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 August 6, 2015 in the first Republican debate: "Ukraine was a nuclear-armed state. They gave away their nuclear arms with the understanding that we would protect them." Ted Cruz stated on August 6, 2015 in in comments at a GOP debate in Cleveland: "A majority of the candidates on this stage have supported amnesty ... I have never supported amnesty." Rand Paul stated on August 6, 2015 in a Republican presidential debate in Cleveland: "The Fourth Amendment was what we fought the Revolution over. John Adams said it was the spark that led to our war for independence." Marco Rubio stated on August 6, 2015 in comments at a GOP debate in Cleveland: Says Hillary Clinton has "been in office and in government longer than anybody else running here tonight." Mike Huckabee stated on August 6, 2015 in the first Republican debate: "$700 billion was robbed (from Medicare) to pay for Obamacare." Donald Trump stated on August 6, 2015 in the first Republican debate: Illegal immigration "wasn’t a subject that was on anybody’s mind until I brought it up at my announcement." John Kasich stated on August 6, 2015 in comments at a GOP debate in Cleveland: "I took the state of Ohio from an $8 billion hole … to a $2 billion surplus." Donald Trump stated on August 6, 2015 in comments at a GOP debate in Cleveland: "The Mexican government ... they send the bad ones over." Hillary Clinton stated on July 28, 2015 in a town hall in Nashua, N.H.: "The stock market does better when you have a Democratic president in the White House." Facebook posts stated on March 27, 2015 in comments on social media.: Say President George W. Bush " ‘borrowed’ $1.37 trillion of Social Security surplus revenue to pay for his tax cuts for the rich and his war in Iraq and never paid it back." Martin O'Malley stated on July 26, 2015 in a New Hampshire interview: "97 percent of the work that Planned Parenthood does is about mammograms and preventative health." Rick Perry stated on August 2, 2015 in an interview on "Fox News Sunday": Says Donald Trump is for a single-payer health care system. Donald Trump stated on August 2, 2015 in an interview on ABC "This Week": Under President Barack Obama, income levels and unemployment numbers "are worse now than just about ever" for African-Americans. Harry Reid stated on July 29, 2015 in a Senate floor speech: Planned Parenthood is "the only health care that a significant number of women get. About 30 percent of women, that's their health care." Cory Booker stated on July 27, 2015 in a post on Instagram: "We built a new prison every 10 days between 1990 and 2005 to keep up with our mass incarceration explosion of nonviolent offenders." Facebook posts stated on July 26, 2015 in a meme on social media: Says Hillary Clinton "refuses to testify before Congress" about the 2012 attack in Benghazi. Bloggers stated on July 20, 2015 in various conservative websites: "Obama Makes Huge Move to BAN Social Security Recipients From Owning Guns" Barack Obama stated on July 21, 2015 in an interview with Jon Stewart of "The Daily Show": "The economy, by every metric, is better than when I came into office." Barack Obama stated on July 21, 2015 in an online interview with "The Daily Show": Since 2009, "we've cut homelessness (among veterans) by a third." Rand Paul stated on July 26, 2015 in an interview on "Fox News Sunday": "(Hillary Clinton's State Department) actually admonished one of her ambassadors because he wasn’t using the proper server." Donald Trump stated on July 21, 2015 in a campaign rally in South Carolina: The five Guantanamo detainees swapped for Bowe Bergdahl "are right now back on the battlefield." Tom Cotton stated on July 15, 2015 in an interview on CNN's "New Day": President Barack Obama "said at the beginning of the negotiations that the basic approach was to dismantle Iran’s nuclear program in exchange for dismantling the sanctions." Rand Paul stated on July 17, 2015 in a campaign rally in Houston: "We borrow a million dollars every minute." Donald Trump stated on July 19, 2015 in comments on ABC's This Week.: Says John McCain "has done nothing to help the vets." Donald Trump stated on July 11, 2015 in a speech in Las Vegas: "If you're from Syria and you're a Christian, you cannot come into this country" as a refugee. Donald Trump stated on July 19, 2015 in comments on ABC's "This Week": "Four times, I said, he (John McCain) is a hero, but you know ... people choose selective pieces." Marco Rubio stated on July 19, 2015 in comments on CNN's "State of the Union": The Iran deal "violates promises the president made to the American people." ... "It is not an anytime, anywhere inspection process." Bloggers stated on July 10, 2015 in a headline on the website NewsExaminer: "Christian Pastor in Vermont Sentenced to One Year in Prison After Refusing to Marry Gay Couple" Don Beyer stated on July 14, 2015 in an op-ed: "Thanks to the Obama administration’s negotiations, Iran’s nuclear program will be under lock, key and camera 24 hours a day, 365 days a year." Bobby Jindal stated on July 15, 2015 in comments on "Fox News Sunday": "In New Orleans, nearly 100 percent of our kids are in charter schools."
