0 People 24 Fact-checks 25 Articles People (0) Fact-checks (24) Donald Trump stated on August 04, 2023 in a speech in Alabama: “They are trying to make it illegal to question the results of a bad election.” By Amy Sherman• August 9, 2023 National Rifle Association stated on October 04, 2016 in a campaign mailer: Says Patrick Murphy "supports a gun ban on commonly owned semi-automatic firearms used for hunting, recreational shooting and self defense." By Joshua Gillin• October 11, 2016 Bloggers stated on September 26, 2021 in a post: Pathologists found "a host of non-biological components ... in the blood of vaccinated people,” including graphene chips and nanochips. By Monique Curet• October 22, 2021 TikTok posts stated on April 19, 2023 in a video: Video shows Nancy Pelosi saying, “I’ve given a shoot-to-kill order for any breach of the speaker’s lobby,” on Jan. 6, 2021. By Gabrielle Settles• April 21, 2023 Bloggers stated on January 20, 2021 in a blog post: Donald Trump’s letter to Joe Biden said, “You know I won.” By Ciara O'Rourke• January 20, 2021 Facebook posts stated on July 07, 2023 in a Facebook post: Video shows that Attorney General Merrick Garland “cries like kid after Taylor Greene calls out stupid ‘Trump’s Arraignment.’” By Madison Czopek• August 3, 2023 C.W. Bill Young stated on October 17, 2012 in a TV commercial: Says he "opposed $716 billion cut to Medicare." By Katie Sanders• October 30, 2012 Facebook posts stated on October 28, 2021 in a post: “Moderna has been pulled in Iceland and pulled for everyone under age 30 in Finland, Sweden, Norway, Denmark due to heart issues.” By Monique Curet• November 4, 2021 Clay Higgins stated on November 15, 2023 in a congressional hearing: A "ghost bus … filled with FBI informants dressed as Trump supporters deployed onto our Capitol on January 6th.” By Madison Czopek, Amy Sherman• November 21, 2023 Kari Lake stated on March 13, 2022 in an interview with 60 Minutes Australia: Jan. 6 defendants “are being held in prison without being charged.” By Amy Sherman• March 17, 2022 Vivek Ramaswamy stated on December 06, 2023 in the Republican presidential primary debate in Alabama: “Jan. 6 now does look like it was an inside job.” By Amy Sherman• December 7, 2023 Mauro Garza stated on January 24, 2022 in an ad: “They call” Jan. 6 “an insurrection,” but “were FBI agents used as political agitators?" By Tom Kertscher• February 7, 2022 Facebook posts stated on February 02, 2022 in a post: Turkey, Brazil, Britain, Sweden, Spain, Czech Republic, Mexico, El Salvador, Japan and Singapore canceled all COVID-19 quarantine procedures, testing and compulsory vaccination and are considering COVID-19 “just a seasonal flu.” By Monique Curet• February 7, 2022 Benny Johnson stated on June 03, 2023 in a Facebook post: “New tapes” of Nancy Pelosi show that the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol “was all planned.” By Madison Czopek• June 6, 2023 Jack Posobiec stated on August 01, 2023 in a tweet: Judge Tanya Chutkan “is the only federal judge in Washington, D.C., who has sentenced Jan. 6 defendants to sentences longer than the government had requested.” By Madison Czopek• August 2, 2023 Kamala Harris stated on July 17, 2024 in a campaign video: "Unlike Mike Pence, (JD) Vance said he would have carried out Trump's plan to overturn the 2020 election." By Amy Sherman• July 18, 2024 Donald Trump stated on January 22, 2025 in an interview: The U.S. House Select Committee that investigated the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol “deleted and destroyed all of the information that they collected over two years.” By Samantha Putterman, Amy Sherman• January 24, 2025 Donald Trump stated on September 27, 2025 in a Truth Social post: On Jan. 6, 2021, 274 FBI agents were “probably acting as agitators and insurrectionists, but certainly not as ‘law enforcement officials.’” By Samantha Putterman• September 30, 2025 Steve Adler stated on November 19, 2014 in a TWC News debate: "The city of San Antonio reuses almost 40 percent of its water. You know how much the city of Austin reuses? About 5 percent. And that's not right. We can do better." By Dylan Baddour• December 11, 2014 Donald Trump stated on November 22, 2025 in a Truth Social post: “I have just gotten the highest poll numbers of my ‘political career.’” By Louis Jacobson• November 24, 2025 Articles (25) Fact-checking CPAC By Louis Jacobson• February 11, 2011 Read indictment of Donald Trump in Georgia 2020 election case By PolitiFact