0 People 2948 Fact-checks 1145 Articles People (0) Fact-checks (2948) Joe Manchin stated on October 14, 2018 in an op-ed: The United States imports "50 percent of at least 50 mineral commodities each year, including 100 percent of 21 of them." By Mary Alice Truitt• December 3, 2018 Jeb Bush stated on November 20, 2014 in a speech: The Orange County, Florida, school board "voted to make it impossible for a student to receive a grade below 50." By Amy Sherman• November 20, 2014 Lawrence O'Donnell stated on March 22, 2011 in MSNBC's "Last Word": "Most Americans live within 50 miles of a nuclear power plant." By Robert Farley• March 24, 2011 Scott Walker stated on August 07, 2018 in a tweet: "A number of Democrats running for governor want to cut the prison population by 50%" and "that would require the release of thousands of violent felons." By Tom Kertscher• August 9, 2018 Elizabeth Warren stated on January 04, 2020 in a speech: "We were living outside of Houston and that’s when I found it: a commuter college, 45 minutes away that cost $50 a semester." By Madlin Mekelburg• January 17, 2020 Donald Trump stated on May 22, 2019 in remarks in the Rose Garden: Says Pennsylvania Republican nominee for Congress Fred Keller "was a 50-50 shot" before his landslide victory. By Louis Jacobson• May 22, 2019 Viral image stated on October 16, 2022 in an Instagram post: “Covid vaccinations now prohibited in people under 50 in Denmark.” By Ciara O'Rourke• October 18, 2022 Joe Biden stated on May 27, 2021 in a speech in Cleveland: “Now, 50% of all of America, more than any other country, is fully vaccinated.” By Louis Jacobson• May 28, 2021 Facebook posts stated on September 07, 2020 in a Facebook post: “In 1983, Joe Biden voted in favor of taxing 50% of Social Security” and in 1993, Biden “was the deciding vote in raising the percentage taxed on Social Security from 50% to 85%.” By Amy Sherman• September 14, 2020 Terry McAuliffe stated on April 27, 2013 in a speech.: "Of our 98,000 teachers who are K-12, over 53,000 of those teachers today are over 50 years old." By Nancy Madsen• May 17, 2013 Joe Volk stated on November 17, 2021 in TV interview: “In Wisconsin, we have 50% of the population paying 50%, 60%, 70%, sometimes 80% for their housing.” By Vanessa Swales• January 7, 2022 Facebook posts stated on January 11, 2019 in tweets and Facebook posts: Says Congress set aside $50 billion for the Secure Fence Act in 2006 By Amy Sherman• January 22, 2019 Gordon Quan stated on June 30, 2010 in an e-mail blast: Some cardiologists estimate "70 percent of all males over 50 have some form of heart disease." By W. Gardner Selby• July 31, 2010 Jim Renacci stated on September 01, 2010 in a statement on his campaign website: "Boccieri voted to spend a billion dollars an hour, every hour, for his first 50 days in office" By Robert Higgs• September 8, 2010 Joe Biden stated on May 15, 2024 in a speech at a police memorial service: “Violent crime is near a record 50-year low.” By Louis Jacobson• May 28, 2024 Kyrsten Sinema stated on September 08, 2018 in a tweet: Says she voted to stop a new "age tax" under which "Arizonans age 50 & over could be charged 5 times more for their health care." By Miriam Valverde• September 19, 2018 Tim Kaine stated on April 21, 2011 in a TV interview.: Virginia ranked near the bottom of the nation 50 years ago in per capita income but is in the top 10 today. It had a "very low" rate of higher education attainment but is now above the national average. By Sean Gorman• May 12, 2011 Roy Cooper stated on July 28, 2017 in in a newsletter: Last year, Democrats won nearly 50% of the vote, yet they hold only 38% of the seats in the state House and 30% of the seats in the state Senate. By Paul Specht• August 9, 2017 Joe Biden stated on June 28, 2023 in a speech in Chicago: Says that under his presidency, the unemployment rate has “been below 4% for the longest stretch in 50 years in American history.” By Louis Jacobson• June 29, 