Latest Fact-checks in Public Health 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 Bruce Rauner stated on June 12, 2018 in a speech: Says "massive floods" led to Legionnaires’ disease outbreaks at the Quincy Veterans’ Home. John Chiang stated on May 12, 2018 in a campaign ad: Antonio Villaraigosa's "recklessness (as mayor of Los Angeles) ... left no funding to test 7,000 rape kits, putting public safety at risk." JB Pritzker stated on March 30, 2018 in a tweet: A recent stomach virus outbreak at the beleaguered Quincy Veterans’ Home shows Gov. Bruce Rauner "is letting persistent health issues jeopardize the wellbeing of our nation’s heroes." Michael McCaul stated on March 26, 2018 in an interview on Capital Tonight on Spectrum News: "1 in 100 people are sociopaths." Evan Jenkins stated on March 20, 2018 in a press release: West Virginia "has the highest overdose death rate in the nation." Paul Ryan stated on February 15, 2018 in a briefing with reporters: We "have laws on the books designed to prevent people with mental illnesses from getting firearms." Giffords stated on February 20, 2018 in a TV ad: "Gov. Rick Scott made it illegal for a doctor to ask a patient if they owned a gun, even a mental health professional. This law was so dangerous that a court had to strike it down." Donald Trump stated on February 5, 2018 in a tweet: "The Democrats are pushing for Universal HealthCare while thousands of people are marching in the UK because their U system is going broke and not working." LoveThisPic.com stated on February 3, 2018 in a headline: "Smoking in cars with children is illegal starting January 30, 2018." Bruce Rauner stated on January 3, 2018 in an interview with the editorial board of the Herald-News of Joliet: "The Legionella bacteria is in most water systems in Illinois." Cora Faith Walker stated on November 9, 2017 in a guest commentary in the St. Louis American: "The average life expectancy for African Americans in Saint Louis and Saint Louis County varies by as much as 18 years compared to the white population, with nearly half of all African-American kids under the age of 18 living in poverty." Claire McCaskill stated on November 22, 2017 in a press release: "Fentanyl is now killing more Americans than heroin or any other opioid." Adam Putnam stated on October 31, 2017 in a speech: "The No. 1 job vacancy in Florida every month for seven years has been nursing." Edward Markey stated on October 26, 2017 in a statement: Says HIV and AIDS rates have spiked "due to increased heroin and fentanyl use." Eric Greitens stated on August 13, 2017 in a Facebook live video: "Seventy-three percent of our veterans are graduating from drug courts. By contrast, I think most of the people in the very good drug court program — the graduation rate’s like 53, 55 percent. The point of that is that drug courts are working for veterans." Paul Krugman stated on September 30, 2017 in a tweet: Said there is cholera in Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria. Michael Bloomberg stated on September 18, 2017 in a website: "The soda tax can make a difference by reducing consumption of unhealthy soda pop and sugary beverages." Ron Johnson stated on September 25, 2017 in an interview: "California, New York and Massachusetts, they represent about 20 percent of the population, they get close to 36 percent of Obamacare funding. It's just simply inequitable." Ron Johnson stated on September 20, 2017 in an interview: The GOP’s health bill will protect people with pre-existing conditions "every bit as well as Obamacare did." Sean Duffy stated on September 14, 2017 in a Facebook Live town hall: Vermont had to "scrap" its single-payer health insurance program because it was "going bankrupt." Senate Leadership Fund stated on August 22, 2017 in in an ad: Says Kelli Ward hosted a town hall on "chemtrail conspiracy theories" and is open to sponsoring chemtrails legislation. Mike Gallagher stated on July 9, 2017 in a TV interview: "We’re spending 18 percent of our GDP on healthcare while the average among industrialized countries is closer to 8 percent." Sean Duffy stated on July 20, 2017 in an interview: "You have almost half the counties in America that have one provider or no provider for insurance" on the Obamacare exchanges. Kevin McCarthy stated on July 11, 2017 in an interview with Fox Business: "More people, almost twice as many, pay the penalty or take the waiver than signed up for (Obamacare)." Tammy Baldwin stated on June 2, 2017 in a speech: Says Donald Trump "wants to kick thousands of kids off of BadgerCare." Donald Trump stated on June 13, 2017 in a speech: "Obamacare premiums have doubled" in Wisconsin. Maram Museitif stated on May 24, 2017 in as quoted in a Central Health press release: Says Arabic "is the third most-common language in Austin." Maxine Waters stated on May 18, 2017 in an interview on MSNBC's "Morning Joe": "You can see visits to Moscow made during the campaign by (Paul) Manafort and others." Paul Ryan stated on May 7, 2017 in an interview: Before Obamacare, Wisconsin’s "high-risk pool" for health insurance "had eight or nine" plans to choose from, people "could go to any doctor or any hospital they wanted, and their premiums and co-pays were cheaper than they are under Obamacare today." James Rockall stated on May 9, 2017 in a tweet: "More (people) die from indoor air pollution than from malaria, HIV/AIDS and TB combined."
