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 Abigail Spanberger stated on August 4, 2020 in a TV ad.: “When I ran for Congress, I promised to refuse money from corporate PACs. I’ve kept that promise.” Facebook posts stated on August 13, 2020 in a Facebook post: Says Kamala Harris inaccurately “claimed to be bussed in the 60’s due to segregation type issues.” Facebook posts stated on August 16, 2020 in a Facebook post: Says Mike Pence “said he won’t debate Kamala Harris.” Tommy Tuberville stated on August 17, 2020 in an interview: Amid COVID-19, 25 of the 26 Republican governors "have decided to play football," but "three-fourths" of the 24 Democratic governors "have decided not to play already and most will probably not play.” Facebook posts stated on August 14, 2020 in a Facebook post: Says Kamala Harris said, “I don’t like Joe Biden and do not like his history with certain people or who he’s aligned with, he’s trash to me.” Facebook posts stated on June 3, 2018 in a Facebook post: Says Condoleezza Rice said, “If you are taught bitterness and anger, then you will believe you are a victim. You will feel aggrieved and the twin brother of aggrievement is entitlement. So now you think you are owed something and you don’t have to work for it and now you’re on a really bad road to nowhere because there are people who will play to that sense of victimhood, aggrievement and entitlement, and you still won’t have a job.” Viral image stated on July 30, 2020 in a Facebook post: A coloring book that describes Joe Biden as “America’s Sexiest Moderate” is being marketed to children. Carol Miller stated on July 30, 2020 in a tweet: “In West Virginia alone, overdoses have increased by 50% during the #COVID-19 pandemic.” Bill Clinton stated on August 18, 2020 in a Democratic convention speech: The United States is “the only major industrial economy to have its unemployment rate triple” since the coronavirus pandemic began. Donald Trump Jr. stated on August 15, 2020 in a tweet: “8% of the votes cast” in Michigan’s Aug. 4 primary, 864 mailed ballots, came from dead voters. “NOTHING TO SEE HERE!!!” Viral image stated on August 13, 2020 in a Facebook post: A photo shows Kamala Harris is “listed as Caucasian on her birth certificate.” Donald Trump stated on August 17, 2020 in a speech: The coronavirus has seen a “big surge in New Zealand. It's terrible. We don't want that." Donald Trump stated on August 18, 2020 in a tweet: “In California, Democrats have intentionally implemented rolling blackouts.” Viral image stated on August 16, 2020 in a Facebook post: Says Ben Shapiro tweeted, “The USPS is not only a bloated and outdate government agency, it is also ineffective and incompetent. It’s been 2 months since my wife went on a Hawaii vacation with her personal trainer; she said she would send me postcards every day and so far none of them have arrived.” Donald Trump stated on August 17, 2020 in a campaign rally speech in Wisconsin: "Our (COVID-19) numbers are better than almost all countries." Really American stated on August 12, 2020 in a tweeted video: Postmaster General Louis DeJoy “gave $400,000 to Republicans just this year” and has “between $30 and $75 million in assets of direct competitors to the United States Postal Service.” Facebook posts stated on August 14, 2020 in a post on Facebook: “As of the last 24 hours this is the protocol regarding masks: Masks should only be used by healthcare workers, caretakers or by people who are sick with symptoms like fever and cough.” Michelle Obama stated on August 17, 2020 in a Democratic convention speech: “In one of the states that determined the outcome” of the 2016 presidential race, “the winning margin averaged out to just two votes per precinct, two votes.” Eva Longoria Baston stated on August 17, 2020 in the Democratic National Convention: "Social Security beneficiaries count on the post office to get their checks.” Wisconsin Trump Victory stated on August 12, 2020 in an email: Says Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden backs a fracking ban that would cost 100,000 Wisconsin jobs Facebook posts stated on August 15, 2020 in a Facebook post: Contractors hired by government officials to frame Donald Trump are “behind the fake news in mainstream media” and recent protests. Kelly Loeffler stated on August 6, 2020 in a campaign ad: “Doug Collins repeatedly joined liberal Stacey Abrams to raise taxes...Kelly’s never voted for a tax increase — and never will.” Donald Trump stated on August 16, 2020 in a Wall Street