2023 Tim Kaine stated on December 07, 2011 in a debate.: George Allen cast "the deciding vote" for the 2003 Bush tax cuts. By Sean Gorman• December 17, 2011 Articles (1145) Fact or Fiction? A Look At Claims About SB 50, One Of California’s Most Controversial Housing Bills By Chris Nichols• January 21, 2020 Abbott touts 50 election fraud convictions; we subtract 29 By W. Gardner Selby• April 17, 2012 Greg Abbott's (50) promises By W. Gardner Selby• February 17, 2015 No, undocumented immigrants are not tied to 50% of Texas murders By Jon Greenberg• July 7, 2015 A $50 million question By Tom Kertscher• January 9, 2014 How low is Gov. Jim Justice’s approval rating in West Virginia? By Glenn Kittle, Ryan Schmitt• November 8, 2019 February's 5 top-read fact-checks By Aaron Sharockman• March 5, 2015 This GivingTuesday, support PolitiFact’s independent fact-checking By Ellen Hine• November 28, 2023 Here’s a look back at Wisconsin absentee voting trends By Hope Karnopp• May 10, 2024 Obama's overseas travel sets off the Obameter By Angie Drobnic Holan• April 7, 2009 PunditFact fact-checks the June 28 news shows By Lauren Carroll, Jon Greenberg, Aaron Sharockman• June 28, 2015 Can Trump create $2,000 tariff dividends, 50-year mortgages or direct health care payments? By Louis Jacobson• November 11, 2025 Fact-checking Romney’s private fundraiser remarks By Becky Bowers• September 18, 2012 Fact-checking the June 28 news shows By Lauren Carroll, Jon Greenberg, Aaron Sharockman• June 28, 2015 Obama on health care reform: 50 plus one? Git 'er done! By Robert Farley• March 5, 2010 Do pit bulls account for 30% to 50% of shelter dogs? By Magdaline Duncan• May 10, 2019 Trump makes provocative entry into 2016 presidential race By Nancy Badertscher• July 13, 2015 New health care attack ad sets the meter on fire By Robert Farley• March 16, 2010 Why is 2020 not like 2016? Fewer undecideds, for one By Louis Jacobson• October 31, 2020 Is President Obama keeping his campaign promise on AIDS and HIV? By J.B. Wogan• July 30, 2012
Joe Manchin stated on October 14, 2018 in an op-ed: The United States imports "50 percent of at least 50 mineral commodities each year, including 100 percent of 21 of them." By Mary Alice Truitt• December 3, 2018 Jeb Bush stated on November 20, 2014 in a speech: The Orange County, Florida, school board "voted to make it impossible for a student to receive a grade below 50." By Amy Sherman• November 20, 2014 Lawrence O'Donnell stated on March 22, 2011 in MSNBC's "Last Word": "Most Americans live within 50 miles of a nuclear power plant." By Robert Farley• March 24, 2011 Scott Walker stated on August 07, 2018 in a tweet: "A number of Democrats running for governor want to cut the prison population by 50%" and "that would require the release of thousands of violent felons." By Tom Kertscher• August 9, 2018 Elizabeth Warren stated on January 04, 2020 in a speech: "We were living outside of Houston and that’s when I found it: a commuter college, 45 minutes away that cost $50 a semester." By Madlin Mekelburg• January 17, 2020 Donald Trump stated on May 22, 2019 in remarks in the Rose Garden: Says Pennsylvania Republican nominee for Congress Fred Keller "was a 50-50 shot" before his landslide victory. By Louis Jacobson• May 22, 2019 Viral image stated on October 16, 2022 in an Instagram post: “Covid vaccinations now prohibited in people under 50 in Denmark.” By Ciara O'Rourke• October 18, 2022 Joe Biden stated on May 27, 2021 in a speech in Cleveland: “Now, 50% of all of America, more than any other country, is fully vaccinated.” By Louis Jacobson• May 28, 2021 Facebook posts stated on September 07, 2020 in a Facebook post: “In 1983, Joe Biden voted in favor of taxing 50% of Social Security” and in 1993, Biden “was the deciding vote in raising the percentage taxed on Social Security from 50% to 85%.” By Amy Sherman• September 14, 2020 Terry McAuliffe stated on April 27, 2013 in a speech.: "Of our 98,000 teachers who are