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 Rachel Siegel stated on April 8, 2019 in an email to supporters: "The F-35 bombers, scheduled to arrive in Burlington this fall, have been designated with a nuclear mission." Candace Owens stated on April 9, 2019 in a House Judiciary Committee hearing: The Southern strategy is a "myth" that "never happened." Pete Buttigieg stated on April 7, 2019 in an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press": "We cut unemployment by more than half" in South Bend, Ind. Viral image stated on April 4, 2019 in a Facebook post: "Health and Human Services admits they have never conducted federally-required monitoring of vaccine safety for over 30 years." Facebook posts stated on March 14, 2019 in a Facebook post: In 20 years "there will be enough Muslim voters in the U.S. to elect the president." Viral image stated on April 3, 2019 in a Facebook post: A photograph shows an undocumented immigrant with smallpox. Clif Smart stated on February 14, 2019 in a tweet: "Missouri ranks 45th in the nation in per capita state fiscal support for higher education and Missouri State is last among Missouri schools." Jim Steineke stated on March 31, 2019 in an appearance on WISN-TV's UpFront: Says GOP leaders have "made overtures to meet on a regular basis," but Gov. Tony Evers has "refused to even meet with us." Terry McAuliffe stated on April 1, 2019: On a bill that would have eased third-trimester abortion resrictions Viral image stated on April 3, 2019 in a Facebook post: Says "13,506 Marines have applied for White House duty" since Trump’s inauguration. When Obama was president, "no Marines volunteered" but had to be "assigned." Facebook posts stated on April 2, 2019 in a Facebook post: Says President Barack Obama once said, "The American dream is to be Donald Trump" Jared Kushner stated on April 1, 2019 in an interview with Laura Ingraham on Fox News: Florida "passed a law where former felons can now vote. We've had more ex-felons register as Republicans than Democrats." X posts stated on April 5, 2019 in a tweet: Says President Donald Trump said asylum seekers "aren't people. These are animals." Donald Trump stated on April 2, 2019 in a speech to the National Republican Congressional Committee: "The noise (from windmills) causes cancer." Viral image stated on April 1, 2019 in a Facebook post: Says John F. Kennedy Jr. said, "If my dear friend Donald Trump ever decided to sacrifice his fabulous billionaire lifestyle to become president he would be an unstoppable force for ultimate justice that Democrats and Republicans alike would celebrate." Viral image stated on April 1, 2019 in a Facebook post: Photos related to gun violence in present-day United States and the Holocaust in Nazi Germany suggest that gun control laws created or exacerbated the genocide of Jews. Paul Bettencourt stated on April 2, 2019 in a resolution: "194,000 criminal aliens booked into Texas jails from 2011-2019 were charged with more than 299,000 criminal offenses." Shelley Moore Capito stated on January 30, 2019 in a tweet: "Beginning in the early 1990s, we built barriers in 4 sectors at our southern border. Since each was built, those sectors have seen massive drops in apprehensions of people crossing the border illegally," including 90 percent to 95 percent decreases in the Tucson, Yuma, San Diego and El Paso sectors. Miro Weinberger stated on April 3, 2019 in state of the city speech: "The public health science is clear that the use of the addiction medicine buprenorphine saves lives whether that use has been prescribed or not." Brad Halbrook stated on February 7, 2019 in a resolution: "The City of Chicago is often bailed out by taxpayers in the rest of the State, such as the $221 million bailout for the CPS (Chicago Public Schools) pension system that was signed into law." Republican Party of Wisconsin stated on April 3, 2019 in a tweet: "FYI: the last statewide recount in WI was in 2016. After that recount, the vote margin changed by only 131 out of the 2.7 million votes cast." John Flanagan stated on April 1, 2019 in a news release: The state budget fully funds "an initiative to provide free college tuition for illegal immigrants, while rejecting an increase in Tuition Assistance Program funding that would help middle-class families afford college." Donna Campbell stated on April 1, 2019 in the Texas Senate: Abortion providers perform almost 60,000 procedures in Texas every year. Pete Buttigieg stated on April 1, 