0 People 2876 Fact-checks 1210 Articles People (0) Fact-checks (2876) Donald Trump stated on February 04, 2020 in his 2020 State of the Union address: “In sanctuary cities, local officials order police to release dangerous criminal aliens to prey upon the public instead of handing them over to ICE to be safely removed.” By Bill McCarthy• February 5, 2020 Facebook posts stated on February 02, 2025 in a post: Photo shows “a dangerous serial killer” named Jaden Williams in Monroe, Louisiana. By Sara Swann• February 3, 2025 X posts stated on May 24, 2022 in a tweet: ICE is in Uvalde, Texas, “so undocumented parents have to consider arrest deportation before they go check to see if their kids are alive.” By Nusaiba Mizan• May 25, 2022 Dan Patrick stated on January 03, 2016 in an interview on Meet the Press: Every "one of the mass shootings except two in America since 1950 have been" in "gun-free zones." By W. Gardner Selby• January 13, 2016 Donald Trump stated on October 31, 2018 in a tweet: "Democrats let him (cop killer Luis Bracamontes) into our country," and "Democrats let him stay." By Jon Greenberg, Miriam Valverde• November 1, 2018 Facebook posts stated on January 12, 2022 in a Facebook post: Images show how climate change destroyed the Greenland ice sheet and harmed a polar bear from 2009 to 2019. By Gabrielle Settles• January 19, 2022 Social Media stated on January 07, 2026 in social media posts: Images of an unmasked man show the immigration officer who shot a woman in Minneapolis. By Loreben Tuquero• January 8, 2026 Hans von Spakovsky stated on July 09, 2015 in an article on the Heritage Foundation website: "134,000 (criminal) aliens have been released by the (Obama) administration in just the past two years." By Jon Greenberg• July 16, 2015 Facebook posts stated on January 27, 2025 in a Facebook post: “A dangerous Hispanic couple” is “on the run after killing 3 female police officers.” By Ciara O'Rourke• January 31, 2025 Joe DeFelice stated on January 25, 2017 in : "From the release of a child rapist from the Dominican Republican to that of an Italian drug smuggler, Philadelphians have already been put in direct danger by Mayor Kenney’s policy of blocking local law enforcement from participating with federal immigration authorities." By Cassie Owens• January 31, 2017 Infowars stated on February 20, 2021 in an article: “Joe Biden’s Dept. of Energy Blocked Texas from Increasing Power Ahead of Killer Storm” By Daniel Funke• February 22, 2021 Donald Trump stated on August 31, 2016 in a speech on immigration in Phoenix: "Since 2013 alone, the Obama administration has allowed 300,000 criminal aliens to return back into United States communities. These are individuals encountered or identified by (Immigration and Customs Enforcement), but who were not detained or processed for deportation because it wouldn't have been politically correct." By Louis Jacobson• September 2, 2016 Kash Patel stated on January 25, 2026 in an interview on Fox News "Sunday Morning Futures": “You cannot bring a firearm loaded with multiple magazines to any sort of protest that you want. It’s that simple.” By Louis Jacobson• January 27, 2026 Instagram posts stated on November 05, 2024 in a video: “ICE officials have been ordered NOT to wear their uniforms or badges when they vote today" so as not to intimidate noncitizens. By Kwasi Gyamfi Asiedu• November 6, 2024 Marianne Williamson stated on November 07, 2023 in an event in Manchester, N.H.: “We sell arms to 60% of the world's autocrats. We are the world's largest arms exporters." By Louis Jacobson, Renee Romo• November 14, 2023 Threads posts stated on November 11, 2024 in a Threads post: Video shows Marco Rubio “admitting the Trump Presidency will lean heavily into the Heritage Foundation’s Project 2025 plans.” By Jeff Cercone• November 12, 2024 Lou Dobbs stated on July 01, 2014 in a segment on 'Lou Dobbs Tonight': The Obama administration "manipulated deportation data to make it appear that the Border Patrol was deporting more illegal immigrants than the Bush administration." By Katie Sanders• July 15, 2014 James Inhofe stated on December 07, 2009 in CNN's 'The Situation Room': The Climatic Research Unit e-mails show that the science behind climate change "has been pretty well debunked." By Catharine Richert• December 12, 2009 Greg Abbott stated on February 06, 2017 in a tweet: Says Travis County’s sheriff refuses to enforce 8 USC 1373. By W. Gardner Selby• March 1, 2017 Instagram posts stated on September 12, 2022 in TikTok video