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 Jeff Flake stated on July 8, 2014 in an interview on the PBS "News Hour": When undocumented children are picked up at the border and "told to appear later in court ... 90 percent do not then show up." Henry Cuellar stated on July 6, 2014 in an interview on CNN's "State of the Union": "If you're a Mexican, you get sent back. ... But if you're from a noncontiguous country like the Central American countries" then you can stay in the United States. Alison Lundergan Grimes stated on July 10, 2014 in a campaign ad: Says Mitch McConnell voted to raise Medicare costs for a current Kentucky senior by $6,000. Mitch McConnell stated on July 9, 2014 in a YouTube video: Says Alison Lundergan Grimes "supports Obamacare, which cuts $700 billion from seniors’ Medicare." Bloggers stated on July 1, 2014 in various posts on the Internet: "Justice John Roberts Signed Off On Obama’s Arrest For Treason." Tom Cotton stated on July 8, 2014 in a television ad: Says he "voted for disaster relief and full funding of FEMA." Sean Spicer stated on July 6, 2014 in an appearance on CNN's "State of the Union": "In the last three years alone, 13 times, the Supreme Court, unanimously, 9-0, including all of the president's liberal picks, have struck down the president's executive orders." Raul Labrador stated on July 6, 2014 in an interview on "Meet the Press": The Obama administration estimates the number of children at the border is "going to increase to 150,000 to 200,000 next year." Reince Priebus stated on July 7, 2014 in a tweet: "Thanks to #ObamaCare, average E.R. wait in California is 5 hours." Justin Amash stated on July 1, 2014 in a campaign ad: "Justin Amash is rated Michigan’s No. 1 conservative" by National Right to Life. Hillary Clinton stated on June 30, 2014 in an interview at the Aspen Ideas Festival: "A salesclerk at Hobby Lobby who needs contraception … is not going to get that service through her employer’s health care plan because her employer doesn’t think she should be using contraception." Dan Sullivan stated on June 20, 2014 in a radio ad: "As Alaska’s attorney general, (U.S. Senate candidate Dan) Sullivan successfully fought to protect our Second Amendment rights and passed ‘stand your ground.’ " Ruth Bader Ginsburg stated on June 30, 2014 in a dissenting opinion in "Burwell vs. Hobby Lobby": "Women of childbearing age spend 68 percent more in out-of-pocket health care costs than men." Senate Majority PAC stated on June 19, 2014 in a television ad: "Congressman (Tom) Cotton is the only Arkansan in Congress -- Democrat or Republican -- to vote against disaster relief five times." Vicky Hartzler stated on June 24, 2014 in a "Roll Call" interview: The Export-Import Bank "doesn’t cost taxpayers anything." Bob Goodlatte stated on June 29, 2014 in comments on "Fox News Sunday": The "9-0 decision last week was the 13th time the Supreme Court voted 9-0 that the president had exceeded his constitutional authority." Barack Obama stated on June 23, 2014 in a speech at the White House Summit on Working Families: "In 31 states, decent child care costs more than college tuition." League of Conservation Voters stated on June 23, 2014 in a TV ad: Says Iowa Senate candidate Joni Ernst "promises to shut down the Department of Education and abolish the EPA." John Boehner stated on June 25, 2014 in an op-ed for "USA Today": "The nearly six-year delay in approving Keystone is costing Americans more than 100,000 jobs." Chain email stated on June 18, 2014 in a chain email: Says Barack Obama is the "first president to appoint 45 czars to replace elected officials in his office." Barack Obama stated on June 23, 2014 in an op-ed for Huffington Post: "The United States is the only developed country in the world without paid maternity leave." Joe Biden stated on June 23, 2014 in the White House Summit on Working Families: "I don't own a single stock or bond … I have no savings accounts." Chain email stated on June 26, 2014 in emails and social media posts circulating on the Internet: Says Barack Obama said that "ordinary men and women are too small-minded to govern their own affairs" and that individuals should "surrender their rights to an all-powerful sovereign." Hillary Clinton stated on June 10, 2014 in her book, "Hard Choices": "By 2006, the American people were overwhelmingly against the Iraq War." Nancy Pelosi stated on June 17, 2014 in a tweet: Says 11 soccer players on the U.S. Men’s National Team are immigrants. EMILY's List stated on June 16, 2014 in a television ad: "Thom Tillis cut almost $500 million from education." Chain email stated on June 18, 2014 in a chain email: President Barack Obama "is the first president to keep a dog-trainer on retainer for $102,000 a year at taxpayer expense." Mike Rogers stated on June 15, 2014 in an interview on "Fox News Sunday": "Thousands of Westerners and Americans" are fighting with extremists in eastern Syria and Iraq. Chain email stated on June 18, 2014: Barack Obama is the "first president to file lawsuits against the states he swore an oath to protect." Facebook posts stated on June 16, 2014 in a meme on social media: "Gun homicide is down 49 percent in the past 12 years."
