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 William Barr stated on September 2, 2020 in a CNN interview: “We indicted someone in Texas, 1,700 ballots collected from people who could vote, he made them out and voted for the person he wanted to.” Viral image stated on September 17, 2020 in a Facebook post: Photo shows Jacob Blake’s “14-year-old rape victim.” Joe Biden stated on September 20, 2020 in a speech: “The Trump campaign asked that I release the list (of potential Supreme Court nominees) only after (Ruth Bader Ginsburg) passed away.” Mitch McConnell stated on September 18, 2020 in a statement: On confirming a Supreme Court nominee in a presidential election year. Charles Schumer stated on September 18, 2020 in a tweet: On confirming a Supreme Court nominee in a presidential election year. Brian Kolfage stated on September 20, 2020 in a Facebook post: Says Sarah Jeong said, "We need a castration lottery for white men. Every month we pull a birthday, sort the excess and snip some sacks, preferably in a big public gathering." Viral image stated on September 20, 2020 in a Facebook post: A Time magazine cover shows Donald Trump looking at a child in a cage. Facebook posts stated on September 20, 2020 in a Facebook post: The man in a mugshot is “responsible for lighting 32 of the wildfires” on the West Coast. Viral image stated on September 18, 2020 in a Facebook post: A Time magazine cover calls Donald Trump the “Worst. President. Ever.” Facebook posts stated on September 16, 2020 in a post on Facebook: “PHIL MURPHY ONLY ALLOWING IN PERSON VOTING ON Election Day AT PRUDENTIAL CENTER IN NEWARK NJ - Calling it a #SuperPollingStation” Lindsey Graham stated on September 19, 2020 in a tweet: On confirming a Supreme Court justice nominee in a presidential election year. Viral image stated on September 20, 2020 in a Facebook post: Says John F. Kennedy said, "If a Supreme Court Justice died one day before the election, it would be more Constitutional to indefinitely postpone the election than postpone the confirmation a single day." NumbersUSA stated on September 13, 2020 in a Facebook post: “Nearly 2 out of 3 Americans want to reduce legal immigration from 1 million per year down to 500,000 or less.” Paul Junge stated on September 11, 2020 in an interview on 'Detroit Today': "Candidate Slotkin had presented herself as a moderate and as someone who’d be independent-minded, but her time in office was making it increasingly clear that no, she was very partisan, voting 96% of the time with Speaker Pelosi." Joe Biden stated on September 20, 2020 in a speech in Philadelphia: “There's no court session between now and the end of this election.” Viral image stated on April 26, 2020 in a Facebook post: Students no longer say the Pledge of Allegiance in schools. Facebook posts stated on September 16, 2020 in a Facebook post: "This Is Real: Biden Waves To An Empty Field." Facebook posts stated on September 18, 2020 in on social media: “4 republican senators now on board...no vote until January on (Supreme Court): Murkowski, Romney, Collins, Grassley.” Instagram posts stated on September 19, 2020 in a faked screenshot: Says Ruth Bader Ginsburg tweeted, “I have information that will lead to the arrest of Hillary Clinton.” Joe Biden stated on September 17, 2020 in a CNN town hall: "If the president had done his job, had done his job from the beginning, all the people would still be alive. All the people. I'm not making this up. Just look at the data." Viral image stated on September 17, 2020 in a Facebook post: “Last year alone, 10 million fell ill from TB and 1.5 million died. ... Why don’t we wear masks for TB?” Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee stated on September 8, 2020 in an ad: Says that to help people in need during the coronavirus pandemic, Mike Garcia said: "Everyone should have to figure out how to fend for themselves." Facebook posts stated on September 7, 2020 in a post on Facebook: “A portion of everything you pay A.A.R.P goes directly to the Democratic Party.” Viral image stated on September 3, 2020 in a Facebook post: “Epstein dies while in custody, his private banker is found dead, a judge had a trial regarding Epstein and the Deutsche Bank. Her son has been killed now and her husband has been shot. The shooter who shot the son and shot the judge’s husband has now also been found dead.” Facebook posts stated on August 31, 2020 in a Facebook post: Quotes Kamala Harris as saying “Take the guns first. Go through due process second, I like taking the guns early.” Joe Biden stated on September 17, 2020 in a CNN town hall: When President Donald Trump walked across Lafayette Square to a church, he held the Bible upside down. YouTube videos stated on July 2, 2020 in a YouTube video: “Bill Gates says you don't have a choice to be vaccinated or not.” Viral image stated on September 17, 2020 in a post on Facebook: “Kim Martin Morrow the CEO of Netflix has just been charged with 15 charges for child pornography” Cory Gardner stated on September 15, 2020 in a tweet: Says he authored legislation “to guarantee coverage to people with pre-existing conditions -- no matter what happens to Obamacare.” Facebook posts stated on September 17, 2020 in a Facebook post: “CBS stole a photo from Latinos for Trump in Phoenix and tagged it as a Biden event.”
