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 Donald Trump stated on March 29, 2016 in a CNN town hall: Says that when Michelle Fields "found out that there was a security camera, and that they had her on tape, all of a sudden that story changed." Donald Trump stated on March 26, 2016 in an interview with the New York Times: "There’s a tremendous tax that we pay when we (American businesses) go into China, whereas when China sells to us there’s no tax." Hillary Clinton stated on March 22, 2016 in a speech at Stanford University.: When it comes to fighting terrorism, "Another thing we know that does not work, based on lots of empirical evidence, is torture." Hillary Clinton stated on March 23, 2016 in remarks at Stanford University: "It’s actually easier for the United States to get flight manifests from E.U. nations than it is for E.U. nations to get them from their own neighbors, thanks to an agreement the U.S. negotiated when I was secretary of state." Bernie Sanders stated on February 13, 2016 in an a television ad: "Bernie Sanders passed more roll call amendments in a Republican Congress than any other member." Paul Ryan stated on March 17, 2016 in a news conference: "To this day, (the Cuban government) is a regime that provides safe harbor to terrorists and fugitives." Donald Trump stated on March 21, 2016 in a speech at the 2016 American Israel Public Affairs Committee conference in Washington.: "When those restrictions expire (in the Iran nuclear deal), Iran will have an industrial-size military nuclear capability ready to go." Ted Cruz stated on March 21, 2016 in an interview on CNN: "Ukraine voluntarily gave up its nuclear weapons because the United States of America" said it would "ensure (its) territorial integrity from Russia." Donald Trump stated on March 21, 2016 in a speech to the American Israel Public Affairs Committee: "During the last five years, Iran has perpetrated terror attacks in 25 different countries on five continents." Mitch McConnell stated on March 20, 2016 in "Fox News Sunday": Says Senate Republicans are "following a longstanding tradition of not filling vacancies on the Supreme Court in the middle of a presidential election year." Joe Pitts stated on March 10, 2016 in a Medium post: "According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), about 120 Americans on average die from a drug overdose every day. Overall, drug overdose deaths now outnumber deaths from firearms." Club for Growth stated on March 17, 2016 in a political ad: Says Donald Trump promised "to take care of everybody (through government-run healthcare and) the government's going to pay for it." Harry Reid stated on March 20, 2016 in an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press": Senate Democrats "have never held up a Supreme Court nomination." John Kasich stated on March 20, 2016 in an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press": Says Donald "Trump got, you know, $1.8 billion worth of free media. I got, like, none." Mike Honda stated on March 16, 2016 in a column posted on Medium: "Six justices" on the U.S. Supreme Court have been "confirmed in presidential election years since 1912." Donald Trump stated on March 15, 2016 in a speech at Mar-a-Lago: Under the Iran nuclear deal, "we give them $150 billion, we get nothing." Ted Cruz stated on March 13, 2016 in an interview with NBC's "Meet the Press": Says President Barack Obama has "been presiding over our jobs going overseas for seven years." Hillary Clinton stated on February 17, 2016 in a speech posted on Medium: "Gun violence is by far the leading cause of death for young African American men, outstripping the next nine causes of death combined." Everytown for Gun Safety stated on March 8, 2016 in a Facebook meme: The rate of U.S. female homicide victims outnumbers 24 other developed countries by more than 2½ to 1. Donald Trump stated on March 13, 2016 in an interview on "Meet the Press": Says the man who rushed the stage at him in Dayton, Ohio, "had chatter about ISIS, or with ISIS" in his social media posts. Ted Cruz stated on March 13, 2016 in an interview on "Meet the Press": "More than once, I've actually had a conversation with the protesters on substance." Marco Rubio stated on March 11, 2016 in a GOP debate at the University of Miami: Foreign aid "is less than 1 percent of our federal budget." Donald Trump stated on March 10, 2016 in the Miami GOP debate.: "GDP was zero essentially