0 People 10138 Fact-checks 693 Articles People (0) Fact-checks (10138) Donald Trump stated on October 24, 2020 in a campaign rally: "We have a mayor in D.C. who formed a commission with recommendations. Her recommendation is: Take down the Washington Monument, close up the Lincoln Monument." By Bill McCarthy• October 26, 2020 Stephanie Cutter stated on October 19, 2014 in an episode of "Meet the Press": "Money towards the Ebola vaccine is basically cut in half to what it was. More cuts are coming under the congressional sequester." By Katie Sanders• October 24, 2014 Greg Abbott stated on January 08, 2016 in a 90-page manifesto decrying federal overreach: "While states used to have regulatory power over fishing, federal law now regulates down to the tenth of the inch the minimum size of fish that anglers can keep." By Dylan Baddour• February 10, 2016 Instagram posts stated on February 20, 2025 in an Instagram post: “Malia Obama received $2.2 million in funds from USAID.” By Ciara O'Rourke• February 25, 2025 Bloggers stated on January 04, 2019 in a tweet: New U.S. Rep. Rashida Tlaib tweeted "Americans have spent decades raping and pillaging my people. What goes around comes around." By Samantha Putterman• January 9, 2019 Bloggers stated on December 19, 2018 in a Facebook post: Quotes Winston Churchill as saying, "When Muslims are the minority they are concerned with minority rights, when they are in the majority there are no minority rights." By Samantha Putterman• December 20, 2018 Bloggers stated on December 18, 2018 in a Facebook post: Quotes Sen. Elizabeth Warren as saying "If women need to be raped by Muslims to prove our tolerance, so be it. Then thank goodness for Planned Parenthood." By Samantha Putterman• December 19, 2018 Mimi Walters stated on September 25, 2018 in a mailer: Says Katie Porter is part of a "radical group of Democrats with an extreme agenda to abolish ICE." By Samantha Putterman• October 22, 2018 Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee stated on October 08, 2018 in a TV ad: Says that U.S. Rep. Andy Barr was "even dismissing the importance of military service" by saying, "We both served our country. I’ve served in a position where ideas matter." By Samantha Putterman• October 24, 2018 Facebook posts stated on January 03, 2019 in a Facebook post: Says law enforcement officials alerted the public to check the caps of bottled water for tampering because someone is injecting poison into them, and that a "few people already died in the Richmond area" as a result. By Samantha Putterman• January 7, 2019 Antonio Delgado stated on September 12, 2018 in a TV ad: Says U.S. Rep. John Faso "voted for an age tax on seniors." By Samantha Putterman• October 3, 2018 Viral image stated on January 16, 2019 in a Facebook post: Says Elizabeth Warren has a racist figurine in her kitchen. By Ciara O'Rourke• January 18, 2019 Facebook posts stated on January 01, 2019 in In a Facebook post: Says Sen. Elizabeth Warren "has been on Risperdal since first being prescribed the drug in 2011." By Samantha Putterman• January 7, 2019 Breitbart stated on February 12, 2020 in a Facebook post: “Amy Klobuchar vows to resettle 500 percent more refugees, none in her neighborhood.” By Miriam Valverde• February 17, 2020 Mike Honda stated on March 16, 2016 in a column posted on Medium: "Six justices" on the U.S. Supreme Court have been "confirmed in presidential election years since 1912." By Louis Jacobson, Tom Kertscher• March 17, 2016 Donald Trump stated on March 07, 2016 in a speech in Concord, N.C.: "NASCAR endorsed Trump" By Will Doran• March 7, 2016 Facebook posts stated on June 28, 2024 in a Facebook post: “Disney and Google bought the rights to the first King James Bible.” By Ciara O'Rourke• July 5, 2024 Bloggers stated on November 26, 2018 in a post on Facebook: Photo of migrant mother at U.S.