Latest Fact-checks by Louis Jacobson 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 Joe Biden stated on August 2, 2024 in a written statement: "Since Vice President Harris and I took office … incomes have risen faster than prices." Kamala Harris stated on July 30, 2024 in an event in Atlanta: "Donald Trump intends to cut Social Security." Pete Buttigieg stated on July 28, 2024 in an interview on Fox News Sunday: “Even before the pandemic, America went into a manufacturing recession.” Kamala Harris stated on July 18, 2024 in a speech in North Carolina: “Today, America has record energy production and we are energy independent.” Kamala Harris stated on July 18, 2024 in a campaign event in North Carolina: Project 2025 would “end Head Start.” Joe Biden stated on July 13, 2024 in a statement to the media: “The idea that there’s political violence or violence in America like this is just unheard of.” Byron Donalds stated on July 7, 2024 in an interview on Fox News Sunday: Kamala Harris "co-sponsored, fully sponsored" the Green New Deal. Joe Biden stated on April 4, 2024 in a post on TikTok: Donald Trump’s plan is “cutting Social Security for you.” Donald Trump stated on June 15, 2024 in remarks in Detroit: The Trump administration “achieved the lowest African American unemployment rate and the lowest African American poverty rate ever recorded.” Donald Trump stated on June 15, 2024 in remarks in Detroit: Crime statistics “no longer include data from 30% of the country including the biggest and most violent cities.” Eric Swalwell stated on June 9, 2024 in a post on X: Says Sen. Lindsey Graham said a newly elected Donald Trump “will round up and deport LEGAL immigrants.” Joe Biden stated on May 24, 2024 in a campaign email: "The last administration oversaw the largest increase in murders ever recorded." Joe Biden stated on June 4, 2024 in an interview with Time magazine: “Wage increases have exceeded” the cost of inflation. Donald Trump stated on June 2, 2024 in an interview on "Fox & Friends": Joe Biden wants “to quadruple your taxes.” Social Media stated on May 29, 2024 in social media posts: Judge Juan Merchan told New York jurors the verdict in Donald Trump’s trial does not need to be unanimous. Joe Biden stated on May 15, 2024 in a speech at a police memorial service: “Violent crime is near a record 50-year low.” Jared Polis stated on May 15, 2024 in an X post: Tariffs are a “direct, regressive tax on Americans” and President Joe Biden’s new tariffs on Chinese goods will “hit every family.” Joe Biden stated on May 14, 2024 in an interview with Yahoo Finance: Inflation “was 9% when I came to office.” Joe Biden stated on May 12, 2024 in a fundraising event in Seattle: "China's in a situation where they have more retired than working." Kamala Harris stated on May 1, 2024 in a speech: In his Time magazine interview, Donald Trump “said states have the right to monitor pregnant women to enforce these bans, and states have the right to punish pregnant women for seeking out abortion care.” Nancy Pelosi stated on April 29, 2024 in an interview with MSNBC: Former President Donald Trump “has the worst record of job loss of any president.” Joe Biden stated on April 26, 2024 in an interview with Howard Stern: Says he “got arrested” while protesting in favor of desegregation. Mike Johnson stated on April 24, 2024 in an interview with CNN: Said Columbia University has told students, “Well, if you’re Jewish, maybe you do want to stay home.” Robert F. Kennedy Jr. stated on March 31, 2024 in a post on X: "The much-trumpeted job growth in the last year was ENTIRELY part-time jobs." Robert F. Kennedy Jr. stated on April 21, 2024 in a post on X: “Congress prohibits the NIH from researching the cause of mass shootings.” Marco Rubio stated on April 11, 2024 in an interview with Fox News: “It's very misleading when (President Biden) says (inflation) used to be at 9%. This is compounding. It’s not like it went down from 9% to 3%. This is building month after month. The better way to think about it is that it’s 18%, 19% over the last three years." Donald Trump stated on April 8, 2024 in a video posted on Truth Social: "All legal scholars, both sides, wanted, and in fact demanded” that Roe v. Wade be overturned. Joe Biden stated on April 8, 2024 in a Facebook post: “Support for Roe is higher today in America than it has ever been." Donald Trump stated on April 8, 2024 in a video posted on Truth Social: Democrats support abortion measures that result in the “execution” of babies “after birth.” Nancy Mace stated on March 30, 2024 in a post on X: “Since Joe Biden took office, crime has skyrocketed across our country.”
