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 Jane Norton stated on July 9, 2010 in a television ad: "Ken Buck's (District Attorney's) office? His spending skyrocketed by 40 percent." Susana Martinez stated on July 22, 2010 in a campaign commercial: In New Mexico, Democratic gubernatorial candidate Diane Denish "spent federal stimulus funds on campaign Christmas cards." Bill O'Reilly stated on July 17, 2010 in an online column: "Attorney General Eric Holder is involved in the dismissal of the criminal charges" against the New Black Panther Party for voter intimidation John McCain stated on May 7, 2010 in a campaign ad: "Of all the illegals in America, more than half come through Arizona." American Crossroads stated on July 18, 2010 in a campaign commercial: "Recent data showed Nevada ranks 50th in the money received from" the stimulus bill. George Will stated on July 18, 2010 in a roundtable discussion on ABC's This Week: Democrats in the 1930s wanted President Franklin Roosevelt "to be more conservative." Bloggers stated on July 17, 2010 in conservative blogs: Obama's dog has his "own plane" Mike Pence stated on July 20, 2010 in a press conference: "Should Democrats get their way, every income tax bracket will increase on Jan. 1, 2011. Every single one." Russell Pearce stated on July 7, 2010 in a CNN interview: "Sixty percent of the Hispanics" support the Arizona immigration law Joe Biden stated on July 18, 2010 in ABC's "This Week": "I never called for a partition" of Iraq. Joe Biden stated on July 18, 2010 in an interview on ABC's This Week: "The health care numbers are going up." Joe Biden stated on July 18, 2010 in an interview on ABC's This Week: "We're not engaged in nation-building" in Afghanistan. Ron Johnson stated on July 14, 2010 in a campaign commercial: Russ Feingold "voted against the law that protected our lakes" and "was the only Great Lakes senator to vote no." John McCain stated on May 26, 2010 in a political ad: As a Congressman, J.D. Hayworth was an avid earmarker who supported such pork as "$220,000 to renovate a Maine Blueberry farm" and "$5.8 million for a Vermont snowmobile trail." National Right to Life Committee stated on July 13, 2010 in a prepared statement: The Obama administration will give Pennsylvania $160 million to pay for health insurance plans that cover "any legal abortion." David Axelrod stated on July 11, 2010 in ABC's "This Week": "We had 2 percent of the global market (for advanced batteries) when he (Obama) started. We now have 16 percent, headed to 40 percent by 2015." Joe Biden stated on July 14, 2010 in a news conference: "We went from losing 3 million jobs in the last six months of the Bush Administration," adding almost 600,000 private sector jobs in the first six months of the year. Ron Paul stated on July 5, 2010 in a CNN interview: "We're spending $1 trillion a year on our foreign policy." Jim McDermott stated on July 13, 2010 in an interview with MSNBC's Ed Schultz: "Most" of the Bush tax cuts went to people "in the top 3 percent of this country." Ed Gillespie stated on July 11, 2010 in an appearance on NBC's Meet the Press: Under President George W. Bush, the U.S. had "52 months of ... uninterrupted job creation" and "revenues were at an all-time high in 2007." David Axelrod stated on July 11, 2010 in an interview on "This Week.": Republicans extended unemployment insurance under President Bush "when he asked to extend unemployment insurance." Sharron Angle stated on July 7, 2010 in a local radio interview: On whether BP's $20 billion fund to compensate oil spill victims is "a slush fund." George Will stated on July 11, 2010 in ABC's "This Week": Says that President Obama said if Congress passed the economic stimulus bill, "we would have unemployment at 8 percent and no higher. And it went higher." Luis Gutierrez stated on July 11, 2010 in an interview on ABC's 'This Week': "Forty percent of the undocumented workers in this country" entered the U.S. legally and "overstayed their visa." Trent Franks stated on July 7, 2010 in an interview on MSNBC's 'The Dylan Ratigan Show': "The top 1 percent pay over half of the entire revenue for this country." Sarah Palin stated on June 30, 2010 in a Facebook posting: The U.S. "only ranks 25th worldwide on defense spending as a percentage of GDP." Sarah Palin stated on June 30, 2010 in a Facebook posting: "We spend three times more on entitlements and debt services than we do on defense." Keith Olbermann stated on July 6, 2010 in a comment on MSNBC's 'Countdown with Keith Olbermann': "Subsidies for oil and gas companies make up 88 percent of all federal subsidies. Just cutting the oil and gas subsidies out would save the U.S. government $45 billion every year." Mark Kirk stated on June 30, 2010 in a campaign video: "At his father's bank, Alexi made tens of millions in risky loans to convicted mobsters. Then, the bank collapsed." Alexi Giannoulias stated on July 8, 2010 in a campaign commercial: "He (Kirk) did violate Pentagon rules, twice actually, for improperly mingling politics with his military service."
