Latest Fact-checks Clear Any Rating True Mostly True Half True Mostly False False Pants on Fire Full Flop Half Flip No Flip Any Speaker Any Date Range Last 3 Months Last 6 Months Last 12 Months 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 Any Category Jared Kushner stated on April 1, 2019 in an interview with Laura Ingraham on Fox News: Florida "passed a law where former felons can now vote. We've had more ex-felons register as Republicans than Democrats." X posts stated on April 5, 2019 in a tweet: Says President Donald Trump said asylum seekers "aren't people. These are animals." Donald Trump stated on April 2, 2019 in a speech to the National Republican Congressional Committee: "The noise (from windmills) causes cancer." Viral image stated on April 1, 2019 in a Facebook post: Says John F. Kennedy Jr. said, "If my dear friend Donald Trump ever decided to sacrifice his fabulous billionaire lifestyle to become president he would be an unstoppable force for ultimate justice that Democrats and Republicans alike would celebrate." Viral image stated on April 1, 2019 in a Facebook post: Photos related to gun violence in present-day United States and the Holocaust in Nazi Germany suggest that gun control laws created or exacerbated the genocide of Jews. Paul Bettencourt stated on April 2, 2019 in a resolution: "194,000 criminal aliens booked into Texas jails from 2011-2019 were charged with more than 299,000 criminal offenses." Shelley Moore Capito stated on January 30, 2019 in a tweet: "Beginning in the early 1990s, we built barriers in 4 sectors at our southern border. Since each was built, those sectors have seen massive drops in apprehensions of people crossing the border illegally," including 90 percent to 95 percent decreases in the Tucson, Yuma, San Diego and El Paso sectors. Miro Weinberger stated on April 3, 2019 in state of the city speech: "The public health science is clear that the use of the addiction medicine buprenorphine saves lives whether that use has been prescribed or not." Brad Halbrook stated on February 7, 2019 in a resolution: "The City of Chicago is often bailed out by taxpayers in the rest of the State, such as the $221 million bailout for the CPS (Chicago Public Schools) pension system that was signed into law." Republican Party of Wisconsin stated on April 3, 2019 in a tweet: "FYI: the last statewide recount in WI was in 2016. After that recount, the vote margin changed by only 131 out of the 2.7 million votes cast." John Flanagan stated on April 1, 2019 in a news release: The state budget fully funds "an initiative to provide free college tuition for illegal immigrants, while rejecting an increase in Tuition Assistance Program funding that would help middle-class families afford college." Donna Campbell stated on April 1, 2019 in the Texas Senate: Abortion providers perform almost 60,000 procedures in Texas every year. Pete Buttigieg stated on April 1, 2019 in a podcast interview: "Since 1973, the income of the bottom 90 percent, so pretty much all of us, didn’t budge, or even retreated a little bit." Julián Castro stated on April 1, 2019 in a Medium post: Says that the George W. Bush administration in 2005 revived a long-standing law when it "decided to charge those that crossed the border with criminal violations, rather than civil ones." Mark Meadows stated on March 14, 2019 in a congressional hearing: "The previous administration under President Barack Obama really was the first time that we didn’t ask a citizenship-type question … for the first time in a century, a citizenship question was not included in 2010." Mike Romano stated on February 2, 2019 in a tweet: In the state rankings for ACT test scores, West Virginia "is 30th. Which states are listed in the bottom? 15 states with charter schools." Daniel Riemer stated on February 17, 2019 in a TV interview: "About 80 percent of (the manufacturing and agriculture) tax credit goes to claimants who are making $1 million or more." Donald Trump stated on April 2, 2019 in remarks to reporters: Says his father, Fred Trump, was "born in a very wonderful place in Germany." Elizabeth Warren stated on March 27, 2019 in a policy paper posted on Medium: Mergers and integration in agribusiness "squeeze" family farms, and "the result is that farmers are getting a record-low amount of every dollar Americans spend on food." Viral image stated on March 31, 2019 in a Facebook post: A photograph shows Joe Biden kissing a woman behind Lindsey Graham. Mitch Carmichael stated on February 14, 2019 in an interview with WV MetroNews: In West Virginia, "our students enter in at fourth grade the first time they’re tested, 37th or 38th in the nation—which is not good, but it’s not horrible. By the time they’re in the 8th grade, they’re 46th or 47th, and then upon 11th grade testing they’re near last." Jeremiah Samples