6 People 9394 Fact-checks 3384 Articles People (6) Freedom and Responsibility PAC Americans for Responsible Solutions Arizonans for Responsible Drug Policy Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence Marylanders to Prevent Gun Violence Education Fund Fact-checks (9394) Greg Murphy stated on April 10, 2017 in a speech: "Every day, four North Carolinians die from a medication or drug overdose." By Will Doran• April 13, 2017 Jeb Bush stated on January 21, 2016 in an editorial board interview with the Concord Monitor: "90 percent of all pain medications are prescribed in the United States." By Clay Wirestone• February 4, 2016 Jeff Kottkamp stated on February 28, 2010 in an op-ed published in Florida newspapers: "Nearly all of the top 50 prescribers of oxycodone in the United States are in Florida." By Aaron Sharockman• March 9, 2010 Dan Lungren stated on July 28, 2009 in a speech on the House floor: President Barack Obama suggested on national TV that the Democratic health care bill "will have government decide" that a healthy, 100-year-old woman in need of a pacemaker "should take a pain pill" instead. By Louis Jacobson• August 3, 2009 Brad Schimel stated on March 12, 2017 in an interview: In America, "more people die from" prescription narcotic painkillers "than from heroin and cocaine combined." By Dave Umhoefer• April 19, 2017 David McKinley stated on September 09, 2020 in a tweet: "Nearly 800 million opioid pills were shipped to WV, amounting to 433 pills for every man, woman, and child in the state.” By Camren Gandee, Julia Manley• October 15, 2020 Russ Feingold stated on September 06, 2016 in a radio ad: Says Ron Johnson "has essentially done nothing" to fight heroin addiction and opioid abuse. By Tom Kertscher• October 26, 2016 Viral image stated on January 30, 2020 in an Instagram post: Says John F. Kennedy “smoked cannabis in the White House, while president, because he suffered from severe back pain and Addison's disease." By Tom Kertscher• February 7, 2020 Craig Miller stated on July 12, 2011 in a campaign launch message on his website: "I've created over 40,000 jobs." By Becky Bowers• July 19, 2011 Tammy Baldwin stated on September 26, 2018 in a campaign ad: Says that after the overdose death of a Tomah VA veteran, she "brought both parties together to help pass a law" to "make the VA accountable and also to stop the overprescribing of" opioids. By D.L. Davis• November 2, 2018 Greg Morris stated on March 13, 2014 in an article: You can buy lobster with food stamps. By Eric Stirgus• March 21, 2014 Pam Bondi stated on April 28, 2010 in a speech.: I've shut down pill mills. By Aaron Sharockman• August 11, 2010 Ryan Holets stated on August 25, 2020 in in a speech at the Republican National Convention: “Drug overdose deaths decreased in 2018 for the first time in 30 years.” By Julie Appleby• August 27, 2020 Brad Schimel stated on August 15, 2014 in an interview: Heroin and prescription opioids are "the number one cause of accidental or preventable death in Wisconsin." By Tom Kertscher• August 27, 2014 Senate Majority PAC stated on July 13, 2020 in a TV ad: Says Susan Collins "voted against accountability for opioid makers” and denied taking campaign money from a family who made its wealth selling OxyContin. By Tom Kertscher• August 14, 2020 Samantha Bee stated on May 10, 2017 in TBS show Full Frontal: "In Florida felonies can be things like buying weed, tampering with an odometer or disturbing a lobster trap. So basically spring break." By Amy Sherman• May 25, 2017 Chain email stated on October 19, 2008 in a chain e-mail: Michelle Obama ordered $400 worth of lobster and caviar at a New York hotel. By Angie Drobnic Holan• December 2, 2008 Brad Schimel stated on June 06, 2016 in an opinion piece: "More people now die in Wisconsin from drug overdoses than car crashes." By Cara Lombardo• July 8, 2016 Phil Bredesen stated on August 24, 2018 in a press release: Says Marsha Blackburn "at the behest of the pharmaceutical industry, co-sponsored a law that weakened DEA enforcement efforts against drug distribution companies that were supplying corrupt doctors and pharmacists who peddled narcotics to the black