Donald Trump accused Hillary Clinton of lying about him during the ABC Democratic debate. PolitiFact awards Donald Trump its 'Lie of the Year'

PolitiFact has named Donald Trump the winner of its annual “Lie of the Year” competition — and it's not even close.

The fact-checking website has rated 76 percent of Trump’s statements “mostly false,” “false" or “pants on fire,” out of 77 statements checked. "No other politician has as many statements rated so far down on the dial," PolitiFact observes.


Trump is often criticized for statements that have little to no basis in fact. For example, no video has been found showing "thousands" of Muslim-Americans celebrating the 9/11 attacks, as the Republican presidential candidate has claimed repeatedly.

“In considering our annual Lie of the Year, we found our only real contenders were Trump’s — his various statements also led our Readers’ Poll,” PolitiFact staff members write. “But it was hard to single one out from the others. So we have rolled them into one big trophy.”

“When it comes to inaccurate statements, the Donald was on fire,” PolitiFact continues.

The win comes the same day Trump doubled down on calls for former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to apologize for a "disgusting story she made up about me.” During the Democratic debate on Saturday, Clinton said the Islamic State has been using videos of Trump in its recruitment videos. News outlets have been unable to find any such videos.

Asked whether she would indeed apologize, a spokesman for Clinton’s campaign said, "Hell no."