64 People 21784 Fact-checks 6719 Articles People (64) Liquid Death Evening World world-newss.com World Food Program Daily World Update American Commitment American Revolution True American American Crossroads Americans for Prosperity Really American Americans for Safe Access American Unity PAC American Automobile Association American Future Fund American International Group American Leadership Action American Principles in Action American Principles Project Americans for Prosperity Action Fact-checks (21784) Mark Shields stated on December 21, 2012 in the PBS NewsHour: Since 1968, "more Americans have died from gunfire than died in … all the wars of this country's history." By Louis Jacobson• January 18, 2013 Doris Kearns Goodwin stated on May 08, 2011 in an appearance on NBC's "Meet the Press": During the Eisenhower Administration, "not a single soldier … died in combat." By Louis Jacobson• May 10, 2011 Nicholas Kristof stated on August 27, 2015 in his column in the New York Times: "More Americans have died from guns in the United States since 1968 than on battlefields of all the wars in American history." By Louis Jacobson• August 27, 2015 Facebook posts stated on June 03, 2020 in an image: Says a photo shows a memorial vandalized by Black Lives Matter protesters. By Daniel Funke• June 4, 2020 Dennis Kucinich stated on June 10, 2010 in a statement posted to his website: "The War in Afghanistan is officially the longest war Americans have ever been asked to endure." By Robert Higgs• July 23, 2010 Facebook posts stated on October 20, 2023 in a Facebook post: “Joe Biden confirms WW3 live on TV.” By Ciara O'Rourke• October 31, 2023 Viral image stated on April 12, 2022 in a Facebook post: Says Adolf Hitler said, “The day mankind finds out what I was trying to defend this nation, Germany, from, then that’s the day World War III starts.” By Ciara O'Rourke• April 18, 2022 Saxby Chambliss stated on June 13, 2013 in an interview on CNN's "The Situation Room": "The United States has never stood by and seen innocent people slaughtered to the extent that's happening in Syria." By Louis Jacobson• June 18, 2013 Joe Biden stated on September 17, 2020 in a CNN town hall: "If the president had done his job, had done his job from the beginning, all the people would still be alive. All the people. I'm not making this up. Just look at the data." By Bill McCarthy• September 18, 2020 Mike Rogers stated on November 03, 2013 in an interview on CBS' "Face the Nation": In 1929, the Secretary of State shut down a program that was "collecting information to protect America" because it was "unseemly," but that move led to "millions and millions" of deaths in World War II. By Louis Jacobson• November 4, 2013 Instagram posts stated on February 08, 2023 in an Instagram post: Winston Churchill didn’t mention the Holocaust in his memoirs because it didn’t happen. By Ciara O'Rourke• February 23, 2023 Stu Burguiere stated on July 15, 2014 in comments on The Glenn Beck Radio Program: There are fewer wars, there are fewer people dying in wars "now than there have been in quite some time." By Derek Tsang• July 21, 2014 Kesha Rogers stated on March 19, 2014 in statements on her campaign website: Says President Barack Obama was responsible for "the assassination of at least four American citizens" in drone strikes. By Sue Owen• March 19, 2014 John McCain stated on June 02, 2008 in a town hall meeting in Nashville, Tenn.: "Casualties and deaths are at (their) lowest point since literally the beginning" of the war. By Alexander Lane• June 6, 2008 Donald Trump stated on February 05, 2018 in a speech near Cincinnati: At the State of the Union address, Democrats, "even on positive news … were like death and un-American. Un-American. Somebody said, ‘treasonous.’ I mean, yeah, I guess, why not? Can we call that treason? Why not?" By Louis Jacobson• February 6, 2018 Viral image stated on April 26, 2020 in a Facebook post: Students no longer say the Pledge of Allegiance in schools. By Ciara O'Rourke• September 21, 2020 Sebastian Gorka stated on November 13, 2017 in a speech at UNC-Chapel Hill: Iran’s regime "every Friday declares war on us." By Paul Specht• November 16, 2017 Allen Frances stated on August 25, 2019 in remarks on CNN's "Reliable Sources": "Trump is as destructive a person in this century as Hitler, Stalin, and Mao were in the last century. He may be responsible for many more million deaths than they were." By Louis Jacobson• August 26, 2019 Donald Trump stated on August 17, 2017 in a tweet: "Study