0 People 22 Fact-checks 17 Articles People (0) Fact-checks (22) Barack Obama stated on September 07, 2014 in an interview on "Meet the Press.": Says his comment about extremists being a JV team "wasn’t specifically referring to" Islamic State. By Steve Contorno• September 7, 2014 Facebook posts stated on December 23, 2021 in Facebook posts: Pfizer made $37 billion in profit in its last quarter. By Becca Schimmel• January 7, 2022 Facebook posts stated on November 13, 2019 in a Facebook post: Says President Trump donated his "second quarter salary to rebuild military cemeteries" and that the media ignored it and every other story of him donating his salary as POTUS. By Samantha Putterman• November 14, 2019 Donald Trump stated on March 10, 2016 in the Miami GOP debate.: "GDP was zero essentially for the last two quarters." By Linda Qiu• March 11, 2016 Thom Tillis stated on September 30, 2014 in a campaign ad: Says Sen. Kay Hagan "has missed half of the (Senate Armed Services) Committee's hearings in 2014." By Steve Contorno• October 2, 2014 X posts stated on August 28, 2024 in an X post: C-SPAN captions for a JD Vance speech said, “Single person clapping.” By Ciara O'Rourke• August 30, 2024 Michael Hayden stated on September 14, 2014 in comments on "Fox News Sunday": "The president referred to the Syrian opposition just a few months ago as pharmacists and doctors, and so on." By Steve Contorno• September 14, 2014 Ben Rhodes stated on November 15, 2015 in comments on ABC's "This Week": When President Barack Obama said ISIS, or ISIL, was contained, he "was responding very specifically to the geographic expansion of ISIL in Iraq and Syria." By Lauren Carroll• November 15, 2015 Jeb Bush stated on May 20, 2015 in a roundtable in New Hampshire: "ISIS didn't exist when my brother was president. Al-Qaida in Iraq was wiped out when my brother was president." By Amy Sherman• May 28, 2015 Terry McAuliffe stated on March 21, 2016 in an interview: "Virginia now is the number one exporter of (agricultural) products to Cuba. We have now jumped to number one." By Sean Gorman• March 24, 2016 Facebook posts stated on October 13, 2021 in a Facebook post: "Southwest Airlines announce they will no longer terminate employees over the mandate." By Andy Nguyen• October 22, 2021 Michael Burgess stated on July 15, 2011 in a statement.: Says stores will be barred from selling 100-watt light bulbs as of 2012. By W. Gardner Selby• July 28, 2011 Jim Sullivan stated on January 31, 2011 in a meeting with Journal Sentinel reporters and editors: When the Milwaukee County mental health facility is full, "cops sit out there in their squad cars with a mentally ill patient" and sometimes "spend an entire shift out there doing that." By Tom Kertscher• February 10, 2011 Darin LaHood stated on August 24, 2020 in a TV interview: “The post office right now, this year, is operating with about a $12 billion surplus.” By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller, Deborah Wilber• September 6, 2020 Facebook posts stated on December 29, 2019 in a social media post: "Elaine Chao BUSTED Sending $97 Million Contract To Help Mitch McConnell Win Reelection." By Tom Kertscher• January 9, 2020 Donald Trump stated on January 04, 2016 in a television ad: A Trump television ad shows Mexicans swarming over "our southern border." By C. Eugene Emery Jr., Louis Jacobson• January 4, 2016 Ted Cruz stated on October 19, 2025 in an X post: Democrats are “dishonestly sending around a video from 2017” claiming it was an Oct. 18 ‘No Kings’ rally in Boston. By Louis Jacobson, Loreben Tuquero• October 20, 2025 Marco Rubio stated on November 04, 2009 in his campaign Web site: "Fifty-seven" of Rubio's 100 ideas "ultimately became law." By Aaron Sharockman• February 26, 2010 West Virginians For Health Freedom stated on August 29, 2025 in a billboard in