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 Rick Perry stated on June 4, 2015 in his speech declaring his candidacy for president: "In the last seven years of my tenure, Texas created 1.5 million new jobs. As a matter of fact, without Texas, America would have lost 400,000 jobs." Patricia Morgan stated on May 27, 2015 in a news conference: The Convention Center "was sold as a building that would never cost taxpayers a dime." Mike Huckabee stated on June 2, 2015 in a speech at Gov. Rick Scott's economic summit in Orlando: "Sixty million Americans depend on Social Security, and one-third of all the seniors in America depend on Social Security for 90 percent of their income." Jeb Bush stated on June 2, 2015 in a speech at Gov. Rick Scott's economic summit in Orlando: Says that during his eight years as Florida governor, "we created 1.3 million net new jobs -- more jobs created than Texas." Chris Taylor stated on April 15, 2015 in a press release: Says Gov. Scott Walker’s proposed state budget contained 110 pages of errors -- an unusually high number -- "and millions of dollars’ worth of mistakes" that were corrected with a follow-up document. The Commonwealth Institute stated on April 30, 2015 in a blog post.: Says "roughly two-thirds of (state) corporations didn’t pay any income tax in Virginia." Scott Walker stated on May 9, 2015 in a speech: "For our next two years in my state, we will end with a structural surplus of $499 million." Jay Roberts stated on March 31, 2015 in a House floor debate: About 85 percent of hotel guests who will pay the new $5 hotel/motel fee will be from outside Georgia. Tammy Baldwin stated on May 5, 2015 in a tweet: "There are more members of the U.S. Senate than the number of WI families who would benefit from GOP estate tax break." Bill Gates stated on May 17, 2015 in an interview on CNN's "Fareed Zakaria GPS": The "highest economic growth decade was the 1960s. Income tax rates were 90 percent." Debbie Mayfield stated on May 4, 2015 in a tweet: "Florida sends $135 billion and D.C. returns $150 billion." Michael McCaul stated on May 10, 2015 in comments on "Fox News Sunday": More money is dedicated within the Department of Homeland Security to climate change than what's spent combating "Islamist terrorists radicalizing over the Internet in the United States of America." Marco Rubio stated on May 1, 2015 in the National Review Forum: "We have a legal immigration system in America that accepts 1 million people a year, legally. No other country in the world even comes close to that." Carly Fiorina stated on May 10, 2015 in comments on NBC's "Meet the Press": "We doubled the size of the company (Hewlett-Packard)." Jeb Bush stated on May 1, 2015 in an interview with reporters at the North Carolina GOP headquarters: "There are more poor people today as a percentage of our population than the 1970s." Dino Baccari stated on April 16, 2015 in testimony before the Senate Committee on Health & Human Services.: A Penn State University study found that "electronic cigarettes . . . are far less addictive than cigarettes." Represent.us stated on April 30, 2015 in a meme on social media: "The U.S. representatives that voted to keep militarizing the police received 73 percent more campaign money from the defense industry" than the representatives who voted to stop it. Steve Crisafulli stated on April 28, 2015 in an op-ed in the Tampa Bay Times: "If we choose Obamacare expansion, 600,000 will lose eligibility for their subsidies, of which 257,000 would be forced into Medicaid." Rose Mary Grant stated on March 29, 2015 in a Providence Journal commentary.: Rhode Island "charter schools are nationally recognized as outperforming their counterparts across the country." Van Wanggaard stated on April 21, 2015 in a legislative floor debate: "There's no statistical evidence that" a waiting period for handgun purchases "reduces violence whatsoever." Debbie Dooley stated on March 31, 2015 in a Twitter post: The recently passed transportation funding bill is a billion-dollar tax increase for Georgians. David Perdue stated on April 15, 2015 in press release: The Castro regime ‘violated international norms’ by secretly shipping weapons to North Korea in violation of a U.N. embargo. Bill Maher stated on April 17, 2015 in his monologue on "Real Time": "More astronauts have been to the moon than farmers who paid the inheritance tax in 2013." Hillary Clinton stated on April 21, 2015 in a roundtable at a community college: "The United States invented the community college. Nobody else had ever done anything like it." Barack Obama stated on April 17, 2015 in a press conference: Says Loretta Lynch’s nomination "has been now sitting there longer than the previous seven attorney general nominees combined." Mark Herring stated on April 14, 2015 in a Facebook post.: "By age 65, the average woman will have lost $431,000 throughout her working career was a result of the pay gap." Bernie Sanders stated on April 19, 2015 in comments on "Fox News Sunday": "99 percent of all new income today (is) going to the top 1 percent." Karl Rove stated on April 19, 2015 in comments on "Fox News Sunday": The Hyde Amendment "language was in the (human trafficking) bill. The Democratic sponsor admits it was in the bill, and she voted for it." Mark Pocan stated on April 9, 2015 in a news conference: "When the Constitution was written, (only) 20 to 25 percent of the people in the country could vote." Jeb Bush stated on April 10, 2015 in a speech to the NRA: Florida has the most concealed weapon permits in the nation, "nearly double that of the second state, which is Texas."