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Ben Carson stated on August 6, 2015 in the first Republican debate: "Ukraine was a nuclear-armed state. They gave away their nuclear arms with the understanding that we would protect them." Ted Cruz stated on August 6, 2015 in in comments at a GOP debate in Cleveland: "A majority of the candidates on this stage have supported amnesty ... I have never supported amnesty." Rand Paul stated on August 6, 2015 in a Republican presidential debate in Cleveland: "The Fourth Amendment was what we fought the Revolution over. John Adams said it was the spark that led to our war for independence." Marco Rubio stated on August 6, 2015 in comments at a GOP debate in Cleveland: Says Hillary Clinton has "been in office and in government longer than anybody else running here tonight." Mike Huckabee stated on August 6, 2015 in the first Republican debate: "$700 billion was robbed (from Medicare) to pay for Obamacare." Donald Trump stated on August 6, 2015 in the first Republican debate: Illegal immigration "wasn’t a subject that was on anybody’s mind until I brought it up at my announcement." John Kasich stated on August 6, 2015 in comments at a GOP debate in Cleveland: "I took the state of Ohio from an $8 billion hole … to a $2 billion surplus." Donald Trump stated on August 6, 2015 in comments at a GOP debate in Cleveland: "The Mexican government ... they send the bad ones over." Hillary Clinton stated on July 28, 2015 in a town hall in Nashua, N.H.: "The stock market does better when you have a Democratic president in the White House." Facebook posts stated on March 27, 2015 in comments on social media.: Say President George W. Bush " ‘borrowed’ $1.37 trillion of Social Security surplus revenue to pay for his tax cuts for the rich and his war in Iraq and never paid it back." Martin O'Malley stated on July 26, 2015 in a New Hampshire interview: "97 percent of the work that Planned Parenthood does is about mammograms and preventative health." Rick Perry stated on August 2, 2015 in an interview on "Fox News Sunday": Says Donald Trump is for a single-payer health care system. Donald Trump stated on August 2, 2015 in an interview on ABC "This Week": Under President Barack Obama, income levels and unemployment numbers "are worse now than just about ever" for African-Americans. Harry Reid stated on July 29, 2015 in a Senate floor speech: Planned Parenthood is "the only health care that a significant number of women get. About 30 percent of women, that's their health care." Cory Booker stated on July 27, 2015 in a post on Instagram: "We built a new prison every 10 days between 1990 and 2005 to keep up with our mass incarceration explosion of nonviolent offenders." Facebook posts stated on July 26, 2015 in a meme on social media: Says Hillary Clinton "refuses to testify before Congress" about the 2012 attack in Benghazi. Bloggers stated on July 20, 2015 in various conservative websites: "Obama Makes Huge Move to BAN Social Security Recipients From Owning Guns" Barack Obama stated on July 21, 2015 in an interview with Jon Stewart of "The Daily Show": "The economy, by every metric, is better than when I came into office." Barack Obama stated on July 21, 2015 in an online interview with "The Daily Show": Since 2009, "we've cut homelessness (among veterans) by a third." Rand Paul stated on July 26, 2015 in an interview on "Fox News Sunday": "(Hillary Clinton's State Department) actually admonished one of her ambassadors because he wasn’t using the proper server." Donald Trump stated on July 21, 2015 in a campaign rally in South Carolina: The five Guantanamo detainees swapped for Bowe Bergdahl "are right now back on the battlefield." Tom Cotton stated on July 15, 2015 in an interview on CNN's "New Day": President Barack Obama "said at the beginning of the negotiations that the basic approach was to dismantle Iran’s nuclear program in exchange for dismantling the sanctions." Rand Paul stated on July 17, 2015 in a campaign rally in Houston: "We borrow a million dollars every minute." Donald Trump stated on July 19, 2015 in comments on ABC's This Week.: Says John McCain "has done nothing to help the vets." Donald Trump stated on July 11, 2015 in a speech in Las Vegas: "If you're from Syria and you're a Christian, you cannot come into this country" as a refugee. Donald Trump stated on July 19, 2015 in comments on ABC's "This Week": "Four times, I said, he (John McCain) is a hero, but you know ... people choose selective pieces." Marco Rubio stated on July 19, 2015 in comments on CNN's "State of the Union": The Iran deal "violates promises the president made to the American people." ... "It is not an anytime, anywhere inspection process." Bloggers stated on July 10, 2015 in a headline on the website NewsExaminer: "Christian Pastor in Vermont Sentenced to One Year in Prison After Refusing to Marry Gay Couple" Don Beyer stated on July 14, 2015 in an op-ed: "Thanks to the Obama administration’s negotiations, Iran’s nuclear program will be under lock, key and camera 24 hours a day, 365 days a year." Bobby Jindal stated on July 15, 2015 in comments on "Fox News Sunday": "In New Orleans, nearly 100 percent of our kids are in charter schools."
