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By Bill Adair January 8, 2008

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stated on October 7, 2014 in a debate :

"The Common Core was not put together by the Department of Education in Washington. It was put together by governors and by states."

mostly-true

mostly-true

stated on October 3, 2014 in a news release:

Says Thom Tillis "refuses to say what we should do to combat ISIS."

mostly-true

mostly-true

Protect Oregon Driver Licenses

stated on April 21, 2013 in a campaign website statement:

Gov. Kitzhaber oversaw creation of the Oregon driver card law "behind closed doors without allowing any input from citizens who represent the public interest."

barely-true

barely-true

stated on July 18, 2014 in a campaign debate:

Oregon "is the most trade-dependent state in the nation"

false

false

stated on February 26, 2016 in a test of the fact-checking widget:

"This is a test of the fact-checking widget."

false

false

Donald Rumsfeld

stated on February 17, 2013 in an op-ed in the "Washington Post":

Says wrestling was a favorite sport of Abraham Lincoln.

true

true

18% of the American public

stated on September 6, 2012 in a test:

true

true

18% of the American public

stated on August 22, 2012 in a statement:

true

true

stated on June 26, 2012 in a message forwarded to many people:

Says "a lip-reading instructor at the River School, a Washington, D.C., school for the deaf" has determined that during 9/11 ceremonies, Michelle Obama said, "All this for a damn flag."

pants-fire

pants-fire

stated on January 8, 2012 in a Republican debate in New Hampshire.:

Says President Barack Obama "is a socialist."

pants-fire

pants-fire

Michele Bachmann

stated on November 22, 2011 in a Republican debate in Washington:

Says Apple CEO Steve Jobs told President Obama that the company moved factories to China because it needed 30,000 engineers.

true

true

18% of the American public

stated on November 3, 2016 in a test conducted on an obscure PolitiFact site.:

"This is a test of the Share the Facts widget."

true

true

Republican Party of Florida

stated on March 19, 2010 in a news release:

The Democratic health care plan is a "government takeover of nearly 20 percent of our economy."

pants-fire

pants-fire

stated on March 2, 2010 in the State of the State address:

Cover Florida "is available to any Floridian, offering basic coverage for about $150 a month, instead of the typical $600 a month."

barely-true

barely-true

C.W. Bill Young

stated on February 20, 2010 in a speech to Pinellas County Republicans.:

The Democratic health care plan is a "government takeover of our health programs."

pants-fire

pants-fire

Marc Molinaro
stated on February 14, 2026 in an X post:

New York leads the nation in population loss.

By Holden Turek • April 1, 2026
Donald Trump
stated on March 29, 2026 in remarks aboard Air Force One:

“We've had regime change.”

By Louis Jacobson • April 1, 2026
Blake Gendebien
stated on January 30, 2026 in an X post:

Milk prices “currently are no higher than they were in 1980’s.”

By Emma Gavazzi • March 31, 2026
Donald Trump
stated on March 27, 2026 in a speech to a Saudi investment conference:

“More Americans are working today than at any time in the history of our country.”

By Louis Jacobson • March 31, 2026
Facebook posts
stated on March 26, 2026 in a Facebook post:

Video shows ICE agent removing “US citizen on a plane for being Latino.”

By Maria Briceño • March 30, 2026
Social Media
stated on March 27, 2026 in social media posts:

Image shows President Donald Trump asked Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Truth Social to pardon Tiger Woods following a DUI charge.

By Loreben Tuquero • March 30, 2026
Bruce Blakeman
stated on March 10, 2026 in a social media post:

As Nassau County Executive, I hired 600 new law enforcement officers and made Nassau the safest county in America.

By Jill Terreri Ramos • March 27, 2026
Donald Trump
stated on March 23, 2026 in remarks at a Memphis event:

"Mail-in voting means mail-in cheating.”

By Amy Sherman • March 25, 2026
Mark Kelly
stated on March 17, 2026 in an X post:

The SAVE America Act “requires everyone to re-register to vote in person and your driver’s license, REAL ID, or military ID aren’t even good enough.”

By Amy Sherman • March 24, 2026
Social Media
stated on March 19, 2026 in social media posts:

Video shows Israelis fleeing to Cyprus.

By Loreben Tuquero • March 23, 2026