Latest True 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 Barack Obama stated on January 30, 2008 in Denver: Hillary Clinton "agreed with (John McCain) on voting for the war in Iraq." Mitt Romney stated on January 24, 2008 in Boca Raton, Fla.: "Two-thirds of our economy is a consumer economy." 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." 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 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." 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." 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." 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." 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 15, 2008 in debate in Las Vegas: "I'm proud of the fact that I've raised more money from small donors than anybody else, and that we're getting $25, $50, $100 donations, and we've done very well doing it that way." Hillary Clinton stated on January 15, 2008 in a debate in Las Vegas.: "You know, Sen. McCain said the other day that we might have troops (in Iraq) for 100 years..." Mitt Romney stated on January 14, 2008 in a TV interview on CBS.: "(My dad) used to campaign against the gas-guzzling dinosaurs." John McCain stated on January 5, 2008 in a debate in Manchester, N.H.: "The fact is it's not amnesty." Mike Huckabee stated on January 10, 2008 in a debate in Myrtle Beach, S.C.: "(Ronald Reagan) raised taxes a billion dollars in his first year as governor of California." Mike Huckabee stated on January 10, 2008 in a TV ad airing in Michigan: Says Time magazine called him "one of America's best governors." Hillary Clinton stated on January 5, 2008 in a debate in Manchester, N.H.: "Sen. Obama's chair in New Hampshire is a lobbyist. He lobbies for the drug companies." Bill Richardson stated on January 5, 2008 in a debate in Manchester, N.H.: As secretary of the Department of Energy under former President Bill Clinton, "I created reserves of home heating oil." Hillary Clinton stated on January 5, 2008 in a debate in Manchester, N.H.: "There are 7,000 kids in New Hampshire who have health care because I helped to create the Children's Health Insurance Program." Rudy Giuliani stated on January 5, 2008 in a debate in Manchester, N.H.: "Ronald Reagan did amnesty." Mitt Romney stated on December 26, 2007 in a press release: "Sen. McCain says it was not a mistake to vote against the Bush tax cuts ... but now says the tax cuts need to be made permanent." Mitt Romney stated on December 17, 2007 in a TV ad airing in Iowa.: Huckabee "granted 1,033 pardons and commutations . . . more clemencies than the previous three governors combined." Mitt Romney stated on December 19, 2007: Former business partner Robert Gay says: "The man who helped save my daughter was Mitt Romney." Mike Huckabee stated on December 19, 2007 in an interview on MSNBC's Morning Joe.: Romney refused to pardon "a decorated soldier" returning from Iraq who had been charged with a crime involving a BB gun when he was 13. Ron Paul stated on December 12, 2007 in a debate in Johnston, Iowa: "It used to be the policy of the Republican Party to get rid of the Department of Education. We finally get in charge and a chance to do something, so we double the size of the Department of Education." John McCain stated on November 29, 2007 in a campaign event in St. Petersburg: " ... following World War II war crime trials were convened. The Japanese were tried and convicted and hung for war crimes committed against American POWs. Among those charges for which they were convicted was waterboarding." Hillary Clinton stated on December 13, 2007 in debate in Johnston, Iowa: "George Bush ... used a signing statement (on a FEMA bill) to say, 'I don't have to follow that, unless I choose to.' " Hillary Clinton stated on December 5, 2007 in New York, N.Y.: "Productivity has risen 18 percent ...yet wages have stayed flat... There are 5-million more people in poverty here in our country than there were in 2000." Fred Thompson stated on December 12, 2007 in debate in Johnston, Iowa: "Five percent of Americans pay over half the income taxes in this country. Forty percent of Americans pay no income taxes at all." Chris Dodd stated on December 13, 2007 in debate in Johnston, Iowa: "We've got some 37-million of our fellow citizens who are living in poverty; about 12-million or 13-million are children." Joe Biden stated on December 12, 2007 in a TV ad: "When Pakistan erupted in crisis, I spoke to Musharraf before Bush did."
