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Fact-checking Herman Cain

Texas
By W. Gardner Selby
November 3, 2011

Businessman/motivational speaker Herman Cain may or may not win the 2012 Republican presidential nomination.

For sure, more than 20 claims by Cain have been tested on the PolitiFact Truth-O-Meter, with more than half shaking out as False or, worse, Pants on Fire.

Peruse his scorecard here.

Our Sources

See Herman Cain's PolitiFact file.

Browse the Truth-O-Meter

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Ken Paxton
stated on October 25, 2018 in a TV ad:
Says Ken Paxton “shut down the world’s largest human trafficking marketplace.”
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • November 1, 2018
Donald Trump
stated on October 22, 2018 in a rally for Republican candidates in Houston:
Says Beto O’Rourke “voted to shield MS-13 gang members from deportation.”
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • October 25, 2018
Beto O'Rourke
stated on October 16, 2018 in a debate televised from San Antonio:
Says “only one other senator from either party over the last 25 years” has “a worse record on bipartisanship” than Ted Cruz.  
True
By W. Gardner Selby • October 18, 2018
Alexander Strenger
stated on October 1, 2018 in response cited in an interactive voter guide:
Says 60 percent of Austin’s “waterways are found to be contaminated with fecal matter and deemed unsafe to swim.”
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • October 16, 2018
Beto O'Rourke
stated on September 29, 2018 in an Austin rally:
Says that in Texas, “you can be too gay to adopt” a foster child “who needs a loving home.”  
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • October 4, 2018
Ted Cruz
stated on September 21, 2018 in a debate at Southern Methodist University:
Says Beto O’Rourke described police as “modern-day Jim Crow.”
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • September 25, 2018
Beto O'Rourke
stated on September 21, 2018 in a debate at Southern Methodist University:
Says he “did not try to leave the scene of the accident” that led to his arrest for driving while intoxicated.
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • September 25, 2018
Texans Are
stated on September 12, 2018 in a TV ad:
Says Beto O’Rourke voted “against body armor for Texas sheriffs patrolling the border.”  
False
By W. Gardner Selby • September 13, 2018
Ken Paxton
stated on August 26, 2018 in an interview on Fox & Friends:
Says Texas has “had over 600,000 crimes committed by illegals since 2011. Over 1,200 homicides.”  
Pants on Fire!
By W. Gardner Selby • September 7, 2018
Greg Abbott
stated on August 30, 2018 in a TV ad:
Says Texas “high school graduation rates are at all-time highs.”  
True
By W. Gardner Selby • September 7, 2018
Ted Cruz
stated on September 4, 2018 in a video:
Says Beto O’Rourke said he’s grateful that people are burning or desecrating the American flag.
False
By W. Gardner Selby • September 5, 2018
Ted Cruz
stated on August 28, 2018 in an online video ad:
Says Beto O’Rourke “voted against” Hurricane Harvey “tax relief.”
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • August 29, 2018
M.J. Hegar
stated on August 21, 2018 in an interview on Spectrum Cable's "Capital Tonight":
Says U.S. Rep. John Carter “hasn’t held a town hall in five years.”
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • August 29, 2018
Beto O'Rourke
stated on July 26, 2018 in an ad in the Houston Defender:
Says “black Americans have 10 times less wealth than white Americans.”
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • August 23, 2018
Silvestre Reyes
stated on May 22, 2012 in a TV ad:
Says Beto O’Rourke “has a criminal record that includes DWI and burglary arrests.”
True
By W. Gardner Selby • August 22, 2018