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Jane Norton stated on July 9, 2010 in a television ad: "Ken Buck's (District Attorney's) office? His spending skyrocketed by 40 percent." Susana Martinez stated on July 22, 2010 in a campaign commercial: In New Mexico, Democratic gubernatorial candidate Diane Denish "spent federal stimulus funds on campaign Christmas cards." Bill O'Reilly stated on July 17, 2010 in an online column: "Attorney General Eric Holder is involved in the dismissal of the criminal charges" against the New Black Panther Party for voter intimidation John McCain stated on May 7, 2010 in a campaign ad: "Of all the illegals in America, more than half come through Arizona." American Crossroads stated on July 18, 2010 in a campaign commercial: "Recent data showed Nevada ranks 50th in the money received from" the stimulus bill. George Will stated on July 18, 2010 in a roundtable discussion on ABC's This Week: Democrats in the 1930s wanted President Franklin Roosevelt "to be more conservative." Bloggers stated on July 17, 2010 in conservative blogs: Obama's dog has his "own plane" Mike Pence stated on July 20, 2010 in a press conference: "Should Democrats get their way, every income tax bracket will increase on Jan. 1, 2011. Every single one." Russell Pearce stated on July 7, 2010 in a CNN interview: "Sixty percent of the Hispanics" support the Arizona immigration law Joe Biden stated on July 18, 2010 in ABC's "This Week": "I never called for a partition" of Iraq. Joe Biden stated on July 18, 2010 in an interview on ABC's This Week: "The health care numbers are going up." Joe Biden stated on July 18, 2010 in an interview on ABC's This Week: "We're not engaged in nation-building" in Afghanistan. Ron Johnson stated on July 14, 2010 in a campaign commercial: Russ Feingold "voted against the law that protected our lakes" and "was the only Great Lakes senator to vote no." John McCain stated on May 26, 2010 in a political ad: As a Congressman, J.D. Hayworth was an avid earmarker who supported such pork as "$220,000 to renovate a Maine Blueberry farm" and "$5.8 million for a Vermont snowmobile trail." National Right to Life Committee stated on July 13, 2010 in a prepared statement: The Obama administration will give Pennsylvania $160 million to pay for health insurance plans that cover "any legal abortion." David Axelrod stated on July 11, 2010 in ABC's "This Week": "We had 2 percent of the global market (for advanced batteries) when he (Obama) started. We now have 16 percent, headed to 40 percent by 2015." Joe Biden stated on July 14, 2010 in a news conference: "We went from losing 3 million jobs in the last six months of the Bush Administration," adding almost 600,000 private sector jobs in the first six months of the year. Ron Paul stated on July 5, 2010 in a CNN interview: "We're spending $1 trillion a year on our foreign policy." Jim McDermott stated on July 13, 2010 in an interview with MSNBC's Ed Schultz: "Most" of the Bush tax cuts went to people "in the top 3 percent of this country." Ed Gillespie stated on July 11, 2010 in an appearance on NBC's Meet the Press: Under President George W. Bush, the U.S. had "52 months of ... uninterrupted job creation" and "revenues were at an all-time high in 2007." David Axelrod stated on July 11, 2010 in an interview on "This Week.": Republicans extended unemployment insurance under President Bush "when he asked to extend unemployment insurance." Sharron Angle stated on July 7, 2010 in a local radio interview: On whether BP's $20 billion fund to compensate oil spill victims is "a slush fund." George Will stated on July 11, 2010 in ABC's "This Week": Says that President Obama said if Congress passed the economic stimulus bill, "we would have unemployment at 8 percent and no higher. And it went higher." Luis Gutierrez stated on July 11, 2010 in an interview on ABC's 'This Week': "Forty percent of the undocumented workers in this country" entered the U.S. legally and "overstayed their visa." Trent Franks stated on July 7, 2010 in an interview on MSNBC's 'The Dylan Ratigan Show': "The top 1 percent pay over half of the entire revenue for this country." Sarah Palin stated on June 30, 2010 in a Facebook posting: The U.S. "only ranks 25th worldwide on defense spending as a percentage of GDP." Sarah Palin stated on June 30, 2010 in a Facebook posting: "We spend three times more on entitlements and debt services than we do on defense." Keith Olbermann stated on July 6, 2010 in a comment on MSNBC's 'Countdown with Keith Olbermann': "Subsidies for oil and gas companies make up 88 percent of all federal subsidies. Just cutting the oil and gas subsidies out would save the U.S. government $45 billion every year." Mark Kirk stated on June 30, 2010 in a campaign video: "At his father's bank, Alexi made tens of millions in risky loans to convicted mobsters. Then, the bank collapsed." Alexi Giannoulias stated on July 8, 2010 in a campaign commercial: "He (Kirk) did violate Pentagon rules, twice actually, for improperly mingling politics with his military service."
