoga County precincts." Carolyn Medeiros stated on November 13, 2012 in a radio interview: Three thousand felons voted in Rhode Island in 2008. Chris Redfern stated on November 7, 2012 in a news conference: Barack Obama is "only the second Democrat in the last 75 years to win Ohio twice with more than 50 percent of the vote." Chris Redfern stated on November 7, 2012 in a news conference: Says a poll shows that "without a name attached, Democrats are just one point behind" Gov. John Kasich. Larry Sabato stated on October 16, 2012 in article: Virginia’s educational level among whites is higher than Georgia’s. Ann Coulter stated on September 27, 2012 in a TV show appearance: Rhode Island’s voter identification law was pushed by "a black Democrat in the House, a black Democrat in the Senate. That's a fact." Joaquin Castro stated on September 22, 2012 in a panel at the Texas Tribune Festival.: Texas is "the state that has now gone the longest without electing a Democrat statewide." Marcia Fudge stated on August 24, 2012 in a news release: "In Cuyahoga County ... 56 percent of weekend voters in 2008 were African American while adult African Americans comprise 28 percent of the county population." Teresa Fedor stated on August 15, 2012 in a news conference: Says Republicans supported legislation on early voting and in-person voting in 2005. Paul Ryan stated on August 12, 2012 in a television interview: Says under Wisconsin law, he cannot remove his name from the ballot for re-election to Congress. Austinites for Geographic Representation stated on July 8, 2012 in a handout.: "Austin is the largest city in the U.S. or Texas with no geographic representation" on its city council. Chris Christie stated on August 7, 2012 in a news conference: Says "a Republican hasn't won [an election] for a presidency in New Jersey since 1988." John Lehman stated on July 10, 2012 in a radio interview: The new 21st State Senate district was "created in secret for Van Wanggaard. It was drawn within half a block of his house." Chris Christie stated on July 3, 2012 in an interview on CNBC: "If you look at most of the polls, this is a margin-of-error race on Fourth of July between Mitt Romney and the president." Corrine Brown stated on June 15, 2012 in a press release: In 2008, "33.2 percent of those who voted early on the last Sunday before Election Day were African-American, while 23.6 percent were Hispanic." Bill Nelson stated on May 29, 2012 in letter to Gov. Rick Scott: "In the 2000 Florida election, at least 1,100 eligible voters were wrongly dropped from voting rolls in an attempt to purge a list of felons. Many of those who were dropped showed up to vote and were told they could not." Chris Christie stated on May 4, 2012 in a speech at a Cato Institute event: "We are coming up on our 40th anniversary of electing a Republican to the United States Senate. 1972 was the last time New Jersey sent a Republican to the United States Senate." Nia Gill stated on May 7, 2012 in an interview on NJToday: "There has not been a Democratic woman in Congress from New Jersey in almost four decades." Eric Kearney stated on March 28, 2012 in a speech in the Ohio Senate: An effort to repeal voting-reform legislation would be "the first time in Ohio history where a bill has been passed to stop a referendum." Rick Perry stated on March 16, 2012 in a Fox News interview.: Says you need a photo ID to purchase Sudafed in Texas. Ohio Democratic Party stated on March 13, 2012 in a news release: There are "850,000 Ohio jobs tied to the auto industry." Kathleen Clyde stated on January 27, 2012 in a news conference: "Ohio is not meeting its obligation to update voter registrations when voters change their address with the BMV." Kathleen Clyde stated on February 8, 2012 in an email: "'Wrong precinct' rules exacerbate our provisional ballot problems (and) HB 194 does nothing to solve the wrong-precinct problem." Kathleen Clyde stated on January 27, 2012 in a news conference: "Ohio has one of the highest provisional ballot rates in the country, and many of them go uncounted each election." Brian Kemp stated on June 24, 2011 in in editorials and op-ed articles: The Georgia Secretary of State's Office and the Georgia State Elections Board investigate and penalize hundreds of people guilty of election fraud. Eric Holder stated on December 13, 2011 in a speech: "After filing a lawsuit in Rhode Island, we reached an agreement with state agencies that resulted in more voters being registered in the first full month after our lawsuit than in the entire previous two-year reporting period."
Greg Abbott stated on February 12, 2013 in a Twitter post.: Says the "last non-partisan commission to improve the voting experience in America concluded that #VoterID was necessary."
Rick Scott stated on January 18, 2013 in a TV interview: Says his elections proposal would allow "a potential of 168 hours (of early voting), which I think is the most we’ve ever had."
Josh Mandel stated on November 16, 2012 in an email to supporters: "Our race was the closest U.S. Senate race in Ohio in 36 years -- when Howard Metzenbaum defeated Robert Taft in 1976."
