81 People 24729 Fact-checks 8034 Articles People (81) Choose: New Jersey Environment New Jersey New Century Times New York Post New Leadership PAC New Approach Oregon New Day for America New Georgia Encyclopedia New York Times One New Jersey New Republican PAC Americans for Prosperity: New Jersey AFL-CIO of New Jersey New Bedford Republican Committee New Jersey Tea Party New York Citizens Audit Steve Case New Boston Republican Committee New Hampshire Democratic Party New Hampshire Republican Party Fact-checks (24729) Ann Hudspeth stated on April 26, 2017 in A letter to the editor of the Austin American-Statesman: "Texas leads the country in animal deaths by sodium cyanide M-44s." By W. Gardner Selby• June 2, 2017 John Cornyn stated on March 18, 2020 in a press conference: “China is to blame because the culture where people eat bats and snakes and dogs and things like that, these viruses are transmitted from the animal to the people and that's why China has been the source of a lot of these viruses like SARS, like MERS, the Swine Flu and now the coronavirus.” By Madlin Mekelburg• March 26, 2020 South West News Service stated on April 24, 2020 in a news story: Black cats in Vietnam are being killed and consumed as a COVID-19 cure. By Tom Kertscher• May 8, 2020 Dan Patrick stated on April 16, 2019 in a press conference: "Since 2011, we have documentation of 1,671 dead bodies we have recovered in Texas, many in Brooks County." By Madlin Mekelburg• April 23, 2019 Greg Abbott stated on February 10, 2014 in an opinion article in The (McAllen) Monitor: "As attorney general, I have prosecuted judges, district attorneys and other public officials across Texas who violated that (public) trust, who have been corrupted." By Sue Owen• March 11, 2014 Viral image stated on November 10, 2022 in an Instagram post: Photos shows 2022 “midterm ballots in trash.” By Ciara O'Rourke• November 11, 2022 Donald Trump stated on November 04, 2025 in a Truth Social post: Voting in California is “rigged.” By Grace Abels, Amy Sherman• November 5, 2025 Ron DeSantis stated on August 04, 2021 in a press conference: Says Joe Biden has driven the current coronavirus surge because he “imported more virus from around the world by having a wide open southern border.” By Louis Jacobson, Miriam Valverde• August 6, 2021 Courtney Combs stated on July 16, 2010 in an appearance at the Cleveland City Club: "Phoenix, Ariz., is the No. 2 kidnapping capital of the world." By Aaron Marshall• August 16, 2010 TikTok posts stated on November 12, 2023 in a TikTok video: Video of an Alabama compound shows “Hamas is here and training hidden in plain sight.” By Loreben Tuquero• November 30, 2023 Ted Cruz stated on February 16, 2022 in a committee meeting: "In 2020, more journalists were killed in Mexico than in any other country in the world." By Nusaiba Mizan• February 28, 2022 Ted Cruz stated on August 04, 2021 in an interview: “In the last several months, the Biden administration has released over 7,000 illegal aliens who were COVID positive just in one Texas city.” Biden's border policies are "endangering not just the people of Texas, but people all across the country." By Brandon Mulder• September 3, 2021 Alcee Hastings stated on May 16, 2016 in a House resolution: The Dog Meat Festival in Yulin, China, "threatens global public health." By Jon Greenberg• June 3, 2016 Instagram posts stated on September 18, 2024 in Instagram posts: “BREAKING: Police found ‘explosives’ in car near former President Donald Trump’s rally site on Long Island.” By Sofia Ahmed• September 19, 2024 Beto O'Rourke stated on January 03, 2018 in remarks at a stop in Greenville, Texas: Says "precisely zero terrorists, terrorist groups or terror plots have ever been connected with the U.S.-Mexico border to do harm to people within the United States." By Johnathan Silver• May 3, 2018 Wayne LaPierre stated on February 13, 2013 in an op-ed in the Daily Caller: "Phoenix is already one of the kidnapping capitals of the world." By Louis Jacobson, Ciara O'Rourke• February 19, 2013 Kyrsten Sinema stated on April 30, 2010 in an interview on MSNBC's 'Countdown with Keith Olbermann': Under the Arizona immigration law, police are required to check immigration status if someone's "lawn is overgrown" or if a dog is "barking too loudly." By Louis Jacobson• May 4, 2010 Threads posts stated on February 25, 2025 in a Threads post: “The Texas measles outbreak is pure propaganda” because media outlets used stock images. By Jeff Cercone• February 28, 2025 John Kasich stated on March 14, 2016 in comments at a town hall in North Canton, Ohio: "You know what Truman said, ‘You want a friend in Washington, buy a dog.’ " By Nadia Pflaum• March 17, 2016 Michele Bachmann stated on August 27, 2011 in a campaign event: "The United States is the No. 1 country in the world for energy resources. … We are the king daddy dogs when it comes to energy." By Louis Jacobson• August 31, 2011 Articles (8034) Yes, a deadly flesh-eating worm was found in the US. No, you shouldn't panic about screwworms By Grace Abels• August 26, 2025 Sometimes fighting dangerous pests like screwworms and mosquitoes means sterilizing bugs By Madison Czopek• June 10, 2026 Ask PolitiFact: Is Texas measles outbreak linked to 'border'? No evidence, officials say By Jeff Cercone• March 7, 2025 Do dog catchers have to release their tax returns? By Molly Moorhead• July 16, 2012 Do dog catchers have to release their tax returns? By Molly Moorhead• July 13, 2012 A guide to George Santos’ dubious statements about drag, Brazil, his 9/11 connection and more By Louis Jacobson• March 1, 2023 A presidential decision: a Portuguese Water Dog By Robert Farley• February 25, 2009 We answered your questions on coronavirus seasonality, immunity and transmission By Josie Hollingsworth, Samantha Putterman, Emily Venezky• March 13, 2020 Rick Perry's borderline truth, chain emails up in flames: PolitiFact Oregon Roundup By Dana Tims• June 20, 2014 What’s behind recent false claims about immigrants and crime? By Jeff Cercone• September 27, 2024 Has a Venezuelan gang member been arrested in Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin? By Hope Karnopp• September 27, 2024 George Santos has been arrested. Here’s a recap of his alleged falsehoods. By Louis Jacobson• May 10, 2023 In context: Greg Abbott on third-world corruption near the Texas-Mexico border By W. Gardner Selby• February 11, 2014 Ask PolitiFact: Can dogs detect COVID-19? By Miriam Valverde• January 26, 2021 ‘They’re eating the pets:’ Trump, Vance earn PolitiFact’s Lie of the Year for claims about Haitians By Maria Ramirez Uribe, Amy Sherman• December 17, 2024 Barking dogs, racial profiling and the Ariz. law By Louis Jacobson• May 4, 2010 Beheadings, kidnappings and other immigration distortions By Robert Farley• September 10, 2010 'Transgender monkeys'? Musk highlights misleading posts in push for new Government Efficiency group By Caleb McCullough, Mia Osmonbekov, Amy Sherman• November 18, 2024 A caller told Clark County, Ohio, officials he saw Haitians steal geese. They found no proof. By Loreben Tuquero• September 15, 2024 Trump’s falsehoods about mail voting in Nevada, fact-checked By Amy Sherman• September 13, 2020
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Ann Hudspeth stated on April 26, 2017 in A letter to the editor of the Austin American-Statesman: "Texas leads the country in animal deaths by sodium cyanide M-44s." By W. Gardner Selby• June 2, 2017 John Cornyn stated on March 18, 2020 in a press conference: “China is to blame because the culture where people eat bats and snakes and dogs and things like that, these viruses are transmitted from the animal to the people and that's why China has been the source of a lot of these viruses like SARS, like MERS, the Swine Flu and now the coronavirus.” By Madlin Mekelburg• March 26, 2020 South West News Service stated on April 24, 2020 in a news story: Black cats in Vietnam are being killed and consumed as a COVID-19 cure. By Tom Kertscher• May 8, 2020 Dan Patrick stated on April 16, 2019 in a press conference: "Since 2011, we have documentation of 1,671 dead bodies we have recovered in Texas, many in Brooks County." By Madlin Mekelburg• April 23, 2019 Greg Abbott stated on February 10, 2014 in an opinion article in The (McAllen) Monitor: "As attorney general, I have prosecuted judges, district attorneys and other public officials across Texas who violated that (public) trust, who have been corrupted." By Sue Owen• March 11, 2014 Viral image stated on November 10, 2022 in an Instagram post: Photos shows 2022 “midterm ballots in trash.” By Ciara O'Rourke• November 11, 2022 Donald Trump stated on November 04, 2025 in a Truth Social post: Voting in California is “rigged.” By Grace Abels, Amy Sherman• November 5, 2025 Ron DeSantis stated on August 04, 2021 in a press conference: Says Joe Biden has driven the current coronavirus surge because he “imported more virus from around the world by having a wide open southern border.” By Louis Jacobson, Miriam Valverde• August 6, 2021 Courtney Combs stated on July 16, 2010 in an appearance at the Cleveland City Club: "Phoenix, Ariz., is the No. 2 kidnapping capital of the world." By Aaron Marshall• August 16, 2010 TikTok posts stated on November 12, 2023 in a TikTok video: