Latest Fact-checks in Foreign Policy 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 Vivek Ramaswamy stated on October 18, 2023 in a press gaggle in New Hampshire: "Russia has hypersonic missile capabilities ahead of that of the U.S.” Never Back Down PAC stated on October 16, 2023 in a post on X: “Nikki Haley argues in support of bringing Gaza refugees to America.” Tim Scott stated on October 7, 2023 in a post on X: The Biden administration “wanted Israel to stand down after the attack" by Hamas. Gavin Newsom stated on September 27, 2023 in an interview with Sean Hannity: “We are more energy independent today” under President Joe Biden. Instagram posts stated on August 23, 2023 in a social media post: “Norway, Finland, Sweden, Holland, and the UK have now banned gender transition surgery for minors.” Mike Pence stated on August 18, 2023 in comments at a conference: “After China sent a balloon over strategic sites in the United States … President Biden literally sent the secretary of state hat in hand to go kowtow and ask for a meeting.” Facebook posts stated on June 20, 2023 in a Facebook post: The Pentagon “said we accidentally sent $6.2 billion to Ukraine.” Joe Biden stated on May 21, 2023 in a press conference in Hiroshima, Japan: Said he was “able to convince India, Australia, Japan, and the United States to form an organization called the Quad to maintain stability in the Indian Ocean and the South China Sea." X posts stated on March 23, 2023 in a tweet: “Congress has officially banned TikTok.” Facebook posts stated on March 3, 2023 in a video: “USA gives final warning to Uganda to legalize homosexuality,” or no aid. Joe Biden stated on February 7, 2023 in the State of the Union: “In the past two years, democracies have become stronger, not weaker. Autocracies have grown weaker, not stronger.” Instagram posts stated on February 5, 2023 in an Instagram post: “‘Satellites’ are on balloons and not in space.” Joe Biden stated on December 16, 2022 in a speech: Says he has been to “Afghanistan, Iraq and those areas” twice as president. Joe Biden stated on November 29, 2022 in a speech in Bay City, Mich.: “Gas prices are down back to where they were before Russia invaded Ukraine.” Citizens for Sanity stated on November 2, 2022 in an ad: President Joe Biden and Democrats "send a fortune to Ukraine but nothing for our children." Facebook posts stated on October 8, 2022 in Facebook post: North Korea has taken military action against Russia. Instagram posts stated on July 31, 2022 in a post: “China threatens to shoot Nancy Pelosi’s plane down if she visits Taiwan.” Monica Crowley stated on June 12, 2022 in an interview with Fox News: Soviet and Chinese communists have “grabbed control” of U.S. entertainment, movies, television, music, academia, K-12 education and the news media. Zach Nunn stated on May 9, 2022 in a campaign ad: “Zack Nunn saved over 2,000 Americans abandoned in Afghanistan by leading private rescue missions.” Facebook posts stated on March 14, 2018 in a post: Vladimir Putin “ended the Rothschild's control over Russia by nationalizing the Russian centralized bank." Facebook posts stated on April 6, 2022 in a Facebook post: Poland palace that Biden visited is fake. Alabama's Future stated on March 11, 2022 in an ad: Mo Brooks "voted to cut off funding to destroy ISIS terrorists in the middle of the fight." Pearson Sharp stated on March 11, 2022 in a TV segment: The Russian airstrike on a maternity hospital in Mariupol, Ukraine, had “the makings of yet another false flag operation” led by the U.S. Facebook posts stated on March 14, 2022 in a Facebook post: “Wladimir Klitschko has auctioned off his 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games gold medal to raise money for the children of Ukraine.” Joe Biden stated on March 14, 2022 in a speech to the National League of Cities: “Make no mistake: The current spike in gas prices is largely the fault of Vladimir Putin.” Pat McCrory stated on March 8, 2022 in a campaign ad: “While Ukrainians bled and died, Congressman Budd excused their killer.” X posts stated on March 13, 2022 in tweets: A Ukrainian combat medic who died in February was seen in a video Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky posted of his visit to see wounded soldiers. Instagram posts stated on March 9, 2022 in a post on Instagram: U.S. has biological weapons labs in Ukraine. VoteVets stated on March 2, 2022 in an ad: "Donald Trump's appeasement of Putin wasn't just a personal act of treason, it's the Republican Party's official position." Joe Biden stated on March 8, 2022 in a speech: The oil industry has "9,000 permits to drill now. They could be drilling right now, yesterday, last week, last year."
