0 People 2536 Fact-checks 833 Articles People (0) Fact-checks (2536) Donald Trump stated on June 30, 2019 in remarks to South Korean business leaders: "We hadn’t had a (car) plant built in years — in decades, actually. And now we have many plants being built all throughout the United States." By Jon Greenberg• July 9, 2019 Donald Trump stated on June 16, 2015 in his presidential announcement speech: "When was the last time you saw a Chevrolet in Japan? It doesn’t exist, folks." By Katie Sanders• June 17, 2015 Let Freedom Ring stated on October 15, 2012 in a Web video: Says GM used taxpayer dollars to prop up operations in China. By Jon Greenberg• October 25, 2012 Marcy Kaptur stated on May 17, 2012 in an interview with C-SPAN: "The region I represent, both currently and in the future, has more automotive plants than the entire state of California." By Sabrina Eaton• May 29, 2012 Ed Whitacre stated on April 21, 2010 in a TV ad: GM has "repaid our government loan, in full, with interest, five years ahead of the original schedule." By Robert Farley• April 27, 2010 Phil Gingrey stated on September 25, 2010 in a CNN interview: The federal government can tell General Motors what to charge for its automobiles. By Eric Stirgus• October 4, 2010 Jim Renacci stated on January 04, 2011 in an interview on WCPN 90.3 FM: "For [GM] to pay back everything it owes, it would have to sell its shares at $143 a share . . . where the highest value of a General Motors share ever was $43, $44, $46, whatever the dollars were . . ." By Tom Feran• February 9, 2011 Facebook posts stated on January 01, 2025 in una publicación en Facebook: "En Shanghai, se incendió ayer una bodega de la firma Temu”. By Marta Campabadal Graus, Sara Swann• January 3, 2025 Michael Turner stated on April 23, 2012 in a statement supporting Mitt Romney: Some "20,000 Delphi salaried retirees lost up to 70 percent of their pensions" as a result of "political favoritism and backroom deals." By Stephen Koff• April 30, 2012 Facebook posts stated on February 23, 2020 in a Facebook post: “Trump’s farmer bailout is now twice the size of Obama’s GM bailout. The big difference is GM paid their bailout back — with interest.” By Tom Kertscher• February 26, 2020 Glenn Kage stated on September 16, 2019 in a Missouri Times interview: "General Motors is making record profits." By Caitlyn Rosen• October 25, 2019 Barack Obama stated on January 24, 2012 in the State of the Union address: "(After the auto bailout) General Motors is back on top as the world’s No. 1 automaker." By Becky Bowers• January 25, 2012 Facebook posts stated on July 13, 2021 in a Facebook post: General Motors “admits the 'clean' energy used to charge electric cars comes from coal, 95% coal, to be exact." By Tom Kertscher• July 29, 2021 Donald Trump stated on January 03, 2017 in a tweet: "General Motors is sending Mexican made model of Chevy Cruze to U.S. car dealers-tax free across border." By Miriam Valverde• January 4, 2017 Mitt Romney stated on August 01, 2012 in a campaign commercial: "Under the Obama administration’s bailout of General Motors, Ohio dealerships were forced to close." By Stephen Koff• August 2, 2012 Barack Obama stated on March 15, 2012 in in campaign video “The Road We’ve Traveled”: "(GM and Chrysler) repaid their loans." By Becky Bowers• March 21, 2012 Michael Turner stated on April 22, 2012 in a news release: Some "20,000 Delphi salaried retirees lost up to 70 percent of their pensions" as a result of "political favoritism and backroom deals." By Stephen Koff• September 24, 2013 Facebook posts stated on July 08, 2024 in a Facebook post: “Every single McDonald’s french fry comes exclusively from potatoes grown on Bill Gates-owned farmland.” By Loreben Tuquero• July 11, 2024 Joe Biden stated on April 01, 2012 in a “Face the Nation” interview: "General Motors is the largest corporation in the world again." By Becky Bowers• April 9, 