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 Newt Gingrich stated on April 8, 2010 in a speech to the Southern Republican Leadership Conference: When the United States "first created the federal income tax, frankly, nobody below a million dollars a year paid anything." Jeffrey Toobin stated on April 12, 2010 in an interview on Comedy Central's "The Colbert Report": "A filibuster has never really been successfully used against a Supreme Court justice." Charles Schumer stated on April 11, 2010 in ABC's "This Week": "No one questioned that she (Judge Sotomayor) was out of the mainstream." Jon Kyl stated on April 11, 2010 in an interview on "This Week.": Says he did not say Republicans would filibuster immigration reform. Patrick McHenry stated on April 1, 2010 in an op ed article: "Early census returns are showing that conservatives have been measurably less likely than liberals to return their census forms." Lindsey Graham stated on March 24, 2010 in an appearance on the Fox News show "On the Record" with Greta Van Susteren: "The average student will be spending $1,700 to $1,800 more during the life of their loan because of this surcharge." Michele Bachmann stated on March 28, 2010 in on CBS's "Face the Nation": "The New England Journal of Medicine released a survey the week that President Obama signed Obamacare stating that over 30 percent of American physicians would leave the profession if the government took over health care." Joe Scarborough stated on March 24, 2010 in a comment on his "Morning Joe'' program on MSNBC: The health care reform bill "is the largest tax increase in U.S. history." Richard Durbin stated on March 24, 2010 in a comment on the "Morning Joe'' show on MSNBC.: "Joe, I keep hearing you every morning talking about the biggest tax increase in history, but you don't mention it's also the biggest tax cut in history.'' Bob Schieffer stated on March 22, 2010 in comments on CBS's Face the Nation: The Iraq war has been "our longest war." Mitt Romney stated on March 2, 2010 in his book "No Apology.": Several times, Obama "has apologized for what he deems to be American arrogance, dismissiveness, and derision; for dictating solutions, for acting unilaterally ... ." Bart Stupak stated on March 4, 2010 in a Good Morning America interview: In the Senate version of the health reform bill, "Every enrollee in the Office of Personnel Management enrolled plan, every enrollee has to pay a minimum of $1 per month towards reproductive rights, which includes abortion." Michele Bachmann stated on March 3, 2010 in an interview on CNN's Larry King Live: "President Obama's bill won't bring down the costs (of health care) for average Americans -- or really for very few Americans, if any." Mitt Romney stated on March 2, 2010 in a 'Today Show' interview: "He (Obama) has done several things well. Most of those things are places where he changed his view from where he had during the campaign. So, for instance, he's left our troops in Iraq and they're being more successful there. He boosted our effort in Afghanistan, which is the right course to take. He did not close Guantanamo, thank heavens." Sarah Palin stated on February 17, 2010 in a Facebook post: "We were promised (the stimulus) would provide 'green jobs' for Americans, but 80% of the $2 billion they spent on alternative energy went to purchase wind turbines built in China!" Harry Reid stated on February 19, 2010 in a television interview with Las Vegas political analyst Jon Ralston: "We have solved the problem. ... Scientists are now saying leave the nuclear waste where it is." Chain email stated on February 5, 2010 in a message circulated to many people.: On the new dollar coins, "'In God We Trust' is gone!" Sarah Palin stated on February 6, 2010 in a speech to members of the Tea Party: Vice President Joe Biden's meeting "with the transparency and accountability board . . . was closed to the public." Sarah Palin stated on February 6, 2010 in an interview with FoxNews.com: "Barack Obama had 150 days in the U.S. Senate where he was able to vote quite often 'present.' " Scott Brown stated on January 31, 2010 in an interview with Barbara Walters: "Federal employees are making twice as much as their private counterparts." Jeb Hensarling stated on January 29, 2010 in a Republican retreat in Baltimore: "What were the old annual deficits under Republicans have now become the monthly deficits under Democrats." Barack Obama stated on January 27, 2010 in his