17 People 25565 Fact-checks 7992 Articles People (17) Sarah Eckhardt Sarah Palin Sarah Godlewski Sarah Ponder Sarah Silverman Sarah Copelin-Wood Sarah Huckabee Sanders Seattle Police Department Atlanta Police Foundation Memphis Police Association Milwaukee Police Association Central Falls Police Department Florida Police Benevolent Association Police Chief Billy Grogan Wisconsin Professional Police Association Broward County Police Benevolent Association New York City Police Benevolent Association Fact-checks (25565) Antonio Villaraigosa stated on July 31, 2017 in an interview on MSNBC: "In the eight years that I was mayor, (there was a) nearly 50 percent drop in violent crime, gang crime — crime went down because we grew our police department, we focused on constitutional community policing, we did some of the most innovative prevention, intervention, job re-entry programs in the nation." By Chris Nichols• October 18, 2017 John Chiang stated on May 12, 2018 in a campaign ad: Antonio Villaraigosa's "recklessness (as mayor of Los Angeles) ... left no funding to test 7,000 rape kits, putting public safety at risk." By Chris Nichols• May 16, 2018 X posts stated on June 08, 2025 in X posts: Video shows a police car burning during June 2025 Los Angeles protests. By Loreben Tuquero• June 9, 2025 Bloggers stated on February 20, 2018 in blog posts: Says a 79-year-old woman with AK-47 rescued two LAPD officers from a street gang. By Kyra Haas• August 21, 2018 Facebook posts stated on February 23, 2022 in a post: "It was revealed in court” on Feb. 23, 2022 “that Tory Lanez DNA WAS NOT found on the weapon in the Meg Thee Stallion case." By Monique Curet• February 28, 2022 Donald Trump stated on June 15, 2016 in an interview with Fox News' Sean Hannity: Even among "second and third generation" Muslims in the United States, "there's no real assimilation." By Louis Jacobson• June 18, 2016 Bloggers stated on July 17, 2020 in a blog post: “12 white female bodies in garage freezer tagged ‘Black Lives Matter.’” By Ciara O'Rourke• July 20, 2020 Glenford Shibley stated on December 09, 2011 in a news release: "Rhode Island is the only state where officers at state-supported [colleges] carry out their duties unarmed." By Alex Kuffner• March 7, 2012 Viral image stated on June 23, 2019 in a Facebook post: "If you need to call 911 but are scared to because of someone in the room dial and ask for a pepperoni pizza." By Ciara O'Rourke• August 23, 2019 Kevin Graham stated on June 21, 2019 in in an interview: Says the U.S. Department of Justice has "seen in the past" that police department "consent decrees don’t work, that there’s very little change, that oftentimes immediately after a consent decree goes into effect, crime actually goes up." By Duncan Agnew, Kiannah Sepeda-Miller• June 30, 2019 Viral image stated on June 15, 2021 in an Instagram post: “Austin mass shooter still at large, but media won’t provide description because he’s Black.” By Ciara O'Rourke• June 18, 2021 Facebook posts stated on March 30, 2012 in a post on Facebook: "In April 1997, there was a ‘gas out’ conducted nationwide in protest of gas prices. Gasoline prices dropped 30 cents a gallon overnight." By Erin O'Neill• April 15, 2012 Sherrod Brown stated on April 25, 2010 in an interview on "This Week.": "Fifteen years ago, the assets of the six largest banks in this country totaled 17 percent of GDP ... The assets of the six largest banks in the United States today total 63 percent of GDP." By Angie Drobnic Holan• April 27, 2010 Kirstjen Nielsen stated on July 19, 2018 in an interview: "There are billboards in Central America in the Northern Triangle countries advertising how to grab a kid to get into the United States illegally." By Miriam Valverde• July 23, 2018 Instagram posts stated on April 15, 2023 in an Instagram reel: “The Antarctic ice cap is not melting.” By Sara Swann• April 25, 2023 Jim Jordan stated on January 29, 2023 in an interview with NBC's "Meet the Press": "I got a list of 20 jurisdictions that defunded the police to the tune of over $1 billion total." By Yacob Reyes• February 1, 2023 Barack Obama stated on August 23, 2008 in : "Joe Biden brought Republicans and Democrats together to pass the 1994 