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Vivek Ramaswamy stated on October 18, 2023 in a press gaggle in New Hampshire: "Russia has hypersonic missile capabilities ahead of that of the U.S.” Never Back Down PAC stated on October 16, 2023 in a post on X: “Nikki Haley argues in support of bringing Gaza refugees to America.” Tim Scott stated on October 7, 2023 in a post on X: The Biden administration “wanted Israel to stand down after the attack" by Hamas. Gavin Newsom stated on September 27, 2023 in an interview with Sean Hannity: “We are more energy independent today” under President Joe Biden. Instagram posts stated on August 23, 2023 in a social media post: “Norway, Finland, Sweden, Holland, and the UK have now banned gender transition surgery for minors.” Mike Pence stated on August 18, 2023 in comments at a conference: “After China sent a balloon over strategic sites in the United States … President Biden literally sent the secretary of state hat in hand to go kowtow and ask for a meeting.” Facebook posts stated on June 20, 2023 in a Facebook post: The Pentagon “said we accidentally sent $6.2 billion to Ukraine.” Joe Biden stated on May 21, 2023 in a press conference in Hiroshima, Japan: Said he was “able to convince India, Australia, Japan, and the United States to form an organization called the Quad to maintain stability in the Indian Ocean and the South China Sea." X posts stated on March 23, 2023 in a tweet: “Congress has officially banned TikTok.” Facebook posts stated on March 3, 2023 in a video: “USA gives final warning to Uganda to legalize homosexuality,” or no aid. Joe Biden stated on February 7, 2023 in the State of the Union: “In the past two years, democracies have become stronger, not weaker. Autocracies have grown weaker, not stronger.” Instagram posts stated on February 5, 2023 in an Instagram post: “‘Satellites’ are on balloons and not in space.” Joe Biden stated on December 16, 2022 in a speech: Says he has been to “Afghanistan, Iraq and those areas” twice as president. Joe Biden stated on November 29, 2022 in a speech in Bay City, Mich.: “Gas prices are down back to where they were before Russia invaded Ukraine.” Citizens for Sanity stated on November 2, 2022 in an ad: President Joe Biden and Democrats "send a fortune to Ukraine but nothing for our children." Facebook posts stated on October 8, 2022 in Facebook post: North Korea has taken military action against Russia. Instagram posts stated on July 31, 2022 in a post: “China threatens to shoot Nancy Pelosi’s plane down if she visits Taiwan.” Monica Crowley stated on June 12, 2022 in an interview with Fox News: Soviet and Chinese communists have “grabbed control” of U.S. entertainment, movies, television, music, academia, K-12 education and the news media. Zach Nunn stated on May 9, 2022 in a campaign ad: “Zack Nunn saved over 2,000 Americans abandoned in Afghanistan by leading private rescue missions.” Facebook posts stated on March 14, 2018 in a post: Vladimir Putin “ended the Rothschild's control over Russia by nationalizing the Russian centralized bank." Facebook posts stated on April 6, 2022 in a Facebook post: Poland palace that Biden visited is fake. Alabama's Future stated on March 11, 2022 in an ad: Mo Brooks "voted to cut off funding to destroy ISIS terrorists in the middle of the fight." Pearson Sharp stated on March 11, 2022 in a TV segment: The Russian airstrike on a maternity hospital in Mariupol, Ukraine, had “the makings of yet another false flag operation” led by the U.S. Facebook posts stated on March 14, 2022 in a Facebook post: “Wladimir Klitschko has auctioned off his 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games gold medal to raise money for the children of Ukraine.” Joe Biden stated on March 14, 2022 in a speech to the National League of Cities: “Make no mistake: The current spike in gas prices is largely the fault of Vladimir Putin.” Pat McCrory stated on March 8, 2022 in a campaign ad: “While Ukrainians bled and died, Congressman Budd excused their killer.” X posts stated on March 13, 2022 in tweets: A Ukrainian combat medic who died in February was seen in a video Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky posted of his visit to see wounded soldiers. Instagram posts stated on March 9, 2022 in a post on Instagram: U.S. has biological weapons labs in Ukraine. VoteVets stated on March 2, 2022 in an ad: "Donald Trump's appeasement of Putin wasn't just a personal act of treason, it's the Republican Party's official position." Joe Biden stated on March 8, 2022 in a speech: The oil industry has "9,000 permits to drill now. They could be drilling right now, yesterday, last week, last year."