for the last two quarters." Ted Cruz stated on March 10, 2016 in the Republican debate in Miami: "I opposed TPP (Trans-Pacific Partnership) and have always opposed TPP." Donald Trump stated on March 10, 2016 in a GOP debate in Miami: Common Core is "education through Washington D.C." Hillary Clinton stated on March 9, 2016 in a Democratic presidential debate in Miami: In 2006, Bernie Sanders "voted in the House with hard-line Republicans for indefinite detention for undocumented immigrants, and then he sided with those Republicans to stand with vigilantes known as Minutemen who were taking up outposts along the border to hunt down immigrants." Hillary Clinton stated on March 9, 2016 in in the Democratic debate in Florida: "The Clean Power Plan is something that Sen. Sanders has said he would delay implementing." Bernie Sanders stated on March 9, 2016 in a Democratic presidential debate in Miami: "If you look at Latino kids between 17 and 20 who graduated high school, 36 percent of them are unemployed or underemployed. … African-American kids are unemployed or underemployed to the tune of 51 percent." Bernie Sanders stated on March 9, 2016 in the Democratic debate at Miami Dade College: When Honduran children came into this country, "Secretary Clinton said send them back." Hillary Clinton stated on March 9, 2016 in a Univision/Washington Post Democratic debate: Regarding her State Department email practices, "my predecessors did the same thing."
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Donald Trump stated on March 29, 2016 in a CNN town hall: Says that when Michelle Fields "found out that there was a security camera, and that they had her on tape, all of a sudden that story changed." Donald Trump stated on March 26, 2016 in an interview with the New York Times: "There’s a tremendous tax that we pay when we (American businesses) go into China, whereas when China sells to us there’s no tax." Hillary Clinton stated on March 22, 2016 in a speech at Stanford University.: When it comes to fighting terrorism, "Another thing we know that does not work, based on lots of empirical evidence, is torture." Hillary Clinton stated on March 23, 2016 in remarks at Stanford University: "It’s actually easier for the United States to get flight manifests from E.U. nations than it is for E.U. nations to get them from their own neighbors, thanks to an agreement the U.S. negotiated when I was secretary of state." Bernie Sanders stated on February 13, 2016 in an a television ad: "Bernie Sanders passed more roll call amendments in a Republican Congress than any other member." Paul Ryan stated on March 17, 2016 in a news conference: "To this day, (the Cuban government) is a regime that provides safe harbor to terrorists and fugitives." Donald Trump stated on March 21, 2016 in a speech at the 2016 American Israel Public Affairs Committee conference in Washington.: "When those restrictions expire (in the Iran nuclear deal), Iran will have an industrial-size military nuclear capability ready to go." Ted Cruz stated on March 21, 2016 in an interview on CNN: "Ukraine voluntarily gave up its nuclear weapons because the United States of America" said it would "ensure (its) territorial integrity from Russia." Donald Trump stated on March 21, 2016 in a speech to the American Israel Public Affairs Committee: "During the last five years, Iran has perpetrated terror attacks in 25 different countries on five continents." Mitch McConnell stated on March 20, 2016 in "Fox News Sunday": Says Senate Republicans are "following a longstanding tradition of not filling vacancies on the Supreme Court in the middle of a presidential election year." Joe Pitts stated on March 10, 2016 in a Medium post: "According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), about 120 Americans on average die from a drug overdose every day. Overall, drug overdose deaths now outnumber deaths from firearms." Club for Growth stated on March 17, 2016 in a political ad: Says Donald Trump promised "to take care of everybody (through government-run healthcare and) the government's going to pay for it." Harry Reid stated on March 20, 2016 in an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press": Senate Democrats "have never held up a Supreme Court nomination." John Kasich stated on March 20, 2016 in an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press": Says Donald "Trump got, you know, $1.8 billion worth of free