State of the Union address: "We've excluded lobbyists from policymaking jobs." Dick Armey stated on January 24, 2010 in an interview with NBC: "Right now the Tea Party polls higher than the Republicans and the Democrats." Joe Biden stated on January 17, 2010 in a fundraiser in Florida: "As long as I have served . . . This is the first time every single solitary decision has required 60 senators." Chain email stated on August 28, 2009 in a chain e-mail: The Democrats' health care bills would provide "free health care for illegal immigrants." Chain email stated on August 28, 2009 in a chain e-mail: The House health care bill provides for "free abortion services, and probably forced participation in abortions by members of the medical profession." Ben Nelson stated on December 22, 2009 in a speech on the Senate floor: A Medicaid provision added to the Senate health care reform bill "is not a special deal for Nebraska." Tom Harkin stated on December 13, 2009 in a Senate floor speech: "Today and every day, an estimated 14,000 Americans will lose their health insurance coverage." James Inhofe stated on December 7, 2009 in CNN's 'The Situation Room': The Climatic Research Unit e-mails show that the science behind climate change "has been pretty well debunked." Rush Limbaugh stated on December 8, 2009 in his radio show: A recent drop in the unemployment rate is questionable because it was calculated "over two days of the Thanksgiving week."
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Newt Gingrich stated on April 8, 2010 in a speech to the Southern Republican Leadership Conference: When the United States "first created the federal income tax, frankly, nobody below a million dollars a year paid anything." Jeffrey Toobin stated on April 12, 2010 in an interview on Comedy Central's "The Colbert Report": "A filibuster has never really been successfully used against a Supreme Court justice." Charles Schumer stated on April 11, 2010 in ABC's "This Week": "No one questioned that she (Judge Sotomayor) was out of the mainstream." Jon Kyl stated on April 11, 2010 in an interview on "This Week.": Says he did not say Republicans would filibuster immigration reform. Patrick McHenry stated on April 1, 2010 in an op ed article: "Early census returns are showing that conservatives have been measurably less likely than liberals to return their census forms." Lindsey Graham stated on March 24, 2010 in an appearance on the Fox News show "On the Record" with Greta Van Susteren: "The average student will be spending $1,700 to $1,800 more during the life of their loan because of this surcharge." Michele Bachmann stated on March 28, 2010 in on CBS's "Face the Nation": "The New England Journal of Medicine released a survey the week that President Obama signed Obamacare stating that over 30 percent of American physicians would leave the profession if the government took over health care." Joe Scarborough stated on March 24, 2010 in a comment on his "Morning Joe'' program on MSNBC: The health care reform bill "is the largest tax increase in U.S. history." Richard Durbin stated on March 24, 2010 in a comment on the "Morning Joe'' show on MSNBC.: "Joe, I keep hearing you every morning talking about the biggest tax increase in history, but you don't mention it's also the biggest tax cut in history.'' Bob Schieffer stated on March 22, 2010 in comments on CBS's Face the Nation: The Iraq war has been "our longest war." Mitt Romney stated on March 2, 2010 in his book "No Apology.": Several times, Obama "has apologized for what he deems to be American arrogance, dismissiveness, and derision; for dictating solutions, for acting unilaterally ... ." Bart Stupak stated on March 4, 2010 in a Good Morning America interview: In the Senate version of the health reform bill, "Every enrollee in the Office of Personnel Management enrolled plan, every enrollee has to pay a minimum of $1 per month towards reproductive rights, which includes abortion." Michele Bachmann stated on March 3, 2010 in an interview on CNN's Larry King Live: "President Obama's bill won't bring down the costs (of health care) for average Americans -- or really for very few Americans, if any." Mitt Romney stated on March 2, 2010 in a 'Today Show' interview: "He (Obama) has done several things well. Most of those things are places where he changed his view from where he had during the campaign. So, for instance, he's left our troops in Iraq and they're being more successful there. He