3 People 3489 Fact-checks 1727 Articles People (3) Massachusetts legislature H. Marlene O'Toole H. Ford Gravitt Fact-checks (3489) Facebook posts stated on August 28, 2023 in a video shared on Facebook: The WHO is developing a pandemic treaty that will remove current human rights protections, enforce surveillance and censorship and eliminate freedom of speech. By Madison Czopek• September 5, 2023 James Roosevelt stated on April 01, 2011 in a segment of WPRI's Newsmakers program: Three courts have found the new health care law constitutional and two have found it unconstitutional. By C. Eugene Emery Jr.• April 6, 2011 Giffords stated on February 20, 2018 in a TV ad: "Gov. Rick Scott made it illegal for a doctor to ask a patient if they owned a gun, even a mental health professional. This law was so dangerous that a court had to strike it down." By Amy Sherman• February 22, 2018 Rick Scott stated on November 17, 2011 in a meeting with the "Palm Beach Post" editorial board: The Affordable Care Act is "not the law of the land." By Becky Bowers• December 1, 2011 Mitt Romney stated on September 05, 2011 in a Republican candidates' forum in South Carolina: The Massachusetts health care plan "dealt with 8 percent of our population," far less than the "100 percent of American people" affected by President Barack Obama’s health care law. By Louis Jacobson• September 7, 2011 Elizabeth Roberts stated on July 28, 2013 in a TV interview: "They’ve seen employer-supported coverage increase in Massachusetts after this law (Romneycare) was implemented." By • August 4, 2013 Robert F. Kennedy Jr. stated on June 12, 2024 in a post on Facebook: The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals “just ruled Covid vax mandates unconstitutional.” By Madison Czopek• June 18, 2024 Rick Perry stated on December 10, 2011 in a Republican presidential debate in Iowa: Says the paperback edition of Mitt Romney's book deleted line that Massachusetts' individual mandate "should be the model for the country" By Becky Bowers• December 11, 2011 Red, White and Blue Fund stated on February 24, 2012 in a campaign ad: "Gingrich supported individual health insurance mandates." By Molly Moorhead• March 2, 2012 Rick Santorum stated on January 23, 2012 in a Republican presidential primary debate in Tampa, Fla.: "Speaker Gingrich for 20 years supported a federal individual mandate" for health insurance. By Louis Jacobson, Molly Moorhead• January 24, 2012 U.S. Chamber of Commerce stated on May 08, 2012 in attack ad for TV: "A Florida judge ruled parts of Obamacare unconstitutional." By Katie Sanders• May 18, 2012 Ben Nelson stated on December 22, 2009 in a speech on the Senate floor: A Medicaid provision added to the Senate health care reform bill "is not a special deal for Nebraska." By Robert Farley• December 23, 2009 Sheila Jackson Lee stated on July 30, 2014 in a House floor speech: "We did not seek an impeachment of President Bush." By Louis Jacobson• July 31, 2014 Bernie Sanders stated on July 10, 2018 in Facebook post: Says Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh’s opinion that a president "may decline to enforce a statute . . . when the president deems the statute unconstitutional" is "contrary to 200 years of Supreme Court precedent." By Manuela Tobias• July 16, 2018 Demand Justice stated on July 12, 2018 in a television ad: Says Brett Kavanaugh "refused to uphold key patient protections in the past." By Jon Greenberg• July 18, 2018 Bill Kristol stated on December 22, 2013 in comments on ABC's "This Week": Says President Barack Obama "came into office very concerned about" wiretappings but "then he became president of the United States, he got all the briefings … (and) he decided … the balance is probably pretty appropriately struck." By Katie Sanders• December 22, 2013 Rick Perry stated on September 22, 2011 in a Republican presidential debate in Orlando: Says that Romney touted the Massachusetts health plan for the nation in his hardcover book but then deleted it for the paperback edition. By Becky Bowers• September 23, 2011 Bloggers stated on February 01, 2018 in a story: "Obama did in fact unconstitutionally spy on Trump throughout the presidential election." By Amy Sherman• February 12, 2018 Rudy Giuliani stated on November 26, 2007 in a Washington Post interview.: "The oddest thing is he doesn't want to do for America what he did for Massachusetts. He did mandate health care for Massachusetts, which is HillaryCare, and he doesn't want to do that for America." By Jennifer Liberto• December 10, 2007 Barack Obama stated on February 06, 2011 in an interview on Fox: Twelve judges have thrown out legal challenges to the health care law because they rejected "the notion that the health care law was unconstitutional." By Robert Farley• February 8, 2011 Articles (1727) Texas governor Perry earns Pants on Fire By Meghan Ashford-Grooms• April 7, 2010 Switching sides on the individual mandate By Angie Drobnic Holan• March 25, 2012 Supreme Court debate: Switching sides on the individual mandate By Angie Drobnic Holan• March 26, 2012 President Trump said he ‘brought back free speech.’ His first 100 days tell a different story. By Grace Abels, Amy Sherman• April 29, 2025 RFK Jr. is suspending his 2024 presidential bid. Here are 6 fact-checks from his campaign By Madison Czopek• August 23, 2024 Key question in the Jimmy Kimmel case: Does the FCC have the power to regulate speech? By Louis Jacobson, Samantha Putterman• September 18, 2025 It is a special deal for Ben Nelson and Nebraska By Robert Farley• December 23, 2009 Checking on the GOP's constitutional promise By Abby Brownback, Louis Jacobson• March 18, 2011 Thompson on his own, 99-1 By Wes Allison• September 12, 2007 In Context: the Wyden-Udall letters on government secrecy By Angie Drobnic Holan• June 6, 2013 Fact-checking Dr. Joseph Ladapo, Florida’s surgeon general, about the whooping cough vaccine By Samantha Putterman• September 11, 2025 What to know as the ACA yet again heads to the Supreme Court By Julie Rovner• November 9, 2020 Will Joe Biden’s vaccination requirements hold up in court? By Louis Jacobson• September 15, 2021 Barack Obama on surveillance, then and now By Caroline Houck• June 13, 2013 Barack Obama on surveillance, then and now By Caroline Houck• June 13, 2013 Why did JD Vance accuse Kamala Harris of engaging in censorship ‘at an industrial scale’? We explain By Jeff Cercone, Samantha Putterman• October 3, 2024 Supreme Court declines to overturn ACA, again By Julie Rovner• June 17, 2021 RFK Jr. fired everyone on a key vaccine panel. Here’s who he replaced them with. By Shefali Luthra, Barbara Rodriguez• June 18, 2025 Romney's Hillary health care problem By Jennifer Liberto• December 8, 2007 How creative editing distorts the truth in Perry video By Meghan Ashford-Grooms• October 17, 2011
Facebook posts stated on August 28, 2023 in a video shared on Facebook: The WHO is developing a pandemic treaty that will remove current human rights protections, enforce surveillance and censorship and eliminate freedom of speech. By Madison Czopek• September 5, 2023 James Roosevelt stated on April 01, 2011 in a segment of WPRI's Newsmakers program: Three courts have found the new health care law constitutional and two have found it unconstitutional. By C. Eugene Emery Jr.• April 6, 2011 Giffords stated on February 20, 2018 in a TV ad: "Gov. Rick Scott made it illegal for a doctor to ask a patient if they owned a gun, even a mental health professional. This law was so dangerous that a court had to strike it down." By Amy Sherman• February 22, 2018 Rick Scott stated on November 17, 2011 in a meeting with the "Palm Beach Post" editorial board: The Affordable Care Act is "not the law of the land." By Becky Bowers• December 1, 2011 Mitt Romney stated on September 05, 2011 in a Republican candidates' forum in South Carolina: The Massachusetts health care plan "dealt with 8 percent of our population," far less than the "100 percent of American people" affected by President Barack Obama’s health care law. By Louis Jacobson• September 7, 2011 Elizabeth Roberts stated on July 28, 2013 in a TV interview: "They’ve seen employer-supported coverage increase in Massachusetts after this law (Romneycare) was implemented." By • August 4, 2013 Robert F. Kennedy Jr. stated on June 12, 2024 in a post on Facebook: The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals “just ruled Covid vax mandates unconstitutional.” By Madison Czopek• June 18, 2024 Rick Perry stated on December 10, 2011 in a Republican presidential debate in Iowa: Says the paperback edition of Mitt Romney's book deleted line that Massachusetts' individual mandate "should be the model for the country" By Becky Bowers• December 11, 2011 Red, White and Blue Fund stated on February 24, 2012 in a campaign ad: "Gingrich supported individual health insurance mandates." By Molly Moorhead• March 2, 2012 Rick Santorum stated on January 23, 2012 in a Republican presidential primary debate in Tampa, Fla.: "Speaker