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 AmeriPAC stated on May 16, 2011 in a fundraising letter: "The Democrats have already voted to ban our conventional light bulbs ... in favor of dangerous fluorescent light bulbs." Nancy Pelosi stated on May 3, 2011 in a chart posted on her Flickr account: Promotes a chart saying that Barack Obama has "increased the debt" by 16 percent, compared to George W. Bush, who increased it by 115 percent. Newt Gingrich stated on May 17, 2011 in comments in various media outlets: On supporting the budget proposed by Rep. Paul Ryan Paul Ryan stated on May 16, 2011 in a speech in Chicago: On taxes, President Barack Obama wants to raise "the top rate to 44.8 percent." Nancy Pelosi stated on May 16, 2011 in an interview with Bloomberg television: "In the first year of the Obama administration, more jobs were created in the private sector than in the eight years of the Bush administration." Newt Gingrich stated on May 15, 2011 in an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press": President Barack Obama deserves to be called "the most successful food stamp president in American history" because "47 million Americans are on food stamps." Barack Obama stated on May 10, 2011 in a speech in El Paso: "The (border) fence is now basically complete." Laura Ingraham stated on May 12, 2011 in an interview on Fox News' "O'Reilly Factor": The Massachusetts health care plan is "wildly unpopular" among state residents. Mitt Romney stated on May 12, 2011 in a speech in Ann Arbor, Mich.: President Obama’s health care law "represents a government takeover of health care." Sherrod Brown stated on May 10, 2011 in an interview on MSNBC: About two-thirds of Medicaid beneficiaries are children, but they account for one-third of the program’s cost, while one-third are elderly, and they account for two-thirds of the cost. Newt Gingrich stated on May 11, 2011 in a presidential campaign announcement video: "For four years, we balanced the budget and paid off $405 billion in debt." Newt Gingrich stated on May 11, 2011 in a campaign video: During his time as House speaker, "unemployment came down from 5.6 percent to under 4 (percent)." Barack Obama stated on May 10, 2011 in a speech in Austin, Texas: Under President Barack Obama, the United States has "doubled our exports." John Boehner stated on May 10, 2011 in an interview on NBC's "Today" show: The Bush tax cuts "created about 8 million jobs over the first 10 years that they were in existence. We've lost about 5 million of those jobs during this recession." Barack Obama stated on May 10, 2011 in a speech in El Paso: The Obama administration increased the deportation of illegal immigrants convicted of crimes by 70 percent. Barack Obama stated on May 10, 2011 in a speech in El Paso: "The Border Patrol has 20,000 agents – more than twice as many as there were in 2004." Doris Kearns Goodwin stated on May 8, 2011 in an appearance on NBC's "Meet the Press": During the Eisenhower Administration, "not a single soldier … died in combat." Bloggers stated on May 2, 2011 in in various posts on the web: Wrote that in 2006, Nancy Pelosi said she didn’t think capturing Osama bin Laden "makes us any safer," but in 2011 called his killing "historic." Tim Pawlenty stated on May 5, 2011 in a Republican presidential debate in South Carolina: On the night of the Iowa caucuses, Obama "promised the nation that he would do health care reform focused on cost containment, he opposed an individual mandate, and he said he was going to do it with Republicans." Gary Johnson stated on May 5, 2011 in a Republican presidential debate: "We have the highest corporate income tax in the world right now." Barack Obama stated on May 1, 2011 in an address to the nation: "Bin Laden had declared war against Pakistan." Gerry Connolly stated on May 3, 2011 in a House floor speech: "America owns 3 percent of the world’s oil but consumes 25 percent of its global reserves." David Stockman stated on May 1, 2011 in an interview on 'This Week with Christiane Amanpour': Rep. Paul Ryan's budget proposal cuts "nothing" from Medicare, Social Security or defense in the next two to three years, and "in three years, he does not cut one dime from the debt." Arianna Huffington stated on May 1, 2011 in a roundtable segment on ABC's "This Week with Christiane Amanpour": Says although the unemployment rate seems to be improving, it does not reflect real job creation -- it’s caused by a "shrinking of the actual labor force." Donald Trump stated on April 27, 2011 in a CNN interview: "We don't have bridges being built" in the United States. Dan Boren stated on April 27, 2011 in an interview on Fox News: "A vast majority of the production in the United States comes from small independent oil and gas companies." Barack Obama stated on April 14, 2011 in an interview with George Stephanopoulos: On whether the federal debt limit should be raised Barack Obama stated on April 27, 2011 in a press conference: Says stories about his birth certificate drowned out media coverage of the Republican and White House budget plans the week of April 11. John Boehner stated on April 25, 2011 in an interview with ABC news: President Barack Obama "took exactly none of his own deficit reduction commission’s ideas. Not one." Donald Trump stated on April 27, 2011 in a press conference: After the U.S.-led military alliance ejected Saddam Hussein’s forces from Kuwait in 1991, the Kuwaitis "never paid us."
