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 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." Mark Kirk stated on July 8, 2010 in a campaign ad: "Alexi Giannoulias' top aide was a longtime BP lobbyist." Jan Brewer stated on July 1, 2010 in a Fox News interview with Greta Van Susteren: "Law enforcement in the state of Arizona supports" the state's new immigration law. Al Hunt stated on July 4, 2010 in an appearance on ABC's "This Week.": "Crime is down in Arizona." John McCain stated on July 4, 2010 in an interview on "This Week.": As a senator, Barack Obama supported "an amendment that basically gutted the legal temporary worker program." Andrew Napolitano stated on June 28, 2010 in comments on the 'Glenn Beck' show: "There are mechanisms in place to shut down the Internet privately." Daniel Senor stated on July 4, 2010 in ABC's 'This Week': Japan's "interest on its own debt" is "25 percent of its national budget" Jorge Ramos stated on July 4, 2010 in an interview on ABC's 'This Week': "President Barack Obama has deported more people in his first year in office than George W. Bush in his last year in office." J.D. Hayworth stated on June 14, 2010 in a campaign commerical: John McCain "began his career in Washington as a lobbyist when he was appointed in 1976 as the Navy's liaison to the United States Senate." Barack Obama stated on July 1, 2010 in a speech: "Today, we have more boots on the ground near the Southwest border than at any time in our history." Barack Obama stated on September 17, 2008 in a campaign speech in Grand Junction, Colo.: On the use of presidentially appointed commissions. Elena Kagan stated on June 29, 2010 in the Kagan confirmation hearing: During the year Kagan barred military recruiters from Harvard Law School's Office of Career Services, "military recruiting actually went up." Jan Brewer stated on June 25, 2010 in a television interview: "The majority of the people that are coming to Arizona and trespassing are now becoming drug mules." Jeff Sessions stated on June 28, 2010 in the Kagan confirmation hearing: "In her first appellate argument, Ms. Kagan told the court that the speech and press guarantees in the First Amendment would allow the federal government to ban the publication of pamphlets discussing political issues before an election." Elena Kagan stated on April 1, 1995 in a law review article: On whether a U.S. Supreme Court nominee should be forthcoming at confirmation hearings. Steve Scalise stated on June 15, 2010 in an interview on Sean Hannity's show on Fox News: It was President Obama's "inaction that caused over three weeks to go by before he even approved the governor's plan to protect our marsh." Jon Kyl stated on June 28, 2010 in a hearing on the Supreme Court nomination of Elena Kagan: "The ABA's own criteria for a judicial nominee call for, among other things, at least 12 years' experience in the practice of law, and they mean actual practice of law." Mary Landrieu stated on June 20, 2010 in comments on 'Meet The Press': Canada "does spills into their water to practice in the event that this would happen. That is not allowed in the United States." Americans United for Change stated on June 11, 2010 in a TV commercial: "Every day, oil continues to pour into the Gulf of Mexico. ... Even with disaster on our coast..., Richard Burr voted to let big oil off the hook." Harry Reid stated on June 12, 2010 in a campaign commercial: "Sharron Angle wants to wipe out Social Security."
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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." Mark Kirk stated on July 8, 2010 in a campaign ad: "Alexi Giannoulias' top aide was a longtime BP lobbyist." Jan Brewer stated on July 1, 2010 in a Fox News interview with Greta Van Susteren: "Law enforcement in the state of Arizona supports" the state's new immigration law. Al Hunt stated on July 4, 2010 in an appearance on ABC's "This Week.": "Crime is down in Arizona." John McCain stated on July 4, 2010 in an interview on "This Week.": As a senator, Barack Obama supported "an amendment that basically gutted the legal temporary worker program." Andrew Napolitano stated on June 28, 2010 in comments on the 'Glenn Beck' show: "There are mechanisms in place to shut down the Internet privately." Daniel Senor stated on July 4, 2010 in ABC's 'This Week': Japan's "interest on its own debt" is "25 percent of its national budget" Jorge Ramos stated on July 4, 2010 in an interview on ABC's 'This Week': "President Barack Obama has deported more people in his first year in office than George W. Bush in his last year in office." J.D. Hayworth stated on June 14, 2010 in a campaign commerical: John McCain "began his career in Washington as a lobbyist when he was appointed in 1976 as the Navy's liaison to the United States Senate." Barack Obama stated on July 1, 2010 in a speech: "Today, we have more boots on the ground near the Southwest border than at any time in our history." Barack Obama stated on September 17, 2008 in a campaign speech in Grand Junction, Colo.: On the use of presidentially appointed commissions. Elena Kagan stated on June 29, 2010 