3 People 9094 Fact-checks 3644 Articles People (3) The Walking Dead Political Insider Special Operations OPSEC Education Fund Fact-checks (9094) John Cornyn stated on March 17, 2010 in in a letter to President Barack Obama: "The spillover violence (from Mexico) in Texas is real and it is escalating." By Ciara O'Rourke• March 28, 2010 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 Rick Perry stated on July 28, 2010 in an interview: Because of violence spreading from Mexico, "you’ve got bullets hitting the city hall in El Paso. You’ve got bombs exploding in El Paso." By W. Gardner Selby• August 5, 2010 Greg Abbott stated on July 16, 2010 in an interview with Fox News: "More lives have been lost because of the war with the drug cartels in Juarez alone, just a few blocks from the United States of America, than have been lost in the war in Afghanistan." By Ciara O'Rourke• October 5, 2010 Michael McCaul stated on September 12, 2015 in the Republican weekly radio/TV address: Iran’s "regime is responsible for more than 1,000 American casualties during the Iraq war" and "has plotted a terrorist attack here in our nation's capital." By W. Gardner Selby• October 5, 2015 Special Operations OPSEC Education Fund stated on August 15, 2012 in a Web video: The Obama administration "willfully leaked the existence of STUXNET (a computer worm used against Iran), allowing our enemies to learn more of our secrets and of our operations." By Jon Greenberg• August 24, 2012 Special Operations OPSEC Education Fund stated on August 15, 2012 in a Web video: "Days after the (Osama bin Laden) raid, Hollywood was invited into the White House so that they could receive a briefing" that revealed intelligence sources and methods. By Jon Greenberg• August 20, 2012 Doonesbury stated on January 11, 2015 in the Sunday comics: The CIA paid two psychologists $81 million "to develop and run their torture program." By Jon Greenberg• January 12, 2015 Wayne LaPierre stated on February 24, 2017 in a speech at CPAC: "According to the FBI, Mexican drug cartels are working with 100,000 street gang members in Chicago alone." By Miriam Valverde• March 14, 2017 Rick Perry stated on June 07, 2012 in a speech to the Republican Party of Texas convention in Fort Worth.: Barack Obama has "provided guns to Mexican drug cartels." By W. Gardner Selby• June 18, 2012 Richard Burr stated on June 08, 2017 in an interview: "This is not the first time (the Russians) have been involved in our elections." By Will Doran• June 20, 2017 Kayleigh McEnany stated on February 07, 2023 in a Facebook post: "Joe Biden's wide open southern border" is to blame for fentanyl deaths in the U.S. By Jeff Cercone, Maria Ramirez Uribe• February 10, 2023 Louie Gohmert stated on April 17, 2013 in an interview on C-SPAN.: Says al Qaeda has camps with the drug cartels in Mexico. By W. Gardner Selby• April 23, 2013 Jan Brewer stated on June 25, 2010 in a TV interview: "Our law enforcement agencies have found bodies in the desert, either buried or just lying out there, that have been beheaded." By Robert Farley• September 8, 2010 Special Operations OPSEC Education Fund stated on August 15, 2012 in a web video: The Obama administration "leaked information, deliberately or otherwise, that led to the identification of the Pakistani doctor that helped us in achieving our goals and killing bin Laden." By Jon Greenberg• August 22, 2012 Drunk History stated on July 02, 2019 in an episode: Says the late Lady Bird Johnson sicced the CIA on actress and singer Eartha Kitt after Kitt spoke out against the Vietnam War during a White House luncheon in January 1968. By Kelsey Bradshaw• August 15, 2019 Vladimir Putin stated on July 16, 2018 in a press conference: "The Russian state has never interfered ... into internal American affairs including election process." By John Kruzel, Bill McCarthy• July 16, 2018 Michael McCaul stated on January 19, 2024 in an impeachment hearing: Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas' border policy is "personally responsible" for fentanyl crossing the border By Bayliss Wagner• February 12, 2024 Michael Cutler stated on June 07, 2011 in an appearance on the "Helen Glover ShowV: "A couple of hundred American cities are infested by members of the Mexican cartels." By C. Eugene Emery Jr.