13 People 25546 Fact-checks 8060 Articles People (13) JD Vance Vance Smith Accountability in Government JD Wooten Say Anything Blog Clayton County Government Department of Government Efficiency Fulton County Government Government is Not God PAC Milwaukeeans for Self-Governance Texans for Accountable Government Citizens Against Government Waste Colorado Citizens for Accountable Government Fact-checks (25546) Social Media stated on January 20, 2025 in a post: After the inauguration, Meta forced users to follow President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance on Facebook, Instagram and Threads. By Sara Swann• January 22, 2025 JD Vance stated on September 28, 2025 in an interview: “Democrats are threatening to shut down the entire government because they want to give hundreds of billions of dollars of health care benefits to illegal aliens.” By Maria Ramirez Uribe• October 1, 2025 JD Vance stated on August 07, 2024 in a news conference: Says Tim Walz said he carried weapons in war, but “he has not spent a day in a combat zone.” By Jeff Cercone• August 12, 2024 JD Vance stated on August 25, 2024 in an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press": A zero-tolerance policy during the Trump administration "led to less family separation than under Kamala Harris' border policies.” By Amy Sherman• September 4, 2024 Kamala Harris stated on July 27, 2024 in a post on X: Video shows that “JD Vance endorses Project 2025.” By Madison Czopek• July 31, 2024 Tim Walz stated on August 06, 2024 in a speech: JD Vance “literally wrote the foreword for the architect of the Project 2025 agenda." By Kwasi Gyamfi Asiedu• August 14, 2024 Kamala Harris stated on July 17, 2024 in a campaign video: "Unlike Mike Pence, (JD) Vance said he would have carried out Trump's plan to overturn the 2020 election." By Amy Sherman• July 18, 2024 JD Vance stated on October 16, 2024 in a campaign event: Says former President Donald Trump did not lose the 2020 election. By Amy Sherman• October 17, 2024 JD Vance stated on February 19, 2022 in an interview with Steve Bannon: Says Joe Biden risks war with Russia because Vladimir Putin doesn’t “believe in transgender rights." By Jon Greenberg• February 21, 2022 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 Instagram posts stated on October 14, 2024 in an Instagram post: The Oregon secretary of state “removed” former President Donald Trump and U.S. Sen. JD Vance from “the official state website.” By Ciara O'Rourke• October 22, 2024 Threads posts stated on July 23, 2024 in a post: Usha Vance, wife of Republican vice presidential nominee JD Vance, posted on X that Vice President Kamala Harris was “absolutely a DEI hire.” By Sara Swann• July 24, 2024 Elizabeth Warren stated on August 25, 2024 in an interview: “JD Vance actually sent a letter last year to the Department of Justice saying, ‘enforce the Comstock Act.’” By Samantha Putterman• August 30, 2024 Viral image stated on April 03, 2024 in Biden FCC nominee withdrew in 2023, not 2024: President Joe Biden’s “FCC pick just withdrew after being humiliated by Senator J.D. Vance” in April. By Ciara O'Rourke• April 10, 2024 JD Vance stated on October 26, 2022 in a tweet: Rep. Tim Ryan “wanted to decriminalize fentanyl.” By Amy Sherman• October 31, 2022 Instagram posts stated on September 21, 2024 in a video: Tim Walz said "we can't afford four more years" of Kamala Harris. By Kwasi Gyamfi Asiedu• September 24, 2024 Viral image stated on October 06, 2024 in a Facebook post: Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz gave a college football crowd “the bird.” By Ciara O'Rourke• October 11, 2024 Pete Buttigieg stated on August 11, 2024 in CNN's State of the Union: JD Vance holds “anti-marriage-equality views.” By Grace Abels• August 16, 2024 Tim Ryan stated on June 15, 2022 in an ad: J.D. Vance "wants to defund law enforcement." By Tom Kertscher• June 30, 2022 Elon Musk stated on February 26, 2024 in an X post: Democrats don’t deport undocumented migrants “because every illegal is a highly likely vote at some point.” By Maria Ramirez Uribe, Amy Sherman• March 6, 2024 Articles (8060) ‘A defining moment’: Here is PolitiFact readers’ choice for 2024 Lie