Latest Fact-checks by Samantha Putterman 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 Kathy Castor stated on April 29, 2026 in an X post: “Florida is the only state in the nation kicking children off their affordable health coverage.” Byron Donalds stated on May 4, 2026 in an interview: Congress passed the 1965 Voting Rights Act because “the Democrat party at the time, especially in the South, were racially gerrymandering districts to disenfranchise Black voters.” Fentrice Driskell stated on April 29, 2026 in an interview: “Under federal law, you cannot engage in partisan gerrymandering.” Ron DeSantis stated on April 27, 2026 in an interview with Fox News Digital: Since the 2020 census, Florida has "moved from a Democrat majority to a 1.5 million Republican advantage." Jay Collins stated on April 20, 2026 in a campaign document: U.S. Rep. Byron Donalds voted "against three pay raises for military service members, including the largest pay raise for the military in 22 years." Brandon Gill stated on April 7, 2026 in an X post: “The Dignity Act is mass amnesty.” James Fishback stated on March 11, 2026 in a speech: "Youth underemployment for college grads is 70%" nationwide. Byron Donalds stated on March 8, 2026 in an interview: Florida school districts are the “biggest” drivers of increased property taxes. Ashley Moody stated on March 3, 2026 in a Senate hearing: The Biden administration "reversed" a policy of deporting people in the country illegally who have committed felonies. James Fishback stated on February 26, 2026 in a speech: Artificial intelligence data centers "drive up electric bills by 30 or 40%" and "suck up 500,000 gallons of water a day.” Social Media stated on February 8, 2026 in publicaciones en redes sociales: “Durante su presentación en el Super Bowl, Bad Bunny le regaló su premio Grammy a Liam Conejo Ramos”, el niño de 5 años que fue detenido por ICE. Social Media stated on February 8, 2026 in posts: During the Super Bowl halftime show, “Bad Bunny brought Liam Conejo Ramos onto the stage,” the 5-year-old detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement in Minneapolis. Jared Moskowitz stated on January 22, 2026 in an X post: The Federal Emergency Management Agency’s “backlog of unanswered disaster assistance applications has exploded to the largest in its history.” Ron DeSantis stated on January 5, 2026 in a press conference: Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro “was releasing people from his prisons and sending them to our southern border under the Biden administration.” JD Vance stated on November 13, 2025 in an interview: Housing is expensive “because we flooded the country with 30 million illegal immigrants” and because of a housing shortage. James Uthmeier stated on November 6, 2025 in X post: “Evidence suggests that 1 in 25 women who consume (abortion) pills are hospitalized.” Ron DeSantis stated on October 15, 2025 in a speech: In Florida, “68 to 70% of property tax revenue” is from “second homes, investment properties, commercial properties, Airbnb,” not primary residences. Rand Paul stated on October 19, 2025 in an interview: “About 25% of the time the Coast Guard boards a ship, there are no drugs.” Darren Soto stated on October 13, 2025 in an X post: Florida will be the “hardest hit” state in the country if enhanced Affordable Care Act subsidies expire. Rick Scott stated on October 2, 2025 in an X post: Democrats shut down the government because they want “health care for illegal aliens and funding for free abortions.” Donald Trump stated on September 27, 2025 in a Truth Social post: On Jan. 6, 2021, 274 FBI agents were “probably acting as agitators and insurrectionists, but certainly not as ‘law enforcement officials.’” Donald Trump stated on September 23, 2025 in a speech to the U.N. General Assembly: “I have ended seven unendable wars.” X posts stated on September 11, 2025 in an X post: A book on Amazon titled “The Shooting of Charlie Kirk” with a Sept. 9 publication date is evidence the event was staged. Joseph Ladapo stated on September 3, 2025 in a press conference: Every school vaccine mandate “drips” with “slavery.” James Uthmeier stated on August 24, 2025 in an X post: The U.S. Census included a citizenship question “for over 150 years” before the Obama administration. Threads posts stated on August 6, 2025 in a Threads post: The official U.S. government website erased sections of the U.S. Constitution without amending it. Donald Trump stated on July 28, 2025 in an interview: “I’ve stopped six wars” since taking office in January 2025. Donald Trump stated on July 27, 2025 in a press briefing: “We gave $60 million two weeks ago” for food aid to Gaza. Gavin Newsom stated on July 18, 2025 in an X post: Florida: #51 in mental health care, #1 in home insurance costs, #1 in elder fraud, #1 in rent hikes. Randy Fine stated on January 28, 2025 in a senate special session: Florida’s in-state college tuition waiver for immigrants in the country illegally costs the state $41 million.
