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 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." Viral image stated on March 31, 2019 in a Facebook post: "When Winston Churchill was asked to cut arts funding in favour of the war effort, he simply replied, ‘then what are we fighting for?’ " Facebook posts stated on March 31, 2019 in a Facebook post: Quotes Bernie Sanders as saying, "Christianity is an insult to Muslims." Viral image stated on March 30, 2019 in a Facebook post: Says Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said, "We need to repeal Daylight Savings Time as a primary measure to decrease the rate of climate change. Less hours of sun shine equal less heat hitting Earth’s surface." Bloggers stated on March 20, 2019 in a social media post: "American middle schools caught forcing students to do Muslim prayers 5 times a day." Viral image stated on March 11, 2019 in a Facebook post: "The day Al Gore was born, there were 130,000 glaciers on earth. Today, only 130,000 remain." Viral image stated on April 1, 2019 in a Facebook post: The Mueller report was leaked. Kaye Kory stated on April 15, 2019 in radio interview.: "Women in Virginia have been incarcerated at an increasingly high rate. It’s around (a) 300 percent increase in the past four or five years." Mick Mulvaney stated on March 31, 2019 in an interview on ABC News' "This Week": "Every single (health care) plan that this White House has ever put forward since Donald Trump was elected covered pre-existing conditions." Kamala Harris stated on March 26, 2019 in a tweet: "In 30 states, average teacher pay is less than the living wage for a family of four." Viral image stated on March 28, 2019 in a Facebook post: Bluegill fish "are responsible for over 500 deaths in the United States every summer."
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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." Viral image stated on March 31, 2019 in a Facebook post: "When Winston Churchill was asked to cut arts funding in favour of the war effort, he simply replied, ‘then what are we fighting for?’ " Facebook posts stated on March 31, 2019 in a Facebook post: Quotes Bernie Sanders as saying, "Christianity is an insult to Muslims." Viral image stated on March 30, 2019 in a Facebook post: Says Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said, "We need to repeal Daylight Savings Time as a primary measure to decrease the rate of climate change. Less hours of sun shine equal less heat hitting Earth’s surface." Bloggers stated on March 20, 2019 in a social media post: "American middle schools caught forcing students to do Muslim prayers 5 times a day." Viral image stated on March 11, 2019 in a Facebook post: "The day Al Gore was born, there were 130,000 glaciers on earth. Today, only 130,000 remain." Viral image stated on April 1, 2019 in a Facebook post: The Mueller report was leaked. Kaye Kory stated on April 15, 2019 in radio interview.: "Women in Virginia have been incarcerated at an increasingly high rate. It’s around (a) 300 percent increase in the past four or five years." Mick Mulvaney stated on March 31, 2019 in an interview on ABC News' "This Week": "Every single (health care) plan that this White House has ever put forward since Donald Trump was elected covered pre-existing conditions." Kamala Harris stated on March 26, 2019 in a tweet: "In 30 states, average teacher pay is less than the living wage for a family of four." Viral image stated on March 28, 2019 in a Facebook post: Bluegill fish "are responsible for over 500 deaths in the United States every summer."
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."
Viral image stated on March 31, 2019 in a Facebook post: "When Winston Churchill was asked to cut arts funding in favour of the war effort, he simply replied, ‘then what are we fighting for?’ "
Facebook posts stated on March 31, 2019 in a Facebook post: Quotes Bernie Sanders as saying, "Christianity is an insult to Muslims."
Viral image stated on March 30, 2019 in a Facebook post: Says Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said, "We need to repeal Daylight Savings Time as a primary measure to decrease the rate of climate change. Less hours of sun shine equal less heat hitting Earth’s surface."
Bloggers stated on March 20, 2019 in a social media post: "American middle schools caught forcing students to do Muslim prayers 5 times a day."
Viral image stated on March 11, 2019 in a Facebook post: "The day Al Gore was born, there were 130,000 glaciers on earth. Today, only 130,000 remain."
Kaye Kory stated on April 15, 2019 in radio interview.: "Women in Virginia have been incarcerated at an increasingly high rate. It’s around (a) 300 percent increase in the past four or five years."
Mick Mulvaney stated on March 31, 2019 in an interview on ABC News' "This Week": "Every single (health care) plan that this White House has ever put forward since Donald Trump was elected covered pre-existing conditions."
Kamala Harris stated on March 26, 2019 in a tweet: "In 30 states, average teacher pay is less than the living wage for a family of four."
Viral image stated on March 28, 2019 in a Facebook post: Bluegill fish "are responsible for over 500 deaths in the United States every summer."
