Latest Mostly False Fact-checks in Pennsylvania Bob Casey stated on August 22, 2024 in a speech at the 2024 Democratic National Convention: “Prices are up because these corporations are scheming to drive them up.” Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee stated on August 7, 2024 in TV ad: Republican Senate candidate Dave McCormick “wants to outlaw abortions.” Newt Gingrich stated on September 29, 2022 in On Fox News: Pennsylvania Senate candidate John Fetterman’s tattoo references ‘heroin use’ and the Crips Mehmet Oz stated on July 28, 2022 in an ad: John Fetterman wants to “eliminate life sentences for murderers." Mehmet Oz stated on July 18, 2022 in an ad: “John Fetterman wants to release one-third of dangerous criminals back into our communities.” Dave McCormick stated on May 4, 2022 in an ad: Mehmet Oz is “pro-abortion.” Mehmet Oz stated on March 17, 2022 in an ad: "David McCormick fired Pennsylvanians and bragged about shipping their jobs to Asia." DCCC stated on February 2, 2021 in an attack ad: Says Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick, R-Pa., “stood with Trump and the lies… He stood with QAnon, not you.” Josh Hawley stated on January 6, 2021 in a U.S. Senate speech: “Last year, Pennsylvania elected officials passed a whole new law that allows universal mail-in balloting, and did it irregardless of what the Pennsylvania Constitution said.” Viral image stated on October 26, 2020 in a Facebook post: “Joe Biden calls Pennsylvania voters who don’t support him ‘chumps.’” Justin Clark stated on October 28, 2020 in a tweet: “Major decision protecting voting rights in Pa. Ballots received after Election Day will not be counted.” Donald Trump stated on October 20, 2020 in a rally in Erie, Pa.: “Phony” ballots “were printed without my name on it.” Donald Trump stated on October 13, 2020 in a speech: “We’re putting our great coal miners back to work.” Joe Biden stated on July 9, 2020 in a speech: On COVID-19, Donald Trump said that “maybe if you drank bleach you may be okay.” Brian Fitzpatrick stated on May 5, 2020 in a radio interview: “For the World Health Organization, the international entity whose sole responsibility it is to alert the world of global pandemics like this, to miss this, is a huge problem.” Facebook posts stated on May 2, 2020 in a Facebook post: Gas is under $1 in 13 states, but $2.27 in Pennsylvania, because of the governor. Rick Santorum stated on April 13, 2020 in on CNN: "The president looks like he was ahead of the curve – as you know, he talks about this all the time – on shutting down travel from China." Bloggers stated on February 28, 2020 in a news article: “Swing State Hit With 2020 Voting Lawsuit - Accused Of Registering Over 1,500 Deceased People In Pennsylvania.” Jeff Bartos stated on October 6, 2018 in a televised debate: Capital punishment is a "specific deterrent with the most heinous crimes." Lou Barletta stated on June 7, 2018 in an interview: "The city that I was mayor of was 50 percent Latino, and I won with 90 percent of the vote..." Scott Wagner stated on May 21, 2018 in Fundraising email: Gov. Wolf is trying to implement "a severance tax that would be financed by Pennsylvania’s working class" Lou Barletta stated on November 29, 2017 in a tweet: "GDP is booming. Let’s spread the prosperity to the middle class with big #TaxCuts. Our #TaxReform package doubles standard deduction, brings $$$ back home, and reduces rates for ALL taxpayers. We will #MAGA." Jeff Sessions stated on July 21, 2017 in In a speech: Preliminary murder rates in Philadelphia "will put the murder rate at the highest of this decade in the city." Pat Toomey stated on July 5, 2017 in At a "town hall": "Sanctuary cities are extremely dangerous." Larry Krasner stated on May 1, 2017 in the platform section of his campaign website: "Larry Krasner is the only candidate running for District Attorney who explicitly pledges to never seek the death penalty." Reps. Keith Rothfus, Mike Kelly and Bill Shuster stated on February 19, 2017 in an op-ed in The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: "Obamacare covers 24 million fewer people than it was expected to, and the projected price tag has more than doubled at $2 trillion." Joe DeFelice stated on January 25, 2017: "From the release of a child rapist from the Dominican Republican to that of an Italian drug smuggler, Philadelphians have already been put in direct danger by Mayor Kenney’s policy of blocking local law enforcement from participating with federal immigration authorities." Donald Trump stated on October 10, 2016 in a Facebook post.: "Stopped by Smiley Cookie to pick up some great cookies for the family, along with Rudy." Rob Gleason stated on August 29, 2016 in a fundraising email: "As the election tracker FiveThirtyEight has reported, whoever wins Pennsylvania will be our next President." Donald Trump stated on August 13, 2016 in an interview with TV station WJAC: "NAFTA, signed by Bill Clinton, has been a disaster for Pennsylvania."
