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 Marco Rubio stated on February 25, 2016 in the GOP primary debate in Texas: Says Donald Trump hired illegal workers "from Poland and he had to pay a million dollars or so in a judgment." Marco Rubio stated on February 25, 2016 in comments during the Houston GOP debate: "When they passed Obamacare, they put a bailout fund in Obamacare. … We led the effort and wiped out that bailout fund." Donald Trump stated on February 25, 2016 in comments during the Houston GOP debate: Says Ted Cruz "said I was in favor in Libya. I never discussed that subject." Donald Trump stated on February 25, 2016 in comments during the CNN debate: "If it weren’t for me … (illegal immigration) wouldn’t even be a big subject." Donald Trump stated on February 19, 2016 in a rally in North Charleston, S.C.: Says that in the Philippines more than a century ago, Gen. John Pershing "took 50 bullets, and he dipped them in pigs’ blood," and shot 49 Muslim rebels. "The 50th person, he said, ‘You go back to your people, and you tell them what happened.’ And for 25 years, there wasn’t a problem." Bill Clinton stated on February 16, 2016 in a campaign event: "The people that perpetrated that travesty in San Bernardino had never been to the Middle East." Donald Trump stated on February 21, 2016 in an interview on "Meet the Press": With Obamacare, "You have no options .. you can't get competitive bidding." Ted Cruz stated on February 21, 2016 in an interview on "Meet the Press": "About 70 percent of Republicans nationwide ... don't think Donald Trump is the right guy" to take on Hillary Clinton in November. Marco Rubio stated on January 26, 2016 in a column posted on Medium.com: "Two-thirds of our kids can’t read at grade level." Richard Blumenthal stated on February 15, 2016 in an appearance on MSNBC's Hardball: "There's never been a (U.S. Supreme Court) vacancy in the last, I think, 30 years, lasting longer than 237 days." Jeb Bush stated on February 5, 2016 in a column posted on Medium.com: "Barack Obama will somehow manage to add more than $8 trillion to the national debt, which is more debt than the 43 presidents who held office before him compiled together." Hillary Clinton stated on February 12, 2016 in a column posted on Medium.com: Says she will "work to raise the federal minimum wage back to the highest level it’s ever been — $12 an hour in today’s dollars." Our Principles PAC stated on February 14, 2016 in a web ad: Says Donald "Trump supported impeachment of President (George W.) Bush." Ted Cruz stated on February 14, 2016 in on ABC's "This Week": Says "the one person (Donald Trump) has suggested that would make a good justice is his sister, who is a court of appeals judge appointed by Bill Clinton. She is a hardcore pro-abortion liberal judge." John Kasich stated on February 13, 2016 in the Republican debate in Charleston, S.C.: "When Jeb (Bush) was governor, his first four years as governor, his Medicaid program grew twice as fast as mine." Ted Cruz stated on February 14, 2016 in comments on "Meet the Press": "It has been 80 years since a Supreme Court vacancy was nominated and confirmed in an election year. There is a long tradition that you don't do this in an election year." Marco Rubio stated on February 14, 2016 in comments on "Meet the Press": "There comes a point in the last year of the president, especially in their second term, where you stop nominating" both Supreme Court justices and Court of Appeals judges. Ben Carson stated on February 13, 2016 in a GOP debate on CBS: Says "Joseph Stalin said if you want to bring America down you, have to undermine three things: our spiritual life, our patriotism and our morality." Donald Trump stated on February 13, 2016 in a Republican presidential debate: On the Iraq war, "I said it loud and clear, 'You'll destabilize the Middle East.' " Bernie Sanders stated on February 11, 2016 in comments during the PBS Democratic debate: The United States has "the highest rate of childhood poverty of almost any major country on Earth." Hillary Clinton stated on February 11, 2016 in comments during the PBS Democratic debate: Says Sen. Bernie Sanders has called President Barack Obama "weak. He's called him a disappointment." Bernie Sanders stated on February 11, 2016 in comments during the PBS Democratic debate: "The African-American