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Fact-checks (3412)

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
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
Americans for a Strong Defense stated on January 21, 2013 in a television ad:
Says Chuck Hagel has called for "an end to our nuclear program."
By Amy Sherman• January 30, 2013
Roger Williams stated on December 02, 2021 in an email:
"The number of COVID-19 deaths recorded so far in 2021 has surpassed the total for 2020."
By Nusaiba Mizan• January 18, 2022
Mike Gallagher stated on April 12, 2022 in News release:
“Inflation has gone up every month of the Biden presidency and just hit another 40-year high.”
By Laura Schulte• April 22, 2022
X posts stated on July 15, 2021 in a tweet:
“You must give EVERY PENNY” of the advance child tax credit payments back when you file your 2021 taxes.
By Madison Czopek• July 21, 2021
Facebook posts stated on February 11, 2021 in a Facebook post:
Says in February Facebook post that "Britney won."
By Tom Kertscher• July 14, 2021
Cavalier Johnson stated on December 21, 2021 in News release:
“In 2021, 65 people in Milwaukee have lost their lives due to reckless driving accidents, and more than 9,000 cars have been stolen, double the amount in 2020.”
By D.L. Davis• February 4, 2022
Instagram posts stated on October 10, 2021 in an Instagram post:
"The media is pretty quiet about Florida's decline in COVID cases. No mask mandates or vaccine mandates."
By Tom Kertscher• October 15, 2021
Facebook posts stated on March 03, 2024 in Facebook post:
Nancy Pelosi is responsible for Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol.
By Katelyn Ferral• March 13, 2024
Instagram posts stated on November 19, 2023 in an Instagram post:
Videos of Nancy Pelosi from Jan. 6, 2021, show the Capitol attack was staged.
By Sara Swann• November 21, 2023
Sam Brown stated on August 15, 2024 in an X post:
Nevada Sen. Jacky Rosen said the Biden administration did a "tremendous job" on the U.S. military’s Afghanistan withdrawal.
By Seth A. Richardson• September 26, 2024
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
Robert Ortt stated on August 04, 2025 in a statement:
During Gov. Hochul’s tenure, there has been “more crime on our streets.”
By Jill Terreri Ramos• September 27, 2025
Greg Kelly stated on February 08, 2021 in a Newsmax TV segment:
“Only one person died on that day” during the Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol riot.
By Bill McCarthy• February 9, 2021
West Virginia Republican Party stated on August 23, 2022 in a tweet:
“Overdoses reached an all-time high in 2021.”
By Courtney Clingan, Samuel Russ• October 13, 2022
Donald Trump stated on April 04, 2023 in remarks at Mar-a-Lago:
Regarding Trump’s January 2021 telephone call with Georgia election officials, “nobody found anything wrong with that perfect call until a book promotion tour many months later.”
By Amy Sherman• April 5, 2023
Ben Shapiro stated on March 01, 2022 in a YouTube video:
"There is no evidence Biden’s spending produced one job. Nonpartisan projections for job growth in 2021, not including that American Rescue Plan, showed higher job growth than Biden produced.”
By Jeff Cercone• March 9, 2022
Joe Biden stated on February 27, 2023 in An address at the White House:
“We cut Black child poverty in half in 2021 because of the child tax credit.”
By Matthew Crowley• March 22, 2023
Nancy Mace stated on March 30, 2024 in a post on X:
“Since Joe Biden took office, crime has skyrocketed across our country.”
By Louis Jacobson• April 3, 2024

Articles (1223)

2021 Lie of the Year Readers’ Choice poll results

By Angie Drobnic Holan• December 15, 2021

Lie of the Year 2021: Readers' Choice Poll

By Josie Hollingsworth• December 7, 2021

10 types of COVID-19 vaccine misinformation swirling online, fact-checked

By Bill McCarthy• July 26, 2021

Are there 28 new, restrictive voting laws? Not exactly

By Jon Greenberg, Louis Jacobson, Amy Sherman, Miriam Valverde• July 21, 2021

The FBI didn’t orchestrate Jan. 6, but poll shows the false belief has staying power

By Madison Czopek• January 5, 2024

PolitiFact’s top 10 fact-checks of 2021

By Amy Sherman• December 21, 2021

Fact-checking Ted Cruz's 'Real State of the Union'

By Nusaiba Mizan• March 17, 2022

How vaccine passports might work in the US

By Daniel Funke• March 31, 2021

The Jan. 6 Capitol attack: A year of debunking false narratives

By Angie Drobnic Holan• January 4, 2022

What to do with the child tax credit coming monthly starting in July

By Jon Greenberg• June 23, 2021

Tucker Carlson’s ‘Patriot Purge’ film on Jan. 6 is full of falsehoods, conspiracy theories

By Bill McCarthy• November 5, 2021

There’s no proof antifa stormed the Capitol. The rumor spread quickly anyway

By Daniel Funke, Bill McCarthy• January 7, 2021

A far-left group bombed the Capitol in 1983. Here’s how that’s different from the Jan. 6 attack

By Madison Czopek• February 22, 2022

What Joe Biden, Stacey Abrams and Georgia senators said about a MLB boycott

By Amy Sherman• April 21, 2021

Ask PolitiFact: What are some basic facts on the U.S. war in Afghanistan?

By Amy Sherman, Miriam Valverde• August 19, 2021

PolitiFact Mailbag: ‘You were spot on’ about the lies about the Jan. 6 Capitol attack

By Amy Sherman• January 3, 2022

Families of fallen US service members’ emotional moment at RNC, accusations against Joe Biden

By Samantha Putterman• July 18, 2024

WATCH: Lie of the Year 2021

By Kayla Steinberg• December 17, 2021

How Fox News, far-right TV blamed green energy for Texas’ power outages

By Bill McCarthy• February 19, 2021

The facts of a fair US election have only gotten stronger since Capitol attack

By Amy Sherman• January 6, 2022