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Jeff Flake stated on July 8, 2014 in an interview on the PBS "News Hour": When undocumented children are picked up at the border and "told to appear later in court ... 90 percent do not then show up." Henry Cuellar stated on July 6, 2014 in an interview on CNN's "State of the Union": "If you're a Mexican, you get sent back. ... But if you're from a noncontiguous country like the Central American countries" then you can stay in the United States. Alison Lundergan Grimes stated on July 10, 2014 in a campaign ad: Says Mitch McConnell voted to raise Medicare costs for a current Kentucky senior by $6,000. Mitch McConnell stated on July 9, 2014 in a YouTube video: Says Alison Lundergan Grimes "supports Obamacare, which cuts $700 billion from seniors’ Medicare." Bloggers stated on July 1, 2014 in various posts on the Internet: "Justice John Roberts Signed Off On Obama’s Arrest For Treason." Tom Cotton stated on July 8, 2014 in a television ad: Says he "voted for disaster relief and full funding of FEMA." Sean Spicer stated on July 6, 2014 in an appearance on CNN's "State of the Union": "In the last three years alone, 13 times, the Supreme Court, unanimously, 9-0, including all of the president's liberal picks, have struck down the president's executive orders." Raul Labrador stated on July 6, 2014 in an interview on "Meet the Press": The Obama administration estimates the number of children at the border is "going to increase to 150,000 to 200,000 next year." Reince Priebus stated on July 7, 2014 in a tweet: "Thanks to #ObamaCare, average E.R. wait in California is 5 hours." Justin Amash stated on July 1, 2014 in a campaign ad: "Justin Amash is rated Michigan’s No. 1 conservative" by National Right to Life. Hillary Clinton stated on June 30, 2014 in an interview at the Aspen Ideas Festival: "A salesclerk at Hobby Lobby who needs contraception … is not going to get that service through her employer’s health care plan because her employer doesn’t think she should be using contraception." Dan Sullivan stated on June 20, 2014 in a radio ad: "As Alaska’s attorney general, (U.S. Senate candidate Dan) Sullivan successfully fought to protect our Second Amendment rights and passed ‘stand your ground.’ " Ruth Bader Ginsburg stated on June 30, 2014 in a dissenting opinion in "Burwell vs. Hobby Lobby": "Women of childbearing age spend 68 percent more in out-of-pocket health care costs than men." Senate Majority PAC stated on June 19, 2014 in a television ad: "Congressman (Tom) Cotton is the only Arkansan in Congress -- Democrat or Republican -- to vote against disaster relief five times." Vicky Hartzler stated on June 24, 2014 in a "Roll Call" interview: The Export-Import Bank "doesn’t cost taxpayers anything." Bob Goodlatte stated on June 29, 2014 in comments on "Fox News Sunday": The "9-0 decision last week was the 13th time the Supreme Court voted 9-0 that the president had exceeded his constitutional authority." Barack Obama stated on June 23, 2014 in a speech at the White House Summit on Working Families: "In 31 states, decent child care costs more than college tuition." League of Conservation Voters stated on June 23, 2014 in a TV ad: Says Iowa Senate candidate Joni Ernst "promises to shut down the Department of Education and abolish the EPA." John Boehner stated on June 25, 2014 in an op-ed for "USA Today": "The nearly six-year delay in approving Keystone is costing Americans more than 100,000 jobs." Chain email stated on June 18, 2014 in a chain email: Says Barack Obama is the "first president to appoint 45 czars to replace elected officials in his office." Barack Obama stated on June 23, 2014 in an op-ed for Huffington Post: "The United States is the only developed country in the world without paid maternity leave." Joe Biden stated on June 23, 2014 in the White House Summit on Working Families: "I don't own a single stock or bond … I have no savings accounts." Chain email stated on June 26, 2014 in emails and social media posts circulating on the Internet: Says Barack Obama said that "ordinary men and women are too small-minded to govern their own affairs" and that individuals should "surrender their rights to an all-powerful sovereign." Hillary Clinton stated on June 10, 2014 in her book, "Hard Choices": "By 2006, the American people were overwhelmingly against the Iraq War." Nancy Pelosi stated on June 17, 2014 in a tweet: Says 11 soccer players on the U.S. Men’s National Team are immigrants. EMILY's List stated on June 16, 2014 in a television ad: "Thom Tillis cut almost $500 million from education." Chain email stated on June 18, 2014 in a chain email: President Barack Obama "is the first president to keep a dog-trainer on retainer for $102,000 a year at taxpayer expense." Mike Rogers stated on June 15, 2014 in an interview on "Fox News Sunday": "Thousands of Westerners and Americans" are fighting with extremists in eastern Syria and Iraq. Chain email stated on June 18, 2014: Barack Obama is the "first president to file lawsuits against the states he swore an oath to protect." Facebook posts stated on June 16, 2014 in a meme on social media: "Gun homicide is down 49 percent in the past 12 years."