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Kathy Castor stated on April 29, 2026 in an X post: “Florida is the only state in the nation kicking children off their affordable health coverage.” Byron Donalds stated on May 4, 2026 in an interview: Congress passed the 1965 Voting Rights Act because “the Democrat party at the time, especially in the South, were racially gerrymandering districts to disenfranchise Black voters.” Fentrice Driskell stated on April 29, 2026 in an interview: “Under federal law, you cannot engage in partisan gerrymandering.” Ron DeSantis stated on April 27, 2026 in an interview with Fox News Digital: Since the 2020 census, Florida has "moved from a Democrat majority to a 1.5 million Republican advantage." Jay Collins stated on April 20, 2026 in a campaign document: U.S. Rep. Byron Donalds voted "against three pay raises for military service members, including the largest pay raise for the military in 22 years." Brandon Gill stated on April 7, 2026 in an X post: “The Dignity Act is mass amnesty.” James Fishback stated on March 11, 2026 in a speech: "Youth underemployment for college grads is 70%" nationwide. Byron Donalds stated on March 8, 2026 in an interview: Florida school districts are the “biggest” drivers of increased property taxes. Ashley Moody stated on March 3, 2026 in a Senate hearing: The Biden administration "reversed" a policy of deporting people in the country illegally who have committed felonies. James Fishback stated on February 26, 2026 in a speech: Artificial intelligence data centers "drive up electric bills by 30 or 40%" and "suck up 500,000 gallons of water a day.” Social Media stated on February 8, 2026 in publicaciones en redes sociales: “Durante su presentación en el Super Bowl, Bad Bunny le regaló su premio Grammy a Liam Conejo Ramos”, el niño de 5 años que fue detenido por ICE. Social Media stated on February 8, 2026 in posts: During the Super Bowl halftime show, “Bad Bunny brought Liam Conejo Ramos onto the stage,” the 5-year-old detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement in Minneapolis. Jared Moskowitz stated on January 22, 2026 in an X post: The Federal Emergency Management Agency’s “backlog of unanswered disaster assistance applications has exploded to the largest in its history.” Ron DeSantis stated on January 5, 2026 in a press conference: Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro “was releasing people from his prisons and sending them to our southern border under the Biden administration.” JD Vance stated on November 13, 2025 in an interview: Housing is expensive “because we flooded the country with 30 million illegal immigrants” and because of a housing shortage. James Uthmeier stated on November 6, 2025 in X post: “Evidence suggests that 1 in 25 women who consume (abortion) pills are hospitalized.” Ron DeSantis stated on October 15, 2025 in a speech: In Florida, “68 to 70% of property tax revenue” is from “second homes, investment properties, commercial properties, Airbnb,” not primary residences. Rand Paul stated on October 19, 2025 in an interview: “About 25% of the time the Coast Guard boards a ship, there are no drugs.” Darren Soto stated on October 13, 2025 in an X post: Florida will be the “hardest hit” state in the country if enhanced Affordable Care Act subsidies expire. Rick Scott stated on October 2, 2025 in an X post: Democrats shut down the government because they want “health care for illegal aliens and funding for free abortions.” Donald Trump stated on September 27, 2025 in a Truth Social post: On Jan. 6, 2021, 274 FBI agents were “probably acting as agitators and insurrectionists, but certainly not as ‘law enforcement officials.’” Donald Trump stated on September 23, 2025 in a speech to the U.N. General Assembly: “I have ended seven unendable wars.” X posts stated on September 11, 2025 in an X post: A book on Amazon titled “The Shooting of Charlie Kirk” with a Sept. 9 publication date is evidence the event was staged. Joseph Ladapo stated on September 3, 2025 in a press conference: Every school vaccine mandate “drips” with “slavery.” James Uthmeier stated on August 24, 2025 in an X post: The U.S. Census included a citizenship question “for over 150 years” before the Obama administration. Threads posts stated on August 6, 2025 in a Threads post: The official U.S. government website erased sections of the U.S. Constitution without amending it. Donald Trump stated on July 28, 2025 in an interview: “I’ve stopped six wars” since taking office in January 2025. Donald Trump stated on July 27, 2025 in a press briefing: “We gave $60 million two weeks ago” for food aid to Gaza. Gavin Newsom stated on July 18, 2025 in an X post: Florida: #51 in mental health care, #1 in home insurance costs, #1 in elder fraud, #1 in rent hikes. Randy Fine stated on January 28, 2025 in a senate special session: Florida’s in-state college tuition waiver for immigrants in the country illegally costs the state $41 million.
