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 JB Pritzker stated on August 4, 2020 in remarks at a news conference: When COVID-19 struck, the Illinois Department of Employment Security “was hit with something no one expected: 10 to 20 times the claims, even during the worst recession of my lifetime.” Facebook posts stated on August 11, 2020 in Facebook post: Says Kamala Harris wants to eliminate beef. Senate Majority PAC stated on July 13, 2020 in a TV ad: Says Susan Collins "voted against accountability for opioid makers” and denied taking campaign money from a family who made its wealth selling OxyContin. Viral image stated on August 13, 2020 in a Facebook post: “Kamala Harris is the prosecutor who refused to charge the police in the murder of Oscar Grant!” Facebook posts stated on August 11, 2020 in a Facebook post: Says Biden supports a school choice ban that would impact 74,000 Wisconsin students. Gene Wu stated on August 7, 2020 in an interview: Says in Texas the “average age of the Republican voter is like 20 years older than the average Democrat.” Nancy Mace stated on August 11, 2020 in a tweet: Says Kamala Harris “advocated for restoring voting rights for the Boston bomber.” Mandela Barnes stated on August 10, 2020 in a public forum: GOP-backed "racist disenfrachisement" led to only five polling places being open in Milwaukee for April 7 election. Mike Pence stated on July 29, 2020 in an email: The Trump administration “added over 209,000 jobs, including 16,000 new manufacturing jobs, to Pennsylvania over the last three years. National Republican Senatorial Committee stated on July 17, 2020 in an ad: Cal Cunningham "voted for over $1 billion in new taxes.” Facebook posts stated on August 7, 2020 in a Facebook post: An Illinois couple who received five vote-by-mail applications can vote five times. Kamala Harris stated on August 9, 2020 in an Instagram post: Says Donald Trump “just promised that if he wins reelection, he’ll gut Social Security and Medicare.” Ron Johnson stated on August 2, 2020 in a TV interview: “Depending on which study you look at, either 68% or 5 out of 6 individuals ... are making more on unemployment than they did on the job.” Doug Jones stated on August 6, 2020 in a campaign ad: Says Tommy Tuberville “is for privatizing Social Security and cutting Medicare.” Facebook posts stated on August 2, 2020 in a post on Facebook: Says Anthony Fauci, Bill Gates, George Soros and Jeffrey Epstein are connected with Moderna, Inc., and its efforts to create the coronavirus vaccine. Paul Sperry stated on August 12, 2020 in a tweet: “DEVELOPING: Kamala’s sister takes hydroxychloroquine.” Tucker Carlson stated on August 11, 2020 in a TV segment: Says Kamala Harris "said she believed that Joe Biden committed sexual assault against various women.” Donald Trump stated on August 8, 2020 in press briefing in Bedminster, N.J.: “The Democrats don’t want to do anything having to do with protecting people from eviction.” Facebook posts stated on August 5, 2020 in a video: The FBI raided a “Cleveland office linked to Ukraine. Biden, Pelosi, Kerry and Romney all had sons getting tens of millions of dollars from no-show jobs in Ukraine.” Viral image stated on July 17, 2020 in a Facebook post: Says Donald Trump tweeted, “WHO Thinks ‘Child Lifes Matter’ Should Be PAINTED In The STREETS OF HOLLYWOOD???” Cory Booker stated on July 30, 2020 in an interview: Says the U.S. Senate is “dominated by millionaires” and that he is “not one of them.” Instagram posts stated on August 11, 2020 in an Instagram post: Says Kamala Harris called Joe Biden “a racist” during a Democratic presidential debate. Social Security Works stated on August 11, 2020 in a Facebook post: "Donald Trump says he will ‘terminate’ Social Security if re-elected." Facebook posts stated on July 17, 2020 in Facebook posts: Say Joe Biden is a pedophile. Viral image stated on August 9, 2020 in a Facebook post: A graph shows the number of human trafficking arrests increased dramatically under President Donald Trump. Facebook posts stated on August 5, 2020 in a post on Facebook: Says series of 11 photos are “from the 1918 flu pandemic.” Viral image stated on August 11, 2020 in a Facebook post: Photo shows “Kamala Harris’s parents.” Joe Biden stated on August 6, 2020 in an interview with members of NAHJ and NABJ: Asked about asylum seekers in camps in Mexico, “This is the first time ever you've had to seek asylum in a third country.” TikTok posts stated on June 5, 2020 in on social media: “Central Park actually used to be a town called Seneca Village” founded by African Americans in 1825. Democratic Party of Wisconsin stated on August 2, 2020 in a tweet: “34% of Wisconsin renters are at risk of eviction.”