market." By Jon Greenberg• September 18, 2018 Facebook posts stated on June 14, 2021 in a tweet: Says the Novavax COVID-19 vaccine “dumps millions” of dangerous “spike proteins right into your body.” By Tom Kertscher• June 17, 2021 Articles (3384) Opioid epidemic shifts from prescription painkillers to street drugs By Jon Greenberg• October 14, 2019 What we know about opioids, declared by Trump as a public health emergency By Tom Kertscher• October 26, 2017 Donald Trump declares public health emergency over opioid crisis. Here’s what that means By Miriam Valverde• October 30, 2017 PolitiFact Georgia at 5 shares some favorite claims By Nancy Badertscher• June 2, 2015 Truth be told, some newsmakers got it right By Jim Tharpe• December 25, 2014 Mock Lobster! By Angie Drobnic Holan• October 28, 2008 Who is Donald Trump’s State of the Union guest Ji Seong-ho, who defected from North Korea? By Amy Sherman• January 31, 2018 Rick Perry celebrates Iowa ice cream, reminding us of food fact checks By W. Gardner Selby• May 19, 2015 What HHS Secretary Tom Price said about opioid addiction treatment By Miriam Valverde• May 26, 2017 Ask PolitiFact: I got the Johnson & Johnson vaccine. Am I going to be OK? By Bill McCarthy• April 13, 2021 Does the federal health information privacy law protect President Trump? By Julie Appleby, Victoria Knight• October 7, 2020 Ebola outbreak: What are the symptoms? Is there a vaccine? Did US aid cuts affect prevention? By Samantha Putterman• May 18, 2026 Fact-checking 'This Week with Christiane Amanpour' By Robert Farley, Angie Drobnic Holan• August 10, 2010 The top claims about abortion, fact-checked By Samantha Putterman• March 2, 2023 Tuberculosis: A PolitiFact Sheet By Marta Cerava• June 1, 2016 Explaining a post-Roe legal landscape for medication abortion By Victoria Knight• May 27, 2022 Did these marijuana claims go up in smoke? By Eric Stirgus• April 20, 2012 We answered your coronavirus questions on handling money, using ibuprofen and visiting beaches By Daniel Funke, Samantha Putterman• March 20, 2020 Have lip readers figured out Michelle Obama's 9/11 comments? By Bill Adair• June 26, 2012 Did these marijuana claims go up in smoke? By Eric Stirgus• April 26, 2012
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Greg Murphy stated on April 10, 2017 in a speech: "Every day, four North Carolinians die from a medication or drug overdose." By Will Doran• April 13, 2017 Jeb Bush stated on January 21, 2016 in an editorial board interview with the Concord Monitor: "90 percent of all pain medications are prescribed in the United States." By Clay Wirestone• February 4, 2016 Jeff Kottkamp stated on February 28, 2010 in an op-ed published in Florida newspapers: "Nearly all of the top 50 prescribers of oxycodone in the United States are in Florida." By Aaron Sharockman• March 9, 2010 Dan Lungren stated on July 28, 2009 in a speech on the House floor: President Barack Obama suggested on national TV that the Democratic health care bill "will have government decide" that a healthy, 100-year-old woman in need of a pacemaker "should take a pain pill" instead. By Louis Jacobson• August 3, 2009 Brad Schimel stated on March 12, 2017 in an interview: In America, "more people die from" prescription narcotic painkillers "than from heroin and cocaine combined." By Dave Umhoefer• April 19, 2017 David McKinley stated on September 09, 2020 in a tweet: "Nearly 800 million opioid pills were shipped to WV, amounting to 433 pills for every man, woman, and child in the state.” By Camren Gandee, Julia Manley• October 15, 2020 Russ Feingold stated on September 06, 2016 in a radio ad: Says Ron Johnson "has essentially done nothing" to fight heroin addiction and opioid abuse. By Tom Kertscher• October 26, 2016 Viral image stated on January 30, 2020 in an Instagram post: Says John F. Kennedy “smoked cannabis in the White House, while president, because he suffered from severe back pain and Addison's disease." By Tom Kertscher• February 7, 2020 Craig Miller stated on July 12, 2011 in a campaign launch message on his website: "I've created over 40,000 jobs." By Becky Bowers• July 19, 2011 Tammy Baldwin stated on September 26, 2018 in a