Fact-checking Herman Cain

Clear
Social Media
stated on July 14, 2026 in a social media post:
“Congress just picked the one version of clock reform America has already tried, hated, and repealed.”
True
By Alex Min • July 20, 2026
Sherrod Brown
stated on July 1, 2026 in an X post:
Since the passage of the “Jon Husted-backed” HB 6, Ohioans’ residential utility rates have gone up $663 a year.
Half-True
By Gracey Abernethy • July 20, 2026
Jon Ossoff
stated on June 27, 2026 in a campaign speech:
President Donald Trump and U.S. Rep. Mike Collins “doubled health insurance premiums for more than a million Georgians and threw 300,000 Georgians off their insurance altogether.”
Mostly True
By Ben Brasch • July 16, 2026
Donald Trump
stated on July 8, 2026 in remarks at a press conference:
The AI industry needs “more energy than the entire country produces right now … In fact some people say almost double.”
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • July 14, 2026
X posts
stated on July 12, 2026 in X posts:
A photo showing Mitch McConnell and his wife is from his 2023 hospitalization or is AI generated.
False
By Caleb McCullough • July 13, 2026
Donald Trump
stated on July 8, 2026 in remarks to reporters:
President Joe Biden “raised the cost of housing by 40 and 50% — the cost of (a) rental — because they were housing illegal aliens in all of those empty units.”
Mostly False
By Carsten Oyer • July 10, 2026
Paul Renner
stated on July 2, 2026 in a debate:
Jay Collins sponsored a bill to give AI hyperscale data centers “permanent tax incentives.”
Half-True
By Samantha Putterman • July 9, 2026
Donald Trump
stated on July 1, 2026 in remarks to reporters:
“You know why I’m profiting? Because the stock market’s going up. … I’m profiting because I have a lot of money and a lot of…
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • July 7, 2026
Abdul El-Sayed
stated on June 14, 2026 in an X post:
Michigan U.S. Senate candidate Mike Rogers “took a $14 million payout as a pharma lobbyist.”
Pants on Fire!
By Caleb McCullough • July 2, 2026
Donald Trump
stated on June 30, 2026 in a Truth Social post:
“The United States Supreme Court just ruled against men playing in women’s sports.”
Half-True
By Caleb McCullough • July 1, 2026
Mike Collins
stated on June 17, 2026 in an advertisement:
U.S. Sen. Jon Ossoff “cast the deciding vote for the inflation disaster,” referring to the 2022 Inflation Reduction Act.
False
By Ben Brasch • June 29, 2026
Tommy Tuberville
stated on June 24, 2026 in an interview with Fox News:
Says benefits of the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act are “going to go to a lot of people that are here illegally to build…
False
By Alex Min, Louis Jacobson • June 26, 2026
Move Indigo
stated on June 1, 2026 in a statement:
New York state law allows citizens with dual residences to choose where they want to vote.
True
By Jill Terreri Ramos • June 26, 2026
Graham Platner
stated on June 17, 2026 in an ad:
Sen. Susan Collins “sided with Trump, giving billionaires and corporations a hand out, paid for by cuts to Medicaid and SNAP.”
False
By Amy Sherman • June 25, 2026
Donald Trump
stated on June 23, 2026 in a speech in Macungie, Pennsylvania:
In the past 13 months, “The typical 401(k) … is up almost $30,000.”
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • June 25, 2026
David Jolly
stated on June 11, 2026 in a speech:
Florida is “49th in avoidable hospital costs.”
Mostly True
By Samantha Putterman • June 24, 2026
Marsha Blackburn
stated on June 19, 2026 in an X post:
The Obama Presidential Center is “requiring photo ID to enter.”
False
By Alex Min • June 23, 2026
Susan Collins
stated on June 12, 2026 in an interview with the media:
The Supreme Court’s 2022 ruling on abortion “has not had an impact on the state of Maine in that Maine actually expanded its law.”
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • June 23, 2026
Jon Ossoff
stated on June 17, 2026 in an ad:
Republican U.S. Senate candidate Mike Collins “admitted” that President Donald Trump is in the Epstein files.
Mostly False
By Ben Brasch • June 18, 2026
Bernie Sanders
stated on June 12, 2026 in an X post:
“Today, Elon Musk, a trillionaire, pays the same amount into Social Security as someone making $184,500.”
Mostly True
By Caleb McCullough • June 17, 2026
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