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Bruce Rauner stated on June 12, 2018 in a speech: Says "massive floods" led to Legionnaires’ disease outbreaks at the Quincy Veterans’ Home. John Chiang stated on May 12, 2018 in a campaign ad: Antonio Villaraigosa's "recklessness (as mayor of Los Angeles) ... left no funding to test 7,000 rape kits, putting public safety at risk." JB Pritzker stated on March 30, 2018 in a tweet: A recent stomach virus outbreak at the beleaguered Quincy Veterans’ Home shows Gov. Bruce Rauner "is letting persistent health issues jeopardize the wellbeing of our nation’s heroes." Michael McCaul stated on March 26, 2018 in an interview on Capital Tonight on Spectrum News: "1 in 100 people are sociopaths." Evan Jenkins stated on March 20, 2018 in a press release: West Virginia "has the highest overdose death rate in the nation." Paul Ryan stated on February 15, 2018 in a briefing with reporters: We "have laws on the books designed to prevent people with mental illnesses from getting firearms." Giffords stated on February 20, 2018 in a TV ad: "Gov. Rick Scott made it illegal for a doctor to ask a patient if they owned a gun, even a mental health professional. This law was so dangerous that a court had to strike it down." Donald Trump stated on February 5, 2018 in a tweet: "The Democrats are pushing for Universal HealthCare while thousands of people are marching in the UK because their U system is going broke and not working." LoveThisPic.com stated on February 3, 2018 in a headline: "Smoking in cars with children is illegal starting January 30, 2018." Bruce Rauner stated on January 3, 2018 in an interview with the editorial board of the Herald-News of Joliet: "The Legionella bacteria is in most water systems in Illinois." Cora Faith Walker stated on November 9, 2017 in a guest commentary in the St. Louis American: "The average life expectancy for African Americans in Saint Louis and Saint Louis County varies by as much as 18 years compared to the white population, with nearly half of all African-American kids under the age of 18 living in poverty." Claire McCaskill stated on November 22, 2017 in a press release: "Fentanyl is now killing more Americans than heroin or any other opioid." Adam Putnam stated on October 31, 2017 in a speech: "The No. 1 job vacancy in Florida every month for seven years has been nursing." Edward Markey stated on October 26, 2017 in a statement: Says HIV and AIDS rates have spiked "due to increased heroin and fentanyl use." Eric Greitens stated on August 13, 2017 in a Facebook live video: "Seventy-three percent of our veterans are graduating from drug courts. By contrast, I think most of the people in the very good drug court program — the graduation rate’s like 53, 55 percent. The point of that is that drug courts are working for veterans." Paul Krugman stated on September 30, 2017 in a tweet: Said there is cholera in Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria. Michael Bloomberg stated on September 18, 2017 in a website: "The soda tax can make a difference by reducing consumption of unhealthy soda pop and sugary beverages." Ron Johnson stated on September 25, 2017 in an interview: "California, New York and Massachusetts, they represent about 20 percent of the population, they get close to 36 percent of Obamacare funding. It's just simply inequitable." Ron Johnson stated on September 20, 2017 in an interview: The GOP’s health bill will protect people with pre-existing conditions "every bit as well as Obamacare did." Sean Duffy stated on September 14, 2017 in a Facebook Live town hall: Vermont had to "scrap" its single-payer health insurance program because it was "going bankrupt." Senate Leadership Fund stated on August 22, 2017 in in an ad: Says Kelli Ward hosted a town hall on "chemtrail conspiracy theories" and is open to sponsoring chemtrails legislation. Mike Gallagher stated on July 9, 2017 in a TV interview: "We’re spending 18 percent of our GDP on healthcare while the average among industrialized countries is closer to 8 percent." Sean Duffy stated on July 20, 2017 in an interview: "You have almost half the counties in America that have one provider or no provider for insurance" on the Obamacare exchanges. Kevin McCarthy stated on July 11, 2017 in an interview with Fox Business: "More people, almost twice as many, pay the penalty or take the waiver than signed up for (Obamacare)." Tammy Baldwin stated on June 2, 2017 in a speech: Says Donald Trump "wants to kick thousands of kids off of BadgerCare." Donald Trump stated on June 13, 2017 in a speech: "Obamacare premiums have doubled" in Wisconsin. Maram Museitif stated on May 24, 2017 in as quoted in a Central Health press release: Says Arabic "is the third most-common language in Austin." Maxine Waters stated on May 18, 2017 in an interview on MSNBC's "Morning Joe": "You can see visits to Moscow made during the campaign by (Paul) Manafort and others." Paul Ryan stated on May 7, 2017 in an interview: Before Obamacare, Wisconsin’s "high-risk pool" for health insurance "had eight or nine" plans to choose from, people "could go to any doctor or any hospital they wanted, and their premiums and co-pays were cheaper than they are under Obamacare today." James Rockall stated on May 9, 2017 in a tweet: "More (people) die from indoor air pollution than from malaria, HIV/AIDS and TB combined."