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
Joe Biden stated on August 2, 2024 in a written statement: "Since Vice President Harris and I took office … incomes have risen faster than prices." Kamala Harris stated on July 30, 2024 in an event in Atlanta: "Donald Trump intends to cut Social Security." Pete Buttigieg stated on July 28, 2024 in an interview on Fox News Sunday: “Even before the pandemic, America went into a manufacturing recession.” Kamala Harris stated on July 18, 2024 in a speech in North Carolina: “Today, America has record energy production and we are energy independent.” Kamala Harris stated on July 18, 2024 in a campaign event in North Carolina: Project 2025 would “end Head Start.” Joe Biden stated on July 13, 2024 in a statement to the media: “The idea that there’s political violence or violence in America like this is just unheard of.” Byron Donalds stated on July 7, 2024 in an interview on Fox News Sunday: Kamala Harris "co-sponsored, fully sponsored" the Green New Deal. Joe Biden stated on April 4, 2024 in a post on TikTok: Donald Trump’s plan is “cutting Social Security for you.” Donald Trump stated on June 15, 2024 in remarks in Detroit: The Trump administration “achieved the lowest African American unemployment rate and the lowest African American poverty rate ever recorded.” Donald Trump stated on June 15, 2024 in remarks in Detroit: Crime statistics “no longer include data from 30% of the country including the biggest and most violent cities.” Eric Swalwell stated on June 9, 2024 in a post on X: Says Sen. Lindsey Graham said a newly elected Donald Trump “will round up and deport LEGAL immigrants.” Joe Biden stated on May 24, 2024 in a campaign email: "The last administration oversaw the largest increase in murders ever recorded." Joe Biden stated on June 4, 2024 in an interview with Time magazine: “Wage increases have exceeded” the cost of inflation. Donald Trump stated on June 2, 2024 in an interview on "Fox & Friends": Joe Biden wants “to quadruple your taxes.” Social Media stated on May 29, 2024 in social media posts: Judge Juan Merchan told New York jurors the verdict in Donald Trump’s trial does not need to be unanimous. Joe Biden stated on May 15, 2024 in a speech at a police memorial service: “Violent crime is near a record 50-year low.” Jared Polis stated on May 15, 2024 in an X post: Tariffs are a “direct, regressive tax on Americans” and President Joe Biden’s new tariffs on Chinese goods will “hit every family.” Joe Biden stated on May 14, 2024 in an interview with Yahoo Finance: Inflation “was 9% when I came to office.” Joe Biden stated on May 12, 2024 in a fundraising event in Seattle: "China's in a situation where they have more retired than working." Kamala Harris stated on May 1, 2024 in a speech: In his Time magazine interview, Donald Trump “said states have the right to monitor pregnant women to enforce these bans, and states have the right to punish pregnant women for seeking out abortion care.” Nancy Pelosi stated on April 29, 2024 in an interview with MSNBC: Former President Donald Trump “has the worst record of job loss of any president.” Joe Biden stated on April 26, 2024 in an interview with Howard Stern: Says he “got arrested” while protesting in favor of desegregation. Mike Johnson stated on April 24, 2024 in an interview with CNN: Said Columbia University has told students, “Well, if you’re Jewish, maybe you do want to stay home.” Robert F. Kennedy Jr. stated on March 31, 2024 in a post on X: "The much-trumpeted job growth in the last year was ENTIRELY part-time jobs." Robert F. Kennedy Jr. stated on April 21, 2024 in a post on X: “Congress prohibits the NIH from researching the cause of mass shootings.” Marco Rubio stated on April 11, 2024 in an interview with Fox News: “It's very misleading when (President Biden) says (inflation) used to be at 9%. This is compounding. It’s not like it went down from 9% to 3%. This is building month after month. The better way to think about it is that it’s 18%, 19% over the last three years." Donald Trump stated on April 8, 2024 in a video posted on Truth Social: "All legal scholars, both sides, wanted, and in fact demanded” that Roe v. Wade be overturned. Joe Biden stated on April 8, 2024 in a Facebook post: “Support for Roe is higher today in America than it has ever been." Donald Trump stated on April 8, 2024 in a video posted on Truth Social: Democrats support abortion measures that result in the “execution” of babies “after birth.” Nancy Mace stated on March 30, 2024 in a post on X: “Since Joe Biden took office, crime has skyrocketed across our country.”
