13 People 24431 Fact-checks 7428 Articles People (13) My City Bikes Save My Care Bill Post Threads posts The Houston Post TikTok posts Facebook posts Instagram posts The Miami Post X posts New York Post Conservative Daily Post Campaign to Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol Fact-checks (24431) Rush Limbaugh stated on August 27, 2018 in in a blog post: "It appears that the (Jacksonville) shooter was part of the Trump 'Resistance'." By John Kruzel• August 28, 2018 Bloggers stated on October 03, 2017 in a blog post: "Las Vegas shooting witnesses report multiple gunmen dressed as security guards." By Aaron Sharockman• October 3, 2017 Instagram posts stated on July 14, 2024 in Instagram posts: The shooter who attempted to assassinate Donald Trump was “Maxwell Yearick.” By Loreben Tuquero• July 16, 2024 Threads posts stated on July 14, 2024 in a Threads post: Photo shows the Instagram account of shooter Thomas Matthew Crooks, with the bio, “In my quest to end Epsteins evil empire.” By Loreben Tuquero• July 15, 2024 Claudia Tenney stated on February 21, 2018 in a radio interview: "So many of these people that commit the mass murders end up being Democrats." By Dan Clark, Paul Specht• February 23, 2018 Facebook posts stated on July 13, 2024 in a Facebook post: “Butler Police confirm the shooter’s name is Mark Violets. He is a known Antifa extremist.” By Maria Ramirez Uribe• July 14, 2024 Threads posts stated on December 05, 2024 in a post on Threads: Elon Musk wrote on X that “without CEOs, the world would not be able to function” and “America will be destitute without us.” By Madison Czopek• December 6, 2024 Facebook posts stated on July 14, 2024 in a post: Thomas Crooks “was a registered Democrat who voted for Clinton and Biden.” By Grace Abels• July 15, 2024 YourNewsWire.com stated on November 05, 2017 in an Internet post: "Texas Church shooter was Antifa and wanted to start (a) ‘communist revolution.’ " By Joshua Gillin• November 6, 2017 Instagram posts stated on July 14, 2024 in an Instagram post: A Secret Service agent named Jonathan Willis said he “had the assassin in his sights for 3 minutes, but he was told not to engage by the head of the (Secret Service) unit.” By Madison Czopek• July 15, 2024 Michael O'Neill stated on April 26, 2016 in a legislative hearing : "There’s no data that says a gun-free zone has saved lives." By Jacqueline Tempera• May 8, 2016 Social Media stated on July 14, 2024 in a July 14, 2024, post: A photo from viral social media posts shows Trump rally shooting suspect Thomas Matthew Crooks. By Kwasi Gyamfi Asiedu• July 14, 2024 Facebook posts stated on May 30, 2022 in a Facebook post: Aaron Salter Jr. was killed by a mass shooter because he was working on creating a water-powered car engine. By Gabrielle Settles• June 2, 2022 Beto O'Rourke stated on February 24, 2018 in a Waco campaign stop: Says "PTA meetings are now being conducted to help parents tell their kids" that if a guy with an AR-15 walks into their classroom, "you are supposed to create as much chaos as you possibly can. They want you to scream and yell and dance around and throw books and just keep moving." By W. Gardner Selby• March 15, 2018 Social Media stated on December 16, 2024 in a post: “The school shooter in Madison Wisconsin Christian School shooting has been identified as a female identifying as a male.” By Sara Swann• December 17, 2024 Facebook posts stated on July 20, 2024 in a video: Thomas Matthew Crooks worked for BlackRock "in the past" and BlackRock owned the building Crooks stood on when he shot at the Trump campaign rally. By Kwasi Gyamfi Asiedu• July 26, 2024 Pamela Geller stated on July 16, 2015 in a tweet : "ISIS supporter tweeted at 10:34 a.m. Shooting began at 10:45 a.m." in Chattanooga, Tenn. By Anna Bruzgulis• July 21, 2015 Social Media stated on July 13, 2024 in social media posts: Donald Trump staged the shooting at his rally in Butler, Pennsylvania. By Samantha Putterman• July 14, 2024 Threads posts stated on July 14, 2024 in a post on Threads: Trump campaign rally gunman Thomas Matthew Crooks was “arrested more than once.” By Ranjan Jindal• July 16, 2024 Larry Pittman stated on February 15, 2018 in a Facebook post: "So many of these shooters turn out to be