Latest Half-True Fact-checks 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 Josh Mandel stated on October 5, 2011 in an email to supporters: The STAR Ohio fund "just received the highest possible credit rating one of these funds can receive." Mitt Romney stated on October 26, 2011 in a press release.: Says Texas unemployment is dire in various ways such as a doubling in the jobless rate during Rick Perry's governorship. Also, the Texas rate has increased faster than the national rate during Barack Obama's presidency. Steve LaTourette stated on October 26, 2011 in a statement on his congressional website: "For each $1 billion in infrastructure investment, 42,000 jobs are created." Leon Panetta stated on October 23, 2011 in congressional testimony: "After every major conflict ... what happened was that we ultimately hollowed out the force, largely by doing deep, across-the-board cuts." Rick Perry stated on October 26, 2011 in a television ad: "In Texas, we created over 1 million new jobs while the rest of the nation lost over 2 million." Joe Biden stated on October 12, 2011 in Flint, Mich.: "In 2008, when Flint had 265 sworn officers on their police force, there were 35 murders and 91 rapes in this city. In 2010, when Flint had only 144 police officers, the murder rate climbed to 65, and rapes … climbed to 229." Josh Mandel stated on September 28, 2011 in a news release: "During Sherrod Brown’s past decade as a D.C. politician, more than one out of every four jobs that has left America, left from Ohio. ... Sherrod Brown will own these horrendous Ohio job numbers next year." George Nee stated on October 19, 2011 in a pension forum: "This is the first time in our state, and one of the first times in the country, where benefit reductions . . . has happened to people who are retired." Rick Perry stated on October 18, 2011 in an online video: "Our president has labeled Americans as soft." Frank Brogan stated on October 19, 2011 in a meeting with state legislators: Says Anthropology is a STEM (science, technology, engineering, math) field. Chris Christie stated on October 19, 2011 in a radio interview: Says "these ‘Jersey Shore’ folks, they’re from New York." Michele Bachmann stated on October 18, 2011 in a Republican presidential primary debate: President Obama’s uncle and aunt "are illegal aliens ... who've been allowed to stay in this country." Paul Ryan stated on October 9, 2011 in a television interview: Even a 100 percent tax on millionaires would only fund four months of government operations, failing to seriously address budget deficits and debt. Sherrod Brown stated on October 12, 2011 in a news conference: "We buy 35 percent of all Chinese exports." Mitt Romney stated on October 18, 2011 in a campaign video.: Says more than 1 million Texans are jobless, the state has its highest unemployment rate in more than 20 years and joblessness doubled on Rick Perry’s watch. Stephen Sweeney stated on September 15, 2011 in a message on Facebook: "New Jersey's poverty rate has increased since this governor took office and the number of New Jerseyans without health insurance has risen." Mitt Romney stated on October 18, 2011 in a Republican presidential debate in Las Vegas: "Over the last several years, 40 percent (of) the jobs created in Texas were created for illegal aliens." Mitt Romney stated on October 18, 2011 in a Republican presidential debate in Las Vegas: Between 2000 and 2010, the illegal immigrant population of Texas increased by 60 percent, while California and Florida had "no increase." Joe Pitts stated on October 5, 2011 in a Capitol Hill press conference: The health care law was "a 2,733-page bill! . . . No amendments!" Chris Abele stated on September 29, 2011 in a speech: The Milwaukee County sheriff’s department "plays only a limited role as a traditional law enforcement agency" and in 2009 reported far fewer crimes to the FBI than the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee police did. Tom Kean Jr. stated on October 7, 2011 in a news release: Says Democrats raised taxes over 115 times in the past 10 years, "making New Jersey increasingly unaffordable and chasing jobs to neighboring states." Michele Bachmann stated on October 11, 2011 in the Blooomberg/Washington Post Republican presidential debate.: Says Rick Perry increased spending in Texas by more than 50 percent. Herman Cain stated on October 4, 2011: "Current projections