Latest Mostly False 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 April 10, 2008 in a speech in Brooklyn, N.Y.: If the U.S. stops adding to the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, it "will lessen worldwide demand for oil" and reduce prices. Chain email stated on March 13, 2008 in a chain e-mail: Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama want to raise capital gains taxes, which apply to home sales. Focus on the Family Action stated on March 26, 2008 in a Web article: Obama supports "teaching schoolchildren — in 2nd grade, no less — about homosexual relationships." Hillary Clinton stated on March 24, 2008 in an interview with the <i> Philadelphia Daily News </i> editorial board: "My husband didn't wrap up the nomination until June." Hillary Clinton stated on March 17, 2008 in Washington, D.C.: As first lady, Clinton would travel to places that were "too small, too poor or too dangerous" for the president. Chain email stated on March 13, 2008 in a chain e-mail: Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama want to raise taxes on dividends, a move that would crash the stock market. Tennessee Republican Party stated on February 25, 2008 in a news release: "The board of a nonprofit organization on which Obama served as a paid director ... granted funding to a controversial Arab group." Hillary Clinton stated on March 11, 2008 in a campaign rally in Harrisburg, Pa.: Obama voted for "tax subsidies and giveways" that have slowed oil companies from pursuing clean energy sources. Hillary Clinton stated on March 5, 2008 in an interview on CNN's <i>American Morning</i>.: "I negotiated open borders to let fleeing refugees into safety from Kosovo." Chain email stated on January 24, 2008 in a chain e-mail based on an article written by Dick Morris: "Hillary interned with Bob Treuhaft, the head of the California Communist Party." John McCain stated on February 3, 2008 in an interview on "Face the Nation": In the Florida Republican primary, "we got a very large percentage of the, quote, conservative vote." Barack Obama stated on January 30, 2008 in Denver: Hillary Clinton "agrees with (John McCain) in embracing the Bush-Cheney policy of not talking to leaders we don't like." John McCain stated on January 26, 2008 in Fort Myers, Fla.: Mitt Romney wants "to set a date for withdrawal" from Iraq. Mike Huckabee stated on January 30, 2008 in a Republican debate in Simi Valley, Calif.: "Every billion dollars we spend on highway construction results in 47,500 jobs. But the fact is the average American is sitting in traffic 38 hours a year." John McCain stated on January 30, 2008 in a debate in Simi Valley, Calif.: Romney left Massachusetts "with a $245-million debt because of the big government-mandated health care system." Mitt Romney stated on January 28, 2008 in West Palm Beach, Fla.: "Gasoline would rise in price by approximately 50 cents a gallon" if the McCain-Lieberman bill became law. Mike Huckabee stated on January 24, 2008 in a debate in Boca Raton.: Says he was the only Republican candidate at a prior debate who said lower-income workers were being hurt by the economy. Hillary Clinton stated on January 21, 2008 in a debate in Myrtle Beach, S.C.: "I was fighting against those (Republican) ideas when you were practicing law and representing your contributor, Rezko, in his slum landlord business in inner city Chicago." Rudy Giuliani stated on January 5, 2008 in a debate in Manchester, N.H.: "We haven't built a refinery, I think, in 30 years." Mitt Romney stated on January 5, 2008 in a debate in Manchester, N.H.: Barack Obama "wants the government to take over health care, spend hundreds of billions of dollars of new money for health insurance for everyone." Joe Biden stated on December 27, 2007 in a TV ad: Biden was responsible for "ending genocide in Bosnia." Mitt Romney stated on December 6, 2007 in College Station, Texas: "I saw my father march with Martin Luther King." Bill Richardson stated on November 15, 2007 in a debate in Las Vegas: "Sixty-five percent of the Iraqi people now say it's okay to shoot an American soldier." Hillary Clinton stated on December 18, 2007 in a comment to a shopper at a supermarket in Des Moines, Iowa.: "I can't sign money. That's illegal." Hillary Clinton stated on October 10, 2007 in a town hall meeting in Derry, N.H.: "The estate tax, which came into being by Republicans like Teddy Roosevelt and others ... is there for a real simple reason: In America, we've never liked the idea of massive inherited wealth." Rudy Giuliani stated on December 5, 2007 in a TV ad: "Iranian mullahs took American hostages and they held the American hostages for 444 days. ...The one hour in which they released them was the one hour in which Ronald Reagan was taking the Oath of Office …" Rudy Giuliani stated on December 12, 2007 in a debate in Johnston, Iowa: "We reduced abortion. We increased adoptions by 135 percent." Tom Tancredo stated on October 9, 2007 in Detroit: "For every single illegal immigrant family in this country, it costs $20,000 — it costs us $20,000; $20,000 in infrastructural costs. They pay about $10,000 in taxes." Barack Obama stated on November 15, 2007 in Las Vegas, Nev. : "I do provide universal health care." Mike Huckabee stated on November 28, 2007 in a debate in St. Petersburg: Supported in-state tuition in Arkansas for illegal immigrants "if you'd sat in our schools from the time you're 5 or 6 years old and you had become an A-plus student," among other things.
