Latest False 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 Michele Bachmann stated on June 26, 2011 in an interview on CBS's "Face the Nation": "The president released all of the oil from the Strategic Oil Reserve." Jon Stewart stated on June 19, 2011 in an interview on Fox News Sunday: "Who are the most consistently misinformed media viewers? … Fox viewers, consistently, every poll." Turn Right USA stated on June 13, 2011 in a YouTube video: "Janice Hahn hired hard-core gang members with taxpayer money to be 'gang-intervention specialists.' She even helped them get out of jail, so they could rape and kill again." Mitt Romney stated on June 16, 2011 in an appearance at a Tampa coffee shop: "This is the slowest job recovery since Hoover." Rick Santorum stated on June 6, 2011 in a Republican presidential debate: Says President Barack Obama "has put (up) a stop sign … against oil drilling, against any kind of exploration offshore or in Alaska." Rick Santorum stated on June 12, 2011 in an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press": "The cost-of-living increase in Social Security is tied to wage inflation." Reince Priebus stated on June 12, 2011 in an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press": "We have unemployment that rivals the Great Depression." Anonymous GOP critics stated on June 7, 2011 in a web news story: Commerce Secretary nominee John Bryson "appears to endorse world government." Debbie Wasserman Schultz stated on June 5, 2011 in an interview with political commentator Roland Martin: By advocating new requirements for voters to show ID cards at the polls, Republicans "want to literally drag us all the way back to Jim Crow laws." Sarah Palin stated on May 31, 2011 in an interview with Fox News' Greta Van Susteren: "Look at the debt that has been accumulated in the last two years. It's more debt under this president than all those other presidents combined." Debbie Wasserman Schultz stated on May 29, 2011 in an interview on CBS' "Face the Nation": The Medicare proposal by Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., would "allow insurance companies to deny you coverage and drop you for pre-existing conditions." The Agenda Project stated on May 17, 2011 in an advertisement: The Paul Ryan budget proposal would leave the country "without Medicare." Nancy Pelosi stated on May 16, 2011 in an interview with Bloomberg television: "In the first year of the Obama administration, more jobs were created in the private sector than in the eight years of the Bush administration." Laura Ingraham stated on May 12, 2011 in an interview on Fox News' "O'Reilly Factor": The Massachusetts health care plan is "wildly unpopular" among state residents. Newt Gingrich stated on May 11, 2011 in a presidential campaign announcement video: "For four years, we balanced the budget and paid off $405 billion in debt." Newt Gingrich stated on May 11, 2011 in a campaign video: During his time as House speaker, "unemployment came down from 5.6 percent to under 4 (percent)." Barack Obama stated on May 10, 2011 in a speech in Austin, Texas: Under President Barack Obama, the United States has "doubled our exports." John Boehner stated on May 10, 2011 in an interview on NBC's "Today" show: The Bush tax cuts "created about 8 million jobs over the first 10 years that they were in existence. We've lost about 5 million of those jobs during this recession." Doris Kearns Goodwin stated on May 8, 2011 in an appearance on NBC's "Meet the Press": During the Eisenhower Administration, "not a single soldier … died in combat." Barack Obama stated on April 27, 2011 in a press conference: Says stories about his birth certificate drowned out media coverage of the Republican and White House budget plans the week of April 11. John Boehner stated on April 25, 2011 in an interview with ABC news: President Barack Obama "took exactly none of his own deficit reduction commission’s ideas. Not one." Herman Cain stated on April 16, 2011 in a speech in Iowa: China holds 26 percent of the U.S. debt. Bill Maher stated on April 15, 2011 in an episode of HBO's "Real Time with Bill Maher": Under a proposal by Rep. Paul Ryan, people on Medicare will only have $15,000 from the federal government to spend on their health care. Joe Walsh stated on April 17, 2011 in an interview on "This Week with Christiane Amanpour": "Every time we've cut taxes, revenues have gone up, the economy has grown." Michele Bachmann stated on April 13, 2011 in an interview on NBC's "Today" show: "The top 1 percent of income-earners pay about 40 percent of all taxes into the federal government." Peter DeFazio stated on April 13, 2011 in a House floor speech: "Medicare passed with virtually no Republican support." Donald Trump stated on April 7, 2011 in an interview on NBC's "Today" show: President Obama has spent over $2 million in legal fees defending lawsuits about his birth certificate. Donald Trump stated on April 4, 2011 in an interview on Fox News: "Libya supplies the oil for China. We get no oil from Libya." Jon Kyl stated on April 8, 2011 in a Senate floor speech: Abortion services are "well over 90 percent of what Planned Parenthood does." Donald Trump stated on April 7, 2011 in a "Today Show" interview: Says President Obama's "grandmother in Kenya said he was born in Kenya and she was there and witnessed the birth."
