Latest Fact-checks in History 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 Sheila Jackson Lee stated on July 15, 2010 in a special order speech on the U.S. House floor: "Today, we have two Vietnams, side by side, North and South, exchanging and working." Ed Gillespie stated on July 11, 2010 in an appearance on NBC's Meet the Press: Under President George W. Bush, the U.S. had "52 months of ... uninterrupted job creation" and "revenues were at an all-time high in 2007." Anthony Gemma stated on June 28, 2010 in a speech at the state Democratic convention: Rhode Island voters are moving away from the Democratic party to non-affiliation Bill White stated on June 25, 2010 in a speech: "In Rick Perry's Texas, the governor threatens to leave, to secede from the greatest country in the" world. Sheldon Whitehouse stated on June 24, 2010 in a Senate floor speech: "When George Bush took office, President Clinton, a Democrat, and the Democratic Congress at the time had left an annual budget that was in surplus." Richard Durbin stated on June 22, 2010 in a Senate floor speech: Under President George W. Bush, "the national debt went from $5 trillion to $12 trillion." George Will stated on June 6, 2010 in a roundtable discussion on ABC's This Week: The final pitch of Don Larsen's perfect game in the 1956 World Series "was a foot and half probably high and outside." Chain email stated on June 9, 2010 in a chain e-mail: Presidents Hoover, Truman and Eisenhower collectively ordered the deportation of at least 15 million illegal aliens. Michael Steele stated on May 23, 2010 in an interview on ABC's This Week: The Republican Party "fought very hard in the '60s to get the civil rights bill passed, as well as the voting rights bill." Rick Perry stated on April 15, 2010 in an interview: Says he said last year there's "absolutely no reason" for Texas to secede. Bill Clinton stated on April 18, 2010 in an interview on ABC's This Week: Passage of Clinton budget bill in 1993 "led to an enormous flowering of the economy in America." Newt Gingrich stated on April 8, 2010 in a speech to the Southern Republican Leadership Conference: When the United States "first created the federal income tax, frankly, nobody below a million dollars a year paid anything." Bob Schieffer stated on March 22, 2010 in comments on CBS's Face the Nation: The Iraq war has been "our longest war." Glenn Beck stated on February 16, 2010 in comments on his television show: "When Social Security started, age expectancy for the average man was 58. It was 62 -- 62 for women." Carolyn Maloney stated on January 21, 2010 in a floor speech in the House: Democratic presidents "have been considerably more effective at creating private-sector jobs." Chuck Grassley stated on December 30, 2009 in a conference call: "I haven't missed a vote since 1993." Karl Rove stated on December 16, 2009 in a 'Wall Street Journal' column: President Obama has "the worst ratings of any president at the end of his first year." Keith Olbermann stated on November 23, 2009 in MSNBC's Countdown with Keith Olbermann: A new Republican litmus test "would have resulted in (the GOP) kicking out Ronald Reagan." Sarah Palin stated on November 17, 2009 in her book, Going Rogue: "Ronald Reagan faced an even worse recession" than the current one. Tom McClintock stated on October 27, 2009 in a speech on the House floor: Three presidents in the last century — Harding, Kennedy and Reagan — all cut taxes during recessions and produced "rapid and dramatic economic recoveries," while two, Herbert Hoover and Barack Obama, did "the opposite." Barack Obama stated on September 21, 2009 in interview on "Late Night with David Letterman": "FDR was called a socialist and a communist." John Boehner stated on September 15, 2009 in a floor speech: The House of Representatives has never passed a resolution of disapproval to condemn a member's behavior. Bloggers stated on September 12, 2009 in conservative blogs: Photo of "tea party" protests shows crowd sprawling from Capitol to Washington Monument Howard Dean stated on August 25, 2009 in an interview on the Rachel Maddow Show: "All the really great programs in American history, Social Security, was done without Republicans. Medicare was done without Republican support until the last vote where they realized they had to get on board." Barack Obama stated on February 9, 2009 in a news conference: "Putting three Republicans in my Cabinet...is unprecedented." Nancy Pelosi stated on December 2, 2008 in a speech.: "The Capitol was built by slaves." Barack Obama stated on July 30, 2008 in Springfield, Mo.: "Wild Bill Hickok had his first duel in the town square here. And the family legend is that he is a distant cousin of mine." Bloggers stated on February 18, 2008 in blog postings responding to a news video showing the flag.: "Barack Obama loves Che Guevara." Barack Obama stated on January 23, 2008 in a radio ad in South Carolina: "But it was Hillary Clinton, in an interview with Tom Brokaw, who quote 'paid tribute' to Ronald Reagan's economic and foreign policy." John McCain stated on November 29, 2007 in a campaign event in St. Petersburg: " ... following World War II war crime trials were convened. The Japanese were tried and convicted and hung for war crimes committed against American POWs. Among those charges for which they were convicted was waterboarding."