Bob Casey stated on August 22, 2024 in a speech at the 2024 Democratic National Convention: “Prices are up because these corporations are scheming to drive them up.” Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee stated on August 7, 2024 in TV ad: Republican Senate candidate Dave McCormick “wants to outlaw abortions.” Newt Gingrich stated on September 29, 2022 in On Fox News: Pennsylvania Senate candidate John Fetterman’s tattoo references ‘heroin use’ and the Crips Mehmet Oz stated on July 28, 2022 in an ad: John Fetterman wants to “eliminate life sentences for murderers." Mehmet Oz stated on July 18, 2022 in an ad: “John Fetterman wants to release one-third of dangerous criminals back into our communities.” Dave McCormick stated on May 4, 2022 in an ad: Mehmet Oz is “pro-abortion.” Mehmet Oz stated on March 17, 2022 in an ad: "David McCormick fired Pennsylvanians and bragged about shipping their jobs to Asia." DCCC stated on February 2, 2021 in an attack ad: Says Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick, R-Pa., “stood with Trump and the lies… He stood with QAnon, not you.” Josh Hawley stated on January 6, 2021 in a U.S. Senate speech: “Last year, Pennsylvania elected officials passed a whole new law that allows universal mail-in balloting, and did it irregardless of what the Pennsylvania Constitution said.” Viral image stated on October 26, 2020 in a Facebook post: “Joe Biden calls Pennsylvania voters who don’t support him ‘chumps.’” Justin Clark stated on October 28, 2020 in a tweet: “Major decision protecting voting rights in Pa. Ballots received after Election Day will not be counted.” Donald Trump stated on October 20, 2020 in a rally in Erie, Pa.: “Phony” ballots “were printed without my name on it.” Donald Trump stated on October 13, 2020 in a speech: “We’re putting our great coal miners back to work.” Joe Biden stated on July 9, 2020 in a speech: On COVID-19, Donald Trump said that “maybe if you drank bleach you may be okay.” Brian Fitzpatrick stated on May 5, 2020 in a radio interview: “For the World Health Organization, the international entity whose sole responsibility it is to alert the world of global pandemics like this, to miss this, is a huge problem.” Facebook posts stated on May 2, 2020 in a Facebook post: Gas is under $1 in 13 states, but $2.27 in Pennsylvania, because of the governor. Rick Santorum stated on April 13, 2020 in on CNN: "The president looks like he was ahead of the curve – as you know, he talks about this all the time – on shutting down travel from China." Bloggers stated on February 28, 2020 in a news article: “Swing State Hit With 2020 Voting Lawsuit - Accused Of Registering Over 1,500 Deceased People In Pennsylvania.” Jeff Bartos stated on October 6, 2018 in a televised debate: Capital punishment is a "specific deterrent with the most heinous crimes." Lou Barletta stated on June 7, 2018 in an interview: "The city that I was mayor of was 50 percent Latino, and I won with 90 percent of the vote..." Scott Wagner stated on May 21, 2018 in Fundraising email: Gov. Wolf is trying to implement "a severance tax that would be financed by Pennsylvania’s working class" Lou Barletta stated on November 29, 2017 in a tweet: "GDP is booming. Let’s spread the prosperity to the middle class with big #TaxCuts. Our #TaxReform package doubles standard deduction, brings $$$ back home, and reduces rates for ALL taxpayers. We will #MAGA." Jeff Sessions stated on July 21, 2017 in In a speech: Preliminary murder rates in Philadelphia "will put the murder rate at the highest of this decade in the city." Pat Toomey stated on July 5, 2017 in At a "town hall": "Sanctuary cities are extremely dangerous." Larry Krasner stated on May 1, 2017 in the platform section of his campaign website: "Larry Krasner is the only candidate running for District Attorney who explicitly pledges to never seek the death penalty." Reps. Keith Rothfus, Mike Kelly and Bill Shuster stated on February 19, 2017 in an op-ed in The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: "Obamacare covers 24 million fewer people than it was expected to, and the projected price tag has more than doubled at $2 trillion." Joe DeFelice stated on January 25, 2017: "From the release of a child rapist from the Dominican Republican to that of an Italian drug smuggler, Philadelphians have already been put in direct danger by Mayor Kenney’s policy of blocking local law enforcement from participating with federal immigration authorities." Donald Trump stated on October 10, 2016 in a Facebook post.: "Stopped by Smiley Cookie to pick up some great cookies for the family, along with Rudy." Rob Gleason stated on August 29, 2016 in a fundraising email: "As the election tracker FiveThirtyEight has reported, whoever wins Pennsylvania will be our next President." Donald Trump stated on August 13, 2016 in an interview with TV station WJAC: "NAFTA, signed by Bill Clinton, has been a disaster for Pennsylvania."