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Michele Bachmann stated on June 26, 2011 in an interview on CBS's "Face the Nation": "The president released all of the oil from the Strategic Oil Reserve." Jon Stewart stated on June 19, 2011 in an interview on Fox News Sunday: "Who are the most consistently misinformed media viewers? … Fox viewers, consistently, every poll." Turn Right USA stated on June 13, 2011 in a YouTube video: "Janice Hahn hired hard-core gang members with taxpayer money to be 'gang-intervention specialists.' She even helped them get out of jail, so they could rape and kill again." Mitt Romney stated on June 16, 2011 in an appearance at a Tampa coffee shop: "This is the slowest job recovery since Hoover." Rick Santorum stated on June 6, 2011 in a Republican presidential debate: Says President Barack Obama "has put (up) a stop sign … against oil drilling, against any kind of exploration offshore or in Alaska." Rick Santorum stated on June 12, 2011 in an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press": "The cost-of-living increase in Social Security is tied to wage inflation." Reince Priebus stated on June 12, 2011 in an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press": "We have unemployment that rivals the Great Depression." Anonymous GOP critics stated on June 7, 2011 in a web news story: Commerce Secretary nominee John Bryson "appears to endorse world government." Debbie Wasserman Schultz stated on June 5, 2011 in an interview with political commentator Roland Martin: By advocating new requirements for voters to show ID cards at the polls, Republicans "want to literally drag us all the way back to Jim Crow laws." Sarah Palin stated on May 31, 2011 in an interview with Fox News' Greta Van Susteren: "Look at the debt that has been accumulated in the last two years. It's more debt under this president than all those other presidents combined." Debbie Wasserman Schultz stated on May 29, 2011 in an interview on CBS' "Face the Nation": The Medicare proposal by Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., would "allow insurance companies to deny you coverage and drop you for pre-existing conditions." The Agenda Project stated on May 17, 2011 in an advertisement: The Paul Ryan budget proposal would leave the country "without Medicare." Nancy Pelosi stated on May 16, 2011 in an interview with Bloomberg television: "In the first year of the Obama administration, more jobs were created in the private sector than in the eight years of the Bush administration." Laura Ingraham stated on May 12, 2011 in an interview on Fox News' "O'Reilly Factor": The Massachusetts health care plan is "wildly unpopular" among state residents. Newt Gingrich stated on May 11, 2011 in a presidential campaign announcement video: "For four years, we balanced the budget and paid off $405 billion in debt." Newt Gingrich stated on May 11, 2011 in a campaign video: During his time as House speaker, "unemployment came down from 5.6 percent to under 4 (percent)." Barack Obama stated on May 10, 2011 in a speech in Austin, Texas: Under President Barack Obama, the United States has "doubled our exports." John Boehner stated on May 10, 2011 in an interview on NBC's "Today" show: The Bush tax cuts "created about 8 million jobs over the first 10 years that they were in existence. We've lost about 5 million of those jobs during this recession." Doris Kearns Goodwin stated on May 8, 2011 in an appearance on NBC's "Meet the Press": During the Eisenhower Administration, "not a single soldier … died in combat." Barack Obama stated on April 27, 2011 in a press conference: Says stories about his birth certificate drowned out media coverage of the Republican and White House budget plans the week of April 11. John Boehner stated on April 25, 2011 in an interview with ABC news: President Barack Obama "took exactly none of his own deficit reduction commission’s ideas. Not one." Herman Cain stated on April 16, 2011 in a speech in Iowa: China holds 26 percent of the U.S. debt. Bill Maher stated on April 15, 2011 in an episode of HBO's "Real Time with Bill Maher": Under a proposal by Rep. Paul Ryan, people on Medicare will only have $15,000 from the federal government to spend on their health care. Joe Walsh stated on April 17, 2011 in an interview on "This Week with Christiane Amanpour": "Every time we've cut taxes, revenues have gone up, the economy has grown." Michele Bachmann stated on April 13, 2011 in an interview on NBC's "Today" show: "The top 1 percent of income-earners pay about 40 percent of all taxes into the federal government." Peter DeFazio stated on April 13, 2011 in a House floor speech: "Medicare passed with virtually no Republican support." Donald Trump stated on April 7, 2011 in an interview on NBC's "Today" show: President Obama has spent over $2 million in legal fees defending lawsuits about his birth certificate. Donald Trump stated on April 4, 2011 in an interview on Fox News: "Libya supplies the oil for China. We get no oil from Libya." Jon Kyl stated on April 8, 2011 in a Senate floor speech: Abortion services are "well over 90 percent of what Planned Parenthood does." Donald Trump stated on April 7, 2011 in a "Today Show" interview: Says President Obama's "grandmother in Kenya said he was born in Kenya and she was there and witnessed the birth."