Journal op-ed: “For the past three years, the state senator who represents Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s San Francisco, has led a push to abolish single-family zoning in California.” Facebook posts stated on August 11, 2020 in a post on Facebook: Says Kamala Harris said, “If elected & you don’t surrender your guns, I will sign an executive order & the police will show up at your door.” Facebook posts stated on August 15, 2020 in a Facebook post: Says a picture of stacked mailboxes is proof of voter suppression in Wisconsin National Republican Senatorial Committee stated on July 17, 2020 in a campaign ad: “[Steve] Bullock’s health care plan will force rural hospitals to close. Medicare as we know it will change, replaced by a government-run program with fewer doctors and longer wait times.” Viral image stated on June 1, 2020 in a Facebook post: Photo shows Barack Obama and George Clooney in a compromising situation with a child. Donald Trump stated on July 29, 2020 in a Tweet: “New York Mail-In voting is in a disastrous state of condition. Votes from many weeks ago are missing - a total mess. They have no idea what is going on. Rigged Election.” Facebook posts stated on August 12, 2020 in a Facebook post: “Kamala Harris refused to be sworn in using the Bible.” Susan Collins stated on August 1, 2020 in a campaign ad: Says Sara Gideon’s husband’s law firm “took up to $2 million” from the same federal program she “falsely” attacked Susan Collins over.
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Abigail Spanberger stated on August 4, 2020 in a TV ad.: “When I ran for Congress, I promised to refuse money from corporate PACs. I’ve kept that promise.” Facebook posts stated on August 13, 2020 in a Facebook post: Says Kamala Harris inaccurately “claimed to be bussed in the 60’s due to segregation type issues.” Facebook posts stated on August 16, 2020 in a Facebook post: Says Mike Pence “said he won’t debate Kamala Harris.” Tommy Tuberville stated on August 17, 2020 in an interview: Amid COVID-19, 25 of the 26 Republican governors "have decided to play football," but "three-fourths" of the 24 Democratic governors "have decided not to play already and most will probably not play.” Facebook posts stated on August 14, 2020 in a Facebook post: Says Kamala Harris said, “I don’t like Joe Biden and do not like his history with certain people or who he’s aligned with, he’s trash to me.” Facebook posts stated on June 3, 2018 in a Facebook post: Says Condoleezza Rice said, “If you are taught bitterness and anger, then you will believe you are a victim. You will feel aggrieved and the twin brother of aggrievement is entitlement. So now you think you are owed something and you don’t have to work for it and now you’re on a really bad road to nowhere because there are people who will play to that sense of victimhood, aggrievement and entitlement, and you still won’t have a job.” Viral image stated on July 30, 2020 in a Facebook post: A coloring book that describes Joe Biden as “America’s Sexiest Moderate” is being marketed to children. Carol Miller stated on July 30, 2020 in a tweet: “In West Virginia alone, overdoses have increased by 50% during the #COVID-19 pandemic.” Bill Clinton stated on August 18, 2020 in a Democratic convention speech: The United States is “the only major industrial economy to have its unemployment rate triple” since the coronavirus pandemic began. Donald Trump Jr. stated on August 15, 2020 in a tweet: “8% of the votes cast” in Michigan’s Aug. 4 primary, 864 mailed ballots, came from dead voters. “NOTHING TO SEE HERE!!!” Viral image stated on August 13, 2020 in a Facebook post: A photo shows Kamala Harris is “listed as Caucasian on her birth certificate.” Donald Trump stated on August 17, 2020 in a speech: The coronavirus has seen a “big surge in New Zealand. It's terrible. We don't want that." Donald Trump stated on August 18, 2020 in a tweet: “In California, Democrats have intentionally implemented rolling blackouts.” Viral image stated on August 16, 2020 in a Facebook post: Says Ben Shapiro tweeted, “The USPS is not only a bloated and outdate government agency, it is also ineffective and incompetent. It’s been 2 months since my wife went on a Hawaii vacation with her personal trainer; she said she would send me postcards every day and so far none of them have arrived.” Donald Trump stated on August 17, 2020 in a campaign rally speech in Wisconsin: "Our (COVID-19) numbers are better than almost all countries." Really American