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JB Pritzker stated on August 4, 2020 in remarks at a news conference: When COVID-19 struck, the Illinois Department of Employment Security “was hit with something no one expected: 10 to 20 times the claims, even during the worst recession of my lifetime.” Facebook posts stated on August 11, 2020 in Facebook post: Says Kamala Harris wants to eliminate beef. Senate Majority PAC stated on July 13, 2020 in a TV ad: Says Susan Collins "voted against accountability for opioid makers” and denied taking campaign money from a family who made its wealth selling OxyContin. Viral image stated on August 13, 2020 in a Facebook post: “Kamala Harris is the prosecutor who refused to charge the police in the murder of Oscar Grant!” Facebook posts stated on August 11, 2020 in a Facebook post: Says Biden supports a school choice ban that would impact 74,000 Wisconsin students. Gene Wu stated on August 7, 2020 in an interview: Says in Texas the “average age of the Republican voter is like 20 years older than the average Democrat.” Nancy Mace stated on August 11, 2020 in a tweet: Says Kamala Harris “advocated for restoring voting rights for the Boston bomber.” Mandela Barnes stated on August 10, 2020 in a public forum: GOP-backed "racist disenfrachisement" led to only five polling places being open in Milwaukee for April 7 election. Mike Pence stated on July 29, 2020 in an email: The Trump administration “added over 209,000 jobs, including 16,000 new manufacturing jobs, to Pennsylvania over the last three years. National Republican Senatorial Committee stated on July 17, 2020 in an ad: Cal Cunningham "voted for over $1 billion in new taxes.” Facebook posts stated on August 7, 2020 in a Facebook post: An Illinois couple who received five vote-by-mail applications can vote five times. Kamala Harris stated on August 9, 2020 in an Instagram post: Says Donald Trump “just promised that if he wins reelection, he’ll gut Social Security and Medicare.” Ron Johnson stated on August 2, 2020 in a TV interview: “Depending on which study you look at, either 68% or 5 out of 6 individuals ... are making more on unemployment than they did on the job.” Doug Jones stated on August 6, 2020 in a campaign ad: Says Tommy Tuberville “is for privatizing Social Security and cutting Medicare.” Facebook posts stated on August 2, 2020 in a post on Facebook: Says Anthony Fauci, Bill Gates, George Soros and Jeffrey Epstein are connected with Moderna, Inc., and its efforts to create the coronavirus vaccine. Paul Sperry stated on August 12, 2020 in a tweet: “DEVELOPING: Kamala’s sister takes hydroxychloroquine.” Tucker Carlson stated on August 11, 2020 in a TV segment: Says Kamala Harris "said she believed that Joe Biden committed sexual assault against various women.” Donald Trump stated on August 8, 2020 in press briefing in Bedminster, N.J.: “The Democrats don’t want to do anything having to do with protecting people from eviction.” Facebook posts stated on August 5, 2020 in a video: The FBI raided a “Cleveland office linked to Ukraine. Biden, Pelosi, Kerry and Romney all had sons getting tens of millions of dollars from no-show jobs in Ukraine.” Viral image stated on July 17, 2020 in a Facebook post: Says Donald Trump tweeted, “WHO Thinks ‘Child Lifes Matter’ Should Be PAINTED In The STREETS OF HOLLYWOOD???” Cory Booker stated on July 30, 2020 in an interview: Says the U.S. Senate is “dominated by millionaires” and that he is “not one of them.” Instagram posts stated on August 11, 2020 in an Instagram post: Says Kamala Harris called Joe Biden “a racist” during a Democratic presidential debate. Social Security Works stated on August 11, 2020 in a Facebook post: "Donald Trump says he will ‘terminate’ Social Security if re-elected." Facebook posts stated on July 17, 2020 in Facebook posts: Say Joe Biden is a pedophile. Viral image stated on August 9, 2020 in a Facebook post: A graph shows the number of human trafficking arrests increased dramatically under President Donald Trump. Facebook posts stated on August 5, 2020 in a post on Facebook: Says series of 11 photos are “from the 1918 flu pandemic.” Viral image stated on August 11, 2020 in a Facebook post: Photo shows “Kamala Harris’s parents.” Joe Biden stated on August 6, 2020 in an interview with members of NAHJ and NABJ: Asked about asylum seekers in camps in Mexico, “This is the first time ever you've had to seek asylum in a third country.” TikTok posts stated on June 5, 2020 in on social media: “Central Park actually used to be a town called Seneca Village” founded by African Americans in 1825. Democratic Party of Wisconsin stated on August 2, 2020 in a tweet: “34% of Wisconsin renters are at risk of eviction.”
