Latest Fact-checks in PunditFact 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 Mike Rogers stated on January 12, 2016 in a roundtable discussion on CNN: "Donald Trump is appealing as much to Democrats as he is to Republicans." Laura Ingraham stated on January 3, 2016 in on "Fox News Sunday": "The 90 percent statistic of supporting background checks, that's been debunked." Stephen Hayes stated on December 27, 2015 in on "Fox News Sunday": Guantanamo has "never been a key component of ISIS or al-Qaida propaganda." Occupy Democrats stated on December 2, 2015 in a Facebook post: "If Trump had just put his father’s money in a mutual fund ... he’d have $8 billion." Joe Scarborough stated on December 4, 2015 in on MSNBC's "Morning Joe": In the weekend after the terrorist attacks in Paris, the White House said "this couldn't happen in the United States. ISIS couldn't reach us here." Bill Maher stated on October 2, 2015 in an episode of HBO's "Real Time with Bill Maher": "15 years ago, cancer drugs cost an average of $10,000 a year. Now it’s $10,000 a month." Arsalan Iftikhar stated on November 22, 2015 in a roundtable discussion on NBC's "Meet the Press": "59 percent of Americans today believe that Barack Obama is still a Muslim." Michael Needham stated on November 22, 2015 in comments on "Fox News Sunday": In 2013, the United States "accepted 67 percent of the world’s refugees." Neil Cavuto stated on November 12, 2015 in a broadcast of "Cavuto Coast to Coast" on Fox Business Network: Taking all the money of the top 1 percent wouldn’t keep Medicare going for three years. Megyn Kelly stated on November 11, 2015 in a broadcast of "The Kelly File" on Fox News: "In a period of roughly 72 hours, a small group of angry black students managed to force the resignation of the two highest ranking officials at that school." Joshua Feuerstein stated on November 5, 2015 in a video: Says that Starbucks took "Christmas off of their brand new cups." Ezekiel Emanuel stated on November 3, 2015 in a discussion on MSNBC's "Up with Steve Kornacki": Obamacare insurance cooperative failures "should be expected" because they're like any business, and "when you start businesses in America, at the fifth year, half of the businesses have closed." Trevor Noah stated on November 3, 2015 in a broadcast of "The Daily Show": "Iowa's Republican caucus stopped mattering years ago. It in no way determines the party nominee." Sean Hannity stated on October 19, 2015 in a segment of Fox News' "Hannity": "The president said he’s going to bring in 250,000 (Syrian and Iraqi) refugees into this country." Jennifer Granholm stated on October 25, 2015 in comments on ABC's "This Week": Says Marco Rubio opposes abortion "even in the case of rape and incest." Jon Voight stated on October 20, 2015 in an interview with "Cigar Aficianado": "The word progressive ... was created as a substitute for ‘communist’." Viral image stated on October 21, 2015 in an image on the Internet: "CNN's Crap Polling" is so bad that it shows that "no one under the age of 50 has an opinion of Hillary Clinton." NowThis stated on October 15, 2015 in a video shared on social media: Says CNN deleted an online poll showing Bernie Sanders won the first Democratic presidential debate to help out Hillary Clinton. Steve Deace stated on October 8, 2015 in an interview on MSNBC's "News Nation": Pollsters say "don't actually believe our own data" and Gallup stopped primary polling "because they don't trust their methodology." X posts stated on October 4, 2015 in tweets: Says Donald Trump’s "Make America Great Again" hats were made in China. Nicholas Kristof stated on October 3, 2015 in a New York Times op-ed: "More preschoolers are shot dead each year than police officers are in the line of duty." Dana Loesch stated on September 29, 2015 in a tweet: Says Planned Parenthood CEO Cecile Richards was "forced to concede that 86 percent of Planned Parenthood’s revenue is from abortion." Joe Scarborough stated on October 2, 2015 in a broadcast of MSNBC's "Morning Joe": About "3 percent of murders and crimes are committed with guns from people who actually (legally) purchase those guns." Mark Kelly stated on October 4, 2015 in an interview on "State of the Union": "We sell 40 percent of our guns without a background check." Viral image stated on June 20, 2015 in a post shared on Facebook: Says after leaving the White House, Hillary Clinton "was forced to return an estimated $200,000 in White House china, furniture and artwork that she had stolen." Viral image stated on September 25, 2015 in a viral Internet post: Honduras "bans citizens from owning guns" and has the "highest homicide rate in the entire world." Switzerland, with a similar population, "requires citizens to own guns" and has the "lowest homicide rate in the entire world." Chuck Todd stated on September 27, 2015 in a broadcast of NBC's "Meet the Press": Says "Bernie Sanders was there when it came to (same-sex) marriage 20 years ago. ... He was there when it wasn't popular." Stephen Colbert stated on September 21, 2015 in an interview with Ted Cruz: Says Ronald Reagan "reversed his world’s ‘largest tax cut’ and raised taxes when revenues did not match the expectations." Martin Shkreli stated on September 21, 2015 in comments on Bloomberg TV: "Daraprim is still underpriced, relative to its peers." Matthew Dowd stated on September 20, 2015 in a panel discussion on ABC News' "This Week with George Stephanopoulos": Says Pope Francis "took the name of a saint who basically reached out to Muslims."
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Mike Rogers stated on January 12, 2016 in a roundtable discussion on CNN: "Donald Trump is appealing as much to Democrats as he is to Republicans." Laura Ingraham stated on January 3, 2016 in on "Fox News Sunday": "The 90 percent statistic of supporting background checks, that's been debunked." Stephen Hayes stated on December 27, 2015 in on "Fox News Sunday": Guantanamo has "never been a key component of ISIS or al-Qaida propaganda." Occupy Democrats stated on December 2, 2015 in a Facebook post: "If Trump had just put his father’s money in a mutual fund ... he’d have $8 billion." Joe Scarborough stated on December 4, 2015 in on MSNBC's "Morning Joe": In the weekend after the terrorist attacks in Paris, the White House said "this couldn't happen in the United States. ISIS couldn't reach us here." Bill Maher stated on October 2, 2015 in an episode of HBO's "Real Time with Bill Maher": "15 years ago, cancer drugs cost an average of $10,000 a year. Now it’s $10,000 a month." Arsalan Iftikhar stated on November 22, 2015 in a roundtable discussion on NBC's "Meet the Press": "59 percent of Americans today believe that Barack Obama is still a Muslim." Michael Needham stated on November 22, 2015 in comments on "Fox News Sunday": In 2013, the United States "accepted 67 percent of the world’s refugees." Neil Cavuto stated on November 12, 2015 in a broadcast of "Cavuto Coast to Coast" on Fox Business Network: Taking all the money of the top 1 percent wouldn’t keep Medicare going for three years. Megyn Kelly stated on November 11, 2015 in a broadcast of "The Kelly File" on Fox News: "In a period of roughly 72 hours, a small group of angry black students managed to force the resignation of the two highest ranking officials at that school." Joshua Feuerstein stated on November 5, 2015 in a video: Says that Starbucks took "Christmas off of their brand new cups." Ezekiel Emanuel stated on November 3, 2015 in a discussion on MSNBC's "Up with Steve Kornacki": Obamacare insurance cooperative failures "should be expected" because they're like any business, and "when you start businesses in America, at the fifth year, half of the businesses have closed." Trevor Noah stated on November 3, 2015 in a broadcast of "The Daily Show": "Iowa's Republican caucus stopped mattering years ago. It in no way determines the party nominee." Sean Hannity stated on October 19, 2015 in a segment of Fox News' "Hannity": "The president said he’s going to bring in 250,000 (Syrian and Iraqi) refugees into this country." Jennifer Granholm stated on October 25, 2015 in comments on ABC's "This Week": Says Marco Rubio opposes abortion "even in the case of