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 Rand Paul stated on February 8, 2018 in a Senate floor speech: "George W. Bush doubled the debt from $5 trillion to $10 trillion. President Obama doubled the debt from $10 trillion to $20 trillion. Now we're on course to exceed $30 trillion in the next seven years or so." National Republican Senatorial Committee stated on January 31, 2018 in a digital ad: "Heitkamp has voted against Trump 68 percent of time." Donald Trump stated on February 5, 2018 in a tweet: "The Democrats are pushing for Universal HealthCare while thousands of people are marching in the UK because their U system is going broke and not working." Donald Trump stated on January 30, 2018 in State of the Union address: Many gang members have taken advantage of "glaring loopholes and our laws to enter the country as illegal, unaccompanied, alien minors." Donald Trump stated on February 5, 2018 in a speech near Cincinnati: At the State of the Union address, Democrats, "even on positive news … were like death and un-American. Un-American. Somebody said, ‘treasonous.’ I mean, yeah, I guess, why not? Can we call that treason? Why not?" Say Anything Blog stated on January 29, 2018 in a blog post: "Heitkamp High-Fives Schumer After Voting Against 20-Week Abortion Ban." Devin Nunes stated on February 2, 2018 in a staff-written memo from the House Intelligence Committee: Says the Steele dossier "was—according to (James Comey's) June 2017 testimony—'salacious and unverified.' " Donald Trump stated on January 26, 2018 in a speech: "Instead of two for one, we have cut 22 burdensome regulations for everyone new rule." Markwayne Mullin stated on January 30, 2018 in a post on Rep. Mullin's Facebook page: Under President Barack Obama: 4 million jobs lost, unemployment rose from 7.8% to 9.9%, the S&P 500 was 1,115.1 and the GDP went down 2.8%. Donald Trump stated on January 26, 2018 in a speech in Davos, Switzerland: "Consumer confidence, business confidence, and manufacturing confidence are the highest they have been in many decades." Donald Trump stated on February 1, 2018 in a Tweet: "45.6 million people watched (the State of the Union), the highest number in history. @FoxNews beat every other Network, for the first time ever, with 11.7 million people tuning in." John Calipari stated on January 20, 2018 in an interview: "We have the highest graduation rate of basketball players in the history of the NCAA. We have the highest graduation rate of African-American basketball players in the history of the NCAA in basketball." Donald Trump stated on January 30, 2018 in the 2018 State of the Union address: "Apple has just announced it plans to invest a total of $350 billion in America, and hire another 20,000 workers." Donald Trump stated on January 31, 2018 in State of the Union address: "A single immigrant can bring in unlimited numbers of distant relatives." Joe Kennedy stated on January 30, 2018 in response to State of the Union address: "Top CEOs (are) making 300 times the average worker." Donald Trump stated on January 30, 2018 in the 2018 State of the Union address: "In the past, we have foolishly released hundreds and hundreds of dangerous terrorists, only to meet them again on the battlefield — including the ISIS leader, al-Baghdadi, who we captured, who we had, who we released." Donald Trump stated on January 30, 2018 in the 2018 State of the Union address: "We are now, very proudly, an exporter of energy to the world." Donald Trump stated on January 30, 2018 in the 2018 State of the Union address: Says one year later, "the coalition to defeat ISIS has liberated very close to 100 percent of the territory just recently held by these killers in Iraq and Syria." Donald Trump stated on January 30, 2018 in his State of the Union address: "Small business confidence is at an all-time high." Donald Trump stated on January 30, 2018 in the State of the Union address: "America is a nation of builders. We built the Empire State Building in just one year. Isn’t it a disgrace that it can now take 10 years just to get a minor permit approved for the building of a simple road?" Donald Trump stated on January 30, 2018 in his State of the Union address: "After years of wage stagnation, we are finally seeing rising wages." Donald Trump stated on January 30, 2018 in State of the Union address: The immigration visa lottery "randomly hands out green cards without any regard for skill, merit, or