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 Mike Huckabee stated on January 30, 2008 in a debate in Simi Valley, Calif.: "Let's not blame President Bush for all of this. We've got a Congress who sat around on their hands and done nothing but spend a lot of money ... leaving us $9-trillion in debt that we're passing on to our grandchildren." John McCain stated on January 28, 2008 in an automated call to voters: "He told gay organizers in Massachusetts he would be a stronger advocate for special rights than even Ted Kennedy." Mike Huckabee stated on January 30, 2008 in a Republican debate in Simi Valley, Calif.: "Every billion dollars we spend on highway construction results in 47,500 jobs. But the fact is the average American is sitting in traffic 38 hours a year." John McCain stated on January 26, 2008 in Fort Myers, Fla.: Mitt Romney wants "to set a date for withdrawal" from Iraq. John McCain stated on January 30, 2008 in a debate in Simi Valley, Calif.: Romney left Massachusetts "with a $245-million debt because of the big government-mandated health care system." Mitt Romney stated on January 24, 2008 in Boca Raton, Fla.: "Two-thirds of our economy is a consumer economy." Rudy Giuliani stated on January 24, 2008 in a debate in Boca Raton, Fla.: Said he's the only Republican candidate "who's actually turned around a government economy." John McCain stated on January 28, 2008 in an ad on the Internet: Romney used to favor gun control, and said he didn't want to go back to Reagan-Bush. Mitt Romney stated on January 28, 2008 in West Palm Beach, Fla.: "Gasoline would rise in price by approximately 50 cents a gallon" if the McCain-Lieberman bill became law. John McCain stated on January 28, 2008 in an ad on the Internet: Mitt Romney previously believed "that abortion should be safe and legal in this country." Now he is "prolife." Mitt Romney stated on January 24, 2008 in Boca Raton.: "Now, I also support the Bush tax cuts. Sen. McCain voted against them originally. He now believes they should be made permanent. I'm glad he agrees they should be made permanent." Mike Huckabee stated on January 25, 2008 in a debate in Boca Raton.: "The average American is working through the month of May just to pay off the government." John McCain stated on January 24, 2008 in a debate in Boca Raton.: Hillary Clinton wants to "wave the white flag of surrender and set a date for withdrawal." Rudy Giuliani stated on January 25, 2008 in Boca Raton.: "We have more coal reserves in the United States than they have oil reserves in Saudi Arabia." Bill Clinton stated on January 25, 2008: "The 1990s were a time of prosperity. We created more than 22-million new jobs, moved 8-million people out of poverty, and turned our economy around." Mitt Romney stated on January 25, 2008 in a campaign rally in Pensacola.: "I was pretty proud of being the only guy on the stage that ever had a job in the private sector." Barack Obama stated on January 23, 2008 in a radio ad in South Carolina: "But it was Hillary Clinton, in an interview with Tom Brokaw, who quote 'paid tribute' to Ronald Reagan's economic and foreign policy." Mike Huckabee stated on January 24, 2008 in a debate in Boca Raton.: Says he was the only Republican candidate at a prior debate who said lower-income workers were being hurt by the economy. John McCain stated on January 24, 2008 in a debate in Boca Raton.: "I won the majority of the Republican vote in both New Hampshire and South Carolina." Rudy Giuliani stated on January 24, 2008 in a Republican debate in Boca Raton.: "Bill Clinton's peace dividend . . . cut the military 25 and 30 percent." Chain email stated on January 18, 2008: Barack Obama's church gave a lifetime achievement award to Louis Farrakhan. Mike Huckabee stated on January 23, 2008: "When the Fair Tax becomes law, it will be like waving a magic wand releasing us from pain and unfairness." Chain email stated on January 18, 2008: Obama "remains silent" and "is never asked how he feels about his church honoring Farrakhan." Hillary Clinton stated on January 21, 2008 in a debate in Myrtle Beach, S.C.: "I was fighting against those (Republican) ideas