6 People 21373 Fact-checks 7215 Articles People (6) AFSCME People People's Majority People for the American Way Crystal Peoples-Stokes We the People petition People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals Fact-checks (21373) Jeb Bush stated on November 29, 2015 in an interview on "Face the Nation": "It is already in the law that there is a requirement to screen (refugees) for religion." By Jon Greenberg• December 1, 2015 Emergency Committee for Israel stated on October 09, 2012 in a campaign ad: "When Congress voted to condemn Iran for sentencing a Christian pastor to death, (U.S. Rep. Lois) Capps was the only member who voted no." By Louis Jacobson• October 11, 2012 Mario Diaz-Balart stated on January 30, 2017 in a press release: Says former President Barack Obama "took similar action against Cuban refugees" as President Donald Trump did in his executive order. By Amy Sherman• January 31, 2017 Donald Trump stated on January 27, 2017 in an interview with CBN: "If you were a Muslim, you could come in, if you were a Christian, it was impossible." By Linda Qiu• January 29, 2017 Facebook posts stated on August 18, 2021 in a Facebook post: 229 Christian missionaries were sentenced to death in Afghanistan. By Jason Asenso• August 19, 2021 American Unity PAC stated on August 30, 2016 in a campaign ad: Says Ted Strickland supported giving $150 billion to Iranian regime that persecutes women, Christians and gays. By Nadia Pflaum• September 15, 2016 Mike Pence stated on September 04, 2016 in an interview on "Meet the Press": Says Hillary Clinton "wants to increase Syrian refugees to this country by 550 percent." By Angie Drobnic Holan• September 4, 2016 Donald Trump stated on September 24, 2019 in a speech to the U.N. General Assembly: "80% of the world’s population lives in countries where religious liberty is in significant danger or even completely outlawed." By Jon Greenberg• September 25, 2019 Ted Cruz stated on February 02, 2016 in a town hall event in Windham, N.H.: The 2013 immigration bill "expanded President Obama’s ability to bring Syrian refugees to this country without mandating any meaningful background checks." By Joshua Gillin, Jon Greenberg• February 3, 2016 John McCain stated on March 18, 2008 in Amman, Jordan: It's "common knowledge" that al-Qaida is receiving training from Iran. By Angie Drobnic Holan• March 19, 2008 Ron Johnson stated on April 03, 2018 in a radio interview: "We have laws on the books where people can walk right up to our ports of entry, say ‘I have a credible fear of persecution,’ and we bring them in. We don’t send them back." By D.L. Davis• April 27, 2018 Bloggers stated on December 12, 2016 in a Facebook post: "House Democrats strike to implement Sharia law!!" By Joshua Gillin• December 14, 2016 X posts stated on October 21, 2024 in a post: There are “180,000 registered new Amish voters in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.” By Kwasi Gyamfi Asiedu• October 29, 2024 Ted Cruz stated on December 15, 2015 in a Republican presidential debate in Las Vegas: "One of the most troubling aspects of the Rubio-Schumer Gang of Eight bill was that it gave President Obama blanket authority to admit refugees, including Syrian refugees, without mandating any background checks whatsoever." By Joshua Gillin• December 18, 2015 Donald Trump stated on June 13, 2016 in a speech: Says Hillary Clinton "plans to massively increase admissions (of Middle East refugees) … including a 500 percent increase in Syrian refugees coming into our country." By C. Eugene Emery Jr.• June 13, 2016 Bill O'Reilly stated on October 06, 2014 in a broadcast of Fox News' "The O'Reilly Factor": Muslim nations did not "call out" the people who celebrated the 9/11 attacks. By Jon Greenberg• October 8, 2014 Newt Gingrich stated on April 24, 2009 in a news interview: On torture. By Angie Drobnic Holan• April 28, 2009 Whoopi Goldberg stated on January 31, 2022 in a TV segment: "The Holocaust isn't about race. No, it's not about race." By Bill McCarthy• February 1, 2022 Ben Shapiro stated on October 15, 2014 in a YouTube video: "We’re above 800 million Muslims radicalized, more than half the Muslims on Earth That’s not a minority. That’s now a