49 People 21948 Fact-checks 7556 Articles People (49) Kenneth Block Chris Grant Vote No on 3 Students for Trump Vets for Trump Rose Mary Grant Betty Jean Grant The Trump Talks Donald Trump Tiffany Trump Eric Trump Melania Trump Ivanka Trump Protect Your Vote states-news.com Rock the Vote True The Vote Vote No On 2 Vote No on 4 Vote NO on 8 Fact-checks (21948) Jared Moskowitz stated on January 22, 2026 in an X post: The Federal Emergency Management Agency’s “backlog of unanswered disaster assistance applications has exploded to the largest in its history.” By Samantha Putterman• January 28, 2026 Donald Trump stated on October 11, 2024 in a Truth Social post: “It has just come out that Democrats in Washington and the Democrat Governor’s Office of North Carolina (Roy Cooper) were blocking people and money from coming into North Carolina.” By Amy Sherman, Paul Specht• October 12, 2024 Social Media stated on September 24, 2024 in social media posts: Project 2025 would “cut” the Federal Emergency Management Agency and “kill federal-backed flood insurance.” By Madison Czopek• October 3, 2024 Pete Buttigieg stated on August 28, 2019 in a tweet: Says President Donald Trump has been "taking money Congress authorized to protect people facing disaster in order to indefinitely detain asylum seekers." By Louis Jacobson• August 30, 2019 Instagram posts stated on October 06, 2024 in an Instagram post: “Out of the 28 North Carolina counties destroyed by Hurricane Helene, 26 of them supported President Trump in the 2020 election … If you’re wondering why the government hasn’t helped these people, now you know why.” By Loreben Tuquero• October 7, 2024 Back to Basics stated on October 13, 2010 in a TV ad.: Rick Perry is "taking money away from hurricane victims" and diverting it to "remodel the Governor's Mansion." By W. Gardner Selby• October 27, 2010 Donald Trump stated on October 04, 2024 in a conversation with reporters: The Biden administration stole $1 billion “from FEMA to use it for illegal migrants. … And FEMA is now busted. They don’t have any money.” By Maria Ramirez Uribe, Amy Sherman• October 8, 2024 Jeff Merkley stated on September 11, 2018 in an MSNBC interview: Says the Trump administration transferred $10 million from FEMA to ICE. By Miriam Valverde• September 13, 2018 Joe Biden stated on August 31, 2023 in a speech: “Under the Obama-Biden administration, we invested hundreds of millions of dollars in the state of Florida replacing wooden power poles with steel poles and we buried these electric lines." By Amy Sherman• October 6, 2023 Social Media stated on October 04, 2024 in social media posts: FEMA, FAA are “blocking” delivery of Starlink devices and supplies to North Carolina’s hurricane-hit areas. By Madison Czopek• October 8, 2024 Elon Musk stated on February 10, 2025 in an X post: “FEMA sent $59M LAST WEEK to luxury hotels in New York City to house illegal migrants… That money is meant for American disaster relief.” By Maria Ramirez Uribe• February 14, 2025 Threads posts stated on November 10, 2024 in a post: Elon Musk’s Starlink technology manipulated votes in the 2024 election to benefit Donald Trump. By Madison Czopek, Sara Swann• November 12, 2024 Robert F. Kennedy Jr. stated on June 27, 2024 in an X livestream: Border Patrol agents take migrants "to the Yuma airport, put them on a plane to any destination they want. ... And they pay their ticket. And then they get reimbursement from FEMA." By Maria Ramirez Uribe• July 3, 2024 X posts stated on January 08, 2025 in a post: “FEMA spent billions on illegal immigrants and now has no money for California!” By Kwasi Gyamfi Asiedu• January 10, 2025 Eric Hovde stated on October 03, 2024 in X, formerly Twitter: "FEMA is out of money and doesn't have money to transfer to those people affected by the hurricane ... they used the money to assist illegal immigrants." By Hope Karnopp• October 8, 2024 TikTok posts stated on January 24, 2025 in a video on TikTok: “JD Vance is in North Carolina, and he’s found furnished apartments to put the people in that have been living in tents.” By Madison Czopek• January 30, 2025 Ron DeSantis stated on March 05, 2019 in his State of the State address: "I’ve already traveled to Washington, D.C., and secured a historic commitment from the Trump administration to provide assistance to the communities that Michael battered." By Amy Sherman• March 7, 2019 TikTok posts stated on September 07, 2025 in a TikTok post: Video shows Chicago salt trucks were used “to slow traffic and block access points in response to an incoming ICE operation.” By Maria Briceño• September 8, 2025 X posts stated on October 04, 2024 in a post on X: “The $750 from FEMA that Kamala Harris is offering them is actually a loan, not real relief. And