when you were practicing law and representing your contributor, Rezko, in his slum landlord business in inner city Chicago." John Edwards stated on January 21, 2008 in a debate in Myrtle Beach, S.C.: "If you are African-American in this country today, you are likely to have a net worth of about 10 percent of what white families have." Barack Obama stated on January 21, 2008 in a debate in Myrtle Beach, S.C.: "While I was working on those streets watching those folks see their jobs shift overseas, you were a corporate lawyer sitting on the board at Wal-Mart." Barack Obama stated on January 21, 2008 in a debate in Myrtle Beach, S.C.: "I know that Hillary on occasion has said — just last year said this (NAFTA) was a boon to the economy." Hillary Clinton stated on January 15, 2008 in a debate in Las Vegas: The Bush administration has "the Pentagon trying to take away the signing bonuses when a soldier gets wounded and ends up in the hospital, something that I'm working with a Republican senator to try to make sure never can happen again." Bill Clinton stated on January 18, 2008 in in Pahrump, Nev.: Obama said that "since 1992, the Republicans have had all the good ideas..." Rudy Giuliani stated on January 16, 2008 in a TV ad: "And he's the only candidate who will fight for a national catastrophe fund to reduce insurance rates."
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Mike Huckabee stated on January 30, 2008 in a debate in Simi Valley, Calif.: "Let's not blame President Bush for all of this. We've got a Congress who sat around on their hands and done nothing but spend a lot of money ... leaving us $9-trillion in debt that we're passing on to our grandchildren." John McCain stated on January 28, 2008 in an automated call to voters: "He told gay organizers in Massachusetts he would be a stronger advocate for special rights than even Ted Kennedy." Mike Huckabee stated on January 30, 2008 in a Republican debate in Simi Valley, Calif.: "Every billion dollars we spend on highway construction results in 47,500 jobs. But the fact is the average American is sitting in traffic 38 hours a year." John McCain stated on January 26, 2008 in Fort Myers, Fla.: Mitt Romney wants "to set a date for withdrawal" from Iraq. John McCain stated on January 30, 2008 in a debate in Simi Valley, Calif.: Romney left Massachusetts "with a $245-million debt because of the big government-mandated health care system." Mitt Romney stated on January 24, 2008 in Boca Raton, Fla.: "Two-thirds of our economy is a consumer economy." Rudy Giuliani stated on January 24, 2008 in a debate in Boca Raton, Fla.: Said he's the only Republican candidate "who's actually turned around a government economy." John McCain stated on January 28, 2008 in an ad on the Internet: Romney used to favor gun control, and said he didn't want to go back to Reagan-Bush. Mitt Romney stated on January 28, 2008 in West Palm Beach, Fla.: "Gasoline would rise in price by approximately 50 cents a gallon" if the McCain-Lieberman bill became law. John McCain stated on January 28, 2008 in an ad on the Internet: Mitt Romney previously believed "that abortion should be safe and legal in this country." Now he is "prolife." Mitt Romney stated on January 24, 2008 in Boca Raton.: "Now, I also support the Bush tax cuts. Sen. McCain voted against them originally. He now believes they should be made permanent. I'm glad he agrees they should be made permanent." Mike Huckabee stated on January 25, 2008 in a debate in Boca Raton.: "The average American is working through the month of May just to pay off the government." John McCain stated on January 24, 2008 in a debate in Boca Raton.: Hillary Clinton wants to "wave the white flag of surrender and set a date for withdrawal." Rudy Giuliani stated on January 25, 2008 in Boca Raton.: "We have more coal reserves in the United States than they have oil reserves in Saudi Arabia." Bill Clinton stated on January 25, 2008: "The 1990s were a time of prosperity. We created more than 22-million new jobs, moved 8-million people out of poverty, and turned our economy around." Mitt Romney stated on January 25, 2008 in a campaign