Latest Half-True Fact-checks in PunditFact Hagar Chemali stated on July 6, 2017 in an interview on MSNBC: "Cuba is far more sanctioned than North Korea." Newt Gingrich stated on June 27, 2017 in an appearance on 'Fox & Friends': Under the House health care bill, Medicaid spending "actually goes up 20 percent over the next 10 years." Dennis Prager stated on May 18, 2017 in an appearance on CNN: "It was a 100 percent lie that (Donald Trump’s) election unleashed anti-Semitism. … Hundreds of Jewish community centers had bomb threats called in. To the best of our knowledge to this day, 90 percent of them were called in by an American Jewish kid living in Israel, and the other 10 percent were a black radical who was trying to impress his girlfriend." Anthony Tata stated on February 19, 2017 in an interview on CNN: "The sanctions that we put on (Russia) for the Crimea annexation and meddling in Ukraine ... have absolutely crushed the ruble by 50 percent. And GDP from 2014 to 2016 is 50 percent down in Russia, as well." Ashley Judd stated on January 21, 2017 in a speech at the Women's March.: "Pads and tampons (are) still taxed when Viagra and Rogaine are not." Heather McGhee stated on December 4, 2016 in an interview on "Meet the Press": "Less than half" of jobs at the Carrier manufacturing plant in Indiana "are actually staying." Rush Limbaugh stated on November 21, 2016 in "The Rush Limbaugh Show": "Alexander Hamilton was an immigration hawk." Michael Moore stated on November 11, 2016 in remarks on MSNBC's "Morning Joe": In Flint, Mich., "the pipes still haven't been replaced. The water is still poisoned." Vicki Saporta stated on May 9, 2016 in an episode of "Full Frontal with Samantha Bee": "There are more than twice as many (crisis pregnancy centers) as there are legitimate abortion providers in the United States." George Clooney stated on April 16, 2016 in an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press": "The overwhelming amount of the money that we're raising is not going to Hillary (Clinton) to run for president. ... It's going to the congressmen and senators to try to take back Congress." Amy Schumer stated on April 28, 2016 in an episode of "Inside Amy Schumer": "You can absolutely get a gun if you have several felonies as long as you buy it on the Internet or at a gun show." Roy Zimmerman stated on March 13, 2016 in a YouTube video: "Republicans control the U.S. Senate with 54 seats, but those 54 senators were elected by only two-thirds the number of voters who elected the Democrats. In the Senate, the majority party represents a minority of the people." Fox News Channel stated on January 26, 2016 in a news release: Donald Trump’s decision to skip the Fox News/Google debate in Des Moines "is near unprecedented." Megyn Kelly stated on November 11, 2015 in a broadcast of "The Kelly File" on Fox News: "In a period of roughly 72 hours, a small group of angry black students managed to force the resignation of the two highest ranking officials at that school." Ezekiel Emanuel stated on November 3, 2015 in a discussion on MSNBC's "Up with Steve Kornacki": Obamacare insurance cooperative failures "should be expected" because they're like any business, and "when you start businesses in America, at the fifth year, half of the businesses have closed." Trevor Noah stated on November 3, 2015 in a broadcast of "The Daily Show": "Iowa's Republican caucus stopped mattering years ago. It in no way determines the party nominee." Steve Deace stated on October 8, 2015 in an interview on MSNBC's "News Nation": Pollsters say "don't actually believe our own data" and Gallup stopped primary polling "because they don't trust their methodology." Joe Scarborough stated on October 2, 2015 in a broadcast of MSNBC's "Morning Joe": About "3 percent of murders and crimes are committed with guns from people who actually (legally) purchase those guns." Mark Kelly stated on October 4, 2015 in an interview on "State of the Union": "We sell 40 percent of our guns without a background check." Hugh Hewitt stated on September 13, 2015 in a panel discussion on CNN's "State of the Union": Says history suggests sports will "quickly subsume a lot of the attention span of the country" in the presidential primary. Juan Williams stated on September 9, 2015 in a discussion on Fox News' "The Five": When it comes to classified information at the State Department, Hillary Clinton’s "the decider." Matthew Dowd stated on September 6, 2015 in a panel discussion on ABC News' "This Week with George Stephanopoulos": "Any Republican that has led for two months and led every state has won the GOP nomination." Jorge