2012 Facebook posts stated on April 02, 2020 in a Facebook post: Says Nostradamus predicted the coronavirus in a 1551 passage about a plague spreading from the east. By Samantha Putterman• April 6, 2020 Articles (833) Has GM settled its debt with the government? By Robert Farley• April 27, 2010 Are auto companies paid up with American taxpayers? By Robert Farley• May 26, 2011 PolitiFact and Florida NBC and Telemundo stations announce bilingual fact-checking partnership By PolitiFact Staff • May 25, 2023 Are states in a bidding war over medical gear with the feds? By Amy Sherman• April 1, 2020 James Carville says Barack Obama 'saved the auto industry' By Jon Greenberg• November 12, 2013 Did President Obama save the auto industry? By Jon Greenberg• September 6, 2012 As auto industry plateaus, Donald Trump touts car plants that don’t exist By Jon Greenberg• October 22, 2020 Truth-O-Meter spent week detecting exaggerations By Willoughby Mariano• October 10, 2010 Mailbag: The 'Cars, SARS, and Bars Czar' By Angie Drobnic Holan• June 19, 2009 GOP convention: Fact checking the Ryan speech By Dave Umhoefer• August 30, 2012 Checking Paul Ryan and more at the Republican National Convention By Molly Moorhead• August 30, 2012 Greatest hits from the Tampa and Charlotte conventions By Bill Adair• September 10, 2012 PolitiFact readers tell us what they think By Jim Tharpe• December 21, 2010 Wednesday night at the GOP convention: the running mate and more By Molly Moorhead• August 30, 2012 The tale of a falsehood, minute by minute By Angie Drobnic Holan• December 12, 2012 Fact-checking the State of the Union address By Bill Adair• January 26, 2012 Fact-checking the State of the Union address By Bill Adair• January 25, 2012 Perry calls Obama socialist, sets Truth-O-Meter aflame By Meghan Ashford-Grooms• January 9, 2012 Fact-checking the Obama campaign film By Bill Adair• March 16, 2012 Sunday preview: Ft. Hood, CIA interrogation report and campaign money By Jon Greenberg• April 4, 2014
Donald Trump stated on June 30, 2019 in remarks to South Korean business leaders: "We hadn’t had a (car) plant built in years — in decades, actually. And now we have many plants being built all throughout the United States." By Jon Greenberg• July 9, 2019 Donald Trump stated on June 16, 2015 in his presidential announcement speech: "When was the last time you saw a Chevrolet in Japan? It doesn’t exist, folks." By Katie Sanders• June 17, 2015 Let Freedom Ring stated on October 15, 2012 in a Web video: Says GM used taxpayer dollars to prop up operations in China. By Jon Greenberg• October 25, 2012 Marcy Kaptur stated on May 17, 2012 in an interview with C-SPAN: "The region I represent, both currently and in the future, has more automotive plants than the entire state of California." By Sabrina Eaton• May 29, 2012 Ed Whitacre stated on April 21, 2010 in a TV ad: GM has "repaid our government loan, in full, with interest, five years ahead of the original schedule." By Robert Farley• April 27, 2010 Phil Gingrey stated on September 25, 2010 in a CNN interview: The federal government can tell General Motors what to charge for its automobiles. By Eric Stirgus• October 4, 2010 Jim Renacci stated on January 04, 2011 in an interview on WCPN 90.3 FM: "For [GM] to pay back everything it owes, it would have to sell its shares at $143 a share . . . where the highest value of a General Motors share ever was $43, $44, $46, whatever the dollars were . . ." By Tom Feran• February 9, 2011 Facebook posts stated on January 01, 2025 in una publicación en Facebook: "En Shanghai, se incendió ayer una bodega de la firma Temu”. By Marta Campabadal Graus, Sara Swann• January 3, 2025 Michael Turner stated on April 23, 2012 in a statement supporting Mitt Romney: Some "20,000 Delphi salaried retirees lost up to 70 percent of their pensions" as a result of "political favoritism and backroom deals." By Stephen Koff• April 