• June 19, 2011 Greg Abbott stated on August 26, 2010 in an interview: Says a highway was closed in El Paso because of bullets flying across the border. By Meghan Ashford-Grooms• September 1, 2010 Articles (3644) Experts say Ron DeSantis’ plan to send troops to the U.S.-Mexico border wouldn't lower fentanyl flow By Marta Campabadal Graus, Maria Ramirez Uribe• August 25, 2023 Rubio calls Snowden scandal 'most damaging' espionage case in U.S. history. Is it? By Joshua Gillin• April 22, 2014 Fact-checking Donald Trump CIA pick Gina Haspel’s Senate hearing By John Kruzel• May 9, 2018 How viable is Donald Trump’s 2024 immigration plan? By Marta Campabadal Graus, Maria Ramirez Uribe• November 21, 2023 Passports, please By • October 5, 2010 Ask PolitiFact: What is ‘operational control’ at the border and do cartels have it? By Maria Ramirez Uribe• March 3, 2023 Do drone attacks comply with international law? By Louis Jacobson• July 1, 2010 Rick Perry wishes he was in ... Washington? By Meghan Ashford-Grooms• March 3, 2011 The U.S. attack against a Venezuelan ‘drug carrying boat’ raises legal questions By Maria Briceño, Louis Jacobson• September 8, 2025 Sorting out the truth about guns in Mexico By David Adams, Robert Farley• April 16, 2009 Tracking Donald Trump's campaign promises: How much progress did he make in Week 1? By PolitiFact Staff • January 27, 2025 Lots of fiction, few facts in discussion of torture report By Katie Sanders• December 18, 2014 UPDATED: John Cornyn's rancher tweet among many claims about border conditions By W. Gardner Selby• March 6, 2013 The US attacked Venezuelan boats it says are carrying drugs. Is Venezuela sending drugs to the US? By Maria Ramirez Uribe• September 22, 2025 Fact-checking CPAC 2023 claims about the FBI, fentanyl, IRS By PolitiFact Staff • March 3, 2023 What was the Contingency and Crisis Response bureau? Examining the Trump-era proposal By Bill McCarthy• August 25, 2021 Biden’s misleading announcement that the United States is no longer at war By Noah Y. Kim• September 23, 2021 McCain sings off tune By Bill Adair, Angie Drobnic Holan• February 21, 2008 Candidates fan out ahead of New Hampshire vote By Lauren Carroll, Joshua Gillin, Linda Qiu• February 7, 2016 Fact-checking the Iowa Democratic presidential debate By Lauren Carroll, Aaron Sharockman• November 14, 2015
John Cornyn stated on March 17, 2010 in in a letter to President Barack Obama: "The spillover violence (from Mexico) in Texas is real and it is escalating." By Ciara O'Rourke• March 28, 2010 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 Rick Perry stated on July 28, 2010 in an interview: Because of violence spreading from Mexico, "you’ve got bullets hitting the city hall in El Paso. You’ve got bombs exploding in El Paso." By W. Gardner Selby• August 5, 2010 Greg Abbott stated on July 16, 2010 in an interview with Fox News: "More lives have been lost because of the war with the drug cartels in Juarez alone, just a few blocks from the United States of America, than have been lost in the war in Afghanistan." By Ciara O'Rourke• October 5, 2010 Michael McCaul stated on September 12, 2015 in the Republican weekly radio/TV address: Iran’s "regime is responsible for more than 1,000 American casualties during the Iraq war" and "has plotted a terrorist attack here in our nation's capital." By W. Gardner Selby• October 5, 2015 Special Operations OPSEC Education Fund stated on August 15, 2012 in a Web video: The Obama administration "willfully leaked the existence of STUXNET (a computer worm used against Iran), allowing our enemies to learn more of our secrets and of our operations." By Jon Greenberg• August 24, 2012 Special Operations OPSEC Education Fund stated on August 15, 2012 in a Web video: "Days after the (Osama bin Laden) raid, Hollywood was invited into the White House so that they could receive a briefing" that revealed intelligence sources and methods. By Jon Greenberg• August 20, 2012 Doonesbury stated on January 11, 2015 in the Sunday comics: The CIA paid two psychologists $81 million "to develop and run their torture program." By Jon Greenberg• January 12, 2015 Wayne LaPierre stated on February 24, 2017 in a speech at CPAC: "According to the FBI, Mexican drug cartels are working with 100,000 street gang members in Chicago alone." By Miriam Valverde• March 14, 2017 Rick Perry stated on June 07, 2012 in a speech to the Republican Party of Texas convention in Fort