communist Democrats." By Dan Clark, Paul Specht• February 23, 2018 Articles (7428) When Donald Trump was shot, the internet unleashed wild conspiracy theories By Katie Sanders• July 15, 2024 In Context: Trump recounts assassination attempt. Here’s what he said at the RNC. By Grace Abels• July 19, 2024 Fact-checking falsehoods after shooting in hotel hosting correspondents’ dinner Trump attended By Amy Sherman• April 26, 2026 Fact-checking misinformation after the El Paso, Dayton shootings By Daniel Funke, John Kruzel• August 5, 2019 No evidence of rising LGBTQ+ violent extremism or 'trans terrorism' By Grace Abels• February 26, 2024 PolitiFact’s coverage of the Donald Trump assassination attempt By PolitiFact Staff • July 25, 2024 What Illinois’ ‘red flag’ gun law means after the Highland Park shooting By Hana Stepnick• July 12, 2022 PolitiFact’s Lie of the Year: Online smear machine tries to take down Parkland students By Angie Drobnic Holan, Amy Sherman• December 11, 2018 Meta and X removed the accounts of Trump’s assassination attempt suspect: That’s not uncommon By Maria Briceño, Loreben Tuquero• September 17, 2024 Are trans people ‘statistically’ more prone to commit gun violence? Data shows a different picture By Loreben Tuquero• September 9, 2025 Tracking misinformation about the Allen, Texas, mass shooting and response By Michael Williams• May 9, 2023 PolitiFact’s top 10 fact-checks of 2022 By Sara Swann• December 26, 2022 Mailbag: 'Be real journalists!' By Louis Jacobson• October 20, 2015 Prolific fake news writer Paul Horner dead at 38 By Joshua Gillin• September 26, 2017 Fact-checking false claims about shooter’s identity in Charlie Kirk shooting By Grace Abels, Maria Briceño, Loreben Tuquero• September 11, 2025 Hoaxes, fake news about the Las Vegas massacre By Louis Jacobson, Emily Tanaka, Miriam Valverde• October 2, 2017 What's true, what's not about Santa Fe, Texas, school shooting By John Kruzel, Amy Sherman• May 18, 2018 What to know about claims that Trump rally shooter used ‘encrypted’ messaging, bank accounts By Madison Czopek• August 2, 2024 The difference between automatic and semi-automatic weapons By Joshua Gillin• October 2, 2017 Mailbag: Bipartisan bouquets and brickbats By Angie Drobnic Holan• March 3, 2010
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Rush Limbaugh stated on August 27, 2018 in in a blog post: "It appears that the (Jacksonville) shooter was part of the Trump 'Resistance'." By John Kruzel• August 28, 2018 Bloggers stated on October 03, 2017 in a blog post: "Las Vegas shooting witnesses report multiple gunmen dressed as security guards." By Aaron Sharockman• October 3, 2017 Instagram posts stated on July 14, 2024 in Instagram posts: The shooter who attempted to assassinate Donald Trump was “Maxwell Yearick.” By Loreben Tuquero• July 16, 2024 Threads posts stated on July 14, 2024 in a Threads post: Photo shows the Instagram account of shooter Thomas Matthew Crooks, with the bio, “In my quest to end Epsteins evil empire.” By Loreben Tuquero• July 15, 2024 Claudia Tenney stated on February 21, 2018 in a radio interview: "So many of these people that commit the mass murders end up being Democrats." By Dan Clark, Paul Specht• February 23, 2018 Facebook posts stated on July 13, 2024 in a Facebook post: “Butler Police confirm the shooter’s name is Mark Violets. He is a known Antifa extremist.” By Maria Ramirez Uribe• July 14, 2024 Threads posts stated on December 05, 2024 in a post on Threads: Elon Musk wrote on X that “without CEOs, the world would not be able to function” and “America will be destitute without us.” By Madison Czopek• December 6, 2024 Facebook posts stated on July 14, 2024 in a post: Thomas Crooks “was a registered Democrat who voted for Clinton and Biden.” By Grace Abels• July 15, 2024 YourNewsWire.com stated on November 05, 2017 in an Internet post: "Texas Church shooter was Antifa and wanted to start (a) ‘communist revolution.’ " By Joshua Gillin• November 6, 2017 Instagram posts stated on July 14, 2024 in an Instagram post: A Secret Service agent named Jonathan Willis said he “had the assassin in his sights for 3 minutes, but he was told not to engage by the head of the (Secret Service) unit.” By Madison Czopek• July 15, 2024 Michael O'Neill stated on April 26, 2016 in a legislative hearing : "There’s no data that says a gun-free zone has saved lives." By Jacqueline Tempera• May 8, 2016 Social Media stated on July 14, 2024 in a July 14, 2024, post: A photo from viral social media posts shows Trump rally shooting suspect Thomas Matthew Crooks. By Kwasi Gyamfi Asiedu• July 14, 2024 Facebook posts stated on May 30, 2022 in a Facebook post: Aaron Salter Jr. was killed by a mass shooter because he was working on creating a water-powered car engine. By Gabrielle Settles• June 2, 2022 Beto O'Rourke stated on February 24, 2018 in a Waco campaign stop: Says "PTA meetings are now being conducted to help parents tell their kids" that if a guy with an AR-15 walks into their classroom, "you are supposed to create as much chaos as you possibly can. They want you to scream and yell and dance around and throw books and just keep moving." By W. Gardner Selby• March 15, 2018 Social Media stated on December 16, 2024 in a post: “The school shooter in Madison Wisconsin Christian School shooting has been identified as a female identifying as a male.” By Sara Swann• December 17, 2024 Facebook posts stated on July 20, 2024 in a video: Thomas Matthew Crooks worked for BlackRock "in the past" and BlackRock owned the building Crooks stood on when he shot at the Trump campaign rally. By Kwasi Gyamfi Asiedu• July 26, 2024 Pamela Geller stated on July 16, 2015 in a tweet : "ISIS supporter tweeted at 10:34 a.m. Shooting began at 10:45 a.m." in Chattanooga, Tenn. By Anna Bruzgulis• July 21, 2015 Social Media stated on July 13, 2024 in social media posts: Donald Trump staged the shooting at his rally in Butler, Pennsylvania. By Samantha Putterman• July 14, 2024 Threads posts stated on July 14, 2024 in a post on Threads: Trump campaign rally gunman Thomas Matthew Crooks was “arrested more than once.” By Ranjan Jindal• July 16, 2024 Larry Pittman stated on February 15, 2018 in a Facebook post: "So many of these shooters turn out to be communist Democrats." By Dan Clark, Paul Specht• February 23, 2018
When Donald Trump was shot, the internet unleashed wild conspiracy theories By Katie Sanders• July 15, 2024 In Context: Trump recounts assassination attempt. Here’s what he said at the RNC. By Grace Abels• July 19, 2024 Fact-checking falsehoods after shooting in hotel hosting correspondents’ dinner Trump attended By Amy Sherman• April 26, 2026 Fact-checking misinformation after the El Paso, Dayton shootings By Daniel Funke, John Kruzel• August 5, 2019 No evidence of rising LGBTQ+ violent extremism or 'trans terrorism' By Grace Abels• February 26, 2024 PolitiFact’s coverage of the Donald Trump assassination attempt By PolitiFact Staff • July 25, 2024 What Illinois’ ‘red flag’ gun law means after the Highland Park shooting By Hana Stepnick• July 12, 2022 PolitiFact’s Lie of the Year: Online smear machine tries to take down Parkland students By Angie Drobnic Holan, Amy Sherman• December 11, 2018 Meta and X removed the accounts of Trump’s assassination attempt suspect: That’s not uncommon By Maria Briceño, Loreben Tuquero• September 17, 2024 Are trans people ‘statistically’ more prone to commit gun violence? Data shows a different picture By Loreben Tuquero• September 9, 2025 Tracking misinformation about the Allen, Texas, mass shooting and response By Michael Williams• May 9, 2023 PolitiFact’s top 10 fact-checks of 2022 By Sara Swann• December 26, 2022 Mailbag: 'Be real journalists!' By Louis Jacobson• October 20, 2015 Prolific fake news writer Paul Horner dead at 38 By Joshua Gillin• September 26, 2017 Fact-checking false claims about shooter’s identity in Charlie Kirk shooting By Grace Abels, Maria Briceño, Loreben Tuquero• September 11, 2025 Hoaxes, fake news about the Las Vegas massacre By Louis Jacobson, Emily Tanaka, Miriam Valverde• October 2, 2017 What's true, what's not about Santa Fe, Texas, school shooting By John Kruzel, Amy Sherman• May 18, 2018 What to know about claims that Trump rally shooter used ‘encrypted’ messaging, bank accounts By Madison Czopek• August 2, 2024 The difference between automatic and semi-automatic weapons By Joshua Gillin• October 2, 2017 Mailbag: Bipartisan bouquets and brickbats By Angie Drobnic Holan• March 3, 2010
