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 Bruce Elfant stated on August 5, 2015 in an interview with Dick Ellis, KOKE FM, Austin: "The United States is about 100th in voter turnout among the industrialized nations, and Texas is near the bottom in terms of voter registration and voter turnout." Scott Walker stated on August 6, 2015 in a debate: "The rate in which people are working (in Wisconsin) is almost five points higher than it is nationally." Marco Rubio stated on August 18, 2015 in a speech at the Iowa State Fair: "We have an Army that just cut 40,000 spots." Matt Wuerker stated on August 4, 2015 in a political cartoon on Politico: "The U.S. has now spent more on reconstructing Afghanistan than was spent on the Marshall Plan and the reconstruction of Europe." Bill Clinton stated on August 11, 2015 in an interview with Inc. magazine: "There's not a single, solitary example that" signing the bill to end Glass-Steagall "had anything to do with the financial crash." Democratic Party of Wisconsin stated on August 6, 2015 in a tweet: A "majority in every state favors path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants." Kasim Reed stated on August 11, 2015 in a speech at the Commerce Club: "Peachtree and Pine is one of the leading sites for tuberculosis in the nation." Scott Walker stated on July 26, 2015 in a tweet: Wisconsin's pension system is the "only one fully funded in the country." George Will stated on August 7, 2015 in a Washington Post column: Says Bernie Sanders chose "to spend his honeymoon in the Soviet Union in 1988." Jim Webb stated on August 5, 2015 in a web post.: "The United States has the highest incarceration rate in the world." John Kasich stated on August 9, 2015 in an interview with "This Week" host George Stephanopoulos: Says he was "one of the chief architects" of balancing the federal budget. Ted Cruz stated on August 6, 2015 in in comments at a GOP debate in Cleveland: "A majority of the candidates on this stage have supported amnesty ... I have never supported amnesty." Rand Paul stated on August 6, 2015 in a Republican presidential debate in Cleveland: "The Fourth Amendment was what we fought the Revolution over. John Adams said it was the spark that led to our war for independence." Marco Rubio stated on August 6, 2015 in comments at a GOP debate in Cleveland: Says that Donald Trump "supported Charlie Crist." John Kasich stated on August 6, 2015 in comments at a GOP debate in Cleveland: "I took the state of Ohio from an $8 billion hole … to a $2 billion surplus." Marco Rubio stated on August 6, 2015 in comments at a GOP debate in Cleveland: "This is the most generous country in the world when it comes to immigration. There are a million people a year who legally immigrate to the United States." Arthenia Joyner stated on July 30, 2015 in a letter to Jeb Bush: Says Jeb Bush "significantly cut early voting prior to the 2008 presidential election." Hillary Clinton stated on July 28, 2015 in a town hall in Nashua, N.H.: "The stock market does better when you have a Democratic president in the White House." Jack Hanna stated on August 2, 2015 in an ABC "This Week" interview: "In 1947, when I was born, there were about 450,000 lions. In the mid-70s, when my kids were born, there were about 100,000. Today, there are less than 30,000." Mark Obenshain stated on July 21, 2015 in a radio interview: Since parole abolition, Virginia's "crime rate has fallen to third lowest in the country, our recidivism rate is down 20 percent and that’s the second lowest in the country." Coast Guard stated on July 20, 2015 in news release: "Every year the First Coast Guard District saves 350 lives in the Northeast." Cory Booker stated on July 27, 2015 in a post on Instagram: "We built a new prison every 10 days between 1990 and 2005 to keep up with our mass incarceration explosion of nonviolent offenders." Jeb Bush stated on July 27, 2015 in a Telemundo News interview: Says in 2002, he "won more Hispanic votes than Anglo votes, 60 percent in the state." Scott Walker stated on June 8, 2015 in an opinion piece: "Our last budget committed the highest level of need-based financial aid in state history." Bill O'Reilly stated on July 27, 2015 in an interview on "The O'Reilly Factor": Russia and China "absolutely said pretty clearly" they would not keep economic sanctions on Iran if the United States "walked away from the deal." Marco Rubio stated on July 22, 2015 in an appearance on 'Fox & Friends': "Forty percent of people in this country, illegally, are overstaying visas." Bernie Sanders stated on July 1, 2015 in a speech: "The top one-tenth of 1 percent" of Americans "own almost as much wealth as the bottom 90 percent." NumbersUSA stated on July 22, 2015 in a Facebook meme: "More than half of all drivers' licenses issued in California this year have gone to illegal aliens." Barack Obama stated on July 21, 2015 in an online interview with "The Daily Show": Since 2009, "we've cut homelessness (among veterans) by a third." David Perdue stated on June 22, 2015 in a press release: The National Technical Information Service spends millions of taxpayer dollars to print and sell government documents that are available free in online searches.