the safety of American people." Donald Trump stated on January 30, 2018 in the State of the Union speech: "Since we passed tax cuts, over 3 million workers have gotten tax cut bonuses — many of them thousands and thousands of dollars." Donald Trump stated on January 30, 2018 in his State of the Union address: "We enacted the biggest tax cuts and reforms in American history." Donald Trump stated on January 28, 2018 in a tweet: "Because of my policies, Black Unemployment has just been reported to be at the LOWEST RATE EVER RECORDED!" Donald Trump stated on January 26, 2018 in an interview with Piers Morgan: "The ice caps were going to melt, they were going to be gone by now, but now they’re setting records, so okay, they’re at a record level." Kamala Harris stated on January 24, 2018 in a tweet: "No state generates as much solar power as California, or has as many people whose jobs depend on it." Donald Trump stated on January 9, 2018 in a Cabinet meeting: Says "22 to 24 people" came into the United States due to family connection with suspect in the October 2017 New York City terror attack. Donald Trump stated on January 18, 2018 in a tweet: Mexico is "now rated the number one most dangerous country in the world." Nancy Pelosi stated on January 18, 2018 in a press conference: Reauthorizing the Children’s Health Insurance Program "for six years saves $1 billion" and doing it for 10 years saves $6 billion.
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Rand Paul stated on February 8, 2018 in a Senate floor speech: "George W. Bush doubled the debt from $5 trillion to $10 trillion. President Obama doubled the debt from $10 trillion to $20 trillion. Now we're on course to exceed $30 trillion in the next seven years or so." National Republican Senatorial Committee stated on January 31, 2018 in a digital ad: "Heitkamp has voted against Trump 68 percent of time." Donald Trump stated on February 5, 2018 in a tweet: "The Democrats are pushing for Universal HealthCare while thousands of people are marching in the UK because their U system is going broke and not working." Donald Trump stated on January 30, 2018 in State of the Union address: Many gang members have taken advantage of "glaring loopholes and our laws to enter the country as illegal, unaccompanied, alien minors." Donald Trump stated on February 5, 2018 in a speech near Cincinnati: At the State of the Union address, Democrats, "even on positive news … were like death and un-American. Un-American. Somebody said, ‘treasonous.’ I mean, yeah, I guess, why not? Can we call that treason? Why not?" Say Anything Blog stated on January 29, 2018 in a blog post: "Heitkamp High-Fives Schumer After Voting Against 20-Week Abortion Ban." Devin Nunes stated on February 2, 2018 in a staff-written memo from the House Intelligence Committee: Says the Steele dossier "was—according to (James Comey's) June 2017 testimony—'salacious and unverified.' " Donald Trump stated on January 26, 2018 in a speech: "Instead of two for one, we have cut 22 burdensome regulations for everyone new rule." Markwayne Mullin stated on January 30, 2018 in a post on Rep. Mullin's Facebook page: Under President Barack Obama: 4 million jobs lost, unemployment rose from 7.8% to 9.9%, the S&P 500 was 1,115.1 and the GDP went down 2.8%. Donald Trump stated on January 26, 2018 in a speech in Davos, Switzerland: "Consumer confidence, business confidence, and manufacturing confidence are the highest they have been in many decades." Donald Trump stated on February 1, 2018 in a Tweet: "45.6 million people watched (the State of the Union), the highest number in history. @FoxNews beat every other Network, for the first time ever, with 11.7 million people tuning in." John Calipari stated on January 20, 2018 in an interview: "We have the highest graduation rate of basketball players in the history of the NCAA. We have the highest graduation rate of African-American basketball players in the history of the NCAA in basketball." Donald Trump stated on January 30, 2018 in the 2018 State of the Union address: "Apple has just announced it plans to invest a total of $350 billion in America, and hire another 20,000 workers." Donald Trump stated on January 31, 2018 in State of the Union address: "A single immigrant can bring in unlimited numbers of distant relatives." Joe Kennedy stated on January 30, 2018 in response to State of the Union address: "Top CEOs (are) making 300 times the