campaign ad: Says that after the overdose death of a Tomah VA veteran, she "brought both parties together to help pass a law" to "make the VA accountable and also to stop the overprescribing of" opioids. By D.L. Davis• November 2, 2018 Greg Morris stated on March 13, 2014 in an article: You can buy lobster with food stamps. By Eric Stirgus• March 21, 2014 Pam Bondi stated on April 28, 2010 in a speech.: I've shut down pill mills. By Aaron Sharockman• August 11, 2010 Ryan Holets stated on August 25, 2020 in in a speech at the Republican National Convention: “Drug overdose deaths decreased in 2018 for the first time in 30 years.” By Julie Appleby• August 27, 2020 Brad Schimel stated on August 15, 2014 in an interview: Heroin and prescription opioids are "the number one cause of accidental or preventable death in Wisconsin." By Tom Kertscher• August 27, 2014 Senate Majority PAC stated on July 13, 2020 in a TV ad: Says Susan Collins "voted against accountability for opioid makers” and denied taking campaign money from a family who made its wealth selling OxyContin. By Tom Kertscher• August 14, 2020 Samantha Bee stated on May 10, 2017 in TBS show Full Frontal: "In Florida felonies can be things like buying weed, tampering with an odometer or disturbing a lobster trap. So basically spring break." By Amy Sherman• May 25, 2017 Chain email stated on October 19, 2008 in a chain e-mail: Michelle Obama ordered $400 worth of lobster and caviar at a New York hotel. By Angie Drobnic Holan• December 2, 2008 Brad Schimel stated on June 06, 2016 in an opinion piece: "More people now die in Wisconsin from drug overdoses than car crashes." By Cara Lombardo• July 8, 2016 Phil Bredesen stated on August 24, 2018 in a press release: Says Marsha Blackburn "at the behest of the pharmaceutical industry, co-sponsored a law that weakened DEA enforcement efforts against drug distribution companies that were supplying corrupt doctors and pharmacists who peddled narcotics to the black market." By Jon Greenberg• September 18, 2018 Facebook posts stated on June 14, 2021 in a tweet: Says the Novavax COVID-19 vaccine “dumps millions” of dangerous “spike proteins right into your body.” By Tom Kertscher• June 17, 2021
Opioid epidemic shifts from prescription painkillers to street drugs By Jon Greenberg• October 14, 2019 What we know about opioids, declared by Trump as a public health emergency By Tom Kertscher• October 26, 2017 Donald Trump declares public health emergency over opioid crisis. Here’s what that means By Miriam Valverde• October 30, 2017 PolitiFact Georgia at 5 shares some favorite claims By Nancy Badertscher• June 2, 2015 Truth be told, some newsmakers got it right By Jim Tharpe• December 25, 2014 Mock Lobster! By Angie Drobnic Holan• October 28, 2008 Who is Donald Trump’s State of the Union guest Ji Seong-ho, who defected from North Korea? By Amy Sherman• January 31, 2018 Rick Perry celebrates Iowa ice cream, reminding us of food fact checks By W. Gardner Selby• May 19, 2015 What HHS Secretary Tom Price said about opioid addiction treatment By Miriam Valverde• May 26, 2017 Ask PolitiFact: I got the Johnson & Johnson vaccine. Am I going to be OK? By Bill McCarthy• April 13, 2021 Does the federal health information privacy law protect President Trump? By Julie Appleby, Victoria Knight• October 7, 2020 Ebola outbreak: What are the symptoms? Is there a vaccine? Did US aid cuts affect prevention? By Samantha Putterman• May 18, 2026 Fact-checking 'This Week with Christiane Amanpour' By Robert Farley, Angie Drobnic Holan• August 10, 2010 The top claims about abortion, fact-checked By Samantha Putterman• March 2, 2023 Tuberculosis: A PolitiFact Sheet By Marta Cerava• June 1, 2016 Explaining a post-Roe legal landscape for medication abortion By Victoria Knight• May 27, 2022 Did these marijuana claims go up in smoke? By Eric Stirgus• April 20, 2012 We answered your coronavirus questions on handling money, using ibuprofen and visiting beaches By Daniel Funke, Samantha Putterman• March 20, 2020 Have lip readers figured out Michelle Obama's 9/11 comments? By Bill Adair• June 26, 2012 Did these marijuana claims go up in smoke? By Eric Stirgus• April 26, 2012