what General Pershing of the United States did to terrorists when caught. There was no more Radical Islamic Terror for 35 years!" By Louis Jacobson, Aaron Sharockman• August 17, 2017 Kamala Harris stated on September 10, 2024 in a debate: “As of today, there is not one member of the United States military who is in active duty in a combat zone, in any war zone around the world, for the first time this century.” By Sara Swann• September 11, 2024 Articles (6719) Iran’s man in Iraq: Soleimani’s deadly fight against the US By Jon Greenberg• January 15, 2020 What's old is new again: Fact-checking claims about Iraq By Katie Sanders• June 25, 2014 Back to the future: Fact-checking claims about Iraq By Katie Sanders• June 27, 2014 Hillary Clinton says of Libya, 'We did not lose a single American in that action' By Louis Jacobson• September 8, 2016 The UN adjusted its Gaza fatality reporting. Here’s what the data does and doesn’t tell us. By Madison Czopek• May 24, 2024 Biden’s misleading announcement that the United States is no longer at war By Noah Y. Kim• September 23, 2021 Have U.S. troops ever been under foreign control? By Louis Jacobson• March 29, 2011 Joe Biden’s inauguration in extraordinary times, fact-checked By Jon Greenberg, Louis Jacobson• January 20, 2021 McCain steps in on Wright By Robert Farley• April 30, 2008 Fact-checking misinformation about Iran and a US military draft By Daniel Funke• January 6, 2020 Remembering John McCain By Angie Drobnic Holan• August 26, 2018 Amid images and news of actual war, false and misleading claims about Israel-Hamas thrive By Sara Swann• October 11, 2023 Vietnam and Afghanistan: Different wars, similar endings? By Jon Greenberg, Louis Jacobson• August 17, 2021 Fact-check: Trump misleads about ending 7 wars, US economy, renewable energy in UN speech By Louis Jacobson, Maria Ramirez Uribe• September 23, 2025 Two years of the coronavirus pandemic, in charts By Louis Jacobson• February 22, 2022 Fact-checking claims about Russia, Ukraine and MH 17 By Lauren Carroll, Jon Greenberg, Derek Tsang• July 23, 2014 Fact-checking claims about MH 17, Russia and Ukraine By Lauren Carroll, Jon Greenberg, Derek Tsang• July 23, 2014 Does leaving no soldier behind date to the beginning of the republic? PolitiFact Oregon By Dana Tims• June 6, 2014 100 years of latitude By Bill Adair• March 25, 2008 Fact-checking Donald Trump’s 2023 CPAC speech about elections, immigration, economy By Matthew Crowley, Maria Ramirez Uribe, Amy Sherman• March 6, 2023
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Mark Shields stated on December 21, 2012 in the PBS NewsHour: Since 1968, "more Americans have died from gunfire than died in … all the wars of this country's history." By Louis Jacobson• January 18, 2013 Doris Kearns Goodwin stated on May 08, 2011 in an appearance on NBC's "Meet the Press": During the Eisenhower Administration, "not a single soldier … died in combat." By Louis Jacobson• May 10, 2011 Nicholas Kristof stated on August 27, 2015 in his column in the New York Times: "More Americans have died from guns in the United States since 1968 than on battlefields of all the wars in American history." By Louis Jacobson• August 27, 2015 Facebook posts stated on June 03, 2020 in an image: Says a photo shows a memorial vandalized by Black Lives Matter protesters. By Daniel Funke• June 4, 2020 Dennis Kucinich stated on June 10, 2010 in a statement posted to his website: "The War in Afghanistan is officially the longest war Americans have ever been asked to endure." By Robert Higgs• July 23, 2010 Facebook posts stated on October 20, 2023 in a Facebook post: “Joe Biden confirms WW3 live on TV.” By Ciara O'Rourke• October 31, 2023 Viral image stated on April 12, 2022 in a Facebook post: Says Adolf Hitler said, “The day mankind finds out what I was trying to defend this nation, Germany, from, then that’s the day World War III starts.” By Ciara O'Rourke• April 18, 2022 Saxby Chambliss stated on June 13, 2013 in an interview on CNN's "The Situation Room": "The United States has never stood by and seen innocent people slaughtered to the extent that's happening in Syria." By Louis Jacobson• June 18, 2013 Joe Biden stated on September 17, 2020 in a CNN town hall: "If the president had done his job, had done his job from the beginning, all the people would still be alive. All the people. I'm not making this up. Just look at the data." By Bill McCarthy• September 18, 2020 Mike Rogers stated on November 03, 2013 in an interview on CBS' "Face the Nation": In 1929, the