2019 in a podcast interview: "Since 1973, the income of the bottom 90 percent, so pretty much all of us, didn’t budge, or even retreated a little bit." Julián Castro stated on April 1, 2019 in a Medium post: Says that the George W. Bush administration in 2005 revived a long-standing law when it "decided to charge those that crossed the border with criminal violations, rather than civil ones." Mark Meadows stated on March 14, 2019 in a congressional hearing: "The previous administration under President Barack Obama really was the first time that we didn’t ask a citizenship-type question … for the first time in a century, a citizenship question was not included in 2010." Mike Romano stated on February 2, 2019 in a tweet: In the state rankings for ACT test scores, West Virginia "is 30th. Which states are listed in the bottom? 15 states with charter schools." Daniel Riemer stated on February 17, 2019 in a TV interview: "About 80 percent of (the manufacturing and agriculture) tax credit goes to claimants who are making $1 million or more." Donald Trump stated on April 2, 2019 in remarks to reporters: Says his father, Fred Trump, was "born in a very wonderful place in Germany." Elizabeth Warren stated on March 27, 2019 in a policy paper posted on Medium: Mergers and integration in agribusiness "squeeze" family farms, and "the result is that farmers are getting a record-low amount of every dollar Americans spend on food."
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Rachel Siegel stated on April 8, 2019 in an email to supporters: "The F-35 bombers, scheduled to arrive in Burlington this fall, have been designated with a nuclear mission." Candace Owens stated on April 9, 2019 in a House Judiciary Committee hearing: The Southern strategy is a "myth" that "never happened." Pete Buttigieg stated on April 7, 2019 in an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press": "We cut unemployment by more than half" in South Bend, Ind. Viral image stated on April 4, 2019 in a Facebook post: "Health and Human Services admits they have never conducted federally-required monitoring of vaccine safety for over 30 years." Facebook posts stated on March 14, 2019 in a Facebook post: In 20 years "there will be enough Muslim voters in the U.S. to elect the president." Viral image stated on April 3, 2019 in a Facebook post: A photograph shows an undocumented immigrant with smallpox. Clif Smart stated on February 14, 2019 in a tweet: "Missouri ranks 45th in the nation in per capita state fiscal support for higher education and Missouri State is last among Missouri schools." Jim Steineke stated on March 31, 2019 in an appearance on WISN-TV's UpFront: Says GOP leaders have "made overtures to meet on a regular basis," but Gov. Tony Evers has "refused to even meet with us." Terry McAuliffe stated on April 1, 2019: On a bill that would have eased third-trimester abortion resrictions Viral image stated on April 3, 2019 in a Facebook post: Says "13,506 Marines have applied for White House duty" since Trump’s inauguration. When Obama was president, "no Marines volunteered" but had to be "assigned." Facebook posts stated on April 2, 2019 in a Facebook post: Says President Barack Obama once said, "The American dream is to be Donald Trump" Jared Kushner stated on April 1, 2019 in an interview with Laura Ingraham on Fox News: Florida "passed a law where former felons can now vote. We've had more ex-felons register as Republicans than Democrats." X posts stated on April 5, 2019 in a tweet: Says President Donald Trump said asylum seekers "aren't people. These are animals." Donald Trump stated on April 2, 2019 in a speech to the National Republican Congressional Committee: "The noise (from windmills) causes cancer." Viral image stated on April 1, 2019 in a Facebook post: Says John F. Kennedy Jr. said, "If my dear friend Donald Trump ever decided to sacrifice his fabulous billionaire lifestyle to become president he would be an unstoppable force for ultimate justice that Democrats and Republicans alike would celebrate." Viral image stated on April 1, 2019 in a Facebook post: Photos related to gun violence in present-day United States and the Holocaust in Nazi Germany suggest that gun control laws created or exacerbated the genocide of Jews. Paul Bettencourt stated on April 2, 2019 in a resolution: "194,000 criminal aliens booked into Texas jails from 2011-2019 were charged with more than 299,000 criminal offenses." Shelley Moore Capito stated on January 30, 2019 