stated on February 28, 2019 in testimony before the West Virginia state Senate: "We have had an increase of 67 percent (in) the number of children taken into state custody since 2014." Donald Trump stated on April 2, 2019 in a tweet: "Puerto Rico got 91 Billion Dollars for the hurricane, more money than has ever been gotten for a hurricane before." Donald Trump stated on March 2, 2019 in a speech: "When the wind stops blowing, that’s the end of your electric." Bloggers stated on April 1, 2019 in news articles and blogs: Americans "would run out of avocados in three weeks" if imports from Mexico were stopped due to a border closure. Facebook posts stated on April 2, 2019 in a Facebook post: "Hackers are posting sexual videos and pictures on your (Facebook) walls! You don’t see them, but your friends do, then it seems as if you posted it." Andrew Yang stated on March 22, 2019 in an interview: "America’s life expectancy has declined for the last three years in a row, the first time in a hundred years, because of surges in suicides and drug overdoses." Viral image stated on March 30, 2019 in a Facebook post: Seven days before John F. Kennedy was assassinated he said, "There’s a plot in this country to enslave every man, woman and child. Before I leave this high and noble office, I intend to expose this plot." Lena Taylor stated on March 14, 2019 in a community meeting: Says Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett did not want a juvenile facility in Milwaukee, "has never been to a juvenile facility," and "didn't want it to be done." Facebook posts stated on April 1, 2019 in a Facebook post: Quotes Harriet Tubman as saying, "I freed a thousand slaves. I could have freed a thousand more if only they knew they were slaves."
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Jared Kushner stated on April 1, 2019 in an interview with Laura Ingraham on Fox News: Florida "passed a law where former felons can now vote. We've had more ex-felons register as Republicans than Democrats." X posts stated on April 5, 2019 in a tweet: Says President Donald Trump said asylum seekers "aren't people. These are animals." Donald Trump stated on April 2, 2019 in a speech to the National Republican Congressional Committee: "The noise (from windmills) causes cancer." Viral image stated on April 1, 2019 in a Facebook post: Says John F. Kennedy Jr. said, "If my dear friend Donald Trump ever decided to sacrifice his fabulous billionaire lifestyle to become president he would be an unstoppable force for ultimate justice that Democrats and Republicans alike would celebrate." Viral image stated on April 1, 2019 in a Facebook post: Photos related to gun violence in present-day United States and the Holocaust in Nazi Germany suggest that gun control laws created or exacerbated the genocide of Jews. Paul Bettencourt stated on April 2, 2019 in a resolution: "194,000 criminal aliens booked into Texas jails from 2011-2019 were charged with more than 299,000 criminal offenses." Shelley Moore Capito stated on January 30, 2019 in a tweet: "Beginning in the early 1990s, we built barriers in 4 sectors at our southern border. Since each was built, those sectors have seen massive drops in apprehensions of people crossing the border illegally," including 90 percent to 95 percent decreases in the Tucson, Yuma, San Diego and El Paso sectors. Miro Weinberger stated on April 3, 2019 in state of the city speech: "The public health science is clear that the use of the addiction medicine buprenorphine saves lives whether that use has been prescribed or not." Brad Halbrook stated on February 7, 2019 in a resolution: "The City of Chicago is often bailed out by taxpayers in the rest of the State, such as the $221 million bailout for the CPS (Chicago Public Schools) pension system that was signed into law." Republican Party of Wisconsin stated on April 3, 2019 in a tweet: "FYI: the last statewide recount in WI was in 2016. After that recount, the vote margin changed by only 131 out of the 2.7 million votes cast." John Flanagan stated on April 1, 2019 in a news release: The state budget fully funds "an initiative to provide free college tuition for illegal immigrants, while rejecting an increase in Tuition Assistance Program funding that would help middle-class families afford college." Donna Campbell stated on April 1, 2019 in the Texas Senate: Abortion providers perform almost 60,000 procedures in Texas every year. Pete Buttigieg stated on April 1, 2019 in a podcast interview: "Since 1973, the income of the bottom 90 percent, so pretty much all of us, didn’t budge, or even retreated a little bit." Julián Castro stated on April 1, 2019 in a Medium post: Says that the George W. Bush administration in 2005 revived a long-standing law when it "decided to charge those that crossed the border with criminal violations, rather than civil ones." Mark Meadows stated on March 14, 2019 in a congressional hearing: "The previous administration under President Barack Obama really was the first time that we didn’t ask a citizenship-type question … for the first time in a century, a citizenship question was not included in 2010." Mike Romano stated on February 2, 2019 in a tweet: In the state rankings for ACT test scores, West Virginia "is 30th. Which states are listed in the bottom? 