Ben Carson stated on August 6, 2015 in the first Republican debate: "Ukraine was a nuclear-armed state. They gave away their nuclear arms with the understanding that we would protect them."
Ted Cruz stated on August 6, 2015 in in comments at a GOP debate in Cleveland: "A majority of the candidates on this stage have supported amnesty ... I have never supported amnesty."
Rand Paul stated on August 6, 2015 in a Republican presidential debate in Cleveland: "The Fourth Amendment was what we fought the Revolution over. John Adams said it was the spark that led to our war for independence."
Marco Rubio stated on August 6, 2015 in comments at a GOP debate in Cleveland: Says Hillary Clinton has "been in office and in government longer than anybody else running here tonight."
Mike Huckabee stated on August 6, 2015 in the first Republican debate: "$700 billion was robbed (from Medicare) to pay for Obamacare."
Donald Trump stated on August 6, 2015 in the first Republican debate: Illegal immigration "wasn’t a subject that was on anybody’s mind until I brought it up at my announcement."
John Kasich stated on August 6, 2015 in comments at a GOP debate in Cleveland: "I took the state of Ohio from an $8 billion hole … to a $2 billion surplus."
Donald Trump stated on August 6, 2015 in comments at a GOP debate in Cleveland: "The Mexican government ... they send the bad ones over."
Hillary Clinton stated on July 28, 2015 in a town hall in Nashua, N.H.: "The stock market does better when you have a Democratic president in the White House."
Facebook posts stated on March 27, 2015 in comments on social media.: Say President George W. Bush " ‘borrowed’ $1.37 trillion of Social Security surplus revenue to pay for his tax cuts for the rich and his war in Iraq and never paid it back."
Martin O'Malley stated on July 26, 2015 in a New Hampshire interview: "97 percent of the work that Planned Parenthood does is about mammograms and preventative health."
Rick Perry stated on August 2, 2015 in an interview on "Fox News Sunday": Says Donald Trump is for a single-payer health care system.
Donald Trump stated on August 2, 2015 in an interview on ABC "This Week": Under President Barack Obama, income levels and unemployment numbers "are worse now than just about ever" for African-Americans.
Harry Reid stated on July 29, 2015 in a Senate floor speech: Planned Parenthood is "the only health care that a significant number of women get. About 30 percent of women, that's their health care."
Cory Booker stated on July 27, 2015 in a post on Instagram: "We built a new prison every 10 days between 1990 and 2005 to keep up with our mass incarceration explosion of nonviolent offenders."
Facebook posts stated on July 26, 2015 in a meme on social media: Says Hillary Clinton "refuses to testify before Congress" about the 2012 attack in Benghazi.
Bloggers stated on July 20, 2015 in various conservative websites: "Obama Makes Huge Move to BAN Social Security Recipients From Owning Guns"
Barack Obama stated on July 21, 2015 in an interview with Jon Stewart of "The Daily Show": "The economy, by every metric, is better than when I came into office."
Barack Obama stated on July 21, 2015 in an online interview with "The Daily Show": Since 2009, "we've cut homelessness (among veterans) by a third."
Rand Paul stated on July 26, 2015 in an interview on "Fox News Sunday": "(Hillary Clinton's State Department) actually admonished one of her ambassadors because he wasn’t using the proper server."
Donald Trump stated on July 21, 2015 in a campaign rally in South Carolina: The five Guantanamo detainees swapped for Bowe Bergdahl "are right now back on the battlefield."
Tom Cotton stated on July 15, 2015 in an interview on CNN's "New Day": President Barack Obama "said at the beginning of the negotiations that the basic approach was to dismantle Iran’s nuclear program in exchange for dismantling the sanctions."
Rand Paul stated on July 17, 2015 in a campaign rally in Houston: "We borrow a million dollars every minute."
Donald Trump stated on July 19, 2015 in comments on ABC's This Week.: Says John McCain "has done nothing to help the vets."
Donald Trump stated on July 11, 2015 in a speech in Las Vegas: "If you're from Syria and you're a Christian, you cannot come into this country" as a refugee.
Donald Trump stated on July 19, 2015 in comments on ABC's "This Week": "Four times, I said, he (John McCain) is a hero, but you know ... people choose selective pieces."
Marco Rubio stated on July 19, 2015 in comments on CNN's "State of the Union": The Iran deal "violates promises the president made to the American people." ... "It is not an anytime, anywhere inspection process."
Bloggers stated on July 10, 2015 in a headline on the website NewsExaminer: "Christian Pastor in Vermont Sentenced to One Year in Prison After Refusing to Marry Gay Couple"
Don Beyer stated on July 14, 2015 in an op-ed: "Thanks to the Obama administration’s negotiations, Iran’s nuclear program will be under lock, key and camera 24 hours a day, 365 days a year."
Bobby Jindal stated on July 15, 2015 in comments on "Fox News Sunday": "In New Orleans, nearly 100 percent of our kids are in charter schools."