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Barack Obama stated on January 30, 2008 in Denver: Hillary Clinton "agreed with (John McCain) on voting for the war in Iraq." Mitt Romney stated on January 24, 2008 in Boca Raton, Fla.: "Two-thirds of our economy is a consumer economy." 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." 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 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." 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." 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." 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." 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 15, 2008 in debate in Las Vegas: "I'm proud of the fact that I've raised more money from small donors than anybody else, and that we're getting $25, $50, $100 donations, and we've done very well doing it that way." Hillary Clinton stated on January 15, 2008 in a debate in Las Vegas.: "You know, Sen. McCain said the other day that we might have troops (in Iraq) for 100 years..." Mitt Romney stated on January 14, 2008 in a TV interview on CBS.: "(My dad) used to campaign against the gas-guzzling dinosaurs." John McCain stated on January 5, 2008 in a debate in Manchester, N.H.: "The fact is it's not amnesty." Mike Huckabee stated on January 10, 2008 in a debate in Myrtle Beach, S.C.: "(Ronald Reagan) raised taxes a billion dollars in his first year as governor of California." Mike Huckabee stated on January 10, 2008 in a TV ad airing in Michigan: Says Time magazine called him "one of America's best governors." Hillary Clinton stated on January 5, 2008 in a debate in Manchester, N.H.: "Sen. Obama's chair in New Hampshire is a lobbyist. He lobbies for the drug companies." Bill Richardson stated on January 5, 2008 in a debate in Manchester, N.H.: As secretary of the Department of Energy under former President Bill Clinton, "I created reserves of home heating oil." Hillary Clinton stated on January 5, 2008 in a debate in Manchester, N.H.: "There are 7,000 kids in New Hampshire who have health care because I helped to create the Children's Health Insurance Program." Rudy Giuliani stated on January 5, 2008 in a debate in Manchester, N.H.: "Ronald Reagan did amnesty." Mitt Romney stated on December 26, 2007 in a press release: "Sen. McCain says it was not a mistake to vote against the Bush tax cuts ... but now says the tax cuts need to be made permanent." Mitt Romney stated on December 17, 2007 in a TV ad airing in Iowa.: Huckabee "granted 1,033 pardons and commutations . . . more clemencies than the previous three governors combined." Mitt Romney stated on December 19, 2007: Former business partner Robert Gay says: "The man who helped save my daughter was Mitt Romney." Mike Huckabee stated on December 19, 2007 in an interview on MSNBC's Morning Joe.: Romney refused to pardon "a decorated soldier" returning from Iraq who had been charged with a crime involving a BB gun when he was 13. Ron Paul stated on December 12, 2007 in a debate in Johnston, Iowa: "It used to be the policy of the Republican Party to get rid of the Department of Education. We finally get in charge and a chance to do something, so we double the size of the Department of Education." John McCain stated on November 29, 2007 in a campaign event in St. Petersburg: " ... following World War II war crime trials were convened. The Japanese were tried and convicted and hung for war crimes committed against American POWs. Among those charges for which they were convicted was waterboarding." Hillary Clinton stated on December 13, 2007 in debate in Johnston, Iowa: "George Bush ... used a signing statement (on a FEMA bill) to say, 'I don't have to follow that, unless I choose to.' " Hillary Clinton stated on December 5, 2007 in New York, N.Y.: "Productivity has risen 18 percent ...yet wages have stayed flat... There are 5-million more people in poverty here in our country than there were in 2000." Fred Thompson stated on December 12, 2007 in debate in Johnston, Iowa: "Five percent of Americans pay over half the income taxes in this country. Forty percent of Americans pay no income taxes at all." Chris Dodd stated on December 13, 2007 in debate in Johnston, Iowa: "We've got some 37-million of our fellow citizens who are living in poverty; about 12-million or 13-million are children." Joe Biden stated on December 12, 2007 in a TV ad: "When Pakistan erupted in crisis, I spoke to Musharraf before Bush did."
