Latest True Fact-checks in Coronavirus 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 Kevin Brady stated on December 8, 2022 in a statement: Joe Biden’s $36 billion for a union pension fund is “the largest private pension bailout in American history.” Kathy Hochul stated on February 27, 2022 in a news conference: “We are No. 1 among all large states in having fully vaccinated teenagers. We are No. 2 in all large states for having fully vaccinated five- to 11- year-olds.” Roger Williams stated on December 2, 2021 in an email: "The number of COVID-19 deaths recorded so far in 2021 has surpassed the total for 2020." Jen Psaki stated on January 10, 2022 in a White House press briefing: “You are 17 times more likely to go to the hospital if you’re not vaccinated, 20 times more likely to die.” Facebook posts stated on October 13, 2021 in a Facebook post: "Southwest Airlines announce they will no longer terminate employees over the mandate." Kathryn Moffett Bradford stated on September 1, 2021 in comments at a WVU faculty meeting: “If you look at the hospitalizations at Ruby Memorial in West Virginia, and around the country, 90% to 95% of those hospitalized are unvaccinated.” Viral image stated on August 18, 2021 in in a photo in a reddit thread: A photo shows two COVID-19 patients lying on the floor awaiting treatment in Florida. Greg Abbott stated on May 18, 2021 in an interview: “We now have more job openings than we do people who are on unemployment. We have 60% more job openings today than we did the month before the pandemic hit the state of Texas.” Zach Wahls stated on April 8, 2021 in a weekly newsletter: “The federal American Rescue Plan will purchase more food from farmers for distribution." Tony Evers stated on March 14, 2021 in TV interview: “There’s still (only) a handful of school districts" doing no in-person instruction. Gordon Hintz stated on February 5, 2021 in TV interview: “We know mask mandates work. There’s enough evidence out there between counties that have done it and counties that haven’t." Marco Rubio stated on January 22, 2021 in a tweet: Says Joe Biden “has issued more executive fiats than anyone in such a short period of time, ever, more than Obama, more than Trump, more than anyone.” Pat Toomey stated on January 19, 2021 in a hearing: “There will be several thousand dollars in payments going to families with six-figure incomes who’ve had no income interruption whatsoever.” Kirk Cox stated on January 13, 2021 in a speech.: Virginia ranks “in the bottom third of states” in administering the COVID-19 vaccine. Pat Toomey stated on December 27, 2020 in an interview: “In my state, as in many other states, we have governors who are closing down businesses again.” Mike Gallagher stated on December 7, 2020 in a tweet: "New data shows in-person learning isn't driving spikes in cases." JB Pritzker stated on November 17, 2020 in remarks at a news conference: “Republican elected officials, a network of propaganda publications in the state and some radio shock jocks” were spreading “a lie” about his daughter breaking COVID-19 restrictions. Mandy Cohen stated on December 1, 2020 in a press conference: Says COVID-19 has killed more North Carolinians in a year than the flu has in 10 years. Roy Cooper stated on October 14, 2020 in a debate: Says Dan Forest has “missed almost half of the Board of Education meetings during the pandemic." Roy Cooper stated on October 14, 2020 in a debate: Georgia has “almost 100,000 more (COVID-19) cases, almost twice as many deaths and almost 600 more nursing home deaths than North Carolina.” Facebook posts stated on October 4, 2020 in a Facebook post: “Wisconsin Republicans have not passed a single bill in 6 months.” Chris Larson stated on September 23, 2020 in a tweet: “(Republicans) have the power to overturn the (state of emergency) order by joint resolution and they refuse to do it.” Caleb Rowden stated on September 4, 2020 in a post on Medium: “Over three months after receiving CARES Act relief funds from the state, the county has still not made those dollars available to help struggling Mid-Missourians.” Cory Booker stated on July 30, 2020 in an interview: Says the U.S. Senate is “dominated by millionaires” and that he is “not one of them.” M.J. Hegar stated on July 22, 2020 in a speech: Says 1 in 5 Texans did not have health insurance coverage before the pandemic, and now “nearly 1 in 3 Texans under the age of 65 don’t have access to health care insurance.” Public Citizen stated on June 29, 2020 in a tweet: “Taxpayers spent $70,000,000 to develop this drug ( remdesivir)." Chris Hayes stated on July 7, 2020 in a TV segment: "Higher education is one of America's strongest export sectors. Over 1 million international students studied at American universities, (in the) 2018-19 school year. They contributed over $40 billion to the economy.” Dan Forest stated on June 22, 2020 in a tweet: "North Carolina is one of four states" that hasn't opened gyms. Priorities USA Action stated on June 22, 2020 in a digital ad: Says President Trump said coronavirus testing makes the U.S. look bad, "so I said to my people, ‘Slow the testing down.’" Monica Wallace stated on June 8, 2020 in a newspaper interview: Significantly more people died of Covid-19 in two months than died of overdoses all of last year or the year before.
