Latest Mostly 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 Elton John stated on October 13, 2015 in CNN: HIV/AIDS is "dramatically on the rise in the U.S. South." American Petroleum Institute stated on August 27, 2015 in a blog post: "The oil and natural gas industry provides or supports 141,600 jobs in Georgia." Jim Webb stated on October 13, 2015 in a Democratic presidential debate in Las Vegas: "Fifteen out of the 20 most polluted cities in the world" are in India and China. Lincoln Chafee stated on October 13, 2015 in presidential debate: "I am very proud that over my almost 30 years of public service I have had no scandals." Bernie Sanders stated on October 14, 2015 in the CNN Democratic presidential debate in Las Vegas: "Every other major country" has family paid leave. Bernie Sanders stated on October 13, 2015 in the first Democratic debate: "Today in America, we have more people in jail than any other country on Earth." Hillary Clinton stated on October 5, 2015 in on NBC's Today Show: "There have been seven investigations (of Benghazi) led mostly by Republicans in the Congress" that concluded "nobody did anything wrong, but there were changes we could make." Bee Moorhead stated on September 29, 2015 in an oped article in the Austin American-Statesman: Texas has "outstripped the national poverty rate" since "at least 1959." Debbie Wasserman Schultz stated on October 11, 2015 in comments on "State of the Union": "When we had a conservative Republican president we were losing 750,000 jobs a month." League of Conservation Voters stated on September 1, 2015 in a television ad: Says U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson "led the fight to let polluters release unlimited amounts of carbon pollution and took nearly $225,000 from polluters." Hillary Clinton stated on October 5, 2015 in her gun policy platform.: "While 38 percent of (firearms) dealers that were inspected in 2011 were noncompliant with federal law, only 0.05 percent of inspected dealers had their licenses revoked." Sean Duffy stated on September 18, 2015 in a speech: "Millions of dollars are spent by Planned Parenthood to elect Democrats to the House of Representatives and the Senate." Scott Walker stated on September 25, 2015 in comments to reporters: A state agency wanted to fire an employee who spent four hours per day watching pornography, but the state "employment commission reinstated the person." Barack Obama stated on October 2, 2015 in a press conference: Today, the deficit is "below the average deficits over the past 40 years." Barack Obama stated on October 1, 2015 in remarks following a school shooting in Oregon: "States with the most gun laws tend to have the fewest gun deaths." Nicholas Kristof stated on October 3, 2015 in a New York Times op-ed: "More preschoolers are shot dead each year than police officers are in the line of duty." Carly Fiorina stated on September 30, 2015 in an interview on Fox News' "Hannity": Planned Parenthood "is an organization that funnels millions of dollars in political contributions to pro-abortion candidates." Viral image stated on October 1, 2015 in a Facebook post: Number of Americans killed by terrorism in the last decade: 24. Number of Americans killed by guns in the last decade: 280,024. Michael McCaul stated on September 12, 2015 in the Republican weekly radio/TV address: Iran’s "regime is responsible for more than 1,000 American casualties during the Iraq war" and "has plotted a terrorist attack here in our nation's capital." ESPN stated on September 27, 2015 in in an article: Alabama’s Crimson Tide will be the underdog in Saturday’s game against the Georgia Bulldogs, the first time in 72 consecutive games that Alabama has not been favored by oddsmakers to win. Bernie Sanders stated on September 28, 2015 in comments on Twitter.: "Unlike virtually every other campaign, we don't have a super PAC." Tom Barrett stated on September 22, 2015 in a speech: Every general City of Milwaukee employee "pays toward his or her pension, but approximately 88 percent of our police officers and firefighters do not." Ruth's List Florida stated on September 22, 2015 in an email to voters: "Twenty-six men named William have been elected to statewide office and only seven women have had the honor." Jennifer Shilling stated on September 16, 2015 in a tweet: A "voucher school that closed after 9 days this year collected $5.4 million in taxpayer subsidies since first opening." Stephen Colbert stated on September 21, 2015 in an interview with Ted Cruz: Says Ronald Reagan "reversed his world’s ‘largest tax cut’ and raised taxes when revenues did not match the expectations." Don Zimmerman stated on September 1, 2015 in an Austin City Council meeting: Salaries of Austin residents who don't work for city government "have not been going up 3 percent a year for the last several years." Jay Nixon stated on August 12, 2015 in a post on Twitter: Missouri is "#1 in the nation for holding down tuition increases at public universities." Martin O'Malley stated on September 10, 2015 in interview with Democracy Now!: Says "the cascading effects" of climate change contributed to the rise of ISIS. Matthew Dowd stated on September 20, 2015 in a panel discussion on ABC News' "This Week with George Stephanopoulos": Says Pope Francis "took the name of a saint who basically reached out to Muslims." Hillary Clinton stated on September 19, 2015 in remarks at the 2015 New Hampshire Democratic Party State Convention: "Under Republicans, recessions happen four times as frequently as under Democrats."
