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 Kim Reynolds stated on January 14, 2020 in the Condition of the State address: Iowa has “the highest high-school graduation rate in the country.” Facebook posts stated on May 28, 2020 in a post: The death of George Floyd was a "staged event." Facebook posts stated on May 16, 2020 in a Facebook post: Says Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine released 4,300 prisoners and is now warning residents of a possible crime wave. Facebook posts stated on April 6, 2020 in a Facebook post: Says the Republican Party started in Ripon, Wis., “to counter the Democrats’ plans to expand slavery.” Ron Johnson stated on May 17, 2020 in various statements: On keeping inspectors general independent of the president Priorities USA Action stated on May 19, 2020 in in a TV and digital ad: Says President Donald Trump is trying to make $451 billion in Medicare cuts "in the middle of a deadly pandemic." Joe Kernen stated on May 27, 2020 in an episode of CNBC's "Squawk Box": “We’re down near the low end of per capita deaths ... Most places are at 60 deaths per 100,000. We're at 29.” Social Media stated on May 26, 2020 in Tweet: Video shows Joe Biden stuttering after being asked about touching women “without their permission” on The View. Facebook posts stated on May 10, 2020 in a Facebook post: “This is what Bill Gates and George Soros want to do… secretly stick you with a chip while testing you for the coronavirus... the Dems have a bill on the House floor ready to vote on it to require this.” Theresa Greenfield stated on May 18, 2020 in a debate: “I’ve taken a pledge not to take one dime of corporate PAC donations.” Tom Tiffany stated on May 26, 2020 in a tweet: Says the state “health secretary says don't go to hospitals or clinics, now the tourism secretary says don't recreate.” Facebook posts stated on May 16, 2020 in a Facebook post: “This is 76 year old senile Joe Biden!!! That is a 15 year old girl with whom he’s making out!!!” Facebook posts stated on May 26, 2020 in a Facebook post: Italy “went against the WHO's ‘law’” against COVID-19 autopsies and “discovered covid is not a virus, but a bacterium” that “clots the blood and reduces the oxygen saturation.” Vicky Hartzler stated on May 7, 2020 in a letter to the president: "Right now, China controls 80% of all ingredients and raw materials going into our generic prescription drugs." Donald Trump stated on May 24, 2020 in a tweet: “Cases, numbers and deaths (of COVID-19) are going down all over the Country!” Facebook posts stated on May 27, 2020 in a Facebook post: A photo shows ex-Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin wearing a “Make Whites Great Again Hat.” Donald Trump stated on May 26, 2020 in a tweet: “Twitter is completely stifling FREE SPEECH” by adding a fact-check label to Trump’s tweet. Viral image stated on May 27, 2020 in a tweet: A photo shows Donald Trump with “Derek Chauvin - the cop who killed George Floyd.” Facebook posts stated on May 16, 2020 in a Facebook post: The flu didn't kill any Americans this year. Viral image stated on May 22, 2020 in a Facebook post: A photo shows three men on crosses who “feel like they’re being crucified by being required to stay at home.” Facebook posts stated on May 20, 2020 in an image: Says Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s family spent May 20 at her second home, breaking her own stay-at-home orders. Viral image stated on May 15, 2020 in a Facebook post: “The woman in this photograph is Margaret Sanger, founder of Planned Parenthood, meeting with the Ku Klux Klan in 1926, Silver Lake, New Jersey.” Viral image stated on May 24, 2020 in a Facebook post: A photo shows Gov. Gretchen Whitmer “on Mackinaw Island today ignoring mask and social distancing rules.” Facebook posts stated on May 10, 2020 in a Facebook post: Nancy Pelosi said "Congress shall not vote remotely because it is not secure!" while also saying that “Americans should all vote for president by mail!” Donald Trump stated on May 25, 2020 in a tweet: “[U.S. Rep. Conor Lamb] said he would NOT vote for [Nancy Pelosi] for Speaker, and did.” Donald Trump stated on May 26, 2020 in a tweet: California Gov. Gavin Newsom “is sending Ballots to millions of people, anyone living in the state, no matter who they are or how they got there, will get one" and the election is "Rigged." Facebook posts stated on May 18, 2020 in a Facebook post: Texas and Florida have a “balanced budget” while California is “in debt $54 billion and New York is “in debt $6.1 billion.” Facebook posts stated on May 26, 2020 in a Facebook post: Ron Howard wrote a Facebook post about being a liberal. Donald Trump stated on May 26, 2020 in a tweet: There are “many unanswered and obvious questions” about the 2001 death of a staff member of Joe Scarborough. Bloggers stated on May 25, 2020 in a headline: "Joe Biden tells voters he's 'going to beat Joe Biden.'"