majority." By Jon Greenberg• November 5, 2014 Bloggers stated on December 01, 2016 in an MRCTV post: "More than two-thirds of the aliens the Obama administration has brought to the United States under the president's Central American Minors program weren’t actually minors at all." By Miriam Valverde• December 7, 2016 Articles (7215) Trump's travel ban executive order, take 2 By Louis Jacobson• March 6, 2017 PunditFact fact-checks the March 29 Sunday shows By Lauren Carroll, Katie Sanders, Aaron Sharockman• March 29, 2015 Fact-checking the March 29 news shows By Lauren Carroll, Katie Sanders, Aaron Sharockman• March 29, 2015 Fact-checking claims about the Islamic State By Katie Sanders• September 2, 2014 Fact-checking the latest claims about the Islamic State By Angie Drobnic Holan, Katie Sanders• September 11, 2014 Fact-checking the second GOP presidential debate By Aaron Sharockman• September 17, 2015 A letter from an unhappy PolitiFact reader By Bill Adair• November 30, 2010 PolitiFact’s top 5 reports for March By Angie Drobnic Holan• April 1, 2015 Reader mailbag: Jeb Bush's 'statement is logically 'false,' the opposite of true!' By Amy Sherman• December 9, 2015 It's Lieberman to the rescue By Robert Farley, Angie Drobnic Holan• March 20, 2008 PunditFact: Fact-checking the fallout from Bill Maher's Muslim monologue By Jon Greenberg, Katie Sanders• October 9, 2014 Fact-checking the fallout from Bill Maher's Muslim monologue By Jon Greenberg, Katie Sanders• October 8, 2014 Donald Trump at CPAC gives misleading impression about immigration, MS-13 By Louis Jacobson• February 26, 2018 Rattling sabers at Iran By Alexander Lane• July 7, 2008 A look at LGBT claims in Georgia By April Hunt• October 7, 2015 U.S. would be only country with religious test at border under Trump, Clinton says By Allison Graves• September 2, 2016 Checking the president, and the presidential campaign By Tom Kertscher• March 3, 2016 Fact-checking Tim Kaine, Mike Pence at the VP debate (running blog) By Linda Qiu• October 5, 2016 The Republican proposal to change the U.S. asylum system, explained By Miriam Valverde• January 23, 2019 At the GOP convention, the story of Mitt Romney By Molly Moorhead• August 31, 2012
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Jeb Bush stated on November 29, 2015 in an interview on "Face the Nation": "It is already in the law that there is a requirement to screen (refugees) for religion." By Jon Greenberg• December 1, 2015 Emergency Committee for Israel stated on October 09, 2012 in a campaign ad: "When Congress voted to condemn Iran for sentencing a Christian pastor to death, (U.S. Rep. Lois) Capps was the only member who voted no." By Louis Jacobson• October 11, 2012 Mario Diaz-Balart stated on January 30, 2017 in a press release: Says former President Barack Obama "took similar action against Cuban refugees" as President Donald Trump did in his executive order. By Amy Sherman• January 31, 2017 Donald Trump stated on January 27, 2017 in an interview with CBN: "If you were a Muslim, you could come in, if you were a Christian, it was impossible." By Linda Qiu• January 29, 2017 Facebook posts stated on August 18, 2021 in a Facebook post: 229 Christian missionaries were sentenced to death in Afghanistan. By Jason Asenso• August 19, 2021 American Unity PAC stated on August 30, 2016 in a campaign ad: Says Ted Strickland supported giving $150 billion to Iranian regime that persecutes women, Christians and gays. By Nadia Pflaum• September 15, 2016 Mike Pence stated on September 04, 2016 in an interview on "Meet the Press": Says Hillary Clinton "wants to increase Syrian refugees to this country by 550 percent." By Angie Drobnic Holan• September 4, 2016 Donald Trump stated on September 24, 2019 in a speech to the U.N. General Assembly: "80% of the world’s population lives in countries where religious liberty is in significant danger or even completely outlawed." By Jon Greenberg• September 25, 2019 Ted Cruz stated on February 02, 2016 in a town hall event in Windham, N.H.: The 2013 immigration bill "expanded President Obama’s ability to bring Syrian refugees to this country without mandating any meaningful background checks." By Joshua Gillin, Jon Greenberg• February 