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 Viral image stated on May 22, 2020 in a Facebook post: A photo shows three men on crosses who “feel like they’re being crucified by being required to stay at home.” Facebook posts stated on May 20, 2020 in an image: Says Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s family spent May 20 at her second home, breaking her own stay-at-home orders. Viral image stated on May 15, 2020 in a Facebook post: “The woman in this photograph is Margaret Sanger, founder of Planned Parenthood, meeting with the Ku Klux Klan in 1926, Silver Lake, New Jersey.” Viral image stated on May 24, 2020 in a Facebook post: A photo shows Gov. Gretchen Whitmer “on Mackinaw Island today ignoring mask and social distancing rules.” Facebook posts stated on May 10, 2020 in a Facebook post: Nancy Pelosi said "Congress shall not vote remotely because it is not secure!" while also saying that “Americans should all vote for president by mail!” Donald Trump stated on May 25, 2020 in a tweet: “[U.S. Rep. Conor Lamb] said he would NOT vote for [Nancy Pelosi] for Speaker, and did.” Donald Trump stated on May 26, 2020 in a tweet: California Gov. Gavin Newsom “is sending Ballots to millions of people, anyone living in the state, no matter who they are or how they got there, will get one" and the election is "Rigged." Facebook posts stated on May 18, 2020 in a Facebook post: Texas and Florida have a “balanced budget” while California is “in debt $54 billion and New York is “in debt $6.1 billion.” Facebook posts stated on May 26, 2020 in a Facebook post: Ron Howard wrote a Facebook post about being a liberal. Donald Trump stated on May 26, 2020 in a tweet: There are “many unanswered and obvious questions” about the 2001 death of a staff member of Joe Scarborough. Bloggers stated on May 25, 2020 in a headline: "Joe Biden tells voters he's 'going to beat Joe Biden.'" Facebook posts stated on May 6, 2020 in a Facebook post: Amid the COVID-19 outbreak, “Minnesota now has the highest unemployment rate in U.S. history.” Facebook posts stated on May 14, 2020 in on social media: "Hidden in the CARES Act was an obscure $135 billion tax break for 43,000 millionaires." Joe Biden stated on May 20, 2020 in a virtual town hall: “40% of the initial small business funds didn’t go to small businesses at all.” Facebook posts stated on May 17, 2020 in a Facebook post: Trump re-signed 1952 law “making Muslamic law illegal” Janel Brandtjen stated on April 28, 2020 in Facebook post: “Children don’t seem to be getting this virus” Facebook posts stated on May 18, 2020 in a Facebook post: “While California is dying … Gavin (Newsom) is vacationing in Stevensville, MT!” Facebook posts stated on April 11, 2020 in a Facebook post: “The COVID-19 future vaccine will come with the ID — a mark. The ID tells everyone you are free of COVID.” Donald Trump stated on January 30, 2020 in remarks at a public event in Des Moines: "Under three years of my administration, net farm income has already gone up nearly 50%." Facebook posts stated on April 28, 2020 in a Facebook post: Says if you're refused service at a store for not wearing a mask “call the department of health and report the store. Masks are suggested, not required.” Bloggers stated on May 16, 2020 in a Facebook post: “The House Democrats snuck a provision into their $3 trillion bailout bill today that would keep the house in recess until July 21.” Bloggers stated on May 15, 2020 in a Facebook post: “Italian Parliament Calls For The Arrest of Bill Gates” Viral image stated on May 20, 2020 in a Facebook post: A long list shows “new CDC guidelines for reopening schools.” Chris Taylor stated on December 13, 2019 in news release: “Getting access to a gun in America is easier than adopting a dog or registering to vote.” Iowa Democratic Party stated on April 21, 2020 in an online statement: Says Joni Ernst "claims she ‘pushed for’ new funding for hospitals and COVID-19 testing after opposing It for weeks.” Joe Biden stated on May 14, 2020 in an interview on MSNBC: The U.S. had 44 CDC staffers “in China to observe what was going on. (President Trump) brought home the vast majority of them, I think left only four in place.” Facebook posts stated on May 28, 2019 in a Facebook post: Says it was "a crime for Nixon to wiretap the Democrats at Watergate but OK for Obama to wiretap Republicans at Trump Tower.” Viral image stated on April 27, 2020 in a Facebook post: “If you have had a flu shot in the last 3-5 years, you will probably test positive” for COVID-19. Viral image stated on June 9, 2017 in a Facebook post: A photo shows Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump. Amy Klobuchar stated on May 16, 2020 in a tweet: “80% of the people” want the option of vote by mail
