Latest Fact-checks in National 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 Ben Carson stated on November 10, 2015 in the Republican debate in Milwaukee, Wis.: "Every time we raise the minimum wage, the number of jobless people increases." Donald Trump stated on November 10, 2015 in a debate in Milwaukee, Wis.: "We’re losing now over $500 billion a year in terms of imbalance with China." Bobby Jindal stated on November 10, 2015 in the fourth GOP undercard debate.: "There’s only one of us who’s actually cut government spending -- not two, there’s one and you’re looking at him." Chris Christie stated on November 10, 2015 in the fourth Republican presidential debate: Says the United States is in "the worst recovery from an economic recession since World War II." Martin O'Malley stated on November 6, 2015 in the First in the South Democratic Presidential forum.: "When President Obama was running for re-election … Senator Sanders was trying to find someone to primary him." Ben Carson stated on November 8, 2015 in comments on ABC's "This Week": "Go look on the West Point website and you’ll see those specific words, ‘full scholarship to West Point.’ So even though it is, you know, given as a grant for anybody who gets in, those words are used." Donald Trump stated on November 8, 2015 in comments on "State of the Union": Says that in polls about 2016 candidate leadership skills, he comes out "two and three and four times higher than anybody else." Ben Carson stated on November 4, 2015 in an edited Facebook post: "Every signer of the Declaration of Independence had no federal elected office experience." Donald Trump stated on October 28, 2015 in the third GOP primary debate.: Says his plan would cut taxes without increasing the deficit. Ben Carson stated on October 28, 2015 in the third GOP primary debate.: Says his tax plan wouldn't leave the federal government with a $1.1 trillion hole. Marco Rubio stated on October 28, 2015 in a Republican presidential debate in Boulder, Colo.: Under his tax plan, "the greatest gains, percentage-wise," will be "at the lower end of our plan." Donald Trump stated on October 28, 2015 in the CNBC debate: The CNBC debate was supposed to be three hours, and he "renegotiated it down to two hours." Donald Trump stated on October 28, 2015 in comments during the CNBC debate.: Says Ohio Gov. John Kasich "got lucky with a thing called fracking," which "is why Ohio is doing well." Rand Paul stated on October 28, 2015 in a Republican presidential debate in Boulder, Colo.: The debt limit deal "allows President Obama to borrow unlimited amounts of money." Jeb Bush stated on November 1, 2015 in comments on "Meet the Press": "If you look at the three people on the (debate) stage from the United States Senate, all three of them have a combined two bills that became law that they've sponsored." Carly Fiorina stated on November 1, 2015 in comments on "Fox News Sunday": "We have record numbers of people living in poverty." Ben Carson stated on October 29, 2015 in a Republican presidential debate: Among manufacturers with fewer than 50 employees, "the average cost in terms of regulations is $34,000 per employee." Ted Cruz stated on October 28, 2015 in a Republican presidential debate in Boulder, Colo.: "Under Barack Obama and the big government economy, the median wage for women has dropped $733." Carly Fiorina stated on October 28, 2015 in the third Republican presidential debate: "92 percent of the jobs lost during Barack Obama’s first term belonged to women." Ben Carson stated on October 28, 2015 in a Republican presidential debate in Boulder, Colo.: Says he "didn’t have an involvement with" nutritional supplement company Mannatech. Donald Trump stated on October 28, 2015 in a Republican presidential debate in Boulder, Colo.: "I never said that" Marco Rubio was Mark Zuckerberg’s personal senator. Marco Rubio stated on October 28, 2015 in the third Republican presidential debate: "For the first time in 35 years, we have more businesses closing than starting." Chris Christie stated on October 28, 2015 in a Republican presidential debate in Boulder, Colo.: Bernie Sanders’s plan is "to raise your taxes to 90 percent." Viral image stated on October 23, 2015 in posts on the Internet: Unlike Benghazi, there were no investigations of the 1983 Beirut barracks bombing, none about key aspects of the 9/11 attacks and the Iraq War, and none about embassy attacks under George W. Bush. Ben Carson stated on October 9, 2015 in his book "A More Perfect Union": "German citizens were disarmed by their government in the late 1930s," which allowed the Nazis to "carry out their evil intentions with relatively little resistance." Donald Trump stated on October 25, 2015 in comments on ABC's "This Week": Because of Obamacare "people’s premiums ... are going up 35, 45, 55 percent." Hillary Clinton stated on October 22, 2015 in a House hearing on Benghazi: Says John Kerry "is the first secretary of state to rely primarily on a government account." Viral image stated on October 22, 2015 in a shareable graphic on the Web: Says Denmark’s suicide rate has been about twice as high as the United States’ over the past five decades. Martin O'Malley stated on October 19, 2015 in comments on the Daily Show: Says Hillary Clinton "couldn't bring herself to say we need to separate commercial banking and speculative banking, namely reinstating Glass-Steagall." Donald Trump stated on October 20, 2015 in an interview on CNN's "New Day": Says CIA Director George Tenet told the Bush administration that the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attack "was coming. So they did have advanced notice."