average worker." Donald Trump stated on January 30, 2018 in the 2018 State of the Union address: "In the past, we have foolishly released hundreds and hundreds of dangerous terrorists, only to meet them again on the battlefield — including the ISIS leader, al-Baghdadi, who we captured, who we had, who we released." Donald Trump stated on January 30, 2018 in the 2018 State of the Union address: "We are now, very proudly, an exporter of energy to the world." Donald Trump stated on January 30, 2018 in the 2018 State of the Union address: Says one year later, "the coalition to defeat ISIS has liberated very close to 100 percent of the territory just recently held by these killers in Iraq and Syria." Donald Trump stated on January 30, 2018 in his State of the Union address: "Small business confidence is at an all-time high." Donald Trump stated on January 30, 2018 in the State of the Union address: "America is a nation of builders. We built the Empire State Building in just one year. Isn’t it a disgrace that it can now take 10 years just to get a minor permit approved for the building of a simple road?" Donald Trump stated on January 30, 2018 in his State of the Union address: "After years of wage stagnation, we are finally seeing rising wages." Donald Trump stated on January 30, 2018 in State of the Union address: The immigration visa lottery "randomly hands out green cards without any regard for skill, merit, or the safety of American people." Donald Trump stated on January 30, 2018 in the State of the Union speech: "Since we passed tax cuts, over 3 million workers have gotten tax cut bonuses — many of them thousands and thousands of dollars." Donald Trump stated on January 30, 2018 in his State of the Union address: "We enacted the biggest tax cuts and reforms in American history." Donald Trump stated on January 28, 2018 in a tweet: "Because of my policies, Black Unemployment has just been reported to be at the LOWEST RATE EVER RECORDED!" Donald Trump stated on January 26, 2018 in an interview with Piers Morgan: "The ice caps were going to melt, they were going to be gone by now, but now they’re setting records, so okay, they’re at a record level." Kamala Harris stated on January 24, 2018 in a tweet: "No state generates as much solar power as California, or has as many people whose jobs depend on it." Donald Trump stated on January 9, 2018 in a Cabinet meeting: Says "22 to 24 people" came into the United States due to family connection with suspect in the October 2017 New York City terror attack. Donald Trump stated on January 18, 2018 in a tweet: Mexico is "now rated the number one most dangerous country in the world." Nancy Pelosi stated on January 18, 2018 in a press conference: Reauthorizing the Children’s Health Insurance Program "for six years saves $1 billion" and doing it for 10 years saves $6 billion.
Rand Paul stated on February 8, 2018 in a Senate floor speech: "George W. Bush doubled the debt from $5 trillion to $10 trillion. President Obama doubled the debt from $10 trillion to $20 trillion. Now we're on course to exceed $30 trillion in the next seven years or so."
National Republican Senatorial Committee stated on January 31, 2018 in a digital ad: "Heitkamp has voted against Trump 68 percent of time."
Donald Trump stated on February 5, 2018 in a tweet: "The Democrats are pushing for Universal HealthCare while thousands of people are marching in the UK because their U system is going broke and not working."
Donald Trump stated on January 30, 2018 in State of the Union address: Many gang members have taken advantage of "glaring loopholes and our laws to enter the country as illegal, unaccompanied, alien minors."
Donald Trump stated on February 5, 2018 in a speech near Cincinnati: At the State of the Union address, Democrats, "even on positive news … were like death and un-American. Un-American. Somebody said, ‘treasonous.’ I mean, yeah, I guess, why not? Can we call that treason? Why not?"
Say Anything Blog stated on January 29, 2018 in a blog post: "Heitkamp High-Fives Schumer After Voting Against 20-Week Abortion Ban."
Devin Nunes stated on February 2, 2018 in a staff-written memo from the House Intelligence Committee: Says the Steele dossier "was—according to (James Comey's) June 2017 testimony—'salacious and unverified.' "
Donald Trump stated on January 26, 2018 in a speech: "Instead of two for one, we have cut 22 burdensome regulations for everyone new rule."