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Elton John stated on October 13, 2015 in CNN: HIV/AIDS is "dramatically on the rise in the U.S. South." American Petroleum Institute stated on August 27, 2015 in a blog post: "The oil and natural gas industry provides or supports 141,600 jobs in Georgia." Jim Webb stated on October 13, 2015 in a Democratic presidential debate in Las Vegas: "Fifteen out of the 20 most polluted cities in the world" are in India and China. Lincoln Chafee stated on October 13, 2015 in presidential debate: "I am very proud that over my almost 30 years of public service I have had no scandals." Bernie Sanders stated on October 14, 2015 in the CNN Democratic presidential debate in Las Vegas: "Every other major country" has family paid leave. Bernie Sanders stated on October 13, 2015 in the first Democratic debate: "Today in America, we have more people in jail than any other country on Earth." Hillary Clinton stated on October 5, 2015 in on NBC's Today Show: "There have been seven investigations (of Benghazi) led mostly by Republicans in the Congress" that concluded "nobody did anything wrong, but there were changes we could make." Bee Moorhead stated on September 29, 2015 in an oped article in the Austin American-Statesman: Texas has "outstripped the national poverty rate" since "at least 1959." Debbie Wasserman Schultz stated on October 11, 2015 in comments on "State of the Union": "When we had a conservative Republican president we were losing 750,000 jobs a month." League of Conservation Voters stated on September 1, 2015 in a television ad: Says U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson "led the fight to let polluters release unlimited amounts of carbon pollution and took nearly $225,000 from polluters." Hillary Clinton stated on October 5, 2015 in her gun policy platform.: "While 38 percent of (firearms) dealers that were inspected in 2011 were noncompliant with federal law, only 0.05 percent of inspected dealers had their licenses revoked." Sean Duffy stated on September 18, 2015 in a speech: "Millions of dollars are spent by Planned Parenthood to elect Democrats to the House of Representatives and the Senate." Scott Walker stated on September 25, 2015 in comments to reporters: A state agency wanted to fire an employee who spent four hours per day watching pornography, but the state "employment commission reinstated the person." Barack Obama stated on October 2, 2015 in a press conference: Today, the deficit is "below the average deficits over the past 40 years." Barack Obama stated on October 1, 2015 in remarks following a school shooting in Oregon: "States with the most gun laws tend to have the fewest gun deaths." Nicholas Kristof stated on October 3, 2015 in a New York Times op-ed: "More preschoolers are shot dead each year than police officers are in the line of duty." Carly Fiorina stated on September 30, 2015 in an interview on Fox News' "Hannity": Planned Parenthood "is an organization that funnels millions of dollars in political contributions to pro-abortion candidates." Viral image stated on October 1, 2015 in a Facebook post: Number of Americans killed by terrorism in the last decade: 24. Number of Americans killed by guns in the last decade: 280,024. Michael McCaul stated on September 12, 2015 in the Republican weekly radio/TV address: Iran’s "regime is responsible for more than 1,000 American casualties during the Iraq war" and "has plotted a terrorist attack here in our nation's capital." ESPN stated on September 27, 2015 in in an article: Alabama’s Crimson Tide will be the underdog in Saturday’s game against the Georgia Bulldogs, the first time in 72 consecutive games that Alabama has not been favored by oddsmakers to win. Bernie Sanders stated on September 28, 2015 in comments on Twitter.: "Unlike virtually every other campaign, we don't have a super PAC." Tom Barrett stated on September 22, 2015 in a speech: Every general City of Milwaukee employee "pays toward his or her pension, but approximately 88 percent of our police officers and firefighters do not." Ruth's List Florida stated on September 22, 2015 in an email to voters: "Twenty-six men named William have been elected to statewide office and only seven women have had the honor." Jennifer Shilling stated on September 16, 2015 in a tweet: A "voucher school that closed after 9 days this year collected $5.4 million in taxpayer subsidies since first opening." Stephen Colbert stated on September 21, 2015 in an interview with Ted Cruz: Says Ronald Reagan "reversed his world’s ‘largest tax cut’ and raised taxes when revenues did not match the expectations." Don Zimmerman stated on September 1, 2015 in an Austin City Council meeting: Salaries of Austin residents who don't work for city government "have not been going up 3 percent a year for the last several years." Jay Nixon stated on August 12, 2015 in a post on Twitter: Missouri is "#1 in the nation for holding down tuition increases at public universities." Martin O'Malley stated on September 10, 2015 in interview with Democracy Now!: Says "the cascading effects" of climate change contributed to the rise of ISIS. Matthew Dowd stated on September 20, 2015 in a panel discussion on ABC News' "This Week with George Stephanopoulos": Says Pope Francis "took the name of a saint who basically reached out to Muslims." Hillary Clinton stated on September 19, 2015 in remarks at the 2015 New Hampshire Democratic Party State Convention: "Under Republicans, recessions happen four times as frequently as under Democrats."
