Latest False Fact-checks on Tucker Carlson 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 Tucker Carlson stated on January 17, 2024 in a video: “In August 2023, illegal immigration outpaced American births.” Tucker Carlson stated on January 9, 2023 in in a broadcast: The election in Brazil “was very clearly a rigged election.” Tucker Carlson stated on November 8, 2022 in election night coverage on Fox News: “Electronic voting machines didn't allow people to vote” in Maricopa County, Arizona. Tucker Carlson stated on October 27, 2022 in a TV segment: The United States is "about to run out of diesel fuel ... by the Monday of Thanksgiving week." Tucker Carlson stated on June 10, 2022 in in a TV segment: “Not a single person in the crowd on January 6 was found to be carrying a firearm. Not one.” Tucker Carlson stated on November 1, 2021 in a documentary film: Federal agents directly incited people on Jan. 6, 2021, and "intentionally entrapped" American citizens. Tucker Carlson stated on November 2, 2021 in a documentary film: “DEA agent Mark Ibrahim was forced from his job and later indicted simply because he was near the Capitol protest on Jan. 6.” Tucker Carlson stated on July 14, 2021 in a TV segment: “It now appears there actually was meaningful voter fraud in Fulton County, Georgia, last November. That is not a conspiracy theory. It's true.” Tucker Carlson stated on June 28, 2021 in a show: “In Texas, the power companies have automatically raised the temperature of people's thermostats in the middle of a heatwave without their permission." Tucker Carlson stated on May 5, 2021 in a TV segment: “Between late December of 2020 and last month, a total of 3,362 people apparently died after getting the COVID vaccine in the United States … The actual number is almost certainly higher.” Tucker Carlson stated on February 22, 2021 in a TV segment: "There's no evidence that white supremacists were responsible for what happened on Jan. 6. That's a lie.” Tucker Carlson stated on October 13, 2020 in a TV segment: According to a recent CDC report, "almost everyone — 85% — who got the coronavirus in July was wearing a mask, and they were infected anyway. So clearly (wearing a mask) doesn’t work the way they tell us it works.” Tucker Carlson stated on November 7, 2019 in Tucker Carlson Tonight: Says Marie Yovanovitch was "dishonest" when she claimed under oath that she never personally responded to an email from a Democratic staffer. But "in fact, it turns out that she did respond."
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Tucker Carlson stated on January 17, 2024 in a video: “In August 2023, illegal immigration outpaced American births.” Tucker Carlson stated on January 9, 2023 in in a broadcast: The election in Brazil “was very clearly a rigged election.” Tucker Carlson stated on November 8, 2022 in election night coverage on Fox News: “Electronic voting machines didn't allow people to vote” in Maricopa County, Arizona. Tucker Carlson stated on October 27, 2022 in a TV segment: The United States is "about to run out of diesel fuel ... by the Monday of Thanksgiving week." Tucker Carlson stated on June 10, 2022 in in a TV segment: “Not a single person in the crowd on January 6 was found to be carrying a firearm. Not one.” Tucker Carlson stated on November 1, 2021 in a documentary film: Federal agents directly incited people on Jan. 6, 2021, and "intentionally entrapped" American citizens. Tucker Carlson stated on November 2, 2021 in a documentary film: “DEA agent Mark Ibrahim was forced from his job and later indicted simply because he was near the Capitol protest on Jan. 6.” Tucker Carlson stated on July 14, 2021 in a TV segment: “It now appears there actually was meaningful voter fraud in Fulton County, Georgia, last November. That is not a conspiracy theory. It's true.” Tucker Carlson stated on June 28, 2021 in a show: “In Texas, the power companies have automatically raised the temperature of people's thermostats in the middle of a heatwave without their permission." Tucker Carlson stated on May 5, 2021 in a TV segment: “Between late December of 2020 and last month, a total of 3,362 people apparently died after getting the COVID vaccine in the United States … The actual number is almost certainly higher.” Tucker Carlson stated on February 22, 2021 in a TV segment: "There's no evidence that white supremacists were responsible for what happened on Jan. 6. That's a lie.” Tucker Carlson stated on October 13, 2020 in a TV segment: According to a recent CDC report, "almost everyone — 85% — who got the coronavirus in July was wearing a mask, and they were infected anyway. So clearly (wearing a mask) doesn’t work the way they tell us it works.” Tucker Carlson stated on November 7, 2019 in Tucker Carlson Tonight: Says Marie Yovanovitch was "dishonest" when she claimed under oath that she never personally responded to an email from a Democratic staffer. But "in fact, it turns out that she did respond."
Tucker Carlson stated on January 17, 2024 in a video: “In August 2023, illegal immigration outpaced American births.”
Tucker Carlson stated on January 9, 2023 in in a broadcast: The election in Brazil “was very clearly a rigged election.”
Tucker Carlson stated on November 8, 2022 in election night coverage on Fox News: “Electronic voting machines didn't allow people to vote” in Maricopa County, Arizona.
Tucker Carlson stated on October 27, 2022 in a TV segment: The United States is "about to run out of diesel fuel ... by the Monday of Thanksgiving week."
Tucker Carlson stated on June 10, 2022 in in a TV segment: “Not a single person in the crowd on January 6 was found to be carrying a firearm. Not one.”
Tucker Carlson stated on November 1, 2021 in a documentary film: Federal agents directly incited people on Jan. 6, 2021, and "intentionally entrapped" American citizens.
Tucker Carlson stated on November 2, 2021 in a documentary film: “DEA agent Mark Ibrahim was forced from his job and later indicted simply because he was near the Capitol protest on Jan. 6.”
Tucker Carlson stated on July 14, 2021 in a TV segment: “It now appears there actually was meaningful voter fraud in Fulton County, Georgia, last November. That is not a conspiracy theory. It's true.”
Tucker Carlson stated on June 28, 2021 in a show: “In Texas, the power companies have automatically raised the temperature of people's thermostats in the middle of a heatwave without their permission."
Tucker Carlson stated on May 5, 2021 in a TV segment: “Between late December of 2020 and last month, a total of 3,362 people apparently died after getting the COVID vaccine in the United States … The actual number is almost certainly higher.”
Tucker Carlson stated on February 22, 2021 in a TV segment: "There's no evidence that white supremacists were responsible for what happened on Jan. 6. That's a lie.”
Tucker Carlson stated on October 13, 2020 in a TV segment: According to a recent CDC report, "almost everyone — 85% — who got the coronavirus in July was wearing a mask, and they were infected anyway. So clearly (wearing a mask) doesn’t work the way they tell us it works.”
Tucker Carlson stated on November 7, 2019 in Tucker Carlson Tonight: Says Marie Yovanovitch was "dishonest" when she claimed under oath that she never personally responded to an email from a Democratic staffer. But "in fact, it turns out that she did respond."
