Latest Fact-checks in National 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 Steve Chabot stated on October 21, 2021 in a hearing of the House Judiciary Committee: We are seeing “the Justice Department treat American parents as domestic terrorists” under the Patriot Act. Heritage Action stated on October 19, 2021 in a Facebook post: The Freedom to Vote Act "automatically registers ineligible voters." Instagram posts stated on October 18, 2021 in an Instagram post: The FEMA health care workers replacing the noncompliant nurses and doctors are NOT required to get vaccinated via the CDC." Instagram posts stated on October 17, 2021 in an Instagram post: A nurse who fainted after receiving the COVID-19 vaccine died from the vaccination. Facebook posts stated on October 13, 2021 in a Facebook post: California’s shipping backlog is, in part, caused by a “California Truck Ban which says all trucks must be 2011 or newer and a law called AB 5 which prohibits Owner Operators.” Facebook posts stated on October 17, 2021 in a Facebook post: Says Hunter Biden “was hanged at Gitmo.” Heartland Institute stated on October 11, 2021 in an article from the Heartland Institute: “U.S. acres burned each year are much fewer now — even in our worst years — than was the case in the early 20th century.” Bryan Steil stated on September 24, 2021 in Twitter: Says Joe Biden's IRS reform proposals "would require banks and credit unions to hand over private information about routine transactions to the IRS." Mark Pocan stated on October 3, 2021 in Twitter: “The annual Pentagon budget hovers over $750 billion annually, twice that of the much debated Build Back Better Act that costs about $350 billion annually as currently proposed.” Viral image stated on October 6, 2021 in a Facebook post: Photo shows hundreds of “sitting ships” waiting to dock at U.S. ports. Viral image stated on September 16, 2021 in a Facebook post: A wind turbine “could never generate as much energy as was invested in building it.” Candace Owens stated on September 9, 2021 in a tweet: “The Biden administration is attempting to empower the IRS to monitor every single withdrawal, deposit, and transaction you make from your personal banking accounts, PayPal, Venmo, etc." Rick Scott stated on October 5, 2021 in a tweet: "Joe Biden’s attorney general wants the FBI to go after parents for speaking out at school board meetings to protect kids from radical curriculum like critical race theory." YouTube videos stated on September 28, 2021 in a YouTube video: A person’s immune system “tanks” after their second COVID-19 vaccine dose. 10 GOP Louisiana Lawmakers stated on September 29, 2021 in a letter to the governor of Louisiana: “There is no FDA approval for the Pfizer BioNTech vaccine for COVID-19.” Anthony Fauci stated on October 3, 2021 in an interview on CNN: “There are precious few religions that actually say you cannot” get vaccinated. Joe Biden stated on October 4, 2021 in a speech: “Raising the debt limit is usually a bipartisan undertaking.” Instagram posts stated on October 4, 2021 in an Instagram post: “Sophia Stewart wrote books in the 70s that were stolen from her by Warner Bros. (Terminator 1-4 & The Matrix 1 & 2!) ... she won Hollywood's biggest lawsuit, $2.5 Billion.” TikTok posts stated on September 18, 2021 in a TikTok video: Says 86% of COVID-19 cases in Israel in July were in fully vaccinated individuals. Don Lemon stated on September 29, 2021 in an exchange between CNN hosts: Says Sens. Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema “are Republicans … Just look at the way they vote.” Facebook posts stated on September 28, 2021 in a Facebook post: “Arizona audit” shows 86,391 voters “don’t appear to exist.” Instagram posts stated on September 26, 2021 in an Instagram post: The government pays out "$2,125/month in refugee benefits to refugees resettled in the United States," while Social Security recipients “who have paid into the system their whole lives receive $1,400/month on average." Instagram posts stated on September 22, 2021 in an Instagram post: VAERS reports show that babies whose mothers got the COVID-19 vaccine died after breastfeeding. Glenn Grothman stated on September 22, 2021 in Twitter: Says the U.S. National Archives put a ‘harmful content’ warning on our nation’s Founding documents. Common Sense Leadership Fund stated on September 17, 2021 in an attack ad: Democrats “want to tax your retirement funds to pay for their new trillion dollar power grab.” Donald Trump stated on September 25, 2021 in a rally in Georgia: Says Biden “didn’t win in Arizona. He lost in Arizona based on the forensic audit.” Instagram posts stated on September 27, 2021 in an Instagram post: "Breaking news — US Supreme Court has canceled universal vaccination in the United States." Rick Scott stated on September 23, 2021 in an op-ed: “Democrats are responsible for the massive spending and debt growth, they alone need to take responsibility for raising the debt limit.” Instagram posts stated on September 20, 2021 in an Instagram post: The FDA advisory board said unvaccinated people are more educated than most people who have gotten the COVID-19 vaccines. Gary Palmer stated on September 13, 2021 in remarks during a House hearing: “As a result of the massive decline in natural gas prices, we’re saving 11,000 lives per year in the U.S.”
