1 People 51 Fact-checks 50 Articles People (1) Ta-Nehisi Coates Fact-checks (51) Facebook posts stated on December 05, 2021 in Twitter posts: “Dr. Ugur Sahin, CEO of BioNTech and inventor of the BIO N TECH Pfizer jab, refuses to take the jab for safety reasons.” By Becca Schimmel• December 20, 2021 Dan Sebring stated on October 01, 2012 in a radio ad: Says opponent U.S. Rep. Gwen Moore ‘is Wisconsin’s most absent member of Congress, missing nearly 17 percent of the House votes in the second quarter of 2012.’ By James B. Nelson• October 8, 2012 Facebook posts stated on March 15, 2022 in a Facebook post: A recent on-air protest can’t be real because "there are no live on air television broadcasts in Russia. None. Ever.” By Jeff Cercone• March 17, 2022 Ta-Nehisi Coates stated on June 19, 2019 in congressional testimony: "The typical black family in this country has one-tenth the wealth of the typical white family." By Tom Kertscher• July 1, 2019 Joe Biden stated on June 10, 2020 in a USA Today op-ed: “Today, the gap between African American and white homeownership is larger than it was in the late 1960s.” By Miriam Valverde• June 11, 2020 Viral image stated on November 15, 2022 in an Instagram post: “Florida man arrested for using a lost U.S. nuke to power his home for more than 27 years.” By Ciara O'Rourke• November 16, 2022 Bernie Sanders stated on June 26, 2019 in an opinion article: "The wealthiest three families now own more wealth than the bottom half of the country." By Tom Kertscher• July 3, 2019 Michele Bachmann stated on November 16, 2010 in an interview on "Good Morning America.": Small businesses that have "$250,000 in gross sales for the business. They're the ones that are looking at massive tax increases." By Angie Drobnic Holan• November 17, 2010 Michael Moore stated on February 01, 2019 in an interview: "Seventy percent of the American public agree with" Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez "on having the top marginal (tax) rate for the rich" at 70 percent, and "that's a Fox News Poll saying that." By Tom Kertscher• February 6, 2019 Michelle Malkin stated on March 07, 2012 in her column.: Says Gloria Steinem once called Kay Bailey Hutchison a "female impersonator." By Sue Owen• March 29, 2012 Mike DeWine stated on October 20, 2018 in an ad: "During the Strickland-Cordray era, taxes were raised by $800 million and Ohio lost 400,000 jobs." By Amy Sherman• October 29, 2018 Facebook posts stated on August 21, 2024 in a Facebook post: Beyoncé and Taylor Swift announced a “big endorsement concert” and said, “No more silence, before it’s too late, our voice must be heard now!” By Ciara O'Rourke• August 28, 2024 Threads posts stated on September 30, 2024 in a Threads post: Says Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz was “banned from future games for flipping off the fans.” By Ciara O'Rourke• October 11, 2024 Facebook posts stated on March 16, 2022 in a Facebook post: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy wore a Nazi cross symbol. By Samantha Putterman• March 25, 2022 Instagram posts stated on September 09, 2024 in a post: Video shows Tim Walz “falsely claims that being gay in Nebraska is ‘illegal’" By Grace Abels• September 11, 2024 David Cicilline stated on June 14, 2011 in a speech on the floor of the House of Representatives: The WIC program "is an incredibly cost effective program, serving nearly 10 million Americans each year and costing less than $100 per person. In my district, more than 18 percent of residents suffer from food insecurity and depend on WIC to make ends meet." By C. Eugene Emery Jr.