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Kim Reynolds stated on January 14, 2020 in the Condition of the State address: Iowa has “the highest high-school graduation rate in the country.” Facebook posts stated on May 28, 2020 in a post: The death of George Floyd was a "staged event." Facebook posts stated on May 16, 2020 in a Facebook post: Says Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine released 4,300 prisoners and is now warning residents of a possible crime wave. Facebook posts stated on April 6, 2020 in a Facebook post: Says the Republican Party started in Ripon, Wis., “to counter the Democrats’ plans to expand slavery.” Ron Johnson stated on May 17, 2020 in various statements: On keeping inspectors general independent of the president Priorities USA Action stated on May 19, 2020 in in a TV and digital ad: Says President Donald Trump is trying to make $451 billion in Medicare cuts "in the middle of a deadly pandemic." Joe Kernen stated on May 27, 2020 in an episode of CNBC's "Squawk Box": “We’re down near the low end of per capita deaths ... Most places are at 60 deaths per 100,000. We're at 29.” Social Media stated on May 26, 2020 in Tweet: Video shows Joe Biden stuttering after being asked about touching women “without their permission” on The View. Facebook posts stated on May 10, 2020 in a Facebook post: “This is what Bill Gates and George Soros want to do… secretly stick you with a chip while testing you for the coronavirus... the Dems have a bill on the House floor ready to vote on it to require this.” Theresa Greenfield stated on May 18, 2020 in a debate: “I’ve taken a pledge not to take one dime of corporate PAC donations.” Tom Tiffany stated on May 26, 2020 in a tweet: Says the state “health secretary says don't go to hospitals or clinics, now the tourism secretary says don't recreate.” Facebook posts stated on May 16, 2020 in a Facebook post: “This is 76 year old senile Joe Biden!!! That is a 15 year old girl with whom he’s making out!!!” Facebook posts stated on May 26, 2020 in a Facebook post: Italy “went against the WHO's ‘law’” against COVID-19 autopsies and “discovered covid is not a virus, but a bacterium” that “clots the blood and reduces the oxygen saturation.” Vicky Hartzler stated on May 7, 2020 in a letter to the president: "Right now, China controls 80% of all ingredients and raw materials going into our generic prescription drugs." Donald Trump stated on May 24, 2020 in a tweet: “Cases, numbers and deaths (of COVID-19) are going down all over the Country!” Facebook posts stated on May 27, 2020 in a Facebook post: A photo shows ex-Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin wearing a “Make Whites Great Again Hat.” Donald Trump stated on May 26, 2020 in a tweet: “Twitter is completely stifling FREE SPEECH” by adding a fact-check label to Trump’s tweet. Viral image stated on May 27, 2020 in a tweet: A photo shows Donald Trump with “Derek Chauvin - the cop who killed George Floyd.” Facebook posts stated on May 16, 2020 in a Facebook post: The flu didn't kill any Americans this year. Viral image stated on May 22, 2020 in a Facebook post: A photo shows three men on crosses who “feel like they’re being crucified by being required to stay at home.” Facebook posts stated on May 20, 2020 in an image: Says Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s family spent May 20 at her second home, breaking her own stay-at-home orders. Viral image stated on May 15, 2020 in a Facebook post: “The woman in this photograph is Margaret Sanger, founder of Planned Parenthood, meeting with the Ku Klux Klan in 1926, Silver Lake, New Jersey.” Viral image stated on May 24, 2020 in a Facebook post: A photo shows Gov. Gretchen Whitmer “on Mackinaw Island today ignoring mask and social distancing rules.” Facebook posts stated on May 10, 2020 in a Facebook post: Nancy Pelosi said "Congress shall not vote remotely because it is not secure!" while also saying that “Americans should all vote for president by mail!” Donald Trump stated on May 25, 2020 in a tweet: “[U.S. Rep. Conor Lamb] said he would NOT vote for [Nancy Pelosi] for Speaker, and did.” Donald Trump stated on May 26, 2020 in a tweet: California Gov. Gavin Newsom “is sending Ballots to millions of people, anyone living in the state, no matter who they are or how they got there, will get one" and the election is "Rigged." Facebook posts stated on May 18, 2020 in a Facebook post: Texas and Florida have a “balanced budget” while California is “in debt $54 billion and New York is “in debt $6.1 billion.” Facebook posts stated on May 26, 2020 in a Facebook post: Ron Howard wrote a Facebook post about being a liberal. Donald Trump stated on May 26, 2020 in a tweet: There are “many unanswered and obvious questions” about the 2001 death of a staff member of Joe Scarborough. Bloggers stated on May 25, 2020 in a headline: "Joe Biden tells voters he's 'going to beat Joe Biden.'"