rally in Pensacola.: "I was pretty proud of being the only guy on the stage that ever had a job in the private sector." Barack Obama stated on January 23, 2008 in a radio ad in South Carolina: "But it was Hillary Clinton, in an interview with Tom Brokaw, who quote 'paid tribute' to Ronald Reagan's economic and foreign policy." Mike Huckabee stated on January 24, 2008 in a debate in Boca Raton.: Says he was the only Republican candidate at a prior debate who said lower-income workers were being hurt by the economy. John McCain stated on January 24, 2008 in a debate in Boca Raton.: "I won the majority of the Republican vote in both New Hampshire and South Carolina." Rudy Giuliani stated on January 24, 2008 in a Republican debate in Boca Raton.: "Bill Clinton's peace dividend . . . cut the military 25 and 30 percent." Chain email stated on January 18, 2008: Barack Obama's church gave a lifetime achievement award to Louis Farrakhan. Mike Huckabee stated on January 23, 2008: "When the Fair Tax becomes law, it will be like waving a magic wand releasing us from pain and unfairness." Chain email stated on January 18, 2008: Obama "remains silent" and "is never asked how he feels about his church honoring Farrakhan." Hillary Clinton stated on January 21, 2008 in a debate in Myrtle Beach, S.C.: "I was fighting against those (Republican) ideas when you were practicing law and representing your contributor, Rezko, in his slum landlord business in inner city Chicago." John Edwards stated on January 21, 2008 in a debate in Myrtle Beach, S.C.: "If you are African-American in this country today, you are likely to have a net worth of about 10 percent of what white families have." Barack Obama stated on January 21, 2008 in a debate in Myrtle Beach, S.C.: "While I was working on those streets watching those folks see their jobs shift overseas, you were a corporate lawyer sitting on the board at Wal-Mart." Barack Obama stated on January 21, 2008 in a debate in Myrtle Beach, S.C.: "I know that Hillary on occasion has said — just last year said this (NAFTA) was a boon to the economy." Hillary Clinton stated on January 15, 2008 in a debate in Las Vegas: The Bush administration has "the Pentagon trying to take away the signing bonuses when a soldier gets wounded and ends up in the hospital, something that I'm working with a Republican senator to try to make sure never can happen again." Bill Clinton stated on January 18, 2008 in in Pahrump, Nev.: Obama said that "since 1992, the Republicans have had all the good ideas..." Rudy Giuliani stated on January 16, 2008 in a TV ad: "And he's the only candidate who will fight for a national catastrophe fund to reduce insurance rates."
Mike Huckabee stated on January 30, 2008 in a debate in Simi Valley, Calif.: "Let's not blame President Bush for all of this. We've got a Congress who sat around on their hands and done nothing but spend a lot of money ... leaving us $9-trillion in debt that we're passing on to our grandchildren."
John McCain stated on January 28, 2008 in an automated call to voters: "He told gay organizers in Massachusetts he would be a stronger advocate for special rights than even Ted Kennedy."
Mike Huckabee stated on January 30, 2008 in a Republican debate in Simi Valley, Calif.: "Every billion dollars we spend on highway construction results in 47,500 jobs. But the fact is the average American is sitting in traffic 38 hours a year."
John McCain stated on January 26, 2008 in Fort Myers, Fla.: Mitt Romney wants "to set a date for withdrawal" from Iraq.
John McCain stated on January 30, 2008 in a debate in Simi Valley, Calif.: Romney left Massachusetts "with a $245-million debt because of the big government-mandated health care system."
Mitt Romney stated on January 24, 2008 in Boca Raton, Fla.: "Two-thirds of our economy is a consumer economy."
Rudy Giuliani stated on January 24, 2008 in a debate in Boca Raton, Fla.: Said he's the only Republican candidate "who's actually turned around a government economy."
John McCain stated on January 28, 2008 in an ad on the Internet: Romney used to favor gun control, and said he didn't want to go back to Reagan-Bush.