Barack Obama stated on January 30, 2008 in Denver: Hillary Clinton "agreed with (John McCain) on voting for the war in Iraq."
Mitt Romney stated on January 24, 2008 in Boca Raton, Fla.: "Two-thirds of our economy is a consumer economy."
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."
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 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."
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."
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."
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."
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 15, 2008 in debate in Las Vegas: "I'm proud of the fact that I've raised more money from small donors than anybody else, and that we're getting $25, $50, $100 donations, and we've done very well doing it that way."
Hillary Clinton stated on January 15, 2008 in a debate in Las Vegas.: "You know, Sen. McCain said the other day that we might have troops (in Iraq) for 100 years..."
Mitt Romney stated on January 14, 2008 in a TV interview on CBS.: "(My dad) used to campaign against the gas-guzzling dinosaurs."
John McCain stated on January 5, 2008 in a debate in Manchester, N.H.: "The fact is it's not amnesty."
Mike Huckabee stated on January 10, 2008 in a debate in Myrtle Beach, S.C.: "(Ronald Reagan) raised taxes a billion dollars in his first year as governor of California."
Mike Huckabee stated on January 10, 2008 in a TV ad airing in Michigan: Says Time magazine called him "one of America's best governors."
Hillary Clinton stated on January 5, 2008 in a debate in Manchester, N.H.: "Sen. Obama's chair in New Hampshire is a lobbyist. He lobbies for the drug companies."
Bill Richardson stated on January 5, 2008 in a debate in Manchester, N.H.: As secretary of the Department of Energy under former President Bill Clinton, "I created reserves of home heating oil."
Hillary Clinton stated on January 5, 2008 in a debate in Manchester, N.H.: "There are 7,000 kids in New Hampshire who have health care because I helped to create the Children's Health Insurance Program."
Rudy Giuliani stated on January 5, 2008 in a debate in Manchester, N.H.: "Ronald Reagan did amnesty."
Mitt Romney stated on December 26, 2007 in a press release: "Sen. McCain says it was not a mistake to vote against the Bush tax cuts ... but now says the tax cuts need to be made permanent."
Mitt Romney stated on December 17, 2007 in a TV ad airing in Iowa.: Huckabee "granted 1,033 pardons and commutations . . . more clemencies than the previous three governors combined."
Mitt Romney stated on December 19, 2007: Former business partner Robert Gay says: "The man who helped save my daughter was Mitt Romney."
Mike Huckabee stated on December 19, 2007 in an interview on MSNBC's Morning Joe.: Romney refused to pardon "a decorated soldier" returning from Iraq who had been charged with a crime involving a BB gun when he was 13.
Ron Paul stated on December 12, 2007 in a debate in Johnston, Iowa: "It used to be the policy of the Republican Party to get rid of the Department of Education. We finally get in charge and a chance to do something, so we double the size of the Department of Education."
John McCain stated on November 29, 2007 in a campaign event in St. Petersburg: " ... following World War II war crime trials were convened. The Japanese were tried and convicted and hung for war crimes committed against American POWs. Among those charges for which they were convicted was waterboarding."
Hillary Clinton stated on December 13, 2007 in debate in Johnston, Iowa: "George Bush ... used a signing statement (on a FEMA bill) to say, 'I don't have to follow that, unless I choose to.' "
Hillary Clinton stated on December 5, 2007 in New York, N.Y.: "Productivity has risen 18 percent ...yet wages have stayed flat... There are 5-million more people in poverty here in our country than there were in 2000."
Fred Thompson stated on December 12, 2007 in debate in Johnston, Iowa: "Five percent of Americans pay over half the income taxes in this country. Forty percent of Americans pay no income taxes at all."
Chris Dodd stated on December 13, 2007 in debate in Johnston, Iowa: "We've got some 37-million of our fellow citizens who are living in poverty; about 12-million or 13-million are children."
Joe Biden stated on December 12, 2007 in a TV ad: "When Pakistan erupted in crisis, I spoke to Musharraf before Bush did."