Worth.: Barack Obama has "provided guns to Mexican drug cartels." By W. Gardner Selby• June 18, 2012 Richard Burr stated on June 08, 2017 in an interview: "This is not the first time (the Russians) have been involved in our elections." By Will Doran• June 20, 2017 Kayleigh McEnany stated on February 07, 2023 in a Facebook post: "Joe Biden's wide open southern border" is to blame for fentanyl deaths in the U.S. By Jeff Cercone, Maria Ramirez Uribe• February 10, 2023 Louie Gohmert stated on April 17, 2013 in an interview on C-SPAN.: Says al Qaeda has camps with the drug cartels in Mexico. By W. Gardner Selby• April 23, 2013 Jan Brewer stated on June 25, 2010 in a TV interview: "Our law enforcement agencies have found bodies in the desert, either buried or just lying out there, that have been beheaded." By Robert Farley• September 8, 2010 Special Operations OPSEC Education Fund stated on August 15, 2012 in a web video: The Obama administration "leaked information, deliberately or otherwise, that led to the identification of the Pakistani doctor that helped us in achieving our goals and killing bin Laden." By Jon Greenberg• August 22, 2012 Drunk History stated on July 02, 2019 in an episode: Says the late Lady Bird Johnson sicced the CIA on actress and singer Eartha Kitt after Kitt spoke out against the Vietnam War during a White House luncheon in January 1968. By Kelsey Bradshaw• August 15, 2019 Vladimir Putin stated on July 16, 2018 in a press conference: "The Russian state has never interfered ... into internal American affairs including election process." By John Kruzel, Bill McCarthy• July 16, 2018 Michael McCaul stated on January 19, 2024 in an impeachment hearing: Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas' border policy is "personally responsible" for fentanyl crossing the border By Bayliss Wagner• February 12, 2024 Michael Cutler stated on June 07, 2011 in an appearance on the "Helen Glover ShowV: "A couple of hundred American cities are infested by members of the Mexican cartels." By C. Eugene Emery Jr.• June 19, 2011 Greg Abbott stated on August 26, 2010 in an interview: Says a highway was closed in El Paso because of bullets flying across the border. By Meghan Ashford-Grooms• September 1, 2010
Experts say Ron DeSantis’ plan to send troops to the U.S.-Mexico border wouldn't lower fentanyl flow By Marta Campabadal Graus, Maria Ramirez Uribe• August 25, 2023 Rubio calls Snowden scandal 'most damaging' espionage case in U.S. history. Is it? By Joshua Gillin• April 22, 2014 Fact-checking Donald Trump CIA pick Gina Haspel’s Senate hearing By John Kruzel• May 9, 2018 How viable is Donald Trump’s 2024 immigration plan? By Marta Campabadal Graus, Maria Ramirez Uribe• November 21, 2023 Passports, please By • October 5, 2010 Ask PolitiFact: What is ‘operational control’ at the border and do cartels have it? By Maria Ramirez Uribe• March 3, 2023 Do drone attacks comply with international law? By Louis Jacobson• July 1, 2010 Rick Perry wishes he was in ... Washington? By Meghan Ashford-Grooms• March 3, 2011 The U.S. attack against a Venezuelan ‘drug carrying boat’ raises legal questions By Maria Briceño, Louis Jacobson• September 8, 2025 Sorting out the truth about guns in Mexico By David Adams, Robert Farley• April 16, 2009 Tracking Donald Trump's campaign promises: How much progress did he make in Week 1? By PolitiFact Staff • January 27, 2025 Lots of fiction, few facts in discussion of torture report By Katie Sanders• December 18, 2014 UPDATED: John Cornyn's rancher tweet among many claims about border conditions By W. Gardner Selby• March 6, 2013 The US attacked Venezuelan boats it says are carrying drugs. Is Venezuela sending drugs to the US? By Maria Ramirez Uribe• September 22, 2025 Fact-checking CPAC 2023 claims about the FBI, fentanyl, IRS By PolitiFact Staff • March 3, 2023 What was the Contingency and Crisis Response bureau? Examining the Trump-era proposal By Bill McCarthy• August 25, 2021 Biden’s misleading announcement that the United States is no longer at war By Noah Y. Kim• September 23, 2021 McCain sings off tune By Bill Adair, Angie Drobnic Holan• February 21, 2008 Candidates fan out ahead of New Hampshire vote By Lauren Carroll, Joshua Gillin, Linda Qiu• February 7, 2016 Fact-checking the Iowa Democratic presidential debate By Lauren Carroll, Aaron Sharockman• November 14, 2015