in a tweet: "Beginning in the early 1990s, we built barriers in 4 sectors at our southern border. Since each was built, those sectors have seen massive drops in apprehensions of people crossing the border illegally," including 90 percent to 95 percent decreases in the Tucson, Yuma, San Diego and El Paso sectors. Miro Weinberger stated on April 3, 2019 in state of the city speech: "The public health science is clear that the use of the addiction medicine buprenorphine saves lives whether that use has been prescribed or not." Brad Halbrook stated on February 7, 2019 in a resolution: "The City of Chicago is often bailed out by taxpayers in the rest of the State, such as the $221 million bailout for the CPS (Chicago Public Schools) pension system that was signed into law." Republican Party of Wisconsin stated on April 3, 2019 in a tweet: "FYI: the last statewide recount in WI was in 2016. After that recount, the vote margin changed by only 131 out of the 2.7 million votes cast." John Flanagan stated on April 1, 2019 in a news release: The state budget fully funds "an initiative to provide free college tuition for illegal immigrants, while rejecting an increase in Tuition Assistance Program funding that would help middle-class families afford college." Donna Campbell stated on April 1, 2019 in the Texas Senate: Abortion providers perform almost 60,000 procedures in Texas every year. Pete Buttigieg stated on April 1, 2019 in a podcast interview: "Since 1973, the income of the bottom 90 percent, so pretty much all of us, didn’t budge, or even retreated a little bit." Julián Castro stated on April 1, 2019 in a Medium post: Says that the George W. Bush administration in 2005 revived a long-standing law when it "decided to charge those that crossed the border with criminal violations, rather than civil ones." Mark Meadows stated on March 14, 2019 in a congressional hearing: "The previous administration under President Barack Obama really was the first time that we didn’t ask a citizenship-type question … for the first time in a century, a citizenship question was not included in 2010." Mike Romano stated on February 2, 2019 in a tweet: In the state rankings for ACT test scores, West Virginia "is 30th. Which states are listed in the bottom? 15 states with charter schools." Daniel Riemer stated on February 17, 2019 in a TV interview: "About 80 percent of (the manufacturing and agriculture) tax credit goes to claimants who are making $1 million or more." Donald Trump stated on April 2, 2019 in remarks to reporters: Says his father, Fred Trump, was "born in a very wonderful place in Germany." Elizabeth Warren stated on March 27, 2019 in a policy paper posted on Medium: Mergers and integration in agribusiness "squeeze" family farms, and "the result is that farmers are getting a record-low amount of every dollar Americans spend on food."
Rachel Siegel stated on April 8, 2019 in an email to supporters: "The F-35 bombers, scheduled to arrive in Burlington this fall, have been designated with a nuclear mission."
Candace Owens stated on April 9, 2019 in a House Judiciary Committee hearing: The Southern strategy is a "myth" that "never happened."
Pete Buttigieg stated on April 7, 2019 in an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press": "We cut unemployment by more than half" in South Bend, Ind.
Viral image stated on April 4, 2019 in a Facebook post: "Health and Human Services admits they have never conducted federally-required monitoring of vaccine safety for over 30 years."
Facebook posts stated on March 14, 2019 in a Facebook post: In 20 years "there will be enough Muslim voters in the U.S. to elect the president."
Viral image stated on April 3, 2019 in a Facebook post: A photograph shows an undocumented immigrant with smallpox.
Clif Smart stated on February 14, 2019 in a tweet: "Missouri ranks 45th in the nation in per capita state fiscal support for higher education and Missouri State is last among Missouri schools."
Jim Steineke stated on March 31, 2019 in an appearance on WISN-TV's UpFront: Says GOP leaders have "made overtures to meet on a regular basis," but Gov. Tony Evers has "refused to even meet with us."
Terry McAuliffe stated on April 1, 2019: On a bill that would have eased third-trimester abortion resrictions
Viral image stated on April 3, 2019 in a Facebook post: Says "13,506 Marines have applied for White House duty" since Trump’s inauguration. When Obama was president, "no Marines volunteered" but had to be "assigned."