of the Year By Ellen Hine• December 17, 2024 Is Donald Trump keeping his promises on immigration, tariffs and DOGE? By Louis Jacobson, Maria Ramirez Uribe, Amy Sherman• March 3, 2025 Readers’ Choice: Vote for the 2024 Lie of the Year! By PolitiFact Staff • December 4, 2024 In Context: What J.D. Vance said about rape, abortion and ‘inconvenience’ By Amy Sherman• October 12, 2022 JD Vance is Trump’s VP pick. His relationship with Trump, controversies and comments, fact-checked By Samantha Putterman• July 16, 2024 Trump VP pick JD Vance says media twisted remarks on abortion, domestic violence. We looked closer By Maria Ramirez Uribe• July 16, 2024 In Context: Here’s what JD Vance said about school shootings being a ‘fact of life’ (transcript) By Jeff Cercone• September 9, 2024 Fact-checking Biden’s NBC remarks about Vance’s views on abortion, climate and classified documents By Amy Sherman• July 16, 2024 It’s a wrap: Read our fact-checks and stories from the 2024 RNC By Jeff Cercone• July 19, 2024 Ohio Senate primary to test Donald Trump’s sway with voters By Jon Greenberg• April 27, 2022 Ask PolitiFact: Did JD Vance benefit from DEI initiatives at Yale Law? By Gideon Hess• February 19, 2025 Do you know Vance and Walz’s talking points? Prep for the vice presidential debate with fact-checks By Sara Swann• September 29, 2024 Fact-checking J.D. Vance and Tim Ryan in Ohio Senate race By Amy Sherman• November 4, 2022 Fact-checking J.D. Vance and Tim Ryan in Ohio Senate debate By Amy Sherman• October 18, 2022 VP debate fact-check: What JD Vance and Tim Walz got right, wrong on abortion, immigration By PolitiFact Staff • October 2, 2024 Joe Biden drops out, endorses Kamala Harris. How do the Democrats choose a 2024 nominee now? By Louis Jacobson, Amy Sherman• July 21, 2024 2024 RNC fact-check: What Trump VP pick JD Vance got right, wrong in Milwaukee speech By PolitiFact Staff • July 18, 2024 Donald Trump has repeated immigration falsehoods throughout the 2024 campaign. Here are the facts. By Maria Ramirez Uribe• November 4, 2024 Republicans use sleight of hand to blame Inflation Reduction Act for boosting prices By Louis Jacobson• September 25, 2024 Fact-checking Tim Walz before his 2024 DNC speech – plus the attacks on his record By Amy Sherman• August 21, 2024
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Social Media stated on January 20, 2025 in a post: After the inauguration, Meta forced users to follow President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance on Facebook, Instagram and Threads. By Sara Swann• January 22, 2025 JD Vance stated on September 28, 2025 in an interview: “Democrats are threatening to shut down the entire government because they want to give hundreds of billions of dollars of health care benefits to illegal aliens.” By Maria Ramirez Uribe• October 1, 2025 JD Vance stated on August 07, 2024 in a news conference: Says Tim Walz said he carried weapons in war, but “he has not spent a day in a combat zone.” By Jeff Cercone• August 12, 2024 JD Vance stated on August 25, 2024 in an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press": A zero-tolerance policy during the Trump administration "led to less family separation than under Kamala Harris' border policies.” By Amy Sherman• September 4, 2024 Kamala Harris stated on July 27, 2024 in a post on X: Video shows that “JD Vance endorses Project 2025.” By Madison Czopek• July 31, 2024 Tim Walz stated on August 06, 2024 in a speech: JD Vance “literally wrote the foreword for the architect of the Project 2025 agenda." By Kwasi Gyamfi Asiedu• August 14, 2024 Kamala Harris stated on July 17, 2024 in a campaign video: "Unlike Mike Pence, (JD) Vance said he would have carried out Trump's plan to overturn the 2020 election." By Amy Sherman• July 18, 2024 JD Vance stated on October 16, 2024 in a campaign event: Says former President Donald Trump did not lose the 2020 election. By Amy Sherman• October 17, 2024 JD Vance stated on February 19, 2022 in an interview with Steve Bannon: Says Joe Biden risks war with Russia because Vladimir Putin doesn’t “believe in transgender rights." By Jon Greenberg• February 21, 2022 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 