16 People 18479 Fact-checks 6157 Articles People (16) Heidi Group Liberal Groups American International Group Education Action Group Pew Environment Group Gays Against Groomers Americans Against Food Taxes Bear Education and Resource Group Mayors Against Illegal Guns Nation of Islam Research Group Citizens Against Rail Taxes Citizens Against Government Waste Mothers Against Drunk Driving Vietnam Veterans Against John McCain Ohioans Against Deceptive Rx Ballot Issue No on 60 campaign against condom requirement in adult films Fact-checks (18479) Viral image stated on April 01, 2019 in a Facebook post: Photos related to gun violence in present-day United States and the Holocaust in Nazi Germany suggest that gun control laws created or exacerbated the genocide of Jews. By Samantha Putterman• April 8, 2019 Critics of water fluoridation stated on October 04, 2011 in a Pinellas County Commission meeting and web comments: Say water fluoridation started in Nazi Germany ghettos and death camps to pacify the Jews. By Becky Bowers• October 6, 2011 Dean Phillips stated on November 13, 2023 in a speech at Dartmouth College: "Half of American high school students are not familiar with the Holocaust." By Louis Jacobson• November 20, 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 Ben Carson stated on October 09, 2015 in his book "A More Perfect Union": "German citizens were disarmed by their government in the late 1930s," which allowed the Nazis to "carry out their evil intentions with relatively little resistance." By Jon Greenberg• October 26, 2015 Sean Spicer stated on April 11, 2017 in comments to reporters: Says Adolf Hitler "didn't even sink to the level of using chemical weapons. ... He was not using the gas on his own people the same way that (Bashar al-)Assad is doing." By Jon Greenberg• April 11, 2017 Whoopi Goldberg stated on January 31, 2022 in a TV segment: "The Holocaust isn't about race. No, it's not about race." By Bill McCarthy• February 1, 2022 David Simmons stated on March 03, 2018 in a vote in the Florida senate: "Adolf Hitler confiscated all the weapons — took all the weapons, had a registry of everybody — and then on the night of June 30, 1934, sent out his secret police and murdered all of his political opponents." By Jon Greenberg• March 6, 2018 Jesse Ventura stated on December 02, 2014 in an interview with Salon.com: "Fluoride in the water, that was originally done by the Nazis!" By Louis Jacobson• December 8, 2014 Mitt Romney stated on January 25, 2012 in a Spanish-language radio ad: Says Newt Gingrich said "Spanish is the language of the ghetto." By Aaron Sharockman• January 25, 2012 Wolf Blitzer stated on February 18, 2014 in comments on CNN: The words "subhuman mongrel," which Ted Nugent called President Barack Obama, were used by the Nazis to "justify the genocide of the Jewish community." By Jon Greenberg• February 19, 2014 Instagram posts stated on June 14, 2020 in an image: Nazi Germany’s Hermann Göring worked to "defund and eliminate the police departments so that they would not interfere with his Brown Shirts." By Daniel Funke• June 18, 2020 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 Donald Trump Jr. stated on August 01, 2018 in an interview with One America News Network: "You see the Nazi platform from the early 1930s ... look at it compared to the (Democratic Party) platform of today, you're saying, 'Man, those things are awfully similar.'" By Louis Jacobson• August 3, 2018 Karl Rove stated on March 23, 2011 in an interview with Sean Hannity of Fox News: "American troops have never been under the formal control of another nation." By Louis Jacobson• March 29, 2011 Candace Owens stated on February 22, 2022 in a tweet: “NATO (under direction from the United States) is violating previous agreements and expanding eastward.” By Bill McCarthy• February 28, 2022 Viral image stated on July 22, 2019 in a Facebook post: Says Donald Trump said, "Immigrants aren’t people, they’re animals." By Ciara O'Rourke• July 25, 2019 Jason Villalba stated on October 13, 2015 in a tweet: "Bernie Sanders admits he is a Democratic Socialist. … Nazis were Democratic Socialists." By W. Gardner Selby• October 16, 2015 Facebook posts stated on April 06, 2022 in a Facebook post: Poland palace that Biden visited is fake. By Jeff Cercone• April 12, 2022 Kanye West stated on December 01, 2022 in an interview: Hitler “didn’t kill 6 million Jews” and “the Holocaust is not what