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 John McCain stated on October 15, 2008 in a debate in Hempstead, N.Y.: "He voted twice for a budget resolution that increases the taxes on individuals making $42,000 a year." Barack Obama stated on October 7, 2008 in Nashville, Tenn.: On the economic crisis, "the biggest problem in this whole process was the deregulation of the financial system." Barack Obama stated on October 7, 2008 in a debate in Nashville, Tenn.: "I wrote to Secretary Paulson, I wrote to Federal Reserve Chairman Bernanke [in March 2007], and told them this is something we have to deal with, and nobody did anything about it." John McCain stated on October 7, 2008 in Nashville, Tenn.: "The Democrats in the Senate and some members of Congress defended what Fannie and Freddie were doing. They resisted any change." John McCain stated on October 7, 2008 in Nashville, Tenn.: On the economic troubles of 2008, "really the match that lit this fire was Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac." John McCain stated on October 7, 2008 in a debate in Nashville, Tenn.: Obama "voted for ... $3-million for an overhead projector at a planetarium in Chicago." John McCain stated on October 7, 2008 in a debate in Nashville, Tenn.: "I want to give every American a $5,000 refundable tax credit." Sarah Palin stated on October 2, 2008 in a debate in St. Louis: "As mayor, every year I was in office I did reduce taxes." Republican National Committee stated on September 30, 2008 in a TV ad: "Under Barack Obama's plan, the government would spend $1-trillion more." John McCain stated on September 30, 2008 in an advertisement: "John McCain fought to rein in Fannie and Freddie...but Democrats blocked the reforms." Barack Obama stated on September 26, 2008 in a debate in Oxford, Miss.: "There are so many loopholes ... our businesses pay effectively one of the lowest tax rates in the world." Barack Obama stated on September 30, 2008 in a TV ad: "My plan offers three times as much tax relief to the middle class as Senator McCain's." Barack Obama stated on September 26, 2008 in Oxford, Miss.: John McCain "has threatened extinction for North Korea and sung songs about bombing Iran." Barack Obama stated on September 26, 2008 in Oxford, Miss.: Under Obama's tax plan, "95 percent of you will get a tax cut." Barack Obama stated on September 26, 2008 in the first presidential debate in Oxford, Miss.: Henry Kissinger "said that we should meet with Iran — guess what — without precondition." Bloggers stated on September 12, 2008 in blog postings on many Web sites.: Sarah Palin endorsed a Wasilla policy that charged sexual assault victims for their "rape kits." Barack Obama stated on September 22, 2008 in a TV ad.: John McCain would "reduce oversight of health insurance." Barack Obama stated on September 17, 2008 in Elko, Nev.: McCain economic adviser Phil Gramm is "the architect of some of the deregulation in Washington that helped cause the mess on Wall Street." Joe Biden stated on September 15, 2008 in St. Clair Shores, Mich.: "When George Bush said we shouldn't investigate why the government's response to Hurricane Katrina was so incompetent, John McCain stood with him." Sarah Palin stated on September 6, 2008 in a radio address: "I fought to bring about the largest private-sector infrastructure project in North American history." Chain email stated on August 31, 2008 in a chain e-mail: "While Sarah was Mayor of Wasilla she tried to fire our highly respected City Librarian because the Librarian refused to consider removing from the library some books that Sarah wanted removed." Joe Biden stated on August 27, 2008 in Denver: John McCain's tax plan will give no reduction "for 100-million American families." Barack Obama stated on August 28, 2008 in Denver: "The average American family" saw income rise $7,500 under Bill Clinton and decline $2,000 under George Bush. John McCain stated on September 4, 2008: "Senator Obama thinks we can achieve energy independence without more drilling and without more nuclear power." John McCain stated on September 4, 2008 in St. Paul, Minn.: "I will keep taxes low and cut them where I can. My opponent will raise them." Sarah Palin stated on September 3, 2008 in a speech at the Republican Nationention in St. Paul, Minn.: "I told the Congress 'thanks, but no thanks,' on that Bridge to Nowhere." Sarah Palin stated on September 3, 2008 in a speech in St. Paul, Minn.: Barack Obama supports plans to raise "income taxes ... payroll taxes." Sarah Palin stated on August 29, 2008 in an interview on CNBC: Drilling in ANWR would have minimal impact, covering only "2,000 out of 20-million acres." Joe Biden stated on August 27, 2008 in Denver: (McCain) says "we can't have ... timelines to draw down our troops from Iraq." Mark Warner stated on August 26, 2008 in Denver: The U.S. energy policy is to "borrow money from China to buy oil from countries that don't like us."