Morgantown, W.Va.: “Vaccine makers are exempt from all liability for vaccine injury and death.” By Natalie Ribar• October 15, 2025 X posts stated on October 26, 2025 in a post on X: Video shows Hurricane Melissa hitting Jamaica on Oct. 26, 2025. By Maria Briceño• October 27, 2025 Articles (17) Top 5 most popular fact-checks for September 2014 By Angie Drobnic Holan• October 1, 2014 2014 Readers' Poll results By Angie Drobnic Holan• December 15, 2014 Mailbag: Lie of the Year edition By Louis Jacobson• December 22, 2014 PunditFact fact-checks the Sept. 7 news shows By Steve Contorno, Linda Qiu• September 7, 2014 Fact-checking the Sept. 7 news shows By Steve Contorno, Linda Qiu• September 7, 2014 Fact-checking the latest claims about the Islamic State By Angie Drobnic Holan, Katie Sanders• September 11, 2014 A family budget is often invoked in U.S. debt fights. Just how similar is it to a federal budget? By Louis Jacobson• May 17, 2023 Previewing the North Carolina U.S. Senate debate By Bill Adair• October 6, 2014 What do we know about a smuggling network affiliated with the Islamic State group? By Maria Ramirez Uribe• January 9, 2025 Oil companies talk about low-carbon projects. How much do they spend on them? By Jon Greenberg• November 8, 2021 The Readers' Choice poll: Comments from readers By Steve Contorno• December 18, 2014 PunditFact fact-checks the Sept. 14 news shows By Steve Contorno, Katie Sanders, Aaron Sharockman• September 14, 2014 Fact-checking the Sept. 14 news shows By Steve Contorno, Katie Sanders, Aaron Sharockman• September 14, 2014 Fact-checking the Democratic debate in Detroit, night two By PolitiFact Staff • July 31, 2019 The third night of the 2016 Republican National Convention, fact-checked By Allison Graves, Neelesh Moorthy• July 20, 2016 Timeline of Michael Flynn's turn, from Trump aide to Mueller witness By John Kruzel• December 5, 2018 Russia, Trump, Turkey: Detailing Michael Flynn's fall By John Kruzel• May 23, 2017
Barack Obama stated on September 07, 2014 in an interview on "Meet the Press.": Says his comment about extremists being a JV team "wasn’t specifically referring to" Islamic State. By Steve Contorno• September 7, 2014 Facebook posts stated on December 23, 2021 in Facebook posts: Pfizer made $37 billion in profit in its last quarter. By Becca Schimmel• January 7, 2022 Facebook posts stated on November 13, 2019 in a Facebook post: Says President Trump donated his "second quarter salary to rebuild military cemeteries" and that the media ignored it and every other story of him donating his salary as POTUS. By Samantha Putterman• November 14, 2019 Donald Trump stated on March 10, 2016 in the Miami GOP debate.: "GDP was zero essentially for the last two quarters." By Linda Qiu• March 11, 2016 Thom Tillis stated on September 30, 2014 in a campaign ad: Says Sen. Kay Hagan "has missed half of the (Senate Armed Services) Committee's hearings in 2014." By Steve Contorno• October 2, 2014 X posts stated on August 28, 2024 in an X post: C-SPAN captions for a JD Vance speech said, “Single person clapping.” By Ciara O'Rourke• August 30, 2024 Michael Hayden stated on September 14, 2014 in comments on "Fox News Sunday": "The president referred to the Syrian opposition just a few months ago as pharmacists and doctors, and so on." By Steve Contorno• September 14, 2014 Ben Rhodes stated on November 15, 2015 in comments on ABC's "This Week": When President Barack Obama said ISIS, or ISIL, was contained, he "was responding very specifically to the geographic expansion of ISIL in Iraq and Syria." By Lauren Carroll• November 15, 2015 Jeb Bush stated on May 20, 2015 in a roundtable in New Hampshire: "ISIS didn't exist when my brother was president. Al-Qaida in Iraq was wiped out when my brother was president." By Amy Sherman• May 28, 2015 Terry McAuliffe stated on March 21, 2016 in an