that if they don’t pay it back the feds can seize their property.” By Madison Czopek• October 6, 2024 Jay Carney stated on May 10, 2011 in a press gaggle: Says the Obama Administration has fulfilled all of Texas’ requests for fire management assisting grants. By Ciara O'Rourke• May 30, 2011 Articles (7556) How the U.S. funds disaster recovery By John Kruzel• September 14, 2017 12 fact-checks from Donald Trump's all-women Fox News town hall By Matthew Crowley, Louis Jacobson, Samantha Putterman, Amy Sherman• October 16, 2024 Florida's Alligator Alcatraz may close. Trump, DeSantis' statements about center clash with facts By Samantha Putterman• May 18, 2026 2 weeks, 450+ posts: How Elon Musk uses his X profile to push FEMA, immigration, voting falsehoods By Madison Czopek• October 23, 2024 Florida's 'Alligator Alcatraz' immigration detention center isn't funded by FEMA hurricane money By Maria Briceño• June 26, 2025 Fact-checking the Michigan Senate debate between Mike Rogers and Elissa Slotkin By Caleb McCullough• October 9, 2024 Are foreign adversaries China and Russia amplifying hurricane misinformation? Early signs say yes By Jeff Cercone• October 14, 2024 A month-by-month look at the misinformation that caught our attention in a busy news year By Jeff Cercone• December 26, 2024 It's not just Orlando. Scott often fails with FEMA requests By Joshua Gillin• June 24, 2016 Killing chickens, banning TikTok: Six times Trump criticized Democrats for things he also supported By Amy Sherman• February 3, 2025 Fact-check: Los Angeles fires fuel falsehoods, including by Trump, about water management By Jeff Cercone, Caleb McCullough• January 10, 2025 Fact-checking political talking points about the 2025 government shutdown By Louis Jacobson, Samantha Putterman, Amy Sherman• October 1, 2025 FACTSHEET: Reducing the national debt By Angie Drobnic Holan• November 12, 2010 Fact-checking Donald Trump's tweets about Puerto Rico By Jon Greenberg• October 1, 2017 Fact-checking 5 misleading claims about Helene relief efforts in North Carolina By Paul Specht• October 5, 2024 Texas wildfire claims By W. Gardner Selby• September 6, 2011 ‘A defining moment’: Here is PolitiFact readers’ choice for 2024 Lie of the Year By Ellen Hine• December 17, 2024 Trump’s stalled campaign promises on health care By Lauren Carroll, Jon Greenberg• March 16, 2017 What you need to know about net neutrality By John Kruzel• December 13, 2017 Aid to Africa doesn’t detract from disaster relief for U.S. hurricane victims By Jeff Cercone• December 6, 2024
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Jared Moskowitz stated on January 22, 2026 in an X post: The Federal Emergency Management Agency’s “backlog of unanswered disaster assistance applications has exploded to the largest in its history.” By Samantha Putterman• January 28, 2026 Donald Trump stated on October 11, 2024 in a Truth Social post: “It has just come out that Democrats in Washington and the Democrat Governor’s Office of North Carolina (Roy Cooper) were blocking people and money from coming into North Carolina.” By Amy Sherman, Paul Specht• October 12, 2024 Social Media stated on September 24, 2024 in social media posts: Project 2025 would “cut” the Federal Emergency Management Agency and “kill federal-backed flood insurance.” By Madison Czopek• October 3, 2024 Pete Buttigieg stated on August 28, 2019 in a tweet: Says President Donald Trump has been "taking money Congress authorized to protect people facing disaster in order to indefinitely detain asylum seekers." By Louis Jacobson• August 30, 2019 Instagram posts stated on October 06, 2024 in an Instagram post: “Out of the 28 North Carolina counties destroyed by Hurricane Helene, 26 of them supported President Trump in the 2020 election … If you’re wondering why the government hasn’t helped these people, now you know why.” By Loreben Tuquero• October 7, 2024 Back to Basics stated on October 13, 2010 in a TV ad.: Rick Perry is "taking money away from hurricane victims" and diverting it to "remodel the Governor's Mansion." By W. Gardner Selby• October 27, 2010 Donald Trump stated on October 04, 2024 in a conversation with reporters: The Biden administration stole $1 billion “from FEMA to use it for illegal migrants. … And FEMA is now busted. They don’t have any money.” By Maria Ramirez Uribe, Amy Sherman• October 8, 2024 Jeff Merkley stated on September 11, 2018 in an MSNBC interview: Says the Trump administration transferred $10 million from FEMA to ICE. By Miriam Valverde• September 13, 2018 Joe Biden stated on August 31, 2023 in a speech: “Under the Obama-Biden administration, we invested hundreds of millions of dollars in the state of Florida replacing wooden power poles with steel poles and we buried these electric