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Bruce Elfant stated on August 5, 2015 in an interview with Dick Ellis, KOKE FM, Austin: "The United States is about 100th in voter turnout among the industrialized nations, and Texas is near the bottom in terms of voter registration and voter turnout." Scott Walker stated on August 6, 2015 in a debate: "The rate in which people are working (in Wisconsin) is almost five points higher than it is nationally." Marco Rubio stated on August 18, 2015 in a speech at the Iowa State Fair: "We have an Army that just cut 40,000 spots." Matt Wuerker stated on August 4, 2015 in a political cartoon on Politico: "The U.S. has now spent more on reconstructing Afghanistan than was spent on the Marshall Plan and the reconstruction of Europe." Bill Clinton stated on August 11, 2015 in an interview with Inc. magazine: "There's not a single, solitary example that" signing the bill to end Glass-Steagall "had anything to do with the financial crash." Democratic Party of Wisconsin stated on August 6, 2015 in a tweet: A "majority in every state favors path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants." Kasim Reed stated on August 11, 2015 in a speech at the Commerce Club: "Peachtree and Pine is one of the leading sites for tuberculosis in the nation." Scott Walker stated on July 26, 2015 in a tweet: Wisconsin's pension system is the "only one fully funded in the country." George Will stated on August 7, 2015 in a Washington Post column: Says Bernie Sanders chose "to spend his honeymoon in the Soviet Union in 1988." Jim Webb stated on August 5, 2015 in a web post.: "The United States has the highest incarceration rate in the world." John Kasich stated on August 9, 2015 in an interview with "This Week" host George Stephanopoulos: Says he was "one of the chief architects" of balancing the federal budget. Ted Cruz stated on August 6, 2015 in in comments at a GOP debate in Cleveland: "A majority of the candidates on this stage have supported amnesty ... I have never supported amnesty." Rand Paul stated on August 6, 2015 in a Republican presidential debate in Cleveland: "The Fourth Amendment was what we fought the Revolution over. John Adams said it was the spark that led to our war for independence." Marco Rubio stated on August 6, 2015 in comments at a GOP debate in Cleveland: Says that Donald Trump "supported Charlie Crist." John Kasich stated on August 6, 2015 in comments at a GOP debate in Cleveland: "I took the state of Ohio from an $8 billion hole … to a $2 billion surplus." Marco Rubio stated on August 6, 2015 in comments at a GOP debate in Cleveland: "This is the most generous country in the world when it comes to immigration. There are a million people a year who legally immigrate to the United States." Arthenia Joyner stated on July 30, 2015 in a letter to Jeb Bush: Says Jeb Bush "significantly cut early voting prior to the 2008 presidential election." Hillary Clinton stated on July 28, 2015 in a town hall in Nashua, N.H.: "The stock market does better when you have a Democratic president in the White House." Jack Hanna stated on August 2, 2015 in an ABC "This Week" interview: "In 1947, when I was born, there were about 450,000 lions. In the mid-70s, when my kids were born, there were about 100,000. Today, there are less than 30,000." Mark Obenshain stated on July 21, 2015 in a radio interview: Since parole abolition, Virginia's "crime rate has fallen to third lowest in the country, our recidivism rate is down 20 percent and that’s the second lowest in the country." Coast Guard stated on July 20, 2015 in news release: "Every year the First Coast Guard District saves 350 lives in the Northeast." Cory Booker stated on July 27, 2015 in a post on Instagram: "We built a new prison every 10 days between 1990 and 2005 to keep up with our mass incarceration explosion of nonviolent offenders." Jeb Bush stated on July 27, 2015 in a Telemundo News interview: Says in 2002, he "won more Hispanic votes than Anglo votes, 60 percent in the state." Scott Walker stated on June 8, 2015 in an opinion piece: "Our last budget committed the highest level of need-based financial aid in state history." Bill O'Reilly stated on July 27, 2015 in an interview on "The O'Reilly Factor": Russia and China "absolutely said pretty clearly" they would not keep economic sanctions on Iran if the United States "walked away from the deal." Marco Rubio stated on July 22, 2015 in an appearance on 'Fox & Friends': "Forty percent of people in this country, illegally, are overstaying visas." Bernie Sanders stated on July 1, 2015 in a speech: "The top one-tenth of 1 percent" of Americans "own almost as much wealth as the bottom 90 percent." NumbersUSA stated on July 22, 2015 in a Facebook meme: "More than half of all drivers' licenses issued in California this year have gone to illegal aliens." Barack Obama stated on July 21, 2015 in an online interview with "The Daily Show": Since 2009, "we've cut homelessness (among veterans) by a third." David Perdue stated on June 22, 2015 in a press release: The National Technical Information Service spends millions of taxpayer dollars to print and sell government documents that are available free in online searches.