Ramos stated on September 2, 2015 in an interview on "The O'Reilly Factor" on Fox News: "Almost 40 percent of all (undocumented) immigrants come by plane and they overstay their visas." Occupy Democrats stated on April 25, 2015 in a meme first posted on Facebook: Says "Bush Jr. handed Obama a $1.4 trillion deficit" and Obama "reduced Bush Jr.’s deficit to just $492 billion." Julius Jones stated on August 17, 2015 in an interview on MSNBC: "The policy mistakes that ... the Clintons made got us, in large degree, to the situation that we are in today with mass incarceration." Andrew Napolitano stated on August 5, 2015 in in an interview on Fox's "Hannity": Emails released to the public show Hillary Clinton discussed "the location of Ambassador Stevens, who of course was murdered, in Libya." Rachel Maddow stated on August 4, 2015 in a segment on her MSNBC show: "Fox changed around their poll eligibility criteria on the day they announced who is in and out of their debate." Jon Stewart stated on July 21, 2015 in an interview on "The Daily Show": The United States is "fighting with Iraqis to defeat ISIS along with Iran. But in Yemen we're fighting Iran with Iraqis and Saudis." Rush Limbaugh stated on July 20, 2015 in a segment on his radio show: "Al Franken said almost exactly what Trump said" about John McCain’s military record. Other Space stated on July 14, 2015 in in a Change.org petition: "By declaring that Pluto was no longer a planet, the (International Astronomical Union) put into place a planetary definition that would have even declassified Earth as a planet if it existed as far from the sun as Pluto does."
Hagar Chemali stated on July 6, 2017 in an interview on MSNBC: "Cuba is far more sanctioned than North Korea." Newt Gingrich stated on June 27, 2017 in an appearance on 'Fox & Friends': Under the House health care bill, Medicaid spending "actually goes up 20 percent over the next 10 years." Dennis Prager stated on May 18, 2017 in an appearance on CNN: "It was a 100 percent lie that (Donald Trump’s) election unleashed anti-Semitism. … Hundreds of Jewish community centers had bomb threats called in. To the best of our knowledge to this day, 90 percent of them were called in by an American Jewish kid living in Israel, and the other 10 percent were a black radical who was trying to impress his girlfriend." Anthony Tata stated on February 19, 2017 in an interview on CNN: "The sanctions that we put on (Russia) for the Crimea annexation and meddling in Ukraine ... have absolutely crushed the ruble by 50 percent. And GDP from 2014 to 2016 is 50 percent down in Russia, as well." Ashley Judd stated on January 21, 2017 in a speech at the Women's March.: "Pads and tampons (are) still taxed when Viagra and Rogaine are not." Heather McGhee stated on December 4, 2016 in an interview on "Meet the Press": "Less than half" of jobs at the Carrier manufacturing plant in Indiana "are actually staying." Rush Limbaugh stated on November 21, 2016 in "The Rush Limbaugh Show": "Alexander Hamilton was an immigration hawk." Michael Moore stated on November 11, 2016 in remarks on MSNBC's "Morning Joe": In Flint, Mich., "the pipes still haven't been replaced. The water is still poisoned." Vicki Saporta stated on May 9, 2016 in an episode of "Full Frontal with Samantha Bee": "There are more than twice as many (crisis pregnancy centers) as there are legitimate abortion providers in the United States." George Clooney stated on April 16, 2016 in an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press": "The overwhelming amount of the money that we're raising is not going to Hillary (Clinton) to run for president. ... It's going to the congressmen and senators to try to take back Congress." Amy Schumer stated on April 28, 2016 in an episode of "Inside Amy Schumer": "You can absolutely get a gun if you have several felonies as long as you buy it on the Internet or at a gun show." Roy Zimmerman stated on March 13, 2016 in a YouTube video: "Republicans control the U.S. Senate with 54 seats, but those 54 senators were elected by only two-thirds the number of voters who elected the Democrats. In the Senate, the majority party represents a minority of the people." Fox News Channel stated on January 26, 2016 in a news release: Donald Trump’s decision to skip the Fox News/Google debate in Des Moines "is near unprecedented." Megyn Kelly stated on November 11, 2015 in a broadcast of "The Kelly File" on Fox News: "In a period of roughly 72 hours, a small group of angry black students managed to force the resignation of the two highest ranking officials at that school." Ezekiel Emanuel stated on November 