stated on August 12, 2020 in a tweeted video: Postmaster General Louis DeJoy “gave $400,000 to Republicans just this year” and has “between $30 and $75 million in assets of direct competitors to the United States Postal Service.” Facebook posts stated on August 14, 2020 in a post on Facebook: “As of the last 24 hours this is the protocol regarding masks: Masks should only be used by healthcare workers, caretakers or by people who are sick with symptoms like fever and cough.” Michelle Obama stated on August 17, 2020 in a Democratic convention speech: “In one of the states that determined the outcome” of the 2016 presidential race, “the winning margin averaged out to just two votes per precinct, two votes.” Eva Longoria Baston stated on August 17, 2020 in the Democratic National Convention: "Social Security beneficiaries count on the post office to get their checks.” Wisconsin Trump Victory stated on August 12, 2020 in an email: Says Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden backs a fracking ban that would cost 100,000 Wisconsin jobs Facebook posts stated on August 15, 2020 in a Facebook post: Contractors hired by government officials to frame Donald Trump are “behind the fake news in mainstream media” and recent protests. Kelly Loeffler stated on August 6, 2020 in a campaign ad: “Doug Collins repeatedly joined liberal Stacey Abrams to raise taxes...Kelly’s never voted for a tax increase — and never will.” Donald Trump stated on August 16, 2020 in a Wall Street Journal op-ed: “For the past three years, the state senator who represents Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s San Francisco, has led a push to abolish single-family zoning in California.” Facebook posts stated on August 11, 2020 in a post on Facebook: Says Kamala Harris said, “If elected & you don’t surrender your guns, I will sign an executive order & the police will show up at your door.” Facebook posts stated on August 15, 2020 in a Facebook post: Says a picture of stacked mailboxes is proof of voter suppression in Wisconsin National Republican Senatorial Committee stated on July 17, 2020 in a campaign ad: “[Steve] Bullock’s health care plan will force rural hospitals to close. Medicare as we know it will change, replaced by a government-run program with fewer doctors and longer wait times.” Viral image stated on June 1, 2020 in a Facebook post: Photo shows Barack Obama and George Clooney in a compromising situation with a child. Donald Trump stated on July 29, 2020 in a Tweet: “New York Mail-In voting is in a disastrous state of condition. Votes from many weeks ago are missing - a total mess. They have no idea what is going on. Rigged Election.” Facebook posts stated on August 12, 2020 in a Facebook post: “Kamala Harris refused to be sworn in using the Bible.” Susan Collins stated on August 1, 2020 in a campaign ad: Says Sara Gideon’s husband’s law firm “took up to $2 million” from the same federal program she “falsely” attacked Susan Collins over.
Abigail Spanberger stated on August 4, 2020 in a TV ad.: “When I ran for Congress, I promised to refuse money from corporate PACs. I’ve kept that promise.”
Facebook posts stated on August 13, 2020 in a Facebook post: Says Kamala Harris inaccurately “claimed to be bussed in the 60’s due to segregation type issues.”
Facebook posts stated on August 16, 2020 in a Facebook post: Says Mike Pence “said he won’t debate Kamala Harris.”
Tommy Tuberville stated on August 17, 2020 in an interview: Amid COVID-19, 25 of the 26 Republican governors "have decided to play football," but "three-fourths" of the 24 Democratic governors "have decided not to play already and most will probably not play.”
Facebook posts stated on August 14, 2020 in a Facebook post: Says Kamala Harris said, “I don’t like Joe Biden and do not like his history with certain people or who he’s aligned with, he’s trash to me.”
Facebook posts stated on June 3, 2018 in a Facebook post: Says Condoleezza Rice said, “If you are taught bitterness and anger, then you will believe you are a victim. You will feel aggrieved and the twin brother of aggrievement is entitlement. So now you think you are owed something and you don’t have to work for it and now you’re on a really bad road to nowhere because there are people who will play to that sense of victimhood, aggrievement and entitlement, and you still won’t have a job.”
Viral image stated on July 30, 2020 in a Facebook post: A coloring book that describes Joe Biden as “America’s Sexiest Moderate” is being marketed to children.