Gingrich for 20 years supported a federal individual mandate" for health insurance. By Louis Jacobson, Molly Moorhead• January 24, 2012 U.S. Chamber of Commerce stated on May 08, 2012 in attack ad for TV: "A Florida judge ruled parts of Obamacare unconstitutional." By Katie Sanders• May 18, 2012 Ben Nelson stated on December 22, 2009 in a speech on the Senate floor: A Medicaid provision added to the Senate health care reform bill "is not a special deal for Nebraska." By Robert Farley• December 23, 2009 Sheila Jackson Lee stated on July 30, 2014 in a House floor speech: "We did not seek an impeachment of President Bush." By Louis Jacobson• July 31, 2014 Bernie Sanders stated on July 10, 2018 in Facebook post: Says Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh’s opinion that a president "may decline to enforce a statute . . . when the president deems the statute unconstitutional" is "contrary to 200 years of Supreme Court precedent." By Manuela Tobias• July 16, 2018 Demand Justice stated on July 12, 2018 in a television ad: Says Brett Kavanaugh "refused to uphold key patient protections in the past." By Jon Greenberg• July 18, 2018 Bill Kristol stated on December 22, 2013 in comments on ABC's "This Week": Says President Barack Obama "came into office very concerned about" wiretappings but "then he became president of the United States, he got all the briefings … (and) he decided … the balance is probably pretty appropriately struck." By Katie Sanders• December 22, 2013 Rick Perry stated on September 22, 2011 in a Republican presidential debate in Orlando: Says that Romney touted the Massachusetts health plan for the nation in his hardcover book but then deleted it for the paperback edition. By Becky Bowers• September 23, 2011 Bloggers stated on February 01, 2018 in a story: "Obama did in fact unconstitutionally spy on Trump throughout the presidential election." By Amy Sherman• February 12, 2018 Rudy Giuliani stated on November 26, 2007 in a Washington Post interview.: "The oddest thing is he doesn't want to do for America what he did for Massachusetts. He did mandate health care for Massachusetts, which is HillaryCare, and he doesn't want to do that for America." By Jennifer Liberto• December 10, 2007 Barack Obama stated on February 06, 2011 in an interview on Fox: Twelve judges have thrown out legal challenges to the health care law because they rejected "the notion that the health care law was unconstitutional." By Robert Farley• February 8, 2011
Texas governor Perry earns Pants on Fire By Meghan Ashford-Grooms• April 7, 2010 Switching sides on the individual mandate By Angie Drobnic Holan• March 25, 2012 Supreme Court debate: Switching sides on the individual mandate By Angie Drobnic Holan• March 26, 2012 President Trump said he ‘brought back free speech.’ His first 100 days tell a different story. By Grace Abels, Amy Sherman• April 29, 2025 RFK Jr. is suspending his 2024 presidential bid. Here are 6 fact-checks from his campaign By Madison Czopek• August 23, 2024 Key question in the Jimmy Kimmel case: Does the FCC have the power to regulate speech? By Louis Jacobson, Samantha Putterman• September 18, 2025 It is a special deal for Ben Nelson and Nebraska By Robert Farley• December 23, 2009 Checking on the GOP's constitutional promise By Abby Brownback, Louis Jacobson• March 18, 2011 Thompson on his own, 99-1 By Wes Allison• September 12, 2007 In Context: the Wyden-Udall letters on government secrecy By Angie Drobnic Holan• June 6, 2013 Fact-checking Dr. Joseph Ladapo, Florida’s surgeon general, about the whooping cough vaccine By Samantha Putterman• September 11, 2025 What to know as the ACA yet again heads to the Supreme Court By Julie Rovner• November 9, 2020 Will Joe Biden’s vaccination requirements hold up in court? By Louis Jacobson• September 15, 2021 Barack Obama on surveillance, then and now By Caroline Houck• June 13, 2013 Barack Obama on surveillance, then and now By Caroline Houck• June 13, 2013 Why did JD Vance accuse Kamala Harris of engaging in censorship ‘at an industrial scale’? We explain By Jeff Cercone, Samantha Putterman• October 3, 2024 Supreme Court declines to overturn ACA, again By Julie Rovner• June 17, 2021 RFK Jr. fired everyone on a key vaccine panel. Here’s who he replaced them with. By Shefali Luthra, Barbara Rodriguez• June 18, 2025 Romney's Hillary health care problem By Jennifer Liberto• December 8, 2007 How creative editing distorts the truth in Perry video By Meghan Ashford-Grooms• October 17, 2011