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Viral image stated on May 22, 2020 in a Facebook post: A photo shows three men on crosses who “feel like they’re being crucified by being required to stay at home.” Facebook posts stated on May 20, 2020 in an image: Says Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s family spent May 20 at her second home, breaking her own stay-at-home orders. Viral image stated on May 15, 2020 in a Facebook post: “The woman in this photograph is Margaret Sanger, founder of Planned Parenthood, meeting with the Ku Klux Klan in 1926, Silver Lake, New Jersey.” Viral image stated on May 24, 2020 in a Facebook post: A photo shows Gov. Gretchen Whitmer “on Mackinaw Island today ignoring mask and social distancing rules.” Facebook posts stated on May 10, 2020 in a Facebook post: Nancy Pelosi said "Congress shall not vote remotely because it is not secure!" while also saying that “Americans should all vote for president by mail!” Donald Trump stated on May 25, 2020 in a tweet: “[U.S. Rep. Conor Lamb] said he would NOT vote for [Nancy Pelosi] for Speaker, and did.” Donald Trump stated on May 26, 2020 in a tweet: California Gov. Gavin Newsom “is sending Ballots to millions of people, anyone living in the state, no matter who they are or how they got there, will get one" and the election is "Rigged." Facebook posts stated on May 18, 2020 in a Facebook post: Texas and Florida have a “balanced budget” while California is “in debt $54 billion and New York is “in debt $6.1 billion.” Facebook posts stated on May 26, 2020 in a Facebook post: Ron Howard wrote a Facebook post about being a liberal. Donald Trump stated on May 26, 2020 in a tweet: There are “many unanswered and obvious questions” about the 2001 death of a staff member of Joe Scarborough. Bloggers stated on May 25, 2020 in a headline: "Joe Biden tells voters he's 'going to beat Joe Biden.'" Facebook posts stated on May 6, 2020 in a Facebook post: Amid the COVID-19 outbreak, “Minnesota now has the highest unemployment rate in U.S. history.” Facebook posts stated on May 14, 2020 in on social media: "Hidden in the CARES Act was an obscure $135 billion tax break for 43,000 millionaires." Joe Biden stated on May 20, 2020 in a virtual town hall: “40% of the initial small business funds didn’t go to small businesses at all.” Facebook posts stated on May 17, 2020 in a Facebook post: Trump re-signed 1952 law “making Muslamic law illegal” Janel Brandtjen stated on April 28, 2020 in Facebook post: “Children don’t seem to be getting this virus” Facebook posts stated on May 18, 2020 in a Facebook post: “While California is dying … Gavin (Newsom) is vacationing in Stevensville, MT!” Facebook posts stated on April 11, 2020 in a Facebook post: “The COVID-19 future vaccine will come with the ID — a mark. The ID tells everyone you are free of COVID.” Donald Trump stated on January 30, 2020 in remarks at a public event in Des Moines: "Under three years of my administration, net farm income has already gone up nearly 50%." Facebook posts stated on April 28, 2020 in a Facebook post: Says if you're refused service at a store for not wearing a mask “call the department of health and report the store. Masks are suggested, not required.” Bloggers stated on May 16, 2020 in a Facebook post: “The House Democrats snuck a provision into their $3 trillion bailout bill today that would keep the house in recess until July 21.” Bloggers stated on May 15, 2020 in a Facebook post: “Italian Parliament Calls For The Arrest of Bill Gates” Viral image stated on May 20, 2020 in a Facebook post: A long list shows “new CDC guidelines for reopening schools.” Chris Taylor stated on December 13, 2019 in news release: “Getting access to a gun in America is easier than adopting a dog or registering to vote.” Iowa Democratic Party stated on April 21, 2020 in an online statement: Says Joni Ernst "claims she ‘pushed for’ new funding for hospitals and COVID-19 testing after opposing It for weeks.” Joe Biden stated on May 14, 2020 in an interview on MSNBC: The U.S. had 44 CDC staffers “in China to observe what was going on. (President Trump) brought home the vast majority of them, I think left only four in place.” Facebook posts stated on May 28, 2019 in a Facebook post: Says it was "a crime for Nixon to wiretap the Democrats at Watergate but OK for Obama to wiretap Republicans at Trump Tower.” Viral image stated on April 27, 2020 in a Facebook post: “If you have had a flu shot in the last 3-5 years, you will probably test positive” for COVID-19. Viral image stated on June 9, 2017 in a Facebook post: A photo shows Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump. Amy Klobuchar stated on May 16, 2020 in a tweet: “80% of the people” want the option of vote by mail
Viral image stated on May 22, 2020 in a Facebook post: A photo shows three men on crosses who “feel like they’re being crucified by being required to stay at home.”
