Latest Fact-checks by Amy Sherman 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 Donald Trump stated on November 4, 2025 in a Truth Social post: Voting in California is “rigged.” JB Pritzker stated on October 30, 2025 in a press conference: The federal government “decided to shut down the SNAP machines, so that they can’t be used.” The Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation and Institute stated on October 23, 2025 in a statement on X: An ad from the government of Ontario, Canada, “misrepresents” President Ronald Reagan’s April 25, 1987, address about tariffs. JD Vance stated on October 15, 2025 in an episode of The Charlie Kirk Show: "Political violence, it's just a statistical fact that it's a bigger problem on the left.” James Clyburn stated on October 8, 2025 in an X post: “Trump’s budget called for a $300 (million) cut” to the Women, Infants and Children program. Josh Hawley stated on October 7, 2025 in a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing: “The FBI tapped my phone” and those of other senators. Donald Trump stated on October 5, 2025 in a statement to the media: “Portland is burning to the ground.” Dan Koh stated on September 29, 2025 in The People's Cabinet podcast: “If the government shuts down, members of Congress still get paid. The janitors never get paid.” Sean Hannity stated on September 17, 2025 in an episode of "Hannity": There was not “a single, prominent conservative voice in the country that even remotely wanted or hoped or was pushing to get Jimmy Kimmel taken off the air.” Chris Murphy stated on August 27, 2025 in an X post: Following the passage of a 2022 gun safety law, mass shootings “began to drop.” Donald Trump stated on August 25, 2025 in remarks to the media: In Washington, D.C., “We always have a murder a week.” Donald Trump stated on August 18, 2025 in remarks at the White House: With voting machines, "They say we're going to have the results in two weeks. With paper ballots, you have the results that night." Donald Trump stated on August 18, 2025 in a Truth Social post: “We are now the only country in the world that uses mail-in voting.” Ken Martin stated on August 5, 2025 in a press conference: Texas Republicans held one hearing on flood response but eight hearings on redistricting Markwayne Mullin stated on July 27, 2025 in an interview on CNN's "State of the Union": The Jeffrey Epstein plea agreement “was a sweetheart plea deal that was made under the Obama administration.” Donald Trump stated on July 22, 2025 in a press conference: In 2016, after Donald Trump won the presidency, then-President Barack Obama was “trying to lead a coup” with Trump’s opponent, Hillary Clinton. Jon Favreau stated on July 8, 2025 in Pod Save America: “ICE will now become the country’s largest federal law enforcement agency, bigger than the FBI, bigger than the DEA.” Social Media stated on July 6, 2025 in a TikTok video: The Trump administration “has defunded not only the National Weather Service but also what’s known as NOAA.” Elizabeth Warren stated on June 24, 2025 in an X post: “If every one of the 340 million people in America paid a new $35 copay to visit the doctor, that still wouldn’t be enough to cover how much Meta would get from just one tax break in Donald Trump's ‘Big Beautiful Bill.’" Donald Trump stated on June 25, 2025 in a Truth Social post: New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani is a communist. Social Media stated on May 25, 2025 in social media posts: The Republican tax and spending bill will let President Donald Trump “delay or cancel elections — legally.” Gavin Newsom stated on May 14, 2025 in una conferencia de prensa: Que California ofrezca acceso asequible a cuidado de salud para los inmigrantes ilegalmente en EE.UU. Bernie Sanders stated on May 12, 2025 in a post on X: “Republicans just unveiled their ‘big, beautiful bill,’ which will take Medicaid & health insurance away from 13.7 million Americans.” Gavin Newsom stated on May 14, 2025 in in a press conference: On California offering affordable health care access for immigrants in the U.S. illegally. Donald Trump stated on May 8, 2025 in a Truth Social post: The Digital Equity Act is a handout "based on race,” and “illegal.” X posts stated on May 8, 2025 in posts: Robert Prevost, the Roman Catholic cardinal who was chosen to be the new pope, is a “registered Republican.” Jared Moskowitz stated on May 1, 2025 in an interview on CNN: Canadian tourism to Florida has declined by 80%. Pete Hegseth stated on April 29, 2025 in an X post: The federal government’s Women, Peace and Security program is a “Biden initiative.” Donald Trump stated on April 8, 2025 in a speech: The U.S. is “taking in almost $2 billion a day in tariffs.” Donald Trump stated on April 9, 2025 in a Truth Social post: On enacting country-by-country tariffs April 9.
