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Search results for "A judge quashed the Justice Dept.'s subpoenas to Minnesota Democrats, including Gov. Tim Walz"

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Fact-checks (22018)

Donald Trump stated on January 03, 2026 in a post on Truth Social:
Gov. Tim Walz had Democratic lawmaker Melissa Hortman killed.
By Madison Czopek• January 6, 2026
Byron Donalds stated on August 06, 2024 in an interview:
"Tim Walz signed into law driver's licenses for illegal immigrants in Minnesota."
By Maria Briceño, Marta Campabadal Graus• August 9, 2024
Tim Walz stated on August 14, 2024 in a speech in California:
Former President Donald Trump “cut overtime benefits for millions of workers.”
By Amy Sherman• August 20, 2024
Tim Walz stated on November 30, 2025 in an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press":
“I take responsibility for putting people in jail” in Minnesota fraud scandal.
By Amy Sherman• December 5, 2025
Tony Perkins stated on September 11, 2024 in a Facebook post:
“In 12 states, children born alive after a failed abortion have no legal protection, and in three more states children born alive after an abortion had legal rights that governors — like Tim Walz — repealed.”
By Sara Swann• September 18, 2024
Lindsey Graham stated on August 06, 2024 in an X post:
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz signed “legislation giving free college … to illegal immigrants.”
By Maria Ramirez Uribe• August 9, 2024
Threads posts stated on September 30, 2024 in a Threads post:
Says Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz was “banned from future games for flipping off the fans.”
By Ciara O'Rourke• October 11, 2024
Social Media stated on June 16, 2025 in social media posts:
“Governor Tim Walz has DELETED every post he made praising Minnesota (assassin) Vance Boelter.”
By Madison Czopek• June 18, 2025
Social Media stated on August 06, 2024 in a post:
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz signed a bill “redefining ‘sexual orientation’ to include pedophiles.”
By Sara Swann• August 16, 2024
Donald Trump stated on July 27, 2024 in a rally in St. Cloud, Minnesota:
During the 2020 Minnesota riots after George Floyd’s murder, Gov. Tim Walz didn’t call in the National Guard, “so, I sent in the National Guard to save Minneapolis.”
By Amy Sherman• August 7, 2024
Facebook posts stated on September 11, 2024 in a photo:
The Minnesota Vikings have denounced Tim Walz: “We don’t suppᴏrt his values.”
By Kwasi Gyamfi Asiedu• September 12, 2024
JD Vance stated on August 07, 2024 in a news conference:
Says Tim Walz said he carried weapons in war, but “he has not spent a day in a combat zone.”
By Jeff Cercone• August 12, 2024
JD Vance stated on August 07, 2024 in a speech:
“When Tim Walz was asked by his country to go to Iraq, do you know what he did? He dropped out of the Army and allowed his unit to go without him.”
By Sara Swann• August 9, 2024
Instagram posts stated on September 21, 2024 in a video:
Tim Walz said "we can't afford four more years" of Kamala Harris.
By Kwasi Gyamfi Asiedu• September 24, 2024
Jesse Watters stated on August 06, 2024 in a segment on "Jesse Watters Primetime":
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz “forced schools to stock tampons in boys’ bathrooms.”
By Madison Czopek• August 13, 2024
Pam Bondi stated on December 29, 2025 in an X post:
The Justice Department has been investigating fraud in Minnesota “for months. So far, we have charged 98 individuals.”
By Amy Sherman• January 8, 2026
Viral image stated on October 06, 2024 in a Facebook post:
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz gave a college football crowd “the bird.”
By Ciara O'Rourke• October 11, 2024
Viral image stated on August 08, 2024 in a Facebook post:
Says Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz had his stomach pumped “after overingesting horse semen.”
By Ciara O'Rourke• August 9, 2024
Facebook posts stated on September 06, 2024 in a Facebook post:
“Gordon Ramsay calls Tim Walz a ‘woke creep,’ throws him out of Hell’s Kitchen.”
By Ciara O'Rourke• September 12, 2024
Ron DeSantis stated on August 06, 2024 in an X post:
“In 2021, Minnesotans were roughly five times more likely to move to Florida than vice versa” because they were “fleeing” the state under Democratic Gov. Tim Walz.
By Samantha Putterman• August 8, 2024

Articles (7414)

Fact-checking Tim Walz before his 2024 DNC speech – plus the attacks on his record

By Amy Sherman• August 21, 2024

Do you know Vance and Walz’s talking points? Prep for the vice presidential debate with fact-checks

By Sara Swann• September 29, 2024

2024 DNC Night 3 fact-check: What speakers got right, wrong in Chicago speeches

By PolitiFact Staff • August 21, 2024

Trump leaders say Minnesota officials withhold detained immigrants from ICE. Is that true?

By Amy Sherman• January 30, 2026

Fact-checking Kamala Harris’ interview with Fox News’ Bret Baier

By Samantha Putterman, Maria Ramirez Uribe• October 16, 2024

Who is Tim Walz? What to know about Kamala Harris’ new running mate

By Louis Jacobson, Samantha Putterman, Amy Sherman• August 6, 2024

Fact-checking Kamala Harris and Tim Walz's CNN interview

By PolitiFact Staff • August 29, 2024

What’s a manifesto, and did the Minnesota shooting suspect have one?

By Gabrielle Lazor• June 18, 2025

Live: Fact-checking Harris VP pick Tim Walz 2024 DNC speech in Chicago

By PolitiFact Staff • August 21, 2024

Live VP debate fact-checks: How accurate are JD Vance and Tim Walz?

By PolitiFact Staff • October 1, 2024

How conservative X accounts promoted wild theory implicating Gov. Tim Walz in lawmaker’s killing

By Madison Czopek• June 15, 2025

Walz has conflated IVF and IUI when discussing his family. What’s the difference?

By Jeff Cercone• August 22, 2024

In Context: What Gov. Tim Walz said about the border wall and investing in a 'ladder factory'

By Madison Czopek• August 6, 2024

Live fact-checking Kamala Harris’ MSNBC interview with Stephanie Ruhle

By Matthew Crowley, Louis Jacobson• September 25, 2024

VP debate fact-check: What JD Vance and Tim Walz got right, wrong on abortion, immigration

By PolitiFact Staff • October 2, 2024

Cómo cuentas conservadoras en X promovieron teoría falsa implicando a Tim Walz en asesinato político

By Madison Czopek• June 17, 2025

DNC 2024: Read our fact-checks and stories from the convention

By Kwasi Gyamfi Asiedu, Sara Swann• August 23, 2024

Did the NC elections board 'decline to comply' with ICE request? Here are the facts.

By Paul Specht• February 5, 2019

How a false claim about out-of-state protesters traveled from Minnesota officials to Trump, Pelosi

By Louis Jacobson• June 1, 2020

¿Quién es Tim Walz? Te contamos sobre el compañero de fórmula de Kamala Harris

By Maria Briceño, Marta Campabadal Graus, Louis Jacobson, Amy Sherman• August 6, 2024