3, 2016 John McCain stated on March 18, 2008 in Amman, Jordan: It's "common knowledge" that al-Qaida is receiving training from Iran. By Angie Drobnic Holan• March 19, 2008 Ron Johnson stated on April 03, 2018 in a radio interview: "We have laws on the books where people can walk right up to our ports of entry, say ‘I have a credible fear of persecution,’ and we bring them in. We don’t send them back." By D.L. Davis• April 27, 2018 Bloggers stated on December 12, 2016 in a Facebook post: "House Democrats strike to implement Sharia law!!" By Joshua Gillin• December 14, 2016 X posts stated on October 21, 2024 in a post: There are “180,000 registered new Amish voters in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.” By Kwasi Gyamfi Asiedu• October 29, 2024 Ted Cruz stated on December 15, 2015 in a Republican presidential debate in Las Vegas: "One of the most troubling aspects of the Rubio-Schumer Gang of Eight bill was that it gave President Obama blanket authority to admit refugees, including Syrian refugees, without mandating any background checks whatsoever." By Joshua Gillin• December 18, 2015 Donald Trump stated on June 13, 2016 in a speech: Says Hillary Clinton "plans to massively increase admissions (of Middle East refugees) … including a 500 percent increase in Syrian refugees coming into our country." By C. Eugene Emery Jr.• June 13, 2016 Bill O'Reilly stated on October 06, 2014 in a broadcast of Fox News' "The O'Reilly Factor": Muslim nations did not "call out" the people who celebrated the 9/11 attacks. By Jon Greenberg• October 8, 2014 Newt Gingrich stated on April 24, 2009 in a news interview: On torture. By Angie Drobnic Holan• April 28, 2009 Whoopi Goldberg stated on January 31, 2022 in a TV segment: "The Holocaust isn't about race. No, it's not about race." By Bill McCarthy• February 1, 2022 Ben Shapiro stated on October 15, 2014 in a YouTube video: "We’re above 800 million Muslims radicalized, more than half the Muslims on Earth That’s not a minority. That’s now a majority." By Jon Greenberg• November 5, 2014 Bloggers stated on December 01, 2016 in an MRCTV post: "More than two-thirds of the aliens the Obama administration has brought to the United States under the president's Central American Minors program weren’t actually minors at all." By Miriam Valverde• December 7, 2016
Trump's travel ban executive order, take 2 By Louis Jacobson• March 6, 2017 PunditFact fact-checks the March 29 Sunday shows By Lauren Carroll, Katie Sanders, Aaron Sharockman• March 29, 2015 Fact-checking the March 29 news shows By Lauren Carroll, Katie Sanders, Aaron Sharockman• March 29, 2015 Fact-checking claims about the Islamic State By Katie Sanders• September 2, 2014 Fact-checking the latest claims about the Islamic State By Angie Drobnic Holan, Katie Sanders• September 11, 2014 Fact-checking the second GOP presidential debate By Aaron Sharockman• September 17, 2015 A letter from an unhappy PolitiFact reader By Bill Adair• November 30, 2010 PolitiFact’s top 5 reports for March By Angie Drobnic Holan• April 1, 2015 Reader mailbag: Jeb Bush's 'statement is logically 'false,' the opposite of true!' By Amy Sherman• December 9, 2015 It's Lieberman to the rescue By Robert Farley, Angie Drobnic Holan• March 20, 2008 PunditFact: Fact-checking the fallout from Bill Maher's Muslim monologue By Jon Greenberg, Katie Sanders• October 9, 2014 Fact-checking the fallout from Bill Maher's Muslim monologue By Jon Greenberg, Katie Sanders• October 8, 2014 Donald Trump at CPAC gives misleading impression about immigration, MS-13 By Louis Jacobson• February 26, 2018 Rattling sabers at Iran By Alexander Lane• July 7, 2008 A look at LGBT claims in Georgia By April Hunt• October 7, 2015 U.S. would be only country with religious test at border under Trump, Clinton says By Allison Graves• September 2, 2016 Checking the president, and the presidential campaign By Tom Kertscher• March 3, 2016 Fact-checking Tim Kaine, Mike Pence at the VP debate (running blog) By Linda Qiu• October 5, 2016 The Republican proposal to change the U.S. asylum system, explained By Miriam Valverde• January 23, 2019 At the GOP convention, the story of Mitt Romney By Molly Moorhead• August 31, 2012