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Donald Trump stated on November 4, 2025 in a Truth Social post: Voting in California is “rigged.” JB Pritzker stated on October 30, 2025 in a press conference: The federal government “decided to shut down the SNAP machines, so that they can’t be used.” The Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation and Institute stated on October 23, 2025 in a statement on X: An ad from the government of Ontario, Canada, “misrepresents” President Ronald Reagan’s April 25, 1987, address about tariffs. JD Vance stated on October 15, 2025 in an episode of The Charlie Kirk Show: "Political violence, it's just a statistical fact that it's a bigger problem on the left.” James Clyburn stated on October 8, 2025 in an X post: “Trump’s budget called for a $300 (million) cut” to the Women, Infants and Children program. Josh Hawley stated on October 7, 2025 in a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing: “The FBI tapped my phone” and those of other senators. Donald Trump stated on October 5, 2025 in a statement to the media: “Portland is burning to the ground.” Dan Koh stated on September 29, 2025 in The People's Cabinet podcast: “If the government shuts down, members of Congress still get paid. The janitors never get paid.” Sean Hannity stated on September 17, 2025 in an episode of "Hannity": There was not “a single, prominent conservative voice in the country that even remotely wanted or hoped or was pushing to get Jimmy Kimmel taken off the air.” Chris Murphy stated on August 27, 2025 in an X post: Following the passage of a 2022 gun safety law, mass shootings “began to drop.” Donald Trump stated on August 25, 2025 in remarks to the media: In Washington, D.C., “We always have a murder a week.” Donald Trump stated on August 18, 2025 in remarks at the White House: With voting machines, "They say we're going to have the results in two weeks. With paper ballots, you have the results that night." Donald Trump stated on August 18, 2025 in a Truth Social post: “We are now the only country in the world that uses mail-in voting.” Ken Martin stated on August 5, 2025 in a press conference: Texas Republicans held one hearing on flood response but eight hearings on redistricting Markwayne Mullin stated on July 27, 2025 in an interview on CNN's "State of the Union": The Jeffrey Epstein plea agreement “was a sweetheart plea deal that was made under the Obama administration.” Donald Trump stated on July 22, 2025 in a press conference: In 2016, after Donald Trump won the presidency, then-President Barack Obama was “trying to lead a coup” with Trump’s opponent, Hillary Clinton. Jon Favreau stated on July 8, 2025 in Pod Save America: “ICE will now become the country’s largest federal law enforcement agency, bigger than the FBI, bigger than the DEA.” Social Media stated on July 6, 2025 in a TikTok video: The Trump administration “has defunded not only the National Weather Service but also what’s known as NOAA.” Elizabeth Warren stated on June 24, 2025 in an X post: “If every one of the 340 million people in America paid a new $35 copay to visit the doctor, that still wouldn’t be enough to cover how much Meta would get from just one tax break in Donald Trump's ‘Big Beautiful Bill.’" Donald Trump stated on June 25, 2025 in a Truth Social post: New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani is a communist. Social Media stated on May 25, 2025 in social media posts: The Republican tax and spending bill will let President Donald Trump “delay or cancel elections — legally.” Gavin Newsom stated on May 14, 2025 in una conferencia de prensa: Que California ofrezca acceso asequible a cuidado de salud para los inmigrantes ilegalmente en EE.UU. Bernie Sanders stated on May 12, 2025 in a post on X: “Republicans just unveiled their ‘big, beautiful bill,’ which will take Medicaid & health insurance away from 13.7 million Americans.” Gavin Newsom stated on May 14, 2025 in in a press conference: On California offering affordable health care access for immigrants in the U.S. illegally. Donald Trump stated on May 8, 2025 in a Truth Social post: The Digital Equity Act is a handout "based on race,” and “illegal.” X posts stated on May 8, 2025 in posts: Robert Prevost, the Roman Catholic cardinal who was chosen to be the new pope, is a “registered Republican.” Jared Moskowitz stated on May 1, 2025 in an interview on CNN: Canadian tourism to Florida has declined by 80%. Pete Hegseth stated on April 29, 2025 in an X post: The federal government’s Women, Peace and Security program is a “Biden initiative.” Donald Trump stated on April 8, 2025 in a speech: The U.S. is “taking in almost $2 billion a day in tariffs.” Donald Trump stated on April 9, 2025 in a Truth Social post: On enacting country-by-country tariffs April 9.
