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Nancy Mace stated on February 20, 2025 in an X post:

“You either have XX or XY chromosomes. Those are the options.”

By Grace Abels• February 21, 2025

Facebook posts stated on June 30, 2020 in a Facebook post:

Says Democratic leaders aren’t wearing masks or social distancing in private

By Eric Litke• July 8, 2020

Ron Paul stated on February 28, 2012 in a campaign commercial:

Says Rick Santorum "funded Planned Parenthood."

By Molly Moorhead• March 1, 2012

Rick Perry stated on May 19, 2014 in a letter to President Barack Obama:

Since 2000, Texas has reduced "harmful pollutants in the air like nitrogen oxide by 62.5 percent, and ozone by 23 percent--a reduction that is 12 percent greater than the national average."

By W. Gardner Selby• May 26, 2014

Michele Bachmann stated on October 11, 2011 in Republican presidential primary debate:

"Our government right now. . . (is) spending 40 percent more than what we take in."

By Molly Moorhead• October 12, 2011

Antonio Villaraigosa stated on December 08, 2016 in an op-ed :

"California is once again the sixth-largest economy in the world. If you add the GDP’s of Washington and Oregon, California would surpass the United Kingdom to become the fifth-largest economy in the world."

By Chris Nichols• December 15, 2016

Robert Duffy stated on August 19, 2016 in an op-ed in the Rochester Business Journal:

If upstate New York split from downstate "the economic indicators of upstate New York would be among the lowest in the country."

By Dan Clark• September 16, 2016

Donald Trump stated on August 21, 2018 in a rally in Charleston, W.Va.:

"A few months ago, it hit where West Virginia is, on a per capita basis, one of the most successful (gross domestic product) states in our union."

By Warren Sterling• August 31, 2018

Donald Trump stated on October 14, 2015 in a speech.:

"We have the highest tax rate anywhere in the world."

By Warren Fiske, Louis Jacobson• October 20, 2015

Maria Sachs stated on October 01, 2013 in a press conference at AutoNation in Fort Lauderdale:

"In 2011, texting surpassed alcohol as the leading contributing factor in teen driving deaths."

By Rochelle Koff• October 29, 2013

Bloggers stated on October 04, 2019 in posts on the Internet:

"Nancy Pelosi's Son Paul Jr. Was Exec at 'Ukraine-Based Gas Company,' Similar to Hunter Biden"

By Daniel Funke, Louis Jacobson• January 17, 2020

Instagram posts stated on June 19, 2022 in an Instagram post:

The Clintons and Bushes were “involved in orchestrating the assassination of JFK Jr.”

By Ciara O'Rourke• June 28, 2022

Threads posts stated on October 28, 2024 in a Threads post:

Says Donald Trump Jr. “has a banner photo of Joe Biden being hung from a helicopter.”

By Ciara O'Rourke• November 5, 2024

Joni Ernst stated on October 11, 2014 in a debate:

"Iowa has the fourth fastest-growing personal income in the United States, while nationally, the real wage has decreased over the past eight years that Congressman (Bruce) Braley has been there by 2.7 percent."

By Louis Jacobson• October 15, 2014

Facebook posts stated on March 18, 2025 in a post on Facebook:

Files reveal that John F. Kennedy Jr. wrote a 1994 letter calling then-Sen. Joe Biden “a traitor” before Kennedy’s 1999 death.

By Madison Czopek• March 20, 2025

Donald Trump Jr. stated on June 18, 2020 in an episode of Triggered with President Donald Trump:

Says Osama bin Laden endorsed Joe Biden

By Jon Greenberg• June 19, 2020

President Trump's lawyers stated on January 29, 2018 in a memo:

Say President Donald Trump "dictated a short but accurate response to the New York Times article" about the Trump Tower meeting with Russians.

By Louis Jacobson• June 7, 2018

Charlotte Bergmann stated on January 10, 2012 in a campaign billboard along I-240.:

"Martin Luther King Jr. was a Republican."

By Bartholomew Sullivan• January 23, 2012

Viral image stated on August 14, 2022 in a Facebook post:

Donald Trump Jr. tweeted, “While my father loves almost all his supporters, please do not come to Mar-a-Lago to support President Trump. We have many important people coming through the club and need to keep it clean.”

By Ciara O'Rourke• August 15, 2022

Viral image stated on August 28, 2021 in a Facebook post:

Says the Tampa Bay Buccaneers owner paid for a Wall Street Journal ad critical of the president.

By Ciara O'Rourke• September 10, 2021

Jon Stewart: "What has you, governor, fed up?"

By • November 9, 2010

RFK Jr. is suspending his 2024 presidential bid. Here are 6 fact-checks from his campaign

By Madison Czopek• August 23, 2024

A timeline of the shifting accounts of Trump Tower meeting with Russian lawyer

By John Kruzel• July 14, 2017

What legal experts say about Donald Trump Jr. meeting with Russian lawyer

By John Kruzel• July 11, 2017

3 times Trump team changed its story on Russia

By John Kruzel• August 3, 2017

David Simpson says agent went through airport scanners undetected

By W. Gardner Selby• February 27, 2012

Hank Williams Jr. saying Obama a Muslim prompted No. 5 favorite fact check

By W. Gardner Selby• December 25, 2012

PolitiFact Texas Mailbag: ‘Really, how stupid can you people get?’

By W. Gardner Selby• December 11, 2015

Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s campaign of conspiracy theories: PolitiFact’s 2023 Lie of the Year

By Madison Czopek, Katie Sanders• December 21, 2023

What is Ken Paxton accused of that is leading to his impeachment trial in Texas?

By Philip Jankowski• August 31, 2023

5 questions about opposition research and Russia

By Louis Jacobson• July 12, 2017

No, Martin Luther King was not a Republican

By Bill Adair• February 1, 2012

MLK, Romney and the GOP

By W. Gardner Selby• January 18, 2013

Here is PolitiFact readers’ pick for 2023 Lie of the Year

By Ellen Hine• December 21, 2023

Fact-checking Donald Trump’s comments about campaign meeting with Russian lawyer

By John Kruzel• July 13, 2017

Was the Trump Tower meeting with Russian lawyer ‘totally legal,’ as Trump said?

By John Kruzel• August 7, 2018

Repeated: Martin Luther King was a Republican

By W. Gardner Selby• January 30, 2012

Can RFK Jr. ban COVID-19 vaccines? What to know about federal rules around the process

By Madison Czopek• August 27, 2025

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. sued PolitiFact’s owner in 2020 over flu vaccine fact-check

By Aaron Sharockman• December 21, 2023

Live: Fact-checking Trump Cabinet confirmation hearings for Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

By Madison Czopek, Samantha Putterman• January 29, 2025