Latest Mostly False Fact-checks on Josh Hawley 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 Josh Hawley stated on October 7, 2025 in a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing: “The FBI tapped my phone” and those of other senators. Josh Hawley stated on March 21, 2022 in an op-ed: Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson “gave child porn offenders sentences below the guidelines and below what the prosecutors were requesting,” showing she is “soft on child pornography offenders.” Josh Hawley stated on January 6, 2021 in a U.S. Senate speech: “Last year, Pennsylvania elected officials passed a whole new law that allows universal mail-in balloting, and did it irregardless of what the Pennsylvania Constitution said.” Josh Hawley stated on January 4, 2021 in a tweet: Says activists threatened his family and “screamed threats, vandalized, and tried to pound open our door.” Josh Hawley stated on January 15, 2020 in a tweet: “As the State Department warned Mizzou in July 2019, and as I have repeatedly stated, (the Confucius Institute) presented security risks for students & university as a whole.” Josh Hawley stated on October 18, 2018 in a debate: Says Claire McCaskill "voted against including health records in the background check system." Josh Hawley stated on September 25, 2018 in a tweet: Says Claire McCaskill "has had Chuck Schumer spend more dark money for her than for any senator in America. $16 million and counting!" Josh Hawley stated on August 20, 2018 in an op-ed for the Springfield News-Leader: Since 2009, "millions of Americans have lost their health care plans." Josh Hawley stated on August 7, 2018 in a speech: "I am the only (state attorney general) in America fighting to hold the big tech companies accountable for their behavior."
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Josh Hawley stated on October 7, 2025 in a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing: “The FBI tapped my phone” and those of other senators. Josh Hawley stated on March 21, 2022 in an op-ed: Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson “gave child porn offenders sentences below the guidelines and below what the prosecutors were requesting,” showing she is “soft on child pornography offenders.” Josh Hawley stated on January 6, 2021 in a U.S. Senate speech: “Last year, Pennsylvania elected officials passed a whole new law that allows universal mail-in balloting, and did it irregardless of what the Pennsylvania Constitution said.” Josh Hawley stated on January 4, 2021 in a tweet: Says activists threatened his family and “screamed threats, vandalized, and tried to pound open our door.” Josh Hawley stated on January 15, 2020 in a tweet: “As the State Department warned Mizzou in July 2019, and as I have repeatedly stated, (the Confucius Institute) presented security risks for students & university as a whole.” Josh Hawley stated on October 18, 2018 in a debate: Says Claire McCaskill "voted against including health records in the background check system." Josh Hawley stated on September 25, 2018 in a tweet: Says Claire McCaskill "has had Chuck Schumer spend more dark money for her than for any senator in America. $16 million and counting!" Josh Hawley stated on August 20, 2018 in an op-ed for the Springfield News-Leader: Since 2009, "millions of Americans have lost their health care plans." Josh Hawley stated on August 7, 2018 in a speech: "I am the only (state attorney general) in America fighting to hold the big tech companies accountable for their behavior."
Josh Hawley stated on October 7, 2025 in a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing: “The FBI tapped my phone” and those of other senators.
Josh Hawley stated on March 21, 2022 in an op-ed: Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson “gave child porn offenders sentences below the guidelines and below what the prosecutors were requesting,” showing she is “soft on child pornography offenders.”
Josh Hawley stated on January 6, 2021 in a U.S. Senate speech: “Last year, Pennsylvania elected officials passed a whole new law that allows universal mail-in balloting, and did it irregardless of what the Pennsylvania Constitution said.”
Josh Hawley stated on January 4, 2021 in a tweet: Says activists threatened his family and “screamed threats, vandalized, and tried to pound open our door.”
Josh Hawley stated on January 15, 2020 in a tweet: “As the State Department warned Mizzou in July 2019, and as I have repeatedly stated, (the Confucius Institute) presented security risks for students & university as a whole.”
Josh Hawley stated on October 18, 2018 in a debate: Says Claire McCaskill "voted against including health records in the background check system."
Josh Hawley stated on September 25, 2018 in a tweet: Says Claire McCaskill "has had Chuck Schumer spend more dark money for her than for any senator in America. $16 million and counting!"
Josh Hawley stated on August 20, 2018 in an op-ed for the Springfield News-Leader: Since 2009, "millions of Americans have lost their health care plans."
Josh Hawley stated on August 7, 2018 in a speech: "I am the only (state attorney general) in America fighting to hold the big tech companies accountable for their behavior."