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William Barr stated on September 2, 2020 in a CNN interview: “We indicted someone in Texas, 1,700 ballots collected from people who could vote, he made them out and voted for the person he wanted to.” Viral image stated on September 17, 2020 in a Facebook post: Photo shows Jacob Blake’s “14-year-old rape victim.” Joe Biden stated on September 20, 2020 in a speech: “The Trump campaign asked that I release the list (of potential Supreme Court nominees) only after (Ruth Bader Ginsburg) passed away.” Mitch McConnell stated on September 18, 2020 in a statement: On confirming a Supreme Court nominee in a presidential election year. Charles Schumer stated on September 18, 2020 in a tweet: On confirming a Supreme Court nominee in a presidential election year. Brian Kolfage stated on September 20, 2020 in a Facebook post: Says Sarah Jeong said, "We need a castration lottery for white men. Every month we pull a birthday, sort the excess and snip some sacks, preferably in a big public gathering." Viral image stated on September 20, 2020 in a Facebook post: A Time magazine cover shows Donald Trump looking at a child in a cage. Facebook posts stated on September 20, 2020 in a Facebook post: The man in a mugshot is “responsible for lighting 32 of the wildfires” on the West Coast. Viral image stated on September 18, 2020 in a Facebook post: A Time magazine cover calls Donald Trump the “Worst. President. Ever.” Facebook posts stated on September 16, 2020 in a post on Facebook: “PHIL MURPHY ONLY ALLOWING IN PERSON VOTING ON Election Day AT PRUDENTIAL CENTER IN NEWARK NJ - Calling it a #SuperPollingStation” Lindsey Graham stated on September 19, 2020 in a tweet: On confirming a Supreme Court justice nominee in a presidential election year. Viral image stated on September 20, 2020 in a Facebook post: Says John F. Kennedy said, "If a Supreme Court Justice died one day before the election, it would be more Constitutional to indefinitely postpone the election than postpone the confirmation a single day." NumbersUSA stated on September 13, 2020 in a Facebook post: “Nearly 2 out of 3 Americans want to reduce legal immigration from 1 million per year down to 500,000 or less.” Paul Junge stated on September 11, 2020 in an interview on 'Detroit Today': "Candidate Slotkin had presented herself as a moderate and as someone who’d be independent-minded, but her time in office was making it increasingly clear that no, she was very partisan, voting 96% of the time with Speaker Pelosi." Joe Biden stated on September 20, 2020 in a speech in Philadelphia: “There's no court session between now and the end of this election.” Viral image stated on April 26, 2020 in a Facebook post: Students no longer say the Pledge of Allegiance in schools. Facebook posts stated on September 16, 2020 in a Facebook post: "This Is Real: Biden Waves To An Empty Field." Facebook posts stated on September 18, 2020 in on social media: “4 republican senators now on board...no vote until January on (Supreme Court): Murkowski, Romney, Collins, Grassley.” Instagram posts stated on September 19, 2020 in a faked screenshot: Says Ruth Bader Ginsburg tweeted, “I have information that will lead to the arrest of Hillary Clinton.” Joe Biden stated on September 17, 2020 in a CNN town hall: "If the president had done his job, had done his job from the beginning, all the people would still be alive. All the people. I'm not making this up. Just look at the data." Viral image stated on September 17, 2020 in a Facebook post: “Last year alone, 10 million fell ill from TB and 1.5 million died. ... Why don’t we wear masks for TB?” Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee stated on September 8, 2020 in an ad: Says that to help people in need during the coronavirus pandemic, Mike Garcia said: "Everyone should have to figure out how to fend for themselves." Facebook posts stated on September 7, 2020 in a post on Facebook: “A portion of everything you pay A.A.R.P goes directly to the Democratic Party.” Viral image stated on September 3, 2020 in a Facebook post: “Epstein dies while in custody, his private banker is found dead, a judge had a trial regarding Epstein and the Deutsche Bank. Her son has been killed now and her husband has been shot. The shooter who shot the son and shot the judge’s husband has now also been found dead.” Facebook posts stated on August 31, 2020 in a Facebook post: Quotes Kamala Harris as saying “Take the guns first. Go through due process second, I like taking the guns early.” Joe Biden stated on September 17, 2020 in a CNN town hall: When President Donald Trump walked across Lafayette Square to a church, he held the Bible upside down. YouTube videos stated on July 2, 2020 in a YouTube video: “Bill Gates says you don't have a choice to be vaccinated or not.” Viral image stated on September 17, 2020 in a post on Facebook: “Kim Martin Morrow the CEO of Netflix has just been charged with 15 charges for child pornography” Cory Gardner stated on September 15, 2020 in a tweet: Says he authored legislation “to guarantee coverage to people with pre-existing conditions -- no matter what happens to Obamacare.” Facebook posts stated on September 17, 2020 in a Facebook post: “CBS stole a photo from Latinos for Trump in Phoenix and tagged it as a Biden event.”
