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Viral image stated on December 05, 2022 in an Instagram post:

“‘Child trafficking camp’ discovered in Arizona.”

By Ciara O'Rourke• December 7, 2022

John Bolton SuperPAC stated on September 27, 2016 in a TV ad:

Says Deborah Ross "supports the Iran nuclear deal and the ransom it paid for hostages."

By Will Doran• October 12, 2016

Donald Trump stated on August 03, 2016 in a rally in Daytona Beach, Fla.:

Says he saw videotape "of the people taking the money off the plane" to pay ransom to Iran for hostages.

By Louis Jacobson• August 5, 2016

Donald Trump stated on August 21, 2016 in remarks in Michigan:

The Obama administration gave Iran "$400 million in ransom payment cash."

By Lauren Carroll• August 24, 2016

Sherrod Brown stated on January 11, 2011 in an MSNBC interview:

Under federal law, Jared Loughner "would not have been able to buy a gun" had he been identified as mentally ill.

By Stephen Koff• January 20, 2011

David Dewhurst stated on June 11, 2010 in a speech:

"Phoenix, Arizona, I'm told, is now the No. 2 kidnapping capital in the world, right behind Mexico City."

By Ciara O'Rourke• June 18, 2010

Viral image stated on October 28, 2024 in a Facebook post:

A Pennsylvania TV station aired the 2024 presidential election results early.

By Ciara O'Rourke• October 30, 2024

Byron Donalds stated on April 12, 2026 in an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press":

The U.S. Navy was created "to free international waters from the Barbary pirates."

By Louis Jacobson, Zoe Weyand• April 14, 2026

Rick Scott stated on April 14, 2011 in testimony before Congress.:

"Hackers broke into Virginia's prescription-drug database (and) ... obtained more than 8.2 million patient records and a total of nearly 36 million prescriptions."

By Aaron Sharockman• April 18, 2011

Facebook posts stated on February 16, 2023 in a Facebook post:

“Seven ecological disasters in less than 2 weeks. … We are under attack.”

By Jeff Cercone• February 18, 2023

John Loughlin stated on July 09, 2010 in a comment on The Helen Glover Show:

Transporting drugs "is the price of admission" for people crossing the border illegally.

By C. Eugene Emery Jr.• July 20, 2010

Bloggers stated on December 09, 2018 in a Facebook post:

"Border Patrol agents were caught on film destroying supplies left to help migrants"

By Miriam Valverde• December 11, 2018

Benny Johnson stated on September 11, 2023 in a Facebook video:

“Donald Trump spent 9/11 marching into a war zone of fire and ashes with an army of his own men to save Americans.”

By Sara Swann• September 18, 2023

Yes on 8 stated on October 18, 2010 in a website:

"There currently are 825,000 student stations sitting empty across Florida in every district and at every grade level."

By Amy Sherman• October 24, 2010

Dan Patrick stated on January 03, 2016 in an interview on Meet the Press:

Every "one of the mass shootings except two in America since 1950 have been" in "gun-free zones."

By W. Gardner Selby• January 13, 2016

Facebook posts stated on February 26, 2023 in a video on Facebook:

Drinking or using tap water treated with chlorine is dangerous because “chlorine is a poison.”

By Sara Swann• February 28, 2023

Rachel Maddow stated on November 10, 2010 in comments on her MSNBC show.:

"The Republican who was just elected governor of the great state of Florida paid his campaign staffers, not with money, but with American Express gift cards."

By Aaron Sharockman• November 12, 2010

Lois Kolkhorst stated on September 23, 2012 in a breakfast at the Texas Tribune Festival.:

Says that according to "many reports and even our own data," the state of Texas spent more through Medicaid on orthodontia than all other states combined.

By W. Gardner Selby• January 4, 2013

Instagram posts stated on May 08, 2023 in an Instagram post:

Dropped globe in video shows NASA astronauts filming in TV studio.

By Jeff Cercone• May 8, 2023

Ann McLane Kuster stated on August 31, 2012 in a press release sent to The Telegraph on Aug. 31, 2012:

Says Charlie Bass forfeits right to equal cost for TV ads under FCC rules

By Maryalice Gill• September 7, 2012

The Truth-O-Meter is coming to Arizona, Nevada, Colorado and Ohio

By Aaron Sharockman• October 20, 2015

Who has been more press friendly, Tim Michels or Tony Evers?

By Lawrence Andrea• November 7, 2022

Sadler, Cruz saddle up for second debate

By W. Gardner Selby• October 19, 2012

Fact-checking claims about guns and violence

By Louis Jacobson• January 13, 2011

What has Donald Trump done toward his mass deportation promise?

By Maria Ramirez Uribe• March 4, 2025

David Simpson says agent went through airport scanners undetected

By W. Gardner Selby• February 27, 2012

PolitiFact sheet: Does Donald Trump’s ‘SNL’ appearance trigger equal time for the Republican field?

By Katie Sanders• October 21, 2015

No, Mark Zuckerberg did not endorse Donald Trump, as Elizabeth Warren said in stunt ad

By Angie Drobnic Holan• October 17, 2019

PolitiFact announces partnership with Hearst TV

By Bill Adair• January 3, 2012

Ted Cruz reminds crowd of David Dewhurst's Communist claim

By W. Gardner Selby• February 2, 2012

On 'This Week': border security and the economy

By Angie Drobnic Holan, Louis Jacobson• July 12, 2010

As election approaches, Truth-o-Meter whirls

By Willoughby Mariano• October 24, 2010

Pat Toomey's bank and fact vs. fiction in this noisy US Senate race

By Anna Orso• October 28, 2016

Donald Trump says he spent a lot time with 9/11 responders. Here are the facts

By Amy Sherman• July 30, 2019

‘I am afraid’: The aftermath of Springfield, Ohio, misinformation on Haitians who live there

By Maria Ramirez Uribe• September 13, 2024

Did the White House "brand" memorial service with logo and slogan?

By Robert Farley• January 14, 2011

PolitiFact Florida takes fact-checking to TV

By Aaron Sharockman• March 19, 2012

Anti-abortion Amendment 4 ads are plentiful in Florida. What’s true, what’s not?

By Samantha Putterman• October 23, 2024

Political vitriol is bad these days, but experts say it’s been worse

By Tom Kertscher• January 17, 2011

Did the rules of the debate say there would be no fan?

By Amy Sherman• October 16, 2014

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