0 People 401 Fact-checks 107 Articles People (0) Fact-checks (401) Donald Trump stated on March 21, 2016 in a press conference: "Out of 67 counties (in Florida), I won 66, which is unprecedented. It's never happened before." By Joshua Gillin• March 24, 2016 Joe Biden stated on August 23, 2008 in Springfield, Ill.: "There's only four senators senior to me ... there's still 44 older than me." By Kathryn A. Wolfe• August 27, 2008 Brendan Doherty stated on October 16, 2012 in a TV debate: Massachusetts Sen. Scott Brown shows someone can be bipartisan in Congress because he "votes about 66 percent with his own party." By C. Eugene Emery Jr.• October 18, 2012 Viral image stated on July 03, 2018 in a meme shared on the Internet: "More than 66% of ALL births in California are to illegals on Medi-Cal." By Louis Jacobson• July 5, 2018 Jefferson Smith stated on November 21, 2011 in an interview.: Says "we got a chance to pass what I think is Oregon's first human trafficking bill which has increased by 66 percent the calls to the human trafficking hotline." By Ian K. Kullgren• March 22, 2012 Rudy Giuliani stated on May 31, 2007 in New York, N.Y.: "Fifty-six percent decline in overall crime. A 73 percent decline in motor-vehicle theft. A 67 percent decline in robbery. A 66 percent decline in murder. This is way beyond what happened in the nation during this period of time. By Wes Allison• October 26, 2007 Jason Smith stated on November 09, 2018 in a tweet: "In fact 7 out of 10 new jobs in America are created by small businesses." By Titus Wu• November 19, 2018 Scott Rigell stated on October 04, 2010 in a TV ad: Says Glenn Nye voted "in lock step with Nancy Pelosi" 83 percent of the time. By Wes Hester• October 25, 2010 Viral image stated on December 07, 2022 in an Instagram post: Fluctuating Georgia U.S. Senate runoff vote count is evidence of election fraud. By Ciara O'Rourke• December 9, 2022 Elizabeth Warren stated on September 26, 2015 in a speech: Student loans from the federal government issued between 2007 and 2012 are on target "to produce $66 billion in profits for the United States government." By Tom Kertscher• October 1, 2015 Lamar Smith stated on January 20, 2012 in an opinion column.: "Illegal counterfeiting and piracy costs the U.S. economy $100 billion... every year." By W. Gardner Selby• February 6, 2012 Citizens for Sanity stated on November 02, 2022 in an ad: President Joe Biden and Democrats "send a fortune to Ukraine but nothing for our children." By Louis Jacobson• November 3, 2022 Claire McCaskill stated on February 14, 2017 in a press release on her website: Small businesses "create two out of every three American jobs." By Austin Hough• March 18, 2017 Gordon Hintz stated on November 21, 2017 in an interview: Wisconsin's Lincoln Hills youth prison has a "66 percent recidivism rate," while "states like Missouri, that have more of a regional model -- 8 percent." By Tom Kertscher• December 6, 2017 John Barrow stated on April 05, 2013 in a letter: Congress has spent 66 of the first 100 days of this term in recess. By Eric Stirgus• April 22, 2013 Don Willett stated on May 13, 2016 in the majority Texas Supreme Court opinion in Texas school finance case: Before 2005, "the percentage of" Texas high school "students meeting the college readiness standards of the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board stood at 28% in English and 42% in math. Those figures stood at 65% and 66% in 2013." By W. Gardner Selby• May 20, 2016 Tony Evers stated on October 04, 2017 in a video: "Job creation fell by 70 percent in Wisconsin in 2016" under Scott Walker. By Tom Kertscher• October 18, 2017 Thom Tillis stated on May 19, 2017 in a press release supporting the Back The Blue Act of 2017: "Last year was one of the deadliest years ever for law enforcement officers." By Will Doran• May 23, 2017 West Virginia Republican Party stated on August 27, 2019 in a tweet: "Women’s unemployment has been lower under President Trump than it’s been in nearly 70 years." By Caroline Cassedy, Karli Celestin• September 26, 2019 Bernie Sanders stated on September 12, 2019 in comments during the Democratic presidential primary debate in Houston: "Was it 150 million people on private insurance? 