64 People 15581 Fact-checks 5674 Articles People (64) Emory University University of Oregon Kelly E. Hastings Universal News Portal University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee John E. Sununu E. Gordon Gee E. Frank Stephenson Town hall audience member SEIU Healthcare Illinois & Indiana University of Wisconsin-Madison West Virginia University Faculty Senate Arizona Democratic Party Democratic Party of Oregon Democratic Party of Virginia Colorado Democratic Party Iowa Democratic Party Libertarian Party of Georgia Libertarian Party of Texas Missouri Democratic Party Fact-checks (15581) TikTok posts stated on May 15, 2023 in a TikTok video: "Chinese communist” troops on the ground at U.S. southern border. By Jeff Cercone• May 19, 2023 Chain email stated on February 07, 2011 in a chain e-mail: Foreign Trade Zones allow U.S. "land to be inhabited by Chinese communists -- communists straight from China! They are to set up little towns and live here." By Louis Jacobson• February 9, 2011 Monica Crowley stated on June 12, 2022 in an interview with Fox News: Soviet and Chinese communists have “grabbed control” of U.S. entertainment, movies, television, music, academia, K-12 education and the news media. By Louis Jacobson• June 17, 2022 Facebook posts stated on October 30, 2020 in a Facebook post: “Kamala’s husband, a lawyer, represents the Communist Chinese Party in America!! Think about that!!” By Noah Y. Kim• November 2, 2020 Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine stated on March 14, 2013 in a letter: "[A] 2009 USDA study found that 87 percent of chicken carcasses tested positive for generic E. coli ... just prior to packaging." By Eric Stirgus• March 27, 2013 Tulsi Gabbard stated on April 08, 2019 in a tweet: Says President Donald Trump's "effort to roll back regulations means that Big Ag now gets to inspect its own pork" and "they decided to stop testing for E. coli." By Miriam Valverde• April 16, 2019 Bloggers stated on January 25, 2020 in an article: Says the Chinese Communist Party "will finally admit that the real source of the coronavirus is from ‘a lab in Wuhan’ linked to its covert biological weapon programs." By Daniel Funke• January 28, 2020 Asa Hutchinson stated on December 11, 2023 in comments at Stand with Crypto Alliance at St. Anselm College in New Hampshire: China is allowed to do crypto mining in the U.S. By Rebecca Catalanello, Louis Jacobson• December 15, 2023 Greg Abbott stated on February 10, 2014 in an opinion article in The (McAllen) Monitor: "As attorney general, I have prosecuted judges, district attorneys and other public officials across Texas who violated that (public) trust, who have been corrupted." By Sue Owen• March 11, 2014 Allen West stated on April 10, 2012 in a town hall meeting in Jensen Beach, Fla.: About 78 to 81 House Democrats "are members of the Communist Party. ... It’s called the Congressional Progressive Caucus." By Amy Sherman• April 11, 2012 Nicholas Langworthy stated on February 10, 2023 in a tweet: Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm met "with the radical green energy group behind the gas stove ban," which "has ties to the" Chinese Communist Party. By Conor Amendola, Mary McNaughton• March 9, 2023 Michigan Republican Party stated on October 08, 2024 in an X post: Elissa Slotkin “signed a secret agreement with a CCP-linked Chinese battery company.” By Caleb McCullough• October 17, 2024 Threads posts stated on October 26, 2024 in a Threads post: An E. coli outbreak followed former President Donald Trump’s campaign stop at a Pennsylvania McDonald’s. By Ciara O'Rourke• October 31, 2024 Whoopi Goldberg stated on September 03, 2019 in an episode of ABC's "The View": "The last time people (created a Hollywood blacklist), people ended up killing themselves … They were accused, and they lost their right to work." By Bill McCarthy• September 5, 2019 Ted Cruz stated on October 05, 2011 in a widely distributed email memo.: Says David Dewhurst accused Cruz of being a Red Chinese Communist. By W. Gardner Selby• October 11, 2011 Alex Sink stated on May 18, 2010 in a press release.: Rick Scott "was forced to resign as the head of a company that pled guilty to massive amounts of systematic fraud, including 14 felonies, leading to a historic $1.7 billion fine." By Aaron Sharockman• May 20, 2010 Students for Trump stated on February 16, 2021 in a Tweet: “Joe Biden is handing our power grid to the Chinese Communist Party.” By Noah Y. Kim• February 23, 2021 Facebook posts stated on June 15, 2020 in a Facebook post: “Trump administration just FIRED 54 scientists & cut off 77 grants at Fauci's NIH for not disclosing their ties to Communist China!” By Tom Kertscher• June 18, 2020 Alexander Strenger stated on October 01, 2018 in response