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Rick Perry stated on July 28, 2010 in an interview:

Because of violence spreading from Mexico, "you’ve got bullets hitting the city hall in El Paso. You’ve got bombs exploding in El Paso."

By W. Gardner Selby• August 5, 2010

Threads posts stated on June 02, 2024 in a Threads post:

“Kyle Rittenhouse’s mom is 38.”

By Ciara O'Rourke• June 5, 2024

Greg Abbott stated on January 14, 2011 in a press release:

There have been "at least four incidents where bullets from Mexico have crossed the border."

By W. Gardner Selby• January 28, 2011

HoustonChronicle-tv.com stated on October 03, 2017 in a blog post:

Says "the Kardashians donate whopping sum to Las Vegas mass shooting victims"

By Miriam Valverde• October 3, 2017

Firearms Policy Coalition stated on June 16, 2016 in an email blast.:

California’s Proposition 63 would "CRIMINALIZE the sharing of ammunition between friends who may be hunting or shooting together."

By Chris Nichols• July 12, 2016

Daniel Kelly stated on March 03, 2020 in campaign email:

Says rival Jill Karofsky wants "to disarm law abiding citizens."

By D.L. Davis• April 3, 2020

Instagram posts stated on January 04, 2025 in a photo:

“They still haven’t cracked” Thomas Matthew Crooks’ phone.

By Kwasi Gyamfi Asiedu• January 6, 2025

Infowars stated on November 04, 2021 in a video:

“Sending your child to school” on a day when vaccines are being administered “is implied consent” for getting the COVID-19 vaccine.

By Kayla Steinberg• November 10, 2021

Debbie Wasserman Schultz stated on January 09, 2011 in comments on NBC's 'Meet the Press':

Says the person who Florida U.S. Rep. Allen West first hired as chief of staff told people attending a Tea Party rally that, 'We will use bullets if ballots don't work.'

By Aaron Sharockman• January 10, 2011

Bryce Reeves stated on December 04, 2016 in a radio interview.:

"If you’re a single mom, and you’ve two kids in the city of Richmond, you can almost make $50,000 a year on the public dole."

By Sean Gorman• December 19, 2016

Facebook posts stated on May 11, 2022 in a post:

Suggests Megan Thee Stallion was not shot in the foot.

By Monique Curet• May 16, 2022

Viral image stated on June 01, 2020 in a Facebook post:

George Floyd’s death and the ensuing protests were planned to introduce martial law and “purge” the United States.

By Ciara O'Rourke• June 1, 2020

Mike Huckabee stated on March 04, 2011 in a post on his PAC's website:

Says it’s a "statistical reality that most single moms are very poor, under-educated, can't get a job, and if it weren't for government assistance, their kids would be starving to death."

By Louis Jacobson• March 10, 2011

Ivanka Trump stated on May 02, 2017 in her book "Women Who Work":

"40 percent of American households have female primary breadwinners."

By Lauren Carroll• May 3, 2017

X posts stated on May 14, 2022 in Twitter posts:

The mass shooting in Buffalo, New York was a “false flag event.”

By Gabrielle Settles• May 18, 2022

Facebook posts stated on June 28, 2020 in Facebook post:

Says Milwaukee police were protecting a sex offender's house and snuck children out of it after a mother tracked her missing daughter to that address.

By Lawrence Andrea• August 3, 2020

Philip Levine stated on February 20, 2018 in a TV ad:

"Here in Florida, despite 14 school shootings in eight years, we still have some of the weakest gun laws in the nation."

By Allison Graves• February 23, 2018

CountyNewsroom.info stated on April 10, 2017 in Internet posts:

Says "2 moms, 5 kids killed in car crash" in a nearby county.

By Joshua Gillin• April 11, 2017

Paul Ryan stated on August 21, 2017 in a town hall:

Says Aaron Rodgers "is not the highest tax rate payer" in Wisconsin, it's "the single mom getting 24 grand in benefits with two kids who will lose 80 cents on the dollar if she goes and takes a job."

By Tom Kertscher• September 1, 2017

Viral image stated on August 12, 2019 in a post on Facebook:

The daughter of a Donald Trump appointee posed as an El Paso shooting victim in a photo with the president.

By Ciara O'Rourke• August 14, 2019

High Five: Corporate taxes, Aaron Rodgers' taxes and a government jet honeymoon

By Tom Kertscher• October 3, 2017

The ‘shaking’ COVID-19 vaccine side-effect videos and what we know about them

By Samantha Putterman, Paul Specht• January 20, 2021

In Context: Trump recounts assassination attempt. Here’s what he said at the RNC.

By Grace Abels• July 19, 2024

In Context: Were Paul Ryan's poverty comments a 'thinly veiled racial attack'?

By Tom Kertscher• March 14, 2014

Do rich foreign women give birth in Miami then not pay the bill, as Rubio said?

By Amy Sherman• February 12, 2016

When Donald Trump was shot, the internet unleashed wild conspiracy theories

By Katie Sanders• July 15, 2024

RFK Jr. has targeted antidepressants for kids. How do SSRIs work?

By Natalie Eilbert• March 5, 2025

PolitiFact’s coverage of the Donald Trump assassination attempt

By PolitiFact Staff • July 25, 2024

In Context: Bill Maher on women

By Willoughby Mariano• March 19, 2012

What’s known about claim that white supremacists shot at Ferguson, Mo., marchers

By Tom Kertscher• November 19, 2021

The Truth-O-Meter on Huckabee's claims about single mothers

By Louis Jacobson• March 11, 2011

Why do some people think mass shootings are staged every time?

By Daniel Funke• August 8, 2019

Police confusing firearms for stun guns: How often does it happen?

By Miriam Valverde• April 15, 2021

Explaining Amy Klobuchar’s role in the newly investigated conviction of Myon Burrell

By Bill McCarthy• February 24, 2020

PunditFact fact-checks the Nov. 16 Sunday shows

By Lauren Carroll, Katie Sanders, Aaron Sharockman• November 16, 2014

The facts on guns in 6 charts: A 2018 midterm report

By Louis Jacobson• September 30, 2018

In Context: Here’s what JD Vance said about school shootings being a ‘fact of life’ (transcript)

By Jeff Cercone• September 9, 2024

Michelle Obama didn’t mention Trump by name at 2016 DNC. In 2020 encore, she didn’t pull punches

By Bill McCarthy• August 18, 2020

PunditFact fact-checks the Nov. 16 news shows