50 million of those people lose their private insurance every year when they quit their jobs, or they go unemployed, or their employer changes their insurance policy." By Emmarie Huetteman• September 13, 2019 Articles (107) Top 5 for PolitiFact Florida in March 2016 By Amy Sherman• April 4, 2016 How unusual is the turnover among top Trump administration officials? 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By Tim Murphy• July 5, 2013 Bill Clinton sets the stage for President Obama By Janel Davis• September 6, 2012 Truth (and some stretching) on health care By Becky Bowers• March 27, 2012 Fact-checking a Hillary Clinton speech in Milwaukee By Tom Kertscher• March 30, 2016 The COVID-19 relief package: Where the money goes By Jon Greenberg• March 19, 2021 Fact-checking the Feb. 16 news shows By Aaron Sharockman• February 16, 2014 Some research suggests Biden’s school reopening goal has already been achieved By Ciara O'Rourke• February 25, 2021 "Born alive" votes fuel abortion fight By Angie Drobnic Holan• October 9, 2008 Testing Ryan and the Texas GOP By Sue Owen• August 12, 2012 PunditFact fact-checks the Sunday Feb. 16 news shows By Aaron Sharockman• February 16, 2014 Increase in murders by immigrants in Tulsa? By Jon Greenberg• March 20, 2018 Who is Ambassador William Taylor? By Bill McCarthy• November 12, 2019 Fact-checking Barack Obama By Angie Drobnic Holan• July 21, 2011 Fact-checking Jeff Brandes vs. Jim Frishe in the state Senate GOP primary By Katie Sanders• July 23, 2012 Startling claims spring from debate on elections bills By John Bartosek• April 26, 2011
Donald Trump stated on March 21, 2016 in a press conference: "Out of 67 counties (in Florida), I won 66, which is unprecedented. It's never happened before." By Joshua Gillin• March 24, 2016 Joe Biden stated on August 23, 2008 in Springfield, Ill.: "There's only four senators senior to me ... there's still 44 older than me." By Kathryn A. Wolfe• August 27, 2008 Brendan Doherty stated on October 16, 2012 in a TV debate: Massachusetts Sen. Scott Brown shows someone can be bipartisan in Congress because he "votes about 66 percent with his own party." By C. Eugene Emery Jr.• October 18, 2012 Viral image stated on July 03, 2018 in a meme shared on the Internet: "More than 66% of ALL births in California are to illegals on Medi-Cal." By Louis Jacobson• July 5, 2018 Jefferson Smith stated on November 21, 2011 in an interview.: Says "we got a chance to pass what I think is Oregon's first human trafficking bill which has increased by 66 percent the calls to the human trafficking hotline." By Ian K. Kullgren• March 22, 2012 Rudy Giuliani stated on May 31, 2007 in New York, N.Y.: "Fifty-six percent decline in overall crime. A 73 percent decline in motor-vehicle theft. A 67 percent decline in robbery. A 66 percent decline in murder. This is way beyond what happened in the nation during this period of time. By Wes Allison• October 26, 2007 Jason Smith stated on November 09, 2018 in a tweet: "In fact 7 out of 10 new jobs in America are created by small businesses." By Titus Wu• November 19, 2018 Scott Rigell stated on October 04, 2010 in a TV ad: Says Glenn Nye voted "in lock step with Nancy Pelosi" 83 percent of the time. By Wes Hester• October 25, 2010 Viral image stated on December 07, 2022 in an Instagram post: Fluctuating Georgia U.S. Senate runoff vote count is evidence of election fraud. By Ciara O'Rourke• December 9, 2022 Elizabeth Warren stated on September 26, 2015 in a speech: Student loans from the federal government issued between 2007 and 2012 are on target "to produce $66 billion in profits for the United States government." By Tom Kertscher• October 1, 2015 Lamar