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Steve Chabot stated on October 21, 2021 in a hearing of the House Judiciary Committee: We are seeing “the Justice Department treat American parents as domestic terrorists” under the Patriot Act. Heritage Action stated on October 19, 2021 in a Facebook post: The Freedom to Vote Act "automatically registers ineligible voters." Instagram posts stated on October 18, 2021 in an Instagram post: The FEMA health care workers replacing the noncompliant nurses and doctors are NOT required to get vaccinated via the CDC." Instagram posts stated on October 17, 2021 in an Instagram post: A nurse who fainted after receiving the COVID-19 vaccine died from the vaccination. Facebook posts stated on October 13, 2021 in a Facebook post: California’s shipping backlog is, in part, caused by a “California Truck Ban which says all trucks must be 2011 or newer and a law called AB 5 which prohibits Owner Operators.” Facebook posts stated on October 17, 2021 in a Facebook post: Says Hunter Biden “was hanged at Gitmo.” Heartland Institute stated on October 11, 2021 in an article from the Heartland Institute: “U.S. acres burned each year are much fewer now — even in our worst years — than was the case in the early 20th century.” Bryan Steil stated on September 24, 2021 in Twitter: Says Joe Biden's IRS reform proposals "would require banks and credit unions to hand over private information about routine transactions to the IRS." Mark Pocan stated on October 3, 2021 in Twitter: “The annual Pentagon budget hovers over $750 billion annually, twice that of the much debated Build Back Better Act that costs about $350 billion annually as currently proposed.” Viral image stated on October 6, 2021 in a Facebook post: Photo shows hundreds of “sitting ships” waiting to dock at U.S. ports. Viral image stated on September 16, 2021 in a Facebook post: A wind turbine “could never generate as much energy as was invested in building it.” Candace Owens stated on September 9, 2021 in a tweet: “The Biden administration is attempting to empower the IRS to monitor every single withdrawal, deposit, and transaction you make from your personal banking accounts, PayPal, Venmo, etc." Rick Scott stated on October 5, 2021 in a tweet: "Joe Biden’s attorney general wants the FBI to go after parents for speaking out at school board meetings to protect kids from radical curriculum like critical race theory." YouTube videos stated on September 28, 2021 in a YouTube video: A person’s immune system “tanks” after their second COVID-19 vaccine dose. 10 GOP Louisiana Lawmakers stated on September 29, 2021 in a letter to the governor of Louisiana: “There is no FDA approval for the Pfizer BioNTech vaccine for COVID-19.” Anthony Fauci stated on October 3, 2021 in an interview on CNN: “There are precious few religions that actually say you cannot” get vaccinated. Joe Biden stated on October 4, 2021 in a speech: “Raising the debt limit is usually a bipartisan undertaking.” Instagram posts stated on October 4, 2021 in an Instagram post: “Sophia Stewart wrote books in the 70s that were stolen from her by Warner Bros. (Terminator 1-4 & The Matrix 1 & 2!) ... she won Hollywood's biggest lawsuit, $2.5 Billion.” TikTok posts stated on September 18, 2021 in a TikTok video: Says 86% of COVID-19 cases in Israel in July were in fully vaccinated individuals. Don Lemon stated on September 29, 2021 in an exchange between CNN hosts: Says Sens. Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema “are Republicans … Just look at the way they vote.” Facebook posts stated on September 28, 2021 in a Facebook post: “Arizona audit” shows 86,391 voters “don’t appear to exist.” Instagram posts stated on September 26, 2021 in an Instagram post: The government pays out "$2,125/month in refugee benefits to refugees resettled in the United States," while Social Security recipients “who have paid into the system their whole lives receive $1,400/month on average." Instagram posts stated on September 22, 2021 in an Instagram post: VAERS reports show that babies whose mothers got the COVID-19 vaccine died after breastfeeding. Glenn Grothman stated on September 22, 2021 in Twitter: Says the U.S. National Archives put a ‘harmful content’ warning on our nation’s Founding documents. Common Sense Leadership Fund stated on September 17, 2021 in an attack ad: Democrats “want to tax your retirement funds to pay for their new trillion dollar power grab.” Donald Trump stated on September 25, 2021 in a rally in Georgia: Says Biden “didn’t win in Arizona. He lost in Arizona based on the forensic audit.” Instagram posts stated on September 27, 2021 in an Instagram post: "Breaking news — US Supreme Court has canceled universal vaccination in the United States." Rick Scott stated on September 23, 2021 in an op-ed: “Democrats are responsible for the massive spending and debt growth, they alone need to take responsibility for raising the debt limit.” Instagram posts stated on September 20, 2021 in an Instagram post: The FDA advisory board said unvaccinated people are more educated than most people who have gotten the COVID-19 vaccines. Gary Palmer stated on September 13, 2021 in remarks during a House hearing: “As a result of the massive decline in natural gas prices, we’re saving 11,000 lives per year in the U.S.”