• June 26, 2011 Maria Bartiromo stated on January 22, 2019 in in an interview: "According to the Tax Foundation, the top 10 percent of earners already pay almost 80 percent of all taxes." By John Kruzel• January 24, 2019 Betsy Miller-Jones stated on April 04, 2014 in a newsletter: "Did you know that in 2013 over 50 percent of all babies born in Oregon were Hispanic?" By Dana Tims• April 17, 2014 Instagram posts stated on November 05, 2022 in a post: Delayed election results are proof of fraud. By Jill Terreri Ramos• November 8, 2022 Viral image stated on June 20, 2019 in a post on Facebook: "The first slaves shipped to the American Colonies in 1619 were 100 white children from Ireland." By Ciara O'Rourke• June 28, 2019 Articles (50) On International Fact-Checking Day, PolitiFact explains the truth in Trump’s tariffs agenda By Katie Sanders• April 2, 2025 Is the proof in the polling? By Martha M. Hamilton• April 25, 2011 Checking Austin taxes, affordability and a claim about a Rick Perry Republican lobbyist By W. Gardner Selby• May 9, 2012 PolitiFact Florida’s Top 5 fact-checks for October 2015 By Joshua Gillin, Amy Sherman• November 5, 2015 Leffingwell and fellow Austin City Council incumbents victorious By W. Gardner Selby• May 13, 2012 Democrats tell half the story on 23 percent sales tax By Robert Farley• October 15, 2010 PolitiFact Wisconsin's 'High Five' for March 2019 By D.L. Davis• April 3, 2019 John Kasich's victory culminates Truth-O-Meter-taxing campaign By Robert Higgs• November 3, 2010 Checking Paul Ryan and more at the Republican National Convention By Molly Moorhead• August 30, 2012 Wednesday night at the GOP convention: the running mate and more By Molly Moorhead• August 30, 2012 Donald Trump has floated big tariffs. What could the impact be? By Louis Jacobson• June 21, 2016 Did a pro-Palestinian group breach FL terrorism law? Why some experts are skeptical of DeSantis’ ban By Samantha Putterman• November 3, 2023 High 5: Most-clicked in May dominated by taxes, guns and a Pants on Fire By Tom Kertscher• June 4, 2018 Protests renew call for reparations for African Americans By Amy Sherman• June 18, 2020 Joe Biden's 2023 State of the Union: How to watch, what he'll talk about, who's responding By Ellen Hine• February 6, 2023 Ad Watch: One of Donald Trump’s closing ads uses deceptively edited news stories to mislead By Louis Jacobson• October 30, 2024 Talk of Donald Sterling, Benghazi on tap for May 4 Sunday shows By Katie Sanders• May 2, 2014 Donald Trump says tariffs will make America rich again. Economists disagree By Louis Jacobson• December 17, 2018 Back-to-back Pants on Fire By Tom Kertscher• May 21, 2018 Explaining Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's 70 percent marginal tax rate idea By Louis Jacobson• January 8, 2019
Facebook posts stated on December 05, 2021 in Twitter posts: “Dr. Ugur Sahin, CEO of BioNTech and inventor of the BIO N TECH Pfizer jab, refuses to take the jab for safety reasons.” By Becca Schimmel• December 20, 2021 Dan Sebring stated on October 01, 2012 in a radio ad: Says opponent U.S. Rep. Gwen Moore ‘is Wisconsin’s most absent member of Congress, missing nearly 17 percent of the House votes in the second quarter of 2012.’ By James B. Nelson• October 8, 2012 Facebook posts stated on March 15, 2022 in a Facebook post: A recent on-air protest can’t be real because "there are no live on air television broadcasts in Russia. None. Ever.” By Jeff Cercone• March 17, 2022 Ta-Nehisi Coates stated on June 19, 2019 in congressional testimony: "The typical black family in this country has one-tenth the wealth of the typical white family." By Tom Kertscher• July 1, 2019 Joe Biden stated on June 10, 2020 in a USA Today op-ed: “Today, the gap between African American and white homeownership is larger than it was in the late 1960s.” By Miriam Valverde• June 11, 2020 Viral image stated on November 15, 2022 in an Instagram post: “Florida man arrested for using a lost U.S. nuke to power his home for more than 27 years.” By Ciara O'Rourke• November 16, 2022 Bernie Sanders stated on June 26, 2019 in an opinion article: "The wealthiest three families now own more wealth than the bottom half of the country." By Tom Kertscher• July 3, 2019 Michele Bachmann stated on November 16, 2010 in an interview on "Good Morning America.": Small businesses that have "$250,000 in gross sales for the business. They're the ones that are looking at massive tax increases." By Angie Drobnic Holan• November 17, 2010 Michael Moore stated on February 01, 2019 in an interview: "Seventy percent of the American public agree with" Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez "on having the top marginal (tax) rate for the rich" at 70 percent, and "that's a Fox News Poll saying that." By Tom Kertscher• February 6, 2019 Michelle Malkin stated on March 07, 2012 in her column.: Says