Joe Biden stated on August 2, 2024 in a written statement: "Since Vice President Harris and I took office … incomes have risen faster than prices."
Kamala Harris stated on July 30, 2024 in an event in Atlanta: "Donald Trump intends to cut Social Security."
Pete Buttigieg stated on July 28, 2024 in an interview on Fox News Sunday: “Even before the pandemic, America went into a manufacturing recession.”
Kamala Harris stated on July 18, 2024 in a speech in North Carolina: “Today, America has record energy production and we are energy independent.”
Kamala Harris stated on July 18, 2024 in a campaign event in North Carolina: Project 2025 would “end Head Start.”
Joe Biden stated on July 13, 2024 in a statement to the media: “The idea that there’s political violence or violence in America like this is just unheard of.”
Byron Donalds stated on July 7, 2024 in an interview on Fox News Sunday: Kamala Harris "co-sponsored, fully sponsored" the Green New Deal.
Joe Biden stated on April 4, 2024 in a post on TikTok: Donald Trump’s plan is “cutting Social Security for you.”
Donald Trump stated on June 15, 2024 in remarks in Detroit: The Trump administration “achieved the lowest African American unemployment rate and the lowest African American poverty rate ever recorded.”
Donald Trump stated on June 15, 2024 in remarks in Detroit: Crime statistics “no longer include data from 30% of the country including the biggest and most violent cities.”
Eric Swalwell stated on June 9, 2024 in a post on X: Says Sen. Lindsey Graham said a newly elected Donald Trump “will round up and deport LEGAL immigrants.”
Joe Biden stated on May 24, 2024 in a campaign email: "The last administration oversaw the largest increase in murders ever recorded."
Joe Biden stated on June 4, 2024 in an interview with Time magazine: “Wage increases have exceeded” the cost of inflation.
Donald Trump stated on June 2, 2024 in an interview on "Fox & Friends": Joe Biden wants “to quadruple your taxes.”
Social Media stated on May 29, 2024 in social media posts: Judge Juan Merchan told New York jurors the verdict in Donald Trump’s trial does not need to be unanimous.
Joe Biden stated on May 15, 2024 in a speech at a police memorial service: “Violent crime is near a record 50-year low.”
Jared Polis stated on May 15, 2024 in an X post: Tariffs are a “direct, regressive tax on Americans” and President Joe Biden’s new tariffs on Chinese goods will “hit every family.”
Joe Biden stated on May 14, 2024 in an interview with Yahoo Finance: Inflation “was 9% when I came to office.”
Joe Biden stated on May 12, 2024 in a fundraising event in Seattle: "China's in a situation where they have more retired than working."
Kamala Harris stated on May 1, 2024 in a speech: In his Time magazine interview, Donald Trump “said states have the right to monitor pregnant women to enforce these bans, and states have the right to punish pregnant women for seeking out abortion care.”
Nancy Pelosi stated on April 29, 2024 in an interview with MSNBC: Former President Donald Trump “has the worst record of job loss of any president.”
Joe Biden stated on April 26, 2024 in an interview with Howard Stern: Says he “got arrested” while protesting in favor of desegregation.
Mike Johnson stated on April 24, 2024 in an interview with CNN: Said Columbia University has told students, “Well, if you’re Jewish, maybe you do want to stay home.”
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. stated on March 31, 2024 in a post on X: "The much-trumpeted job growth in the last year was ENTIRELY part-time jobs."
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. stated on April 21, 2024 in a post on X: “Congress prohibits the NIH from researching the cause of mass shootings.”
Marco Rubio stated on April 11, 2024 in an interview with Fox News: “It's very misleading when (President Biden) says (inflation) used to be at 9%. This is compounding. It’s not like it went down from 9% to 3%. This is building month after month. The better way to think about it is that it’s 18%, 19% over the last three years."
Donald Trump stated on April 8, 2024 in a video posted on Truth Social: "All legal scholars, both sides, wanted, and in fact demanded” that Roe v. Wade be overturned.
Joe Biden stated on April 8, 2024 in a Facebook post: “Support for Roe is higher today in America than it has ever been."
Donald Trump stated on April 8, 2024 in a video posted on Truth Social: Democrats support abortion measures that result in the “execution” of babies “after birth.”
Nancy Mace stated on March 30, 2024 in a post on X: “Since Joe Biden took office, crime has skyrocketed across our country.”
