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 Carly Fiorina stated on September 16, 2015 in the CNN debate: One of the Planned Parenthood videos shows "a fully formed fetus on the table, its heart beating, its legs kicking, while someone says, 'We have to keep it alive to harvest its brain.' " Donald Trump stated on September 16, 2015 in the second GOP primary debate.: Says Marco Rubio has "the worst voting record there is today." Donald Trump stated on September 16, 2015 in a GOP presidential debate on CNN: Says Mexico doesn't have birthright citizenship, and Americans are the "only ones" to have it. Carly Fiorina stated on September 16, 2015 in the CNN Republican debate: "The marijuana that kids are smoking today is not the same as the marijuana that Jeb Bush smoked 40 years ago." Mike Huckabee stated on September 16, 2015 in comments on the CNN debate: "We've just now given over $100 billion" to Iran, "the equivalent in U.S. terms is $5 trillion." Ted Cruz stated on September 16, 2015 in comments during the CNN debate: "A majority of the men and women on this stage have previously and publicly embraced amnesty. I am the only candidate on this stage who has never supported amnesty." Donald Trump stated on September 16, 2015 in the CNN debate: Says Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker turned a $1 billion surplus into a $2.2 billion budget deficit. Donald Trump stated on September 13, 2015 in an interview on "Face the Nation": "The top man at Yale Law School came out ... with just a raging report" about former HP CEO Carly Fiorina, saying she is "one of the worst executives in his memory in history running the company." Scott Walker stated on September 13, 2015 in an interview on CNN's "State of the Union": "I'm the only governor in America ... who signed a law that says there needs to be an independent investigation any time there's a death of someone in police custody." Ted Cruz stated on September 9, 2015 in a tweet: "The Iran Deal will facilitate and accelerate the nation of Iran acquiring nuclear weapons." Viral image stated on September 6, 2015 in a Facebook post: "Unions did not create" the eight-hour work day and the 40-hour work week. "Henry Ford did." Jeb Bush stated on August 31, 2015 in comments on Twitter.: "I cut state spending more than anybody (in the 2016 GOP field)." Hillary Clinton stated on September 1, 2015 in an op-ed in the New Hampshire Union-Leader: "Twenty-three million Americans suffer from addiction, but only 1 in 10 get treatment." John Kerry stated on September 2, 2015 in an interview on MSNBC's "Morning Joe": The nuclear agreement with Iran "never sunsets. There's no sunset in this agreement." Rick Santorum stated on August 28, 2015 in an interview with Bill Maher: The claim that 97 percent of scientists believe humans are causing climate change has been debunked by the "head" of the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. "That number was pulled out of thin air." Bloggers stated on September 25, 2015 in posts on the Internet: Democratic Sens. Ed Markey, Al Franken and Jeanne Shaheen "took Bribes From Iran … They Back Insane NUKE Deal." Rick Santorum stated on August 28, 2015 in an interview with Bill Maher.: "The most recent survey of climate scientists said about 57 percent don’t agree with the idea that 95 percent of the change in the climate is caused by CO2." Credo Action stated on August 27, 2015 in a YouTube video: The Obama administration is "proposing to mine another 10 billion tons of Wyoming coal, which would unleash three times more carbon pollution than Obama's Clean Power Plan would even save through 2030." Donald Trump stated on August 28, 2015 in an interview with Sarah Palin: "We have 93 million people out of work. They look for jobs, they give up, and all of a sudden, statistically, they're considered employed." Bobby Jindal stated on August 30, 2015 in comments on ABC's "This Week": "I'm the only (Republican) candidate that has actually reduced the size of government." Bernie Sanders stated on August 30, 2015 in comments on ABC's "This Week": "Saudi Arabia has the third-largest military budget in the entire world." Donald Trump stated on August 24, 2015 in an interview on "Fox & Friends": "We’re the most highly taxed