-Mexico border running from tear gas with children "was a staged hoax." By Samantha Putterman• November 29, 2018 Jesse Watters stated on January 04, 2017 in an episode of Fox News' "Outnumbered": Says John Podesta’s email password was "password." By Lauren Carroll• January 6, 2017 Bloggers stated on December 12, 2018 in a Facebook post: Quotes incoming U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez as saying "under capitalism, man oppresses man. Under socialism, it’s the other way around." By Samantha Putterman• December 18, 2018 Articles (693) Debunked: Texas prisoner-cannibal didn’t request child for last meal By W. Gardner Selby• October 27, 2014 Who is Tom Steyer? A bio of the Democratic presidential candidate By Chris Nichols• July 9, 2019 Quip about Ben Franklin among 2011 favorites By Robert Higgs• December 19, 2011 Who is Andrew Yang? A bio of the Democratic presidential candidate By Sophie Austin• June 14, 2019 Who is Marianne Williamson? A bio of the Democratic presidential candidate By Julianna Rennie• June 11, 2019 Harris, Swalwell, Williamson: A quick look at the Californians on tonight’s debate stage By Chris Nichols• June 27, 2019 Did Neil Gorsuch call Donald Trump's judiciary comments 'disheartening' and 'demoralizing'? By Lauren Carroll• February 9, 2017 Seven spooky things that people say are in the COVID-19 vaccines but definitely aren’t By Samantha Putterman• October 28, 2021 Who is Steve Bullock? 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Donald Trump stated on October 24, 2020 in a campaign rally: "We have a mayor in D.C. who formed a commission with recommendations. Her recommendation is: Take down the Washington Monument, close up the Lincoln Monument." By Bill McCarthy• October 26, 2020 Stephanie Cutter stated on October 19, 2014 in an episode of "Meet the Press": "Money towards the Ebola vaccine is basically cut in half to what it was. More cuts are coming under the congressional sequester." By Katie Sanders• October 24, 2014 Greg Abbott stated on January 08, 2016 in a 90-page manifesto decrying federal overreach: "While states used to have regulatory power over fishing, federal law now regulates down to the tenth of the inch the minimum size of fish that anglers can keep." By Dylan Baddour• February 10, 2016 Instagram posts stated on February 20, 2025 in an Instagram post: “Malia Obama received $2.2 million in funds from USAID.” By Ciara O'Rourke• February 25, 2025 Bloggers stated on January 04, 2019 in a tweet: New U.S. Rep. Rashida Tlaib tweeted "Americans have spent decades raping and pillaging my people. What goes around comes around." By Samantha Putterman• January 9, 2019 Bloggers stated on December 19, 2018 in a Facebook post: Quotes Winston Churchill as saying, "When Muslims are the minority they are concerned with minority rights, when they are in the majority there are no minority rights." By Samantha Putterman• December 20, 2018 Bloggers stated on December 18, 2018 in a Facebook post: Quotes Sen. Elizabeth Warren as saying "If women need to be raped by Muslims to prove our tolerance, so be it. Then thank goodness for Planned Parenthood." By Samantha Putterman• December 19, 2018 Mimi Walters stated on September 25, 2018 in a mailer: Says Katie Porter is part of a "radical group of Democrats with an extreme agenda to abolish ICE." By Samantha Putterman• October 22, 2018 Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee stated on October 08, 2018 in a TV ad: Says that U.S. Rep. Andy Barr was "even dismissing the importance of military service" by saying, "We both served our country. I’ve served in a position where ideas matter." By Samantha Putterman• October 24, 2018 Facebook posts stated on January 03, 2019 in a Facebook post: Says law enforcement officials alerted the public to check the caps of bottled water for tampering because someone is injecting poison into them, and that a "few people already died in the Richmond area" as a result. By Samantha Putterman• January 7, 2019 