Latest True Fact-checks Jonathan Martin stated on April 30, 2023 in a roundtable on ABC's "This Week": “Joe Biden was older on his first day as president than Ronald Reagan was on his last day.” Kirsten Gillibrand stated on March 20, 2023 in a speech at John Jay College of Criminal Justice: “Many law enforcement agencies didn’t submit their (hate crime) data to the FBI.” Paul Ryan stated on February 23, 2023 in TV interview: "WOW county swing suburban voters (in Wisconsin) don't vote for Donald Trump.” Ron DeSantis stated on March 20, 2023 in a news conference: Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg “has downgraded over 50% of the felonies to misdemeanors.” Fentrice Driskell stated on March 7, 2023 in a press conference: "$1 of every $3 (Ron DeSantis) spends comes from the federal government." Robert Ortt stated on January 20, 2023 in in a news conference: If New York’s proposed limits on natural gas in buildings take effect, the grid today can’t handle the increased electric load. Tony Evers stated on December 28, 2022 in Twitter: “Wisconsin is the nation’s top cranberry producer — in fact, our farmers harvest around 60 percent of the country’s crop.” Morgan Luttrell stated on January 10, 2023 in a tweet: "Biden drained America's Strategic Petroleum Reserves to the lowest level since 1984." Melissa Agard stated on January 3, 2023 in TV interview: "Historically, our spring elections (including for state Supreme Court) have a smaller turnout associated with them." Tammy Baldwin stated on December 8, 2022 in Twitter: "Latina workers make 54 cents for every dollar earned by white, non-Hispanic men." Kevin Brady stated on December 8, 2022 in a statement: Joe Biden’s $36 billion for a union pension fund is “the largest private pension bailout in American history.” Elise Stefanik stated on November 17, 2022 in a news release: Proposed rule would limit milk for WIC participants Bryan Steil stated on November 15, 2022 in Twitter: In Milwaukee, "The (homicide) rate has nearly doubled in the past two years." Joe Biden stated on November 29, 2022 in a speech in Bay City, Mich.: “Gas prices are down back to where they were before Russia invaded Ukraine.” Joe Manchin stated on August 26, 2022 in a tweet: West Virginia is poised to “receive $25M for 160 orphaned well clean-up projects across the state.” Everytown for Gun Safety stated on October 10, 2022 in an ad: “Kari Lake is opposed to red flag laws.” Liquid Death stated on October 27, 2022 in an ad: In Georgia, it's "illegal to give people water within 150 feet of a polling place" and "punishable by up to a year in prison." Ashley Hinson stated on October 18, 2022 in a tweet: Nancy Pelosi gave “$30,000 … to boost @LizMathis1’s campaign” Jevin Hodge stated on September 30, 2022 in a tweet: David Schweikert has “been convicted of 11 House ethics violations.” A Better Wisconsin Together stated on September 12, 2022 in Campaign ad: Says Tim Michels "opposes closing the loophole that allows domestic abusers to buy guns." West Virginia Republican Party stated on August 23, 2022 in a tweet: “Overdoses reached an all-time high in 2021.” Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee stated on September 17, 2022 in ads: Herschel Walker misled about “personally treating 4,500 veterans per year,” about “graduating from college” and about “working in law enforcement.” Kathy Hoffman stated on July 28, 2022 in a tweet: “Since 2019, I've successfully lobbied for the funds to add hundreds of school counselors, lowering our student to school counselor ratio by 20%.” Elizabeth Warren stated on August 28, 2022 in an interview on CNN: "40% of the folks who have student loans do not have a college diploma, four-year diploma. These are people who are truck drivers and who are nail technicians and nurses’ aides.” Instagram posts stated on August 24, 2022 in an Instagram post: Image claims to show a list of "Republican members of Congress whose PPP loans were forgiven." 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.” Francesca Hong stated on May 18, 2022 in a tweet: "In the Wisconsin State Assembly this session, more than 75% of GOP bills received a public hearing. Meanwhile, the GOP allowed less than 2% of Democratic bills to have a hearing." Greg Abbott stated on May 15, 2022 in a tweet: Texas' public high school graduation rate is at 90% overall. Abigail Spanberger stated on June 16, 2022 in an op-ed.: “The four big meat packers are raking in record profits … ” Levar Stoney stated on June 16, 2022 in a tweet.: “In Virginia, Black people are eight times (8X) more likely than white people to die of gun homicide.”