JB Pritzker stated on October 30, 2025 in a press conference: The federal government “decided to shut down the SNAP machines, so that they can’t be used.”
The Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation and Institute stated on October 23, 2025 in a statement on X: An ad from the government of Ontario, Canada, “misrepresents” President Ronald Reagan’s April 25, 1987, address about tariffs.
JD Vance stated on October 15, 2025 in an episode of The Charlie Kirk Show: "Political violence, it's just a statistical fact that it's a bigger problem on the left.”
James Clyburn stated on October 8, 2025 in an X post: “Trump’s budget called for a $300 (million) cut” to the Women, Infants and Children program.
Josh Hawley stated on October 7, 2025 in a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing: “The FBI tapped my phone” and those of other senators.
Donald Trump stated on October 5, 2025 in a statement to the media: “Portland is burning to the ground.”
Dan Koh stated on September 29, 2025 in The People's Cabinet podcast: “If the government shuts down, members of Congress still get paid. The janitors never get paid.”
Sean Hannity stated on September 17, 2025 in an episode of "Hannity": There was not “a single, prominent conservative voice in the country that even remotely wanted or hoped or was pushing to get Jimmy Kimmel taken off the air.”
Chris Murphy stated on August 27, 2025 in an X post: Following the passage of a 2022 gun safety law, mass shootings “began to drop.”
Donald Trump stated on August 25, 2025 in remarks to the media: In Washington, D.C., “We always have a murder a week.”
Donald Trump stated on August 18, 2025 in remarks at the White House: With voting machines, "They say we're going to have the results in two weeks. With paper ballots, you have the results that night."
Donald Trump stated on August 18, 2025 in a Truth Social post: “We are now the only country in the world that uses mail-in voting.”
Ken Martin stated on August 5, 2025 in a press conference: Texas Republicans held one hearing on flood response but eight hearings on redistricting
Markwayne Mullin stated on July 27, 2025 in an interview on CNN's "State of the Union": The Jeffrey Epstein plea agreement “was a sweetheart plea deal that was made under the Obama administration.”
Donald Trump stated on July 22, 2025 in a press conference: In 2016, after Donald Trump won the presidency, then-President Barack Obama was “trying to lead a coup” with Trump’s opponent, Hillary Clinton.
Jon Favreau stated on July 8, 2025 in Pod Save America: “ICE will now become the country’s largest federal law enforcement agency, bigger than the FBI, bigger than the DEA.”
Social Media stated on July 6, 2025 in a TikTok video: The Trump administration “has defunded not only the National Weather Service but also what’s known as NOAA.”
Elizabeth Warren stated on June 24, 2025 in an X post: “If every one of the 340 million people in America paid a new $35 copay to visit the doctor, that still wouldn’t be enough to cover how much Meta would get from just one tax break in Donald Trump's ‘Big Beautiful Bill.’"
Donald Trump stated on June 25, 2025 in a Truth Social post: New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani is a communist.
Social Media stated on May 25, 2025 in social media posts: The Republican tax and spending bill will let President Donald Trump “delay or cancel elections — legally.”
Gavin Newsom stated on May 14, 2025 in una conferencia de prensa: Que California ofrezca acceso asequible a cuidado de salud para los inmigrantes ilegalmente en EE.UU.
Bernie Sanders stated on May 12, 2025 in a post on X: “Republicans just unveiled their ‘big, beautiful bill,’ which will take Medicaid & health insurance away from 13.7 million Americans.”
Gavin Newsom stated on May 14, 2025 in in a press conference: On California offering affordable health care access for immigrants in the U.S. illegally.
Donald Trump stated on May 8, 2025 in a Truth Social post: The Digital Equity Act is a handout "based on race,” and “illegal.”
X posts stated on May 8, 2025 in posts: Robert Prevost, the Roman Catholic cardinal who was chosen to be the new pope, is a “registered Republican.”
Jared Moskowitz stated on May 1, 2025 in an interview on CNN: Canadian tourism to Florida has declined by 80%.
Pete Hegseth stated on April 29, 2025 in an X post: The federal government’s Women, Peace and Security program is a “Biden initiative.”
Donald Trump stated on April 8, 2025 in a speech: The U.S. is “taking in almost $2 billion a day in tariffs.”
Donald Trump stated on April 9, 2025 in a Truth Social post: On enacting country-by-country tariffs April 9.