Smith stated on January 20, 2012 in an opinion column.: "Illegal counterfeiting and piracy costs the U.S. economy $100 billion... every year." By W. Gardner Selby• February 6, 2012 Citizens for Sanity stated on November 02, 2022 in an ad: President Joe Biden and Democrats "send a fortune to Ukraine but nothing for our children." By Louis Jacobson• November 3, 2022 Claire McCaskill stated on February 14, 2017 in a press release on her website: Small businesses "create two out of every three American jobs." By Austin Hough• March 18, 2017 Gordon Hintz stated on November 21, 2017 in an interview: Wisconsin's Lincoln Hills youth prison has a "66 percent recidivism rate," while "states like Missouri, that have more of a regional model -- 8 percent." By Tom Kertscher• December 6, 2017 John Barrow stated on April 05, 2013 in a letter: Congress has spent 66 of the first 100 days of this term in recess. By Eric Stirgus• April 22, 2013 Don Willett stated on May 13, 2016 in the majority Texas Supreme Court opinion in Texas school finance case: Before 2005, "the percentage of" Texas high school "students meeting the college readiness standards of the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board stood at 28% in English and 42% in math. Those figures stood at 65% and 66% in 2013." By W. Gardner Selby• May 20, 2016 Tony Evers stated on October 04, 2017 in a video: "Job creation fell by 70 percent in Wisconsin in 2016" under Scott Walker. By Tom Kertscher• October 18, 2017 Thom Tillis stated on May 19, 2017 in a press release supporting the Back The Blue Act of 2017: "Last year was one of the deadliest years ever for law enforcement officers." By Will Doran• May 23, 2017 West Virginia Republican Party stated on August 27, 2019 in a tweet: "Women’s unemployment has been lower under President Trump than it’s been in nearly 70 years." By Caroline Cassedy, Karli Celestin• September 26, 2019 Bernie Sanders stated on September 12, 2019 in comments during the Democratic presidential primary debate in Houston: "Was it 150 million people on private insurance? 50 million of those people lose their private insurance every year when they quit their jobs, or they go unemployed, or their employer changes their insurance policy." By Emmarie Huetteman• September 13, 2019
Top 5 for PolitiFact Florida in March 2016 By Amy Sherman• April 4, 2016 How unusual is the turnover among top Trump administration officials? By Louis Jacobson• April 12, 2019 Who is Steve Bullock? A bio of the Democratic presidential candidate By Stefanie Pousoulides• June 18, 2019 The Obameter and the rise of Compromise By Bill Adair• December 18, 2012 US climate change spending overseas: Does the public support it? By Louis Jacobson• November 5, 2021 Truth be told, PolitiFact Rhode Island turns 3! By Tim Murphy• July 5, 2013 Bill Clinton sets the stage for President Obama By Janel Davis• September 6, 2012 Truth (and some stretching) on health care By Becky Bowers• March 27, 2012 Fact-checking a Hillary Clinton speech in Milwaukee By Tom Kertscher• March 30, 2016 The COVID-19 relief package: Where the money goes By Jon Greenberg• March 19, 2021 Fact-checking the Feb. 16 news shows By Aaron Sharockman• February 16, 2014 Some research suggests Biden’s school reopening goal has already been achieved By Ciara O'Rourke• February 25, 2021 "Born alive" votes fuel abortion fight By Angie Drobnic Holan• October 9, 2008 Testing Ryan and the Texas GOP By Sue Owen• August 12, 2012 PunditFact fact-checks the Sunday Feb. 16 news shows By Aaron Sharockman• February 16, 2014 Increase in murders by immigrants in Tulsa? By Jon Greenberg• March 20, 2018 Who is Ambassador William Taylor? By Bill McCarthy• November 12, 2019 Fact-checking Barack Obama By Angie Drobnic Holan• July 21, 2011 Fact-checking Jeff Brandes vs. Jim Frishe in the state Senate GOP primary By Katie Sanders• July 23, 2012 Startling claims spring from debate on elections bills By John Bartosek• April 26, 2011