community lost half of their wealth as a result of the Wall Street collapse." Hillary Clinton stated on February 11, 2016 in a Democratic presidential debate in Milwaukee: "Americans haven’t had a raise in 15 years." Bernie Sanders stated on February 11, 2016 in a PBS Democratic debate: "In America, we pay, by far, the highest prices in the world for prescription drugs." Donald Trump stated on February 9, 2016 in a victory speech after the New Hampshire primary: "Don't believe those phony numbers when you hear 4.9 and 5 percent unemployment. The number's probably 28, 29, as high as 35. In fact, I even heard recently 42 percent." Jeb Bush stated on January 24, 2016 in a post on Medium: "My two appointments to the Florida Supreme Court, Raul Cantero and Kenneth Bell, have earned reputations as its most consistent conservatives." Donald Trump stated on February 1, 2016 in a campaign rally in Iowa: "I'm self-funding my own campaign." Marco Rubio stated on February 6, 2016 in the GOP primary debate in New Hampshire: Says Hillary Clinton "believes that all abortions should be legal, even on the due date of that unborn child." Bernie Sanders stated on February 4, 2016 in a Democratic debate in New Hampshire: "Not one Republican has the guts to recognize that climate change is real." Carly Fiorina stated on February 6, 2016 in a column posted on Medium.com: Says she "is 6th in hard dollars raised and has more cash on hand than Governors (John) Kasich and (Chris) Christie combined."
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Marco Rubio stated on February 25, 2016 in the GOP primary debate in Texas: Says Donald Trump hired illegal workers "from Poland and he had to pay a million dollars or so in a judgment." Marco Rubio stated on February 25, 2016 in comments during the Houston GOP debate: "When they passed Obamacare, they put a bailout fund in Obamacare. … We led the effort and wiped out that bailout fund." Donald Trump stated on February 25, 2016 in comments during the Houston GOP debate: Says Ted Cruz "said I was in favor in Libya. I never discussed that subject." Donald Trump stated on February 25, 2016 in comments during the CNN debate: "If it weren’t for me … (illegal immigration) wouldn’t even be a big subject." Donald Trump stated on February 19, 2016 in a rally in North Charleston, S.C.: Says that in the Philippines more than a century ago, Gen. John Pershing "took 50 bullets, and he dipped them in pigs’ blood," and shot 49 Muslim rebels. "The 50th person, he said, ‘You go back to your people, and you tell them what happened.’ And for 25 years, there wasn’t a problem." Bill Clinton stated on February 16, 2016 in a campaign event: "The people that perpetrated that travesty in San Bernardino had never been to the Middle East." Donald Trump stated on February 21, 2016 in an interview on "Meet the Press": With Obamacare, "You have no options .. you can't get competitive bidding." Ted Cruz stated on February 21, 2016 in an interview on "Meet the Press": "About 70 percent of Republicans nationwide ... don't think Donald Trump is the right guy" to take on Hillary Clinton in November. Marco Rubio stated on January 26, 2016 in a column posted on Medium.com: "Two-thirds of our kids can’t read at grade level." Richard Blumenthal stated on February 15, 2016 in an appearance on MSNBC's Hardball: "There's never been a (U.S. Supreme Court) vacancy in the last, I think, 30 years, lasting longer than 237 days." Jeb Bush stated on February 5, 2016 in a column posted on Medium.com: "Barack Obama will somehow manage to add more than $8 trillion to the national debt, which is more debt than the 43 presidents who held office before him compiled together." Hillary Clinton stated on February 12, 2016 in a column posted on Medium.com: Says she will "work to raise the federal minimum wage back to the highest level it’s ever been — $12 an hour in today’s dollars." Our Principles PAC stated on February 14, 2016 in a web ad: Says Donald "Trump supported impeachment of President (George W.) Bush." Ted Cruz stated on February 14, 2016 in on ABC's "This Week": Says "the one person (Donald Trump) has suggested that would make a good justice is his sister, who is a court of appeals judge appointed by Bill Clinton. She is a hardcore pro-abortion liberal judge." John Kasich stated on February 13, 2016 in the Republican debate