happened.” By Gabrielle Settles• December 5, 2022 Articles (6157) Mailbag: Readers call out our recent turkeys By Louis Jacobson• November 25, 2015 Understanding Poland's ‘Holocaust law’ By Manuela Tobias• March 9, 2018 Why Holocaust comparisons by anti-vaccine activists like RFK Jr. are grossly inaccurate By Bill McCarthy• January 27, 2022 Fluoride used by Nazis to pacify Jews? By Becky Bowers• October 7, 2011 Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addressed Congress. We fact-checked what he said. By Samantha Putterman, Maria Ramirez Uribe• July 25, 2024 How Ye stirred up antisemitism among social media users By Gabrielle Settles• October 25, 2022 PolitiFact Florida: Our most popular fact-checks of 2012 By Angie Drobnic Holan• December 28, 2012 Looking at photos of Joe Biden, Robert Byrd, Donald Trump and Rosa Parks By Ciara O'Rourke• October 1, 2020 How an antisemitic conspiracy theory amplified by Ye, Kyrie Irving divides Black, Jewish people By Salvador Rodriguez-Ruiz, Gabrielle Settles• February 21, 2023 Russia, Ukraine, and the contested language of genocide By Louis Jacobson• April 11, 2022 ‘I never said it': RFK Jr. downplays past statements during Senate confirmation hearing By Madison Czopek, Samantha Putterman• January 30, 2025 The Antisemitism Awareness Act: What to know By Louis Jacobson• May 10, 2024 Germany, Scotland, Sweden: What has Donald Trump said about where his parents were from? By Madison Czopek• August 7, 2024 How Russian trolls exploited Parkland mass shooting on social media By John Kruzel• February 22, 2018 Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s campaign of conspiracy theories: PolitiFact’s 2023 Lie of the Year By Madison Czopek, Katie Sanders• December 21, 2023 Our top 5 most-read fact-checks from October By Lauren Carroll• November 4, 2015 From Miami '67 to Donald Trump 2020: The history of 'when the looting starts, the shooting starts' By Jon Greenberg• May 29, 2020 What did Biden say about US-Hitler relationship at last debate? By Noah Y. Kim• October 23, 2020 Tracing civil rights legislation before and after Martin Luther King Jr.’s death By Amy Sherman• June 8, 2020 Donald Trump says Jews are leaving the Democratic Party, but there’s no proof By Amy Sherman• March 14, 2019
Heidi Group Liberal Groups American International Group Education Action Group Pew Environment Group Gays Against Groomers Americans Against Food Taxes Bear Education and Resource Group Mayors Against Illegal Guns Nation of Islam Research Group Citizens Against Rail Taxes Citizens Against Government Waste Mothers Against Drunk Driving Vietnam Veterans Against John McCain Ohioans Against Deceptive Rx Ballot Issue No on 60 campaign against condom requirement in adult films
Viral image stated on April 01, 2019 in a Facebook post: Photos related to gun violence in present-day United States and the Holocaust in Nazi Germany suggest that gun control laws created or exacerbated the genocide of Jews. By Samantha Putterman• April 8, 2019 Critics of water fluoridation stated on October 04, 2011 in a Pinellas County Commission meeting and web comments: Say water fluoridation started in Nazi Germany ghettos and death camps to pacify the Jews. By Becky Bowers• October 6, 2011 Dean Phillips stated on November 13, 2023 in a speech at Dartmouth College: "Half of American high school students are not familiar with the Holocaust." By Louis Jacobson• November 20, 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 Ben Carson stated on October 09, 2015 in his book "A More Perfect Union": "German citizens were disarmed by their government in the late 1930s," which allowed the Nazis to "carry out their evil intentions with relatively little resistance." By Jon Greenberg• October 26, 2015 Sean Spicer stated on April 11, 2017 in comments to reporters: Says Adolf Hitler "didn't even sink to the level of using chemical weapons. ... He was not using the gas on his own people the same way that (Bashar al-)Assad is doing." By Jon Greenberg• April 11, 2017 Whoopi Goldberg stated on January 31, 2022 in a TV segment: "The Holocaust isn't about race. No, it's not about race." By Bill McCarthy• February 1, 2022 David Simmons stated on March 03, 2018 in a vote in the Florida senate: "Adolf Hitler confiscated all the weapons — took all the weapons, had a registry of everybody — and then on the night of June 30, 1934, sent out his secret police and murdered all of his political