crime bill, putting 100,000 cops on the streets and starting an eight-year drop in crime across the country." By Robert Farley• August 24, 2008 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 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 Tom Barrett stated on March 11, 2011 in a newspaper interview: "Eleven years ago, the city of Detroit lifted the residency requirement for police officers and today, 53 percent of officers live outside of the city. If we want the tax base of Milwaukee to resemble the tax base of Detroit, this is the way to go." By Dave Umhoefer• March 22, 2011 Articles (7992) Where are Ted Cruz’s Muslim neighborhoods? By W. Gardner Selby• March 23, 2016 Fact-checking misinformation about the LA protests By Maria Ramirez Uribe• June 11, 2025 Fact-checking Mike Pence’s attacks against Joe Biden in his latest Pennsylvania campaign visit By Jessica Calefati• July 31, 2020 PunditFact's top 6 fact-checks of 2014 By Jon Greenberg• December 29, 2014 Who were the victims of illegal immigrants Trump named at the RNC? By Allison Graves, Neelesh Moorthy• July 22, 2016 Fact-checking Bill Maher on cancer drug price hikes By Lauren Carroll• December 2, 2015 United Facts of America: What polling, focus groups tell us about 2024 voters By Sara Swann• November 7, 2023 Sarah Palin twice, the DA's vodka, Rand Paul on tanks: PolitiFact Oregon Roundup By Dana Tims• August 22, 2014 How George Floyd protests evolved in 5 major cities By Daniel Funke• June 10, 2020 2010: The Year in Misrepresentations By Willoughby Mariano• December 20, 2010 Chris Christie trots out PolitiFact-tested claims in think tank appearance By Bill Wichert• July 9, 2012 15 years later, we haven’t given up on facts; neither should you By Bill Adair• August 22, 2022 The e-mail heard round the world By Robert Farley• September 9, 2008 Antisemitic claims about Brooklyn synagogue tunnel spread on social media By Sofia Ahmed, Jeff Cercone• January 12, 2024 What the first police statement about George Floyd got wrong By Bill McCarthy• April 22, 2021 What’s the ‘determinant’ in police use-of-force cases: The civilian’s race or the officer’s? 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Antonio Villaraigosa stated on July 31, 2017 in an interview on MSNBC: "In the eight years that I was mayor, (there was a) nearly 50 percent drop in violent crime, gang crime — crime went down because we grew our police department, we focused on constitutional community policing, we did some of the most innovative prevention, intervention, job re-entry programs in the nation." By Chris Nichols• October 18, 2017 John Chiang stated on May 12, 2018 in a campaign ad: Antonio Villaraigosa's "recklessness (as mayor of Los Angeles) ... left no funding to test 7,000 rape kits, putting public safety at risk." By Chris Nichols• May 16, 2018 X posts stated on June 08, 2025 in X posts: Video shows a police car burning during June 2025 Los Angeles protests. By Loreben Tuquero• June 9, 2025 Bloggers stated on February 20, 2018 in blog posts: Says a 79-year-old woman with AK-47 rescued two LAPD officers from a street gang. By Kyra Haas• August 21, 2018 Facebook posts stated on February 23, 2022 in a post: "It was revealed in court” on Feb. 23, 2022 “that Tory Lanez DNA WAS NOT found on the weapon in the Meg Thee Stallion case." By Monique Curet• February 28, 2022 Donald Trump stated on June 15, 2016 in an interview with Fox News' Sean Hannity: Even among "second and third generation" Muslims in the United States, "there's no real assimilation." By Louis Jacobson• June 18, 2016 Bloggers stated on July 17, 2020 in a blog post: “12 white female bodies in garage freezer tagged ‘Black Lives Matter.’” By Ciara O'Rourke• July 20, 2020 Glenford Shibley stated on December 09, 2011 in a news release: "Rhode Island is the only state where officers at state-supported [colleges] carry out their duties unarmed." By Alex Kuffner• March 7, 2012 Viral image stated on June 23, 2019 in a Facebook post: "If you need to call 911 but are scared to because of someone in the room dial and ask for a pepperoni pizza." By Ciara O'Rourke• August 23, 2019 Kevin Graham stated on June 21, 2019 in in an interview: Says the U.S. Department of