rape and incest." Jon Voight stated on October 20, 2015 in an interview with "Cigar Aficianado": "The word progressive ... was created as a substitute for ‘communist’." Viral image stated on October 21, 2015 in an image on the Internet: "CNN's Crap Polling" is so bad that it shows that "no one under the age of 50 has an opinion of Hillary Clinton." NowThis stated on October 15, 2015 in a video shared on social media: Says CNN deleted an online poll showing Bernie Sanders won the first Democratic presidential debate to help out Hillary Clinton. Steve Deace stated on October 8, 2015 in an interview on MSNBC's "News Nation": Pollsters say "don't actually believe our own data" and Gallup stopped primary polling "because they don't trust their methodology." X posts stated on October 4, 2015 in tweets: Says Donald Trump’s "Make America Great Again" hats were made in China. Nicholas Kristof stated on October 3, 2015 in a New York Times op-ed: "More preschoolers are shot dead each year than police officers are in the line of duty." Dana Loesch stated on September 29, 2015 in a tweet: Says Planned Parenthood CEO Cecile Richards was "forced to concede that 86 percent of Planned Parenthood’s revenue is from abortion." Joe Scarborough stated on October 2, 2015 in a broadcast of MSNBC's "Morning Joe": About "3 percent of murders and crimes are committed with guns from people who actually (legally) purchase those guns." Mark Kelly stated on October 4, 2015 in an interview on "State of the Union": "We sell 40 percent of our guns without a background check." Viral image stated on June 20, 2015 in a post shared on Facebook: Says after leaving the White House, Hillary Clinton "was forced to return an estimated $200,000 in White House china, furniture and artwork that she had stolen." Viral image stated on September 25, 2015 in a viral Internet post: Honduras "bans citizens from owning guns" and has the "highest homicide rate in the entire world." Switzerland, with a similar population, "requires citizens to own guns" and has the "lowest homicide rate in the entire world." Chuck Todd stated on September 27, 2015 in a broadcast of NBC's "Meet the Press": Says "Bernie Sanders was there when it came to (same-sex) marriage 20 years ago. ... He was there when it wasn't popular." Stephen Colbert stated on September 21, 2015 in an interview with Ted Cruz: Says Ronald Reagan "reversed his world’s ‘largest tax cut’ and raised taxes when revenues did not match the expectations." Martin Shkreli stated on September 21, 2015 in comments on Bloomberg TV: "Daraprim is still underpriced, relative to its peers." Matthew Dowd stated on September 20, 2015 in a panel discussion on ABC News' "This Week with George Stephanopoulos": Says Pope Francis "took the name of a saint who basically reached out to Muslims."
Mike Rogers stated on January 12, 2016 in a roundtable discussion on CNN: "Donald Trump is appealing as much to Democrats as he is to Republicans."
Laura Ingraham stated on January 3, 2016 in on "Fox News Sunday": "The 90 percent statistic of supporting background checks, that's been debunked."
Stephen Hayes stated on December 27, 2015 in on "Fox News Sunday": Guantanamo has "never been a key component of ISIS or al-Qaida propaganda."
Occupy Democrats stated on December 2, 2015 in a Facebook post: "If Trump had just put his father’s money in a mutual fund ... he’d have $8 billion."
Joe Scarborough stated on December 4, 2015 in on MSNBC's "Morning Joe": In the weekend after the terrorist attacks in Paris, the White House said "this couldn't happen in the United States. ISIS couldn't reach us here."
Bill Maher stated on October 2, 2015 in an episode of HBO's "Real Time with Bill Maher": "15 years ago, cancer drugs cost an average of $10,000 a year. Now it’s $10,000 a month."
Arsalan Iftikhar stated on November 22, 2015 in a roundtable discussion on NBC's "Meet the Press": "59 percent of Americans today believe that Barack Obama is still a Muslim."
Michael Needham stated on November 22, 2015 in comments on "Fox News Sunday": In 2013, the United States "accepted 67 percent of the world’s refugees."