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Kevin Brady stated on December 8, 2022 in a statement: Joe Biden’s $36 billion for a union pension fund is “the largest private pension bailout in American history.” Kathy Hochul stated on February 27, 2022 in a news conference: “We are No. 1 among all large states in having fully vaccinated teenagers. We are No. 2 in all large states for having fully vaccinated five- to 11- year-olds.” Roger Williams stated on December 2, 2021 in an email: "The number of COVID-19 deaths recorded so far in 2021 has surpassed the total for 2020." Jen Psaki stated on January 10, 2022 in a White House press briefing: “You are 17 times more likely to go to the hospital if you’re not vaccinated, 20 times more likely to die.” Facebook posts stated on October 13, 2021 in a Facebook post: "Southwest Airlines announce they will no longer terminate employees over the mandate." Kathryn Moffett Bradford stated on September 1, 2021 in comments at a WVU faculty meeting: “If you look at the hospitalizations at Ruby Memorial in West Virginia, and around the country, 90% to 95% of those hospitalized are unvaccinated.” Viral image stated on August 18, 2021 in in a photo in a reddit thread: A photo shows two COVID-19 patients lying on the floor awaiting treatment in Florida. Greg Abbott stated on May 18, 2021 in an interview: “We now have more job openings than we do people who are on unemployment. We have 60% more job openings today than we did the month before the pandemic hit the state of Texas.” Zach Wahls stated on April 8, 2021 in a weekly newsletter: “The federal American Rescue Plan will purchase more food from farmers for distribution." Tony Evers stated on March 14, 2021 in TV interview: “There’s still (only) a handful of school districts" doing no in-person instruction. Gordon Hintz stated on February 5, 2021 in TV interview: “We know mask mandates work. There’s enough evidence out there between counties that have done it and counties that haven’t." Marco Rubio stated on January 22, 2021 in a tweet: Says Joe Biden “has issued more executive fiats than anyone in such a short period of time, ever, more than Obama, more than Trump, more than anyone.” Pat Toomey stated on January 19, 2021 in a hearing: “There will be several thousand dollars in payments going to families with six-figure incomes who’ve had no income interruption whatsoever.” Kirk Cox stated on January 13, 2021 in a speech.: Virginia ranks “in the bottom third of states” in administering the COVID-19 vaccine. Pat Toomey stated on December 27, 2020 in an interview: “In my state, as in many other states, we have governors who are closing down businesses again.” Mike Gallagher stated on December 7, 2020 in a tweet: "New data shows in-person learning isn't driving spikes in cases." JB Pritzker stated on November 17, 2020 in remarks at a news conference: “Republican elected officials, a network of propaganda publications in the state and some radio shock jocks” were spreading “a lie” about his daughter breaking COVID-19 restrictions. Mandy Cohen stated on December 1, 2020 in a press conference: Says COVID-19 has killed more North Carolinians in a year than the flu has in 10 years. Roy Cooper stated on October 14, 2020 in a debate: Says Dan Forest has “missed almost half of the Board of Education meetings during the pandemic." Roy Cooper stated on October 14, 2020 in a debate: Georgia has “almost 100,000 more (COVID-19) cases, almost twice as many deaths and almost 600 more nursing home deaths than North Carolina.” Facebook posts stated on October 4, 2020 in a Facebook post: “Wisconsin Republicans have not passed a single bill in 6 months.” Chris Larson stated on September 23, 2020 in a tweet: “(Republicans) have the power to overturn the (state of emergency) order by joint resolution and they refuse to do it.” Caleb Rowden stated on September 4, 2020 in a post on Medium: “Over three months after receiving CARES Act relief funds from the state, the county has still not made those dollars available to help struggling Mid-Missourians.” Cory Booker stated on July 30, 2020 in an interview: Says the U.S. Senate is “dominated by millionaires” and that he is “not one of them.” M.J. Hegar stated on July 22, 2020 in a speech: Says 1 in 5 Texans did not have health insurance coverage before the pandemic, and now “nearly 1 in 3 Texans under the age of 65 don’t have access to health care insurance.” Public Citizen stated on June 29, 2020 in a tweet: “Taxpayers spent $70,000,000 to develop this drug ( remdesivir)." Chris Hayes stated on July 7, 2020 in a TV segment: "Higher education is one of America's strongest export sectors. Over 1 million international students studied at American universities, (in the) 2018-19 school year. They contributed over $40 billion to the economy.” Dan Forest stated on June 22, 2020 in a tweet: "North Carolina is one of four states" that hasn't opened gyms. Priorities USA Action stated on June 22, 2020 in a digital ad: Says President Trump said coronavirus testing makes the U.S. look bad, "so I said to my people, ‘Slow the testing down.’" Monica Wallace stated on June 8, 2020 in a newspaper interview: Significantly more people died of Covid-19 in two months than died of overdoses all of last year or the year before.