opponents." By Jon Greenberg• March 6, 2018 Jesse Ventura stated on December 02, 2014 in an interview with Salon.com: "Fluoride in the water, that was originally done by the Nazis!" By Louis Jacobson• December 8, 2014 Mitt Romney stated on January 25, 2012 in a Spanish-language radio ad: Says Newt Gingrich said "Spanish is the language of the ghetto." By Aaron Sharockman• January 25, 2012 Wolf Blitzer stated on February 18, 2014 in comments on CNN: The words "subhuman mongrel," which Ted Nugent called President Barack Obama, were used by the Nazis to "justify the genocide of the Jewish community." By Jon Greenberg• February 19, 2014 Instagram posts stated on June 14, 2020 in an image: Nazi Germany’s Hermann Göring worked to "defund and eliminate the police departments so that they would not interfere with his Brown Shirts." By Daniel Funke• June 18, 2020 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 Donald Trump Jr. stated on August 01, 2018 in an interview with One America News Network: "You see the Nazi platform from the early 1930s ... look at it compared to the (Democratic Party) platform of today, you're saying, 'Man, those things are awfully similar.'" By Louis Jacobson• August 3, 2018 Karl Rove stated on March 23, 2011 in an interview with Sean Hannity of Fox News: "American troops have never been under the formal control of another nation." By Louis Jacobson• March 29, 2011 Candace Owens stated on February 22, 2022 in a tweet: “NATO (under direction from the United States) is violating previous agreements and expanding eastward.” By Bill McCarthy• February 28, 2022 Viral image stated on July 22, 2019 in a Facebook post: Says Donald Trump said, "Immigrants aren’t people, they’re animals." By Ciara O'Rourke• July 25, 2019 Jason Villalba stated on October 13, 2015 in a tweet: "Bernie Sanders admits he is a Democratic Socialist. … Nazis were Democratic Socialists." By W. Gardner Selby• October 16, 2015 Facebook posts stated on April 06, 2022 in a Facebook post: Poland palace that Biden visited is fake. By Jeff Cercone• April 12, 2022 Kanye West stated on December 01, 2022 in an interview: Hitler “didn’t kill 6 million Jews” and “the Holocaust is not what happened.” By Gabrielle Settles• December 5, 2022
Mailbag: Readers call out our recent turkeys By Louis Jacobson• November 25, 2015 Understanding Poland's ‘Holocaust law’ By Manuela Tobias• March 9, 2018 Why Holocaust comparisons by anti-vaccine activists like RFK Jr. are grossly inaccurate By Bill McCarthy• January 27, 2022 Fluoride used by Nazis to pacify Jews? By Becky Bowers• October 7, 2011 Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addressed Congress. We fact-checked what he said. By Samantha Putterman, Maria Ramirez Uribe• July 25, 2024 How Ye stirred up antisemitism among social media users By Gabrielle Settles• October 25, 2022 PolitiFact Florida: Our most popular fact-checks of 2012 By Angie Drobnic Holan• December 28, 2012 Looking at photos of Joe Biden, Robert Byrd, Donald Trump and Rosa Parks By Ciara O'Rourke• October 1, 2020 How an antisemitic conspiracy theory amplified by Ye, Kyrie Irving divides Black, Jewish people By Salvador Rodriguez-Ruiz, Gabrielle Settles• February 21, 2023 Russia, Ukraine, and the contested language of genocide By Louis Jacobson• April 11, 2022 ‘I never said it': RFK Jr. downplays past statements during Senate confirmation hearing By Madison Czopek, Samantha Putterman• January 30, 2025 The Antisemitism Awareness Act: What to know By Louis Jacobson• May 10, 2024 Germany, Scotland, Sweden: What has Donald Trump said about where his parents were from? By Madison Czopek• August 7, 2024 How Russian trolls exploited Parkland mass shooting on social media By John Kruzel• February 22, 2018 Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s campaign of conspiracy theories: PolitiFact’s 2023 Lie of the Year By Madison Czopek, Katie Sanders• December 21, 2023 Our top 5 most-read fact-checks from October By Lauren Carroll• November 4, 2015 From Miami '67 to Donald Trump 2020: The history of 'when the looting starts, the shooting starts' By Jon Greenberg• May 29, 2020 What did Biden say about US-Hitler relationship at last debate? By Noah Y. Kim• October 23, 2020 Tracing civil rights legislation before and after Martin Luther King Jr.’s death By Amy Sherman• June 8, 2020 Donald Trump says Jews are leaving the Democratic Party, but there’s no proof By Amy Sherman• March 14, 2019