Jonathan Martin stated on April 30, 2023 in a roundtable on ABC's "This Week": “Joe Biden was older on his first day as president than Ronald Reagan was on his last day.” Kirsten Gillibrand stated on March 20, 2023 in a speech at John Jay College of Criminal Justice: “Many law enforcement agencies didn’t submit their (hate crime) data to the FBI.” Paul Ryan stated on February 23, 2023 in TV interview: "WOW county swing suburban voters (in Wisconsin) don't vote for Donald Trump.” Ron DeSantis stated on March 20, 2023 in a news conference: Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg “has downgraded over 50% of the felonies to misdemeanors.” Fentrice Driskell stated on March 7, 2023 in a press conference: "$1 of every $3 (Ron DeSantis) spends comes from the federal government." Robert Ortt stated on January 20, 2023 in in a news conference: If New York’s proposed limits on natural gas in buildings take effect, the grid today can’t handle the increased electric load. Tony Evers stated on December 28, 2022 in Twitter: “Wisconsin is the nation’s top cranberry producer — in fact, our farmers harvest around 60 percent of the country’s crop.” Morgan Luttrell stated on January 10, 2023 in a tweet: "Biden drained America's Strategic Petroleum Reserves to the lowest level since 1984." Melissa Agard stated on January 3, 2023 in TV interview: "Historically, our spring elections (including for state Supreme Court) have a smaller turnout associated with them." Tammy Baldwin stated on December 8, 2022 in Twitter: "Latina workers make 54 cents for every dollar earned by white, non-Hispanic men." Kevin Brady stated on December 8, 2022 in a statement: Joe Biden’s $36 billion for a union pension fund is “the largest private pension bailout in American history.” Elise Stefanik stated on November 17, 2022 in a news release: Proposed rule would limit milk for WIC participants Bryan Steil stated on November 15, 2022 in Twitter: In Milwaukee, "The (homicide) rate has nearly doubled in the past two years." Joe Biden stated on November 29, 2022 in a speech in Bay City, Mich.: “Gas prices are down back to where they were before Russia invaded Ukraine.” Joe Manchin stated on August 26, 2022 in a tweet: West Virginia is poised to “receive $25M for 160 orphaned well clean-up projects across the state.” Everytown for Gun Safety stated on October 10, 2022 in an ad: “Kari Lake is opposed to red flag laws.” Liquid Death stated on October 27, 2022 in an ad: In Georgia, it's "illegal to give people water within 150 feet of a polling place" and "punishable by up to a year in prison." Ashley Hinson stated on October 18, 2022 in a tweet: Nancy Pelosi gave “$30,000 … to boost @LizMathis1’s campaign” Jevin Hodge stated on September 30, 2022 in a tweet: David Schweikert has “been convicted of 11 House ethics violations.” A Better Wisconsin Together stated on September 12, 2022 in Campaign ad: Says Tim Michels "opposes closing the loophole that allows domestic abusers to buy guns." West Virginia Republican Party stated on August 23, 2022 in a tweet: “Overdoses reached an all-time high in 2021.” Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee stated on September 17, 2022 in ads: Herschel Walker misled about “personally treating 4,500 veterans per year,” about “graduating from college” and about “working in law enforcement.” Kathy Hoffman stated on July 28, 2022 in a tweet: “Since 2019, I've successfully lobbied for the funds to add hundreds of school counselors, lowering our student to school counselor ratio by 20%.” Elizabeth Warren stated on August 28, 2022 in an interview on CNN: "40% of the folks who have student loans do not have a college diploma, four-year diploma. These are people who are truck drivers and who are nail technicians and nurses’ aides.” Instagram posts stated on August 24, 2022 in an Instagram post: Image claims to show a list of "Republican members of Congress whose PPP loans were forgiven." 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.” Francesca Hong stated on May 18, 2022 in a tweet: "In the Wisconsin State Assembly this session, more than 75% of GOP bills received a public hearing. Meanwhile, the GOP allowed less than 2% of Democratic bills to have a hearing." Greg Abbott stated on May 15, 2022 in a tweet: Texas' public high school graduation rate is at 90% overall. Abigail Spanberger stated on June 16, 2022 in an op-ed.: “The four big meat packers are raking in record profits … ” Levar Stoney stated on June 16, 2022 in a tweet.: “In Virginia, Black people are eight times (8X) more likely than white people to die of gun homicide.”