cited in an interactive voter guide: Says 60 percent of Austin’s "waterways are found to be contaminated with fecal matter and deemed unsafe to swim." By W. Gardner Selby• October 16, 2018 Chain email stated on January 24, 2008 in a chain e-mail based on an article written by Dick Morris: "Hillary interned with Bob Treuhaft, the head of the California Communist Party." By Robert Farley• February 15, 2008 Articles (5674) Are there really Chinese sleeper cells operating in the U.S.? By Conor Amendola, Louis Jacobson, Brooke Johnpier• April 29, 2024 Ask PolitiFact: Does the Chinese Communist Party own U.S. land? By Loreben Tuquero• March 15, 2023 Biden’s big clemency move and a prisoner swap with China: Here are the facts By Jeff Cercone• December 13, 2024 Ad Watch: Michigan Democrats call James’ tough-on-China stance hypocritical. Is it? By Clara Hendrickson• August 7, 2020 In context: Greg Abbott on third-world corruption near the Texas-Mexico border By W. Gardner Selby• February 11, 2014 One year into Mueller probe, a review of attacks and key questions By Louis Jacobson• May 17, 2018 Was George Papadopoulos just a ‘volunteer’? We review the evidence By Louis Jacobson• October 31, 2017 As Chinese immigration to U.S. rises, Republicans and Trump use ‘military age men’ scare tactic By Maria Ramirez Uribe, Amy Sherman• February 7, 2024 Fact-checking hoaxes and conspiracies about the coronavirus By Daniel Funke, Tom Kertscher• January 24, 2020 Clinton's not-so-radical past By Robert Farley• February 15, 2008 Explained: How Trump and Biden would confront China By Noah Y. Kim• September 14, 2020 MyPillow CEO Lindell’s film not intended to be taken as fact By Noah Y. Kim, Amy Sherman• February 5, 2021 Live fact-checking the third Republican primary debate By Ellen Hine• November 7, 2023 Is 'pink slime' safe? By Meghan Ashford-Grooms• April 12, 2012 Fact-checking Donald Trump's rally in Charleston, W.Va. By Louis Jacobson• August 22, 2018 A closer look at Michael Flynn’s reversal of legal fortune By Louis Jacobson• May 8, 2020 Mailbag: ‘I am now starting to question your perspective’ By Louis Jacobson• April 8, 2019 Are you now or have you ever been? By W. Gardner Selby• October 11, 2011 Ted Cruz reminds crowd of David Dewhurst's Communist claim By W. Gardner Selby• February 2, 2012 Midterm Facebook misinformation: Pipe bombs, menacing caravans and rampant voter fraud By Jon Greenberg• November 21, 2018
Emory University University of Oregon Kelly E. Hastings Universal News Portal University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee John E. Sununu E. Gordon Gee E. Frank Stephenson Town hall audience member SEIU Healthcare Illinois & Indiana University of Wisconsin-Madison West Virginia University Faculty Senate Arizona Democratic Party Democratic Party of Oregon Democratic Party of Virginia Colorado Democratic Party Iowa Democratic Party Libertarian Party of Georgia Libertarian Party of Texas Missouri Democratic Party
TikTok posts stated on May 15, 2023 in a TikTok video: "Chinese communist” troops on the ground at U.S. southern border. By Jeff Cercone• May 19, 2023 Chain email stated on February 07, 2011 in a chain e-mail: Foreign Trade Zones allow U.S. "land to be inhabited by Chinese communists -- communists straight from China! They are to set up little towns and live here." By Louis Jacobson• February 9, 2011 Monica Crowley stated on June 12, 2022 in an interview with Fox News: Soviet and Chinese communists have “grabbed control” of U.S. entertainment, movies, television, music, academia, K-12 education and the news media. By Louis Jacobson• June 17, 2022 Facebook posts stated on October 30, 2020 in a Facebook post: “Kamala’s husband, a lawyer, represents the Communist Chinese Party in America!! Think about that!!” By Noah Y. Kim• November 2, 2020 Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine stated on March 14, 2013 in a letter: "[A] 2009 USDA study found that 87 percent of chicken carcasses tested positive for generic E. coli ... just prior to packaging." By Eric Stirgus• March 27, 2013 Tulsi Gabbard stated on April 08, 2019 in a tweet: Says President Donald Trump's "effort to roll back regulations means that Big Ag now gets to inspect its own pork" and "they decided to stop testing for E. coli." By Miriam Valverde• April 16, 2019 Bloggers stated on January 25, 2020 in an article: Says the Chinese Communist Party "will finally admit that the real source of the coronavirus is from ‘a lab in Wuhan’ linked to its covert biological weapon programs." By Daniel Funke• January 28, 2020 Asa Hutchinson stated on December 11, 2023 in comments at Stand with Crypto Alliance at St. Anselm College in New Hampshire: China is allowed to do crypto mining in the U.S. By Rebecca Catalanello, Louis