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 Fred Thompson stated on October 21, 2007 in a Republican debate in Orlando, Fla.: "I supported tort reform with regard to securities...product liability...interstate commerce." Rudy Giuliani stated on October 21, 2007 in a Republican debate in Orlando, Fla.: Thompson "voted against $250,000 caps on damages (and) almost anything that would make our legal system fairer." Log Cabin Republicans stated on October 4, 2007: "Mitt Romney opposed the gun lobby, even Ronald Reagan." Mike Huckabee stated on October 21, 2007 in Orlando: The signers of the Declaration of Independence were "brave people, most of whom, by the way, were clergymen." Bill Richardson stated on October 5, 2007 in an interview on CNN.: "Fences have not worked. The Great Wall of China, the Berlin Wall. That's not good among peoples, especially friends like the United States and Mexico." Mitt Romney stated on October 21, 2007 in a Republican debate in Orlando, Fla.: President Clinton "reduced the scale of our military dramatically." Tom Tancredo stated on October 21, 2007 in a Republican debate in Orlando, Fla.: He received "A" ratings from "every conservative organization that gives ratings." Rudy Giuliani stated on October 21, 2007 in a debate in Orlando, Fla.: "I brought down crime more than anyone in this country -- maybe in the history of this country -- while I was mayor of New York City." - Ron Paul stated on October 21, 2007 in Orlando: "The founders advised non-interventionism." Chain email stated on October 17, 2007 in an e-mail message circulated by many people.: Clinton "refused repeated requests to meet with the Gold Star Mothers." Chain email stated on September 17, 2007 in an e-mail message circulated by many people.: "The Clintons now charge the Secret Service $10,000 monthly rent for the use of (a) Secret Service residence and that rent is just about equal to their mortgage payment." Hillary Clinton stated on October 19, 2007: Nearly half of Hispanic voters in Arizona's last election supported four measures that were "very tough on illegal immigration." John McCain stated on October 21, 2007 in a Republican debate in Orlando, Fla.: "Senator Clinton tried to spend $1 million on the Woodstock Concert Museum." Fred Thompson stated on September 7, 2007 in Des Moines, Iowa: "I've seen (life) from the factory floor when I was working the graveyard shift ...and I'd be ankle-deep in water at the Murray Ohio bicycle plant where I was running a machine that was so loud I couldn't hear myself yell if I wanted to." Log Cabin Republicans stated on October 19, 2007: Mitt Romney has "a pro-choice record." Joe Biden stated on October 12, 2007: "First, he said he would leave residual forces in Iraq, and now he says he wouldn't." Joe Biden stated on October 12, 2007: "First, he was in favor of my plan, now he's attacking it." Joe Biden stated on October 12, 2007: "First, he said he would take all of our troops out in six months, and now he acknowledges it would take a year." John Edwards stated on September 20, 2007 in Davenport, Iowa: "What happens is people like Warren Buffett — and he says this himself...pay 15 percent on the millions of dollars that they earn from wealth income... while their secretary is paying a higher rate on her work income. It's not right." Tom Tancredo stated on September 10, 2007: In 2006, Arizona had four ballot issues that were "very tough on illegal immigration... Forty-seven percent of the Hispanics in Arizona voted for them." Mitt Romney stated on October 16, 2007 in a radio ad.: Mitt Romney boasts that he is "proud to be the only major candidate for president to sign the tax pledge. The others have not." John Edwards stated on September 20, 2007 in a television interview.: "John Edwards never -- has ever from the beginning of his political career has never taken PAC money or the money of Washington lobbyists. Ever." -Joe Trippi, senior campaign adviser Duncan Hunter stated on August 5, 2007 in Des Moines, Iowa: "This (SCHIP) is socialized medicine. It is going to go to families that make $60,000 a year. Those aren't poor children." Chris Dodd stated on October 3, 2007: "With the resources it takes to execute just over three months of the Iraq war, we could fully fund the expansion of health care for needy children that Bush vetoed." Joe Biden stated on October 15, 2007: "With one stroke of his pen, President Bush has denied health insurance to 3.8 million kids who were due to get it under this bipartisan expansion of the Children's Health Insurance Program." John McCain stated on October 9, 2007 in Dearborn, Mich.: "Another one he should veto is the SCHIP program, which he should say 'Take the C out of, because now it's for everybody, like every other entitlement program.'" John McCain stated on August 4, 2007 in a comment to a reporter.: "We spent approximately $20-billion of that money on pork barrel, earmark projects. Maybe if we had done it right, maybe some of that money would have gone to inspect those bridges and other bridges across the country." John McCain stated on October 8, 2007 in a campaign Web site.: "Earmarked dollars have doubled just since 2000, and more than tripled in the last 10 years." John McCain stated on July 25, 2007 in a speech in Nashua, N.H.: "We spent $223-million on a bridge in Alaska to an island with 50 people on it." Hillary Clinton stated on October 4, 2007 in a TV ad airing in Iowa and New Hampshire.: "She stood by our National Guard and Reserve and kept standing till they received health care they deserved."