boosted our effort in Afghanistan, which is the right course to take. He did not close Guantanamo, thank heavens." Sarah Palin stated on February 17, 2010 in a Facebook post: "We were promised (the stimulus) would provide 'green jobs' for Americans, but 80% of the $2 billion they spent on alternative energy went to purchase wind turbines built in China!" Harry Reid stated on February 19, 2010 in a television interview with Las Vegas political analyst Jon Ralston: "We have solved the problem. ... Scientists are now saying leave the nuclear waste where it is." Chain email stated on February 5, 2010 in a message circulated to many people.: On the new dollar coins, "'In God We Trust' is gone!" Sarah Palin stated on February 6, 2010 in a speech to members of the Tea Party: Vice President Joe Biden's meeting "with the transparency and accountability board . . . was closed to the public." Sarah Palin stated on February 6, 2010 in an interview with FoxNews.com: "Barack Obama had 150 days in the U.S. Senate where he was able to vote quite often 'present.' " Scott Brown stated on January 31, 2010 in an interview with Barbara Walters: "Federal employees are making twice as much as their private counterparts." Jeb Hensarling stated on January 29, 2010 in a Republican retreat in Baltimore: "What were the old annual deficits under Republicans have now become the monthly deficits under Democrats." Barack Obama stated on January 27, 2010 in his State of the Union address: "We've excluded lobbyists from policymaking jobs." Dick Armey stated on January 24, 2010 in an interview with NBC: "Right now the Tea Party polls higher than the Republicans and the Democrats." Joe Biden stated on January 17, 2010 in a fundraiser in Florida: "As long as I have served . . . This is the first time every single solitary decision has required 60 senators." Chain email stated on August 28, 2009 in a chain e-mail: The Democrats' health care bills would provide "free health care for illegal immigrants." Chain email stated on August 28, 2009 in a chain e-mail: The House health care bill provides for "free abortion services, and probably forced participation in abortions by members of the medical profession." Ben Nelson stated on December 22, 2009 in a speech on the Senate floor: A Medicaid provision added to the Senate health care reform bill "is not a special deal for Nebraska." Tom Harkin stated on December 13, 2009 in a Senate floor speech: "Today and every day, an estimated 14,000 Americans will lose their health insurance coverage." James Inhofe stated on December 7, 2009 in CNN's 'The Situation Room': The Climatic Research Unit e-mails show that the science behind climate change "has been pretty well debunked." Rush Limbaugh stated on December 8, 2009 in his radio show: A recent drop in the unemployment rate is questionable because it was calculated "over two days of the Thanksgiving week."
Newt Gingrich stated on April 8, 2010 in a speech to the Southern Republican Leadership Conference: When the United States "first created the federal income tax, frankly, nobody below a million dollars a year paid anything."
Jeffrey Toobin stated on April 12, 2010 in an interview on Comedy Central's "The Colbert Report": "A filibuster has never really been successfully used against a Supreme Court justice."
Charles Schumer stated on April 11, 2010 in ABC's "This Week": "No one questioned that she (Judge Sotomayor) was out of the mainstream."
Jon Kyl stated on April 11, 2010 in an interview on "This Week.": Says he did not say Republicans would filibuster immigration reform.
Patrick McHenry stated on April 1, 2010 in an op ed article: "Early census returns are showing that conservatives have been measurably less likely than liberals to return their census forms."
Lindsey Graham stated on March 24, 2010 in an appearance on the Fox News show "On the Record" with Greta Van Susteren: "The average student will be spending $1,700 to $1,800 more during the life of their loan because of this surcharge."
Michele Bachmann stated on March 28, 2010 in on CBS's "Face the Nation": "The New England Journal of Medicine released a survey the week that President Obama signed Obamacare stating that over 30 percent of American physicians would leave the profession if the government took over health care."
Joe Scarborough stated on March 24, 2010 in a comment on his "Morning Joe'' program on MSNBC: The health care reform bill "is the largest tax increase in U.S. history."
