1 People 2162 Fact-checks 1137 Articles People (1) Hakeem Jeffries Fact-checks (2162) Instagram posts stated on October 27, 2024 in an Instagram post: Vice Presidential nominee Tim Walz “says that if Democrats win they’ll make (U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez) speaker of the house.” By Jeff Cercone• October 29, 2024 Hakeem Jeffries stated on July 02, 2025 in a House floor speech: President Donald Trump’s tax law has “tax breaks for billionaires, permanent; tax breaks for everybody else, expire.” By Louis Jacobson• July 8, 2025 Hakeem Jeffries stated on October 23, 2025 in an X post: “The Trump administration just declared that erecting a ballroom is the president’s main priority,” rather than issues such as the cost of living and health care. By Louis Jacobson• October 24, 2025 Hakeem Jeffries stated on May 08, 2025 in a press conference: “About 20% of households with veterans rely upon” the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. By Louis Jacobson• May 12, 2025 Hakeem Jeffries stated on January 08, 2023 in an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press": A “default on our debt” would be unprecedented in American history. By Louis Jacobson• January 11, 2023 Hakeem Jeffries stated on May 12, 2023 in a tweet: “(Donald) Trump ran up more debt than any other president in American history.” By Louis Jacobson• May 22, 2023 Instagram posts stated on October 13, 2021 in an Instagram post: “Parents who challenge school curriculums are domestic terrorist(s)." By Madison Czopek• October 18, 2021 Tim Scott stated on June 18, 2023 in a TV interview: “Think about parents who show up at school board meetings. By this DOJ, they’re called domestic terrorists.” By Sevana Wenn• June 22, 2023 Instagram posts stated on July 19, 2022 in an Instagram post: Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez was “faking being arrested” during an abortion-rights protest outside the Supreme Court. By Bill McCarthy• July 20, 2022 Viral image stated on January 12, 2021 in a Facebook post: Says Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez tweeted, “Let’s begin ‘The Purge’ to roundup all Conservative traitors.” By Ciara O'Rourke• January 13, 2021 David Cicilline stated on November 18, 2011 in a fundraising letter: Enacting the Right-to-Carry Act would amount to "expanding the rights of sex offenders, terrorists, child predators, and abusers to carry concealed weapons across state lines.’’ By Lynn Arditi• January 1, 2012 Instagram posts stated on August 14, 2021 in Instagram posts: Department of Homeland Security “deemed as terrorism” behavior that includes “resisting COVID regulations” and “thinking the election was rigged.”...“In other words, if you are a Trump supporter, you are a terrorist.” By Noah Y. Kim• October 12, 2021 Tim Baxter stated on January 04, 2022 in an ad: Says Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez “says that all young people want to be socialists.” By Tom Kertscher• January 12, 2022 Jeremy "Spike" Cohen stated on January 22, 2021 in a Facebook post: Says the Biden administration labeled Libertarians terrorists. By Madison Czopek• January 22, 2021 Cory Booker stated on March 27, 2019 in a CNN town hall in South Carolina: Says President Donald Trump "cut funding from the Justice Department to investigate these domestic terrorist groups, these white supremacist groups." By Amy Sherman• April 11, 2019 Facebook posts stated on April 23, 2023 in a Facebook post: Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., “is now worth $29 million dollars.” By Loreben Tuquero• April 3, 2023 Viral image stated on February 26, 2019 in a Facebook post: Says Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said, "We must block Trump from stopping the return of the heroic Alabama mother from ISIS. In many ways she is more of a hero then our veterans. Welcome home sister!" By Ciara O'Rourke• February 27, 2019 Viral image stated on June 26, 2019 in a Facebook post: Says Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez "weeps over empty parking lot." By Ciara O'Rourke, Stefanie Pousoulides• July 22, 2019 Ben Carson stated on November 29, 2015 in an interview on CNN: "The Family Research Council, according to some government agencies, is a terrorist group." By Louis Jacobson• December 1, 2015 Threads posts stated on October 30, 2024 in a Threads post: "AOC is worth 29 Million dollars! How did that happen, on $174,000 per year?" By Jeff Cercone• October 30, 2024 Articles (1137) Hakeem Jeffries ‘maximum warfare’ comment was about