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Rick Perry stated on June 4, 2015 in his speech declaring his candidacy for president: "In the last seven years of my tenure, Texas created 1.5 million new jobs. As a matter of fact, without Texas, America would have lost 400,000 jobs." Patricia Morgan stated on May 27, 2015 in a news conference: The Convention Center "was sold as a building that would never cost taxpayers a dime." Mike Huckabee stated on June 2, 2015 in a speech at Gov. Rick Scott's economic summit in Orlando: "Sixty million Americans depend on Social Security, and one-third of all the seniors in America depend on Social Security for 90 percent of their income." Jeb Bush stated on June 2, 2015 in a speech at Gov. Rick Scott's economic summit in Orlando: Says that during his eight years as Florida governor, "we created 1.3 million net new jobs -- more jobs created than Texas." Chris Taylor stated on April 15, 2015 in a press release: Says Gov. Scott Walker’s proposed state budget contained 110 pages of errors -- an unusually high number -- "and millions of dollars’ worth of mistakes" that were corrected with a follow-up document. The Commonwealth Institute stated on April 30, 2015 in a blog post.: Says "roughly two-thirds of (state) corporations didn’t pay any income tax in Virginia." Scott Walker stated on May 9, 2015 in a speech: "For our next two years in my state, we will end with a structural surplus of $499 million." Jay Roberts stated on March 31, 2015 in a House floor debate: About 85 percent of hotel guests who will pay the new $5 hotel/motel fee will be from outside Georgia. Tammy Baldwin stated on May 5, 2015 in a tweet: "There are more members of the U.S. Senate than the number of WI families who would benefit from GOP estate tax break." Bill Gates stated on May 17, 2015 in an interview on CNN's "Fareed Zakaria GPS": The "highest economic growth decade was the 1960s. Income tax rates were 90 percent." Debbie Mayfield stated on May 4, 2015 in a tweet: "Florida sends $135 billion and D.C. returns $150 billion." Michael McCaul stated on May 10, 2015 in comments on "Fox News Sunday": More money is dedicated within the Department of Homeland Security to climate change than what's spent combating "Islamist terrorists radicalizing over the Internet in the United States of America." Marco Rubio stated on May 1, 2015 in the National Review Forum: "We have a legal immigration system in America that accepts 1 million people a year, legally. No other country in the world even comes close to that." Carly Fiorina stated on May 10, 2015 in comments on NBC's "Meet the Press": "We doubled the size of the company (Hewlett-Packard)." Jeb Bush stated on May 1, 2015 in an interview with reporters at the North Carolina GOP headquarters: "There are more poor people today as a percentage of our population than the 1970s." Dino Baccari stated on April 16, 2015 in testimony before the Senate Committee on Health & Human Services.: A Penn State University study found that "electronic cigarettes . . . are far less addictive than cigarettes." Represent.us stated on April 30, 2015 in a meme on social media: "The U.S. representatives that voted to keep militarizing the police received 73 percent more campaign money from the defense industry" than the representatives who voted to stop it. Steve Crisafulli stated on April 28, 2015 in an op-ed in the Tampa Bay Times: "If we choose Obamacare expansion, 600,000 will lose eligibility for their subsidies, of which 257,000 would be forced into Medicaid." Rose Mary Grant stated on March 29, 2015 in a Providence Journal commentary.: Rhode Island "charter schools are nationally recognized as outperforming their counterparts across the country." Van Wanggaard stated on April 21, 2015 in a legislative floor debate: "There's no statistical evidence that" a waiting period for handgun purchases "reduces violence whatsoever." Debbie Dooley stated on March 31, 2015 in a Twitter post: The recently passed transportation funding bill is a billion-dollar tax increase for Georgians. David Perdue stated on April 15, 2015 in press release: The Castro regime ‘violated international norms’ by secretly shipping weapons to North Korea in violation of a U.N. embargo. Bill Maher stated on April 17, 2015 in his monologue on "Real Time": "More astronauts have been to the moon than farmers who paid the inheritance tax in 2013." Hillary Clinton stated on April 21, 2015 in a roundtable at a community college: "The United States invented the community college. Nobody else had ever done anything like it." Barack Obama stated on April 17, 2015 in a press conference: Says Loretta Lynch’s nomination "has been now sitting there longer than the previous seven attorney general nominees combined." Mark Herring stated on April 14, 2015 in a Facebook post.: "By age 65, the average woman will have lost $431,000 throughout her working career was a result of the pay gap." Bernie Sanders stated on April 19, 2015 in comments on "Fox News Sunday": "99 percent of all new income today (is) going to the top 1 percent." Karl Rove stated on April 19, 2015 in comments on "Fox News Sunday": The Hyde Amendment "language was in the (human trafficking) bill. The Democratic sponsor admits it was in the bill, and she voted for it." Mark Pocan stated on April 9, 2015 in a news conference: "When the Constitution was written, (only) 20 to 25 percent of the people in the country could vote." Jeb Bush stated on April 10, 2015 in a speech to the NRA: Florida has the most concealed weapon permits in the nation, "nearly double that of the second state, which is Texas."
