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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

Threads posts stated on August 02, 2024 in a Threads post:

“Mike Tyson says he’s willing to box Olympic DUDE with all proceeds to go to a battered women’s charity.”

By Ciara O'Rourke• August 9, 2024

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

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

X posts stated on January 21, 2025 in a post:

“Under Trump's executive order, every single person in America is now legally classified as female.”

By Grace Abels• January 29, 2025

Don Young stated on October 22, 2014 in a speech in Alaska:

Suicide comes from federal government largesse "saying you are not worth anything but you are going to get something for nothing."

By Louis Jacobson• October 27, 2014

Barack Obama stated on November 02, 2011 in a campaign ad:

"Because of Barack Obama 32 million new people will have healthcare."

By Molly Moorhead• November 2, 2011

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

Brian Tyler Cohen stated on May 03, 2023 in a Facebook post:

House Speaker “Kevin McCarthy has quietly implemented a pay raise for members (of Congress) that could be $30,000+ per person. It circumvents the Constitution by instead reimbursing their rent, utilities, & meals.”

By Louis Jacobson• May 11, 2023

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

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

Claims about Algerian boxer Imane Khelif’s Olympic boxing eligibility lack context

By Loreben Tuquero• August 2, 2024

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

By W. Gardner Selby• December 11, 2015

PolitiFact: Donald Trump returns to Butler, Pennsylvania, site of first assassination attempt

By Loreben Tuquero• October 6, 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

Federal spending on old and young, by the numbers

By Louis Jacobson• January 28, 2013

Medicare and Social Security: What you paid compared with what you get

By Louis Jacobson• February 1, 2013