Jonathan Martin stated on April 30, 2023 in a roundtable on ABC's "This Week": “Joe Biden was older on his first day as president than Ronald Reagan was on his last day.”
Kirsten Gillibrand stated on March 20, 2023 in a speech at John Jay College of Criminal Justice: “Many law enforcement agencies didn’t submit their (hate crime) data to the FBI.”
Paul Ryan stated on February 23, 2023 in TV interview: "WOW county swing suburban voters (in Wisconsin) don't vote for Donald Trump.”
Ron DeSantis stated on March 20, 2023 in a news conference: Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg “has downgraded over 50% of the felonies to misdemeanors.”
Fentrice Driskell stated on March 7, 2023 in a press conference: "$1 of every $3 (Ron DeSantis) spends comes from the federal government."
Robert Ortt stated on January 20, 2023 in in a news conference: If New York’s proposed limits on natural gas in buildings take effect, the grid today can’t handle the increased electric load.
Tony Evers stated on December 28, 2022 in Twitter: “Wisconsin is the nation’s top cranberry producer — in fact, our farmers harvest around 60 percent of the country’s crop.”
Morgan Luttrell stated on January 10, 2023 in a tweet: "Biden drained America's Strategic Petroleum Reserves to the lowest level since 1984."
Melissa Agard stated on January 3, 2023 in TV interview: "Historically, our spring elections (including for state Supreme Court) have a smaller turnout associated with them."
Tammy Baldwin stated on December 8, 2022 in Twitter: "Latina workers make 54 cents for every dollar earned by white, non-Hispanic men."
Kevin Brady stated on December 8, 2022 in a statement: Joe Biden’s $36 billion for a union pension fund is “the largest private pension bailout in American history.”
Elise Stefanik stated on November 17, 2022 in a news release: Proposed rule would limit milk for WIC participants
Bryan Steil stated on November 15, 2022 in Twitter: In Milwaukee, "The (homicide) rate has nearly doubled in the past two years."
Joe Biden stated on November 29, 2022 in a speech in Bay City, Mich.: “Gas prices are down back to where they were before Russia invaded Ukraine.”
Joe Manchin stated on August 26, 2022 in a tweet: West Virginia is poised to “receive $25M for 160 orphaned well clean-up projects across the state.”
Everytown for Gun Safety stated on October 10, 2022 in an ad: “Kari Lake is opposed to red flag laws.”
Liquid Death stated on October 27, 2022 in an ad: In Georgia, it's "illegal to give people water within 150 feet of a polling place" and "punishable by up to a year in prison."
Ashley Hinson stated on October 18, 2022 in a tweet: Nancy Pelosi gave “$30,000 … to boost @LizMathis1’s campaign”
Jevin Hodge stated on September 30, 2022 in a tweet: David Schweikert has “been convicted of 11 House ethics violations.”
A Better Wisconsin Together stated on September 12, 2022 in Campaign ad: Says Tim Michels "opposes closing the loophole that allows domestic abusers to buy guns."
West Virginia Republican Party stated on August 23, 2022 in a tweet: “Overdoses reached an all-time high in 2021.”
Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee stated on September 17, 2022 in ads: Herschel Walker misled about “personally treating 4,500 veterans per year,” about “graduating from college” and about “working in law enforcement.”
Kathy Hoffman stated on July 28, 2022 in a tweet: “Since 2019, I've successfully lobbied for the funds to add hundreds of school counselors, lowering our student to school counselor ratio by 20%.”
Elizabeth Warren stated on August 28, 2022 in an interview on CNN: "40% of the folks who have student loans do not have a college diploma, four-year diploma. These are people who are truck drivers and who are nail technicians and nurses’ aides.”
Instagram posts stated on August 24, 2022 in an Instagram post: Image claims to show a list of "Republican members of Congress whose PPP loans were forgiven."
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.”
Francesca Hong stated on May 18, 2022 in a tweet: "In the Wisconsin State Assembly this session, more than 75% of GOP bills received a public hearing. Meanwhile, the GOP allowed less than 2% of Democratic bills to have a hearing."
Greg Abbott stated on May 15, 2022 in a tweet: Texas' public high school graduation rate is at 90% overall.
Abigail Spanberger stated on June 16, 2022 in an op-ed.: “The four big meat packers are raking in record profits … ”
Levar Stoney stated on June 16, 2022 in a tweet.: “In Virginia, Black people are eight times (8X) more likely than white people to die of gun homicide.”