in Instagram post: "Russia is becoming the first country to break ties with the Antarctic Treaty." By Michael Majchrowicz• September 14, 2022 Articles (1210) Donald Trump at CPAC gives misleading impression about immigration, MS-13 By Louis Jacobson• February 26, 2018 Fact-checking Donald Trump's rally in Huntington, W.Va. By Louis Jacobson, Shannon MacNeil, Julia Mellett, Douglas Soule, Davis Versprille• November 2, 2018 Fact-checking Trump's campaign rallies: the final stretch By PolitiFact Staff • November 1, 2018 Fact-checking misinformation about the Uvalde school shooting By Madison Czopek• May 27, 2022 Fact-checking Seth Moulton and John Deaton in Massachusetts U.S. Senate debate By Caleb McCullough, Samantha Putterman, Amy Sherman• June 17, 2026 NY comptroller Brad Lander demanded a ‘judicial warrant’ in courthouse. Do ICE agents need that? By Maria Ramirez Uribe• June 18, 2025 'Abolish ICE' movement is growing. Is the agency's disbanding likely? By Miriam Valverde• July 3, 2018 What's the definition of 'terrorism'? By Louis Jacobson• July 9, 2013 The Trump file: Trump's 10 top falsehoods of 2018 By Katie Sanders• December 11, 2018 Who were the victims of illegal immigrants Trump named at the RNC? By Allison Graves, Neelesh Moorthy• July 22, 2016 Fact-checking Ferguson and police issues in 2014 By Steve Contorno• December 23, 2014 How Congress could force Donald Trump’s hand on Saudi Arabia and Jamal Khashoggi By John Kruzel• October 16, 2018 Fact-checking misinformation after the El Paso, Dayton shootings By Daniel Funke, John Kruzel• August 5, 2019 Fact-checking claims about Border Patrol’s immigration crackdown in North Carolina By Will Doran, Paul Specht• November 24, 2025 Mailbag: 'I rate your "fact-check" to be Mostly Useless' By Louis Jacobson• April 8, 2015 Were militia groups in Charlottesville better equipped than Virginia State Police? By Miriam Valverde• August 18, 2017 Donald Trump's misleading claims in the Kate Steinle case, fact-checked By Miriam Valverde• December 18, 2017 Nihilistic violent extremism: What the FBI term means and why experts warn against overuse By Amy Sherman• October 13, 2025 How do we prevent school shootings? By Amy Sherman• February 15, 2018 Fact-checking TV ad’s claims on Golden State Killer case By Chris Nichols• May 4, 2018
Donald Trump stated on February 04, 2020 in his 2020 State of the Union address: “In sanctuary cities, local officials order police to release dangerous criminal aliens to prey upon the public instead of handing them over to ICE to be safely removed.” By Bill McCarthy• February 5, 2020 Facebook posts stated on February 02, 2025 in a post: Photo shows “a dangerous serial killer” named Jaden Williams in Monroe, Louisiana. By Sara Swann• February 3, 2025 X posts stated on May 24, 2022 in a tweet: ICE is in Uvalde, Texas, “so undocumented parents have to consider arrest deportation before they go check to see if their kids are alive.” By Nusaiba Mizan• May 25, 2022 Dan Patrick stated on January 03, 2016 in an interview on Meet the Press: Every "one of the mass shootings except two in America since 1950 have been" in "gun-free zones." By W. Gardner Selby• January 13, 2016 Donald Trump stated on October 31, 2018 in a tweet: "Democrats let him (cop killer Luis Bracamontes) into our country," and "Democrats let him stay." By Jon Greenberg, Miriam Valverde• November 1, 2018 Facebook posts stated on January 12, 2022 in a Facebook post: Images show how climate change destroyed the Greenland ice sheet and harmed a polar bear from 2009 to 2019. By Gabrielle Settles• January 19, 2022 Social Media stated on January 07, 2026 in social media posts: Images of an unmasked man show the immigration officer who shot a woman in Minneapolis. By Loreben Tuquero• January 8, 2026 Hans von Spakovsky stated on July 09, 2015 in an article on the Heritage Foundation website: "134,000 (criminal) aliens have been released by the (Obama) administration in just the past two years." By Jon Greenberg• July 16, 2015 Facebook posts stated on January 27, 2025 in a Facebook post: “A dangerous Hispanic couple” is “on the run after killing 3 female police officers.” By Ciara O'Rourke• January 31, 2025 Joe DeFelice stated on January 25, 2017 in : "From the release of a child rapist from the Dominican Republican to that of an Italian drug smuggler, Philadelphians have already been put in direct danger by Mayor Kenney’s policy of blocking local law enforcement from participating with federal immigration authorities." By Cassie