Jane Norton stated on July 9, 2010 in a television ad: "Ken Buck's (District Attorney's) office? His spending skyrocketed by 40 percent."
Susana Martinez stated on July 22, 2010 in a campaign commercial: In New Mexico, Democratic gubernatorial candidate Diane Denish "spent federal stimulus funds on campaign Christmas cards."
Bill O'Reilly stated on July 17, 2010 in an online column: "Attorney General Eric Holder is involved in the dismissal of the criminal charges" against the New Black Panther Party for voter intimidation
John McCain stated on May 7, 2010 in a campaign ad: "Of all the illegals in America, more than half come through Arizona."
American Crossroads stated on July 18, 2010 in a campaign commercial: "Recent data showed Nevada ranks 50th in the money received from" the stimulus bill.
George Will stated on July 18, 2010 in a roundtable discussion on ABC's This Week: Democrats in the 1930s wanted President Franklin Roosevelt "to be more conservative."
Mike Pence stated on July 20, 2010 in a press conference: "Should Democrats get their way, every income tax bracket will increase on Jan. 1, 2011. Every single one."
Russell Pearce stated on July 7, 2010 in a CNN interview: "Sixty percent of the Hispanics" support the Arizona immigration law
Joe Biden stated on July 18, 2010 in an interview on ABC's This Week: "The health care numbers are going up."
Joe Biden stated on July 18, 2010 in an interview on ABC's This Week: "We're not engaged in nation-building" in Afghanistan.
Ron Johnson stated on July 14, 2010 in a campaign commercial: Russ Feingold "voted against the law that protected our lakes" and "was the only Great Lakes senator to vote no."
John McCain stated on May 26, 2010 in a political ad: As a Congressman, J.D. Hayworth was an avid earmarker who supported such pork as "$220,000 to renovate a Maine Blueberry farm" and "$5.8 million for a Vermont snowmobile trail."
National Right to Life Committee stated on July 13, 2010 in a prepared statement: The Obama administration will give Pennsylvania $160 million to pay for health insurance plans that cover "any legal abortion."
David Axelrod stated on July 11, 2010 in ABC's "This Week": "We had 2 percent of the global market (for advanced batteries) when he (Obama) started. We now have 16 percent, headed to 40 percent by 2015."
Joe Biden stated on July 14, 2010 in a news conference: "We went from losing 3 million jobs in the last six months of the Bush Administration," adding almost 600,000 private sector jobs in the first six months of the year.
Ron Paul stated on July 5, 2010 in a CNN interview: "We're spending $1 trillion a year on our foreign policy."
Jim McDermott stated on July 13, 2010 in an interview with MSNBC's Ed Schultz: "Most" of the Bush tax cuts went to people "in the top 3 percent of this country."
Ed Gillespie stated on July 11, 2010 in an appearance on NBC's Meet the Press: Under President George W. Bush, the U.S. had "52 months of ... uninterrupted job creation" and "revenues were at an all-time high in 2007."
David Axelrod stated on July 11, 2010 in an interview on "This Week.": Republicans extended unemployment insurance under President Bush "when he asked to extend unemployment insurance."
Sharron Angle stated on July 7, 2010 in a local radio interview: On whether BP's $20 billion fund to compensate oil spill victims is "a slush fund."
George Will stated on July 11, 2010 in ABC's "This Week": Says that President Obama said if Congress passed the economic stimulus bill, "we would have unemployment at 8 percent and no higher. And it went higher."
Luis Gutierrez stated on July 11, 2010 in an interview on ABC's 'This Week': "Forty percent of the undocumented workers in this country" entered the U.S. legally and "overstayed their visa."
Trent Franks stated on July 7, 2010 in an interview on MSNBC's 'The Dylan Ratigan Show': "The top 1 percent pay over half of the entire revenue for this country."
Sarah Palin stated on June 30, 2010 in a Facebook posting: The U.S. "only ranks 25th worldwide on defense spending as a percentage of GDP."
Sarah Palin stated on June 30, 2010 in a Facebook posting: "We spend three times more on entitlements and debt services than we do on defense."
Keith Olbermann stated on July 6, 2010 in a comment on MSNBC's 'Countdown with Keith Olbermann': "Subsidies for oil and gas companies make up 88 percent of all federal subsidies. Just cutting the oil and gas subsidies out would save the U.S. government $45 billion every year."
Mark Kirk stated on June 30, 2010 in a campaign video: "At his father's bank, Alexi made tens of millions in risky loans to convicted mobsters. Then, the bank collapsed."
Alexi Giannoulias stated on July 8, 2010 in a campaign commercial: "He (Kirk) did violate Pentagon rules, twice actually, for improperly mingling politics with his military service."