Elton John stated on October 13, 2015 in CNN: HIV/AIDS is "dramatically on the rise in the U.S. South."
American Petroleum Institute stated on August 27, 2015 in a blog post: "The oil and natural gas industry provides or supports 141,600 jobs in Georgia."
Jim Webb stated on October 13, 2015 in a Democratic presidential debate in Las Vegas: "Fifteen out of the 20 most polluted cities in the world" are in India and China.
Lincoln Chafee stated on October 13, 2015 in presidential debate: "I am very proud that over my almost 30 years of public service I have had no scandals."
Bernie Sanders stated on October 14, 2015 in the CNN Democratic presidential debate in Las Vegas: "Every other major country" has family paid leave.
Bernie Sanders stated on October 13, 2015 in the first Democratic debate: "Today in America, we have more people in jail than any other country on Earth."
Hillary Clinton stated on October 5, 2015 in on NBC's Today Show: "There have been seven investigations (of Benghazi) led mostly by Republicans in the Congress" that concluded "nobody did anything wrong, but there were changes we could make."
Bee Moorhead stated on September 29, 2015 in an oped article in the Austin American-Statesman: Texas has "outstripped the national poverty rate" since "at least 1959."
Debbie Wasserman Schultz stated on October 11, 2015 in comments on "State of the Union": "When we had a conservative Republican president we were losing 750,000 jobs a month."
League of Conservation Voters stated on September 1, 2015 in a television ad: Says U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson "led the fight to let polluters release unlimited amounts of carbon pollution and took nearly $225,000 from polluters."
Hillary Clinton stated on October 5, 2015 in her gun policy platform.: "While 38 percent of (firearms) dealers that were inspected in 2011 were noncompliant with federal law, only 0.05 percent of inspected dealers had their licenses revoked."
Sean Duffy stated on September 18, 2015 in a speech: "Millions of dollars are spent by Planned Parenthood to elect Democrats to the House of Representatives and the Senate."
Scott Walker stated on September 25, 2015 in comments to reporters: A state agency wanted to fire an employee who spent four hours per day watching pornography, but the state "employment commission reinstated the person."
Barack Obama stated on October 2, 2015 in a press conference: Today, the deficit is "below the average deficits over the past 40 years."
Barack Obama stated on October 1, 2015 in remarks following a school shooting in Oregon: "States with the most gun laws tend to have the fewest gun deaths."
Nicholas Kristof stated on October 3, 2015 in a New York Times op-ed: "More preschoolers are shot dead each year than police officers are in the line of duty."
Carly Fiorina stated on September 30, 2015 in an interview on Fox News' "Hannity": Planned Parenthood "is an organization that funnels millions of dollars in political contributions to pro-abortion candidates."
Viral image stated on October 1, 2015 in a Facebook post: Number of Americans killed by terrorism in the last decade: 24. Number of Americans killed by guns in the last decade: 280,024.
Michael McCaul stated on September 12, 2015 in the Republican weekly radio/TV address: Iran’s "regime is responsible for more than 1,000 American casualties during the Iraq war" and "has plotted a terrorist attack here in our nation's capital."
ESPN stated on September 27, 2015 in in an article: Alabama’s Crimson Tide will be the underdog in Saturday’s game against the Georgia Bulldogs, the first time in 72 consecutive games that Alabama has not been favored by oddsmakers to win.
Bernie Sanders stated on September 28, 2015 in comments on Twitter.: "Unlike virtually every other campaign, we don't have a super PAC."
Tom Barrett stated on September 22, 2015 in a speech: Every general City of Milwaukee employee "pays toward his or her pension, but approximately 88 percent of our police officers and firefighters do not."
Ruth's List Florida stated on September 22, 2015 in an email to voters: "Twenty-six men named William have been elected to statewide office and only seven women have had the honor."
Jennifer Shilling stated on September 16, 2015 in a tweet: A "voucher school that closed after 9 days this year collected $5.4 million in taxpayer subsidies since first opening."
Stephen Colbert stated on September 21, 2015 in an interview with Ted Cruz: Says Ronald Reagan "reversed his world’s ‘largest tax cut’ and raised taxes when revenues did not match the expectations."
Don Zimmerman stated on September 1, 2015 in an Austin City Council meeting: Salaries of Austin residents who don't work for city government "have not been going up 3 percent a year for the last several years."
Jay Nixon stated on August 12, 2015 in a post on Twitter: Missouri is "#1 in the nation for holding down tuition increases at public universities."
Martin O'Malley stated on September 10, 2015 in interview with Democracy Now!: Says "the cascading effects" of climate change contributed to the rise of ISIS.
Matthew Dowd stated on September 20, 2015 in a panel discussion on ABC News' "This Week with George Stephanopoulos": Says Pope Francis "took the name of a saint who basically reached out to Muslims."
Hillary Clinton stated on September 19, 2015 in remarks at the 2015 New Hampshire Democratic Party State Convention: "Under Republicans, recessions happen four times as frequently as under Democrats."