Bruce Elfant stated on August 5, 2015 in an interview with Dick Ellis, KOKE FM, Austin: "The United States is about 100th in voter turnout among the industrialized nations, and Texas is near the bottom in terms of voter registration and voter turnout."
Scott Walker stated on August 6, 2015 in a debate: "The rate in which people are working (in Wisconsin) is almost five points higher than it is nationally."
Marco Rubio stated on August 18, 2015 in a speech at the Iowa State Fair: "We have an Army that just cut 40,000 spots."
Matt Wuerker stated on August 4, 2015 in a political cartoon on Politico: "The U.S. has now spent more on reconstructing Afghanistan than was spent on the Marshall Plan and the reconstruction of Europe."
Bill Clinton stated on August 11, 2015 in an interview with Inc. magazine: "There's not a single, solitary example that" signing the bill to end Glass-Steagall "had anything to do with the financial crash."
Democratic Party of Wisconsin stated on August 6, 2015 in a tweet: A "majority in every state favors path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants."
Kasim Reed stated on August 11, 2015 in a speech at the Commerce Club: "Peachtree and Pine is one of the leading sites for tuberculosis in the nation."
Scott Walker stated on July 26, 2015 in a tweet: Wisconsin's pension system is the "only one fully funded in the country."
George Will stated on August 7, 2015 in a Washington Post column: Says Bernie Sanders chose "to spend his honeymoon in the Soviet Union in 1988."
Jim Webb stated on August 5, 2015 in a web post.: "The United States has the highest incarceration rate in the world."
John Kasich stated on August 9, 2015 in an interview with "This Week" host George Stephanopoulos: Says he was "one of the chief architects" of balancing the federal budget.
Ted Cruz stated on August 6, 2015 in in comments at a GOP debate in Cleveland: "A majority of the candidates on this stage have supported amnesty ... I have never supported amnesty."
Rand Paul stated on August 6, 2015 in a Republican presidential debate in Cleveland: "The Fourth Amendment was what we fought the Revolution over. John Adams said it was the spark that led to our war for independence."
Marco Rubio stated on August 6, 2015 in comments at a GOP debate in Cleveland: Says that Donald Trump "supported Charlie Crist."
John Kasich stated on August 6, 2015 in comments at a GOP debate in Cleveland: "I took the state of Ohio from an $8 billion hole … to a $2 billion surplus."
Marco Rubio stated on August 6, 2015 in comments at a GOP debate in Cleveland: "This is the most generous country in the world when it comes to immigration. There are a million people a year who legally immigrate to the United States."
Arthenia Joyner stated on July 30, 2015 in a letter to Jeb Bush: Says Jeb Bush "significantly cut early voting prior to the 2008 presidential election."
Hillary Clinton stated on July 28, 2015 in a town hall in Nashua, N.H.: "The stock market does better when you have a Democratic president in the White House."
Jack Hanna stated on August 2, 2015 in an ABC "This Week" interview: "In 1947, when I was born, there were about 450,000 lions. In the mid-70s, when my kids were born, there were about 100,000. Today, there are less than 30,000."
Mark Obenshain stated on July 21, 2015 in a radio interview: Since parole abolition, Virginia's "crime rate has fallen to third lowest in the country, our recidivism rate is down 20 percent and that’s the second lowest in the country."
Coast Guard stated on July 20, 2015 in news release: "Every year the First Coast Guard District saves 350 lives in the Northeast."
Cory Booker stated on July 27, 2015 in a post on Instagram: "We built a new prison every 10 days between 1990 and 2005 to keep up with our mass incarceration explosion of nonviolent offenders."
Jeb Bush stated on July 27, 2015 in a Telemundo News interview: Says in 2002, he "won more Hispanic votes than Anglo votes, 60 percent in the state."
Scott Walker stated on June 8, 2015 in an opinion piece: "Our last budget committed the highest level of need-based financial aid in state history."
Bill O'Reilly stated on July 27, 2015 in an interview on "The O'Reilly Factor": Russia and China "absolutely said pretty clearly" they would not keep economic sanctions on Iran if the United States "walked away from the deal."
Marco Rubio stated on July 22, 2015 in an appearance on 'Fox & Friends': "Forty percent of people in this country, illegally, are overstaying visas."
Bernie Sanders stated on July 1, 2015 in a speech: "The top one-tenth of 1 percent" of Americans "own almost as much wealth as the bottom 90 percent."
NumbersUSA stated on July 22, 2015 in a Facebook meme: "More than half of all drivers' licenses issued in California this year have gone to illegal aliens."
Barack Obama stated on July 21, 2015 in an online interview with "The Daily Show": Since 2009, "we've cut homelessness (among veterans) by a third."
David Perdue stated on June 22, 2015 in a press release: The National Technical Information Service spends millions of taxpayer dollars to print and sell government documents that are available free in online searches.
