Latest Fact-checks 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 Ron Johnson stated on August 7, 2022 in News release: "Last year the IRS audited Americans earning less than $25,000 a year at five times the rate of other groups." Facebook posts stated on August 17, 2022 in a Facebook post: “US Army in Ukraine.” Viral image stated on August 21, 2022 in a Facebook post: An image shows a chyron on Tucker Carlson’s show that said “straight men turning homo after ‘gay hypnosis.’” Instagram posts stated on August 24, 2022 in an Instagram post: “Marjorie Taylor Greene was raided by Joe Biden’s DOJ last night.” Bloggers stated on July 27, 2022 in a blog post: In England, “COVID-19 vaccinated children are 4,423% more likely to die of any cause and 13,633% more likely to die of COVID-19 than unvaccinated children.” Miguel Cardona stated on August 21, 2022 in an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press": "Adjusted for inflation, over the last 25 years teachers have made a $29 increase in their salary." Joe Biden stated on August 16, 2022 in remarks at the White House: The American Rescue Plan “helped create nearly 10 million new jobs.” Viral image stated on August 21, 2022 in a tweet: Image shows "Florida's anti-woke banned book list." Facebook posts stated on August 18, 2022 in a video shared on Facebook: A New England Journal of Medicine study found that vaccinated people are “5X more contagious than the unvaccinated 10 days after SARS-CoV-2 infection.” Ben Cline stated on August 12, 2022 in a statement.: A new Democratic law “will make the IRS workforce larger than the Pentagon, FBI, State Department, and Customs and Border Patrol, combined.” Instagram posts stated on August 17, 2022 in Instagram post: "Biden is adding more IRS agents to investigate your taxes than we have detectives investigating every crime in the country.” Ben Kral stated on August 10, 2022 in a statement: “Violent crime (is) at an all-time high." Tom Cotton stated on August 3, 2022 in an ad: The Inflation Reduction Act "doubles the size of the IRS, raises your taxes and spends billions on a green energy slush fund." Facebook posts stated on August 21, 2022 in a Facebook post: Quotes Sarah Palin as saying “when Jesus celebrated Easter with his disciples there were no Easter bunnies or egg hunts.” Instagram posts stated on August 21, 2022 in an Instagram post: “Congress just voted to exempt themselves from IRS auditing of their personal finances.” Facebook posts stated on August 21, 2022 in a Facebook post: Video claims Google Street View shows Antarctica with green vegetation and brick buildings. Facebook posts stated on August 12, 2022 in Facebook posts: “Free health allowance is available at no cost.” Facebook posts stated on July 21, 2022 in a Facebook post: “People born before 1957 are getting $1,728 added to their Social Security checks.” Facebook posts stated on July 27, 2022 in a Facebook post: “96% of U.S. climate data is corrupted.” Facebook posts stated on August 15, 2022 in a Facebook video: Video implies talk between Barack Obama and Kamala Harris has coded references to pedophilia. Facebook posts stated on August 7, 2022 in a Facebook post: The Inflation Reduction Act expanded free health insurance to Americans under 65. Viral image stated on August 15, 2022 in a Facebook post: COVID-19 vaccines are responsible for the health problems featured in recent news reports. Viral image stated on August 17, 2022 in a Facebook post: “Tulsi Gabbard Venmos Nancy Pelosi $600.01 forcing the IRS to audit Pelosi’s finances.” Nikki Fried stated on August 14, 2022 in a campaign event: "We also know (the Sierra Club) paid for those reporters" at the Palm Beach Post. Facebook posts stated on August 16, 2022 in a Facebook post: Video shows Steve Bannon crying, “Trump is going to jail.” Facebook posts stated on August 16, 2022 in a Facebook post: Photos show “an IRS agent training class.” Viral image stated on August 17, 2022 in an Instagram post: Photo shows parents who changed their baby’s gender identity. Facebook posts stated on August 15, 2022 in una publicación en Facebook: “El congreso acaba de aprobar un reciente proyecto de ley para todos los que tengan más de $10,000 de deuda”. League of Conservation Voters stated on August 13, 2022 in Twitter: Says Republican U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson “called climate change ‘bull----’ during a record heatwave” and “raked in over $700k in fossil fuel cash.” Facebook posts stated on August 15, 2022 in a Facebook post: Amazon is “running a promotion and giving away random packages for just $1!”
