Latest Fact-checks on Rand Paul Rand Paul stated on January 25, 2015 in a forum at the Freedom Partners 2015 California retreat: "When you look at the earned income tax credit, it has about a 25 percent fraud rate. We're looking at $20 billion to $30 billion." Rand Paul stated on January 14, 2015 in a speech in New Hampshire: "Over half the people on disability are either anxious or their back hurts." Rand Paul stated on October 16, 2014 in an interview with a New Hampshire radio station: Ebola is "incredibly contagious," "very transmissible" and "easy to catch." Rand Paul stated on October 15, 2014 in a speech.: "$2.4 million of the NIH dollars was spent on ‘origami’ condoms." Rand Paul stated on September 11, 2014 in an interview with NPR: "Income inequality is worse in towns run by Democrat mayors than in towns run by Republican mayors." Rand Paul stated on September 4, 2014 in an op-ed for Time magazine: In Tripoli, "jihadists today swim in our embassy pool." Rand Paul stated on August 14, 2014 in an opinion column: "Washington has incentivized the militarization of local police precincts." Rand Paul stated on August 4, 2014 in comments to reporters: "I haven’t really proposed (phasing out aid to Israel) in the past." Rand Paul stated on August 5, 2014 in a speech in Iowa: "It cost us more to shut the government down than to keep it open." Rand Paul stated on May 2, 2014 in a newsletter: "For every Kentuckian that has enrolled in Obamacare, 40 have been dropped from their coverage." Rand Paul stated on April 23, 2014 in a news conference: 40 percent of illegal immigrants "had a visa and then became illegal," mostly because "they changed jobs." Rand Paul stated on March 9, 2014 in a 'Fox News Sunday' interview: "The president won the youth vote 3 to 1, but his numbers have dropped 20, 30 percent among the youth." Rand Paul stated on January 28, 2014 in a response to the State of the Union address: Says President Barack Obama "spent nearly a trillion dollars on make-work government jobs." Rand Paul stated on January 26, 2014 in an interview with CNN: "Over half of the young people" in medical, dental and law schools are women. Rand Paul stated on January 5, 2014 in an interview on ABC's "This Week with George Stephanopoulos": "There are many studies that indicate" that the longer people get unemployment insurance, "it provides some disincentive to work." Rand Paul stated on October 2, 2013 in an interview on CNN: "Eighty-five percent of government's running right now. Only 15 percent of government spending is shut down." Rand Paul stated on September 9, 2013 in an interview on CNN's 'Crossfire': "We've seen priests beheaded by the Islamic rebels on the other side. We've also seen an Islamic rebel eating the heart of a soldier." Rand Paul stated on August 12, 2013 in an interview on Comedy Central's "The Daily Show": Many uninsured Americans are "young." Rand Paul stated on August 12, 2013 in an interview on Comedy Central's "The Daily Show": "Why didn't (uninsured Americans) buy insurance? Because of the expense." Rand Paul stated on August 12, 2013 in an interview on Comedy Central's "The Daily Show": Of the roughly 15 percent of Americans who don’t have health insurance, "half of them made more than $50,000 a year." Rand Paul stated on July 8, 2013 in a Fox News interview: "There was a Gallup poll in Egypt last year, and 70 percent of Egyptians don't want our money." Rand Paul stated on May 19, 2013 in an appearance on CNN’s ‘State of the Union’: Says Hillary Clinton "was asked repeatedly to provide security in Benghazi on several occasions, including direct cables." Rand Paul stated on March 14, 2013 in a speech at the CPAC conference: Says the federal government is supporting a study in Hawaii to "develop a menu for when we colonize Mars." Rand Paul stated on March 6, 2013 in a Senate filibuster: "When (John) Brennan ... was asked directly … ‘Is there any geographic limitation to your drone strike program?’ Brennan responded and said, ‘no, there is no limitation.’" Rand Paul stated on March 6, 2013 in a tweet: "The president is advocating a drone strike program in America." Rand Paul stated on March 6, 2013 in a Senate filibuster speech: "When the president's spokesman was asked about (Anwar) al-Awlaki's son, … he said he should have chosen a more responsible father." Rand Paul stated on February 24, 2011 in an appearance on a TV interview program: "The average (public school) teacher in Wisconsin’s making $89,000 a year" in salary and benefits. Rand Paul stated on February 14, 2011 in an interview on Fox Business News: The federal government "can cut all of the non-military discretionary spending and not balance the budget." Rand Paul stated on February 4, 2011 in an interview with ABC News: Israel's per capita income "is greater than probably three-fourths of the rest of the world." Rand Paul stated on January 27, 2011 in a Senate Tea Party Caucus meeting: Says President Barack Obama revealed in his State of the Union address that he "now is against earmarks."