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John McCain stated on October 15, 2008 in a debate in Hempstead, N.Y.: "He voted twice for a budget resolution that increases the taxes on individuals making $42,000 a year." Barack Obama stated on October 7, 2008 in Nashville, Tenn.: On the economic crisis, "the biggest problem in this whole process was the deregulation of the financial system." Barack Obama stated on October 7, 2008 in a debate in Nashville, Tenn.: "I wrote to Secretary Paulson, I wrote to Federal Reserve Chairman Bernanke [in March 2007], and told them this is something we have to deal with, and nobody did anything about it." John McCain stated on October 7, 2008 in Nashville, Tenn.: "The Democrats in the Senate and some members of Congress defended what Fannie and Freddie were doing. They resisted any change." John McCain stated on October 7, 2008 in Nashville, Tenn.: On the economic troubles of 2008, "really the match that lit this fire was Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac." John McCain stated on October 7, 2008 in a debate in Nashville, Tenn.: Obama "voted for ... $3-million for an overhead projector at a planetarium in Chicago." John McCain stated on October 7, 2008 in a debate in Nashville, Tenn.: "I want to give every American a $5,000 refundable tax credit." Sarah Palin stated on October 2, 2008 in a debate in St. Louis: "As mayor, every year I was in office I did reduce taxes." Republican National Committee stated on September 30, 2008 in a TV ad: "Under Barack Obama's plan, the government would spend $1-trillion more." John McCain stated on September 30, 2008 in an advertisement: "John McCain fought to rein in Fannie and Freddie...but Democrats blocked the reforms." Barack Obama stated on September 26, 2008 in a debate in Oxford, Miss.: "There are so many loopholes ... our businesses pay effectively one of the lowest tax rates in the world." Barack Obama stated on September 30, 2008 in a TV ad: "My plan offers three times as much tax relief to the middle class as Senator McCain's." Barack Obama stated on September 26, 2008 in Oxford, Miss.: John McCain "has threatened extinction for North Korea and sung songs about bombing Iran." Barack Obama stated on September 26, 2008 in Oxford, Miss.: Under Obama's tax plan, "95 percent of you will get a tax cut." Barack Obama stated on September 26, 2008 in the first presidential debate in Oxford, Miss.: Henry Kissinger "said that we should meet with Iran — guess what — without precondition." Bloggers stated on September 12, 2008 in blog postings on many Web sites.: Sarah Palin endorsed a Wasilla policy that charged sexual assault victims for their "rape kits." Barack Obama stated on September 22, 2008 in a TV ad.: John McCain would "reduce oversight of health insurance." Barack Obama stated on September 17, 2008 in Elko, Nev.: McCain economic adviser Phil Gramm is "the architect of some of the deregulation in Washington that helped cause the mess on Wall Street." Joe Biden stated on September 15, 2008 in St. Clair Shores, Mich.: "When George Bush said we shouldn't investigate why the government's response to Hurricane Katrina was so incompetent, John McCain stood with him." Sarah Palin stated on September 6, 2008 in a radio address: "I fought to bring about the largest private-sector infrastructure project in North American history." Chain email stated on August 31, 2008 in a chain e-mail: "While Sarah was Mayor of Wasilla she tried to fire our highly respected City Librarian because the Librarian refused to consider removing from the library some books that Sarah wanted removed." Joe Biden stated on August 27, 2008 in Denver: John McCain's tax plan will give no reduction "for 100-million American families." Barack Obama stated on August 28, 2008 in Denver: "The average American family" saw income rise $7,500 under Bill Clinton and decline $2,000 under George Bush. John McCain stated on September 4, 2008: "Senator Obama thinks we can achieve energy independence without more drilling and without more nuclear power." John McCain stated on September 4, 2008 in St. Paul, Minn.: "I will keep taxes low and cut them where I can. My opponent will raise them." Sarah Palin stated on September 3, 2008 in a speech at the Republican Nationention in St. Paul, Minn.: "I told the Congress 'thanks, but no thanks,' on that Bridge to Nowhere." Sarah Palin stated on September 3, 2008 in a speech in St. Paul, Minn.: Barack Obama supports plans to raise "income taxes ... payroll taxes." Sarah Palin stated on August 29, 2008 in an interview on CNBC: Drilling in ANWR would have minimal impact, covering only "2,000 out of 20-million acres." Joe Biden stated on August 27, 2008 in Denver: (McCain) says "we can't have ... timelines to draw down our troops from Iraq." Mark Warner stated on August 26, 2008 in Denver: The U.S. energy policy is to "borrow money from China to buy oil from countries that don't like us."