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Sheila Jackson Lee stated on July 15, 2010 in a special order speech on the U.S. House floor: "Today, we have two Vietnams, side by side, North and South, exchanging and working." Ed Gillespie stated on July 11, 2010 in an appearance on NBC's Meet the Press: Under President George W. Bush, the U.S. had "52 months of ... uninterrupted job creation" and "revenues were at an all-time high in 2007." Anthony Gemma stated on June 28, 2010 in a speech at the state Democratic convention: Rhode Island voters are moving away from the Democratic party to non-affiliation Bill White stated on June 25, 2010 in a speech: "In Rick Perry's Texas, the governor threatens to leave, to secede from the greatest country in the" world. Sheldon Whitehouse stated on June 24, 2010 in a Senate floor speech: "When George Bush took office, President Clinton, a Democrat, and the Democratic Congress at the time had left an annual budget that was in surplus." Richard Durbin stated on June 22, 2010 in a Senate floor speech: Under President George W. Bush, "the national debt went from $5 trillion to $12 trillion." George Will stated on June 6, 2010 in a roundtable discussion on ABC's This Week: The final pitch of Don Larsen's perfect game in the 1956 World Series "was a foot and half probably high and outside." Chain email stated on June 9, 2010 in a chain e-mail: Presidents Hoover, Truman and Eisenhower collectively ordered the deportation of at least 15 million illegal aliens. Michael Steele stated on May 23, 2010 in an interview on ABC's This Week: The Republican Party "fought very hard in the '60s to get the civil rights bill passed, as well as the voting rights bill." Rick Perry stated on April 15, 2010 in an interview: Says he said last year there's "absolutely no reason" for Texas to secede. Bill Clinton stated on April 18, 2010 in an interview on ABC's This Week: Passage of Clinton budget bill in 1993 "led to an enormous flowering of the economy in America." Newt Gingrich stated on April 8, 2010 in a speech to the Southern Republican Leadership Conference: When the United States "first created the federal income tax, frankly, nobody below a million dollars a year paid anything." Bob Schieffer stated on March 22, 2010 in comments on CBS's Face the Nation: The Iraq war has been "our longest war." Glenn Beck stated on February 16, 2010 in comments on his television show: "When Social Security started, age expectancy for the average man was 58. It was 62 -- 62 for women." Carolyn Maloney stated on January 21, 2010 in a floor speech in the House: Democratic presidents "have been considerably more effective at creating private-sector jobs." Chuck Grassley stated on December 30, 2009 in a conference call: "I haven't missed a vote since 1993." Karl Rove stated on December 16, 2009 in a 'Wall Street Journal' column: President Obama has "the worst ratings of any president at the end of his first year." Keith Olbermann stated on November 23, 2009 in MSNBC's Countdown with Keith Olbermann: A new Republican litmus test "would have resulted in (the GOP) kicking out Ronald Reagan." Sarah Palin stated on November 17, 2009 in her book, Going Rogue: "Ronald Reagan faced an even worse recession" than the current one. Tom McClintock stated on October 27, 2009 in a speech on the House floor: Three presidents in the last century — Harding, Kennedy and Reagan — all cut taxes during recessions and produced "rapid and dramatic economic recoveries," while two, Herbert Hoover and Barack Obama, did "the opposite." Barack Obama stated on September 21, 2009 in interview on "Late Night with David Letterman": "FDR was called a socialist and a communist." John Boehner stated on September 15, 2009 in a floor speech: The House of Representatives has never passed a resolution of disapproval to condemn a member's behavior. Bloggers stated on September 12, 2009 in conservative blogs: Photo of "tea party" protests shows crowd sprawling from Capitol to Washington Monument Howard Dean stated on August 25, 2009 in an interview on the Rachel Maddow Show: "All the really great programs in American history, Social Security, was done without Republicans. Medicare was done without Republican support until the last vote where they realized they had to get on board." Barack Obama stated on February 9, 2009 in a news conference: "Putting three Republicans in my Cabinet...is unprecedented." Nancy Pelosi stated on December 2, 2008 in a speech.: "The Capitol was built by slaves." Barack Obama stated on July 30, 2008 in Springfield, Mo.: "Wild Bill Hickok had his first duel in the town square here. And the family legend is that he is a distant cousin of mine." Bloggers stated on February 18, 2008 in blog postings responding to a news video showing the flag.: "Barack Obama loves Che Guevara." Barack Obama stated on January 23, 2008 in a radio ad in South Carolina: "But it was Hillary Clinton, in an interview with Tom Brokaw, who quote 'paid tribute' to Ronald Reagan's economic and foreign policy." John McCain stated on November 29, 2007 in a campaign event in St. Petersburg: " ... following World War II war crime trials were convened. The Japanese were tried and convicted and hung for war crimes committed against American POWs. Among those charges for which they were convicted was waterboarding."