Secretary of State shut down a program that was "collecting information to protect America" because it was "unseemly," but that move led to "millions and millions" of deaths in World War II. By Louis Jacobson• November 4, 2013 Instagram posts stated on February 08, 2023 in an Instagram post: Winston Churchill didn’t mention the Holocaust in his memoirs because it didn’t happen. By Ciara O'Rourke• February 23, 2023 Stu Burguiere stated on July 15, 2014 in comments on The Glenn Beck Radio Program: There are fewer wars, there are fewer people dying in wars "now than there have been in quite some time." By Derek Tsang• July 21, 2014 Kesha Rogers stated on March 19, 2014 in statements on her campaign website: Says President Barack Obama was responsible for "the assassination of at least four American citizens" in drone strikes. By Sue Owen• March 19, 2014 John McCain stated on June 02, 2008 in a town hall meeting in Nashville, Tenn.: "Casualties and deaths are at (their) lowest point since literally the beginning" of the war. By Alexander Lane• June 6, 2008 Donald Trump stated on February 05, 2018 in a speech near Cincinnati: At the State of the Union address, Democrats, "even on positive news … were like death and un-American. Un-American. Somebody said, ‘treasonous.’ I mean, yeah, I guess, why not? Can we call that treason? Why not?" By Louis Jacobson• February 6, 2018 Viral image stated on April 26, 2020 in a Facebook post: Students no longer say the Pledge of Allegiance in schools. By Ciara O'Rourke• September 21, 2020 Sebastian Gorka stated on November 13, 2017 in a speech at UNC-Chapel Hill: Iran’s regime "every Friday declares war on us." By Paul Specht• November 16, 2017 Allen Frances stated on August 25, 2019 in remarks on CNN's "Reliable Sources": "Trump is as destructive a person in this century as Hitler, Stalin, and Mao were in the last century. He may be responsible for many more million deaths than they were." By Louis Jacobson• August 26, 2019 Donald Trump stated on August 17, 2017 in a tweet: "Study what General Pershing of the United States did to terrorists when caught. There was no more Radical Islamic Terror for 35 years!" By Louis Jacobson, Aaron Sharockman• August 17, 2017 Kamala Harris stated on September 10, 2024 in a debate: “As of today, there is not one member of the United States military who is in active duty in a combat zone, in any war zone around the world, for the first time this century.” By Sara Swann• September 11, 2024
Iran’s man in Iraq: Soleimani’s deadly fight against the US By Jon Greenberg• January 15, 2020 What's old is new again: Fact-checking claims about Iraq By Katie Sanders• June 25, 2014 Back to the future: Fact-checking claims about Iraq By Katie Sanders• June 27, 2014 Hillary Clinton says of Libya, 'We did not lose a single American in that action' By Louis Jacobson• September 8, 2016 The UN adjusted its Gaza fatality reporting. Here’s what the data does and doesn’t tell us. By Madison Czopek• May 24, 2024 Biden’s misleading announcement that the United States is no longer at war By Noah Y. Kim• September 23, 2021 Have U.S. troops ever been under foreign control? By Louis Jacobson• March 29, 2011 Joe Biden’s inauguration in extraordinary times, fact-checked By Jon Greenberg, Louis Jacobson• January 20, 2021 McCain steps in on Wright By Robert Farley• April 30, 2008 Fact-checking misinformation about Iran and a US military draft By Daniel Funke• January 6, 2020 Remembering John McCain By Angie Drobnic Holan• August 26, 2018 Amid images and news of actual war, false and misleading claims about Israel-Hamas thrive By Sara Swann• October 11, 2023 Vietnam and Afghanistan: Different wars, similar endings? By Jon Greenberg, Louis Jacobson• August 17, 2021 Fact-check: Trump misleads about ending 7 wars, US economy, renewable energy in UN speech By Louis Jacobson, Maria Ramirez Uribe• September 23, 2025 Two years of the coronavirus pandemic, in charts By Louis Jacobson• February 22, 2022 Fact-checking claims about Russia, Ukraine and MH 17 By Lauren Carroll, Jon Greenberg, Derek Tsang• July 23, 2014 Fact-checking claims about MH 17, Russia and Ukraine By Lauren Carroll, Jon Greenberg, Derek Tsang• July 23, 2014 Does leaving no soldier behind date to the beginning of the republic? PolitiFact Oregon By Dana Tims• June 6, 2014 100 years of latitude By Bill Adair• March 25, 2008 Fact-checking Donald Trump’s 2023 CPAC speech about elections, immigration, economy By Matthew Crowley, Maria Ramirez Uribe, Amy Sherman• March 6, 2023