JB Pritzker stated on August 4, 2020 in remarks at a news conference: When COVID-19 struck, the Illinois Department of Employment Security “was hit with something no one expected: 10 to 20 times the claims, even during the worst recession of my lifetime.”
Facebook posts stated on August 11, 2020 in Facebook post: Says Kamala Harris wants to eliminate beef.
Senate Majority PAC stated on July 13, 2020 in a TV ad: Says Susan Collins "voted against accountability for opioid makers” and denied taking campaign money from a family who made its wealth selling OxyContin.
Viral image stated on August 13, 2020 in a Facebook post: “Kamala Harris is the prosecutor who refused to charge the police in the murder of Oscar Grant!”
Facebook posts stated on August 11, 2020 in a Facebook post: Says Biden supports a school choice ban that would impact 74,000 Wisconsin students.
Gene Wu stated on August 7, 2020 in an interview: Says in Texas the “average age of the Republican voter is like 20 years older than the average Democrat.”
Nancy Mace stated on August 11, 2020 in a tweet: Says Kamala Harris “advocated for restoring voting rights for the Boston bomber.”
Mandela Barnes stated on August 10, 2020 in a public forum: GOP-backed "racist disenfrachisement" led to only five polling places being open in Milwaukee for April 7 election.
Mike Pence stated on July 29, 2020 in an email: The Trump administration “added over 209,000 jobs, including 16,000 new manufacturing jobs, to Pennsylvania over the last three years.
National Republican Senatorial Committee stated on July 17, 2020 in an ad: Cal Cunningham "voted for over $1 billion in new taxes.”
Facebook posts stated on August 7, 2020 in a Facebook post: An Illinois couple who received five vote-by-mail applications can vote five times.
Kamala Harris stated on August 9, 2020 in an Instagram post: Says Donald Trump “just promised that if he wins reelection, he’ll gut Social Security and Medicare.”
Ron Johnson stated on August 2, 2020 in a TV interview: “Depending on which study you look at, either 68% or 5 out of 6 individuals ... are making more on unemployment than they did on the job.”
Doug Jones stated on August 6, 2020 in a campaign ad: Says Tommy Tuberville “is for privatizing Social Security and cutting Medicare.”
Facebook posts stated on August 2, 2020 in a post on Facebook: Says Anthony Fauci, Bill Gates, George Soros and Jeffrey Epstein are connected with Moderna, Inc., and its efforts to create the coronavirus vaccine.
Paul Sperry stated on August 12, 2020 in a tweet: “DEVELOPING: Kamala’s sister takes hydroxychloroquine.”
Tucker Carlson stated on August 11, 2020 in a TV segment: Says Kamala Harris "said she believed that Joe Biden committed sexual assault against various women.”
Donald Trump stated on August 8, 2020 in press briefing in Bedminster, N.J.: “The Democrats don’t want to do anything having to do with protecting people from eviction.”
Facebook posts stated on August 5, 2020 in a video: The FBI raided a “Cleveland office linked to Ukraine. Biden, Pelosi, Kerry and Romney all had sons getting tens of millions of dollars from no-show jobs in Ukraine.”
Viral image stated on July 17, 2020 in a Facebook post: Says Donald Trump tweeted, “WHO Thinks ‘Child Lifes Matter’ Should Be PAINTED In The STREETS OF HOLLYWOOD???”
Cory Booker stated on July 30, 2020 in an interview: Says the U.S. Senate is “dominated by millionaires” and that he is “not one of them.”
Instagram posts stated on August 11, 2020 in an Instagram post: Says Kamala Harris called Joe Biden “a racist” during a Democratic presidential debate.
Social Security Works stated on August 11, 2020 in a Facebook post: "Donald Trump says he will ‘terminate’ Social Security if re-elected."
Viral image stated on August 9, 2020 in a Facebook post: A graph shows the number of human trafficking arrests increased dramatically under President Donald Trump.
Facebook posts stated on August 5, 2020 in a post on Facebook: Says series of 11 photos are “from the 1918 flu pandemic.”
Joe Biden stated on August 6, 2020 in an interview with members of NAHJ and NABJ: Asked about asylum seekers in camps in Mexico, “This is the first time ever you've had to seek asylum in a third country.”
TikTok posts stated on June 5, 2020 in on social media: “Central Park actually used to be a town called Seneca Village” founded by African Americans in 1825.
Democratic Party of Wisconsin stated on August 2, 2020 in a tweet: “34% of Wisconsin renters are at risk of eviction.”