Carol Miller stated on July 30, 2020 in a tweet: “In West Virginia alone, overdoses have increased by 50% during the #COVID-19 pandemic.”
Bill Clinton stated on August 18, 2020 in a Democratic convention speech: The United States is “the only major industrial economy to have its unemployment rate triple” since the coronavirus pandemic began.
Donald Trump Jr. stated on August 15, 2020 in a tweet: “8% of the votes cast” in Michigan’s Aug. 4 primary, 864 mailed ballots, came from dead voters. “NOTHING TO SEE HERE!!!”
Viral image stated on August 13, 2020 in a Facebook post: A photo shows Kamala Harris is “listed as Caucasian on her birth certificate.”
Donald Trump stated on August 17, 2020 in a speech: The coronavirus has seen a “big surge in New Zealand. It's terrible. We don't want that."
Donald Trump stated on August 18, 2020 in a tweet: “In California, Democrats have intentionally implemented rolling blackouts.”
Viral image stated on August 16, 2020 in a Facebook post: Says Ben Shapiro tweeted, “The USPS is not only a bloated and outdate government agency, it is also ineffective and incompetent. It’s been 2 months since my wife went on a Hawaii vacation with her personal trainer; she said she would send me postcards every day and so far none of them have arrived.”
Donald Trump stated on August 17, 2020 in a campaign rally speech in Wisconsin: "Our (COVID-19) numbers are better than almost all countries."
Really American stated on August 12, 2020 in a tweeted video: Postmaster General Louis DeJoy “gave $400,000 to Republicans just this year” and has “between $30 and $75 million in assets of direct competitors to the United States Postal Service.”
Facebook posts stated on August 14, 2020 in a post on Facebook: “As of the last 24 hours this is the protocol regarding masks: Masks should only be used by healthcare workers, caretakers or by people who are sick with symptoms like fever and cough.”
Michelle Obama stated on August 17, 2020 in a Democratic convention speech: “In one of the states that determined the outcome” of the 2016 presidential race, “the winning margin averaged out to just two votes per precinct, two votes.”
Eva Longoria Baston stated on August 17, 2020 in the Democratic National Convention: "Social Security beneficiaries count on the post office to get their checks.”
Wisconsin Trump Victory stated on August 12, 2020 in an email: Says Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden backs a fracking ban that would cost 100,000 Wisconsin jobs
Facebook posts stated on August 15, 2020 in a Facebook post: Contractors hired by government officials to frame Donald Trump are “behind the fake news in mainstream media” and recent protests.
Kelly Loeffler stated on August 6, 2020 in a campaign ad: “Doug Collins repeatedly joined liberal Stacey Abrams to raise taxes...Kelly’s never voted for a tax increase — and never will.”
Donald Trump stated on August 16, 2020 in a Wall Street Journal op-ed: “For the past three years, the state senator who represents Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s San Francisco, has led a push to abolish single-family zoning in California.”
Facebook posts stated on August 11, 2020 in a post on Facebook: Says Kamala Harris said, “If elected & you don’t surrender your guns, I will sign an executive order & the police will show up at your door.”
Facebook posts stated on August 15, 2020 in a Facebook post: Says a picture of stacked mailboxes is proof of voter suppression in Wisconsin
National Republican Senatorial Committee stated on July 17, 2020 in a campaign ad: “[Steve] Bullock’s health care plan will force rural hospitals to close. Medicare as we know it will change, replaced by a government-run program with fewer doctors and longer wait times.”
Viral image stated on June 1, 2020 in a Facebook post: Photo shows Barack Obama and George Clooney in a compromising situation with a child.
Donald Trump stated on July 29, 2020 in a Tweet: “New York Mail-In voting is in a disastrous state of condition. Votes from many weeks ago are missing - a total mess. They have no idea what is going on. Rigged Election.”
Facebook posts stated on August 12, 2020 in a Facebook post: “Kamala Harris refused to be sworn in using the Bible.”
Susan Collins stated on August 1, 2020 in a campaign ad: Says Sara Gideon’s husband’s law firm “took up to $2 million” from the same federal program she “falsely” attacked Susan Collins over.