Bruce Rauner stated on June 12, 2018 in a speech: Says "massive floods" led to Legionnaires’ disease outbreaks at the Quincy Veterans’ Home.
John Chiang stated on May 12, 2018 in a campaign ad: Antonio Villaraigosa's "recklessness (as mayor of Los Angeles) ... left no funding to test 7,000 rape kits, putting public safety at risk."
JB Pritzker stated on March 30, 2018 in a tweet: A recent stomach virus outbreak at the beleaguered Quincy Veterans’ Home shows Gov. Bruce Rauner "is letting persistent health issues jeopardize the wellbeing of our nation’s heroes."
Michael McCaul stated on March 26, 2018 in an interview on Capital Tonight on Spectrum News: "1 in 100 people are sociopaths."
Evan Jenkins stated on March 20, 2018 in a press release: West Virginia "has the highest overdose death rate in the nation."
Paul Ryan stated on February 15, 2018 in a briefing with reporters: We "have laws on the books designed to prevent people with mental illnesses from getting firearms."
Giffords stated on February 20, 2018 in a TV ad: "Gov. Rick Scott made it illegal for a doctor to ask a patient if they owned a gun, even a mental health professional. This law was so dangerous that a court had to strike it down."
Donald Trump stated on February 5, 2018 in a tweet: "The Democrats are pushing for Universal HealthCare while thousands of people are marching in the UK because their U system is going broke and not working."
LoveThisPic.com stated on February 3, 2018 in a headline: "Smoking in cars with children is illegal starting January 30, 2018."
Bruce Rauner stated on January 3, 2018 in an interview with the editorial board of the Herald-News of Joliet: "The Legionella bacteria is in most water systems in Illinois."
Cora Faith Walker stated on November 9, 2017 in a guest commentary in the St. Louis American: "The average life expectancy for African Americans in Saint Louis and Saint Louis County varies by as much as 18 years compared to the white population, with nearly half of all African-American kids under the age of 18 living in poverty."
Claire McCaskill stated on November 22, 2017 in a press release: "Fentanyl is now killing more Americans than heroin or any other opioid."
Adam Putnam stated on October 31, 2017 in a speech: "The No. 1 job vacancy in Florida every month for seven years has been nursing."
Edward Markey stated on October 26, 2017 in a statement: Says HIV and AIDS rates have spiked "due to increased heroin and fentanyl use."
Eric Greitens stated on August 13, 2017 in a Facebook live video: "Seventy-three percent of our veterans are graduating from drug courts. By contrast, I think most of the people in the very good drug court program — the graduation rate’s like 53, 55 percent. The point of that is that drug courts are working for veterans."
Paul Krugman stated on September 30, 2017 in a tweet: Said there is cholera in Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria.
Michael Bloomberg stated on September 18, 2017 in a website: "The soda tax can make a difference by reducing consumption of unhealthy soda pop and sugary beverages."
Ron Johnson stated on September 25, 2017 in an interview: "California, New York and Massachusetts, they represent about 20 percent of the population, they get close to 36 percent of Obamacare funding. It's just simply inequitable."
Ron Johnson stated on September 20, 2017 in an interview: The GOP’s health bill will protect people with pre-existing conditions "every bit as well as Obamacare did."
Sean Duffy stated on September 14, 2017 in a Facebook Live town hall: Vermont had to "scrap" its single-payer health insurance program because it was "going bankrupt."
Senate Leadership Fund stated on August 22, 2017 in in an ad: Says Kelli Ward hosted a town hall on "chemtrail conspiracy theories" and is open to sponsoring chemtrails legislation.
Mike Gallagher stated on July 9, 2017 in a TV interview: "We’re spending 18 percent of our GDP on healthcare while the average among industrialized countries is closer to 8 percent."
Sean Duffy stated on July 20, 2017 in an interview: "You have almost half the counties in America that have one provider or no provider for insurance" on the Obamacare exchanges.
Kevin McCarthy stated on July 11, 2017 in an interview with Fox Business: "More people, almost twice as many, pay the penalty or take the waiver than signed up for (Obamacare)."
Tammy Baldwin stated on June 2, 2017 in a speech: Says Donald Trump "wants to kick thousands of kids off of BadgerCare."
Maram Museitif stated on May 24, 2017 in as quoted in a Central Health press release: Says Arabic "is the third most-common language in Austin."
Maxine Waters stated on May 18, 2017 in an interview on MSNBC's "Morning Joe": "You can see visits to Moscow made during the campaign by (Paul) Manafort and others."
Paul Ryan stated on May 7, 2017 in an interview: Before Obamacare, Wisconsin’s "high-risk pool" for health insurance "had eight or nine" plans to choose from, people "could go to any doctor or any hospital they wanted, and their premiums and co-pays were cheaper than they are under Obamacare today."
James Rockall stated on May 9, 2017 in a tweet: "More (people) die from indoor air pollution than from malaria, HIV/AIDS and TB combined."