Sheila Jackson Lee stated on July 15, 2010 in a special order speech on the U.S. House floor: "Today, we have two Vietnams, side by side, North and South, exchanging and working."
Ed Gillespie stated on July 11, 2010 in an appearance on NBC's Meet the Press: Under President George W. Bush, the U.S. had "52 months of ... uninterrupted job creation" and "revenues were at an all-time high in 2007."
Anthony Gemma stated on June 28, 2010 in a speech at the state Democratic convention: Rhode Island voters are moving away from the Democratic party to non-affiliation
Bill White stated on June 25, 2010 in a speech: "In Rick Perry's Texas, the governor threatens to leave, to secede from the greatest country in the" world.
Sheldon Whitehouse stated on June 24, 2010 in a Senate floor speech: "When George Bush took office, President Clinton, a Democrat, and the Democratic Congress at the time had left an annual budget that was in surplus."
Richard Durbin stated on June 22, 2010 in a Senate floor speech: Under President George W. Bush, "the national debt went from $5 trillion to $12 trillion."
George Will stated on June 6, 2010 in a roundtable discussion on ABC's This Week: The final pitch of Don Larsen's perfect game in the 1956 World Series "was a foot and half probably high and outside."
Chain email stated on June 9, 2010 in a chain e-mail: Presidents Hoover, Truman and Eisenhower collectively ordered the deportation of at least 15 million illegal aliens.
Michael Steele stated on May 23, 2010 in an interview on ABC's This Week: The Republican Party "fought very hard in the '60s to get the civil rights bill passed, as well as the voting rights bill."
Rick Perry stated on April 15, 2010 in an interview: Says he said last year there's "absolutely no reason" for Texas to secede.
Bill Clinton stated on April 18, 2010 in an interview on ABC's This Week: Passage of Clinton budget bill in 1993 "led to an enormous flowering of the economy in America."
Newt Gingrich stated on April 8, 2010 in a speech to the Southern Republican Leadership Conference: When the United States "first created the federal income tax, frankly, nobody below a million dollars a year paid anything."
Bob Schieffer stated on March 22, 2010 in comments on CBS's Face the Nation: The Iraq war has been "our longest war."
Glenn Beck stated on February 16, 2010 in comments on his television show: "When Social Security started, age expectancy for the average man was 58. It was 62 -- 62 for women."
Carolyn Maloney stated on January 21, 2010 in a floor speech in the House: Democratic presidents "have been considerably more effective at creating private-sector jobs."
Chuck Grassley stated on December 30, 2009 in a conference call: "I haven't missed a vote since 1993."
Karl Rove stated on December 16, 2009 in a 'Wall Street Journal' column: President Obama has "the worst ratings of any president at the end of his first year."
Keith Olbermann stated on November 23, 2009 in MSNBC's Countdown with Keith Olbermann: A new Republican litmus test "would have resulted in (the GOP) kicking out Ronald Reagan."
Sarah Palin stated on November 17, 2009 in her book, Going Rogue: "Ronald Reagan faced an even worse recession" than the current one.
Tom McClintock stated on October 27, 2009 in a speech on the House floor: Three presidents in the last century — Harding, Kennedy and Reagan — all cut taxes during recessions and produced "rapid and dramatic economic recoveries," while two, Herbert Hoover and Barack Obama, did "the opposite."
Barack Obama stated on September 21, 2009 in interview on "Late Night with David Letterman": "FDR was called a socialist and a communist."
John Boehner stated on September 15, 2009 in a floor speech: The House of Representatives has never passed a resolution of disapproval to condemn a member's behavior.
Bloggers stated on September 12, 2009 in conservative blogs: Photo of "tea party" protests shows crowd sprawling from Capitol to Washington Monument
Howard Dean stated on August 25, 2009 in an interview on the Rachel Maddow Show: "All the really great programs in American history, Social Security, was done without Republicans. Medicare was done without Republican support until the last vote where they realized they had to get on board."
Barack Obama stated on February 9, 2009 in a news conference: "Putting three Republicans in my Cabinet...is unprecedented."
Barack Obama stated on July 30, 2008 in Springfield, Mo.: "Wild Bill Hickok had his first duel in the town square here. And the family legend is that he is a distant cousin of mine."
Bloggers stated on February 18, 2008 in blog postings responding to a news video showing the flag.: "Barack Obama loves Che Guevara."
Barack Obama stated on January 23, 2008 in a radio ad in South Carolina: "But it was Hillary Clinton, in an interview with Tom Brokaw, who quote 'paid tribute' to Ronald Reagan's economic and foreign policy."
John McCain stated on November 29, 2007 in a campaign event in St. Petersburg: " ... following World War II war crime trials were convened. The Japanese were tried and convicted and hung for war crimes committed against American POWs. Among those charges for which they were convicted was waterboarding."