William Barr stated on September 2, 2020 in a CNN interview: “We indicted someone in Texas, 1,700 ballots collected from people who could vote, he made them out and voted for the person he wanted to.”
Viral image stated on September 17, 2020 in a Facebook post: Photo shows Jacob Blake’s “14-year-old rape victim.”
Joe Biden stated on September 20, 2020 in a speech: “The Trump campaign asked that I release the list (of potential Supreme Court nominees) only after (Ruth Bader Ginsburg) passed away.”
Mitch McConnell stated on September 18, 2020 in a statement: On confirming a Supreme Court nominee in a presidential election year.
Charles Schumer stated on September 18, 2020 in a tweet: On confirming a Supreme Court nominee in a presidential election year.
Brian Kolfage stated on September 20, 2020 in a Facebook post: Says Sarah Jeong said, "We need a castration lottery for white men. Every month we pull a birthday, sort the excess and snip some sacks, preferably in a big public gathering."
Viral image stated on September 20, 2020 in a Facebook post: A Time magazine cover shows Donald Trump looking at a child in a cage.
Facebook posts stated on September 20, 2020 in a Facebook post: The man in a mugshot is “responsible for lighting 32 of the wildfires” on the West Coast.
Viral image stated on September 18, 2020 in a Facebook post: A Time magazine cover calls Donald Trump the “Worst. President. Ever.”
Facebook posts stated on September 16, 2020 in a post on Facebook: “PHIL MURPHY ONLY ALLOWING IN PERSON VOTING ON Election Day AT PRUDENTIAL CENTER IN NEWARK NJ - Calling it a #SuperPollingStation”
Lindsey Graham stated on September 19, 2020 in a tweet: On confirming a Supreme Court justice nominee in a presidential election year.
Viral image stated on September 20, 2020 in a Facebook post: Says John F. Kennedy said, "If a Supreme Court Justice died one day before the election, it would be more Constitutional to indefinitely postpone the election than postpone the confirmation a single day."
NumbersUSA stated on September 13, 2020 in a Facebook post: “Nearly 2 out of 3 Americans want to reduce legal immigration from 1 million per year down to 500,000 or less.”
Paul Junge stated on September 11, 2020 in an interview on 'Detroit Today': "Candidate Slotkin had presented herself as a moderate and as someone who’d be independent-minded, but her time in office was making it increasingly clear that no, she was very partisan, voting 96% of the time with Speaker Pelosi."
Joe Biden stated on September 20, 2020 in a speech in Philadelphia: “There's no court session between now and the end of this election.”
Viral image stated on April 26, 2020 in a Facebook post: Students no longer say the Pledge of Allegiance in schools.
Facebook posts stated on September 16, 2020 in a Facebook post: "This Is Real: Biden Waves To An Empty Field."
Facebook posts stated on September 18, 2020 in on social media: “4 republican senators now on board...no vote until January on (Supreme Court): Murkowski, Romney, Collins, Grassley.”
Instagram posts stated on September 19, 2020 in a faked screenshot: Says Ruth Bader Ginsburg tweeted, “I have information that will lead to the arrest of Hillary Clinton.”
Joe Biden stated on September 17, 2020 in a CNN town hall: "If the president had done his job, had done his job from the beginning, all the people would still be alive. All the people. I'm not making this up. Just look at the data."
Viral image stated on September 17, 2020 in a Facebook post: “Last year alone, 10 million fell ill from TB and 1.5 million died. ... Why don’t we wear masks for TB?”
Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee stated on September 8, 2020 in an ad: Says that to help people in need during the coronavirus pandemic, Mike Garcia said: "Everyone should have to figure out how to fend for themselves."
Facebook posts stated on September 7, 2020 in a post on Facebook: “A portion of everything you pay A.A.R.P goes directly to the Democratic Party.”
Viral image stated on September 3, 2020 in a Facebook post: “Epstein dies while in custody, his private banker is found dead, a judge had a trial regarding Epstein and the Deutsche Bank. Her son has been killed now and her husband has been shot. The shooter who shot the son and shot the judge’s husband has now also been found dead.”
Facebook posts stated on August 31, 2020 in a Facebook post: Quotes Kamala Harris as saying “Take the guns first. Go through due process second, I like taking the guns early.”
Joe Biden stated on September 17, 2020 in a CNN town hall: When President Donald Trump walked across Lafayette Square to a church, he held the Bible upside down.
YouTube videos stated on July 2, 2020 in a YouTube video: “Bill Gates says you don't have a choice to be vaccinated or not.”
Viral image stated on September 17, 2020 in a post on Facebook: “Kim Martin Morrow the CEO of Netflix has just been charged with 15 charges for child pornography”
Cory Gardner stated on September 15, 2020 in a tweet: Says he authored legislation “to guarantee coverage to people with pre-existing conditions -- no matter what happens to Obamacare.”
Facebook posts stated on September 17, 2020 in a Facebook post: “CBS stole a photo from Latinos for Trump in Phoenix and tagged it as a Biden event.”
