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Donald Trump stated on September 27, 2017 in a speech in Indianapolis:

Ending the estate tax would "protect millions of small businesses and the American farmer."

By Louis Jacobson • September 28, 2017

Markwayne Mullin stated on July 27, 2025 in an interview on CNN's "State of the Union":

The Jeffrey Epstein plea agreement “was a sweetheart plea deal that was made under the Obama administration.”

By Amy Sherman • July 28, 2025

Gavin Newsom stated on July 18, 2025 in an X post:

Florida: #51 in mental health care, #1 in home insurance costs, #1 in elder fraud, #1 in rent hikes.

By Ella Moore, Samantha Putterman • July 23, 2025

JD Vance stated on March 10, 2025 in a speech:

“Under the previous administration … the cost of a median-price home in America more than doubled, and that was just in four years.”

By Louis Jacobson • March 12, 2025

Jon Tester stated on August 20, 2024 in a post on X:

“In Montana, we cherish our public lands. But Tim Sheehy called to transfer them off, so the ultra-rich can buy them up.”

By Louis Jacobson • October 29, 2024

Ron DeSantis stated on May 5, 2023 in an interview with Newsmax:

“Donald Trump himself wrote a book where he was talking about the need to increase the age of eligibility for Social Security to 70.”

By Amy Sherman • May 12, 2023

Lindsay Cross stated on January 3, 2023 in a press release:

"Florida's water is dirtier and sicker than when Gov. DeSantis first took office."

By Yacob Reyes • January 13, 2023

Arizona Democratic Party stated on September 13, 2022 in a tweet:

Abraham Hamadeh misled "about his legal experience.”

By Alexis Waiss • October 18, 2022

Mark Finchem stated on September 22, 2022 in a debate:

“I don’t care for mail-in voting. That’s why I go to the polls.”

By Amy Sherman • October 13, 2022

Viral image stated on October 17, 2020 in a Facebook post:

Says Joe Biden owns four $3 million -$7.5 million homes on a $200,000 salary.

By Hayat Norimine • October 23, 2020

Facebook posts stated on April 14, 2020 in a Facebook post:

Says Nancy Pelosi’s "4th husband" filed for divorce.

By Tom Kertscher • April 20, 2020

Rick Scott stated on April 30, 2018 in a press release:

Says Bill Nelson "voted against requiring Iran to recognize Israel and release American hostages."

By Allison Graves • May 4, 2018

Charles Schumer stated on October 1, 2017 in an interview on CBS' Face the Nation:

Trump’s tax plan is "completely focused on the wealthy and the powerful - not the middle class."

By Dan Clark • October 9, 2017

Patrick Leahy stated on March 8, 2017 in a House Judiciary Committee hearing:

Wealthy foreigners can obtain visas through a special program, but only a small number "invest in true high-unemployment areas. Almost every other EB-5 project uses gerrymandering to qualify as distressed."

By Miriam Valverde • March 21, 2017

Donald Trump stated on February 6, 2017 in remarks at U.S. Central Command in Tampa:

"I have already saved more than $700 million when I got involved in the negotiation on the F-35."

By Amy Sherman • February 7, 2017

Jeff Judson stated on December 15, 2015 in Conservatives in Action blog post:

Texas has the sixth-highest property taxes in the nation.

By Filipa Ioannou • January 22, 2016

Chris Christie stated on November 10, 2015 in the fourth GOP undercard debate.:

The Democrats plan "to raise your tax rates to 70 or 80 percent."

By Linda Qiu • November 12, 2015

Rand Paul stated on November 10, 2015 in a Republican presidential debate:

Income inequality "seems to be worst in cities run by Democrats."

By Lauren Carroll, Louis Jacobson • November 11, 2015

Matthew Charles Cardinale stated on September 13, 2015 in an opinion piece in the Saporta Report:

Tens of thousands of Atlanta households pay more than 30 percent of their income towards rent.

By April Hunt • September 25, 2015

Edward Flynn stated on April 14, 2015 in a news conference:

In Wisconsin, a "second arrest for carrying pot is a felony," but a second or subsequent arrest "for carrying a gun illegally is a misdemeanor."

By Tom Kertscher • April 15, 2015

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Fact-checking the fourth 2024 Republican presidential primary debate

By PolitiFact Staff • December 7, 2023

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By Linda Qiu • January 4, 2016

Mailbag: Lie of the Year 2011 Edition

By Louis Jacobson • December 23, 2011

Mailbag: Lie of the Year 2011 Edition

By Louis Jacobson • December 23, 2011

Mailbag: The best of our 2010 reader comments

By Angie Drobnic Holan • December 30, 2010

PolitiFact turns 3!

By Bill Adair • August 22, 2010

Mailbag: Modern patriots or ‘puff pastry’?

By Robert Farley • April 23, 2010

Mailbag: Readers give thanks, and criticism

By Angie Drobnic Holan • November 25, 2009

Fact-checking Trump on Reflecting Pool renovation timeline, cost, contractor relationship

By Amy Sherman, Louis Jacobson • May 28, 2026

What to make of an abysmal year for truth? PolitiFact names 2025 the Year of the Lies

By Katie Sanders • December 15, 2025

Trump raises fist at Super Bowl 2025 on field in New Orleans, 2-9-2025

Fact-check: President Donald Trump’s Super Bowl LIX interview with Fox’s Bret Baier

By Amy Sherman, Louis Jacobson • February 9, 2025

Harris and Trump side by side for AARP story, 10-6-2024

Ask PolitiFact: Fact-checking Harris, Trump’s AARP interviews

By Louis Jacobson • October 6, 2024

Donald Trump and J.D. Vance at the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, 7-15-2024

2024 RNC fact-check: Trump appears with Vance, allies talk economy on Day 1

By Louis Jacobson • July 16, 2024

Did Donald Trump make these 27 campaign promises? Fact-checking this viral list

By Amy Sherman, Louis Jacobson, Samantha Putterman • October 26, 2023

Checking claims in Iowa Gov. Reynolds’ sixth Condition of the State address

By Liam Halawith, Emily Delgado, Lauren White, Sabine Martin • January 12, 2023

Fact-checking attacks from Ron DeSantis and Charlie Crist in Florida’s only gubernatorial debate

By Amy Sherman, Yacob Reyes • October 24, 2022

The Trump-O-Meter: Where President Donald Trump’s campaign promises stand in the summer of 2020

By Angie Drobnic Holan, Louis Jacobson • July 16, 2020

The Stump Speech Analyzer: Amy Klobuchar

By Jon Greenberg • January 23, 2020

Timeline: The Trump impeachment inquiry

By Bill McCarthy, John Kruzel • October 3, 2019

Fact-checking Donald Trump’s economic speech in Nashville

By Louis Jacobson • January 9, 2018