Markwayne Mullin stated on January 30, 2018 in a post on Rep. Mullin's Facebook page: Under President Barack Obama: 4 million jobs lost, unemployment rose from 7.8% to 9.9%, the S&P 500 was 1,115.1 and the GDP went down 2.8%.
Donald Trump stated on January 26, 2018 in a speech in Davos, Switzerland: "Consumer confidence, business confidence, and manufacturing confidence are the highest they have been in many decades."
Donald Trump stated on February 1, 2018 in a Tweet: "45.6 million people watched (the State of the Union), the highest number in history. @FoxNews beat every other Network, for the first time ever, with 11.7 million people tuning in."
John Calipari stated on January 20, 2018 in an interview: "We have the highest graduation rate of basketball players in the history of the NCAA. We have the highest graduation rate of African-American basketball players in the history of the NCAA in basketball."
Donald Trump stated on January 30, 2018 in the 2018 State of the Union address: "Apple has just announced it plans to invest a total of $350 billion in America, and hire another 20,000 workers."
Donald Trump stated on January 31, 2018 in State of the Union address: "A single immigrant can bring in unlimited numbers of distant relatives."
Joe Kennedy stated on January 30, 2018 in response to State of the Union address: "Top CEOs (are) making 300 times the average worker."
Donald Trump stated on January 30, 2018 in the 2018 State of the Union address: "In the past, we have foolishly released hundreds and hundreds of dangerous terrorists, only to meet them again on the battlefield — including the ISIS leader, al-Baghdadi, who we captured, who we had, who we released."
Donald Trump stated on January 30, 2018 in the 2018 State of the Union address: "We are now, very proudly, an exporter of energy to the world."
Donald Trump stated on January 30, 2018 in the 2018 State of the Union address: Says one year later, "the coalition to defeat ISIS has liberated very close to 100 percent of the territory just recently held by these killers in Iraq and Syria."
Donald Trump stated on January 30, 2018 in his State of the Union address: "Small business confidence is at an all-time high."
Donald Trump stated on January 30, 2018 in the State of the Union address: "America is a nation of builders. We built the Empire State Building in just one year. Isn’t it a disgrace that it can now take 10 years just to get a minor permit approved for the building of a simple road?"
Donald Trump stated on January 30, 2018 in his State of the Union address: "After years of wage stagnation, we are finally seeing rising wages."
Donald Trump stated on January 30, 2018 in State of the Union address: The immigration visa lottery "randomly hands out green cards without any regard for skill, merit, or the safety of American people."
Donald Trump stated on January 30, 2018 in the State of the Union speech: "Since we passed tax cuts, over 3 million workers have gotten tax cut bonuses — many of them thousands and thousands of dollars."
Donald Trump stated on January 30, 2018 in his State of the Union address: "We enacted the biggest tax cuts and reforms in American history."
Donald Trump stated on January 28, 2018 in a tweet: "Because of my policies, Black Unemployment has just been reported to be at the LOWEST RATE EVER RECORDED!"
Donald Trump stated on January 26, 2018 in an interview with Piers Morgan: "The ice caps were going to melt, they were going to be gone by now, but now they’re setting records, so okay, they’re at a record level."
Kamala Harris stated on January 24, 2018 in a tweet: "No state generates as much solar power as California, or has as many people whose jobs depend on it."
Donald Trump stated on January 9, 2018 in a Cabinet meeting: Says "22 to 24 people" came into the United States due to family connection with suspect in the October 2017 New York City terror attack.
Donald Trump stated on January 18, 2018 in a tweet: Mexico is "now rated the number one most dangerous country in the world."
Nancy Pelosi stated on January 18, 2018 in a press conference: Reauthorizing the Children’s Health Insurance Program "for six years saves $1 billion" and doing it for 10 years saves $6 billion.