30, 2012 Facebook posts stated on February 23, 2020 in a Facebook post: “Trump’s farmer bailout is now twice the size of Obama’s GM bailout. The big difference is GM paid their bailout back — with interest.” By Tom Kertscher• February 26, 2020 Glenn Kage stated on September 16, 2019 in a Missouri Times interview: "General Motors is making record profits." By Caitlyn Rosen• October 25, 2019 Barack Obama stated on January 24, 2012 in the State of the Union address: "(After the auto bailout) General Motors is back on top as the world’s No. 1 automaker." By Becky Bowers• January 25, 2012 Facebook posts stated on July 13, 2021 in a Facebook post: General Motors “admits the 'clean' energy used to charge electric cars comes from coal, 95% coal, to be exact." By Tom Kertscher• July 29, 2021 Donald Trump stated on January 03, 2017 in a tweet: "General Motors is sending Mexican made model of Chevy Cruze to U.S. car dealers-tax free across border." By Miriam Valverde• January 4, 2017 Mitt Romney stated on August 01, 2012 in a campaign commercial: "Under the Obama administration’s bailout of General Motors, Ohio dealerships were forced to close." By Stephen Koff• August 2, 2012 Barack Obama stated on March 15, 2012 in in campaign video “The Road We’ve Traveled”: "(GM and Chrysler) repaid their loans." By Becky Bowers• March 21, 2012 Michael Turner stated on April 22, 2012 in a news release: Some "20,000 Delphi salaried retirees lost up to 70 percent of their pensions" as a result of "political favoritism and backroom deals." By Stephen Koff• September 24, 2013 Facebook posts stated on July 08, 2024 in a Facebook post: “Every single McDonald’s french fry comes exclusively from potatoes grown on Bill Gates-owned farmland.” By Loreben Tuquero• July 11, 2024 Joe Biden stated on April 01, 2012 in a “Face the Nation” interview: "General Motors is the largest corporation in the world again." By Becky Bowers• April 9, 2012 Facebook posts stated on April 02, 2020 in a Facebook post: Says Nostradamus predicted the coronavirus in a 1551 passage about a plague spreading from the east. By Samantha Putterman• April 6, 2020
Has GM settled its debt with the government? By Robert Farley• April 27, 2010 Are auto companies paid up with American taxpayers? By Robert Farley• May 26, 2011 PolitiFact and Florida NBC and Telemundo stations announce bilingual fact-checking partnership By PolitiFact Staff • May 25, 2023 Are states in a bidding war over medical gear with the feds? By Amy Sherman• April 1, 2020 James Carville says Barack Obama 'saved the auto industry' By Jon Greenberg• November 12, 2013 Did President Obama save the auto industry? By Jon Greenberg• September 6, 2012 As auto industry plateaus, Donald Trump touts car plants that don’t exist By Jon Greenberg• October 22, 2020 Truth-O-Meter spent week detecting exaggerations By Willoughby Mariano• October 10, 2010 Mailbag: The 'Cars, SARS, and Bars Czar' By Angie Drobnic Holan• June 19, 2009 GOP convention: Fact checking the Ryan speech By Dave Umhoefer• August 30, 2012 Checking Paul Ryan and more at the Republican National Convention By Molly Moorhead• August 30, 2012 Greatest hits from the Tampa and Charlotte conventions By Bill Adair• September 10, 2012 PolitiFact readers tell us what they think By Jim Tharpe• December 21, 2010 Wednesday night at the GOP convention: the running mate and more By Molly Moorhead• August 30, 2012 The tale of a falsehood, minute by minute By Angie Drobnic Holan• December 12, 2012 Fact-checking the State of the Union address By Bill Adair• January 26, 2012 Fact-checking the State of the Union address By Bill Adair• January 25, 2012 Perry calls Obama socialist, sets Truth-O-Meter aflame By Meghan Ashford-Grooms• January 9, 2012 Fact-checking the Obama campaign film By Bill Adair• March 16, 2012 Sunday preview: Ft. Hood, CIA interrogation report and campaign money By Jon Greenberg• April 4, 2014