Antonio Delgado stated on September 12, 2018 in a TV ad: Says U.S. Rep. John Faso "voted for an age tax on seniors." By Samantha Putterman• October 3, 2018 Viral image stated on January 16, 2019 in a Facebook post: Says Elizabeth Warren has a racist figurine in her kitchen. By Ciara O'Rourke• January 18, 2019 Facebook posts stated on January 01, 2019 in In a Facebook post: Says Sen. Elizabeth Warren "has been on Risperdal since first being prescribed the drug in 2011." By Samantha Putterman• January 7, 2019 Breitbart stated on February 12, 2020 in a Facebook post: “Amy Klobuchar vows to resettle 500 percent more refugees, none in her neighborhood.” By Miriam Valverde• February 17, 2020 Mike Honda stated on March 16, 2016 in a column posted on Medium: "Six justices" on the U.S. Supreme Court have been "confirmed in presidential election years since 1912." By Louis Jacobson, Tom Kertscher• March 17, 2016 Donald Trump stated on March 07, 2016 in a speech in Concord, N.C.: "NASCAR endorsed Trump" By Will Doran• March 7, 2016 Facebook posts stated on June 28, 2024 in a Facebook post: “Disney and Google bought the rights to the first King James Bible.” By Ciara O'Rourke• July 5, 2024 Bloggers stated on November 26, 2018 in a post on Facebook: Photo of migrant mother at U.S.-Mexico border running from tear gas with children "was a staged hoax." By Samantha Putterman• November 29, 2018 Jesse Watters stated on January 04, 2017 in an episode of Fox News' "Outnumbered": Says John Podesta’s email password was "password." By Lauren Carroll• January 6, 2017 Bloggers stated on December 12, 2018 in a Facebook post: Quotes incoming U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez as saying "under capitalism, man oppresses man. Under socialism, it’s the other way around." By Samantha Putterman• December 18, 2018
Debunked: Texas prisoner-cannibal didn’t request child for last meal By W. Gardner Selby• October 27, 2014 Who is Tom Steyer? A bio of the Democratic presidential candidate By Chris Nichols• July 9, 2019 Quip about Ben Franklin among 2011 favorites By Robert Higgs• December 19, 2011 Who is Andrew Yang? A bio of the Democratic presidential candidate By Sophie Austin• June 14, 2019 Who is Marianne Williamson? A bio of the Democratic presidential candidate By Julianna Rennie• June 11, 2019 Harris, Swalwell, Williamson: A quick look at the Californians on tonight’s debate stage By Chris Nichols• June 27, 2019 Did Neil Gorsuch call Donald Trump's judiciary comments 'disheartening' and 'demoralizing'? By Lauren Carroll• February 9, 2017 Seven spooky things that people say are in the COVID-19 vaccines but definitely aren’t By Samantha Putterman• October 28, 2021 Who is Steve Bullock? A bio of the Democratic presidential candidate By Stefanie Pousoulides• June 18, 2019 Smoking out voting claims By W. Gardner Selby• November 4, 2013 Introducing the Adler-O-Meter By W. Gardner Selby• January 19, 2015 Why you shouldn’t worry about getting Bell’s Palsy from the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine By Noah Y. Kim• December 11, 2020 The facts behind the 19 programs President Donald Trump described as ‘waste’ By Grace Abels, Maria Ramirez Uribe• March 12, 2025 Who has more admirers -- the pope or Glenn Beck? By Louis Jacobson• January 4, 2010 Taking the jobs-claim challenge By Warren Fiske• May 24, 2011 Politifact Wisconsin’s top campaign season claims on abortion, other hot-button issues By Madeline Heim• November 7, 2022 Are pregnant women at a higher risk for COVID-19? Doctors don’t know yet By Samantha Putterman• March 23, 2020 'Breakfast with the devil' story leaves no crumbs By Sean Gorman• February 29, 2012 Trump lawyer claims lack of due process in House impeachment. 3 reasons the law doesn’t back him up By Jon Greenberg• October 10, 2019 Do Texas restaurants often shortchange on barbecue by the pound? Records suggest not. By W. Gardner Selby• May 25, 2017
