9 People 19206 Fact-checks 6665 Articles People (9) Blake Masters Defend Arizona Dream Defenders Alliance Defending Freedom Ohio Public Defender's Office Campaign to Defend America Committee to Defend the President Defending Main Street Defenders of Wildlife Action Fund Fact-checks (19206) Bloggers stated on April 17, 2014 in multiple blog and video posts: The Bundy Ranch deal is all about Nevada Sen. Harry Reid "using federal violence to take people’s land in his state so he can package it to re-sell it to the Chinese." By Jon Greenberg• April 24, 2014 Blake Masters stated on October 15, 2022 in a tweet: Immigrants illegally in the country are treated “better than military veterans.” By Jon Greenberg• October 21, 2022 Jim Lamon stated on June 02, 2022 in a statement posted on Twitter: Blake Masters “unironically quoted a Nazi, called World War II an unjust war, called the Unabomber one of his intellectual influencers, and shared an article attacking Israel as the North Korea of the Middle East.” By Ellie Borst• June 16, 2022 Jim DeMint stated on April 03, 2014 in a broadcast of "Vocal Point": "A lot of the move to free the slaves ... did not come from the federal government. It came from a growing movement among the people, particularly people of faith." By Jon Greenberg• April 15, 2014 John McCain stated on May 30, 2009 in a Twitter message: "Obama has more czars than the Romanovs." By Robert Farley• June 12, 2009 Blake Masters stated on May 14, 2022 in a tweet: “Democrats want open borders so they can bring in and amnesty tens of millions of illegal aliens — that’s their electoral strategy.” By Jon Greenberg, Amy Sherman• May 16, 2022 Jim Steineke stated on January 17, 2021 in a TV interview: Gov. Tony Evers “has the authority and revenue necessary” to upgrade the Wisconsin unemployment system without the Legislature. By Eric Litke• February 3, 2021 Senate Majority PAC stated on September 12, 2022 in an ad: Blake Masters does not support abortion exceptions for rape and incest. By Tom Kertscher• September 16, 2022 The Newly Press stated on April 29, 2018 in a headline: "Smallville star confesses she sold children to Rothschilds and Clintons." By Amy Sherman• May 1, 2018 Mark Kelly stated on October 26, 2022 in a newspaper interview: Blake Masters “wants to privatize” Social Security. By Jon Greenberg• October 28, 2022 Mark Kelly stated on August 05, 2022 in an ad: Blake Masters “wants to pass a national ban on abortion.” By Tom Kertscher• August 26, 2022 Blake Masters stated on August 08, 2022 in an interview: On privatizing Social Security. By Tom Kertscher• August 25, 2022 Barack Obama stated on January 24, 2012 in the State of the Union speech: "Today, for the first time in fifteen years, Master Lock’s unionized plant in Milwaukee is running at full capacity." By James B. Nelson• February 1, 2012 Chapel Hill stated on November 03, 2017 in meeting: The UNC athletic director’s $705,000 salary was "not at market. Not even close." By Paul Specht• February 8, 2018 Facebook posts stated on April 11, 2021 in Facebook post: “Jay-Z and Beyonce are buying back DMX’s masters for $10 Million and giving to his kids for free.” By Michael Majchrowicz• April 14, 2021 Bernie Sanders stated on January 14, 2020 in comments at a presidential debate: "The Machinists Union does not (support the USMCA trade deal). And every environmental organization in this country (also) opposes it." By Rylee Wilson• January 22, 2020 TikTok posts stated on April 06, 2023 in a TikTok post: The U.S. Department of Defense awarded a contract for COVID-19 research in Ukraine months before the virus was known. By Samantha Putterman• April 17, 2023 Kenneth Block stated on January 24, 2013 in a television interview: "More than 9,000 Rhode Island voters used the Moderate Party master lever mechanism and they didn't have a single Moderate on their ballot." By Michael McKinney• February 22, 2013 Leonidas Raptakis stated on June 23, 2010 in announcing his campaign for secretary of state: Secretary of State A. Ralph Mollis wrongly takes credit for small-business program By Cynthia Needham• July 14, 2010 Instagram posts stated on October 23, 2022 in a post: Arizona Secretary of State Katie Hobbs “sent 6,000 wrong ballots to Republicans.” By Gabrielle Settles• October 28, 2022 Articles (6665) Your guide to facts on key Senate races in 2022 By Josie Hollingsworth• November 8, 2022 Why the ‘stop the steal’ Arizona Republicans are wrong about 2020 By Maria Ramirez Uribe, Amy Sherman• August 3, 2022 Trump indicted in classified documents case: Here’s the timeline By Jeff Cercone, Amy Sherman• July 6, 2023 Fact-checking Mark Kelly and Blake Masters in Arizona Senate race By Jon Greenberg• November 4, 2022 In Arizona Senate debate, Kelly and Masters spar over immigration, abortion. We fact-checked them. By Jon Greenberg, Tom Kertscher• October 7, 2022 Elise Stefanik’s Facebook ads examined after Buffalo shooting By Jeff Cercone• May 17, 2022 What role did Glenn Youngkin play in purchase of Taylor Swift’s masters? (PolitiFact’s version) By Noah Y. Kim• October 11, 2021 Ad Watch: Masters’ video game style immigration ad blurs the facts By Jon Greenberg• July 18, 2022 In Context: How the White House Edited an AP Story About Health Coverage By Louis Jacobson• July 10, 2017 Is Ron Johnson right to call Donald Trump the nation’s “chief law enforcement officer”? By Eric Litke• October 10, 2019 Tireless Truth-O-Meter travels time By Willoughby Mariano• July 3, 2011 Ex-Sheriff David Clarke's master's thesis back in the news By Tom Kertscher• September 15, 2017 At the midpoint: Tampa Mayor Bob Buckhorn's campaign promises By Richard Danielson, Angie Drobnic Holan• March 29, 2013 Fentanyl deaths are up, but GOP ads mislead by blaming ‘open borders,’ migrants crossing illegally By Tom Kertscher• October 28, 2022 Ted Cruz's boys showering with girls claim False, but transgender student rights are unsettled By W. Gardner Selby• December 9, 2015 With Georgia’s race still undecided, a look at whether Democrats’ midterm Senate wins are historic By Tom Kertscher• December 1, 2022 Are there really Chinese sleeper cells operating in the U.S.? By Conor Amendola, Louis Jacobson, Brooke Johnpier• April 29, 2024 Germany, Scotland, Sweden: What has Donald Trump said about where his parents were from? By Madison Czopek• August 7, 2024 Roundup of HB2 fact checks: North Carolina's controversial new LGBT law By Will Doran• April 22, 2016 Who are the candidates at the GOP debate in Milwaukee, and what are their backgrounds? By Louis Jacobson• August 22, 2023
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Bloggers stated on April 17, 2014 in multiple blog and video posts: The Bundy Ranch deal is all about Nevada Sen. Harry Reid "using federal violence to take people’s land in his state so he can package it to re-sell it to the Chinese." By Jon Greenberg• April 24, 2014 Blake Masters stated on October 15, 2022 in a tweet: Immigrants illegally in the country are treated “better than military veterans.” By Jon Greenberg• October 21, 2022 Jim Lamon stated on June 02, 2022 in a statement posted on Twitter: Blake Masters “unironically quoted a Nazi, called World War II an unjust war, called the Unabomber one of his intellectual influencers, and shared an article attacking Israel as the North Korea of the Middle East.” By Ellie Borst• June 16, 2022 Jim DeMint stated on April 03, 2014 in a broadcast of "Vocal Point": "A lot of the move to free the slaves ... did not come from the federal government. It came from a growing movement among the people, particularly people of faith." By Jon Greenberg• April 15, 2014 John McCain stated on May 30, 2009 in a Twitter message: "Obama has more czars than the Romanovs." By Robert Farley• June 12, 2009 Blake Masters stated on May 14, 2022 in a tweet: “Democrats want open borders so they can bring in and amnesty tens of millions of illegal aliens — that’s their electoral strategy.” By Jon Greenberg, Amy Sherman• May 16, 2022 Jim Steineke stated on January 17, 2021 in a TV interview: Gov. Tony Evers “has the authority and revenue necessary” to upgrade the Wisconsin unemployment system without the Legislature. By Eric Litke• February 3, 2021 Senate Majority PAC stated on September 12, 2022 in an ad: Blake Masters does not support abortion exceptions for rape and incest. By Tom Kertscher• September 16, 2022 The Newly Press stated on April 29, 2018 in a headline: "Smallville star confesses she sold children to Rothschilds and Clintons." By Amy Sherman• May 1, 2018 Mark Kelly stated on October 26, 2022 in a newspaper