redistricting, not a call to violence By Amy Sherman• April 27, 2026 Ask PolitiFact: Is Hakeem Jeffries right about the GOP’s stance on book-banning? By Louis Jacobson• March 30, 2023 Terrorism in the United States: key facts, patterns and trends By Miriam Valverde• December 5, 2019 Trump wants to designate antifa as a terrorist organization, but lacks legal authority for it By Miriam Valverde• June 1, 2020 No, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez probably didn't say that By Ciara O'Rourke• March 27, 2019 Experts question Kristi Noem calling Renee Good a 'domestic terrorist.' Here's what it means By Maria Ramirez Uribe, Amy Sherman• January 8, 2026 Can Trump designate antifa as a ‘major terrorist organization?’ Here’s what we know By Maria Briceño• September 18, 2025 Fact-checking Democrats’ talking points about Affordable Care Act subsidies By Amy Sherman• November 11, 2025 Donald Trump’s team misleads in tying international terrorism report to immigration By Miriam Valverde• January 22, 2018 What is the citizenship status of terrorist suspects in the United States? By Amy Sherman• December 29, 2015 A look at the data on domestic terrorism and who’s behind it By Miriam Valverde• August 16, 2017 Ask PolitiFact: Where was Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez during the Capitol riot? By Bill McCarthy• February 4, 2021 Fact-check: Trump officials’ statements about Alex Pretti’s fatal shooting by Border Patrol agents By Maria Ramirez Uribe• January 26, 2026 Readers’ choice: Vote for your 2025 Lie of the Year By Ellen Hine• November 21, 2025 Why Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez nominated Bernie Sanders at the Democratic convention By Jon Greenberg• August 19, 2020 Donald Trump says hundreds of migrants and their children have been implicated in U.S. terrorism By Lauren Carroll• June 14, 2016 Lamar Alexander's wind claim: Is it for the birds? By Michael Collins• March 9, 2012 A far-left group bombed the Capitol in 1983. Here’s how that’s different from the Jan. 6 attack By Madison Czopek• February 22, 2022 Fact-checking William Barr’s House Judiciary hearing By Miriam Valverde• July 29, 2020 President Donald Trump fires Kristi Noem as DHS secretary. A look back at her falsehoods By Louis Jacobson, Maria Ramirez Uribe, Amy Sherman• March 5, 2026
Instagram posts stated on October 27, 2024 in an Instagram post: Vice Presidential nominee Tim Walz “says that if Democrats win they’ll make (U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez) speaker of the house.” By Jeff Cercone• October 29, 2024 Hakeem Jeffries stated on July 02, 2025 in a House floor speech: President Donald Trump’s tax law has “tax breaks for billionaires, permanent; tax breaks for everybody else, expire.” By Louis Jacobson• July 8, 2025 Hakeem Jeffries stated on October 23, 2025 in an X post: “The Trump administration just declared that erecting a ballroom is the president’s main priority,” rather than issues such as the cost of living and health care. By Louis Jacobson• October 24, 2025 Hakeem Jeffries stated on May 08, 2025 in a press conference: “About 20% of households with veterans rely upon” the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. By Louis Jacobson• May 12, 2025 Hakeem Jeffries stated on January 08, 2023 in an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press": A “default on our debt” would be unprecedented in American history. By Louis Jacobson• January 11, 2023 Hakeem Jeffries stated on May 12, 2023 in a tweet: “(Donald) Trump ran up more debt than any other president in American history.” By Louis Jacobson• May 22, 2023 Instagram posts stated on October 13, 2021 in an Instagram post: “Parents who challenge school curriculums are domestic terrorist(s)." By Madison Czopek• October 18, 2021 Tim Scott stated on June 18, 2023 in a TV interview: “Think about parents who show up at school board meetings. By this DOJ, they’re called domestic terrorists.” By Sevana Wenn• June 22, 2023 Instagram posts stated on July 19, 2022 in an Instagram post: Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez was “faking being arrested” during an abortion-rights protest outside the Supreme Court. By Bill McCarthy• July 20, 2022 Viral image stated on January 12, 2021 in a Facebook post: Says Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez tweeted, “Let’s begin ‘The Purge’ to roundup all Conservative traitors.” By Ciara O'Rourke• January 13, 2021 David Cicilline stated on November 18, 2011 in a fundraising letter: Enacting the Right-to-Carry Act would amount to "expanding the rights of sex offenders, terrorists, child predators, and abusers to carry concealed weapons across state lines.’’ By Lynn Arditi• January 1, 2012 Instagram posts stated on August 14, 2021 in Instagram posts: Department of Homeland Security “deemed as terrorism” behavior that includes “resisting COVID regulations” and “thinking the election was rigged.”...“In other words, if you are a Trump supporter, you are a terrorist.” By Noah Y. Kim• October 12, 2021 Tim Baxter stated on January 04, 2022 in an ad: Says Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez “says that all young people want to be socialists.” By Tom Kertscher• January 12, 2022 Jeremy "Spike" Cohen stated on January 22, 2021 in a Facebook post: Says the Biden administration labeled Libertarians terrorists. By Madison Czopek• January 22, 2021 Cory Booker stated on March 27, 2019 in a CNN town hall in South Carolina: Says President Donald Trump "cut funding from the Justice Department to investigate these domestic terrorist groups, these white supremacist groups." By Amy Sherman• April 11, 2019 Facebook posts stated on April 23, 2023 in a Facebook post: Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., “is now worth $29 million dollars.” By Loreben Tuquero• April 3, 2023 Viral image stated on February 26, 2019 in a Facebook post: Says Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said, "We must block Trump from stopping the return of the heroic Alabama mother from ISIS. In many ways she is more of a hero then our veterans. Welcome home sister!" By Ciara O'Rourke• February 27, 2019 Viral image stated on June 26, 2019 in a Facebook post: Says Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez "weeps over empty parking lot." By Ciara O'Rourke, Stefanie Pousoulides• July 22, 2019 Ben Carson stated on November 29, 2015 in an interview on CNN: "The Family Research Council, according to some government agencies, is a terrorist group." By Louis Jacobson• December 1, 2015 Threads posts stated on October 30, 2024 in a Threads post: "AOC is worth 29 Million dollars! How did that happen, on $174,000 per year?" By Jeff Cercone• October 30, 2024
Hakeem Jeffries ‘maximum warfare’ comment was about redistricting, not a call to violence By Amy Sherman• April 27, 2026 Ask PolitiFact: Is Hakeem Jeffries right about the GOP’s stance on book-banning? By Louis Jacobson• March 30, 2023 Terrorism in the United States: key facts, patterns and trends By Miriam Valverde• December 5, 2019 Trump wants to designate antifa as a terrorist organization, but lacks legal authority for it By Miriam Valverde• June 1, 2020 No, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez probably didn't say that By Ciara O'Rourke• March 27, 2019 Experts question Kristi Noem calling Renee Good a 'domestic terrorist.' Here's what it means By Maria Ramirez Uribe, Amy Sherman• January 8, 2026 Can Trump designate antifa as a ‘major terrorist organization?’ Here’s what we know By Maria Briceño• September 18, 2025 Fact-checking Democrats’ talking points about Affordable Care Act subsidies By Amy Sherman• November 11, 2025 Donald Trump’s team misleads in tying international terrorism report to immigration By Miriam Valverde• January 22, 2018 What is the citizenship status of terrorist suspects in the United States? By Amy Sherman• December 29, 2015 A look at the data on domestic terrorism and who’s behind it By Miriam Valverde• August 16, 2017 Ask PolitiFact: Where was Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez during the Capitol riot? By Bill McCarthy• February 4, 2021 Fact-check: Trump officials’ statements about Alex Pretti’s fatal shooting by Border Patrol agents By Maria Ramirez Uribe• January 26, 2026 Readers’ choice: Vote for your 2025 Lie of the Year By Ellen Hine• November 21, 2025 Why Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez nominated Bernie Sanders at the Democratic convention By Jon Greenberg• August 19, 2020 Donald Trump says hundreds of migrants and their children have been implicated in U.S. terrorism By Lauren Carroll• June 14, 2016 Lamar Alexander's wind claim: Is it for the birds? By Michael Collins• March 9, 2012 A far-left group bombed the Capitol in 1983. Here’s how that’s different from the Jan. 6 attack By Madison Czopek• February 22, 2022 Fact-checking William Barr’s House Judiciary hearing By Miriam Valverde• July 29, 2020 President Donald Trump fires Kristi Noem as DHS secretary. A look back at her falsehoods By Louis Jacobson, Maria Ramirez Uribe, Amy Sherman• March 5, 2026