Rick Perry stated on June 4, 2015 in his speech declaring his candidacy for president: "In the last seven years of my tenure, Texas created 1.5 million new jobs. As a matter of fact, without Texas, America would have lost 400,000 jobs."
Patricia Morgan stated on May 27, 2015 in a news conference: The Convention Center "was sold as a building that would never cost taxpayers a dime."
Mike Huckabee stated on June 2, 2015 in a speech at Gov. Rick Scott's economic summit in Orlando: "Sixty million Americans depend on Social Security, and one-third of all the seniors in America depend on Social Security for 90 percent of their income."
Jeb Bush stated on June 2, 2015 in a speech at Gov. Rick Scott's economic summit in Orlando: Says that during his eight years as Florida governor, "we created 1.3 million net new jobs -- more jobs created than Texas."
Chris Taylor stated on April 15, 2015 in a press release: Says Gov. Scott Walker’s proposed state budget contained 110 pages of errors -- an unusually high number -- "and millions of dollars’ worth of mistakes" that were corrected with a follow-up document.
The Commonwealth Institute stated on April 30, 2015 in a blog post.: Says "roughly two-thirds of (state) corporations didn’t pay any income tax in Virginia."
Scott Walker stated on May 9, 2015 in a speech: "For our next two years in my state, we will end with a structural surplus of $499 million."
Jay Roberts stated on March 31, 2015 in a House floor debate: About 85 percent of hotel guests who will pay the new $5 hotel/motel fee will be from outside Georgia.
Tammy Baldwin stated on May 5, 2015 in a tweet: "There are more members of the U.S. Senate than the number of WI families who would benefit from GOP estate tax break."
Bill Gates stated on May 17, 2015 in an interview on CNN's "Fareed Zakaria GPS": The "highest economic growth decade was the 1960s. Income tax rates were 90 percent."
Debbie Mayfield stated on May 4, 2015 in a tweet: "Florida sends $135 billion and D.C. returns $150 billion."
Michael McCaul stated on May 10, 2015 in comments on "Fox News Sunday": More money is dedicated within the Department of Homeland Security to climate change than what's spent combating "Islamist terrorists radicalizing over the Internet in the United States of America."
Marco Rubio stated on May 1, 2015 in the National Review Forum: "We have a legal immigration system in America that accepts 1 million people a year, legally. No other country in the world even comes close to that."
Carly Fiorina stated on May 10, 2015 in comments on NBC's "Meet the Press": "We doubled the size of the company (Hewlett-Packard)."
Jeb Bush stated on May 1, 2015 in an interview with reporters at the North Carolina GOP headquarters: "There are more poor people today as a percentage of our population than the 1970s."
Dino Baccari stated on April 16, 2015 in testimony before the Senate Committee on Health & Human Services.: A Penn State University study found that "electronic cigarettes . . . are far less addictive than cigarettes."
Represent.us stated on April 30, 2015 in a meme on social media: "The U.S. representatives that voted to keep militarizing the police received 73 percent more campaign money from the defense industry" than the representatives who voted to stop it.
Steve Crisafulli stated on April 28, 2015 in an op-ed in the Tampa Bay Times: "If we choose Obamacare expansion, 600,000 will lose eligibility for their subsidies, of which 257,000 would be forced into Medicaid."
Rose Mary Grant stated on March 29, 2015 in a Providence Journal commentary.: Rhode Island "charter schools are nationally recognized as outperforming their counterparts across the country."
Van Wanggaard stated on April 21, 2015 in a legislative floor debate: "There's no statistical evidence that" a waiting period for handgun purchases "reduces violence whatsoever."
Debbie Dooley stated on March 31, 2015 in a Twitter post: The recently passed transportation funding bill is a billion-dollar tax increase for Georgians.
David Perdue stated on April 15, 2015 in press release: The Castro regime ‘violated international norms’ by secretly shipping weapons to North Korea in violation of a U.N. embargo.
Bill Maher stated on April 17, 2015 in his monologue on "Real Time": "More astronauts have been to the moon than farmers who paid the inheritance tax in 2013."
Hillary Clinton stated on April 21, 2015 in a roundtable at a community college: "The United States invented the community college. Nobody else had ever done anything like it."
Barack Obama stated on April 17, 2015 in a press conference: Says Loretta Lynch’s nomination "has been now sitting there longer than the previous seven attorney general nominees combined."
Mark Herring stated on April 14, 2015 in a Facebook post.: "By age 65, the average woman will have lost $431,000 throughout her working career was a result of the pay gap."
Bernie Sanders stated on April 19, 2015 in comments on "Fox News Sunday": "99 percent of all new income today (is) going to the top 1 percent."
Karl Rove stated on April 19, 2015 in comments on "Fox News Sunday": The Hyde Amendment "language was in the (human trafficking) bill. The Democratic sponsor admits it was in the bill, and she voted for it."
Mark Pocan stated on April 9, 2015 in a news conference: "When the Constitution was written, (only) 20 to 25 percent of the people in the country could vote."
Jeb Bush stated on April 10, 2015 in a speech to the NRA: Florida has the most concealed weapon permits in the nation, "nearly double that of the second state, which is Texas."