in Charleston, S.C.: "When Jeb (Bush) was governor, his first four years as governor, his Medicaid program grew twice as fast as mine." Ted Cruz stated on February 14, 2016 in comments on "Meet the Press": "It has been 80 years since a Supreme Court vacancy was nominated and confirmed in an election year. There is a long tradition that you don't do this in an election year." Marco Rubio stated on February 14, 2016 in comments on "Meet the Press": "There comes a point in the last year of the president, especially in their second term, where you stop nominating" both Supreme Court justices and Court of Appeals judges. Ben Carson stated on February 13, 2016 in a GOP debate on CBS: Says "Joseph Stalin said if you want to bring America down you, have to undermine three things: our spiritual life, our patriotism and our morality." Donald Trump stated on February 13, 2016 in a Republican presidential debate: On the Iraq war, "I said it loud and clear, 'You'll destabilize the Middle East.' " Bernie Sanders stated on February 11, 2016 in comments during the PBS Democratic debate: The United States has "the highest rate of childhood poverty of almost any major country on Earth." Hillary Clinton stated on February 11, 2016 in comments during the PBS Democratic debate: Says Sen. Bernie Sanders has called President Barack Obama "weak. He's called him a disappointment." Bernie Sanders stated on February 11, 2016 in comments during the PBS Democratic debate: "The African-American community lost half of their wealth as a result of the Wall Street collapse." Hillary Clinton stated on February 11, 2016 in a Democratic presidential debate in Milwaukee: "Americans haven’t had a raise in 15 years." Bernie Sanders stated on February 11, 2016 in a PBS Democratic debate: "In America, we pay, by far, the highest prices in the world for prescription drugs." Donald Trump stated on February 9, 2016 in a victory speech after the New Hampshire primary: "Don't believe those phony numbers when you hear 4.9 and 5 percent unemployment. The number's probably 28, 29, as high as 35. In fact, I even heard recently 42 percent." Jeb Bush stated on January 24, 2016 in a post on Medium: "My two appointments to the Florida Supreme Court, Raul Cantero and Kenneth Bell, have earned reputations as its most consistent conservatives." Donald Trump stated on February 1, 2016 in a campaign rally in Iowa: "I'm self-funding my own campaign." Marco Rubio stated on February 6, 2016 in the GOP primary debate in New Hampshire: Says Hillary Clinton "believes that all abortions should be legal, even on the due date of that unborn child." Bernie Sanders stated on February 4, 2016 in a Democratic debate in New Hampshire: "Not one Republican has the guts to recognize that climate change is real." Carly Fiorina stated on February 6, 2016 in a column posted on Medium.com: Says she "is 6th in hard dollars raised and has more cash on hand than Governors (John) Kasich and (Chris) Christie combined."
Marco Rubio stated on February 25, 2016 in the GOP primary debate in Texas: Says Donald Trump hired illegal workers "from Poland and he had to pay a million dollars or so in a judgment."
Marco Rubio stated on February 25, 2016 in comments during the Houston GOP debate: "When they passed Obamacare, they put a bailout fund in Obamacare. … We led the effort and wiped out that bailout fund."
Donald Trump stated on February 25, 2016 in comments during the Houston GOP debate: Says Ted Cruz "said I was in favor in Libya. I never discussed that subject."
Donald Trump stated on February 25, 2016 in comments during the CNN debate: "If it weren’t for me … (illegal immigration) wouldn’t even be a big subject."
Donald Trump stated on February 19, 2016 in a rally in North Charleston, S.C.: Says that in the Philippines more than a century ago, Gen. John Pershing "took 50 bullets, and he dipped them in pigs’ blood," and shot 49 Muslim rebels. "The 50th person, he said, ‘You go back to your people, and you tell them what happened.’ And for 25 years, there wasn’t a problem."
Bill Clinton stated on February 16, 2016 in a campaign event: "The people that perpetrated that travesty in San Bernardino had never been to the Middle East."
Donald Trump stated on February 21, 2016 in an interview on "Meet the Press": With Obamacare, "You have no options .. you can't get competitive bidding."