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AmeriPAC stated on May 16, 2011 in a fundraising letter: "The Democrats have already voted to ban our conventional light bulbs ... in favor of dangerous fluorescent light bulbs." Nancy Pelosi stated on May 3, 2011 in a chart posted on her Flickr account: Promotes a chart saying that Barack Obama has "increased the debt" by 16 percent, compared to George W. Bush, who increased it by 115 percent. Newt Gingrich stated on May 17, 2011 in comments in various media outlets: On supporting the budget proposed by Rep. Paul Ryan Paul Ryan stated on May 16, 2011 in a speech in Chicago: On taxes, President Barack Obama wants to raise "the top rate to 44.8 percent." Nancy Pelosi stated on May 16, 2011 in an interview with Bloomberg television: "In the first year of the Obama administration, more jobs were created in the private sector than in the eight years of the Bush administration." Newt Gingrich stated on May 15, 2011 in an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press": President Barack Obama deserves to be called "the most successful food stamp president in American history" because "47 million Americans are on food stamps." Barack Obama stated on May 10, 2011 in a speech in El Paso: "The (border) fence is now basically complete." Laura Ingraham stated on May 12, 2011 in an interview on Fox News' "O'Reilly Factor": The Massachusetts health care plan is "wildly unpopular" among state residents. Mitt Romney stated on May 12, 2011 in a speech in Ann Arbor, Mich.: President Obama’s health care law "represents a government takeover of health care." Sherrod Brown stated on May 10, 2011 in an interview on MSNBC: About two-thirds of Medicaid beneficiaries are children, but they account for one-third of the program’s cost, while one-third are elderly, and they account for two-thirds of the cost. Newt Gingrich stated on May 11, 2011 in a presidential campaign announcement video: "For four years, we balanced the budget and paid off $405 billion in debt." Newt Gingrich stated on May 11, 2011 in a campaign video: During his time as House speaker, "unemployment came down from 5.6 percent to under 4 (percent)." Barack Obama stated on May 10, 2011 in a speech in Austin, Texas: Under President Barack Obama, the United States has "doubled our exports." John Boehner stated on May 10, 2011 in an interview on NBC's "Today" show: The Bush tax cuts "created about 8 million jobs over the first 10 years that they were in existence. We've lost about 5 million of those jobs during this recession." Barack Obama stated on May 10, 2011 in a speech in El Paso: The Obama administration increased the deportation of illegal immigrants convicted of crimes by 70 percent. Barack Obama stated on May 10, 2011 in a speech in El Paso: "The Border Patrol has 20,000 agents – more than twice as many as there were in 2004." Doris Kearns Goodwin stated on May 8, 2011 in an appearance on NBC's "Meet the Press": During the Eisenhower Administration, "not a single soldier … died in combat." Bloggers stated on May 2, 2011 in in various posts on the web: Wrote that in 2006, Nancy Pelosi said she didn’t think capturing Osama bin Laden "makes us any safer," but in 2011 called his killing "historic." Tim Pawlenty stated on May 5, 2011 in a Republican presidential debate in South Carolina: On the night of the Iowa caucuses, Obama "promised the nation that he would do health care reform focused on cost containment, he opposed an individual mandate, and he said he was going to do it with Republicans." Gary Johnson stated on May 5, 2011 in a Republican presidential debate: "We have the highest corporate income tax in the world right now." Barack Obama stated on May 1, 2011 in an address to the nation: "Bin Laden had declared war against Pakistan." Gerry Connolly stated on May 3, 2011 in a House floor speech: "America owns 3 percent of the world’s oil but consumes 25 percent of its global reserves." David Stockman stated on May 1, 2011 in an interview on 'This Week with Christiane Amanpour': Rep. Paul Ryan's budget proposal cuts "nothing" from Medicare, Social Security or defense in the next two to three years, and "in three years, he does not cut one dime from the debt." Arianna Huffington stated on May 1, 2011 in a roundtable segment on ABC's "This Week with Christiane Amanpour": Says although the unemployment rate seems to be improving, it does not reflect real job creation -- it’s caused by a "shrinking of the actual labor force." Donald Trump stated on April 27, 2011 in a CNN interview: "We don't have bridges being built" in the United States. Dan Boren stated on April 27, 2011 in an interview on Fox News: "A vast majority of the production in the United States comes from small independent oil and gas companies." Barack Obama stated on April 14, 2011 in an interview with George Stephanopoulos: On whether the federal debt limit should be raised Barack Obama stated on April 27, 2011 in a press conference: Says stories about his birth certificate drowned out media coverage of the Republican and White House budget plans the week of April 11. John Boehner stated on April 25, 2011 in an interview with ABC news: President Barack Obama "took exactly none of his own deficit reduction commission’s ideas. Not one." Donald Trump stated on April 27, 2011 in a press conference: After the U.S.-led military alliance ejected Saddam Hussein’s forces from Kuwait in 1991, the Kuwaitis "never paid us."