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John McCain stated on April 10, 2008 in a speech in Brooklyn, N.Y.: If the U.S. stops adding to the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, it "will lessen worldwide demand for oil" and reduce prices. Chain email stated on March 13, 2008 in a chain e-mail: Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama want to raise capital gains taxes, which apply to home sales. Focus on the Family Action stated on March 26, 2008 in a Web article: Obama supports "teaching schoolchildren — in 2nd grade, no less — about homosexual relationships." Hillary Clinton stated on March 24, 2008 in an interview with the <i> Philadelphia Daily News </i> editorial board: "My husband didn't wrap up the nomination until June." Hillary Clinton stated on March 17, 2008 in Washington, D.C.: As first lady, Clinton would travel to places that were "too small, too poor or too dangerous" for the president. Chain email stated on March 13, 2008 in a chain e-mail: Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama want to raise taxes on dividends, a move that would crash the stock market. Tennessee Republican Party stated on February 25, 2008 in a news release: "The board of a nonprofit organization on which Obama served as a paid director ... granted funding to a controversial Arab group." Hillary Clinton stated on March 11, 2008 in a campaign rally in Harrisburg, Pa.: Obama voted for "tax subsidies and giveways" that have slowed oil companies from pursuing clean energy sources. Hillary Clinton stated on March 5, 2008 in an interview on CNN's <i>American Morning</i>.: "I negotiated open borders to let fleeing refugees into safety from Kosovo." Chain email stated on January 24, 2008 in a chain e-mail based on an article written by Dick Morris: "Hillary interned with Bob Treuhaft, the head of the California Communist Party." John McCain stated on February 3, 2008 in an interview on "Face the Nation": In the Florida Republican primary, "we got a very large percentage of the, quote, conservative vote." Barack Obama stated on January 30, 2008 in Denver: Hillary Clinton "agrees with (John McCain) in embracing the Bush-Cheney policy of not talking to leaders we don't like." John McCain stated on January 26, 2008 in Fort Myers, Fla.: Mitt Romney wants "to set a date for withdrawal" from Iraq. Mike Huckabee stated on January 30, 2008 in a Republican debate in Simi Valley, Calif.: "Every billion dollars we spend on highway construction results in 47,500 jobs. But the fact is the average American is sitting in traffic 38 hours a year." John McCain stated on January 30, 2008 in a debate in Simi Valley, Calif.: Romney left Massachusetts "with a $245-million debt because of the big government-mandated health care system." Mitt Romney stated on January 28, 2008 in West Palm Beach, Fla.: "Gasoline would rise in price by approximately 50 cents a gallon" if the McCain-Lieberman bill became law. Mike Huckabee stated on January 24, 2008 in a debate in Boca Raton.: Says he was the only Republican candidate at a prior debate who said lower-income workers were being hurt by the economy. Hillary Clinton stated on January 21, 2008 in a debate in Myrtle Beach, S.C.: "I was fighting against those (Republican) ideas when you were practicing law and representing your contributor, Rezko, in his slum landlord business in inner city Chicago." Rudy Giuliani stated on January 5, 2008 in a debate in Manchester, N.H.: "We haven't built a refinery, I think, in 30 years." Mitt Romney stated on January 5, 2008 in a debate in Manchester, N.H.: Barack Obama "wants the government to take over health care, spend hundreds of billions of dollars of new money for health insurance for everyone." Joe Biden stated on December 27, 2007 in a TV ad: Biden was responsible for "ending genocide in Bosnia." Mitt Romney stated on December 6, 2007 in College Station, Texas: "I saw my father march with Martin Luther King." Bill Richardson stated on November 15, 2007 in a debate in Las Vegas: "Sixty-five percent of the Iraqi people now say it's okay to shoot an American soldier." Hillary Clinton stated on December 18, 2007 in a comment to a shopper at a supermarket in Des Moines, Iowa.: "I can't sign money. That's illegal." Hillary Clinton stated on October 10, 2007 in a town hall meeting in Derry, N.H.: "The estate tax, which came into being by Republicans like Teddy Roosevelt and others ... is there for a real simple reason: In America, we've never liked the idea of massive inherited wealth." Rudy Giuliani stated on December 5, 2007 in a TV ad: "Iranian mullahs took American hostages and they held the American hostages for 444 days. ...The one hour in which they released them was the one hour in which Ronald Reagan was taking the Oath of Office …" Rudy Giuliani stated on December 12, 2007 in a debate in Johnston, Iowa: "We reduced abortion. We increased adoptions by 135 percent." Tom Tancredo stated on October 9, 2007 in Detroit: "For every single illegal immigrant family in this country, it costs $20,000 — it costs us $20,000; $20,000 in infrastructural costs. They pay about $10,000 in taxes." Barack Obama stated on November 15, 2007 in Las Vegas, Nev. : "I do provide universal health care." Mike Huckabee stated on November 28, 2007 in a debate in St. Petersburg: Supported in-state tuition in Arkansas for illegal immigrants "if you'd sat in our schools from the time you're 5 or 6 years old and you had become an A-plus student," among other things.