Ted Cruz stated on February 21, 2016 in an interview on "Meet the Press": "About 70 percent of Republicans nationwide ... don't think Donald Trump is the right guy" to take on Hillary Clinton in November.
Marco Rubio stated on January 26, 2016 in a column posted on Medium.com: "Two-thirds of our kids can’t read at grade level."
Richard Blumenthal stated on February 15, 2016 in an appearance on MSNBC's Hardball: "There's never been a (U.S. Supreme Court) vacancy in the last, I think, 30 years, lasting longer than 237 days."
Jeb Bush stated on February 5, 2016 in a column posted on Medium.com: "Barack Obama will somehow manage to add more than $8 trillion to the national debt, which is more debt than the 43 presidents who held office before him compiled together."
Hillary Clinton stated on February 12, 2016 in a column posted on Medium.com: Says she will "work to raise the federal minimum wage back to the highest level it’s ever been — $12 an hour in today’s dollars."
Our Principles PAC stated on February 14, 2016 in a web ad: Says Donald "Trump supported impeachment of President (George W.) Bush."
Ted Cruz stated on February 14, 2016 in on ABC's "This Week": Says "the one person (Donald Trump) has suggested that would make a good justice is his sister, who is a court of appeals judge appointed by Bill Clinton. She is a hardcore pro-abortion liberal judge."
John Kasich stated on February 13, 2016 in the Republican debate in Charleston, S.C.: "When Jeb (Bush) was governor, his first four years as governor, his Medicaid program grew twice as fast as mine."
Ted Cruz stated on February 14, 2016 in comments on "Meet the Press": "It has been 80 years since a Supreme Court vacancy was nominated and confirmed in an election year. There is a long tradition that you don't do this in an election year."
Marco Rubio stated on February 14, 2016 in comments on "Meet the Press": "There comes a point in the last year of the president, especially in their second term, where you stop nominating" both Supreme Court justices and Court of Appeals judges.
Ben Carson stated on February 13, 2016 in a GOP debate on CBS: Says "Joseph Stalin said if you want to bring America down you, have to undermine three things: our spiritual life, our patriotism and our morality."
Donald Trump stated on February 13, 2016 in a Republican presidential debate: On the Iraq war, "I said it loud and clear, 'You'll destabilize the Middle East.' "
Bernie Sanders stated on February 11, 2016 in comments during the PBS Democratic debate: The United States has "the highest rate of childhood poverty of almost any major country on Earth."
Hillary Clinton stated on February 11, 2016 in comments during the PBS Democratic debate: Says Sen. Bernie Sanders has called President Barack Obama "weak. He's called him a disappointment."
Bernie Sanders stated on February 11, 2016 in comments during the PBS Democratic debate: "The African-American community lost half of their wealth as a result of the Wall Street collapse."
Hillary Clinton stated on February 11, 2016 in a Democratic presidential debate in Milwaukee: "Americans haven’t had a raise in 15 years."
Bernie Sanders stated on February 11, 2016 in a PBS Democratic debate: "In America, we pay, by far, the highest prices in the world for prescription drugs."
Donald Trump stated on February 9, 2016 in a victory speech after the New Hampshire primary: "Don't believe those phony numbers when you hear 4.9 and 5 percent unemployment. The number's probably 28, 29, as high as 35. In fact, I even heard recently 42 percent."
Jeb Bush stated on January 24, 2016 in a post on Medium: "My two appointments to the Florida Supreme Court, Raul Cantero and Kenneth Bell, have earned reputations as its most consistent conservatives."
Donald Trump stated on February 1, 2016 in a campaign rally in Iowa: "I'm self-funding my own campaign."
Marco Rubio stated on February 6, 2016 in the GOP primary debate in New Hampshire: Says Hillary Clinton "believes that all abortions should be legal, even on the due date of that unborn child."
Bernie Sanders stated on February 4, 2016 in a Democratic debate in New Hampshire: "Not one Republican has the guts to recognize that climate change is real."
Carly Fiorina stated on February 6, 2016 in a column posted on Medium.com: Says she "is 6th in hard dollars raised and has more cash on hand than Governors (John) Kasich and (Chris) Christie combined."
