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Viral image stated on March 01, 2024 in an Instagram post:
Video shows Oklahoma students “sucking on the toes of adults.”
By Ciara O'Rourke• March 7, 2024
Lee Fisher stated on July 31, 2010 in a campaign speech:
Rob Portman is "the one who actually sucked the jobs out of the (Mahoning) Valley and sent them to China."
By Stephen Koff• August 25, 2010
Threads posts stated on July 05, 2023 in a Threads post:
Elon Musk tweeted that he “just downloaded Threads” and it “sucks.”
By Loreben Tuquero• July 6, 2023
Facebook posts stated on October 13, 2020 in a Facebook post:
Says Amy Coney Barrett said that breastfeeding babies is child molestation.
By Samantha Putterman• October 13, 2020
Viral image stated on July 01, 2024 in Instagram post:
Michael J. Fox “doesn’t have Parkinson’s disease.”
By Ciara O'Rourke• July 3, 2024
Facebook posts stated on February 09, 2019 in a Facebook post:
Quotes Kurt Cobain saying in 1993 that he wouldn’t be surprised if his generation eventually elected a "true outsider" a "business tycoon who can’t be bought" … "someone like Donald Trump"
By Samantha Putterman• February 12, 2019
Chain email stated on May 19, 2014 in messages on the Internet:
"Solar panels drain the sun’s energy."
By Louis Jacobson• May 29, 2014
Viral image stated on October 03, 2022 in an Instagram post:
George W. Bush was photographed talking into the wrong end of a phone.
By Ciara O'Rourke• October 5, 2022
Lee Fisher stated on September 07, 2010 in a campaign commercial:
"On (Rob Portman's) watch as Bush's trade czar, our deficit with China exploded" and "as Bush's budget chief, Portman oversaw a spending spree that doubled the deficit."
By Louis Jacobson• September 9, 2010
Instagram posts stated on February 17, 2024 in an Instagram post:
“Trump’s hair wig falls off during rally speech!”
By Loreben Tuquero• February 20, 2024
Facebook posts stated on April 24, 2019 in a Facebook post:
Says television host Steve Harvey authored a pro-Trump rant about raccoons and exterminators.  
By Samantha Putterman• November 14, 2019
Viral image stated on February 13, 2019 in a Facebook post:
The intersection of a rainbow and tornado is called a "tornabow."
By Ciara O'Rourke• February 14, 2019
James Fishback stated on February 26, 2026 in a speech:
Artificial intelligence data centers "drive up electric bills by 30 or 40%" and "suck up 500,000 gallons of water a day.”
By Samantha Putterman• March 4, 2026
Bloggers stated on October 25, 2018 in a post on Facebook:
The pipe bomb suspect’s van was staged.
By Ciara O'Rourke• October 29, 2018
Facebook posts stated on April 09, 2020 in a Facebook post:
Says Nancy Pelosi called Social Security recipients “leeches” and “burdens on society.”
By Samantha Putterman• April 17, 2020
Instagram posts stated on March 14, 2022 in a post:
Members of Congress gave themselves a 21% pay raise
By Monique Curet• March 16, 2022
Facebook posts stated on February 14, 2019 in a Facebook post:
Quotes Mike Pence as saying that people with pre-existing conditions need "more Jesus care," not health care.  
By Samantha Putterman• February 18, 2019
Facebook posts stated on May 09, 2021 in social media posts:
“U.S. Census Bureau confirms huge conflict in total number of voters in 2020 election.”
By Ciara O'Rourke• May 12, 2021
John Kasich stated on August 12, 2010 in :
On whether to eliminate the state income tax.
By Reginald Fields• August 12, 2010
Bloggers stated on March 29, 2018 in a blog post:
BREAKING: Trump Just Ended Welfare For One HUGE Group For 5 Years!
By Miriam Valverde• March 30, 2018

Articles (35)

Fact-checking Obama about Romney and Bain Capital

By Molly Moorhead• May 16, 2012

Bruce Elfant says U.S. voter turnout about 100th among industrialized nations; Texas not high either

By W. Gardner Selby• August 25, 2015

In Context: Were Paul Ryan's poverty comments a 'thinly veiled racial attack'?

By Tom Kertscher• March 14, 2014

John Kasich's victory culminates Truth-O-Meter-taxing campaign

By Robert Higgs• November 3, 2010

“Muslims laughing” at Notre Dame and fact-checking photos in the era of false news

By Ciara O'Rourke• May 28, 2019

Space policy keeps rocketing to prominence

By Louis Jacobson• August 2, 2010

Leticia Van de Putte and the Texas Truth-O-Meter

By W. Gardner Selby• November 22, 2013

Viral photo is of a doll, not a 12-week fetus

By Stefanie Pousoulides• July 29, 2019

In Context: Ted Nugent saying if Obama wins, 'I will either be dead or in jail'

By Becky Bowers• April 19, 2012

Did Obama team announce Iran deal to avoid bad publicity on health care?

By Louis Jacobson• November 25, 2013

In Context: Here’s what JD Vance said about school shootings being a ‘fact of life’ (transcript)

By Jeff Cercone• September 9, 2024

Fact-checking Andrew Yang in Muscatine, Iowa

By Louis Jacobson, Amy Sherman• January 24, 2020

‘A defining moment’: Here is PolitiFact readers’ choice for 2024 Lie of the Year

By Ellen Hine• December 17, 2024

An honest question: Where does truthfulness rank as Democrats select a 2020 candidate?

By Chris Nichols• June 6, 2019

Can Trump create $2,000 tariff dividends, 50-year mortgages or direct health care payments?

By Louis Jacobson• November 11, 2025

‘Medicare for All' emerges as early divide in first Democratic presidential primary debate

By Jon Greenberg, Shefali Luthra• June 27, 2019

Clinton's not-so-radical past

By Robert Farley• February 15, 2008

‘How is this not a Pants on Fire?’: What PolitiFact readers thought of recent fact-checks

By Amy Sherman• December 20, 2023

When PolitiFact hit the road to cover the Iowa caucuses

By Louis Jacobson, Amy Sherman• January 28, 2020

Annotating Rick Scott on Medicaid expansion

By Joshua Gillin• May 12, 2015