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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
By Tom Kertscher • 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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