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Latest Fact-Checks On Ron Paul

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Ron Paul
Ron Paul
stated on November 15, 2020 a Twitter post
Says “Biden wants a nationwide lockdown to combat a virus that has a 99%+ survival rate.”
False
By Monique Curet • November 20, 2020
Ron Paul
Ron Paul
stated on March 16, 2020 an opinion article
Says Anthony Fauci’s statement that the coronavirus death rate is 10 times that of the seasonal flu is “a claim without any scientific basis."
False
March 18, 2020
Ron Paul
Ron Paul
stated on June 14, 2015 an opinion column
"Jasper County in Texas raised property taxes by 7 percent in order to pay for one death penalty case."
True
By W. Gardner Selby • July 9, 2015
Ron Paul
Ron Paul
stated on January 14, 2014 an email blast
For "the past year, I was censored" and muzzled.
False
By W. Gardner Selby • January 24, 2014
Ron Paul
Ron Paul
stated on June 6, 2012 an online message to supporters.
Says he has nearly 200 delegates bound to support his candidacy at the Republican National Convention.
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • June 15, 2012
Ron Paul
Ron Paul
stated on April 10, 2012 a speech at Texas A&M University.
"Just on Jan. 1 of this year, there were 40,000 new laws put on the books in one day."
False
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • April 27, 2012
Ron Paul
Ron Paul
stated on February 22, 2012 a Republican presidential debate in Arizona
Says he "did the very best" in a recent poll in Iowa matching up each of the major Republican presidential candidates against President Barack Obama.
Mostly True
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • March 2, 2012
Ron Paul
Ron Paul
stated on February 28, 2012 a campaign commercial
Says Rick Santorum "funded Planned Parenthood."
Half-True
By Molly Moorhead • March 1, 2012
Ron Paul
Ron Paul
stated on February 28, 2012 a campaign commercial
Says Rick Santorum "opposes right-to-work"
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • March 1, 2012
Ron Paul
Ron Paul
stated on February 22, 2012 a debate in Arizona
"Today gasoline hit $6 a gallon in Florida."
Pants on Fire!
By Angie Drobnic Holan • February 23, 2012
Ron Paul
Ron Paul
stated on January 16, 2012 a Republican presidential debate in South Carolina
Says the U.S. federal income tax rate was 0 percent until 1913.
Half-True
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • January 31, 2012
Ron Paul
Ron Paul
stated on January 11, 2012 an interview.
Says that when Republicans held Congress and the presidency, they "doubled the size of the (U.S.) Department of Education."
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • January 11, 2012
Ron Paul
Ron Paul
stated on January 3, 2012 a speech after the Iowa caucuses
Says a new national poll shows "the majority of the American people believe we should have a gold standard" for U.S. currency.
False
By Louis Jacobson, W. Gardner Selby • January 4, 2012
Ron Paul
Ron Paul
stated on December 29, 2011 a radio interview
Says there were only "about eight or 10" inflammatory sentences in his newsletters.
False
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms, Sue Owen • December 31, 2011
Ron Paul
Ron Paul
stated on November 30, 2011 a house party in New Hampshire
"The Fed created $15 trillion in the bailout process" and $5 trillion went overseas.
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • December 9, 2011
Ron Paul
Ron Paul
stated on November 22, 2011 the CNN Republican presidential debate.
Says the Department of Defense changed its definitions of al-Qaeda and the Taliban making it so almost anybody can be loosely associated with the groups.
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • December 4, 2011
Ron Paul
Ron Paul
stated on November 12, 2011 a Republican presidential debate in Spartanburg, S.C.
"Torture is illegal by our laws. It's illegal by international laws."
True
By Louis Jacobson • November 15, 2011
Ron Paul
Ron Paul
stated on October 11, 2011 the Republican presidential debate at Dartmouth College in New Hampshire
GOP presidential hopeful Herman Cain called Ron Paul’s followers "ignorant."
False
By Willoughby Mariano • October 25, 2011
Ron Paul
Ron Paul
stated on September 30, 2011 remarks at Politics & Eggs forum in Manchester, N.H.
Every month since 9/11, there have been as many suicide attacks against the United States and its allies as there were in all the years leading up to 9/11.
Mostly True
By Maryalice Gill • October 24, 2011
Ron Paul
Ron Paul
stated on September 12, 2011 a Republican presidential debate in Tampa, Florida.
Says "our taxes have doubled" with Rick Perry in office.
Pants on Fire!
By W. Gardner Selby • September 26, 2011
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