Jeff Flake stated on July 8, 2014 in an interview on the PBS "News Hour": When undocumented children are picked up at the border and "told to appear later in court ... 90 percent do not then show up."
Henry Cuellar stated on July 6, 2014 in an interview on CNN's "State of the Union": "If you're a Mexican, you get sent back. ... But if you're from a noncontiguous country like the Central American countries" then you can stay in the United States.
Alison Lundergan Grimes stated on July 10, 2014 in a campaign ad: Says Mitch McConnell voted to raise Medicare costs for a current Kentucky senior by $6,000.
Mitch McConnell stated on July 9, 2014 in a YouTube video: Says Alison Lundergan Grimes "supports Obamacare, which cuts $700 billion from seniors’ Medicare."
Bloggers stated on July 1, 2014 in various posts on the Internet: "Justice John Roberts Signed Off On Obama’s Arrest For Treason."
Tom Cotton stated on July 8, 2014 in a television ad: Says he "voted for disaster relief and full funding of FEMA."
Sean Spicer stated on July 6, 2014 in an appearance on CNN's "State of the Union": "In the last three years alone, 13 times, the Supreme Court, unanimously, 9-0, including all of the president's liberal picks, have struck down the president's executive orders."
Raul Labrador stated on July 6, 2014 in an interview on "Meet the Press": The Obama administration estimates the number of children at the border is "going to increase to 150,000 to 200,000 next year."
Reince Priebus stated on July 7, 2014 in a tweet: "Thanks to #ObamaCare, average E.R. wait in California is 5 hours."
Justin Amash stated on July 1, 2014 in a campaign ad: "Justin Amash is rated Michigan’s No. 1 conservative" by National Right to Life.
Hillary Clinton stated on June 30, 2014 in an interview at the Aspen Ideas Festival: "A salesclerk at Hobby Lobby who needs contraception … is not going to get that service through her employer’s health care plan because her employer doesn’t think she should be using contraception."
Dan Sullivan stated on June 20, 2014 in a radio ad: "As Alaska’s attorney general, (U.S. Senate candidate Dan) Sullivan successfully fought to protect our Second Amendment rights and passed ‘stand your ground.’ "
Ruth Bader Ginsburg stated on June 30, 2014 in a dissenting opinion in "Burwell vs. Hobby Lobby": "Women of childbearing age spend 68 percent more in out-of-pocket health care costs than men."
Senate Majority PAC stated on June 19, 2014 in a television ad: "Congressman (Tom) Cotton is the only Arkansan in Congress -- Democrat or Republican -- to vote against disaster relief five times."
Vicky Hartzler stated on June 24, 2014 in a "Roll Call" interview: The Export-Import Bank "doesn’t cost taxpayers anything."
Bob Goodlatte stated on June 29, 2014 in comments on "Fox News Sunday": The "9-0 decision last week was the 13th time the Supreme Court voted 9-0 that the president had exceeded his constitutional authority."
Barack Obama stated on June 23, 2014 in a speech at the White House Summit on Working Families: "In 31 states, decent child care costs more than college tuition."
League of Conservation Voters stated on June 23, 2014 in a TV ad: Says Iowa Senate candidate Joni Ernst "promises to shut down the Department of Education and abolish the EPA."
John Boehner stated on June 25, 2014 in an op-ed for "USA Today": "The nearly six-year delay in approving Keystone is costing Americans more than 100,000 jobs."
Chain email stated on June 18, 2014 in a chain email: Says Barack Obama is the "first president to appoint 45 czars to replace elected officials in his office."
Barack Obama stated on June 23, 2014 in an op-ed for Huffington Post: "The United States is the only developed country in the world without paid maternity leave."
Joe Biden stated on June 23, 2014 in the White House Summit on Working Families: "I don't own a single stock or bond … I have no savings accounts."
Chain email stated on June 26, 2014 in emails and social media posts circulating on the Internet: Says Barack Obama said that "ordinary men and women are too small-minded to govern their own affairs" and that individuals should "surrender their rights to an all-powerful sovereign."
Hillary Clinton stated on June 10, 2014 in her book, "Hard Choices": "By 2006, the American people were overwhelmingly against the Iraq War."
Nancy Pelosi stated on June 17, 2014 in a tweet: Says 11 soccer players on the U.S. Men’s National Team are immigrants.
EMILY's List stated on June 16, 2014 in a television ad: "Thom Tillis cut almost $500 million from education."
Chain email stated on June 18, 2014 in a chain email: President Barack Obama "is the first president to keep a dog-trainer on retainer for $102,000 a year at taxpayer expense."
Mike Rogers stated on June 15, 2014 in an interview on "Fox News Sunday": "Thousands of Westerners and Americans" are fighting with extremists in eastern Syria and Iraq.
Chain email stated on June 18, 2014: Barack Obama is the "first president to file lawsuits against the states he swore an oath to protect."
Facebook posts stated on June 16, 2014 in a meme on social media: "Gun homicide is down 49 percent in the past 12 years."