3, 2015 in a discussion on MSNBC's "Up with Steve Kornacki": Obamacare insurance cooperative failures "should be expected" because they're like any business, and "when you start businesses in America, at the fifth year, half of the businesses have closed." Trevor Noah stated on November 3, 2015 in a broadcast of "The Daily Show": "Iowa's Republican caucus stopped mattering years ago. It in no way determines the party nominee." Steve Deace stated on October 8, 2015 in an interview on MSNBC's "News Nation": Pollsters say "don't actually believe our own data" and Gallup stopped primary polling "because they don't trust their methodology." Joe Scarborough stated on October 2, 2015 in a broadcast of MSNBC's "Morning Joe": About "3 percent of murders and crimes are committed with guns from people who actually (legally) purchase those guns." Mark Kelly stated on October 4, 2015 in an interview on "State of the Union": "We sell 40 percent of our guns without a background check." Hugh Hewitt stated on September 13, 2015 in a panel discussion on CNN's "State of the Union": Says history suggests sports will "quickly subsume a lot of the attention span of the country" in the presidential primary. Juan Williams stated on September 9, 2015 in a discussion on Fox News' "The Five": When it comes to classified information at the State Department, Hillary Clinton’s "the decider." Matthew Dowd stated on September 6, 2015 in a panel discussion on ABC News' "This Week with George Stephanopoulos": "Any Republican that has led for two months and led every state has won the GOP nomination." Jorge Ramos stated on September 2, 2015 in an interview on "The O'Reilly Factor" on Fox News: "Almost 40 percent of all (undocumented) immigrants come by plane and they overstay their visas." Occupy Democrats stated on April 25, 2015 in a meme first posted on Facebook: Says "Bush Jr. handed Obama a $1.4 trillion deficit" and Obama "reduced Bush Jr.’s deficit to just $492 billion." Julius Jones stated on August 17, 2015 in an interview on MSNBC: "The policy mistakes that ... the Clintons made got us, in large degree, to the situation that we are in today with mass incarceration." Andrew Napolitano stated on August 5, 2015 in in an interview on Fox's "Hannity": Emails released to the public show Hillary Clinton discussed "the location of Ambassador Stevens, who of course was murdered, in Libya." Rachel Maddow stated on August 4, 2015 in a segment on her MSNBC show: "Fox changed around their poll eligibility criteria on the day they announced who is in and out of their debate." Jon Stewart stated on July 21, 2015 in an interview on "The Daily Show": The United States is "fighting with Iraqis to defeat ISIS along with Iran. But in Yemen we're fighting Iran with Iraqis and Saudis." Rush Limbaugh stated on July 20, 2015 in a segment on his radio show: "Al Franken said almost exactly what Trump said" about John McCain’s military record. Other Space stated on July 14, 2015 in in a Change.org petition: "By declaring that Pluto was no longer a planet, the (International Astronomical Union) put into place a planetary definition that would have even declassified Earth as a planet if it existed as far from the sun as Pluto does."
Hagar Chemali stated on July 6, 2017 in an interview on MSNBC: "Cuba is far more sanctioned than North Korea."
Newt Gingrich stated on June 27, 2017 in an appearance on 'Fox & Friends': Under the House health care bill, Medicaid spending "actually goes up 20 percent over the next 10 years."
Dennis Prager stated on May 18, 2017 in an appearance on CNN: "It was a 100 percent lie that (Donald Trump’s) election unleashed anti-Semitism. … Hundreds of Jewish community centers had bomb threats called in. To the best of our knowledge to this day, 90 percent of them were called in by an American Jewish kid living in Israel, and the other 10 percent were a black radical who was trying to impress his girlfriend."
Anthony Tata stated on February 19, 2017 in an interview on CNN: "The sanctions that we put on (Russia) for the Crimea annexation and meddling in Ukraine ... have absolutely crushed the ruble by 50 percent. And GDP from 2014 to 2016 is 50 percent down in Russia, as well."
Ashley Judd stated on January 21, 2017 in a speech at the Women's March.: "Pads and tampons (are) still taxed when Viagra and Rogaine are not."
Heather McGhee stated on December 4, 2016 in an interview on "Meet the Press": "Less than half" of jobs at the Carrier manufacturing plant in Indiana "are actually staying."
Rush Limbaugh stated on November 21, 2016 in "The Rush Limbaugh Show": "Alexander Hamilton was an immigration hawk."