John McCain stated on April 10, 2008 in a speech in Brooklyn, N.Y.: If the U.S. stops adding to the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, it "will lessen worldwide demand for oil" and reduce prices.
Chain email stated on March 13, 2008 in a chain e-mail: Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama want to raise capital gains taxes, which apply to home sales.
Focus on the Family Action stated on March 26, 2008 in a Web article: Obama supports "teaching schoolchildren — in 2nd grade, no less — about homosexual relationships."
Hillary Clinton stated on March 24, 2008 in an interview with the <i> Philadelphia Daily News </i> editorial board: "My husband didn't wrap up the nomination until June."
Hillary Clinton stated on March 17, 2008 in Washington, D.C.: As first lady, Clinton would travel to places that were "too small, too poor or too dangerous" for the president.
Chain email stated on March 13, 2008 in a chain e-mail: Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama want to raise taxes on dividends, a move that would crash the stock market.
Tennessee Republican Party stated on February 25, 2008 in a news release: "The board of a nonprofit organization on which Obama served as a paid director ... granted funding to a controversial Arab group."
Hillary Clinton stated on March 11, 2008 in a campaign rally in Harrisburg, Pa.: Obama voted for "tax subsidies and giveways" that have slowed oil companies from pursuing clean energy sources.
Hillary Clinton stated on March 5, 2008 in an interview on CNN's <i>American Morning</i>.: "I negotiated open borders to let fleeing refugees into safety from Kosovo."
Chain email stated on January 24, 2008 in a chain e-mail based on an article written by Dick Morris: "Hillary interned with Bob Treuhaft, the head of the California Communist Party."
John McCain stated on February 3, 2008 in an interview on "Face the Nation": In the Florida Republican primary, "we got a very large percentage of the, quote, conservative vote."
Barack Obama stated on January 30, 2008 in Denver: Hillary Clinton "agrees with (John McCain) in embracing the Bush-Cheney policy of not talking to leaders we don't like."
John McCain stated on January 26, 2008 in Fort Myers, Fla.: Mitt Romney wants "to set a date for withdrawal" from Iraq.
Mike Huckabee stated on January 30, 2008 in a Republican debate in Simi Valley, Calif.: "Every billion dollars we spend on highway construction results in 47,500 jobs. But the fact is the average American is sitting in traffic 38 hours a year."
John McCain stated on January 30, 2008 in a debate in Simi Valley, Calif.: Romney left Massachusetts "with a $245-million debt because of the big government-mandated health care system."
Mitt Romney stated on January 28, 2008 in West Palm Beach, Fla.: "Gasoline would rise in price by approximately 50 cents a gallon" if the McCain-Lieberman bill became law.
Mike Huckabee stated on January 24, 2008 in a debate in Boca Raton.: Says he was the only Republican candidate at a prior debate who said lower-income workers were being hurt by the economy.
Hillary Clinton stated on January 21, 2008 in a debate in Myrtle Beach, S.C.: "I was fighting against those (Republican) ideas when you were practicing law and representing your contributor, Rezko, in his slum landlord business in inner city Chicago."
Rudy Giuliani stated on January 5, 2008 in a debate in Manchester, N.H.: "We haven't built a refinery, I think, in 30 years."
Mitt Romney stated on January 5, 2008 in a debate in Manchester, N.H.: Barack Obama "wants the government to take over health care, spend hundreds of billions of dollars of new money for health insurance for everyone."
Joe Biden stated on December 27, 2007 in a TV ad: Biden was responsible for "ending genocide in Bosnia."
Mitt Romney stated on December 6, 2007 in College Station, Texas: "I saw my father march with Martin Luther King."
Bill Richardson stated on November 15, 2007 in a debate in Las Vegas: "Sixty-five percent of the Iraqi people now say it's okay to shoot an American soldier."
Hillary Clinton stated on December 18, 2007 in a comment to a shopper at a supermarket in Des Moines, Iowa.: "I can't sign money. That's illegal."
Hillary Clinton stated on October 10, 2007 in a town hall meeting in Derry, N.H.: "The estate tax, which came into being by Republicans like Teddy Roosevelt and others ... is there for a real simple reason: In America, we've never liked the idea of massive inherited wealth."
Rudy Giuliani stated on December 5, 2007 in a TV ad: "Iranian mullahs took American hostages and they held the American hostages for 444 days. ...The one hour in which they released them was the one hour in which Ronald Reagan was taking the Oath of Office …"
Rudy Giuliani stated on December 12, 2007 in a debate in Johnston, Iowa: "We reduced abortion. We increased adoptions by 135 percent."
Tom Tancredo stated on October 9, 2007 in Detroit: "For every single illegal immigrant family in this country, it costs $20,000 — it costs us $20,000; $20,000 in infrastructural costs. They pay about $10,000 in taxes."
Mike Huckabee stated on November 28, 2007 in a debate in St. Petersburg: Supported in-state tuition in Arkansas for illegal immigrants "if you'd sat in our schools from the time you're 5 or 6 years old and you had become an A-plus student," among other things.