AmeriPAC stated on May 16, 2011 in a fundraising letter: "The Democrats have already voted to ban our conventional light bulbs ... in favor of dangerous fluorescent light bulbs."
Nancy Pelosi stated on May 3, 2011 in a chart posted on her Flickr account: Promotes a chart saying that Barack Obama has "increased the debt" by 16 percent, compared to George W. Bush, who increased it by 115 percent.
Newt Gingrich stated on May 17, 2011 in comments in various media outlets: On supporting the budget proposed by Rep. Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan stated on May 16, 2011 in a speech in Chicago: On taxes, President Barack Obama wants to raise "the top rate to 44.8 percent."
Nancy Pelosi stated on May 16, 2011 in an interview with Bloomberg television: "In the first year of the Obama administration, more jobs were created in the private sector than in the eight years of the Bush administration."
Newt Gingrich stated on May 15, 2011 in an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press": President Barack Obama deserves to be called "the most successful food stamp president in American history" because "47 million Americans are on food stamps."
Barack Obama stated on May 10, 2011 in a speech in El Paso: "The (border) fence is now basically complete."
Laura Ingraham stated on May 12, 2011 in an interview on Fox News' "O'Reilly Factor": The Massachusetts health care plan is "wildly unpopular" among state residents.
Mitt Romney stated on May 12, 2011 in a speech in Ann Arbor, Mich.: President Obama’s health care law "represents a government takeover of health care."
Sherrod Brown stated on May 10, 2011 in an interview on MSNBC: About two-thirds of Medicaid beneficiaries are children, but they account for one-third of the program’s cost, while one-third are elderly, and they account for two-thirds of the cost.
Newt Gingrich stated on May 11, 2011 in a presidential campaign announcement video: "For four years, we balanced the budget and paid off $405 billion in debt."
Newt Gingrich stated on May 11, 2011 in a campaign video: During his time as House speaker, "unemployment came down from 5.6 percent to under 4 (percent)."
Barack Obama stated on May 10, 2011 in a speech in Austin, Texas: Under President Barack Obama, the United States has "doubled our exports."
John Boehner stated on May 10, 2011 in an interview on NBC's "Today" show: The Bush tax cuts "created about 8 million jobs over the first 10 years that they were in existence. We've lost about 5 million of those jobs during this recession."
Barack Obama stated on May 10, 2011 in a speech in El Paso: The Obama administration increased the deportation of illegal immigrants convicted of crimes by 70 percent.
Barack Obama stated on May 10, 2011 in a speech in El Paso: "The Border Patrol has 20,000 agents – more than twice as many as there were in 2004."
Doris Kearns Goodwin stated on May 8, 2011 in an appearance on NBC's "Meet the Press": During the Eisenhower Administration, "not a single soldier … died in combat."
Bloggers stated on May 2, 2011 in in various posts on the web: Wrote that in 2006, Nancy Pelosi said she didn’t think capturing Osama bin Laden "makes us any safer," but in 2011 called his killing "historic."
Tim Pawlenty stated on May 5, 2011 in a Republican presidential debate in South Carolina: On the night of the Iowa caucuses, Obama "promised the nation that he would do health care reform focused on cost containment, he opposed an individual mandate, and he said he was going to do it with Republicans."
Gary Johnson stated on May 5, 2011 in a Republican presidential debate: "We have the highest corporate income tax in the world right now."
Barack Obama stated on May 1, 2011 in an address to the nation: "Bin Laden had declared war against Pakistan."
Gerry Connolly stated on May 3, 2011 in a House floor speech: "America owns 3 percent of the world’s oil but consumes 25 percent of its global reserves."
David Stockman stated on May 1, 2011 in an interview on 'This Week with Christiane Amanpour': Rep. Paul Ryan's budget proposal cuts "nothing" from Medicare, Social Security or defense in the next two to three years, and "in three years, he does not cut one dime from the debt."
Arianna Huffington stated on May 1, 2011 in a roundtable segment on ABC's "This Week with Christiane Amanpour": Says although the unemployment rate seems to be improving, it does not reflect real job creation -- it’s caused by a "shrinking of the actual labor force."
Donald Trump stated on April 27, 2011 in a CNN interview: "We don't have bridges being built" in the United States.
Dan Boren stated on April 27, 2011 in an interview on Fox News: "A vast majority of the production in the United States comes from small independent oil and gas companies."
Barack Obama stated on April 14, 2011 in an interview with George Stephanopoulos: On whether the federal debt limit should be raised
Barack Obama stated on April 27, 2011 in a press conference: Says stories about his birth certificate drowned out media coverage of the Republican and White House budget plans the week of April 11.
John Boehner stated on April 25, 2011 in an interview with ABC news: President Barack Obama "took exactly none of his own deficit reduction commission’s ideas. Not one."
Donald Trump stated on April 27, 2011 in a press conference: After the U.S.-led military alliance ejected Saddam Hussein’s forces from Kuwait in 1991, the Kuwaitis "never paid us."