interview: "Virginia now is the number one exporter of (agricultural) products to Cuba. We have now jumped to number one." By Sean Gorman• March 24, 2016 Facebook posts stated on October 13, 2021 in a Facebook post: "Southwest Airlines announce they will no longer terminate employees over the mandate." By Andy Nguyen• October 22, 2021 Michael Burgess stated on July 15, 2011 in a statement.: Says stores will be barred from selling 100-watt light bulbs as of 2012. By W. Gardner Selby• July 28, 2011 Jim Sullivan stated on January 31, 2011 in a meeting with Journal Sentinel reporters and editors: When the Milwaukee County mental health facility is full, "cops sit out there in their squad cars with a mentally ill patient" and sometimes "spend an entire shift out there doing that." By Tom Kertscher• February 10, 2011 Darin LaHood stated on August 24, 2020 in a TV interview: “The post office right now, this year, is operating with about a $12 billion surplus.” By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller, Deborah Wilber• September 6, 2020 Facebook posts stated on December 29, 2019 in a social media post: "Elaine Chao BUSTED Sending $97 Million Contract To Help Mitch McConnell Win Reelection." By Tom Kertscher• January 9, 2020 Donald Trump stated on January 04, 2016 in a television ad: A Trump television ad shows Mexicans swarming over "our southern border." By C. Eugene Emery Jr., Louis Jacobson• January 4, 2016 Ted Cruz stated on October 19, 2025 in an X post: Democrats are “dishonestly sending around a video from 2017” claiming it was an Oct. 18 ‘No Kings’ rally in Boston. By Louis Jacobson, Loreben Tuquero• October 20, 2025 Marco Rubio stated on November 04, 2009 in his campaign Web site: "Fifty-seven" of Rubio's 100 ideas "ultimately became law." By Aaron Sharockman• February 26, 2010 West Virginians For Health Freedom stated on August 29, 2025 in a billboard in Morgantown, W.Va.: “Vaccine makers are exempt from all liability for vaccine injury and death.” By Natalie Ribar• October 15, 2025 X posts stated on October 26, 2025 in a post on X: Video shows Hurricane Melissa hitting Jamaica on Oct. 26, 2025. By Maria Briceño• October 27, 2025
Top 5 most popular fact-checks for September 2014 By Angie Drobnic Holan• October 1, 2014 2014 Readers' Poll results By Angie Drobnic Holan• December 15, 2014 Mailbag: Lie of the Year edition By Louis Jacobson• December 22, 2014 PunditFact fact-checks the Sept. 7 news shows By Steve Contorno, Linda Qiu• September 7, 2014 Fact-checking the Sept. 7 news shows By Steve Contorno, Linda Qiu• September 7, 2014 Fact-checking the latest claims about the Islamic State By Angie Drobnic Holan, Katie Sanders• September 11, 2014 A family budget is often invoked in U.S. debt fights. Just how similar is it to a federal budget? By Louis Jacobson• May 17, 2023 Previewing the North Carolina U.S. Senate debate By Bill Adair• October 6, 2014 What do we know about a smuggling network affiliated with the Islamic State group? By Maria Ramirez Uribe• January 9, 2025 Oil companies talk about low-carbon projects. How much do they spend on them? By Jon Greenberg• November 8, 2021 The Readers' Choice poll: Comments from readers By Steve Contorno• December 18, 2014 PunditFact fact-checks the Sept. 14 news shows By Steve Contorno, Katie Sanders, Aaron Sharockman• September 14, 2014 Fact-checking the Sept. 14 news shows By Steve Contorno, Katie Sanders, Aaron Sharockman• September 14, 2014 Fact-checking the Democratic debate in Detroit, night two By PolitiFact Staff • July 31, 2019 The third night of the 2016 Republican National Convention, fact-checked By Allison Graves, Neelesh Moorthy• July 20, 2016 Timeline of Michael Flynn's turn, from Trump aide to Mueller witness By John Kruzel• December 5, 2018 Russia, Trump, Turkey: Detailing Michael Flynn's fall By John Kruzel• May 23, 2017