Kim Reynolds stated on January 14, 2020 in the Condition of the State address: Iowa has “the highest high-school graduation rate in the country.”
Facebook posts stated on May 16, 2020 in a Facebook post: Says Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine released 4,300 prisoners and is now warning residents of a possible crime wave.
Facebook posts stated on April 6, 2020 in a Facebook post: Says the Republican Party started in Ripon, Wis., “to counter the Democrats’ plans to expand slavery.”
Ron Johnson stated on May 17, 2020 in various statements: On keeping inspectors general independent of the president
Priorities USA Action stated on May 19, 2020 in in a TV and digital ad: Says President Donald Trump is trying to make $451 billion in Medicare cuts "in the middle of a deadly pandemic."
Joe Kernen stated on May 27, 2020 in an episode of CNBC's "Squawk Box": “We’re down near the low end of per capita deaths ... Most places are at 60 deaths per 100,000. We're at 29.”
Social Media stated on May 26, 2020 in Tweet: Video shows Joe Biden stuttering after being asked about touching women “without their permission” on The View.
Facebook posts stated on May 10, 2020 in a Facebook post: “This is what Bill Gates and George Soros want to do… secretly stick you with a chip while testing you for the coronavirus... the Dems have a bill on the House floor ready to vote on it to require this.”
Theresa Greenfield stated on May 18, 2020 in a debate: “I’ve taken a pledge not to take one dime of corporate PAC donations.”
Tom Tiffany stated on May 26, 2020 in a tweet: Says the state “health secretary says don't go to hospitals or clinics, now the tourism secretary says don't recreate.”
Facebook posts stated on May 16, 2020 in a Facebook post: “This is 76 year old senile Joe Biden!!! That is a 15 year old girl with whom he’s making out!!!”
Facebook posts stated on May 26, 2020 in a Facebook post: Italy “went against the WHO's ‘law’” against COVID-19 autopsies and “discovered covid is not a virus, but a bacterium” that “clots the blood and reduces the oxygen saturation.”
Vicky Hartzler stated on May 7, 2020 in a letter to the president: "Right now, China controls 80% of all ingredients and raw materials going into our generic prescription drugs."
Donald Trump stated on May 24, 2020 in a tweet: “Cases, numbers and deaths (of COVID-19) are going down all over the Country!”
Facebook posts stated on May 27, 2020 in a Facebook post: A photo shows ex-Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin wearing a “Make Whites Great Again Hat.”
Donald Trump stated on May 26, 2020 in a tweet: “Twitter is completely stifling FREE SPEECH” by adding a fact-check label to Trump’s tweet.
Viral image stated on May 27, 2020 in a tweet: A photo shows Donald Trump with “Derek Chauvin - the cop who killed George Floyd.”
Facebook posts stated on May 16, 2020 in a Facebook post: The flu didn't kill any Americans this year.
Viral image stated on May 22, 2020 in a Facebook post: A photo shows three men on crosses who “feel like they’re being crucified by being required to stay at home.”
Facebook posts stated on May 20, 2020 in an image: Says Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s family spent May 20 at her second home, breaking her own stay-at-home orders.
Viral image stated on May 15, 2020 in a Facebook post: “The woman in this photograph is Margaret Sanger, founder of Planned Parenthood, meeting with the Ku Klux Klan in 1926, Silver Lake, New Jersey.”
Viral image stated on May 24, 2020 in a Facebook post: A photo shows Gov. Gretchen Whitmer “on Mackinaw Island today ignoring mask and social distancing rules.”
Facebook posts stated on May 10, 2020 in a Facebook post: Nancy Pelosi said "Congress shall not vote remotely because it is not secure!" while also saying that “Americans should all vote for president by mail!”
Donald Trump stated on May 25, 2020 in a tweet: “[U.S. Rep. Conor Lamb] said he would NOT vote for [Nancy Pelosi] for Speaker, and did.”
Donald Trump stated on May 26, 2020 in a tweet: California Gov. Gavin Newsom “is sending Ballots to millions of people, anyone living in the state, no matter who they are or how they got there, will get one" and the election is "Rigged."
Facebook posts stated on May 18, 2020 in a Facebook post: Texas and Florida have a “balanced budget” while California is “in debt $54 billion and New York is “in debt $6.1 billion.”
Facebook posts stated on May 26, 2020 in a Facebook post: Ron Howard wrote a Facebook post about being a liberal.
Donald Trump stated on May 26, 2020 in a tweet: There are “many unanswered and obvious questions” about the 2001 death of a staff member of Joe Scarborough.
Bloggers stated on May 25, 2020 in a headline: "Joe Biden tells voters he's 'going to beat Joe Biden.'"