Vivek Ramaswamy stated on October 18, 2023 in a press gaggle in New Hampshire: "Russia has hypersonic missile capabilities ahead of that of the U.S.”
Never Back Down PAC stated on October 16, 2023 in a post on X: “Nikki Haley argues in support of bringing Gaza refugees to America.”
Tim Scott stated on October 7, 2023 in a post on X: The Biden administration “wanted Israel to stand down after the attack" by Hamas.
Gavin Newsom stated on September 27, 2023 in an interview with Sean Hannity: “We are more energy independent today” under President Joe Biden.
Instagram posts stated on August 23, 2023 in a social media post: “Norway, Finland, Sweden, Holland, and the UK have now banned gender transition surgery for minors.”
Mike Pence stated on August 18, 2023 in comments at a conference: “After China sent a balloon over strategic sites in the United States … President Biden literally sent the secretary of state hat in hand to go kowtow and ask for a meeting.”
Facebook posts stated on June 20, 2023 in a Facebook post: The Pentagon “said we accidentally sent $6.2 billion to Ukraine.”
Joe Biden stated on May 21, 2023 in a press conference in Hiroshima, Japan: Said he was “able to convince India, Australia, Japan, and the United States to form an organization called the Quad to maintain stability in the Indian Ocean and the South China Sea."
Facebook posts stated on March 3, 2023 in a video: “USA gives final warning to Uganda to legalize homosexuality,” or no aid.
Joe Biden stated on February 7, 2023 in the State of the Union: “In the past two years, democracies have become stronger, not weaker. Autocracies have grown weaker, not stronger.”
Instagram posts stated on February 5, 2023 in an Instagram post: “‘Satellites’ are on balloons and not in space.”
Joe Biden stated on December 16, 2022 in a speech: Says he has been to “Afghanistan, Iraq and those areas” twice as president.
Joe Biden stated on November 29, 2022 in a speech in Bay City, Mich.: “Gas prices are down back to where they were before Russia invaded Ukraine.”
Citizens for Sanity stated on November 2, 2022 in an ad: President Joe Biden and Democrats "send a fortune to Ukraine but nothing for our children."
Facebook posts stated on October 8, 2022 in Facebook post: North Korea has taken military action against Russia.
Instagram posts stated on July 31, 2022 in a post: “China threatens to shoot Nancy Pelosi’s plane down if she visits Taiwan.”
Monica Crowley stated on June 12, 2022 in an interview with Fox News: Soviet and Chinese communists have “grabbed control” of U.S. entertainment, movies, television, music, academia, K-12 education and the news media.
Zach Nunn stated on May 9, 2022 in a campaign ad: “Zack Nunn saved over 2,000 Americans abandoned in Afghanistan by leading private rescue missions.”
Facebook posts stated on March 14, 2018 in a post: Vladimir Putin “ended the Rothschild's control over Russia by nationalizing the Russian centralized bank."
Alabama's Future stated on March 11, 2022 in an ad: Mo Brooks "voted to cut off funding to destroy ISIS terrorists in the middle of the fight."
Pearson Sharp stated on March 11, 2022 in a TV segment: The Russian airstrike on a maternity hospital in Mariupol, Ukraine, had “the makings of yet another false flag operation” led by the U.S.
Facebook posts stated on March 14, 2022 in a Facebook post: “Wladimir Klitschko has auctioned off his 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games gold medal to raise money for the children of Ukraine.”
Joe Biden stated on March 14, 2022 in a speech to the National League of Cities: “Make no mistake: The current spike in gas prices is largely the fault of Vladimir Putin.”
Pat McCrory stated on March 8, 2022 in a campaign ad: “While Ukrainians bled and died, Congressman Budd excused their killer.”
X posts stated on March 13, 2022 in tweets: A Ukrainian combat medic who died in February was seen in a video Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky posted of his visit to see wounded soldiers.
Instagram posts stated on March 9, 2022 in a post on Instagram: U.S. has biological weapons labs in Ukraine.
VoteVets stated on March 2, 2022 in an ad: "Donald Trump's appeasement of Putin wasn't just a personal act of treason, it's the Republican Party's official position."
Joe Biden stated on March 8, 2022 in a speech: The oil industry has "9,000 permits to drill now. They could be drilling right now, yesterday, last week, last year."