lines." By Amy Sherman• October 6, 2023 Social Media stated on October 04, 2024 in social media posts: FEMA, FAA are “blocking” delivery of Starlink devices and supplies to North Carolina’s hurricane-hit areas. By Madison Czopek• October 8, 2024 Elon Musk stated on February 10, 2025 in an X post: “FEMA sent $59M LAST WEEK to luxury hotels in New York City to house illegal migrants… That money is meant for American disaster relief.” By Maria Ramirez Uribe• February 14, 2025 Threads posts stated on November 10, 2024 in a post: Elon Musk’s Starlink technology manipulated votes in the 2024 election to benefit Donald Trump. By Madison Czopek, Sara Swann• November 12, 2024 Robert F. Kennedy Jr. stated on June 27, 2024 in an X livestream: Border Patrol agents take migrants "to the Yuma airport, put them on a plane to any destination they want. ... And they pay their ticket. And then they get reimbursement from FEMA." By Maria Ramirez Uribe• July 3, 2024 X posts stated on January 08, 2025 in a post: “FEMA spent billions on illegal immigrants and now has no money for California!” By Kwasi Gyamfi Asiedu• January 10, 2025 Eric Hovde stated on October 03, 2024 in X, formerly Twitter: "FEMA is out of money and doesn't have money to transfer to those people affected by the hurricane ... they used the money to assist illegal immigrants." By Hope Karnopp• October 8, 2024 TikTok posts stated on January 24, 2025 in a video on TikTok: “JD Vance is in North Carolina, and he’s found furnished apartments to put the people in that have been living in tents.” By Madison Czopek• January 30, 2025 Ron DeSantis stated on March 05, 2019 in his State of the State address: "I’ve already traveled to Washington, D.C., and secured a historic commitment from the Trump administration to provide assistance to the communities that Michael battered." By Amy Sherman• March 7, 2019 TikTok posts stated on September 07, 2025 in a TikTok post: Video shows Chicago salt trucks were used “to slow traffic and block access points in response to an incoming ICE operation.” By Maria Briceño• September 8, 2025 X posts stated on October 04, 2024 in a post on X: “The $750 from FEMA that Kamala Harris is offering them is actually a loan, not real relief. And that if they don’t pay it back the feds can seize their property.” By Madison Czopek• October 6, 2024 Jay Carney stated on May 10, 2011 in a press gaggle: Says the Obama Administration has fulfilled all of Texas’ requests for fire management assisting grants. By Ciara O'Rourke• May 30, 2011
How the U.S. funds disaster recovery By John Kruzel• September 14, 2017 12 fact-checks from Donald Trump's all-women Fox News town hall By Matthew Crowley, Louis Jacobson, Samantha Putterman, Amy Sherman• October 16, 2024 Florida's Alligator Alcatraz may close. Trump, DeSantis' statements about center clash with facts By Samantha Putterman• May 18, 2026 2 weeks, 450+ posts: How Elon Musk uses his X profile to push FEMA, immigration, voting falsehoods By Madison Czopek• October 23, 2024 Florida's 'Alligator Alcatraz' immigration detention center isn't funded by FEMA hurricane money By Maria Briceño• June 26, 2025 Fact-checking the Michigan Senate debate between Mike Rogers and Elissa Slotkin By Caleb McCullough• October 9, 2024 Are foreign adversaries China and Russia amplifying hurricane misinformation? Early signs say yes By Jeff Cercone• October 14, 2024 A month-by-month look at the misinformation that caught our attention in a busy news year By Jeff Cercone• December 26, 2024 It's not just Orlando. Scott often fails with FEMA requests By Joshua Gillin• June 24, 2016 Killing chickens, banning TikTok: Six times Trump criticized Democrats for things he also supported By Amy Sherman• February 3, 2025 Fact-check: Los Angeles fires fuel falsehoods, including by Trump, about water management By Jeff Cercone, Caleb McCullough• January 10, 2025 Fact-checking political talking points about the 2025 government shutdown By Louis Jacobson, Samantha Putterman, Amy Sherman• October 1, 2025 FACTSHEET: Reducing the national debt By Angie Drobnic Holan• November 12, 2010 Fact-checking Donald Trump's tweets about Puerto Rico By Jon Greenberg• October 1, 2017 Fact-checking 5 misleading claims about Helene relief efforts in North Carolina By Paul Specht• October 5, 2024 Texas wildfire claims By W. Gardner Selby• September 6, 2011 ‘A defining moment’: Here is PolitiFact readers’ choice for 2024 Lie of the Year By Ellen Hine• December 17, 2024 Trump’s stalled campaign promises on health care By Lauren Carroll, Jon Greenberg• March 16, 2017 What you need to know about net neutrality By John Kruzel• December 13, 2017 Aid to Africa doesn’t detract from disaster relief for U.S. hurricane victims By Jeff Cercone• December 6, 2024