K-12, over 53,000 of those teachers today are over 50 years old." By Nancy Madsen• May 17, 2013 Joe Volk stated on November 17, 2021 in TV interview: “In Wisconsin, we have 50% of the population paying 50%, 60%, 70%, sometimes 80% for their housing.” By Vanessa Swales• January 7, 2022 Facebook posts stated on January 11, 2019 in tweets and Facebook posts: Says Congress set aside $50 billion for the Secure Fence Act in 2006 By Amy Sherman• January 22, 2019 Gordon Quan stated on June 30, 2010 in an e-mail blast: Some cardiologists estimate "70 percent of all males over 50 have some form of heart disease." By W. Gardner Selby• July 31, 2010 Jim Renacci stated on September 01, 2010 in a statement on his campaign website: "Boccieri voted to spend a billion dollars an hour, every hour, for his first 50 days in office" By Robert Higgs• September 8, 2010 Joe Biden stated on May 15, 2024 in a speech at a police memorial service: “Violent crime is near a record 50-year low.” By Louis Jacobson• May 28, 2024 Kyrsten Sinema stated on September 08, 2018 in a tweet: Says she voted to stop a new "age tax" under which "Arizonans age 50 & over could be charged 5 times more for their health care." By Miriam Valverde• September 19, 2018 Tim Kaine stated on April 21, 2011 in a TV interview.: Virginia ranked near the bottom of the nation 50 years ago in per capita income but is in the top 10 today. It had a "very low" rate of higher education attainment but is now above the national average. By Sean Gorman• May 12, 2011 Roy Cooper stated on July 28, 2017 in in a newsletter: Last year, Democrats won nearly 50% of the vote, yet they hold only 38% of the seats in the state House and 30% of the seats in the state Senate. By Paul Specht• August 9, 2017 Joe Biden stated on June 28, 2023 in a speech in Chicago: Says that under his presidency, the unemployment rate has “been below 4% for the longest stretch in 50 years in American history.” By Louis Jacobson• June 29, 2023 Tim Kaine stated on December 07, 2011 in a debate.: George Allen cast "the deciding vote" for the 2003 Bush tax cuts. By Sean Gorman• December 17, 2011
Fact or Fiction? A Look At Claims About SB 50, One Of California’s Most Controversial Housing Bills By Chris Nichols• January 21, 2020 Abbott touts 50 election fraud convictions; we subtract 29 By W. Gardner Selby• April 17, 2012 Greg Abbott's (50) promises By W. Gardner Selby• February 17, 2015 No, undocumented immigrants are not tied to 50% of Texas murders By Jon Greenberg• July 7, 2015 A $50 million question By Tom Kertscher• January 9, 2014 How low is Gov. Jim Justice’s approval rating in West Virginia? By Glenn Kittle, Ryan Schmitt• November 8, 2019 February's 5 top-read fact-checks By Aaron Sharockman• March 5, 2015 This GivingTuesday, support PolitiFact’s independent fact-checking By Ellen Hine• November 28, 2023 Here’s a look back at Wisconsin absentee voting trends By Hope Karnopp• May 10, 2024 Obama's overseas travel sets off the Obameter By Angie Drobnic Holan• April 7, 2009 PunditFact fact-checks the June 28 news shows By Lauren Carroll, Jon Greenberg, Aaron Sharockman• June 28, 2015 Can Trump create $2,000 tariff dividends, 50-year mortgages or direct health care payments? By Louis Jacobson• November 11, 2025 Fact-checking Romney’s private fundraiser remarks By Becky Bowers• September 18, 2012 Fact-checking the June 28 news shows By Lauren Carroll, Jon Greenberg, Aaron Sharockman• June 28, 2015 Obama on health care reform: 50 plus one? Git 'er done! By Robert Farley• March 5, 2010 Do pit bulls account for 30% to 50% of shelter dogs? By Magdaline Duncan• May 10, 2019 Trump makes provocative entry into 2016 presidential race By Nancy Badertscher• July 13, 2015 New health care attack ad sets the meter on fire By Robert Farley• March 16, 2010 Why is 2020 not like 2016? Fewer undecideds, for one By Louis Jacobson• October 31, 2020 Is President Obama keeping his campaign promise on AIDS and HIV? By J.B. Wogan• July 30, 2012