John McCain stated on October 15, 2008 in a debate in Hempstead, N.Y.: "He voted twice for a budget resolution that increases the taxes on individuals making $42,000 a year."
Barack Obama stated on October 7, 2008 in Nashville, Tenn.: On the economic crisis, "the biggest problem in this whole process was the deregulation of the financial system."
Barack Obama stated on October 7, 2008 in a debate in Nashville, Tenn.: "I wrote to Secretary Paulson, I wrote to Federal Reserve Chairman Bernanke [in March 2007], and told them this is something we have to deal with, and nobody did anything about it."
John McCain stated on October 7, 2008 in Nashville, Tenn.: "The Democrats in the Senate and some members of Congress defended what Fannie and Freddie were doing. They resisted any change."
John McCain stated on October 7, 2008 in Nashville, Tenn.: On the economic troubles of 2008, "really the match that lit this fire was Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac."
John McCain stated on October 7, 2008 in a debate in Nashville, Tenn.: Obama "voted for ... $3-million for an overhead projector at a planetarium in Chicago."
John McCain stated on October 7, 2008 in a debate in Nashville, Tenn.: "I want to give every American a $5,000 refundable tax credit."
Sarah Palin stated on October 2, 2008 in a debate in St. Louis: "As mayor, every year I was in office I did reduce taxes."
Republican National Committee stated on September 30, 2008 in a TV ad: "Under Barack Obama's plan, the government would spend $1-trillion more."
John McCain stated on September 30, 2008 in an advertisement: "John McCain fought to rein in Fannie and Freddie...but Democrats blocked the reforms."
Barack Obama stated on September 26, 2008 in a debate in Oxford, Miss.: "There are so many loopholes ... our businesses pay effectively one of the lowest tax rates in the world."
Barack Obama stated on September 30, 2008 in a TV ad: "My plan offers three times as much tax relief to the middle class as Senator McCain's."
Barack Obama stated on September 26, 2008 in Oxford, Miss.: John McCain "has threatened extinction for North Korea and sung songs about bombing Iran."
Barack Obama stated on September 26, 2008 in Oxford, Miss.: Under Obama's tax plan, "95 percent of you will get a tax cut."
Barack Obama stated on September 26, 2008 in the first presidential debate in Oxford, Miss.: Henry Kissinger "said that we should meet with Iran — guess what — without precondition."
Bloggers stated on September 12, 2008 in blog postings on many Web sites.: Sarah Palin endorsed a Wasilla policy that charged sexual assault victims for their "rape kits."
Barack Obama stated on September 22, 2008 in a TV ad.: John McCain would "reduce oversight of health insurance."
Barack Obama stated on September 17, 2008 in Elko, Nev.: McCain economic adviser Phil Gramm is "the architect of some of the deregulation in Washington that helped cause the mess on Wall Street."
Joe Biden stated on September 15, 2008 in St. Clair Shores, Mich.: "When George Bush said we shouldn't investigate why the government's response to Hurricane Katrina was so incompetent, John McCain stood with him."
Sarah Palin stated on September 6, 2008 in a radio address: "I fought to bring about the largest private-sector infrastructure project in North American history."
Chain email stated on August 31, 2008 in a chain e-mail: "While Sarah was Mayor of Wasilla she tried to fire our highly respected City Librarian because the Librarian refused to consider removing from the library some books that Sarah wanted removed."
Joe Biden stated on August 27, 2008 in Denver: John McCain's tax plan will give no reduction "for 100-million American families."
Barack Obama stated on August 28, 2008 in Denver: "The average American family" saw income rise $7,500 under Bill Clinton and decline $2,000 under George Bush.
John McCain stated on September 4, 2008: "Senator Obama thinks we can achieve energy independence without more drilling and without more nuclear power."
John McCain stated on September 4, 2008 in St. Paul, Minn.: "I will keep taxes low and cut them where I can. My opponent will raise them."
Sarah Palin stated on September 3, 2008 in a speech at the Republican Nationention in St. Paul, Minn.: "I told the Congress 'thanks, but no thanks,' on that Bridge to Nowhere."
Sarah Palin stated on September 3, 2008 in a speech in St. Paul, Minn.: Barack Obama supports plans to raise "income taxes ... payroll taxes."
Sarah Palin stated on August 29, 2008 in an interview on CNBC: Drilling in ANWR would have minimal impact, covering only "2,000 out of 20-million acres."
Joe Biden stated on August 27, 2008 in Denver: (McCain) says "we can't have ... timelines to draw down our troops from Iraq."
Mark Warner stated on August 26, 2008 in Denver: The U.S. energy policy is to "borrow money from China to buy oil from countries that don't like us."
