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Fentrice Driskell stated on April 29, 2026 in an interview:

“Under federal law, you cannot engage in partisan gerrymandering.”

By Samantha Putterman • May 1, 2026

Elizabeth Warren stated on January 29, 2025 in a Senate confirmation hearing:

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. “made $2.5 million off suing one of the entities that (he would be regulating) and plans to keep getting a take of every lawsuit in the future.”

By Sara Swann • January 30, 2025

Yes on 4 stated on September 10, 2024 in a TV ad:

Florida’s six-week abortion law has “no real exceptions. Not for her health. Not even for rape.”

By Samantha Putterman • September 13, 2024

JD Vance stated on August 7, 2024 in a campaign event in Eau Claire, Wisconsin:

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz signed a law that would “take children away from their parents if the parents don’t want to consent to sex changes.”

By Grace Abels, Loreben Tuquero • August 27, 2024

Kelly Daughtry stated on April 1, 2024 in a campaign advertisement:

“Brad Knott was a lawyer for Joe Biden.”

By Paul Specht • April 25, 2024

Stephen King stated on April 15, 2024 in an X post:

“The 1864 Arizona law forbidding abortions, upheld by the State Supreme Court, also sets the age of consent for females at 10 years.”

By Sofia Ahmed • April 19, 2024

Facebook posts stated on July 23, 2023 in a Facebook post:

Beyoncé “is a defendant in a major human trafficking case.”

By Jeff Cercone • July 25, 2023

Chris Murphy stated on April 3, 2023 in a tweet:

“The 5 states with the highest gun homicide rates in the nation all have loose gun laws” while “the 5 states with the lowest rates have some of the toughest laws.”

By Louis Jacobson • April 11, 2023

Instagram posts stated on November 8, 2022 in an Instagram post:

John Fetterman “is suing for the right to cheat and steal the election.”

By Amy Sherman • November 9, 2022

Occupy Democrats stated on September 1, 2021 in on social media:

Texas “ranks 50th in baby wellness checks, ranks 50th in clinical care for infants, ranks 50th in uninsured women, ranks 43rd in maternal mortality, ranks 44th in school funding per child, and ranks 46th in child hunger.”

By Louis Jacobson • September 8, 2021

Ron DeSantis stated on March 13, 2021 in in an interview on Fox News:

"When I became governor, we banned sanctuary cities and we also did E-Verify."

By Amy Sherman • March 19, 2021

Facebook posts stated on January 21, 2021 in a Facebook post:

“Democrats forced our GREAT troops to sleep on the ground of a PARKING garage after dragging them to DC for photo ops!"

By Bill McCarthy, Samantha Putterman • January 22, 2021

Josh Hawley stated on January 6, 2021 in a U.S. Senate speech:

“Last year, Pennsylvania elected officials passed a whole new law that allows universal mail-in balloting, and did it irregardless of what the Pennsylvania Constitution said.”

By Amy Sherman • January 8, 2021

Shannon Grove stated on January 6, 2021 in a tweet:

"Antifa" is to blame for storming the U.S. Capitol.

By Chris Nichols • January 7, 2021

Russell James Ramsland Jr. stated on November 24, 2020 in an affidavit:

In 10 Michigan precincts, voter turnout reached 100% and in 6 precincts it surpassed 100%

By Clara Hendrickson • December 4, 2020

Donald Trump stated on December 3, 2019 in a press conference:

Says House Intelligence Chair Adam Schiff "made up the conversation. He lied. If he didn't do that in the halls of Congress, he'd be thrown in jail. He did it in the halls of Congress, he's given immunity."

By Louis Jacobson • December 5, 2019

John Hickenlooper stated on May 19, 2019 in an interview:

"We beat the NRA with tough, tough gun laws" in Colorado.

By Tom Kertscher • May 30, 2019

Wayne Messam stated on May 16, 2019 in campaign website:

In Florida, "it’s illegal for mayors to even bring up gun reform for discussion."

By Miriam Valverde • May 20, 2019

Phil Berger stated on February 25, 2019 in a speech:

"Since 2011, the gap in high school graduation rates between African-American students and all students has been cut in half, from 6.4 percent to 3.1 percent."

By Bill McCarthy • March 7, 2019

Kamala Harris stated on February 11, 2019 in a tweet:

"The average tax refund is down about $170 compared to last year. Let’s call the President’s tax cut what it is: a middle-class tax hike to line the pockets of already wealthy corporations and the 1%."

By Louis Jacobson • February 13, 2019

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Ron DeSantis, State of State speech, 03-04-25

Fact-checking Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on insurance rates, education and gun laws

By Sara Swann, Jeff Cercone • March 5, 2025

Fact-checking claims about New York’s marijuana laws

By Jill Terreri Ramos • August 27, 2023

Dominion-Fox lawsuit: Looking back at false claims about voting machine company

By Jeff Cercone • April 17, 2023

Michael van der Veen walking to Senate floor Feb. 12

Fact-checking impeachment trial claims by the Philly-area lawyers who played big roles

By Jessica Calefati • February 17, 2021

Fact-checking claims about the Insurrection Act, martial law after Capitol riot

By Samantha Putterman, Noah Y. Kim • January 11, 2021

Fact-checking Donald Trump’s interviews with Fox and Friends, reporters on the White House lawn

By Amy Sherman, Bill McCarthy, Jon Greenberg, Louis Jacobson • June 15, 2018

Fact-checking the NRA’s response to proposed gun laws after Las Vegas

By Jon Greenberg • October 10, 2017

Fact-checking Donald Trump’s Long Island speech to law enforcement

By Aaron Sharockman, John Kruzel, Manuela Tobias • July 28, 2017

Fact-checking Donald Trump’s comments about campaign meeting with Russian lawyer

By John Kruzel • July 13, 2017

Checking on North Carolina’s bathroom law affecting its economy

By Will Doran • March 8, 2017

Fact checking the new transportation law

By April Hunt • May 7, 2015

Fact-checking voting laws: a year-end report

By Amy Sherman • December 19, 2013

Fact-checking claims about how trade deals become law

By Louis Jacobson • November 29, 2013

What the law and the past say about attacking Syria

By Jon Greenberg • September 3, 2013

What the law and the past say about attacking Syria

By Jon Greenberg • August 30, 2013

Fact-checking Michele Bachmann on the IRS and the health care law

By Louis Jacobson • May 20, 2013

Fact-checking Democratic lawmakers’ claims on guns and gun violence in wake of deadly mass shootings

By Erin O'Neill • August 10, 2012

Fact-checking Rick Scott on the health care law

By Angie Drobnic Holan, Aaron Sharockman, Katie Sanders • July 3, 2012

Fact-checking Florida’s ‘stand your ground’ law

By Katie Sanders • March 27, 2012

Barking dogs, racial profiling and the Ariz. law

By Louis Jacobson • May 4, 2010