Facebook posts stated on May 20, 2020 in an image: Says Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s family spent May 20 at her second home, breaking her own stay-at-home orders.
Viral image stated on May 15, 2020 in a Facebook post: “The woman in this photograph is Margaret Sanger, founder of Planned Parenthood, meeting with the Ku Klux Klan in 1926, Silver Lake, New Jersey.”
Viral image stated on May 24, 2020 in a Facebook post: A photo shows Gov. Gretchen Whitmer “on Mackinaw Island today ignoring mask and social distancing rules.”
Facebook posts stated on May 10, 2020 in a Facebook post: Nancy Pelosi said "Congress shall not vote remotely because it is not secure!" while also saying that “Americans should all vote for president by mail!”
Donald Trump stated on May 25, 2020 in a tweet: “[U.S. Rep. Conor Lamb] said he would NOT vote for [Nancy Pelosi] for Speaker, and did.”
Donald Trump stated on May 26, 2020 in a tweet: California Gov. Gavin Newsom “is sending Ballots to millions of people, anyone living in the state, no matter who they are or how they got there, will get one" and the election is "Rigged."
Facebook posts stated on May 18, 2020 in a Facebook post: Texas and Florida have a “balanced budget” while California is “in debt $54 billion and New York is “in debt $6.1 billion.”
Facebook posts stated on May 26, 2020 in a Facebook post: Ron Howard wrote a Facebook post about being a liberal.
Donald Trump stated on May 26, 2020 in a tweet: There are “many unanswered and obvious questions” about the 2001 death of a staff member of Joe Scarborough.
Bloggers stated on May 25, 2020 in a headline: "Joe Biden tells voters he's 'going to beat Joe Biden.'"
Facebook posts stated on May 6, 2020 in a Facebook post: Amid the COVID-19 outbreak, “Minnesota now has the highest unemployment rate in U.S. history.”
Facebook posts stated on May 14, 2020 in on social media: "Hidden in the CARES Act was an obscure $135 billion tax break for 43,000 millionaires."
Joe Biden stated on May 20, 2020 in a virtual town hall: “40% of the initial small business funds didn’t go to small businesses at all.”
Facebook posts stated on May 17, 2020 in a Facebook post: Trump re-signed 1952 law “making Muslamic law illegal”
Janel Brandtjen stated on April 28, 2020 in Facebook post: “Children don’t seem to be getting this virus”
Facebook posts stated on May 18, 2020 in a Facebook post: “While California is dying … Gavin (Newsom) is vacationing in Stevensville, MT!”
Facebook posts stated on April 11, 2020 in a Facebook post: “The COVID-19 future vaccine will come with the ID — a mark. The ID tells everyone you are free of COVID.”
Donald Trump stated on January 30, 2020 in remarks at a public event in Des Moines: "Under three years of my administration, net farm income has already gone up nearly 50%."
Facebook posts stated on April 28, 2020 in a Facebook post: Says if you're refused service at a store for not wearing a mask “call the department of health and report the store. Masks are suggested, not required.”
Bloggers stated on May 16, 2020 in a Facebook post: “The House Democrats snuck a provision into their $3 trillion bailout bill today that would keep the house in recess until July 21.”
Bloggers stated on May 15, 2020 in a Facebook post: “Italian Parliament Calls For The Arrest of Bill Gates”
Viral image stated on May 20, 2020 in a Facebook post: A long list shows “new CDC guidelines for reopening schools.”
Chris Taylor stated on December 13, 2019 in news release: “Getting access to a gun in America is easier than adopting a dog or registering to vote.”
Iowa Democratic Party stated on April 21, 2020 in an online statement: Says Joni Ernst "claims she ‘pushed for’ new funding for hospitals and COVID-19 testing after opposing It for weeks.”
Joe Biden stated on May 14, 2020 in an interview on MSNBC: The U.S. had 44 CDC staffers “in China to observe what was going on. (President Trump) brought home the vast majority of them, I think left only four in place.”
Facebook posts stated on May 28, 2019 in a Facebook post: Says it was "a crime for Nixon to wiretap the Democrats at Watergate but OK for Obama to wiretap Republicans at Trump Tower.”
Viral image stated on April 27, 2020 in a Facebook post: “If you have had a flu shot in the last 3-5 years, you will probably test positive” for COVID-19.
Viral image stated on June 9, 2017 in a Facebook post: A photo shows Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump.