Raymond Bateman stated on November 23, 2012 in a column: Says that in the 1985 election former Gov. Tom Kean had "the largest winning margin for a gubernatorial candidate in Jersey history."
Chain email stated on November 11, 2012 in an email: "Mitt Romney received exactly zero votes in at least 12 Cuyahoga County precincts."
Carolyn Medeiros stated on November 13, 2012 in a radio interview: Three thousand felons voted in Rhode Island in 2008.
Chris Redfern stated on November 7, 2012 in a news conference: Barack Obama is "only the second Democrat in the last 75 years to win Ohio twice with more than 50 percent of the vote."
Chris Redfern stated on November 7, 2012 in a news conference: Says a poll shows that "without a name attached, Democrats are just one point behind" Gov. John Kasich.
Larry Sabato stated on October 16, 2012 in article: Virginia’s educational level among whites is higher than Georgia’s.
Ann Coulter stated on September 27, 2012 in a TV show appearance: Rhode Island’s voter identification law was pushed by "a black Democrat in the House, a black Democrat in the Senate. That's a fact."
Joaquin Castro stated on September 22, 2012 in a panel at the Texas Tribune Festival.: Texas is "the state that has now gone the longest without electing a Democrat statewide."
Marcia Fudge stated on August 24, 2012 in a news release: "In Cuyahoga County ... 56 percent of weekend voters in 2008 were African American while adult African Americans comprise 28 percent of the county population."
Teresa Fedor stated on August 15, 2012 in a news conference: Says Republicans supported legislation on early voting and in-person voting in 2005.
Paul Ryan stated on August 12, 2012 in a television interview: Says under Wisconsin law, he cannot remove his name from the ballot for re-election to Congress.
Austinites for Geographic Representation stated on July 8, 2012 in a handout.: "Austin is the largest city in the U.S. or Texas with no geographic representation" on its city council.
Chris Christie stated on August 7, 2012 in a news conference: Says "a Republican hasn't won [an election] for a presidency in New Jersey since 1988."
John Lehman stated on July 10, 2012 in a radio interview: The new 21st State Senate district was "created in secret for Van Wanggaard. It was drawn within half a block of his house."
Chris Christie stated on July 3, 2012 in an interview on CNBC: "If you look at most of the polls, this is a margin-of-error race on Fourth of July between Mitt Romney and the president."
Corrine Brown stated on June 15, 2012 in a press release: In 2008, "33.2 percent of those who voted early on the last Sunday before Election Day were African-American, while 23.6 percent were Hispanic."
Bill Nelson stated on May 29, 2012 in letter to Gov. Rick Scott: "In the 2000 Florida election, at least 1,100 eligible voters were wrongly dropped from voting rolls in an attempt to purge a list of felons. Many of those who were dropped showed up to vote and were told they could not."
Chris Christie stated on May 4, 2012 in a speech at a Cato Institute event: "We are coming up on our 40th anniversary of electing a Republican to the United States Senate. 1972 was the last time New Jersey sent a Republican to the United States Senate."
Nia Gill stated on May 7, 2012 in an interview on NJToday: "There has not been a Democratic woman in Congress from New Jersey in almost four decades."
Eric Kearney stated on March 28, 2012 in a speech in the Ohio Senate: An effort to repeal voting-reform legislation would be "the first time in Ohio history where a bill has been passed to stop a referendum."
Rick Perry stated on March 16, 2012 in a Fox News interview.: Says you need a photo ID to purchase Sudafed in Texas.
Ohio Democratic Party stated on March 13, 2012 in a news release: There are "850,000 Ohio jobs tied to the auto industry."
Kathleen Clyde stated on January 27, 2012 in a news conference: "Ohio is not meeting its obligation to update voter registrations when voters change their address with the BMV."
Kathleen Clyde stated on February 8, 2012 in an email: "'Wrong precinct' rules exacerbate our provisional ballot problems (and) HB 194 does nothing to solve the wrong-precinct problem."
Kathleen Clyde stated on January 27, 2012 in a news conference: "Ohio has one of the highest provisional ballot rates in the country, and many of them go uncounted each election."
Brian Kemp stated on June 24, 2011 in in editorials and op-ed articles: The Georgia Secretary of State's Office and the Georgia State Elections Board investigate and penalize hundreds of people guilty of election fraud.
Eric Holder stated on December 13, 2011 in a speech: "After filing a lawsuit in Rhode Island, we reached an agreement with state agencies that resulted in more voters being registered in the first full month after our lawsuit than in the entire previous two-year reporting period."