15 states with charter schools." Daniel Riemer stated on February 17, 2019 in a TV interview: "About 80 percent of (the manufacturing and agriculture) tax credit goes to claimants who are making $1 million or more." Donald Trump stated on April 2, 2019 in remarks to reporters: Says his father, Fred Trump, was "born in a very wonderful place in Germany." Elizabeth Warren stated on March 27, 2019 in a policy paper posted on Medium: Mergers and integration in agribusiness "squeeze" family farms, and "the result is that farmers are getting a record-low amount of every dollar Americans spend on food." Viral image stated on March 31, 2019 in a Facebook post: A photograph shows Joe Biden kissing a woman behind Lindsey Graham. Mitch Carmichael stated on February 14, 2019 in an interview with WV MetroNews: In West Virginia, "our students enter in at fourth grade the first time they’re tested, 37th or 38th in the nation—which is not good, but it’s not horrible. By the time they’re in the 8th grade, they’re 46th or 47th, and then upon 11th grade testing they’re near last." Jeremiah Samples stated on February 28, 2019 in testimony before the West Virginia state Senate: "We have had an increase of 67 percent (in) the number of children taken into state custody since 2014." Donald Trump stated on April 2, 2019 in a tweet: "Puerto Rico got 91 Billion Dollars for the hurricane, more money than has ever been gotten for a hurricane before." Donald Trump stated on March 2, 2019 in a speech: "When the wind stops blowing, that’s the end of your electric." Bloggers stated on April 1, 2019 in news articles and blogs: Americans "would run out of avocados in three weeks" if imports from Mexico were stopped due to a border closure. Facebook posts stated on April 2, 2019 in a Facebook post: "Hackers are posting sexual videos and pictures on your (Facebook) walls! You don’t see them, but your friends do, then it seems as if you posted it." Andrew Yang stated on March 22, 2019 in an interview: "America’s life expectancy has declined for the last three years in a row, the first time in a hundred years, because of surges in suicides and drug overdoses." Viral image stated on March 30, 2019 in a Facebook post: Seven days before John F. Kennedy was assassinated he said, "There’s a plot in this country to enslave every man, woman and child. Before I leave this high and noble office, I intend to expose this plot." Lena Taylor stated on March 14, 2019 in a community meeting: Says Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett did not want a juvenile facility in Milwaukee, "has never been to a juvenile facility," and "didn't want it to be done." Facebook posts stated on April 1, 2019 in a Facebook post: Quotes Harriet Tubman as saying, "I freed a thousand slaves. I could have freed a thousand more if only they knew they were slaves."
Jared Kushner stated on April 1, 2019 in an interview with Laura Ingraham on Fox News: Florida "passed a law where former felons can now vote. We've had more ex-felons register as Republicans than Democrats."
X posts stated on April 5, 2019 in a tweet: Says President Donald Trump said asylum seekers "aren't people. These are animals."
Donald Trump stated on April 2, 2019 in a speech to the National Republican Congressional Committee: "The noise (from windmills) causes cancer."
Viral image stated on April 1, 2019 in a Facebook post: Says John F. Kennedy Jr. said, "If my dear friend Donald Trump ever decided to sacrifice his fabulous billionaire lifestyle to become president he would be an unstoppable force for ultimate justice that Democrats and Republicans alike would celebrate."
Viral image stated on April 1, 2019 in a Facebook post: Photos related to gun violence in present-day United States and the Holocaust in Nazi Germany suggest that gun control laws created or exacerbated the genocide of Jews.
Paul Bettencourt stated on April 2, 2019 in a resolution: "194,000 criminal aliens booked into Texas jails from 2011-2019 were charged with more than 299,000 criminal offenses."
Shelley Moore Capito stated on January 30, 2019 in a tweet: "Beginning in the early 1990s, we built barriers in 4 sectors at our southern border. Since each was built, those sectors have seen massive drops in apprehensions of people crossing the border illegally," including 90 percent to 95 percent decreases in the Tucson, Yuma, San Diego and El Paso sectors.