Video of an Alabama compound shows “Hamas is here and training hidden in plain sight.” By Loreben Tuquero• November 30, 2023 Ted Cruz stated on February 16, 2022 in a committee meeting: "In 2020, more journalists were killed in Mexico than in any other country in the world." By Nusaiba Mizan• February 28, 2022 Ted Cruz stated on August 04, 2021 in an interview: “In the last several months, the Biden administration has released over 7,000 illegal aliens who were COVID positive just in one Texas city.” Biden's border policies are "endangering not just the people of Texas, but people all across the country." By Brandon Mulder• September 3, 2021 Alcee Hastings stated on May 16, 2016 in a House resolution: The Dog Meat Festival in Yulin, China, "threatens global public health." By Jon Greenberg• June 3, 2016 Instagram posts stated on September 18, 2024 in Instagram posts: “BREAKING: Police found ‘explosives’ in car near former President Donald Trump’s rally site on Long Island.” By Sofia Ahmed• September 19, 2024 Beto O'Rourke stated on January 03, 2018 in remarks at a stop in Greenville, Texas: Says "precisely zero terrorists, terrorist groups or terror plots have ever been connected with the U.S.-Mexico border to do harm to people within the United States." By Johnathan Silver• May 3, 2018 Wayne LaPierre stated on February 13, 2013 in an op-ed in the Daily Caller: "Phoenix is already one of the kidnapping capitals of the world." By Louis Jacobson, Ciara O'Rourke• February 19, 2013 Kyrsten Sinema stated on April 30, 2010 in an interview on MSNBC's 'Countdown with Keith Olbermann': Under the Arizona immigration law, police are required to check immigration status if someone's "lawn is overgrown" or if a dog is "barking too loudly." By Louis Jacobson• May 4, 2010 Threads posts stated on February 25, 2025 in a Threads post: “The Texas measles outbreak is pure propaganda” because media outlets used stock images. By Jeff Cercone• February 28, 2025 John Kasich stated on March 14, 2016 in comments at a town hall in North Canton, Ohio: "You know what Truman said, ‘You want a friend in Washington, buy a dog.’ " By Nadia Pflaum• March 17, 2016 Michele Bachmann stated on August 27, 2011 in a campaign event: "The United States is the No. 1 country in the world for energy resources. … We are the king daddy dogs when it comes to energy." By Louis Jacobson• August 31, 2011
Yes, a deadly flesh-eating worm was found in the US. No, you shouldn't panic about screwworms By Grace Abels• August 26, 2025 Sometimes fighting dangerous pests like screwworms and mosquitoes means sterilizing bugs By Madison Czopek• June 10, 2026 Ask PolitiFact: Is Texas measles outbreak linked to 'border'? No evidence, officials say By Jeff Cercone• March 7, 2025 Do dog catchers have to release their tax returns? By Molly Moorhead• July 16, 2012 Do dog catchers have to release their tax returns? By Molly Moorhead• July 13, 2012 A guide to George Santos’ dubious statements about drag, Brazil, his 9/11 connection and more By Louis Jacobson• March 1, 2023 A presidential decision: a Portuguese Water Dog By Robert Farley• February 25, 2009 We answered your questions on coronavirus seasonality, immunity and transmission By Josie Hollingsworth, Samantha Putterman, Emily Venezky• March 13, 2020 Rick Perry's borderline truth, chain emails up in flames: PolitiFact Oregon Roundup By Dana Tims• June 20, 2014 What’s behind recent false claims about immigrants and crime? By Jeff Cercone• September 27, 2024 Has a Venezuelan gang member been arrested in Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin? By Hope Karnopp• September 27, 2024 George Santos has been arrested. Here’s a recap of his alleged falsehoods. By Louis Jacobson• May 10, 2023 In context: Greg Abbott on third-world corruption near the Texas-Mexico border By W. Gardner Selby• February 11, 2014 Ask PolitiFact: Can dogs detect COVID-19? By Miriam Valverde• January 26, 2021 ‘They’re eating the pets:’ Trump, Vance earn PolitiFact’s Lie of the Year for claims about Haitians By Maria Ramirez Uribe, Amy Sherman• December 17, 2024 Barking dogs, racial profiling and the Ariz. law By Louis Jacobson• May 4, 2010 Beheadings, kidnappings and other immigration distortions By Robert Farley• September 10, 2010 'Transgender monkeys'? Musk highlights misleading posts in push for new Government Efficiency group By Caleb McCullough, Mia Osmonbekov, Amy Sherman• November 18, 2024 A caller told Clark County, Ohio, officials he saw Haitians steal geese. They found no proof. By Loreben Tuquero• September 15, 2024 Trump’s falsehoods about mail voting in Nevada, fact-checked By Amy Sherman• September 13, 2020