Owens• January 31, 2017 Infowars stated on February 20, 2021 in an article: “Joe Biden’s Dept. of Energy Blocked Texas from Increasing Power Ahead of Killer Storm” By Daniel Funke• February 22, 2021 Donald Trump stated on August 31, 2016 in a speech on immigration in Phoenix: "Since 2013 alone, the Obama administration has allowed 300,000 criminal aliens to return back into United States communities. These are individuals encountered or identified by (Immigration and Customs Enforcement), but who were not detained or processed for deportation because it wouldn't have been politically correct." By Louis Jacobson• September 2, 2016 Kash Patel stated on January 25, 2026 in an interview on Fox News "Sunday Morning Futures": “You cannot bring a firearm loaded with multiple magazines to any sort of protest that you want. It’s that simple.” By Louis Jacobson• January 27, 2026 Instagram posts stated on November 05, 2024 in a video: “ICE officials have been ordered NOT to wear their uniforms or badges when they vote today" so as not to intimidate noncitizens. By Kwasi Gyamfi Asiedu• November 6, 2024 Marianne Williamson stated on November 07, 2023 in an event in Manchester, N.H.: “We sell arms to 60% of the world's autocrats. We are the world's largest arms exporters." By Louis Jacobson, Renee Romo• November 14, 2023 Threads posts stated on November 11, 2024 in a Threads post: Video shows Marco Rubio “admitting the Trump Presidency will lean heavily into the Heritage Foundation’s Project 2025 plans.” By Jeff Cercone• November 12, 2024 Lou Dobbs stated on July 01, 2014 in a segment on 'Lou Dobbs Tonight': The Obama administration "manipulated deportation data to make it appear that the Border Patrol was deporting more illegal immigrants than the Bush administration." By Katie Sanders• July 15, 2014 James Inhofe stated on December 07, 2009 in CNN's 'The Situation Room': The Climatic Research Unit e-mails show that the science behind climate change "has been pretty well debunked." By Catharine Richert• December 12, 2009 Greg Abbott stated on February 06, 2017 in a tweet: Says Travis County’s sheriff refuses to enforce 8 USC 1373. By W. Gardner Selby• March 1, 2017 Instagram posts stated on September 12, 2022 in TikTok video in Instagram post: "Russia is becoming the first country to break ties with the Antarctic Treaty." By Michael Majchrowicz• September 14, 2022
Donald Trump at CPAC gives misleading impression about immigration, MS-13 By Louis Jacobson• February 26, 2018 Fact-checking Donald Trump's rally in Huntington, W.Va. By Louis Jacobson, Shannon MacNeil, Julia Mellett, Douglas Soule, Davis Versprille• November 2, 2018 Fact-checking Trump's campaign rallies: the final stretch By PolitiFact Staff • November 1, 2018 Fact-checking misinformation about the Uvalde school shooting By Madison Czopek• May 27, 2022 Fact-checking Seth Moulton and John Deaton in Massachusetts U.S. Senate debate By Caleb McCullough, Samantha Putterman, Amy Sherman• June 17, 2026 NY comptroller Brad Lander demanded a ‘judicial warrant’ in courthouse. Do ICE agents need that? By Maria Ramirez Uribe• June 18, 2025 'Abolish ICE' movement is growing. Is the agency's disbanding likely? By Miriam Valverde• July 3, 2018 What's the definition of 'terrorism'? By Louis Jacobson• July 9, 2013 The Trump file: Trump's 10 top falsehoods of 2018 By Katie Sanders• December 11, 2018 Who were the victims of illegal immigrants Trump named at the RNC? By Allison Graves, Neelesh Moorthy• July 22, 2016 Fact-checking Ferguson and police issues in 2014 By Steve Contorno• December 23, 2014 How Congress could force Donald Trump’s hand on Saudi Arabia and Jamal Khashoggi By John Kruzel• October 16, 2018 Fact-checking misinformation after the El Paso, Dayton shootings By Daniel Funke, John Kruzel• August 5, 2019 Fact-checking claims about Border Patrol’s immigration crackdown in North Carolina By Will Doran, Paul Specht• November 24, 2025 Mailbag: 'I rate your "fact-check" to be Mostly Useless' By Louis Jacobson• April 8, 2015 Were militia groups in Charlottesville better equipped than Virginia State Police? By Miriam Valverde• August 18, 2017 Donald Trump's misleading claims in the Kate Steinle case, fact-checked By Miriam Valverde• December 18, 2017 Nihilistic violent extremism: What the FBI term means and why experts warn against overuse By Amy Sherman• October 13, 2025 How do we prevent school shootings? By Amy Sherman• February 15, 2018 Fact-checking TV ad’s claims on Golden State Killer case By Chris Nichols• May 4, 2018