Richard Durbin stated on March 24, 2010 in a comment on the "Morning Joe'' show on MSNBC.: "Joe, I keep hearing you every morning talking about the biggest tax increase in history, but you don't mention it's also the biggest tax cut in history.''
Bob Schieffer stated on March 22, 2010 in comments on CBS's Face the Nation: The Iraq war has been "our longest war."
Mitt Romney stated on March 2, 2010 in his book "No Apology.": Several times, Obama "has apologized for what he deems to be American arrogance, dismissiveness, and derision; for dictating solutions, for acting unilaterally ... ."
Bart Stupak stated on March 4, 2010 in a Good Morning America interview: In the Senate version of the health reform bill, "Every enrollee in the Office of Personnel Management enrolled plan, every enrollee has to pay a minimum of $1 per month towards reproductive rights, which includes abortion."
Michele Bachmann stated on March 3, 2010 in an interview on CNN's Larry King Live: "President Obama's bill won't bring down the costs (of health care) for average Americans -- or really for very few Americans, if any."
Mitt Romney stated on March 2, 2010 in a 'Today Show' interview: "He (Obama) has done several things well. Most of those things are places where he changed his view from where he had during the campaign. So, for instance, he's left our troops in Iraq and they're being more successful there. He boosted our effort in Afghanistan, which is the right course to take. He did not close Guantanamo, thank heavens."
Sarah Palin stated on February 17, 2010 in a Facebook post: "We were promised (the stimulus) would provide 'green jobs' for Americans, but 80% of the $2 billion they spent on alternative energy went to purchase wind turbines built in China!"
Harry Reid stated on February 19, 2010 in a television interview with Las Vegas political analyst Jon Ralston: "We have solved the problem. ... Scientists are now saying leave the nuclear waste where it is."
Chain email stated on February 5, 2010 in a message circulated to many people.: On the new dollar coins, "'In God We Trust' is gone!"
Sarah Palin stated on February 6, 2010 in a speech to members of the Tea Party: Vice President Joe Biden's meeting "with the transparency and accountability board . . . was closed to the public."
Sarah Palin stated on February 6, 2010 in an interview with FoxNews.com: "Barack Obama had 150 days in the U.S. Senate where he was able to vote quite often 'present.' "
Scott Brown stated on January 31, 2010 in an interview with Barbara Walters: "Federal employees are making twice as much as their private counterparts."
Jeb Hensarling stated on January 29, 2010 in a Republican retreat in Baltimore: "What were the old annual deficits under Republicans have now become the monthly deficits under Democrats."
Barack Obama stated on January 27, 2010 in his State of the Union address: "We've excluded lobbyists from policymaking jobs."
Dick Armey stated on January 24, 2010 in an interview with NBC: "Right now the Tea Party polls higher than the Republicans and the Democrats."
Joe Biden stated on January 17, 2010 in a fundraiser in Florida: "As long as I have served . . . This is the first time every single solitary decision has required 60 senators."
Chain email stated on August 28, 2009 in a chain e-mail: The Democrats' health care bills would provide "free health care for illegal immigrants."
Chain email stated on August 28, 2009 in a chain e-mail: The House health care bill provides for "free abortion services, and probably forced participation in abortions by members of the medical profession."
Ben Nelson stated on December 22, 2009 in a speech on the Senate floor: A Medicaid provision added to the Senate health care reform bill "is not a special deal for Nebraska."
Tom Harkin stated on December 13, 2009 in a Senate floor speech: "Today and every day, an estimated 14,000 Americans will lose their health insurance coverage."
James Inhofe stated on December 7, 2009 in CNN's 'The Situation Room': The Climatic Research Unit e-mails show that the science behind climate change "has been pretty well debunked."
Rush Limbaugh stated on December 8, 2009 in his radio show: A recent drop in the unemployment rate is questionable because it was calculated "over two days of the Thanksgiving week."
