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Live fact-checking President Donald Trump's 2020 State of the Union

(Associated Press)

By PolitiFact Staff February 4, 2020

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PolitiFact has fact-checked President Donald Trump more than 700 times. Over 68 percent of the claims we have checked rated Mostly False, False or Pants on Fire.
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stated on December 8, 2021 an interview with Hugh Hewitt:

Gas prices were "$1.86 when I left" the White House.

false

false

Louise Slaughter

stated on September 5, 2017 a tweet:

Rescinding the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program "will harm our economy."

true

true

stated on March 2, 2017 a headline:

"Doctors who discovered cancer enzymes in vaccines all found murdered."

pants-fire

pants-fire

David Menchetti

stated on November 28, 2016 testimony before the Illinois House Labor and Commerce Committee:

"The causation standard in Indiana is exactly the same as it is in Illinois."

true

true

stated on September 16, 2016 a White House press conference:

"If you look at any real analysis," the Trans-Pacific Partnership is "going to generate better-paying jobs that are more stable."

half-true

half-true

stated on November 17, 2015 press release:

While the smoking rate nationally has fallen, more than 18 percent of Georgians still light up.

mostly-true

mostly-true

NextGen Climate Action Committee

stated on August 8, 2014 a campaign ad:

Says Rick Scott "is letting Duke (Energy) keep collecting billions" despite troubled power plants.

half-true

half-true

Georgia Department of Transportation

stated on July 19, 2011 a press release:

The Northwest Corridor highway project in Cobb and Cherokee counties "is expected to create over 9,700 jobs statewide."

false

false

Republican National Committee

stated on June 5, 2008 in a news release:

Obama couldn't have afforded his home without Rezko's help.

false

false

Robert Ortt
stated on January 20, 2023 in in a news conference:

If New York’s proposed limits on natural gas in buildings take effect, the grid today can’t handle the increased electric load.

By Jill Terreri Ramos • February 6, 2023
Tweets
stated on January 25, 2023 in a tweet:

“Female student athletes in Florida need to provide their schools with detailed information about their periods.”

By Samantha Putterman • February 3, 2023
Marjorie Taylor Greene
stated on February 1, 2023 in a House committee hearing:

Illinois “received $5.1 billion at an elementary school there that used it for equity and diversity.”

By Jeff Cercone • February 3, 2023
Chip Roy
stated on January 23, 2023 in a tweet:

"Under Biden, we have seen over 4.6 million encounters at our southern border. Most have been released into the interior and will stay here indefinitely."

By Maria Ramirez Uribe • February 3, 2023
Devin LeMahieu
stated on January 3, 2023 in Senate address:

"In 2010, (Wisconsin Republicans) inherited a multi-Billion dollar deficit … Today we are looking at a projected surplus approaching 7 Billion."

By Vanessa Swales • February 3, 2023
Tweets
stated on January 31, 2023 in tweets:

President Joe Biden said, “The idea that we’re going to send in tanks to Ukraine, that’s called World War III.”

By Jeff Cercone • February 2, 2023
Facebook posts
stated on January 27, 2023 in a video on Facebook:

Pregnancy tests include a “hidden Plan B” pill.

By Sara Swann • February 2, 2023
Peggy Hubbard
stated on January 30, 2023 in a Facebook post:

“More classified documents (were) found at the University of Delaware,” the “equivalent of a tractor trailer worth.”

By Loreben Tuquero • February 2, 2023
Facebook posts
stated on January 27, 2023 in a Facebook post:

U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar is "facing 40 years in prison and deportation after seven new crimes uncovered."

By Tom Kertscher • February 2, 2023
Tony Evers
stated on December 28, 2022 in Twitter:

“Wisconsin is the nation’s top cranberry producer — in fact, our farmers harvest around 60 percent of the country’s crop.”

By Laura Schulte • February 2, 2023