Rand Paul stated on January 25, 2015 in a forum at the Freedom Partners 2015 California retreat: "When you look at the earned income tax credit, it has about a 25 percent fraud rate. We're looking at $20 billion to $30 billion." Rand Paul stated on January 14, 2015 in a speech in New Hampshire: "Over half the people on disability are either anxious or their back hurts." Rand Paul stated on October 16, 2014 in an interview with a New Hampshire radio station: Ebola is "incredibly contagious," "very transmissible" and "easy to catch." Rand Paul stated on October 15, 2014 in a speech.: "$2.4 million of the NIH dollars was spent on ‘origami’ condoms." Rand Paul stated on September 11, 2014 in an interview with NPR: "Income inequality is worse in towns run by Democrat mayors than in towns run by Republican mayors." Rand Paul stated on September 4, 2014 in an op-ed for Time magazine: In Tripoli, "jihadists today swim in our embassy pool." Rand Paul stated on August 14, 2014 in an opinion column: "Washington has incentivized the militarization of local police precincts." Rand Paul stated on August 4, 2014 in comments to reporters: "I haven’t really proposed (phasing out aid to Israel) in the past." Rand Paul stated on August 5, 2014 in a speech in Iowa: "It cost us more to shut the government down than to keep it open." Rand Paul stated on May 2, 2014 in a newsletter: "For every Kentuckian that has enrolled in Obamacare, 40 have been dropped from their coverage." Rand Paul stated on April 23, 2014 in a news conference: 40 percent of illegal immigrants "had a visa and then became illegal," mostly because "they changed jobs." Rand Paul stated on March 9, 2014 in a 'Fox News Sunday' interview: "The president won the youth vote 3 to 1, but his numbers have dropped 20, 30 percent among the youth." Rand Paul stated on January 28, 2014 in a response to the State of the Union address: Says President Barack Obama "spent nearly a trillion dollars on make-work government jobs." Rand Paul stated on January 26, 2014 in an interview with CNN: "Over half of the young people" in medical, dental and law schools are women. Rand Paul stated on January 5, 2014 in an interview on ABC's "This Week with George Stephanopoulos": "There are many studies that indicate" that the longer people get unemployment insurance, "it provides some disincentive to work." Rand Paul stated on October 2, 2013 in an interview on CNN: "Eighty-five percent of government's running right now. Only 15 percent of government spending is shut down." Rand Paul stated on September 9, 2013 in an interview on CNN's 'Crossfire': "We've seen priests beheaded by the Islamic rebels on the other side. We've also seen an Islamic rebel eating the heart of a soldier." Rand Paul stated on August 12, 2013 in an interview on Comedy Central's "The Daily Show": Many uninsured Americans are "young." Rand Paul stated on August 12, 2013 in an interview on Comedy Central's "The Daily Show": "Why didn't (uninsured Americans) buy insurance? Because of the expense." Rand Paul stated on August 12, 2013 in an interview on Comedy Central's "The Daily Show": Of the roughly 15 percent of Americans who don’t have health insurance, "half of them made more than $50,000 a year." Rand Paul stated on July 8, 2013 in a Fox News interview: "There was a Gallup poll in Egypt last year, and 70 percent of Egyptians don't want our money." Rand Paul stated on May 19, 2013 in an appearance on CNN’s ‘State of the Union’: Says Hillary Clinton "was asked repeatedly to provide security in Benghazi on several occasions, including direct cables." Rand Paul stated on March 14, 2013 in a speech at the CPAC conference: Says the federal government is supporting a study in Hawaii to "develop a menu for when we colonize Mars." Rand Paul stated on March 6, 2013 in a Senate filibuster: "When (John) Brennan ... was asked directly … ‘Is there any geographic limitation to your drone strike program?’ Brennan responded and said, ‘no, there is no limitation.’" Rand Paul stated on March 6, 2013 in a tweet: "The president is advocating a drone strike program in America." Rand Paul stated on March 6, 2013 in a Senate filibuster speech: "When the president's spokesman was asked about (Anwar) al-Awlaki's son, … he said he should have chosen a more responsible father." Rand Paul stated on February 24, 2011 in an appearance on a TV interview program: "The average (public school) teacher in Wisconsin’s making $89,000 a year" in salary and benefits. Rand Paul stated on February 14, 2011 in an interview on Fox Business News: The federal government "can cut all of the non-military discretionary spending and not balance the budget." Rand Paul stated on February 4, 2011 in an interview with ABC News: Israel's per capita income "is greater than probably three-fourths of the rest of the world." Rand Paul stated on January 27, 2011 in a Senate Tea Party Caucus meeting: Says President Barack Obama revealed in his State of the Union address that he "now is against earmarks."