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Ron Johnson stated on August 7, 2022 in News release: "Last year the IRS audited Americans earning less than $25,000 a year at five times the rate of other groups." Facebook posts stated on August 17, 2022 in a Facebook post: “US Army in Ukraine.” Viral image stated on August 21, 2022 in a Facebook post: An image shows a chyron on Tucker Carlson’s show that said “straight men turning homo after ‘gay hypnosis.’” Instagram posts stated on August 24, 2022 in an Instagram post: “Marjorie Taylor Greene was raided by Joe Biden’s DOJ last night.” Bloggers stated on July 27, 2022 in a blog post: In England, “COVID-19 vaccinated children are 4,423% more likely to die of any cause and 13,633% more likely to die of COVID-19 than unvaccinated children.” Miguel Cardona stated on August 21, 2022 in an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press": "Adjusted for inflation, over the last 25 years teachers have made a $29 increase in their salary." Joe Biden stated on August 16, 2022 in remarks at the White House: The American Rescue Plan “helped create nearly 10 million new jobs.” Viral image stated on August 21, 2022 in a tweet: Image shows "Florida's anti-woke banned book list." Facebook posts stated on August 18, 2022 in a video shared on Facebook: A New England Journal of Medicine study found that vaccinated people are “5X more contagious than the unvaccinated 10 days after SARS-CoV-2 infection.” Ben Cline stated on August 12, 2022 in a statement.: A new Democratic law “will make the IRS workforce larger than the Pentagon, FBI, State Department, and Customs and Border Patrol, combined.” Instagram posts stated on August 17, 2022 in Instagram post: "Biden is adding more IRS agents to investigate your taxes than we have detectives investigating every crime in the country.” Ben Kral stated on August 10, 2022 in a statement: “Violent crime (is) at an all-time high." Tom Cotton stated on August 3, 2022 in an ad: The Inflation Reduction Act "doubles the size of the IRS, raises your taxes and spends billions on a green energy slush fund." Facebook posts stated on August 21, 2022 in a Facebook post: Quotes Sarah Palin as saying “when Jesus celebrated Easter with his disciples there were no Easter bunnies or egg hunts.” Instagram posts stated on August 21, 2022 in an Instagram post: “Congress just voted to exempt themselves from IRS auditing of their personal finances.” Facebook posts stated on August 21, 2022 in a Facebook post: Video claims Google Street View shows Antarctica with green vegetation and brick buildings. Facebook posts stated on August 12, 2022 in Facebook posts: “Free health allowance is available at no cost.” Facebook posts stated on July 21, 2022 in a Facebook post: “People born before 1957 are getting $1,728 added to their Social Security checks.” Facebook posts stated on July 27, 2022 in a Facebook post: “96% of U.S. climate data is corrupted.” Facebook posts stated on August 15, 2022 in a Facebook video: Video implies talk between Barack Obama and Kamala Harris has coded references to pedophilia. Facebook posts stated on August 7, 2022 in a Facebook post: The Inflation Reduction Act expanded free health insurance to Americans under 65. Viral image stated on August 15, 2022 in a Facebook post: COVID-19 vaccines are responsible for the health problems featured in recent news reports. Viral image stated on August 17, 2022 in a Facebook post: “Tulsi Gabbard Venmos Nancy Pelosi $600.01 forcing the IRS to audit Pelosi’s finances.” Nikki Fried stated on August 14, 2022 in a campaign event: "We also know (the Sierra Club) paid for those reporters" at the Palm Beach Post. Facebook posts stated on August 16, 2022 in a Facebook post: Video shows Steve Bannon crying, “Trump is going to jail.” Facebook posts stated on August 16, 2022 in a Facebook post: Photos show “an IRS agent training class.” Viral image stated on August 17, 2022 in an Instagram post: Photo shows parents who changed their baby’s gender identity. Facebook posts stated on August 15, 2022 in una publicación en Facebook: “El congreso acaba de aprobar un reciente proyecto de ley para todos los que tengan más de $10,000 de deuda”. League of Conservation Voters stated on August 13, 2022 in Twitter: Says Republican U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson “called climate change ‘bull----’ during a record heatwave” and “raked in over $700k in fossil fuel cash.” Facebook posts stated on August 15, 2022 in a Facebook post: Amazon is “running a promotion and giving away random packages for just $1!”