Staff • August 15, 2023 How new Jan. 6 revelations on Ray Epps, others undercut Tucker Carlson’s FBI conspiracy theory By Bill McCarthy• January 18, 2022 Fact-checking the (possible) presidential candidates By Bill Adair• April 1, 2011 Here are our fact-checks about Ray Epps, who is suing Fox News for defamation over Jan. 6 claims By Jeff Cercone• July 13, 2023 Read all of PolitiFact’s coverage on Donald Trump indictments By PolitiFact Staff • August 1, 2023 Ad watch: Jewish Democratic Council of America says James is 'trafficking in anti-Semitism' By Clara Hendrickson• September 11, 2020 As America watched Jan. 6 hearing, Fox viewers heard Tucker Carlson’s alternate reality By Bill McCarthy• June 10, 2022 There’s still no evidence that the FBI incited the Jan. 6 riot, despite stories claiming otherwise By Samantha Putterman• November 17, 2021 Tucker Carlson parts ways with Fox News. These are some of his most consequential falsehoods. By Madison Czopek• April 24, 2023 How Fox News hosts’ Jan 6 texts, on-air comments told different stories of attack By Bill McCarthy• December 16, 2021 Fact-check: Donald Trump’s false and misleading responses after charges over role in Jan. 6 riot By Samantha Putterman, Maria Ramirez Uribe• August 2, 2023 The FBI didn’t orchestrate Jan. 6, but poll shows the false belief has staying power By Madison Czopek• January 5, 2024 Transcript of Devon Archer testimony doesn’t back key claims about Joe and Hunter Biden By Maria Briceño, Jeff Cercone, Louis Jacobson, Amy Sherman• August 4, 2023 What the indictment about the 2020 election and Jan. 6, 2021, tells us about Donald Trump’s actions By Louis Jacobson, Amy Sherman• August 2, 2023 Analysis: How PolitiFact fact-checked 2024 election claims on vote counting, mail ballots, machines By Jeff Cercone, Loreben Tuquero• November 26, 2024 Prep for the first presidential debate with our guide to Biden, Trump talking points By Louis Jacobson, Amy Sherman• June 20, 2024 The food pyramid was phased out in 2011, but it still gets hate. We looked back at why By Grace Abels• November 7, 2025 Tucker Carlson’s ‘Patriot Purge’ film on Jan. 6 is full of falsehoods, conspiracy theories By Bill McCarthy• November 5, 2021 Texas-reared Rand Paul and the Truth-O-Meter By W. Gardner Selby• April 6, 2015
Donald Trump stated on August 04, 2023 in a speech in Alabama: “They are trying to make it illegal to question the results of a bad election.” By Amy Sherman• August 9, 2023 National Rifle Association stated on October 04, 2016 in a campaign mailer: Says Patrick Murphy "supports a gun ban on commonly owned semi-automatic firearms used for hunting, recreational shooting and self defense." By Joshua Gillin• October 11, 2016 Bloggers stated on September 26, 2021 in a post: Pathologists found "a host of non-biological components ... in the blood of vaccinated people,” including graphene chips and nanochips. By Monique Curet• October 22, 2021 TikTok posts stated on April 19, 2023 in a video: Video shows Nancy Pelosi saying, “I’ve given a shoot-to-kill order for any breach of the speaker’s lobby,” on Jan. 6, 2021. By Gabrielle Settles• April 21, 2023 Bloggers stated on January 20, 2021 in a blog post: Donald Trump’s letter to Joe Biden said, “You know I won.” By Ciara O'Rourke• January 20, 2021 Facebook posts stated on July 07, 2023 in a Facebook post: Video shows that Attorney General Merrick Garland “cries like kid after Taylor Greene calls out stupid ‘Trump’s Arraignment.’” By Madison Czopek• August 3, 2023 C.W. Bill Young stated on October 17, 2012 in a TV commercial: Says he "opposed $716 billion cut to Medicare." By Katie Sanders• October 30, 2012 Facebook posts stated on October 28, 2021 in a post: “Moderna has been pulled in Iceland and pulled for everyone under age 30 in Finland, Sweden, Norway, Denmark due to heart issues.” By Monique Curet• November 4, 2021 Clay Higgins stated on November 15, 2023 in a congressional hearing: A "ghost bus … filled with FBI informants dressed as Trump supporters deployed onto our Capitol on January 6th.” By Madison Czopek, Amy Sherman• November 21, 2023 Kari Lake stated on March 13, 2022 in an interview with 60 Minutes Australia: Jan. 6 defendants “are being held in prison without being charged.” By Amy Sherman• March 17, 2022 Vivek Ramaswamy stated on December 06, 2023 in the Republican presidential primary debate in Alabama: “Jan. 6 now does look like it was an inside job.” By Amy Sherman• December 7, 2023 Mauro Garza stated on January 24, 2022 