nation in the world." Donald Trump stated on August 19, 2015 in an interview on CNN.: "Our companies are moving into Mexico more than almost any other place right now." Jeb Bush stated on August 25, 2015 in remarks at a town hall in Colorado: Planned Parenthood is "not actually doing women’s health issues." Donald Trump stated on August 19, 2015 in a town hall in Derry, N.H.: "Many of the great scholars say that anchor babies are not covered" by the 14th Amendment. Corey Lewandowski stated on August 23, 2015 in an interview on CNN's "State of the Union": Says "there’s 400,000" anchor babies born in the United States a year, which are "individuals coming to our country and having their children so their children can be U.S. citizens." Ben Carson stated on August 23, 2015 in an interview on "State of the Union": Says "56 percent of (the U.S.-Mexico) border is not under our control." Hillary Clinton stated on August 17, 2015 in an interview with Iowa Public Radio: "If I had not asked for my emails all to be made public, none of this would have been in the public arena." Bill Clinton stated on August 11, 2015 in an interview with Inc. magazine: "There's not a single, solitary example that" signing the bill to end Glass-Steagall "had anything to do with the financial crash." Donald Trump stated on August 16, 2015 in a policy plan on immigration.: "The annual cost of free tax credits alone paid to illegal immigrants quadrupled to $4.2 billion in 2011."
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Carly Fiorina stated on September 16, 2015 in the CNN debate: One of the Planned Parenthood videos shows "a fully formed fetus on the table, its heart beating, its legs kicking, while someone says, 'We have to keep it alive to harvest its brain.' " Donald Trump stated on September 16, 2015 in the second GOP primary debate.: Says Marco Rubio has "the worst voting record there is today." Donald Trump stated on September 16, 2015 in a GOP presidential debate on CNN: Says Mexico doesn't have birthright citizenship, and Americans are the "only ones" to have it. Carly Fiorina stated on September 16, 2015 in the CNN Republican debate: "The marijuana that kids are smoking today is not the same as the marijuana that Jeb Bush smoked 40 years ago." Mike Huckabee stated on September 16, 2015 in comments on the CNN debate: "We've just now given over $100 billion" to Iran, "the equivalent in U.S. terms is $5 trillion." Ted Cruz stated on September 16, 2015 in comments during the CNN debate: "A majority of the men and women on this stage have previously and publicly embraced amnesty. I am the only candidate on this stage who has never supported amnesty." Donald Trump stated on September 16, 2015 in the CNN debate: Says Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker turned a $1 billion surplus into a $2.2 billion budget deficit. Donald Trump stated on September 13, 2015 in an interview on "Face the Nation": "The top man at Yale Law School came out ... with just a raging report" about former HP CEO Carly Fiorina, saying she is "one of the worst executives in his memory in history running the company." Scott Walker stated on September 13, 2015 in an interview on CNN's "State of the Union": "I'm the only governor in America ... who signed a law that says there needs to be an independent investigation any time there's a death of someone in police custody." Ted Cruz stated on September 9, 2015 in a tweet: "The Iran Deal will facilitate and accelerate the nation of Iran acquiring nuclear weapons." Viral image stated on September 6, 2015 in a Facebook post: "Unions did not create" the eight-hour work day and the 40-hour work week. "Henry Ford did." Jeb Bush stated on August 31, 2015 in comments on Twitter.: "I cut state spending more than anybody (in the 2016 GOP field)." Hillary Clinton stated on September 1, 2015 in an op-ed in the New Hampshire Union-Leader: "Twenty-three million Americans suffer from addiction, but only 1 in 10 get treatment." John Kerry stated on September 2, 2015 in an interview on MSNBC's "Morning Joe": The nuclear agreement with Iran "never sunsets. There's no sunset in this agreement." Rick Santorum stated on August 28, 2015 in an interview with Bill Maher: The claim that 97 percent of scientists