media. I got, like, none." Mike Honda stated on March 16, 2016 in a column posted on Medium: "Six justices" on the U.S. Supreme Court have been "confirmed in presidential election years since 1912." Donald Trump stated on March 15, 2016 in a speech at Mar-a-Lago: Under the Iran nuclear deal, "we give them $150 billion, we get nothing." Ted Cruz stated on March 13, 2016 in an interview with NBC's "Meet the Press": Says President Barack Obama has "been presiding over our jobs going overseas for seven years." Hillary Clinton stated on February 17, 2016 in a speech posted on Medium: "Gun violence is by far the leading cause of death for young African American men, outstripping the next nine causes of death combined." Everytown for Gun Safety stated on March 8, 2016 in a Facebook meme: The rate of U.S. female homicide victims outnumbers 24 other developed countries by more than 2½ to 1. Donald Trump stated on March 13, 2016 in an interview on "Meet the Press": Says the man who rushed the stage at him in Dayton, Ohio, "had chatter about ISIS, or with ISIS" in his social media posts. Ted Cruz stated on March 13, 2016 in an interview on "Meet the Press": "More than once, I've actually had a conversation with the protesters on substance." Marco Rubio stated on March 11, 2016 in a GOP debate at the University of Miami: Foreign aid "is less than 1 percent of our federal budget." Donald Trump stated on March 10, 2016 in the Miami GOP debate.: "GDP was zero essentially for the last two quarters." Ted Cruz stated on March 10, 2016 in the Republican debate in Miami: "I opposed TPP (Trans-Pacific Partnership) and have always opposed TPP." Donald Trump stated on March 10, 2016 in a GOP debate in Miami: Common Core is "education through Washington D.C." Hillary Clinton stated on March 9, 2016 in a Democratic presidential debate in Miami: In 2006, Bernie Sanders "voted in the House with hard-line Republicans for indefinite detention for undocumented immigrants, and then he sided with those Republicans to stand with vigilantes known as Minutemen who were taking up outposts along the border to hunt down immigrants." Hillary Clinton stated on March 9, 2016 in in the Democratic debate in Florida: "The Clean Power Plan is something that Sen. Sanders has said he would delay implementing." Bernie Sanders stated on March 9, 2016 in a Democratic presidential debate in Miami: "If you look at Latino kids between 17 and 20 who graduated high school, 36 percent of them are unemployed or underemployed. … African-American kids are unemployed or underemployed to the tune of 51 percent." Bernie Sanders stated on March 9, 2016 in the Democratic debate at Miami Dade College: When Honduran children came into this country, "Secretary Clinton said send them back." Hillary Clinton stated on March 9, 2016 in a Univision/Washington Post Democratic debate: Regarding her State Department email practices, "my predecessors did the same thing."
Donald Trump stated on March 29, 2016 in a CNN town hall: Says that when Michelle Fields "found out that there was a security camera, and that they had her on tape, all of a sudden that story changed."
Donald Trump stated on March 26, 2016 in an interview with the New York Times: "There’s a tremendous tax that we pay when we (American businesses) go into China, whereas when China sells to us there’s no tax."
Hillary Clinton stated on March 22, 2016 in a speech at Stanford University.: When it comes to fighting terrorism, "Another thing we know that does not work, based on lots of empirical evidence, is torture."
Hillary Clinton stated on March 23, 2016 in remarks at Stanford University: "It’s actually easier for the United States to get flight manifests from E.U. nations than it is for E.U. nations to get them from their own neighbors, thanks to an agreement the U.S. negotiated when I was secretary of state."
Bernie Sanders stated on February 13, 2016 in an a television ad: "Bernie Sanders passed more roll call amendments in a Republican Congress than any other member."
Paul Ryan stated on March 17, 2016 in a news conference: "To this day, (the Cuban government) is a regime that provides safe harbor to terrorists and fugitives."
Donald Trump stated on March 21, 2016 in a speech at the 2016 American Israel Public Affairs Committee conference in Washington.: "When those restrictions expire (in the Iran nuclear deal), Iran will have an industrial-size military nuclear capability ready to go."
