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Donald Trump stated on November 10, 2022 in a statement on Truth Social:

In the 2018 Florida governor's race "votes were being stolen by the corrupt election process in Broward. … I sent in the FBI and the U.S. Attorneys, and the ballot theft immediately ended. … I stopped his Election from being stolen."

By Amy Sherman, Yacob Reyes • November 11, 2022

Donald Trump stated on October 4, 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 Amy Sherman, Maria Ramirez Uribe • October 8, 2024

Facebook posts stated on August 29, 2024 in a post:

Vice President Kamala Harris was fired from McDonald’s for stealing.

By Sara Swann • September 4, 2024

Instagram posts stated on November 9, 2022 in an Instagram post:

Democrats used “47 million mail-in ballots” to steal “every election in the country.”

By Ciara O'Rourke • November 11, 2022

Todd Rokita stated on April 3, 2018 in an ad:

"Luke Messer? He plotted with the Never-Trumpers to steal the nomination from President Trump."

By Manuela Tobias • April 13, 2018

Tim Walz stated on November 30, 2025 in an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press":

“I take responsibility for putting people in jail” in Minnesota fraud scandal.

By Amy Sherman • December 5, 2025

X posts stated on October 26, 2025 in a post on X:

Video shows Hurricane Melissa hitting Jamaica on Oct. 26, 2025.

By Maria Briceño • October 27, 2025

Donald Trump stated on July 27, 2025 in a press briefing:

“We gave $60 million two weeks ago” for food aid to Gaza.

By Gabrielle Lazor, Samantha Putterman • July 30, 2025

Facebook posts stated on March 9, 2025 in a Facebook post:

Video shows “Stacey Abrams admits the $2 billion Joe Biden’s EPA gave her was used to buy votes of people in Georgia by purchasing them new appliances.”

By Loreben Tuquero • March 14, 2025

Facebook posts stated on January 21, 2025 in a Facebook post:

“FEMA has been directed back to North Carolina with $2 billion in emergency funds: ‘We transferred it from the programs that fund welfare for illegals. They don’t be needing it.’”

By Ciara O'Rourke • January 24, 2025

Threads posts stated on January 11, 2025 in a Threads post:

California Gov. Gavin Newsom and California Democrats “literally decriminalized looting.”

By Loreben Tuquero • January 14, 2025

Donald Trump stated on October 23, 2024 in a post on X:

Vice President Kamala Harris has been “going so far as to call me Adolf Hitler.”

By Amy Sherman, Samantha Putterman • October 24, 2024

Marjorie Taylor Greene stated on October 7, 2024 in a post on X:

Patents dating back to the 1800s show that people can control the weather.

By Madison Czopek • October 10, 2024

Facebook posts stated on October 2, 2024 in a video on Facebook:

The Federal Emergency Management Agency “is confiscating supplies and donations!”

By Madison Czopek • October 6, 2024

Kari Lake stated on August 8, 2024 in on social media platform X:

Ruben Gallego wants to “cut your Social Security.”

By Sabine Martin • August 29, 2024

Donald Trump stated on August 15, 2024 in a news conference:

California law lets you “rob a store as long as it’s not more than $950” and “not get charged.” Kamala Harris “did that.”

By Jeff Cercone • August 19, 2024

Instagram posts stated on August 13, 2024 in an Instagram post:

Videos of media talking about Tim Walz as a "happy warrior" are proof of government propaganda legalized by Barack Obama.

By Jeff Cercone • August 15, 2024

Instagram posts stated on June 30, 2024 in an Instagram post:

The city of San Francisco posted street signs warning that “stolen goods must remain under $950.”

By Jeff Cercone • July 2, 2024

Instagram posts stated on April 2, 2024 in an Instagram post:

Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge was “targeted with energy weapons.”

By Sara Swann • April 4, 2024

Katie Porter stated on March 7, 2024 in a post on X:

Billionaires “rigged” the California Senate primary election through “dishonest means.”

By Louis Jacobson, Madison Czopek • March 7, 2024

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Kari Lake at press conference on primary election night Aug. 2

Why the ‘stop the steal’ Arizona Republicans are wrong about 2020

By Amy Sherman, Maria Ramirez Uribe • August 3, 2022

Arizona Maricopa evening sky voting precinct sign

How ‘stop the steal’ Republicans seeking office hope to restrict voting

By Amy Sherman, Bill McCarthy • June 7, 2022

America First SOS candidates compilation photo

A coalition of ‘stop the steal’ Republicans aims to take control of US elections. QAnon is helping

By Amy Sherman, Bill McCarthy • June 7, 2022

Voting machine malfunctions are typical, not evidence of ‘stealing’ the election

By Samantha Putterman • November 4, 2020

Betsy Ross, Paul Revere and George Washington’s teeth: The real stories behind US history myths

By Grace Abels • June 24, 2026

Charlie Kirk tributes sounded like Adele and Bieber, but were AI. How to spot synthetic music

By Loreben Tuquero • October 1, 2025

Everglade location where "Alligator Alcatraz" will be

Florida’s ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ immigration detention center isn’t funded by FEMA hurricane money

By Maria Briceño • June 26, 2025

Donald Trump sings executive orders in the White House's Oval Office, 1-20-2025

Killing chickens, banning TikTok: Six times Trump criticized Democrats for things he also supported

By Amy Sherman • February 3, 2025

‘They’re eating the pets:’ Trump, Vance earn PolitiFact’s Lie of the Year for claims about Haitians

By Amy Sherman, Maria Ramirez Uribe • December 17, 2024

‘A defining moment’: Here is PolitiFact readers’ choice for 2024 Lie of the Year

By Ellen Hine • December 17, 2024

Readers’ Choice: Vote for the 2024 Lie of the Year!

By PolitiFact Staff • December 4, 2024

Voters in Butler Township, Pa. 11-05-2024

Analysis: How PolitiFact fact-checked 2024 election claims on vote counting, mail ballots, machines

By Loreben Tuquero, Jeff Cercone • November 26, 2024

Donald Trump at U.S southern border, 8-22-2024

Donald Trump has repeated immigration falsehoods throughout the 2024 campaign. Here are the facts.

By Maria Ramirez Uribe • November 4, 2024

Donald Trump at Madison Square Garden, 10-27-2024

Fact-checking Donald Trump’s Madison Square Garden rally in New York City

By Amy Sherman, Louis Jacobson, Matthew Crowley, Maria Ramirez Uribe • October 27, 2024

Ambroise Agosse, Takoma Park Ward 6 candidate

A Maryland city has let noncitizens vote in local elections for 30 years. How has it worked so far?

By Kwasi Gyamfi Asiedu • October 21, 2024

Fact-checking the Nevada Senate debate between Jacky Rosen and Sam Brown

By Amy Sherman, Seth A. Richardson • October 18, 2024

President Joe Biden in St. Pete Beach, Florida, 10-13-24

Are foreign adversaries China and Russia amplifying hurricane misinformation? Early signs say yes

By Jeff Cercone • October 14, 2024

Tim Walz and JD Vance shake hands bwefore their debate in New York, 10-1-2024

VP debate fact-check: What JD Vance and Tim Walz got right, wrong on abortion, immigration

By PolitiFact Staff • October 2, 2024

Kamala Harris hands out, debtating Trump in Philadelphia, 9-10-2024

Fact-checking Kamala Harris and Donald Trump’s first 2024 presidential debate

By PolitiFact Staff • September 11, 2024

Netanyahu addresses joint session of congress, 7-24-2024

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addressed Congress. We fact-checked what he said.

By Maria Ramirez Uribe, Samantha Putterman • July 25, 2024