Steve Chabot stated on October 21, 2021 in a hearing of the House Judiciary Committee: We are seeing “the Justice Department treat American parents as domestic terrorists” under the Patriot Act.
Heritage Action stated on October 19, 2021 in a Facebook post: The Freedom to Vote Act "automatically registers ineligible voters."
Instagram posts stated on October 18, 2021 in an Instagram post: The FEMA health care workers replacing the noncompliant nurses and doctors are NOT required to get vaccinated via the CDC."
Instagram posts stated on October 17, 2021 in an Instagram post: A nurse who fainted after receiving the COVID-19 vaccine died from the vaccination.
Facebook posts stated on October 13, 2021 in a Facebook post: California’s shipping backlog is, in part, caused by a “California Truck Ban which says all trucks must be 2011 or newer and a law called AB 5 which prohibits Owner Operators.”
Facebook posts stated on October 17, 2021 in a Facebook post: Says Hunter Biden “was hanged at Gitmo.”
Heartland Institute stated on October 11, 2021 in an article from the Heartland Institute: “U.S. acres burned each year are much fewer now — even in our worst years — than was the case in the early 20th century.”
Bryan Steil stated on September 24, 2021 in Twitter: Says Joe Biden's IRS reform proposals "would require banks and credit unions to hand over private information about routine transactions to the IRS."
Mark Pocan stated on October 3, 2021 in Twitter: “The annual Pentagon budget hovers over $750 billion annually, twice that of the much debated Build Back Better Act that costs about $350 billion annually as currently proposed.”
Viral image stated on October 6, 2021 in a Facebook post: Photo shows hundreds of “sitting ships” waiting to dock at U.S. ports.
Viral image stated on September 16, 2021 in a Facebook post: A wind turbine “could never generate as much energy as was invested in building it.”
Candace Owens stated on September 9, 2021 in a tweet: “The Biden administration is attempting to empower the IRS to monitor every single withdrawal, deposit, and transaction you make from your personal banking accounts, PayPal, Venmo, etc."
Rick Scott stated on October 5, 2021 in a tweet: "Joe Biden’s attorney general wants the FBI to go after parents for speaking out at school board meetings to protect kids from radical curriculum like critical race theory."
YouTube videos stated on September 28, 2021 in a YouTube video: A person’s immune system “tanks” after their second COVID-19 vaccine dose.
10 GOP Louisiana Lawmakers stated on September 29, 2021 in a letter to the governor of Louisiana: “There is no FDA approval for the Pfizer BioNTech vaccine for COVID-19.”
Anthony Fauci stated on October 3, 2021 in an interview on CNN: “There are precious few religions that actually say you cannot” get vaccinated.
Joe Biden stated on October 4, 2021 in a speech: “Raising the debt limit is usually a bipartisan undertaking.”
Instagram posts stated on October 4, 2021 in an Instagram post: “Sophia Stewart wrote books in the 70s that were stolen from her by Warner Bros. (Terminator 1-4 & The Matrix 1 & 2!) ... she won Hollywood's biggest lawsuit, $2.5 Billion.”
TikTok posts stated on September 18, 2021 in a TikTok video: Says 86% of COVID-19 cases in Israel in July were in fully vaccinated individuals.
Don Lemon stated on September 29, 2021 in an exchange between CNN hosts: Says Sens. Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema “are Republicans … Just look at the way they vote.”
Facebook posts stated on September 28, 2021 in a Facebook post: “Arizona audit” shows 86,391 voters “don’t appear to exist.”
Instagram posts stated on September 26, 2021 in an Instagram post: The government pays out "$2,125/month in refugee benefits to refugees resettled in the United States," while Social Security recipients “who have paid into the system their whole lives receive $1,400/month on average."
Instagram posts stated on September 22, 2021 in an Instagram post: VAERS reports show that babies whose mothers got the COVID-19 vaccine died after breastfeeding.
Glenn Grothman stated on September 22, 2021 in Twitter: Says the U.S. National Archives put a ‘harmful content’ warning on our nation’s Founding documents.
Common Sense Leadership Fund stated on September 17, 2021 in an attack ad: Democrats “want to tax your retirement funds to pay for their new trillion dollar power grab.”
Donald Trump stated on September 25, 2021 in a rally in Georgia: Says Biden “didn’t win in Arizona. He lost in Arizona based on the forensic audit.”
Instagram posts stated on September 27, 2021 in an Instagram post: "Breaking news — US Supreme Court has canceled universal vaccination in the United States."
Rick Scott stated on September 23, 2021 in an op-ed: “Democrats are responsible for the massive spending and debt growth, they alone need to take responsibility for raising the debt limit.”
Instagram posts stated on September 20, 2021 in an Instagram post: The FDA advisory board said unvaccinated people are more educated than most people who have gotten the COVID-19 vaccines.
Gary Palmer stated on September 13, 2021 in remarks during a House hearing: “As a result of the massive decline in natural gas prices, we’re saving 11,000 lives per year in the U.S.”