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Fred Thompson stated on October 21, 2007 in a Republican debate in Orlando, Fla.: "I supported tort reform with regard to securities...product liability...interstate commerce." Rudy Giuliani stated on October 21, 2007 in a Republican debate in Orlando, Fla.: Thompson "voted against $250,000 caps on damages (and) almost anything that would make our legal system fairer." Log Cabin Republicans stated on October 4, 2007: "Mitt Romney opposed the gun lobby, even Ronald Reagan." Mike Huckabee stated on October 21, 2007 in Orlando: The signers of the Declaration of Independence were "brave people, most of whom, by the way, were clergymen." Bill Richardson stated on October 5, 2007 in an interview on CNN.: "Fences have not worked. The Great Wall of China, the Berlin Wall. That's not good among peoples, especially friends like the United States and Mexico." Mitt Romney stated on October 21, 2007 in a Republican debate in Orlando, Fla.: President Clinton "reduced the scale of our military dramatically." Tom Tancredo stated on October 21, 2007 in a Republican debate in Orlando, Fla.: He received "A" ratings from "every conservative organization that gives ratings." Rudy Giuliani stated on October 21, 2007 in a debate in Orlando, Fla.: "I brought down crime more than anyone in this country -- maybe in the history of this country -- while I was mayor of New York City." - Ron Paul stated on October 21, 2007 in Orlando: "The founders advised non-interventionism." Chain email stated on October 17, 2007 in an e-mail message circulated by many people.: Clinton "refused repeated requests to meet with the Gold Star Mothers." Chain email stated on September 17, 2007 in an e-mail message circulated by many people.: "The Clintons now charge the Secret Service $10,000 monthly rent for the use of (a) Secret Service residence and that rent is just about equal to their mortgage payment." Hillary Clinton stated on October 19, 2007: Nearly half of Hispanic voters in Arizona's last election supported four measures that were "very tough on illegal immigration." John McCain stated on October 21, 2007 in a Republican debate in Orlando, Fla.: "Senator Clinton tried to spend $1 million on the Woodstock Concert Museum." Fred Thompson stated on September 7, 2007 in Des Moines, Iowa: "I've seen (life) from the factory floor when I was working the graveyard shift ...and I'd be ankle-deep in water at the Murray Ohio bicycle plant where I was running a machine that was so loud I couldn't hear myself yell if I wanted to." Log Cabin Republicans stated on October 19, 2007: Mitt Romney has "a pro-choice record." Joe Biden stated on October 12, 2007: "First, he said he would leave residual forces in Iraq, and now he says he wouldn't." Joe Biden stated on October 12, 2007: "First, he was in favor of my plan, now he's attacking it." Joe Biden stated on October 12, 2007: "First, he said he would take all of our troops out in six months, and now he acknowledges it would take a year." John Edwards stated on September 20, 2007 in Davenport, Iowa: "What happens is people like Warren Buffett — and he says this himself...pay 15 percent on the millions of dollars that they earn from wealth income... while their secretary is paying a higher rate on her work income. It's not right." Tom Tancredo stated on September 10, 2007: In 2006, Arizona had four ballot issues that were "very tough on illegal immigration... Forty-seven percent of the Hispanics in Arizona voted for them." Mitt Romney stated on October 16, 2007 in a radio ad.: Mitt Romney boasts that he is "proud to be the only major candidate for president to sign the tax pledge. The others have not." John Edwards stated on September 20, 2007 in a television interview.: "John Edwards never -- has ever from the beginning of his political career has never taken PAC money or the money of Washington lobbyists. Ever." -Joe Trippi, senior campaign adviser Duncan Hunter stated on August 5, 2007 in Des Moines, Iowa: "This (SCHIP) is socialized medicine. It is going to go to families that make $60,000 a year. Those aren't poor children." Chris Dodd stated on October 3, 2007: "With the resources it takes to execute just over three months of the Iraq war, we could fully fund the expansion of health care for needy children that Bush vetoed." Joe Biden stated on October 15, 2007: "With one stroke of his pen, President Bush has denied health insurance to 3.8 million kids who were due to get it under this bipartisan expansion of the Children's Health Insurance Program." John McCain stated on October 9, 2007 in Dearborn, Mich.: "Another one he should veto is the SCHIP program, which he should say 'Take the C out of, because now it's for everybody, like every other entitlement program.'" John McCain stated on August 4, 2007 in a comment to a reporter.: "We spent approximately $20-billion of that money on pork barrel, earmark projects. Maybe if we had done it right, maybe some of that money would have gone to inspect those bridges and other bridges across the country." John McCain stated on October 8, 2007 in a campaign Web site.: "Earmarked dollars have doubled just since 2000, and more than tripled in the last 10 years." John McCain stated on July 25, 2007 in a speech in Nashua, N.H.: "We spent $223-million on a bridge in Alaska to an island with 50 people on it." Hillary Clinton stated on October 4, 2007 in a TV ad airing in Iowa and New Hampshire.: "She stood by our National Guard and Reserve and kept standing till they received health care they deserved."