Facebook posts stated on April 2, 2019 in a Facebook post: Says President Barack Obama once said, "The American dream is to be Donald Trump"
Jared Kushner stated on April 1, 2019 in an interview with Laura Ingraham on Fox News: Florida "passed a law where former felons can now vote. We've had more ex-felons register as Republicans than Democrats."
X posts stated on April 5, 2019 in a tweet: Says President Donald Trump said asylum seekers "aren't people. These are animals."
Donald Trump stated on April 2, 2019 in a speech to the National Republican Congressional Committee: "The noise (from windmills) causes cancer."
Viral image stated on April 1, 2019 in a Facebook post: Says John F. Kennedy Jr. said, "If my dear friend Donald Trump ever decided to sacrifice his fabulous billionaire lifestyle to become president he would be an unstoppable force for ultimate justice that Democrats and Republicans alike would celebrate."
Viral image stated on April 1, 2019 in a Facebook post: Photos related to gun violence in present-day United States and the Holocaust in Nazi Germany suggest that gun control laws created or exacerbated the genocide of Jews.
Paul Bettencourt stated on April 2, 2019 in a resolution: "194,000 criminal aliens booked into Texas jails from 2011-2019 were charged with more than 299,000 criminal offenses."
Shelley Moore Capito stated on January 30, 2019 in a tweet: "Beginning in the early 1990s, we built barriers in 4 sectors at our southern border. Since each was built, those sectors have seen massive drops in apprehensions of people crossing the border illegally," including 90 percent to 95 percent decreases in the Tucson, Yuma, San Diego and El Paso sectors.
Miro Weinberger stated on April 3, 2019 in state of the city speech: "The public health science is clear that the use of the addiction medicine buprenorphine saves lives whether that use has been prescribed or not."
Brad Halbrook stated on February 7, 2019 in a resolution: "The City of Chicago is often bailed out by taxpayers in the rest of the State, such as the $221 million bailout for the CPS (Chicago Public Schools) pension system that was signed into law."
Republican Party of Wisconsin stated on April 3, 2019 in a tweet: "FYI: the last statewide recount in WI was in 2016. After that recount, the vote margin changed by only 131 out of the 2.7 million votes cast."
John Flanagan stated on April 1, 2019 in a news release: The state budget fully funds "an initiative to provide free college tuition for illegal immigrants, while rejecting an increase in Tuition Assistance Program funding that would help middle-class families afford college."
Donna Campbell stated on April 1, 2019 in the Texas Senate: Abortion providers perform almost 60,000 procedures in Texas every year.
Pete Buttigieg stated on April 1, 2019 in a podcast interview: "Since 1973, the income of the bottom 90 percent, so pretty much all of us, didn’t budge, or even retreated a little bit."
Julián Castro stated on April 1, 2019 in a Medium post: Says that the George W. Bush administration in 2005 revived a long-standing law when it "decided to charge those that crossed the border with criminal violations, rather than civil ones."
Mark Meadows stated on March 14, 2019 in a congressional hearing: "The previous administration under President Barack Obama really was the first time that we didn’t ask a citizenship-type question … for the first time in a century, a citizenship question was not included in 2010."
Mike Romano stated on February 2, 2019 in a tweet: In the state rankings for ACT test scores, West Virginia "is 30th. Which states are listed in the bottom? 15 states with charter schools."
Daniel Riemer stated on February 17, 2019 in a TV interview: "About 80 percent of (the manufacturing and agriculture) tax credit goes to claimants who are making $1 million or more."
Donald Trump stated on April 2, 2019 in remarks to reporters: Says his father, Fred Trump, was "born in a very wonderful place in Germany."
Elizabeth Warren stated on March 27, 2019 in a policy paper posted on Medium: Mergers and integration in agribusiness "squeeze" family farms, and "the result is that farmers are getting a record-low amount of every dollar Americans spend on food."