believe humans are causing climate change has been debunked by the "head" of the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. "That number was pulled out of thin air." Bloggers stated on September 25, 2015 in posts on the Internet: Democratic Sens. Ed Markey, Al Franken and Jeanne Shaheen "took Bribes From Iran … They Back Insane NUKE Deal." Rick Santorum stated on August 28, 2015 in an interview with Bill Maher.: "The most recent survey of climate scientists said about 57 percent don’t agree with the idea that 95 percent of the change in the climate is caused by CO2." Credo Action stated on August 27, 2015 in a YouTube video: The Obama administration is "proposing to mine another 10 billion tons of Wyoming coal, which would unleash three times more carbon pollution than Obama's Clean Power Plan would even save through 2030." Donald Trump stated on August 28, 2015 in an interview with Sarah Palin: "We have 93 million people out of work. They look for jobs, they give up, and all of a sudden, statistically, they're considered employed." Bobby Jindal stated on August 30, 2015 in comments on ABC's "This Week": "I'm the only (Republican) candidate that has actually reduced the size of government." Bernie Sanders stated on August 30, 2015 in comments on ABC's "This Week": "Saudi Arabia has the third-largest military budget in the entire world." Donald Trump stated on August 24, 2015 in an interview on "Fox & Friends": "We’re the most highly taxed nation in the world." Donald Trump stated on August 19, 2015 in an interview on CNN.: "Our companies are moving into Mexico more than almost any other place right now." Jeb Bush stated on August 25, 2015 in remarks at a town hall in Colorado: Planned Parenthood is "not actually doing women’s health issues." Donald Trump stated on August 19, 2015 in a town hall in Derry, N.H.: "Many of the great scholars say that anchor babies are not covered" by the 14th Amendment. Corey Lewandowski stated on August 23, 2015 in an interview on CNN's "State of the Union": Says "there’s 400,000" anchor babies born in the United States a year, which are "individuals coming to our country and having their children so their children can be U.S. citizens." Ben Carson stated on August 23, 2015 in an interview on "State of the Union": Says "56 percent of (the U.S.-Mexico) border is not under our control." Hillary Clinton stated on August 17, 2015 in an interview with Iowa Public Radio: "If I had not asked for my emails all to be made public, none of this would have been in the public arena." Bill Clinton stated on August 11, 2015 in an interview with Inc. magazine: "There's not a single, solitary example that" signing the bill to end Glass-Steagall "had anything to do with the financial crash." Donald Trump stated on August 16, 2015 in a policy plan on immigration.: "The annual cost of free tax credits alone paid to illegal immigrants quadrupled to $4.2 billion in 2011."
Carly Fiorina stated on September 16, 2015 in the CNN debate: One of the Planned Parenthood videos shows "a fully formed fetus on the table, its heart beating, its legs kicking, while someone says, 'We have to keep it alive to harvest its brain.' "
Donald Trump stated on September 16, 2015 in the second GOP primary debate.: Says Marco Rubio has "the worst voting record there is today."
Donald Trump stated on September 16, 2015 in a GOP presidential debate on CNN: Says Mexico doesn't have birthright citizenship, and Americans are the "only ones" to have it.
Carly Fiorina stated on September 16, 2015 in the CNN Republican debate: "The marijuana that kids are smoking today is not the same as the marijuana that Jeb Bush smoked 40 years ago."
Mike Huckabee stated on September 16, 2015 in comments on the CNN debate: "We've just now given over $100 billion" to Iran, "the equivalent in U.S. terms is $5 trillion."
Ted Cruz stated on September 16, 2015 in comments during the CNN debate: "A majority of the men and women on this stage have previously and publicly embraced amnesty. I am the only candidate on this stage who has never supported amnesty."
Donald Trump stated on September 16, 2015 in the CNN debate: Says Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker turned a $1 billion surplus into a $2.2 billion budget deficit.