Ron Johnson stated on August 7, 2022 in News release: "Last year the IRS audited Americans earning less than $25,000 a year at five times the rate of other groups."
Viral image stated on August 21, 2022 in a Facebook post: An image shows a chyron on Tucker Carlson’s show that said “straight men turning homo after ‘gay hypnosis.’”
Instagram posts stated on August 24, 2022 in an Instagram post: “Marjorie Taylor Greene was raided by Joe Biden’s DOJ last night.”
Bloggers stated on July 27, 2022 in a blog post: In England, “COVID-19 vaccinated children are 4,423% more likely to die of any cause and 13,633% more likely to die of COVID-19 than unvaccinated children.”
Miguel Cardona stated on August 21, 2022 in an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press": "Adjusted for inflation, over the last 25 years teachers have made a $29 increase in their salary."
Joe Biden stated on August 16, 2022 in remarks at the White House: The American Rescue Plan “helped create nearly 10 million new jobs.”
Viral image stated on August 21, 2022 in a tweet: Image shows "Florida's anti-woke banned book list."
Facebook posts stated on August 18, 2022 in a video shared on Facebook: A New England Journal of Medicine study found that vaccinated people are “5X more contagious than the unvaccinated 10 days after SARS-CoV-2 infection.”
Ben Cline stated on August 12, 2022 in a statement.: A new Democratic law “will make the IRS workforce larger than the Pentagon, FBI, State Department, and Customs and Border Patrol, combined.”
Instagram posts stated on August 17, 2022 in Instagram post: "Biden is adding more IRS agents to investigate your taxes than we have detectives investigating every crime in the country.”
Tom Cotton stated on August 3, 2022 in an ad: The Inflation Reduction Act "doubles the size of the IRS, raises your taxes and spends billions on a green energy slush fund."
Facebook posts stated on August 21, 2022 in a Facebook post: Quotes Sarah Palin as saying “when Jesus celebrated Easter with his disciples there were no Easter bunnies or egg hunts.”
Instagram posts stated on August 21, 2022 in an Instagram post: “Congress just voted to exempt themselves from IRS auditing of their personal finances.”
Facebook posts stated on August 21, 2022 in a Facebook post: Video claims Google Street View shows Antarctica with green vegetation and brick buildings.
Facebook posts stated on August 12, 2022 in Facebook posts: “Free health allowance is available at no cost.”
Facebook posts stated on July 21, 2022 in a Facebook post: “People born before 1957 are getting $1,728 added to their Social Security checks.”
Facebook posts stated on August 15, 2022 in a Facebook video: Video implies talk between Barack Obama and Kamala Harris has coded references to pedophilia.
Facebook posts stated on August 7, 2022 in a Facebook post: The Inflation Reduction Act expanded free health insurance to Americans under 65.
Viral image stated on August 15, 2022 in a Facebook post: COVID-19 vaccines are responsible for the health problems featured in recent news reports.
Viral image stated on August 17, 2022 in a Facebook post: “Tulsi Gabbard Venmos Nancy Pelosi $600.01 forcing the IRS to audit Pelosi’s finances.”
Nikki Fried stated on August 14, 2022 in a campaign event: "We also know (the Sierra Club) paid for those reporters" at the Palm Beach Post.
Facebook posts stated on August 16, 2022 in a Facebook post: Video shows Steve Bannon crying, “Trump is going to jail.”
Facebook posts stated on August 16, 2022 in a Facebook post: Photos show “an IRS agent training class.”
Viral image stated on August 17, 2022 in an Instagram post: Photo shows parents who changed their baby’s gender identity.
Facebook posts stated on August 15, 2022 in una publicación en Facebook: “El congreso acaba de aprobar un reciente proyecto de ley para todos los que tengan más de $10,000 de deuda”.
League of Conservation Voters stated on August 13, 2022 in Twitter: Says Republican U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson “called climate change ‘bull----’ during a record heatwave” and “raked in over $700k in fossil fuel cash.”
Facebook posts stated on August 15, 2022 in a Facebook post: Amazon is “running a promotion and giving away random packages for just $1!”