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Facebook posts stated on September 20, 2023 in a Facebook post:

Video shows Elon Musk promising $45,000 in Canadian currency for participating Canadian citizens.

By Ciara O'Rourke• September 21, 2023

Viral image stated on November 19, 2020 in a Facebook post:

Says Donald Trump’s book “The Art of the Deal” advises: “Never admit defeat. You win. If you don’t win, claim they cheated.”

By Ciara O'Rourke• November 20, 2020

Facebook posts stated on March 04, 2020 in a Facebook post:

“Asteroid warning: NASA tracks a 4KM killer rock on approach - Could end human civilisation.”

By Tom Kertscher• March 5, 2020

Facebook posts stated on February 15, 2021 in a text post:

Says Joe Biden planned a winter storm as "warfare, an attack on Texas by altering the jet stream."

By Daniel Funke• February 16, 2021

Donald Trump stated on November 10, 2015 in the Fox Business Network debate:

Says President Dwight Eisenhower "moved 1.5 million illegal immigrants out of this country."

By Lauren Carroll• November 11, 2015

Michael Skolnik stated on June 16, 2015 in comments on CNN:

"For most black people in the history of this country … it was illegal to pass as a white person. You were actually put in jail if you tried to pass."

By Anna Bruzgulis• June 18, 2015

Paul Summers stated on September 02, 2012 in in an op-ed article written for Tennessee newspapers.:

Tennessee's appeals court judges "were selected by a handful of party officials in Nashville" before the system of "merit selection" was put into effect.

By Tom Humphrey• September 14, 2012

Florida Hometown Democracy stated on September 09, 2010 in a web ad supporting Amendment 4.:

"For every dollar a county gets in taxes from new development, it costs us 40 to 50 percent more to provide services."

By Aaron Sharockman• September 9, 2010

Barack Obama stated on May 03, 2012 in a graphical tool on the campaign website:

Says under Mitt Romney, "Medicare could end as we know it, leaving Julia with nothing but a voucher to buy insurance, which means $6,350 extra per year for a similar plan."

By Becky Bowers• May 24, 2012

Ted Cruz stated on September 24, 2017 in an interview at the Texas Tribune Festival:

"In 2017, I've done 17 town halls."

By W. Gardner Selby• October 4, 2017

X posts stated on July 15, 2023 in a Twitter post:

"8 potentes explosiones en planta química de Luisiana - Estados Unidos, causando alerta roja por radiación en la zona donde se ordenó evacuar a toda la población".

By Nuria Diaz Muñoz• July 24, 2023

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

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

Does our Rauner-Trump fact-check still hold up?

By Marc Filippino• October 12, 2016

What’s next after Trump’s impeachment?

By Louis Jacobson• December 19, 2019

The facts behind Paul Revere's ride, cited by Donald Trump in NRA speech

By Jon Greenberg• May 3, 2017

Who is Byron Donalds, the Florida politico in the House speaker scramble?

By Kirby Wilson• January 5, 2023

The Senate impeachment trial is here. So what’s next?

By Louis Jacobson• January 15, 2020

PolitiFact answers the Senate's impeachment questions

By Louis Jacobson, Bill McCarthy• January 31, 2020

Did the Clinton Foundation keep its promises? A PolitiFact scorecard

By Jon Greenberg• May 7, 2015

Did the Clinton Foundation keep its promises? A PunditFact scorecard

By Jon Greenberg• May 7, 2015

Ted Cruz and the Truth-O-Meter Already Hot

By W. Gardner Selby• March 22, 2015

The House impeached Donald Trump over his speech before the Capitol attack. Here’s what happens next

By Louis Jacobson• January 13, 2021

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

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

By W. Gardner Selby• December 25, 2012

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

By Madison Czopek, Katie Sanders• December 21, 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

Ask PolitiFact: What’s up with Puerto Rico’s electricity bills?

By Nuria Diaz Muñoz• July 14, 2022

MLK, Romney and the GOP

By W. Gardner Selby• January 18, 2013