Kathy Castor stated on April 29, 2026 in an X post: “Florida is the only state in the nation kicking children off their affordable health coverage.”
Byron Donalds stated on May 4, 2026 in an interview: Congress passed the 1965 Voting Rights Act because “the Democrat party at the time, especially in the South, were racially gerrymandering districts to disenfranchise Black voters.”
Fentrice Driskell stated on April 29, 2026 in an interview: “Under federal law, you cannot engage in partisan gerrymandering.”
Ron DeSantis stated on April 27, 2026 in an interview with Fox News Digital: Since the 2020 census, Florida has "moved from a Democrat majority to a 1.5 million Republican advantage."
Jay Collins stated on April 20, 2026 in a campaign document: U.S. Rep. Byron Donalds voted "against three pay raises for military service members, including the largest pay raise for the military in 22 years."
James Fishback stated on March 11, 2026 in a speech: "Youth underemployment for college grads is 70%" nationwide.
Byron Donalds stated on March 8, 2026 in an interview: Florida school districts are the “biggest” drivers of increased property taxes.
Ashley Moody stated on March 3, 2026 in a Senate hearing: The Biden administration "reversed" a policy of deporting people in the country illegally who have committed felonies.
James Fishback stated on February 26, 2026 in a speech: Artificial intelligence data centers "drive up electric bills by 30 or 40%" and "suck up 500,000 gallons of water a day.”
Social Media stated on February 8, 2026 in publicaciones en redes sociales: “Durante su presentación en el Super Bowl, Bad Bunny le regaló su premio Grammy a Liam Conejo Ramos”, el niño de 5 años que fue detenido por ICE.
Social Media stated on February 8, 2026 in posts: During the Super Bowl halftime show, “Bad Bunny brought Liam Conejo Ramos onto the stage,” the 5-year-old detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement in Minneapolis.
Jared Moskowitz stated on January 22, 2026 in an X post: The Federal Emergency Management Agency’s “backlog of unanswered disaster assistance applications has exploded to the largest in its history.”
Ron DeSantis stated on January 5, 2026 in a press conference: Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro “was releasing people from his prisons and sending them to our southern border under the Biden administration.”
JD Vance stated on November 13, 2025 in an interview: Housing is expensive “because we flooded the country with 30 million illegal immigrants” and because of a housing shortage.
James Uthmeier stated on November 6, 2025 in X post: “Evidence suggests that 1 in 25 women who consume (abortion) pills are hospitalized.”
Ron DeSantis stated on October 15, 2025 in a speech: In Florida, “68 to 70% of property tax revenue” is from “second homes, investment properties, commercial properties, Airbnb,” not primary residences.
Rand Paul stated on October 19, 2025 in an interview: “About 25% of the time the Coast Guard boards a ship, there are no drugs.”
Darren Soto stated on October 13, 2025 in an X post: Florida will be the “hardest hit” state in the country if enhanced Affordable Care Act subsidies expire.
Rick Scott stated on October 2, 2025 in an X post: Democrats shut down the government because they want “health care for illegal aliens and funding for free abortions.”
Donald Trump stated on September 27, 2025 in a Truth Social post: On Jan. 6, 2021, 274 FBI agents were “probably acting as agitators and insurrectionists, but certainly not as ‘law enforcement officials.’”
Donald Trump stated on September 23, 2025 in a speech to the U.N. General Assembly: “I have ended seven unendable wars.”
X posts stated on September 11, 2025 in an X post: A book on Amazon titled “The Shooting of Charlie Kirk” with a Sept. 9 publication date is evidence the event was staged.
Joseph Ladapo stated on September 3, 2025 in a press conference: Every school vaccine mandate “drips” with “slavery.”
James Uthmeier stated on August 24, 2025 in an X post: The U.S. Census included a citizenship question “for over 150 years” before the Obama administration.
Threads posts stated on August 6, 2025 in a Threads post: The official U.S. government website erased sections of the U.S. Constitution without amending it.
Donald Trump stated on July 28, 2025 in an interview: “I’ve stopped six wars” since taking office in January 2025.
Donald Trump stated on July 27, 2025 in a press briefing: “We gave $60 million two weeks ago” for food aid to Gaza.
Gavin Newsom stated on July 18, 2025 in an X post: Florida: #51 in mental health care, #1 in home insurance costs, #1 in elder fraud, #1 in rent hikes.
Randy Fine stated on January 28, 2025 in a senate special session: Florida’s in-state college tuition waiver for immigrants in the country illegally costs the state $41 million.