Michael Moore stated on November 11, 2016 in remarks on MSNBC's "Morning Joe": In Flint, Mich., "the pipes still haven't been replaced. The water is still poisoned."
Vicki Saporta stated on May 9, 2016 in an episode of "Full Frontal with Samantha Bee": "There are more than twice as many (crisis pregnancy centers) as there are legitimate abortion providers in the United States."
George Clooney stated on April 16, 2016 in an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press": "The overwhelming amount of the money that we're raising is not going to Hillary (Clinton) to run for president. ... It's going to the congressmen and senators to try to take back Congress."
Amy Schumer stated on April 28, 2016 in an episode of "Inside Amy Schumer": "You can absolutely get a gun if you have several felonies as long as you buy it on the Internet or at a gun show."
Roy Zimmerman stated on March 13, 2016 in a YouTube video: "Republicans control the U.S. Senate with 54 seats, but those 54 senators were elected by only two-thirds the number of voters who elected the Democrats. In the Senate, the majority party represents a minority of the people."
Fox News Channel stated on January 26, 2016 in a news release: Donald Trump’s decision to skip the Fox News/Google debate in Des Moines "is near unprecedented."
Megyn Kelly stated on November 11, 2015 in a broadcast of "The Kelly File" on Fox News: "In a period of roughly 72 hours, a small group of angry black students managed to force the resignation of the two highest ranking officials at that school."
Ezekiel Emanuel stated on November 3, 2015 in a discussion on MSNBC's "Up with Steve Kornacki": Obamacare insurance cooperative failures "should be expected" because they're like any business, and "when you start businesses in America, at the fifth year, half of the businesses have closed."
Trevor Noah stated on November 3, 2015 in a broadcast of "The Daily Show": "Iowa's Republican caucus stopped mattering years ago. It in no way determines the party nominee."
Steve Deace stated on October 8, 2015 in an interview on MSNBC's "News Nation": Pollsters say "don't actually believe our own data" and Gallup stopped primary polling "because they don't trust their methodology."
Joe Scarborough stated on October 2, 2015 in a broadcast of MSNBC's "Morning Joe": About "3 percent of murders and crimes are committed with guns from people who actually (legally) purchase those guns."
Mark Kelly stated on October 4, 2015 in an interview on "State of the Union": "We sell 40 percent of our guns without a background check."
Hugh Hewitt stated on September 13, 2015 in a panel discussion on CNN's "State of the Union": Says history suggests sports will "quickly subsume a lot of the attention span of the country" in the presidential primary.
Juan Williams stated on September 9, 2015 in a discussion on Fox News' "The Five": When it comes to classified information at the State Department, Hillary Clinton’s "the decider."
Matthew Dowd stated on September 6, 2015 in a panel discussion on ABC News' "This Week with George Stephanopoulos": "Any Republican that has led for two months and led every state has won the GOP nomination."
Jorge Ramos stated on September 2, 2015 in an interview on "The O'Reilly Factor" on Fox News: "Almost 40 percent of all (undocumented) immigrants come by plane and they overstay their visas."
Occupy Democrats stated on April 25, 2015 in a meme first posted on Facebook: Says "Bush Jr. handed Obama a $1.4 trillion deficit" and Obama "reduced Bush Jr.’s deficit to just $492 billion."
Julius Jones stated on August 17, 2015 in an interview on MSNBC: "The policy mistakes that ... the Clintons made got us, in large degree, to the situation that we are in today with mass incarceration."
Andrew Napolitano stated on August 5, 2015 in in an interview on Fox's "Hannity": Emails released to the public show Hillary Clinton discussed "the location of Ambassador Stevens, who of course was murdered, in Libya."
Rachel Maddow stated on August 4, 2015 in a segment on her MSNBC show: "Fox changed around their poll eligibility criteria on the day they announced who is in and out of their debate."
Jon Stewart stated on July 21, 2015 in an interview on "The Daily Show": The United States is "fighting with Iraqis to defeat ISIS along with Iran. But in Yemen we're fighting Iran with Iraqis and Saudis."
Rush Limbaugh stated on July 20, 2015 in a segment on his radio show: "Al Franken said almost exactly what Trump said" about John McCain’s military record.
Other Space stated on July 14, 2015 in in a Change.org petition: "By declaring that Pluto was no longer a planet, the (International Astronomical Union) put into place a planetary definition that would have even declassified Earth as a planet if it existed as far from the sun as Pluto does."