Gloria Steinem once called Kay Bailey Hutchison a "female impersonator." By Sue Owen• March 29, 2012 Mike DeWine stated on October 20, 2018 in an ad: "During the Strickland-Cordray era, taxes were raised by $800 million and Ohio lost 400,000 jobs." By Amy Sherman• October 29, 2018 Facebook posts stated on August 21, 2024 in a Facebook post: Beyoncé and Taylor Swift announced a “big endorsement concert” and said, “No more silence, before it’s too late, our voice must be heard now!” By Ciara O'Rourke• August 28, 2024 Threads posts stated on September 30, 2024 in a Threads post: Says Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz was “banned from future games for flipping off the fans.” By Ciara O'Rourke• October 11, 2024 Facebook posts stated on March 16, 2022 in a Facebook post: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy wore a Nazi cross symbol. By Samantha Putterman• March 25, 2022 Instagram posts stated on September 09, 2024 in a post: Video shows Tim Walz “falsely claims that being gay in Nebraska is ‘illegal’" By Grace Abels• September 11, 2024 David Cicilline stated on June 14, 2011 in a speech on the floor of the House of Representatives: The WIC program "is an incredibly cost effective program, serving nearly 10 million Americans each year and costing less than $100 per person. In my district, more than 18 percent of residents suffer from food insecurity and depend on WIC to make ends meet." By C. Eugene Emery Jr.• June 26, 2011 Maria Bartiromo stated on January 22, 2019 in in an interview: "According to the Tax Foundation, the top 10 percent of earners already pay almost 80 percent of all taxes." By John Kruzel• January 24, 2019 Betsy Miller-Jones stated on April 04, 2014 in a newsletter: "Did you know that in 2013 over 50 percent of all babies born in Oregon were Hispanic?" By Dana Tims• April 17, 2014 Instagram posts stated on November 05, 2022 in a post: Delayed election results are proof of fraud. By Jill Terreri Ramos• November 8, 2022 Viral image stated on June 20, 2019 in a post on Facebook: "The first slaves shipped to the American Colonies in 1619 were 100 white children from Ireland." By Ciara O'Rourke• June 28, 2019
On International Fact-Checking Day, PolitiFact explains the truth in Trump’s tariffs agenda By Katie Sanders• April 2, 2025 Is the proof in the polling? By Martha M. Hamilton• April 25, 2011 Checking Austin taxes, affordability and a claim about a Rick Perry Republican lobbyist By W. Gardner Selby• May 9, 2012 PolitiFact Florida’s Top 5 fact-checks for October 2015 By Joshua Gillin, Amy Sherman• November 5, 2015 Leffingwell and fellow Austin City Council incumbents victorious By W. Gardner Selby• May 13, 2012 Democrats tell half the story on 23 percent sales tax By Robert Farley• October 15, 2010 PolitiFact Wisconsin's 'High Five' for March 2019 By D.L. Davis• April 3, 2019 John Kasich's victory culminates Truth-O-Meter-taxing campaign By Robert Higgs• November 3, 2010 Checking Paul Ryan and more at the Republican National Convention By Molly Moorhead• August 30, 2012 Wednesday night at the GOP convention: the running mate and more By Molly Moorhead• August 30, 2012 Donald Trump has floated big tariffs. What could the impact be? By Louis Jacobson• June 21, 2016 Did a pro-Palestinian group breach FL terrorism law? Why some experts are skeptical of DeSantis’ ban By Samantha Putterman• November 3, 2023 High 5: Most-clicked in May dominated by taxes, guns and a Pants on Fire By Tom Kertscher• June 4, 2018 Protests renew call for reparations for African Americans By Amy Sherman• June 18, 2020 Joe Biden's 2023 State of the Union: How to watch, what he'll talk about, who's responding By Ellen Hine• February 6, 2023 Ad Watch: One of Donald Trump’s closing ads uses deceptively edited news stories to mislead By Louis Jacobson• October 30, 2024 Talk of Donald Sterling, Benghazi on tap for May 4 Sunday shows By Katie Sanders• May 2, 2014 Donald Trump says tariffs will make America rich again. Economists disagree By Louis Jacobson• December 17, 2018 Back-to-back Pants on Fire By Tom Kertscher• May 21, 2018 Explaining Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's 70 percent marginal tax rate idea By Louis Jacobson• January 8, 2019