Kevin Brady stated on December 8, 2022 in a statement: Joe Biden’s $36 billion for a union pension fund is “the largest private pension bailout in American history.”
Kathy Hochul stated on February 27, 2022 in a news conference: “We are No. 1 among all large states in having fully vaccinated teenagers. We are No. 2 in all large states for having fully vaccinated five- to 11- year-olds.”
Roger Williams stated on December 2, 2021 in an email: "The number of COVID-19 deaths recorded so far in 2021 has surpassed the total for 2020."
Jen Psaki stated on January 10, 2022 in a White House press briefing: “You are 17 times more likely to go to the hospital if you’re not vaccinated, 20 times more likely to die.”
Facebook posts stated on October 13, 2021 in a Facebook post: "Southwest Airlines announce they will no longer terminate employees over the mandate."
Kathryn Moffett Bradford stated on September 1, 2021 in comments at a WVU faculty meeting: “If you look at the hospitalizations at Ruby Memorial in West Virginia, and around the country, 90% to 95% of those hospitalized are unvaccinated.”
Viral image stated on August 18, 2021 in in a photo in a reddit thread: A photo shows two COVID-19 patients lying on the floor awaiting treatment in Florida.
Greg Abbott stated on May 18, 2021 in an interview: “We now have more job openings than we do people who are on unemployment. We have 60% more job openings today than we did the month before the pandemic hit the state of Texas.”
Zach Wahls stated on April 8, 2021 in a weekly newsletter: “The federal American Rescue Plan will purchase more food from farmers for distribution."
Tony Evers stated on March 14, 2021 in TV interview: “There’s still (only) a handful of school districts" doing no in-person instruction.
Gordon Hintz stated on February 5, 2021 in TV interview: “We know mask mandates work. There’s enough evidence out there between counties that have done it and counties that haven’t."
Marco Rubio stated on January 22, 2021 in a tweet: Says Joe Biden “has issued more executive fiats than anyone in such a short period of time, ever, more than Obama, more than Trump, more than anyone.”
Pat Toomey stated on January 19, 2021 in a hearing: “There will be several thousand dollars in payments going to families with six-figure incomes who’ve had no income interruption whatsoever.”
Kirk Cox stated on January 13, 2021 in a speech.: Virginia ranks “in the bottom third of states” in administering the COVID-19 vaccine.
Pat Toomey stated on December 27, 2020 in an interview: “In my state, as in many other states, we have governors who are closing down businesses again.”
Mike Gallagher stated on December 7, 2020 in a tweet: "New data shows in-person learning isn't driving spikes in cases."
JB Pritzker stated on November 17, 2020 in remarks at a news conference: “Republican elected officials, a network of propaganda publications in the state and some radio shock jocks” were spreading “a lie” about his daughter breaking COVID-19 restrictions.
Mandy Cohen stated on December 1, 2020 in a press conference: Says COVID-19 has killed more North Carolinians in a year than the flu has in 10 years.
Roy Cooper stated on October 14, 2020 in a debate: Says Dan Forest has “missed almost half of the Board of Education meetings during the pandemic."
Roy Cooper stated on October 14, 2020 in a debate: Georgia has “almost 100,000 more (COVID-19) cases, almost twice as many deaths and almost 600 more nursing home deaths than North Carolina.”
Facebook posts stated on October 4, 2020 in a Facebook post: “Wisconsin Republicans have not passed a single bill in 6 months.”
Chris Larson stated on September 23, 2020 in a tweet: “(Republicans) have the power to overturn the (state of emergency) order by joint resolution and they refuse to do it.”
Caleb Rowden stated on September 4, 2020 in a post on Medium: “Over three months after receiving CARES Act relief funds from the state, the county has still not made those dollars available to help struggling Mid-Missourians.”
Cory Booker stated on July 30, 2020 in an interview: Says the U.S. Senate is “dominated by millionaires” and that he is “not one of them.”
M.J. Hegar stated on July 22, 2020 in a speech: Says 1 in 5 Texans did not have health insurance coverage before the pandemic, and now “nearly 1 in 3 Texans under the age of 65 don’t have access to health care insurance.”
Public Citizen stated on June 29, 2020 in a tweet: “Taxpayers spent $70,000,000 to develop this drug ( remdesivir)."
Chris Hayes stated on July 7, 2020 in a TV segment: "Higher education is one of America's strongest export sectors. Over 1 million international students studied at American universities, (in the) 2018-19 school year. They contributed over $40 billion to the economy.”
Dan Forest stated on June 22, 2020 in a tweet: "North Carolina is one of four states" that hasn't opened gyms.
Priorities USA Action stated on June 22, 2020 in a digital ad: Says President Trump said coronavirus testing makes the U.S. look bad, "so I said to my people, ‘Slow the testing down.’"
Monica Wallace stated on June 8, 2020 in a newspaper interview: Significantly more people died of Covid-19 in two months than died of overdoses all of last year or the year before.