Ted Cruz stated on March 21, 2016 in an interview on CNN: "Ukraine voluntarily gave up its nuclear weapons because the United States of America" said it would "ensure (its) territorial integrity from Russia."
Donald Trump stated on March 21, 2016 in a speech to the American Israel Public Affairs Committee: "During the last five years, Iran has perpetrated terror attacks in 25 different countries on five continents."
Mitch McConnell stated on March 20, 2016 in "Fox News Sunday": Says Senate Republicans are "following a longstanding tradition of not filling vacancies on the Supreme Court in the middle of a presidential election year."
Joe Pitts stated on March 10, 2016 in a Medium post: "According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), about 120 Americans on average die from a drug overdose every day. Overall, drug overdose deaths now outnumber deaths from firearms."
Club for Growth stated on March 17, 2016 in a political ad: Says Donald Trump promised "to take care of everybody (through government-run healthcare and) the government's going to pay for it."
Harry Reid stated on March 20, 2016 in an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press": Senate Democrats "have never held up a Supreme Court nomination."
John Kasich stated on March 20, 2016 in an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press": Says Donald "Trump got, you know, $1.8 billion worth of free media. I got, like, none."
Mike Honda stated on March 16, 2016 in a column posted on Medium: "Six justices" on the U.S. Supreme Court have been "confirmed in presidential election years since 1912."
Donald Trump stated on March 15, 2016 in a speech at Mar-a-Lago: Under the Iran nuclear deal, "we give them $150 billion, we get nothing."
Ted Cruz stated on March 13, 2016 in an interview with NBC's "Meet the Press": Says President Barack Obama has "been presiding over our jobs going overseas for seven years."
Hillary Clinton stated on February 17, 2016 in a speech posted on Medium: "Gun violence is by far the leading cause of death for young African American men, outstripping the next nine causes of death combined."
Everytown for Gun Safety stated on March 8, 2016 in a Facebook meme: The rate of U.S. female homicide victims outnumbers 24 other developed countries by more than 2½ to 1.
Donald Trump stated on March 13, 2016 in an interview on "Meet the Press": Says the man who rushed the stage at him in Dayton, Ohio, "had chatter about ISIS, or with ISIS" in his social media posts.
Ted Cruz stated on March 13, 2016 in an interview on "Meet the Press": "More than once, I've actually had a conversation with the protesters on substance."
Marco Rubio stated on March 11, 2016 in a GOP debate at the University of Miami: Foreign aid "is less than 1 percent of our federal budget."
Donald Trump stated on March 10, 2016 in the Miami GOP debate.: "GDP was zero essentially for the last two quarters."
Ted Cruz stated on March 10, 2016 in the Republican debate in Miami: "I opposed TPP (Trans-Pacific Partnership) and have always opposed TPP."
Donald Trump stated on March 10, 2016 in a GOP debate in Miami: Common Core is "education through Washington D.C."
Hillary Clinton stated on March 9, 2016 in a Democratic presidential debate in Miami: In 2006, Bernie Sanders "voted in the House with hard-line Republicans for indefinite detention for undocumented immigrants, and then he sided with those Republicans to stand with vigilantes known as Minutemen who were taking up outposts along the border to hunt down immigrants."
Hillary Clinton stated on March 9, 2016 in in the Democratic debate in Florida: "The Clean Power Plan is something that Sen. Sanders has said he would delay implementing."
Bernie Sanders stated on March 9, 2016 in a Democratic presidential debate in Miami: "If you look at Latino kids between 17 and 20 who graduated high school, 36 percent of them are unemployed or underemployed. … African-American kids are unemployed or underemployed to the tune of 51 percent."
Bernie Sanders stated on March 9, 2016 in the Democratic debate at Miami Dade College: When Honduran children came into this country, "Secretary Clinton said send them back."
Hillary Clinton stated on March 9, 2016 in a Univision/Washington Post Democratic debate: Regarding her State Department email practices, "my predecessors did the same thing."
