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Facebook posts stated on August 02, 2021 in a Facebook post:
Says Novak Djokovic said of Simone Biles: “Pressure is a privilege, my friend. ...If you are aiming to be at the top of the game you better start learning how to deal with pressure…”
By Jason Asenso• August 2, 2021
Rick Scott stated on May 30, 2010 in a TV ad:
"Two-thirds of the top-rated hospitals in Florida were our hospitals."
By Aaron Sharockman• June 4, 2010
Instagram posts stated on February 20, 2022 in a post:
Billie Eilish's younger sister has an OnlyFans account.
By Monique Curet• February 22, 2022
Viral image stated on September 22, 2023 in an Instagram post:
A greeting message for Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said “Glory to Urine.”
By Ciara O'Rourke• September 27, 2023
Facebook posts stated on November 21, 2024 in Facebook posts:
“Taylor Swift has moved to Canada after leaving the U.S. following the big red wave.”
By Sofia Ahmed• November 22, 2024
Threads posts stated on December 02, 2024 in a post:
Former presidents George H.W. Bush and Jimmy Carter issued pardons to a son and brother, respectively.
By Gideon Hess• December 5, 2024
Facebook posts stated on November 19, 2024 in a Facebook post:
"Billie Eilish turns down Oscar nomination and leaves US after MASSIVE RED WAVE"
By Caleb McCullough• November 22, 2024
Ann Marie Buerkle stated on June 24, 2011 in a news release:
Says that, unlike the U.S. Senate, "even the Libyan government, in the middle of a civil war, passed a budget on June 15, 2011"
By Louis Jacobson• July 19, 2011
Sarah Palin stated on August 29, 2008 in Dayton, Ohio:
"As governor, I've stood up to ... the big oil companies."
By Alexander Lane• September 1, 2008
Bruce Rauner stated on October 01, 2018 in a campaign ad:
"For decades, Madigan kept property taxes high and made a fortune helping cronies like Pritzker dodge them."
By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller• October 7, 2018
Mark Warner stated on April 09, 2019 in a TV interview.:
Other than University of Virginia’s 2019 basketball team, "We’ve not had a Virginia team even in the Final Four in over a decade. I think George Mason was the last one…"  
By Warren Fiske• April 16, 2019
Ted Cruz stated on February 01, 2013 in a Politico column.:
Says Chuck Hagel’s nomination as defense secretary "has been publicly celebrated by the Iranian government."
By W. Gardner Selby• February 21, 2013
Police Chief Billy Grogan stated on July 14, 2015 in press release:
Georgia has more than 700 law enforcement agencies, and fewer than 20 percent of them are state-certified.
By Nancy Badertscher• July 21, 2015
Katie McGinty stated on June 03, 2016 in On the 'About' page of McGinty's campaign website:
Says she was the first in her family to go to a four-year college.
By Mark Dent• June 3, 2016
Kofi Annan stated on April 19, 2016 in an op-ed in the Huffington Post:
"Studies have consistently failed to establish the existence of a link between the harshness of a country’s drug laws and its levels of drug use."
By Jon Greenberg• April 22, 2016
Tim Scott stated on April 11, 2023 in Senate Banking Committee press release:
“For African American families in particular, the homeownership rate remains relatively unchanged since 1968, the year the Fair Housing Act was signed into law.”
By Matthew Crowley• May 19, 2023
Billy Richardson stated on August 31, 2017 in on the House floor:
North Carolina is home to "two rivers of the top five most polluted rivers" in the U.S.
By Paul Specht• September 20, 2017
Rick Perry stated on September 12, 2011 in the CNN/Tea Party Express debate:
"The first round of stimulus ... it created zero jobs."
By Becky Bowers• September 13, 2011
Rick Scott stated on September 03, 2010 in a meeting with reporters in Tallahassee:
"The stimulus has not created one private sector job."
By Becky Bowers• September 17, 2010
X posts stated on August 23, 2025 in an X post:
An Aug. 23 video shows “the military’s already showing up in Chicago” before a potential National Guard deployment.
By Maria Briceño• August 25, 2025

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By Angie Drobnic Holan• July 2, 2018

When George Washington fought misinformation

By Angie Drobnic Holan• February 21, 2022

In context: Donald Trump’s lewd remarks from 2005

By Angie Drobnic Holan• October 8, 2016

The silence of the year: What did Hunter Biden do for Burisma?

By Angie Drobnic Holan• December 16, 2019

Sorting the facts on Jay-Z and Beyonce’s Cuba jaunt

By Molly Moorhead• April 12, 2013

Coming soon: PolitiFact Pennsylvania!

By Aaron Sharockman• January 13, 2016

Competing claims about Islam on ABC's 'This Week'

By Martha M. Hamilton• October 6, 2010

If you can stand the heat, we've got Pants on Fire for you!

By John Bartosek, Becky Bowers, Louis Jacobson, Aaron Sharockman, Amy Sherman• October 28, 2010

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Fact-checking Donald Trump’s Fox News interview on police brutality protests

By Jon Greenberg, Louis Jacobson, Miriam Valverde• June 12, 2020

What can the federal government do right now to protect voting rights before the 2022 midterms?

By Amy Sherman• February 18, 2022

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By Amy Sherman• August 26, 2019

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