indicate that Medicare will go bankrupt by 2017, while Social Security will bottom out by 2037." Mitt Romney stated on October 11, 2011 in a Republicam debate in Hanover, N.H.: When George W. Bush was governor of Texas, "the percentage uninsured went down." Under his successor, Rick Perry, "it's gone up." Rick Santorum stated on October 11, 2011 in a Republican presidental primary debate: The poverty rate for families in which a husband and a wife work is 5 percent, but in families headed by one person … "it's 30 percent today." Scott Walker stated on September 26, 2011 in a television interview: Says he never called teachers "thugs" and has said nothing but "great things" about them during the fight over his curbs on unions George LeMieux stated on October 3, 2011 in a website: Says U.S. Senate candidate Adam Hasner "cited his efforts to weaken pro-life and school choice legislation as unequivocal proof that he’s a moderate." Michele Bachmann stated on October 11, 2011 in the Bloomberg/Washington Post Republican presidential debate.: Says Rick Perry co-chaired Al Gore’s campaign for president. Alliance for America's Future stated on October 11, 2011 in a campaign mailing: "We just can’t afford to pay 100 percent of government employee benefits." Jon Huntsman stated on October 11, 2011 in a Republican presidential debate in Hanover, N.H.: "I created a flat tax in the state of Utah. It took that state to the number-one position in terms of job creation."
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Josh Mandel stated on October 5, 2011 in an email to supporters: The STAR Ohio fund "just received the highest possible credit rating one of these funds can receive." Mitt Romney stated on October 26, 2011 in a press release.: Says Texas unemployment is dire in various ways such as a doubling in the jobless rate during Rick Perry's governorship. Also, the Texas rate has increased faster than the national rate during Barack Obama's presidency. Steve LaTourette stated on October 26, 2011 in a statement on his congressional website: "For each $1 billion in infrastructure investment, 42,000 jobs are created." Leon Panetta stated on October 23, 2011 in congressional testimony: "After every major conflict ... what happened was that we ultimately hollowed out the force, largely by doing deep, across-the-board cuts." Rick Perry stated on October 26, 2011 in a television ad: "In Texas, we created over 1 million new jobs while the rest of the nation lost over 2 million." Joe Biden stated on October 12, 2011 in Flint, Mich.: "In 2008, when Flint had 265 sworn officers on their police force, there were 35 murders and 91 rapes in this city. In 2010, when Flint had only 144 police officers, the murder rate climbed to 65, and rapes … climbed to 229." Josh Mandel stated on September 28, 2011 in a news release: "During Sherrod Brown’s past decade as a D.C. politician, more than one out of every four jobs that has left America, left from Ohio. ... Sherrod Brown will own these horrendous Ohio job numbers next year." George Nee stated on October 19, 2011 in a pension forum: "This is the first time in our state, and one of the first times in the country, where benefit reductions . . . has happened to people who are retired." Rick Perry stated on October 18, 2011 in an online video: "Our president has labeled Americans as soft." Frank Brogan stated on October 19, 2011 in a meeting with state legislators: Says Anthropology is a STEM (science, technology, engineering, math) field. Chris Christie stated on October 19, 2011 in a radio interview: Says "these ‘Jersey Shore’ folks, they’re from New York." Michele Bachmann stated on October 18, 2011 in a Republican presidential primary debate: President Obama’s uncle and aunt "are illegal aliens ... who've been allowed to stay in this country." Paul Ryan stated on October 9, 2011 in a television interview: Even a 100 percent tax on millionaires would only fund four months of government operations, failing to seriously address budget deficits and debt. Sherrod Brown stated on October 12, 2011 in a news conference: "We buy 35 percent of all Chinese exports." Mitt Romney stated on October 18, 2011 in a campaign video.: Says more than 1 million Texans are jobless, the state has its highest unemployment rate in more than 20 years and joblessness doubled on Rick Perry’s watch. Stephen Sweeney stated on September 15, 2011 in a message on Facebook: "New Jersey's poverty rate has increased since this governor took office and the number of New Jerseyans without health insurance has risen." Mitt Romney stated on October 18, 2011 in a Republican presidential debate in Las Vegas: "Over the last several years, 40 percent (of) the jobs created in Texas were created for illegal aliens." Mitt Romney stated on October 18, 2011 in a Republican presidential debate in Las Vegas: Between 2000 and 2010, the illegal immigrant population of Texas increased by 60 percent, while California and Florida had "no increase." Joe Pitts stated on October 5, 2011 in a Capitol Hill press conference: The health care law was "a 2,733-page bill! . . . No amendments!" Chris Abele stated on September 29, 2011 in a speech: The Milwaukee County sheriff’s department "plays only a limited role as a traditional law enforcement agency" and in 2009 reported far fewer crimes to the FBI than the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee police did. Tom Kean Jr. stated on October 7, 2011 in a news release: Says Democrats raised taxes over 115 times in the past 10 years, "making New Jersey increasingly unaffordable and chasing jobs to neighboring states." Michele Bachmann stated on October 11, 2011 in the Blooomberg/Washington Post Republican presidential debate.: Says Rick Perry increased spending in Texas by more than 50 percent. Herman Cain stated on October 4, 2011: "Current projections indicate that Medicare will go bankrupt by 2017, while Social Security will bottom out by 2037." Mitt Romney stated on October 11, 2011 in a Republicam debate in Hanover, N.H.: When George W. Bush was governor of Texas, "the percentage uninsured went down." Under his successor, Rick Perry, "it's gone up." Rick Santorum stated on October 11, 2011 in a Republican presidental primary debate: The poverty rate for families in which a husband and a wife work is 5 percent, but in families headed by one person … "it's 30 percent today." Scott Walker stated on September 26, 2011 in a television interview: Says he never called teachers "thugs" and has said nothing but "great things" about them during the fight over his curbs on unions George LeMieux stated on October 3, 2011 in a website: Says U.S. Senate candidate Adam Hasner "cited his efforts to weaken pro-life and school choice legislation as unequivocal proof that he’s a moderate." Michele Bachmann stated on October 11, 2011 in the Bloomberg/Washington Post Republican presidential debate.: Says Rick Perry co-chaired Al Gore’s campaign for president. Alliance for America's Future stated on October 11, 2011 in a campaign mailing: "We just can’t afford to pay 100 percent of government employee benefits." Jon Huntsman stated on October 11, 2011 in a Republican presidential debate in Hanover, N.H.: "I created a flat tax in the state of Utah. It took that state to the number-one position in terms of job creation."
Josh Mandel stated on October 5, 2011 in an email to supporters: The STAR Ohio fund "just received the highest possible credit rating one of these funds can receive."
Mitt Romney stated on October 26, 2011 in a press release.: Says Texas unemployment is dire in various ways such as a doubling in the jobless rate during Rick Perry's governorship. Also, the Texas rate has increased faster than the national rate during Barack Obama's presidency.
Steve LaTourette stated on October 26, 2011 in a statement on his congressional website: "For each $1 billion in infrastructure investment, 42,000 jobs are created."
Leon Panetta stated on October 23, 2011 in congressional testimony: "After every major conflict ... what happened was that we ultimately hollowed out the force, largely by doing deep, across-the-board cuts."
Rick Perry stated on October 26, 2011 in a television ad: "In Texas, we created over 1 million new jobs while the rest of the nation lost over 2 million."
Joe Biden stated on October 12, 2011 in Flint, Mich.: "In 2008, when Flint had 265 sworn officers on their police force, there were 35 murders and 91 rapes in this city. In 2010, when Flint had only 144 police officers, the murder rate climbed to 65, and rapes … climbed to 229."
Josh Mandel stated on September 28, 2011 in a news release: "During Sherrod Brown’s past decade as a D.C. politician, more than one out of every four jobs that has left America, left from Ohio. ... Sherrod Brown will own these horrendous Ohio job numbers next year."