Bob Casey stated on August 22, 2024 in a speech at the 2024 Democratic National Convention: “Prices are up because these corporations are scheming to drive them up.”
Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee stated on August 7, 2024 in TV ad: Republican Senate candidate Dave McCormick “wants to outlaw abortions.”
Newt Gingrich stated on September 29, 2022 in On Fox News: Pennsylvania Senate candidate John Fetterman’s tattoo references ‘heroin use’ and the Crips
Mehmet Oz stated on July 28, 2022 in an ad: John Fetterman wants to “eliminate life sentences for murderers."
Mehmet Oz stated on July 18, 2022 in an ad: “John Fetterman wants to release one-third of dangerous criminals back into our communities.”
Mehmet Oz stated on March 17, 2022 in an ad: "David McCormick fired Pennsylvanians and bragged about shipping their jobs to Asia."
DCCC stated on February 2, 2021 in an attack ad: Says Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick, R-Pa., “stood with Trump and the lies… He stood with QAnon, not you.”
Josh Hawley stated on January 6, 2021 in a U.S. Senate speech: “Last year, Pennsylvania elected officials passed a whole new law that allows universal mail-in balloting, and did it irregardless of what the Pennsylvania Constitution said.”
Viral image stated on October 26, 2020 in a Facebook post: “Joe Biden calls Pennsylvania voters who don’t support him ‘chumps.’”
Justin Clark stated on October 28, 2020 in a tweet: “Major decision protecting voting rights in Pa. Ballots received after Election Day will not be counted.”
Donald Trump stated on October 20, 2020 in a rally in Erie, Pa.: “Phony” ballots “were printed without my name on it.”
Donald Trump stated on October 13, 2020 in a speech: “We’re putting our great coal miners back to work.”
Joe Biden stated on July 9, 2020 in a speech: On COVID-19, Donald Trump said that “maybe if you drank bleach you may be okay.”
Brian Fitzpatrick stated on May 5, 2020 in a radio interview: “For the World Health Organization, the international entity whose sole responsibility it is to alert the world of global pandemics like this, to miss this, is a huge problem.”
Facebook posts stated on May 2, 2020 in a Facebook post: Gas is under $1 in 13 states, but $2.27 in Pennsylvania, because of the governor.
Rick Santorum stated on April 13, 2020 in on CNN: "The president looks like he was ahead of the curve – as you know, he talks about this all the time – on shutting down travel from China."
Bloggers stated on February 28, 2020 in a news article: “Swing State Hit With 2020 Voting Lawsuit - Accused Of Registering Over 1,500 Deceased People In Pennsylvania.”
Jeff Bartos stated on October 6, 2018 in a televised debate: Capital punishment is a "specific deterrent with the most heinous crimes."
Lou Barletta stated on June 7, 2018 in an interview: "The city that I was mayor of was 50 percent Latino, and I won with 90 percent of the vote..."
Scott Wagner stated on May 21, 2018 in Fundraising email: Gov. Wolf is trying to implement "a severance tax that would be financed by Pennsylvania’s working class"
Lou Barletta stated on November 29, 2017 in a tweet: "GDP is booming. Let’s spread the prosperity to the middle class with big #TaxCuts. Our #TaxReform package doubles standard deduction, brings $$$ back home, and reduces rates for ALL taxpayers. We will #MAGA."
Jeff Sessions stated on July 21, 2017 in In a speech: Preliminary murder rates in Philadelphia "will put the murder rate at the highest of this decade in the city."
Larry Krasner stated on May 1, 2017 in the platform section of his campaign website: "Larry Krasner is the only candidate running for District Attorney who explicitly pledges to never seek the death penalty."
Reps. Keith Rothfus, Mike Kelly and Bill Shuster stated on February 19, 2017 in an op-ed in The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: "Obamacare covers 24 million fewer people than it was expected to, and the projected price tag has more than doubled at $2 trillion."
Joe DeFelice stated on January 25, 2017: "From the release of a child rapist from the Dominican Republican to that of an Italian drug smuggler, Philadelphians have already been put in direct danger by Mayor Kenney’s policy of blocking local law enforcement from participating with federal immigration authorities."
Donald Trump stated on October 10, 2016 in a Facebook post.: "Stopped by Smiley Cookie to pick up some great cookies for the family, along with Rudy."
Rob Gleason stated on August 29, 2016 in a fundraising email: "As the election tracker FiveThirtyEight has reported, whoever wins Pennsylvania will be our next President."
Donald Trump stated on August 13, 2016 in an interview with TV station WJAC: "NAFTA, signed by Bill Clinton, has been a disaster for Pennsylvania."