Mitt Romney stated on January 28, 2008 in West Palm Beach, Fla.: "Gasoline would rise in price by approximately 50 cents a gallon" if the McCain-Lieberman bill became law.
John McCain stated on January 28, 2008 in an ad on the Internet: Mitt Romney previously believed "that abortion should be safe and legal in this country." Now he is "prolife."
Mitt Romney stated on January 24, 2008 in Boca Raton.: "Now, I also support the Bush tax cuts. Sen. McCain voted against them originally. He now believes they should be made permanent. I'm glad he agrees they should be made permanent."
Mike Huckabee stated on January 25, 2008 in a debate in Boca Raton.: "The average American is working through the month of May just to pay off the government."
John McCain stated on January 24, 2008 in a debate in Boca Raton.: Hillary Clinton wants to "wave the white flag of surrender and set a date for withdrawal."
Rudy Giuliani stated on January 25, 2008 in Boca Raton.: "We have more coal reserves in the United States than they have oil reserves in Saudi Arabia."
Bill Clinton stated on January 25, 2008: "The 1990s were a time of prosperity. We created more than 22-million new jobs, moved 8-million people out of poverty, and turned our economy around."
Mitt Romney stated on January 25, 2008 in a campaign rally in Pensacola.: "I was pretty proud of being the only guy on the stage that ever had a job in the private sector."
Barack Obama stated on January 23, 2008 in a radio ad in South Carolina: "But it was Hillary Clinton, in an interview with Tom Brokaw, who quote 'paid tribute' to Ronald Reagan's economic and foreign policy."
Mike Huckabee stated on January 24, 2008 in a debate in Boca Raton.: Says he was the only Republican candidate at a prior debate who said lower-income workers were being hurt by the economy.
John McCain stated on January 24, 2008 in a debate in Boca Raton.: "I won the majority of the Republican vote in both New Hampshire and South Carolina."
Rudy Giuliani stated on January 24, 2008 in a Republican debate in Boca Raton.: "Bill Clinton's peace dividend . . . cut the military 25 and 30 percent."
Chain email stated on January 18, 2008: Barack Obama's church gave a lifetime achievement award to Louis Farrakhan.
Mike Huckabee stated on January 23, 2008: "When the Fair Tax becomes law, it will be like waving a magic wand releasing us from pain and unfairness."
Chain email stated on January 18, 2008: Obama "remains silent" and "is never asked how he feels about his church honoring Farrakhan."
Hillary Clinton stated on January 21, 2008 in a debate in Myrtle Beach, S.C.: "I was fighting against those (Republican) ideas when you were practicing law and representing your contributor, Rezko, in his slum landlord business in inner city Chicago."
John Edwards stated on January 21, 2008 in a debate in Myrtle Beach, S.C.: "If you are African-American in this country today, you are likely to have a net worth of about 10 percent of what white families have."
Barack Obama stated on January 21, 2008 in a debate in Myrtle Beach, S.C.: "While I was working on those streets watching those folks see their jobs shift overseas, you were a corporate lawyer sitting on the board at Wal-Mart."
Barack Obama stated on January 21, 2008 in a debate in Myrtle Beach, S.C.: "I know that Hillary on occasion has said — just last year said this (NAFTA) was a boon to the economy."
Hillary Clinton stated on January 15, 2008 in a debate in Las Vegas: The Bush administration has "the Pentagon trying to take away the signing bonuses when a soldier gets wounded and ends up in the hospital, something that I'm working with a Republican senator to try to make sure never can happen again."
Bill Clinton stated on January 18, 2008 in in Pahrump, Nev.: Obama said that "since 1992, the Republicans have had all the good ideas..."
Rudy Giuliani stated on January 16, 2008 in a TV ad: "And he's the only candidate who will fight for a national catastrophe fund to reduce insurance rates."