George Nee stated on October 19, 2011 in a pension forum: "This is the first time in our state, and one of the first times in the country, where benefit reductions . . . has happened to people who are retired."
Rick Perry stated on October 18, 2011 in an online video: "Our president has labeled Americans as soft."
Frank Brogan stated on October 19, 2011 in a meeting with state legislators: Says Anthropology is a STEM (science, technology, engineering, math) field.
Chris Christie stated on October 19, 2011 in a radio interview: Says "these ‘Jersey Shore’ folks, they’re from New York."
Michele Bachmann stated on October 18, 2011 in a Republican presidential primary debate: President Obama’s uncle and aunt "are illegal aliens ... who've been allowed to stay in this country."
Paul Ryan stated on October 9, 2011 in a television interview: Even a 100 percent tax on millionaires would only fund four months of government operations, failing to seriously address budget deficits and debt.
Sherrod Brown stated on October 12, 2011 in a news conference: "We buy 35 percent of all Chinese exports."
Mitt Romney stated on October 18, 2011 in a campaign video.: Says more than 1 million Texans are jobless, the state has its highest unemployment rate in more than 20 years and joblessness doubled on Rick Perry’s watch.
Stephen Sweeney stated on September 15, 2011 in a message on Facebook: "New Jersey's poverty rate has increased since this governor took office and the number of New Jerseyans without health insurance has risen."
Mitt Romney stated on October 18, 2011 in a Republican presidential debate in Las Vegas: "Over the last several years, 40 percent (of) the jobs created in Texas were created for illegal aliens."
Mitt Romney stated on October 18, 2011 in a Republican presidential debate in Las Vegas: Between 2000 and 2010, the illegal immigrant population of Texas increased by 60 percent, while California and Florida had "no increase."
Joe Pitts stated on October 5, 2011 in a Capitol Hill press conference: The health care law was "a 2,733-page bill! . . . No amendments!"
Chris Abele stated on September 29, 2011 in a speech: The Milwaukee County sheriff’s department "plays only a limited role as a traditional law enforcement agency" and in 2009 reported far fewer crimes to the FBI than the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee police did.
Tom Kean Jr. stated on October 7, 2011 in a news release: Says Democrats raised taxes over 115 times in the past 10 years, "making New Jersey increasingly unaffordable and chasing jobs to neighboring states."
Michele Bachmann stated on October 11, 2011 in the Blooomberg/Washington Post Republican presidential debate.: Says Rick Perry increased spending in Texas by more than 50 percent.
Herman Cain stated on October 4, 2011: "Current projections indicate that Medicare will go bankrupt by 2017, while Social Security will bottom out by 2037."
Mitt Romney stated on October 11, 2011 in a Republicam debate in Hanover, N.H.: When George W. Bush was governor of Texas, "the percentage uninsured went down." Under his successor, Rick Perry, "it's gone up."
Rick Santorum stated on October 11, 2011 in a Republican presidental primary debate: The poverty rate for families in which a husband and a wife work is 5 percent, but in families headed by one person … "it's 30 percent today."
Scott Walker stated on September 26, 2011 in a television interview: Says he never called teachers "thugs" and has said nothing but "great things" about them during the fight over his curbs on unions
George LeMieux stated on October 3, 2011 in a website: Says U.S. Senate candidate Adam Hasner "cited his efforts to weaken pro-life and school choice legislation as unequivocal proof that he’s a moderate."
Michele Bachmann stated on October 11, 2011 in the Bloomberg/Washington Post Republican presidential debate.: Says Rick Perry co-chaired Al Gore’s campaign for president.
Alliance for America's Future stated on October 11, 2011 in a campaign mailing: "We just can’t afford to pay 100 percent of government employee benefits."
Jon Huntsman stated on October 11, 2011 in a Republican presidential debate in Hanover, N.H.: "I created a flat tax in the state of Utah. It took that state to the number-one position in terms of job creation."