Jacobson• December 15, 2023 Greg Abbott stated on February 10, 2014 in an opinion article in The (McAllen) Monitor: "As attorney general, I have prosecuted judges, district attorneys and other public officials across Texas who violated that (public) trust, who have been corrupted." By Sue Owen• March 11, 2014 Allen West stated on April 10, 2012 in a town hall meeting in Jensen Beach, Fla.: About 78 to 81 House Democrats "are members of the Communist Party. ... It’s called the Congressional Progressive Caucus." By Amy Sherman• April 11, 2012 Nicholas Langworthy stated on February 10, 2023 in a tweet: Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm met "with the radical green energy group behind the gas stove ban," which "has ties to the" Chinese Communist Party. By Conor Amendola, Mary McNaughton• March 9, 2023 Michigan Republican Party stated on October 08, 2024 in an X post: Elissa Slotkin “signed a secret agreement with a CCP-linked Chinese battery company.” By Caleb McCullough• October 17, 2024 Threads posts stated on October 26, 2024 in a Threads post: An E. coli outbreak followed former President Donald Trump’s campaign stop at a Pennsylvania McDonald’s. By Ciara O'Rourke• October 31, 2024 Whoopi Goldberg stated on September 03, 2019 in an episode of ABC's "The View": "The last time people (created a Hollywood blacklist), people ended up killing themselves … They were accused, and they lost their right to work." By Bill McCarthy• September 5, 2019 Ted Cruz stated on October 05, 2011 in a widely distributed email memo.: Says David Dewhurst accused Cruz of being a Red Chinese Communist. By W. Gardner Selby• October 11, 2011 Alex Sink stated on May 18, 2010 in a press release.: Rick Scott "was forced to resign as the head of a company that pled guilty to massive amounts of systematic fraud, including 14 felonies, leading to a historic $1.7 billion fine." By Aaron Sharockman• May 20, 2010 Students for Trump stated on February 16, 2021 in a Tweet: “Joe Biden is handing our power grid to the Chinese Communist Party.” By Noah Y. Kim• February 23, 2021 Facebook posts stated on June 15, 2020 in a Facebook post: “Trump administration just FIRED 54 scientists & cut off 77 grants at Fauci's NIH for not disclosing their ties to Communist China!” By Tom Kertscher• June 18, 2020 Alexander Strenger stated on October 01, 2018 in response cited in an interactive voter guide: Says 60 percent of Austin’s "waterways are found to be contaminated with fecal matter and deemed unsafe to swim." By W. Gardner Selby• October 16, 2018 Chain email stated on January 24, 2008 in a chain e-mail based on an article written by Dick Morris: "Hillary interned with Bob Treuhaft, the head of the California Communist Party." By Robert Farley• February 15, 2008
Are there really Chinese sleeper cells operating in the U.S.? By Conor Amendola, Louis Jacobson, Brooke Johnpier• April 29, 2024 Ask PolitiFact: Does the Chinese Communist Party own U.S. land? By Loreben Tuquero• March 15, 2023 Biden’s big clemency move and a prisoner swap with China: Here are the facts By Jeff Cercone• December 13, 2024 Ad Watch: Michigan Democrats call James’ tough-on-China stance hypocritical. Is it? By Clara Hendrickson• August 7, 2020 In context: Greg Abbott on third-world corruption near the Texas-Mexico border By W. Gardner Selby• February 11, 2014 One year into Mueller probe, a review of attacks and key questions By Louis Jacobson• May 17, 2018 Was George Papadopoulos just a ‘volunteer’? We review the evidence By Louis Jacobson• October 31, 2017 As Chinese immigration to U.S. rises, Republicans and Trump use ‘military age men’ scare tactic By Maria Ramirez Uribe, Amy Sherman• February 7, 2024 Fact-checking hoaxes and conspiracies about the coronavirus By Daniel Funke, Tom Kertscher• January 24, 2020 Clinton's not-so-radical past By Robert Farley• February 15, 2008 Explained: How Trump and Biden would confront China By Noah Y. Kim• September 14, 2020 MyPillow CEO Lindell’s film not intended to be taken as fact By Noah Y. Kim, Amy Sherman• February 5, 2021 Live fact-checking the third Republican primary debate By Ellen Hine• November 7, 2023 Is 'pink slime' safe? By Meghan Ashford-Grooms• April 12, 2012 Fact-checking Donald Trump's rally in Charleston, W.Va. By Louis Jacobson• August 22, 2018 A closer look at Michael Flynn’s reversal of legal fortune By Louis Jacobson• May 8, 2020 Mailbag: ‘I am now starting to question your perspective’ By Louis Jacobson• April 8, 2019 Are you now or have you ever been? By W. Gardner Selby• October 11, 2011 Ted Cruz reminds crowd of David Dewhurst's Communist claim By W. Gardner Selby• February 2, 2012 Midterm Facebook misinformation: Pipe bombs, menacing caravans and rampant voter fraud By Jon Greenberg• November 21, 2018