Donald Trump stated on September 13, 2015 in an interview on "Face the Nation": "The top man at Yale Law School came out ... with just a raging report" about former HP CEO Carly Fiorina, saying she is "one of the worst executives in his memory in history running the company."
Scott Walker stated on September 13, 2015 in an interview on CNN's "State of the Union": "I'm the only governor in America ... who signed a law that says there needs to be an independent investigation any time there's a death of someone in police custody."
Ted Cruz stated on September 9, 2015 in a tweet: "The Iran Deal will facilitate and accelerate the nation of Iran acquiring nuclear weapons."
Viral image stated on September 6, 2015 in a Facebook post: "Unions did not create" the eight-hour work day and the 40-hour work week. "Henry Ford did."
Jeb Bush stated on August 31, 2015 in comments on Twitter.: "I cut state spending more than anybody (in the 2016 GOP field)."
Hillary Clinton stated on September 1, 2015 in an op-ed in the New Hampshire Union-Leader: "Twenty-three million Americans suffer from addiction, but only 1 in 10 get treatment."
John Kerry stated on September 2, 2015 in an interview on MSNBC's "Morning Joe": The nuclear agreement with Iran "never sunsets. There's no sunset in this agreement."
Rick Santorum stated on August 28, 2015 in an interview with Bill Maher: The claim that 97 percent of scientists believe humans are causing climate change has been debunked by the "head" of the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. "That number was pulled out of thin air."
Bloggers stated on September 25, 2015 in posts on the Internet: Democratic Sens. Ed Markey, Al Franken and Jeanne Shaheen "took Bribes From Iran … They Back Insane NUKE Deal."
Rick Santorum stated on August 28, 2015 in an interview with Bill Maher.: "The most recent survey of climate scientists said about 57 percent don’t agree with the idea that 95 percent of the change in the climate is caused by CO2."
Credo Action stated on August 27, 2015 in a YouTube video: The Obama administration is "proposing to mine another 10 billion tons of Wyoming coal, which would unleash three times more carbon pollution than Obama's Clean Power Plan would even save through 2030."
Donald Trump stated on August 28, 2015 in an interview with Sarah Palin: "We have 93 million people out of work. They look for jobs, they give up, and all of a sudden, statistically, they're considered employed."
Bobby Jindal stated on August 30, 2015 in comments on ABC's "This Week": "I'm the only (Republican) candidate that has actually reduced the size of government."
Bernie Sanders stated on August 30, 2015 in comments on ABC's "This Week": "Saudi Arabia has the third-largest military budget in the entire world."
Donald Trump stated on August 24, 2015 in an interview on "Fox & Friends": "We’re the most highly taxed nation in the world."
Donald Trump stated on August 19, 2015 in an interview on CNN.: "Our companies are moving into Mexico more than almost any other place right now."
Jeb Bush stated on August 25, 2015 in remarks at a town hall in Colorado: Planned Parenthood is "not actually doing women’s health issues."
Donald Trump stated on August 19, 2015 in a town hall in Derry, N.H.: "Many of the great scholars say that anchor babies are not covered" by the 14th Amendment.
Corey Lewandowski stated on August 23, 2015 in an interview on CNN's "State of the Union": Says "there’s 400,000" anchor babies born in the United States a year, which are "individuals coming to our country and having their children so their children can be U.S. citizens."
Ben Carson stated on August 23, 2015 in an interview on "State of the Union": Says "56 percent of (the U.S.-Mexico) border is not under our control."
Hillary Clinton stated on August 17, 2015 in an interview with Iowa Public Radio: "If I had not asked for my emails all to be made public, none of this would have been in the public arena."
Bill Clinton stated on August 11, 2015 in an interview with Inc. magazine: "There's not a single, solitary example that" signing the bill to end Glass-Steagall "had anything to do with the financial crash."
Donald Trump stated on August 16, 2015 in a policy plan on immigration.: "The annual cost of free tax credits alone paid to illegal immigrants quadrupled to $4.2 billion in 2011."