Instagram posts stated on October 14, 2024 in an Instagram post: The Oregon secretary of state “removed” former President Donald Trump and U.S. Sen. JD Vance from “the official state website.” By Ciara O'Rourke• October 22, 2024 Threads posts stated on July 23, 2024 in a post: Usha Vance, wife of Republican vice presidential nominee JD Vance, posted on X that Vice President Kamala Harris was “absolutely a DEI hire.” By Sara Swann• July 24, 2024 Elizabeth Warren stated on August 25, 2024 in an interview: “JD Vance actually sent a letter last year to the Department of Justice saying, ‘enforce the Comstock Act.’” By Samantha Putterman• August 30, 2024 Viral image stated on April 03, 2024 in Biden FCC nominee withdrew in 2023, not 2024: President Joe Biden’s “FCC pick just withdrew after being humiliated by Senator J.D. Vance” in April. By Ciara O'Rourke• April 10, 2024 JD Vance stated on October 26, 2022 in a tweet: Rep. Tim Ryan “wanted to decriminalize fentanyl.” By Amy Sherman• October 31, 2022 Instagram posts stated on September 21, 2024 in a video: Tim Walz said "we can't afford four more years" of Kamala Harris. By Kwasi Gyamfi Asiedu• September 24, 2024 Viral image stated on October 06, 2024 in a Facebook post: Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz gave a college football crowd “the bird.” By Ciara O'Rourke• October 11, 2024 Pete Buttigieg stated on August 11, 2024 in CNN's State of the Union: JD Vance holds “anti-marriage-equality views.” By Grace Abels• August 16, 2024 Tim Ryan stated on June 15, 2022 in an ad: J.D. Vance "wants to defund law enforcement." By Tom Kertscher• June 30, 2022 Elon Musk stated on February 26, 2024 in an X post: Democrats don’t deport undocumented migrants “because every illegal is a highly likely vote at some point.” By Maria Ramirez Uribe, Amy Sherman• March 6, 2024
‘A defining moment’: Here is PolitiFact readers’ choice for 2024 Lie of the Year By Ellen Hine• December 17, 2024 Is Donald Trump keeping his promises on immigration, tariffs and DOGE? By Louis Jacobson, Maria Ramirez Uribe, Amy Sherman• March 3, 2025 Readers’ Choice: Vote for the 2024 Lie of the Year! By PolitiFact Staff • December 4, 2024 In Context: What J.D. Vance said about rape, abortion and ‘inconvenience’ By Amy Sherman• October 12, 2022 JD Vance is Trump’s VP pick. His relationship with Trump, controversies and comments, fact-checked By Samantha Putterman• July 16, 2024 Trump VP pick JD Vance says media twisted remarks on abortion, domestic violence. We looked closer By Maria Ramirez Uribe• July 16, 2024 In Context: Here’s what JD Vance said about school shootings being a ‘fact of life’ (transcript) By Jeff Cercone• September 9, 2024 Fact-checking Biden’s NBC remarks about Vance’s views on abortion, climate and classified documents By Amy Sherman• July 16, 2024 It’s a wrap: Read our fact-checks and stories from the 2024 RNC By Jeff Cercone• July 19, 2024 Ohio Senate primary to test Donald Trump’s sway with voters By Jon Greenberg• April 27, 2022 Ask PolitiFact: Did JD Vance benefit from DEI initiatives at Yale Law? By Gideon Hess• February 19, 2025 Do you know Vance and Walz’s talking points? Prep for the vice presidential debate with fact-checks By Sara Swann• September 29, 2024 Fact-checking J.D. Vance and Tim Ryan in Ohio Senate race By Amy Sherman• November 4, 2022 Fact-checking J.D. Vance and Tim Ryan in Ohio Senate debate By Amy Sherman• October 18, 2022 VP debate fact-check: What JD Vance and Tim Walz got right, wrong on abortion, immigration By PolitiFact Staff • October 2, 2024 Joe Biden drops out, endorses Kamala Harris. How do the Democrats choose a 2024 nominee now? By Louis Jacobson, Amy Sherman• July 21, 2024 2024 RNC fact-check: What Trump VP pick JD Vance got right, wrong in Milwaukee speech By PolitiFact Staff • July 18, 2024 Donald Trump has repeated immigration falsehoods throughout the 2024 campaign. Here are the facts. By Maria Ramirez Uribe• November 4, 2024 Republicans use sleight of hand to blame Inflation Reduction Act for boosting prices By Louis Jacobson• September 25, 2024 Fact-checking Tim Walz before his 2024 DNC speech – plus the attacks on his record By Amy Sherman• August 21, 2024