in an ad: “They call” Jan. 6 “an insurrection,” but “were FBI agents used as political agitators?" By Tom Kertscher• February 7, 2022 Facebook posts stated on February 02, 2022 in a post: Turkey, Brazil, Britain, Sweden, Spain, Czech Republic, Mexico, El Salvador, Japan and Singapore canceled all COVID-19 quarantine procedures, testing and compulsory vaccination and are considering COVID-19 “just a seasonal flu.” By Monique Curet• February 7, 2022 Benny Johnson stated on June 03, 2023 in a Facebook post: “New tapes” of Nancy Pelosi show that the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol “was all planned.” By Madison Czopek• June 6, 2023 Jack Posobiec stated on August 01, 2023 in a tweet: Judge Tanya Chutkan “is the only federal judge in Washington, D.C., who has sentenced Jan. 6 defendants to sentences longer than the government had requested.” By Madison Czopek• August 2, 2023 Kamala Harris stated on July 17, 2024 in a campaign video: "Unlike Mike Pence, (JD) Vance said he would have carried out Trump's plan to overturn the 2020 election." By Amy Sherman• July 18, 2024 Donald Trump stated on January 22, 2025 in an interview: The U.S. House Select Committee that investigated the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol “deleted and destroyed all of the information that they collected over two years.” By Samantha Putterman, Amy Sherman• January 24, 2025 Donald Trump stated on September 27, 2025 in a Truth Social post: On Jan. 6, 2021, 274 FBI agents were “probably acting as agitators and insurrectionists, but certainly not as ‘law enforcement officials.’” By Samantha Putterman• September 30, 2025 Steve Adler stated on November 19, 2014 in a TWC News debate: "The city of San Antonio reuses almost 40 percent of its water. You know how much the city of Austin reuses? About 5 percent. And that's not right. We can do better." By Dylan Baddour• December 11, 2014 Donald Trump stated on November 22, 2025 in a Truth Social post: “I have just gotten the highest poll numbers of my ‘political career.’” By Louis Jacobson• November 24, 2025
Fact-checking CPAC By Louis Jacobson• February 11, 2011 Read indictment of Donald Trump in Georgia 2020 election case By PolitiFact Staff • August 15, 2023 How new Jan. 6 revelations on Ray Epps, others undercut Tucker Carlson’s FBI conspiracy theory By Bill McCarthy• January 18, 2022 Fact-checking the (possible) presidential candidates By Bill Adair• April 1, 2011 Here are our fact-checks about Ray Epps, who is suing Fox News for defamation over Jan. 6 claims By Jeff Cercone• July 13, 2023 Read all of PolitiFact’s coverage on Donald Trump indictments By PolitiFact Staff • August 1, 2023 Ad watch: Jewish Democratic Council of America says James is 'trafficking in anti-Semitism' By Clara Hendrickson• September 11, 2020 As America watched Jan. 6 hearing, Fox viewers heard Tucker Carlson’s alternate reality By Bill McCarthy• June 10, 2022 There’s still no evidence that the FBI incited the Jan. 6 riot, despite stories claiming otherwise By Samantha Putterman• November 17, 2021 Tucker Carlson parts ways with Fox News. These are some of his most consequential falsehoods. By Madison Czopek• April 24, 2023 How Fox News hosts’ Jan 6 texts, on-air comments told different stories of attack By Bill McCarthy• December 16, 2021 Fact-check: Donald Trump’s false and misleading responses after charges over role in Jan. 6 riot By Samantha Putterman, Maria Ramirez Uribe• August 2, 2023 The FBI didn’t orchestrate Jan. 6, but poll shows the false belief has staying power By Madison Czopek• January 5, 2024 Transcript of Devon Archer testimony doesn’t back key claims about Joe and Hunter Biden By Maria Briceño, Jeff Cercone, Louis Jacobson, Amy Sherman• August 4, 2023 What the indictment about the 2020 election and Jan. 6, 2021, tells us about Donald Trump’s actions By Louis Jacobson, Amy Sherman• August 2, 2023 Analysis: How PolitiFact fact-checked 2024 election claims on vote counting, mail ballots, machines By Jeff Cercone, Loreben Tuquero• November 26, 2024 Prep for the first presidential debate with our guide to Biden, Trump talking points By Louis Jacobson, Amy Sherman• June 20, 2024 The food pyramid was phased out in 2011, but it still gets hate. We looked back at why By Grace Abels• November 7, 2025 Tucker Carlson’s ‘Patriot Purge’ film on Jan. 6 is full of falsehoods, conspiracy theories By Bill McCarthy• November 5, 2021 Texas-reared Rand Paul and the Truth-O-Meter By W. Gardner Selby• April 6, 2015