Neil Cavuto stated on November 12, 2015 in a broadcast of "Cavuto Coast to Coast" on Fox Business Network: Taking all the money of the top 1 percent wouldn’t keep Medicare going for three years.
Megyn Kelly stated on November 11, 2015 in a broadcast of "The Kelly File" on Fox News: "In a period of roughly 72 hours, a small group of angry black students managed to force the resignation of the two highest ranking officials at that school."
Joshua Feuerstein stated on November 5, 2015 in a video: Says that Starbucks took "Christmas off of their brand new cups."
Ezekiel Emanuel stated on November 3, 2015 in a discussion on MSNBC's "Up with Steve Kornacki": Obamacare insurance cooperative failures "should be expected" because they're like any business, and "when you start businesses in America, at the fifth year, half of the businesses have closed."
Trevor Noah stated on November 3, 2015 in a broadcast of "The Daily Show": "Iowa's Republican caucus stopped mattering years ago. It in no way determines the party nominee."
Sean Hannity stated on October 19, 2015 in a segment of Fox News' "Hannity": "The president said he’s going to bring in 250,000 (Syrian and Iraqi) refugees into this country."
Jennifer Granholm stated on October 25, 2015 in comments on ABC's "This Week": Says Marco Rubio opposes abortion "even in the case of rape and incest."
Jon Voight stated on October 20, 2015 in an interview with "Cigar Aficianado": "The word progressive ... was created as a substitute for ‘communist’."
Viral image stated on October 21, 2015 in an image on the Internet: "CNN's Crap Polling" is so bad that it shows that "no one under the age of 50 has an opinion of Hillary Clinton."
NowThis stated on October 15, 2015 in a video shared on social media: Says CNN deleted an online poll showing Bernie Sanders won the first Democratic presidential debate to help out Hillary Clinton.
Steve Deace stated on October 8, 2015 in an interview on MSNBC's "News Nation": Pollsters say "don't actually believe our own data" and Gallup stopped primary polling "because they don't trust their methodology."
X posts stated on October 4, 2015 in tweets: Says Donald Trump’s "Make America Great Again" hats were made in China.
Nicholas Kristof stated on October 3, 2015 in a New York Times op-ed: "More preschoolers are shot dead each year than police officers are in the line of duty."
Dana Loesch stated on September 29, 2015 in a tweet: Says Planned Parenthood CEO Cecile Richards was "forced to concede that 86 percent of Planned Parenthood’s revenue is from abortion."
Joe Scarborough stated on October 2, 2015 in a broadcast of MSNBC's "Morning Joe": About "3 percent of murders and crimes are committed with guns from people who actually (legally) purchase those guns."
Mark Kelly stated on October 4, 2015 in an interview on "State of the Union": "We sell 40 percent of our guns without a background check."
Viral image stated on June 20, 2015 in a post shared on Facebook: Says after leaving the White House, Hillary Clinton "was forced to return an estimated $200,000 in White House china, furniture and artwork that she had stolen."
Viral image stated on September 25, 2015 in a viral Internet post: Honduras "bans citizens from owning guns" and has the "highest homicide rate in the entire world." Switzerland, with a similar population, "requires citizens to own guns" and has the "lowest homicide rate in the entire world."
Chuck Todd stated on September 27, 2015 in a broadcast of NBC's "Meet the Press": Says "Bernie Sanders was there when it came to (same-sex) marriage 20 years ago. ... He was there when it wasn't popular."
Stephen Colbert stated on September 21, 2015 in an interview with Ted Cruz: Says Ronald Reagan "reversed his world’s ‘largest tax cut’ and raised taxes when revenues did not match the expectations."
Martin Shkreli stated on September 21, 2015 in comments on Bloomberg TV: "Daraprim is still underpriced, relative to its peers."
Matthew Dowd stated on September 20, 2015 in a panel discussion on ABC News' "This Week with George Stephanopoulos": Says Pope Francis "took the name of a saint who basically reached out to Muslims."