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Ben Carson stated on November 10, 2015 in the Republican debate in Milwaukee, Wis.: "Every time we raise the minimum wage, the number of jobless people increases." Donald Trump stated on November 10, 2015 in a debate in Milwaukee, Wis.: "We’re losing now over $500 billion a year in terms of imbalance with China." Bobby Jindal stated on November 10, 2015 in the fourth GOP undercard debate.: "There’s only one of us who’s actually cut government spending -- not two, there’s one and you’re looking at him." Chris Christie stated on November 10, 2015 in the fourth Republican presidential debate: Says the United States is in "the worst recovery from an economic recession since World War II." Martin O'Malley stated on November 6, 2015 in the First in the South Democratic Presidential forum.: "When President Obama was running for re-election … Senator Sanders was trying to find someone to primary him." Ben Carson stated on November 8, 2015 in comments on ABC's "This Week": "Go look on the West Point website and you’ll see those specific words, ‘full scholarship to West Point.’ So even though it is, you know, given as a grant for anybody who gets in, those words are used." Donald Trump stated on November 8, 2015 in comments on "State of the Union": Says that in polls about 2016 candidate leadership skills, he comes out "two and three and four times higher than anybody else." Ben Carson stated on November 4, 2015 in an edited Facebook post: "Every signer of the Declaration of Independence had no federal elected office experience." Donald Trump stated on October 28, 2015 in the third GOP primary debate.: Says his plan would cut taxes without increasing the deficit. Ben Carson stated on October 28, 2015 in the third GOP primary debate.: Says his tax plan wouldn't leave the federal government with a $1.1 trillion hole. Marco Rubio stated on October 28, 2015 in a Republican presidential debate in Boulder, Colo.: Under his tax plan, "the greatest gains, percentage-wise," will be "at the lower end of our plan." Donald Trump stated on October 28, 2015 in the CNBC debate: The CNBC debate was supposed to be three hours, and he "renegotiated it down to two hours." Donald Trump stated on October 28, 2015 in comments during the CNBC debate.: Says Ohio Gov. John Kasich "got lucky with a thing called fracking," which "is why Ohio is doing well." Rand Paul stated on October 28, 2015 in a Republican presidential debate in Boulder, Colo.: The debt limit deal "allows President Obama to borrow unlimited amounts of money." Jeb Bush stated on November 1, 2015 in comments on "Meet the Press": "If you look at the three people on the (debate) stage from the United States Senate, all three of them have a combined two bills that became law that they've sponsored." Carly Fiorina stated on November 1, 2015 in comments on "Fox News Sunday": "We have record numbers of people living in poverty." Ben Carson stated on October 29, 2015 in a Republican presidential debate: Among manufacturers with fewer than 50 employees, "the average cost in terms of regulations is $34,000 per employee." Ted Cruz stated on October 28, 2015 in a Republican presidential debate in Boulder, Colo.: "Under Barack Obama and the big government economy, the median wage for women has dropped $733." Carly Fiorina stated on October 28, 2015 in the third Republican presidential debate: "92 percent of the jobs lost during Barack Obama’s first term belonged to women." Ben Carson stated on October 28, 2015 in a Republican presidential debate in Boulder, Colo.: Says he "didn’t have an involvement with" nutritional supplement company Mannatech. Donald Trump stated on October 28, 2015 in a Republican presidential debate in Boulder, Colo.: "I never said that" Marco Rubio was Mark Zuckerberg’s personal senator. Marco Rubio stated on October 28, 2015 in the third Republican presidential debate: "For the first time in 35 years, we have more businesses closing than starting." Chris Christie stated on October 28, 2015 in a Republican presidential debate in Boulder, Colo.: Bernie Sanders’s plan is "to raise your taxes to 90 percent." Viral image stated on October 23, 2015 in posts on the Internet: Unlike Benghazi, there were no investigations of the 1983 Beirut barracks bombing, none about key aspects of the 9/11 attacks and the Iraq War, and none about embassy attacks under George W. Bush. Ben Carson stated on October 9, 2015 in his book "A More Perfect Union": "German citizens were disarmed by their government in the late 1930s," which allowed the Nazis to "carry out their evil intentions with relatively little resistance." Donald Trump stated on October 25, 2015 in comments on ABC's "This Week": Because of Obamacare "people’s premiums ... are going up 35, 45, 55 percent." Hillary Clinton stated on October 22, 2015 in a House hearing on Benghazi: Says John Kerry "is the first secretary of state to rely primarily on a government account." Viral image stated on October 22, 2015 in a shareable graphic on the Web: Says Denmark’s suicide rate has been about twice as high as the United States’ over the past five decades. Martin O'Malley stated on October 19, 2015 in comments on the Daily Show: Says Hillary Clinton "couldn't bring herself to say we need to separate commercial banking and speculative banking, namely reinstating Glass-Steagall." Donald Trump stated on October 20, 2015 in an interview on CNN's "New Day": Says CIA Director George Tenet told the Bush administration that the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attack "was coming. So they did have advanced notice."