Michele Bachmann stated on June 26, 2011 in an interview on CBS's "Face the Nation": "The president released all of the oil from the Strategic Oil Reserve."
Jon Stewart stated on June 19, 2011 in an interview on Fox News Sunday: "Who are the most consistently misinformed media viewers? … Fox viewers, consistently, every poll."
Turn Right USA stated on June 13, 2011 in a YouTube video: "Janice Hahn hired hard-core gang members with taxpayer money to be 'gang-intervention specialists.' She even helped them get out of jail, so they could rape and kill again."
Mitt Romney stated on June 16, 2011 in an appearance at a Tampa coffee shop: "This is the slowest job recovery since Hoover."
Rick Santorum stated on June 6, 2011 in a Republican presidential debate: Says President Barack Obama "has put (up) a stop sign … against oil drilling, against any kind of exploration offshore or in Alaska."
Rick Santorum stated on June 12, 2011 in an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press": "The cost-of-living increase in Social Security is tied to wage inflation."
Reince Priebus stated on June 12, 2011 in an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press": "We have unemployment that rivals the Great Depression."
Anonymous GOP critics stated on June 7, 2011 in a web news story: Commerce Secretary nominee John Bryson "appears to endorse world government."
Debbie Wasserman Schultz stated on June 5, 2011 in an interview with political commentator Roland Martin: By advocating new requirements for voters to show ID cards at the polls, Republicans "want to literally drag us all the way back to Jim Crow laws."
Sarah Palin stated on May 31, 2011 in an interview with Fox News' Greta Van Susteren: "Look at the debt that has been accumulated in the last two years. It's more debt under this president than all those other presidents combined."
Debbie Wasserman Schultz stated on May 29, 2011 in an interview on CBS' "Face the Nation": The Medicare proposal by Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., would "allow insurance companies to deny you coverage and drop you for pre-existing conditions."
The Agenda Project stated on May 17, 2011 in an advertisement: The Paul Ryan budget proposal would leave the country "without Medicare."
Nancy Pelosi stated on May 16, 2011 in an interview with Bloomberg television: "In the first year of the Obama administration, more jobs were created in the private sector than in the eight years of the Bush administration."
Laura Ingraham stated on May 12, 2011 in an interview on Fox News' "O'Reilly Factor": The Massachusetts health care plan is "wildly unpopular" among state residents.
Newt Gingrich stated on May 11, 2011 in a presidential campaign announcement video: "For four years, we balanced the budget and paid off $405 billion in debt."
Newt Gingrich stated on May 11, 2011 in a campaign video: During his time as House speaker, "unemployment came down from 5.6 percent to under 4 (percent)."
Barack Obama stated on May 10, 2011 in a speech in Austin, Texas: Under President Barack Obama, the United States has "doubled our exports."
John Boehner stated on May 10, 2011 in an interview on NBC's "Today" show: The Bush tax cuts "created about 8 million jobs over the first 10 years that they were in existence. We've lost about 5 million of those jobs during this recession."
Doris Kearns Goodwin stated on May 8, 2011 in an appearance on NBC's "Meet the Press": During the Eisenhower Administration, "not a single soldier … died in combat."
Barack Obama stated on April 27, 2011 in a press conference: Says stories about his birth certificate drowned out media coverage of the Republican and White House budget plans the week of April 11.
John Boehner stated on April 25, 2011 in an interview with ABC news: President Barack Obama "took exactly none of his own deficit reduction commission’s ideas. Not one."
Bill Maher stated on April 15, 2011 in an episode of HBO's "Real Time with Bill Maher": Under a proposal by Rep. Paul Ryan, people on Medicare will only have $15,000 from the federal government to spend on their health care.
Joe Walsh stated on April 17, 2011 in an interview on "This Week with Christiane Amanpour": "Every time we've cut taxes, revenues have gone up, the economy has grown."
Michele Bachmann stated on April 13, 2011 in an interview on NBC's "Today" show: "The top 1 percent of income-earners pay about 40 percent of all taxes into the federal government."
Peter DeFazio stated on April 13, 2011 in a House floor speech: "Medicare passed with virtually no Republican support."
Donald Trump stated on April 7, 2011 in an interview on NBC's "Today" show: President Obama has spent over $2 million in legal fees defending lawsuits about his birth certificate.
Donald Trump stated on April 4, 2011 in an interview on Fox News: "Libya supplies the oil for China. We get no oil from Libya."
Jon Kyl stated on April 8, 2011 in a Senate floor speech: Abortion services are "well over 90 percent of what Planned Parenthood does."
Donald Trump stated on April 7, 2011 in a "Today Show" interview: Says President Obama's "grandmother in Kenya said he was born in Kenya and she was there and witnessed the birth."
