Latest Mostly False Fact-checks on Pete Buttigieg 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 Pete Buttigieg stated on February 18, 2025 in an X post: “I am not making this up: Republicans have introduced legislation … to increase your bank fees." Pete Buttigieg stated on March 10, 2024 in an interview on ABC's "This Week": The stock market “hit an all-time high under President Biden and not under President Trump." Pete Buttigieg stated on February 21, 2023 in a tweet: Sen. Marco Rubio signed a 2021 letter that “supports waivers that would reduce visual track inspections.” Pete Buttigieg stated on February 21, 2020 in a video ad released by the Pete Buttigieg for President campaign: “If you like your private plan, you can keep it.” Pete Buttigieg stated on February 22, 2020 in a speech: Says Bernie Sanders would “go beyond reform and reorder the economy in ways most Democrats — let alone most Americans — don’t support." Pete Buttigieg stated on December 9, 2019 in an interview published by The Root: Says that in South Bend, Ind., the "black poverty fell by more than half on my watch." Pete Buttigieg stated on July 4, 2019 in an event in Carrol, Iowa: "A black person is four times as likely as a white person to be incarcerated for the exact same crime." Pete Buttigieg stated on April 22, 2019 in a town hall: Says he has "more executive experience than the vice president."
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Pete Buttigieg stated on February 18, 2025 in an X post: “I am not making this up: Republicans have introduced legislation … to increase your bank fees." Pete Buttigieg stated on March 10, 2024 in an interview on ABC's "This Week": The stock market “hit an all-time high under President Biden and not under President Trump." Pete Buttigieg stated on February 21, 2023 in a tweet: Sen. Marco Rubio signed a 2021 letter that “supports waivers that would reduce visual track inspections.” Pete Buttigieg stated on February 21, 2020 in a video ad released by the Pete Buttigieg for President campaign: “If you like your private plan, you can keep it.” Pete Buttigieg stated on February 22, 2020 in a speech: Says Bernie Sanders would “go beyond reform and reorder the economy in ways most Democrats — let alone most Americans — don’t support." Pete Buttigieg stated on December 9, 2019 in an interview published by The Root: Says that in South Bend, Ind., the "black poverty fell by more than half on my watch." Pete Buttigieg stated on July 4, 2019 in an event in Carrol, Iowa: "A black person is four times as likely as a white person to be incarcerated for the exact same crime." Pete Buttigieg stated on April 22, 2019 in a town hall: Says he has "more executive experience than the vice president."
Pete Buttigieg stated on February 18, 2025 in an X post: “I am not making this up: Republicans have introduced legislation … to increase your bank fees."
Pete Buttigieg stated on March 10, 2024 in an interview on ABC's "This Week": The stock market “hit an all-time high under President Biden and not under President Trump."
Pete Buttigieg stated on February 21, 2023 in a tweet: Sen. Marco Rubio signed a 2021 letter that “supports waivers that would reduce visual track inspections.”
Pete Buttigieg stated on February 21, 2020 in a video ad released by the Pete Buttigieg for President campaign: “If you like your private plan, you can keep it.”
Pete Buttigieg stated on February 22, 2020 in a speech: Says Bernie Sanders would “go beyond reform and reorder the economy in ways most Democrats — let alone most Americans — don’t support."
Pete Buttigieg stated on December 9, 2019 in an interview published by The Root: Says that in South Bend, Ind., the "black poverty fell by more than half on my watch."
Pete Buttigieg stated on July 4, 2019 in an event in Carrol, Iowa: "A black person is four times as likely as a white person to be incarcerated for the exact same crime."
Pete Buttigieg stated on April 22, 2019 in a town hall: Says he has "more executive experience than the vice president."