Ben Carson stated on November 10, 2015 in the Republican debate in Milwaukee, Wis.: "Every time we raise the minimum wage, the number of jobless people increases."
Donald Trump stated on November 10, 2015 in a debate in Milwaukee, Wis.: "We’re losing now over $500 billion a year in terms of imbalance with China."
Bobby Jindal stated on November 10, 2015 in the fourth GOP undercard debate.: "There’s only one of us who’s actually cut government spending -- not two, there’s one and you’re looking at him."
Chris Christie stated on November 10, 2015 in the fourth Republican presidential debate: Says the United States is in "the worst recovery from an economic recession since World War II."
Martin O'Malley stated on November 6, 2015 in the First in the South Democratic Presidential forum.: "When President Obama was running for re-election … Senator Sanders was trying to find someone to primary him."
Ben Carson stated on November 8, 2015 in comments on ABC's "This Week": "Go look on the West Point website and you’ll see those specific words, ‘full scholarship to West Point.’ So even though it is, you know, given as a grant for anybody who gets in, those words are used."
Donald Trump stated on November 8, 2015 in comments on "State of the Union": Says that in polls about 2016 candidate leadership skills, he comes out "two and three and four times higher than anybody else."
Ben Carson stated on November 4, 2015 in an edited Facebook post: "Every signer of the Declaration of Independence had no federal elected office experience."
Donald Trump stated on October 28, 2015 in the third GOP primary debate.: Says his plan would cut taxes without increasing the deficit.
Ben Carson stated on October 28, 2015 in the third GOP primary debate.: Says his tax plan wouldn't leave the federal government with a $1.1 trillion hole.
Marco Rubio stated on October 28, 2015 in a Republican presidential debate in Boulder, Colo.: Under his tax plan, "the greatest gains, percentage-wise," will be "at the lower end of our plan."
Donald Trump stated on October 28, 2015 in the CNBC debate: The CNBC debate was supposed to be three hours, and he "renegotiated it down to two hours."
Donald Trump stated on October 28, 2015 in comments during the CNBC debate.: Says Ohio Gov. John Kasich "got lucky with a thing called fracking," which "is why Ohio is doing well."
Rand Paul stated on October 28, 2015 in a Republican presidential debate in Boulder, Colo.: The debt limit deal "allows President Obama to borrow unlimited amounts of money."
Jeb Bush stated on November 1, 2015 in comments on "Meet the Press": "If you look at the three people on the (debate) stage from the United States Senate, all three of them have a combined two bills that became law that they've sponsored."
Carly Fiorina stated on November 1, 2015 in comments on "Fox News Sunday": "We have record numbers of people living in poverty."
Ben Carson stated on October 29, 2015 in a Republican presidential debate: Among manufacturers with fewer than 50 employees, "the average cost in terms of regulations is $34,000 per employee."
Ted Cruz stated on October 28, 2015 in a Republican presidential debate in Boulder, Colo.: "Under Barack Obama and the big government economy, the median wage for women has dropped $733."
Carly Fiorina stated on October 28, 2015 in the third Republican presidential debate: "92 percent of the jobs lost during Barack Obama’s first term belonged to women."
Ben Carson stated on October 28, 2015 in a Republican presidential debate in Boulder, Colo.: Says he "didn’t have an involvement with" nutritional supplement company Mannatech.
Donald Trump stated on October 28, 2015 in a Republican presidential debate in Boulder, Colo.: "I never said that" Marco Rubio was Mark Zuckerberg’s personal senator.
Marco Rubio stated on October 28, 2015 in the third Republican presidential debate: "For the first time in 35 years, we have more businesses closing than starting."
Chris Christie stated on October 28, 2015 in a Republican presidential debate in Boulder, Colo.: Bernie Sanders’s plan is "to raise your taxes to 90 percent."
Viral image stated on October 23, 2015 in posts on the Internet: Unlike Benghazi, there were no investigations of the 1983 Beirut barracks bombing, none about key aspects of the 9/11 attacks and the Iraq War, and none about embassy attacks under George W. Bush.
Ben Carson stated on October 9, 2015 in his book "A More Perfect Union": "German citizens were disarmed by their government in the late 1930s," which allowed the Nazis to "carry out their evil intentions with relatively little resistance."
Donald Trump stated on October 25, 2015 in comments on ABC's "This Week": Because of Obamacare "people’s premiums ... are going up 35, 45, 55 percent."
Hillary Clinton stated on October 22, 2015 in a House hearing on Benghazi: Says John Kerry "is the first secretary of state to rely primarily on a government account."
Viral image stated on October 22, 2015 in a shareable graphic on the Web: Says Denmark’s suicide rate has been about twice as high as the United States’ over the past five decades.
Martin O'Malley stated on October 19, 2015 in comments on the Daily Show: Says Hillary Clinton "couldn't bring herself to say we need to separate commercial banking and speculative banking, namely reinstating Glass-Steagall."
Donald Trump stated on October 20, 2015 in an interview on CNN's "New Day": Says CIA Director George Tenet told the Bush administration that the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attack "was coming. So they did have advanced notice."