Justice has "seen in the past" that police department "consent decrees don’t work, that there’s very little change, that oftentimes immediately after a consent decree goes into effect, crime actually goes up." By Duncan Agnew, Kiannah Sepeda-Miller• June 30, 2019 Viral image stated on June 15, 2021 in an Instagram post: “Austin mass shooter still at large, but media won’t provide description because he’s Black.” By Ciara O'Rourke• June 18, 2021 Facebook posts stated on March 30, 2012 in a post on Facebook: "In April 1997, there was a ‘gas out’ conducted nationwide in protest of gas prices. Gasoline prices dropped 30 cents a gallon overnight." By Erin O'Neill• April 15, 2012 Sherrod Brown stated on April 25, 2010 in an interview on "This Week.": "Fifteen years ago, the assets of the six largest banks in this country totaled 17 percent of GDP ... The assets of the six largest banks in the United States today total 63 percent of GDP." By Angie Drobnic Holan• April 27, 2010 Kirstjen Nielsen stated on July 19, 2018 in an interview: "There are billboards in Central America in the Northern Triangle countries advertising how to grab a kid to get into the United States illegally." By Miriam Valverde• July 23, 2018 Instagram posts stated on April 15, 2023 in an Instagram reel: “The Antarctic ice cap is not melting.” By Sara Swann• April 25, 2023 Jim Jordan stated on January 29, 2023 in an interview with NBC's "Meet the Press": "I got a list of 20 jurisdictions that defunded the police to the tune of over $1 billion total." By Yacob Reyes• February 1, 2023 Barack Obama stated on August 23, 2008 in : "Joe Biden brought Republicans and Democrats together to pass the 1994 crime bill, putting 100,000 cops on the streets and starting an eight-year drop in crime across the country." By Robert Farley• August 24, 2008 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 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 Tom Barrett stated on March 11, 2011 in a newspaper interview: "Eleven years ago, the city of Detroit lifted the residency requirement for police officers and today, 53 percent of officers live outside of the city. If we want the tax base of Milwaukee to resemble the tax base of Detroit, this is the way to go." By Dave Umhoefer• March 22, 2011
Where are Ted Cruz’s Muslim neighborhoods? By W. Gardner Selby• March 23, 2016 Fact-checking misinformation about the LA protests By Maria Ramirez Uribe• June 11, 2025 Fact-checking Mike Pence’s attacks against Joe Biden in his latest Pennsylvania campaign visit By Jessica Calefati• July 31, 2020 PunditFact's top 6 fact-checks of 2014 By Jon Greenberg• December 29, 2014 Who were the victims of illegal immigrants Trump named at the RNC? By Allison Graves, Neelesh Moorthy• July 22, 2016 Fact-checking Bill Maher on cancer drug price hikes By Lauren Carroll• December 2, 2015 United Facts of America: What polling, focus groups tell us about 2024 voters By Sara Swann• November 7, 2023 Sarah Palin twice, the DA's vodka, Rand Paul on tanks: PolitiFact Oregon Roundup By Dana Tims• August 22, 2014 How George Floyd protests evolved in 5 major cities By Daniel Funke• June 10, 2020 2010: The Year in Misrepresentations By Willoughby Mariano• December 20, 2010 Chris Christie trots out PolitiFact-tested claims in think tank appearance By Bill Wichert• July 9, 2012 15 years later, we haven’t given up on facts; neither should you By Bill Adair• August 22, 2022 The e-mail heard round the world By Robert Farley• September 9, 2008 Antisemitic claims about Brooklyn synagogue tunnel spread on social media By Sofia Ahmed, Jeff Cercone• January 12, 2024 What the first police statement about George Floyd got wrong By Bill McCarthy• April 22, 2021 What’s the ‘determinant’ in police use-of-force cases: The civilian’s race or the officer’s? By Maria Ramirez Uribe• February 9, 2023 Do police officers have a shorter life expectancy than the general public? By Louis Jacobson• June 8, 2021 Donald Trump's GOP acceptance speech, annotated By Joseph Cariz, Taylor Leighton, Adam Thorp• July 21, 2016 The Palin 'rape kit' controversy By Bill Adair• September 22, 2008 How much do we know about climate change and hurricanes? By Manuela Tobias• September 12, 2017