in the Kagan confirmation hearing: During the year Kagan barred military recruiters from Harvard Law School's Office of Career Services, "military recruiting actually went up." Jan Brewer stated on June 25, 2010 in a television interview: "The majority of the people that are coming to Arizona and trespassing are now becoming drug mules." Jeff Sessions stated on June 28, 2010 in the Kagan confirmation hearing: "In her first appellate argument, Ms. Kagan told the court that the speech and press guarantees in the First Amendment would allow the federal government to ban the publication of pamphlets discussing political issues before an election." Elena Kagan stated on April 1, 1995 in a law review article: On whether a U.S. Supreme Court nominee should be forthcoming at confirmation hearings. Steve Scalise stated on June 15, 2010 in an interview on Sean Hannity's show on Fox News: It was President Obama's "inaction that caused over three weeks to go by before he even approved the governor's plan to protect our marsh." Jon Kyl stated on June 28, 2010 in a hearing on the Supreme Court nomination of Elena Kagan: "The ABA's own criteria for a judicial nominee call for, among other things, at least 12 years' experience in the practice of law, and they mean actual practice of law." Mary Landrieu stated on June 20, 2010 in comments on 'Meet The Press': Canada "does spills into their water to practice in the event that this would happen. That is not allowed in the United States." Americans United for Change stated on June 11, 2010 in a TV commercial: "Every day, oil continues to pour into the Gulf of Mexico. ... Even with disaster on our coast..., Richard Burr voted to let big oil off the hook." Harry Reid stated on June 12, 2010 in a campaign commercial: "Sharron Angle wants to wipe out Social Security."
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."
Mark Kirk stated on July 8, 2010 in a campaign ad: "Alexi Giannoulias' top aide was a longtime BP lobbyist."
Jan Brewer stated on July 1, 2010 in a Fox News interview with Greta Van Susteren: "Law enforcement in the state of Arizona supports" the state's new immigration law.
John McCain stated on July 4, 2010 in an interview on "This Week.": As a senator, Barack Obama supported "an amendment that basically gutted the legal temporary worker program."
Andrew Napolitano stated on June 28, 2010 in comments on the 'Glenn Beck' show: "There are mechanisms in place to shut down the Internet privately."
Daniel Senor stated on July 4, 2010 in ABC's 'This Week': Japan's "interest on its own debt" is "25 percent of its national budget"
Jorge Ramos stated on July 4, 2010 in an interview on ABC's 'This Week': "President Barack Obama has deported more people in his first year in office than George W. Bush in his last year in office."
J.D. Hayworth stated on June 14, 2010 in a campaign commerical: John McCain "began his career in Washington as a lobbyist when he was appointed in 1976 as the Navy's liaison to the United States Senate."
Barack Obama stated on July 1, 2010 in a speech: "Today, we have more boots on the ground near the Southwest border than at any time in our history."
Barack Obama stated on September 17, 2008 in a campaign speech in Grand Junction, Colo.: On the use of presidentially appointed commissions.
Elena Kagan stated on June 29, 2010 in the Kagan confirmation hearing: During the year Kagan barred military recruiters from Harvard Law School's Office of Career Services, "military recruiting actually went up."
Jan Brewer stated on June 25, 2010 in a television interview: "The majority of the people that are coming to Arizona and trespassing are now becoming drug mules."
Jeff Sessions stated on June 28, 2010 in the Kagan confirmation hearing: "In her first appellate argument, Ms. Kagan told the court that the speech and press guarantees in the First Amendment would allow the federal government to ban the publication of pamphlets discussing political issues before an election."
Elena Kagan stated on April 1, 1995 in a law review article: On whether a U.S. Supreme Court nominee should be forthcoming at confirmation hearings.
Steve Scalise stated on June 15, 2010 in an interview on Sean Hannity's show on Fox News: It was President Obama's "inaction that caused over three weeks to go by before he even approved the governor's plan to protect our marsh."
Jon Kyl stated on June 28, 2010 in a hearing on the Supreme Court nomination of Elena Kagan: "The ABA's own criteria for a judicial nominee call for, among other things, at least 12 years' experience in the practice of law, and they mean actual practice of law."
Mary Landrieu stated on June 20, 2010 in comments on 'Meet The Press': Canada "does spills into their water to practice in the event that this would happen. That is not allowed in the United States."
Americans United for Change stated on June 11, 2010 in a TV commercial: "Every day, oil continues to pour into the Gulf of Mexico. ... Even with disaster on our coast..., Richard Burr voted to let big oil off the hook."
Harry Reid stated on June 12, 2010 in a campaign commercial: "Sharron Angle wants to wipe out Social Security."