Fred Thompson stated on October 21, 2007 in a Republican debate in Orlando, Fla.: "I supported tort reform with regard to securities...product liability...interstate commerce."
Rudy Giuliani stated on October 21, 2007 in a Republican debate in Orlando, Fla.: Thompson "voted against $250,000 caps on damages (and) almost anything that would make our legal system fairer."
Log Cabin Republicans stated on October 4, 2007: "Mitt Romney opposed the gun lobby, even Ronald Reagan."
Mike Huckabee stated on October 21, 2007 in Orlando: The signers of the Declaration of Independence were "brave people, most of whom, by the way, were clergymen."
Bill Richardson stated on October 5, 2007 in an interview on CNN.: "Fences have not worked. The Great Wall of China, the Berlin Wall. That's not good among peoples, especially friends like the United States and Mexico."
Mitt Romney stated on October 21, 2007 in a Republican debate in Orlando, Fla.: President Clinton "reduced the scale of our military dramatically."
Tom Tancredo stated on October 21, 2007 in a Republican debate in Orlando, Fla.: He received "A" ratings from "every conservative organization that gives ratings."
Rudy Giuliani stated on October 21, 2007 in a debate in Orlando, Fla.: "I brought down crime more than anyone in this country -- maybe in the history of this country -- while I was mayor of New York City." -
Chain email stated on October 17, 2007 in an e-mail message circulated by many people.: Clinton "refused repeated requests to meet with the Gold Star Mothers."
Chain email stated on September 17, 2007 in an e-mail message circulated by many people.: "The Clintons now charge the Secret Service $10,000 monthly rent for the use of (a) Secret Service residence and that rent is just about equal to their mortgage payment."
Hillary Clinton stated on October 19, 2007: Nearly half of Hispanic voters in Arizona's last election supported four measures that were "very tough on illegal immigration."
John McCain stated on October 21, 2007 in a Republican debate in Orlando, Fla.: "Senator Clinton tried to spend $1 million on the Woodstock Concert Museum."
Fred Thompson stated on September 7, 2007 in Des Moines, Iowa: "I've seen (life) from the factory floor when I was working the graveyard shift ...and I'd be ankle-deep in water at the Murray Ohio bicycle plant where I was running a machine that was so loud I couldn't hear myself yell if I wanted to."
Joe Biden stated on October 12, 2007: "First, he said he would leave residual forces in Iraq, and now he says he wouldn't."
Joe Biden stated on October 12, 2007: "First, he said he would take all of our troops out in six months, and now he acknowledges it would take a year."
John Edwards stated on September 20, 2007 in Davenport, Iowa: "What happens is people like Warren Buffett — and he says this himself...pay 15 percent on the millions of dollars that they earn from wealth income... while their secretary is paying a higher rate on her work income. It's not right."
Tom Tancredo stated on September 10, 2007: In 2006, Arizona had four ballot issues that were "very tough on illegal immigration... Forty-seven percent of the Hispanics in Arizona voted for them."
Mitt Romney stated on October 16, 2007 in a radio ad.: Mitt Romney boasts that he is "proud to be the only major candidate for president to sign the tax pledge. The others have not."
John Edwards stated on September 20, 2007 in a television interview.: "John Edwards never -- has ever from the beginning of his political career has never taken PAC money or the money of Washington lobbyists. Ever." -Joe Trippi, senior campaign adviser
Duncan Hunter stated on August 5, 2007 in Des Moines, Iowa: "This (SCHIP) is socialized medicine. It is going to go to families that make $60,000 a year. Those aren't poor children."
Chris Dodd stated on October 3, 2007: "With the resources it takes to execute just over three months of the Iraq war, we could fully fund the expansion of health care for needy children that Bush vetoed."
Joe Biden stated on October 15, 2007: "With one stroke of his pen, President Bush has denied health insurance to 3.8 million kids who were due to get it under this bipartisan expansion of the Children's Health Insurance Program."
John McCain stated on October 9, 2007 in Dearborn, Mich.: "Another one he should veto is the SCHIP program, which he should say 'Take the C out of, because now it's for everybody, like every other entitlement program.'"
John McCain stated on August 4, 2007 in a comment to a reporter.: "We spent approximately $20-billion of that money on pork barrel, earmark projects. Maybe if we had done it right, maybe some of that money would have gone to inspect those bridges and other bridges across the country."
John McCain stated on October 8, 2007 in a campaign Web site.: "Earmarked dollars have doubled just since 2000, and more than tripled in the last 10 years."
John McCain stated on July 25, 2007 in a speech in Nashua, N.H.: "We spent $223-million on a bridge in Alaska to an island with 50 people on it."
Hillary Clinton stated on October 4, 2007 in a TV ad airing in Iowa and New Hampshire.: "She stood by our National Guard and Reserve and kept standing till they received health care they deserved."