Miro Weinberger stated on April 3, 2019 in state of the city speech: "The public health science is clear that the use of the addiction medicine buprenorphine saves lives whether that use has been prescribed or not."
Brad Halbrook stated on February 7, 2019 in a resolution: "The City of Chicago is often bailed out by taxpayers in the rest of the State, such as the $221 million bailout for the CPS (Chicago Public Schools) pension system that was signed into law."
Republican Party of Wisconsin stated on April 3, 2019 in a tweet: "FYI: the last statewide recount in WI was in 2016. After that recount, the vote margin changed by only 131 out of the 2.7 million votes cast."
John Flanagan stated on April 1, 2019 in a news release: The state budget fully funds "an initiative to provide free college tuition for illegal immigrants, while rejecting an increase in Tuition Assistance Program funding that would help middle-class families afford college."
Donna Campbell stated on April 1, 2019 in the Texas Senate: Abortion providers perform almost 60,000 procedures in Texas every year.
Pete Buttigieg stated on April 1, 2019 in a podcast interview: "Since 1973, the income of the bottom 90 percent, so pretty much all of us, didn’t budge, or even retreated a little bit."
Julián Castro stated on April 1, 2019 in a Medium post: Says that the George W. Bush administration in 2005 revived a long-standing law when it "decided to charge those that crossed the border with criminal violations, rather than civil ones."
Mark Meadows stated on March 14, 2019 in a congressional hearing: "The previous administration under President Barack Obama really was the first time that we didn’t ask a citizenship-type question … for the first time in a century, a citizenship question was not included in 2010."
Mike Romano stated on February 2, 2019 in a tweet: In the state rankings for ACT test scores, West Virginia "is 30th. Which states are listed in the bottom? 15 states with charter schools."
Daniel Riemer stated on February 17, 2019 in a TV interview: "About 80 percent of (the manufacturing and agriculture) tax credit goes to claimants who are making $1 million or more."
Donald Trump stated on April 2, 2019 in remarks to reporters: Says his father, Fred Trump, was "born in a very wonderful place in Germany."
Elizabeth Warren stated on March 27, 2019 in a policy paper posted on Medium: Mergers and integration in agribusiness "squeeze" family farms, and "the result is that farmers are getting a record-low amount of every dollar Americans spend on food."
Viral image stated on March 31, 2019 in a Facebook post: A photograph shows Joe Biden kissing a woman behind Lindsey Graham.
Mitch Carmichael stated on February 14, 2019 in an interview with WV MetroNews: In West Virginia, "our students enter in at fourth grade the first time they’re tested, 37th or 38th in the nation—which is not good, but it’s not horrible. By the time they’re in the 8th grade, they’re 46th or 47th, and then upon 11th grade testing they’re near last."
Jeremiah Samples stated on February 28, 2019 in testimony before the West Virginia state Senate: "We have had an increase of 67 percent (in) the number of children taken into state custody since 2014."
Donald Trump stated on April 2, 2019 in a tweet: "Puerto Rico got 91 Billion Dollars for the hurricane, more money than has ever been gotten for a hurricane before."
Donald Trump stated on March 2, 2019 in a speech: "When the wind stops blowing, that’s the end of your electric."
Bloggers stated on April 1, 2019 in news articles and blogs: Americans "would run out of avocados in three weeks" if imports from Mexico were stopped due to a border closure.
Facebook posts stated on April 2, 2019 in a Facebook post: "Hackers are posting sexual videos and pictures on your (Facebook) walls! You don’t see them, but your friends do, then it seems as if you posted it."
Andrew Yang stated on March 22, 2019 in an interview: "America’s life expectancy has declined for the last three years in a row, the first time in a hundred years, because of surges in suicides and drug overdoses."
Viral image stated on March 30, 2019 in a Facebook post: Seven days before John F. Kennedy was assassinated he said, "There’s a plot in this country to enslave every man, woman and child. Before I leave this high and noble office, I intend to expose this plot."
Lena Taylor stated on March 14, 2019 in a community meeting: Says Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett did not want a juvenile facility in Milwaukee, "has never been to a juvenile facility," and "didn't want it to be done."
Facebook posts stated on April 1, 2019 in a Facebook post: Quotes Harriet Tubman as saying, "I freed a thousand slaves. I could have freed a thousand more if only they knew they were slaves."