Rand Paul stated on January 25, 2015 in a forum at the Freedom Partners 2015 California retreat: "When you look at the earned income tax credit, it has about a 25 percent fraud rate. We're looking at $20 billion to $30 billion."
Rand Paul stated on January 14, 2015 in a speech in New Hampshire: "Over half the people on disability are either anxious or their back hurts."
Rand Paul stated on October 16, 2014 in an interview with a New Hampshire radio station: Ebola is "incredibly contagious," "very transmissible" and "easy to catch."
Rand Paul stated on October 15, 2014 in a speech.: "$2.4 million of the NIH dollars was spent on ‘origami’ condoms."
Rand Paul stated on September 11, 2014 in an interview with NPR: "Income inequality is worse in towns run by Democrat mayors than in towns run by Republican mayors."
Rand Paul stated on September 4, 2014 in an op-ed for Time magazine: In Tripoli, "jihadists today swim in our embassy pool."
Rand Paul stated on August 14, 2014 in an opinion column: "Washington has incentivized the militarization of local police precincts."
Rand Paul stated on August 4, 2014 in comments to reporters: "I haven’t really proposed (phasing out aid to Israel) in the past."
Rand Paul stated on August 5, 2014 in a speech in Iowa: "It cost us more to shut the government down than to keep it open."
Rand Paul stated on May 2, 2014 in a newsletter: "For every Kentuckian that has enrolled in Obamacare, 40 have been dropped from their coverage."
Rand Paul stated on April 23, 2014 in a news conference: 40 percent of illegal immigrants "had a visa and then became illegal," mostly because "they changed jobs."
Rand Paul stated on March 9, 2014 in a 'Fox News Sunday' interview: "The president won the youth vote 3 to 1, but his numbers have dropped 20, 30 percent among the youth."
Rand Paul stated on January 28, 2014 in a response to the State of the Union address: Says President Barack Obama "spent nearly a trillion dollars on make-work government jobs."
Rand Paul stated on January 26, 2014 in an interview with CNN: "Over half of the young people" in medical, dental and law schools are women.
Rand Paul stated on January 5, 2014 in an interview on ABC's "This Week with George Stephanopoulos": "There are many studies that indicate" that the longer people get unemployment insurance, "it provides some disincentive to work."
Rand Paul stated on October 2, 2013 in an interview on CNN: "Eighty-five percent of government's running right now. Only 15 percent of government spending is shut down."
Rand Paul stated on September 9, 2013 in an interview on CNN's 'Crossfire': "We've seen priests beheaded by the Islamic rebels on the other side. We've also seen an Islamic rebel eating the heart of a soldier."
Rand Paul stated on August 12, 2013 in an interview on Comedy Central's "The Daily Show": Many uninsured Americans are "young."
Rand Paul stated on August 12, 2013 in an interview on Comedy Central's "The Daily Show": "Why didn't (uninsured Americans) buy insurance? Because of the expense."
Rand Paul stated on August 12, 2013 in an interview on Comedy Central's "The Daily Show": Of the roughly 15 percent of Americans who don’t have health insurance, "half of them made more than $50,000 a year."
Rand Paul stated on July 8, 2013 in a Fox News interview: "There was a Gallup poll in Egypt last year, and 70 percent of Egyptians don't want our money."
Rand Paul stated on May 19, 2013 in an appearance on CNN’s ‘State of the Union’: Says Hillary Clinton "was asked repeatedly to provide security in Benghazi on several occasions, including direct cables."
Rand Paul stated on March 14, 2013 in a speech at the CPAC conference: Says the federal government is supporting a study in Hawaii to "develop a menu for when we colonize Mars."
Rand Paul stated on March 6, 2013 in a Senate filibuster: "When (John) Brennan ... was asked directly … ‘Is there any geographic limitation to your drone strike program?’ Brennan responded and said, ‘no, there is no limitation.’"
Rand Paul stated on March 6, 2013 in a tweet: "The president is advocating a drone strike program in America."
Rand Paul stated on March 6, 2013 in a Senate filibuster speech: "When the president's spokesman was asked about (Anwar) al-Awlaki's son, … he said he should have chosen a more responsible father."
Rand Paul stated on February 24, 2011 in an appearance on a TV interview program: "The average (public school) teacher in Wisconsin’s making $89,000 a year" in salary and benefits.
Rand Paul stated on February 14, 2011 in an interview on Fox Business News: The federal government "can cut all of the non-military discretionary spending and not balance the budget."
Rand Paul stated on February 4, 2011 in an interview with ABC News: Israel's per capita income "is greater than probably three-fourths of the rest of the world."
Rand Paul stated on January 27, 2011 in a Senate Tea Party Caucus meeting: Says President Barack Obama revealed in his State of the Union address that he "now is against earmarks."