interview: Blake Masters “wants to privatize” Social Security. By Jon Greenberg• October 28, 2022 Mark Kelly stated on August 05, 2022 in an ad: Blake Masters “wants to pass a national ban on abortion.” By Tom Kertscher• August 26, 2022 Blake Masters stated on August 08, 2022 in an interview: On privatizing Social Security. By Tom Kertscher• August 25, 2022 Barack Obama stated on January 24, 2012 in the State of the Union speech: "Today, for the first time in fifteen years, Master Lock’s unionized plant in Milwaukee is running at full capacity." By James B. Nelson• February 1, 2012 Chapel Hill stated on November 03, 2017 in meeting: The UNC athletic director’s $705,000 salary was "not at market. Not even close." By Paul Specht• February 8, 2018 Facebook posts stated on April 11, 2021 in Facebook post: “Jay-Z and Beyonce are buying back DMX’s masters for $10 Million and giving to his kids for free.” By Michael Majchrowicz• April 14, 2021 Bernie Sanders stated on January 14, 2020 in comments at a presidential debate: "The Machinists Union does not (support the USMCA trade deal). And every environmental organization in this country (also) opposes it." By Rylee Wilson• January 22, 2020 TikTok posts stated on April 06, 2023 in a TikTok post: The U.S. Department of Defense awarded a contract for COVID-19 research in Ukraine months before the virus was known. By Samantha Putterman• April 17, 2023 Kenneth Block stated on January 24, 2013 in a television interview: "More than 9,000 Rhode Island voters used the Moderate Party master lever mechanism and they didn't have a single Moderate on their ballot." By Michael McKinney• February 22, 2013 Leonidas Raptakis stated on June 23, 2010 in announcing his campaign for secretary of state: Secretary of State A. Ralph Mollis wrongly takes credit for small-business program By Cynthia Needham• July 14, 2010 Instagram posts stated on October 23, 2022 in a post: Arizona Secretary of State Katie Hobbs “sent 6,000 wrong ballots to Republicans.” By Gabrielle Settles• October 28, 2022
Your guide to facts on key Senate races in 2022 By Josie Hollingsworth• November 8, 2022 Why the ‘stop the steal’ Arizona Republicans are wrong about 2020 By Maria Ramirez Uribe, Amy Sherman• August 3, 2022 Trump indicted in classified documents case: Here’s the timeline By Jeff Cercone, Amy Sherman• July 6, 2023 Fact-checking Mark Kelly and Blake Masters in Arizona Senate race By Jon Greenberg• November 4, 2022 In Arizona Senate debate, Kelly and Masters spar over immigration, abortion. We fact-checked them. By Jon Greenberg, Tom Kertscher• October 7, 2022 Elise Stefanik’s Facebook ads examined after Buffalo shooting By Jeff Cercone• May 17, 2022 What role did Glenn Youngkin play in purchase of Taylor Swift’s masters? (PolitiFact’s version) By Noah Y. Kim• October 11, 2021 Ad Watch: Masters’ video game style immigration ad blurs the facts By Jon Greenberg• July 18, 2022 In Context: How the White House Edited an AP Story About Health Coverage By Louis Jacobson• July 10, 2017 Is Ron Johnson right to call Donald Trump the nation’s “chief law enforcement officer”? By Eric Litke• October 10, 2019 Tireless Truth-O-Meter travels time By Willoughby Mariano• July 3, 2011 Ex-Sheriff David Clarke's master's thesis back in the news By Tom Kertscher• September 15, 2017 At the midpoint: Tampa Mayor Bob Buckhorn's campaign promises By Richard Danielson, Angie Drobnic Holan• March 29, 2013 Fentanyl deaths are up, but GOP ads mislead by blaming ‘open borders,’ migrants crossing illegally By Tom Kertscher• October 28, 2022 Ted Cruz's boys showering with girls claim False, but transgender student rights are unsettled By W. Gardner Selby• December 9, 2015 With Georgia’s race still undecided, a look at whether Democrats’ midterm Senate wins are historic By Tom Kertscher• December 1, 2022 Are there really Chinese sleeper cells operating in the U.S.? By Conor Amendola, Louis Jacobson, Brooke Johnpier• April 29, 2024 Germany, Scotland, Sweden: What has Donald Trump said about where his parents were from? By Madison Czopek• August 7, 2024 Roundup of HB2 fact checks: North Carolina's controversial new LGBT law By Will Doran• April 22, 2016 Who are the candidates at the GOP debate in Milwaukee, and what are their backgrounds? By Louis Jacobson• August 22, 2023
