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Facebook posts stated on February 16, 2023 in a Facebook post:

“Seven ecological disasters in less than 2 weeks. … We are under attack.”

By Jeff Cercone • February 18, 2023

Viral image stated on January 30, 2022 in a photo on Facebook:

“Over 65% of the country believes that (the) 2020 election was fraudulent. That number was around 35% a year ago.”

By Sara Swann • February 2, 2022

Donald Trump stated on July 11, 2021 in in an interview on Fox News:

“There were no guns whatsoever” at the Capitol riot on Jan. 6.

By Gabrielle Settles • July 13, 2021

Donald Trump stated on March 21, 2021 in a statement to the media:

"We proudly handed the Biden administration the most secure border in history. All they had to do was keep this smooth-running system on autopilot.”

By Amy Sherman, Miriam Valverde • March 24, 2021

CSC Mediagroup.USA stated on January 30, 2018 in a headline:

Democrats "booed families of children murdered by MS13."

By Amy Sherman • February 1, 2018

Bruce Rauner stated on July 22, 2017 in a press release:

As written, the (Illinois school funding) bill includes a bailout of Chicago’s broken teacher pension system.

By Matt Dietrich • August 1, 2017

Jack Trammell stated on October 20, 2014 in a TV ad.:

Dave Brat said "the best way to fix Social Security would be to give seniors back what they paid in and no more."

By Nancy Madsen • November 2, 2014

Cokie Roberts stated on May 4, 2014 in comments on ABC's "This Week":

In discussing the attacks on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya, "Ms. Rice did say 'a terrorist attack.' It’s not that she put the whole thing on the video."

By Julie Kliegman • May 4, 2014

Terry McAuliffe stated on January 13, 2014 in a speech.:

Virginia is "the No. 1 recipient of federal dollars."

By Sean Gorman • January 31, 2014

Scott Walker stated on November 16, 2012 in a speech:

"Our pension system is the only one in the country that’s 100 percent funded."

By Dave Umhoefer • January 6, 2013

Adam Hasner stated on October 18, 2012 in an ad:

Lois Frankel "spent over $13,000 in taxpayer money on a marble shower in a private bathroom with her own toilet."

By Amy Sherman • October 25, 2012

Scott Walker stated on January 3, 2012 in a television ad:

"We wiped out a $3.6 billion deficit without raising taxes."

By Dave Umhoefer • January 29, 2012

Republican Party of Virginia stated on April 18, 2011 in a website post.:

Tim Kaine broke a campaign promise not to raise taxes.

By Sean Gorman • April 21, 2011

Barack Obama stated on August 14, 2010 in his weekly address:

"Some Republican leaders in Congress" are "pushing to make privatizing Social Security a key part of their legislative agenda if they win a majority in Congress this fall."

By Robert Farley • August 18, 2010

Sarah Palin stated on August 5, 2010 in a note on Facebook.:

Democrats do not have a plan for extending the Bush tax cuts.

By Angie Drobnic Holan • August 6, 2010

Barack Obama stated on February 2, 2010 in a town meeting in New Hampshire:

Some Republicans who voted against the stimulus "have been all too happy to claim credit for Recovery Act projects and the jobs those projects have produced. They come to the ribbon cuttings."

By Louis Jacobson • February 5, 2010

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Trump’s midterm rallies: A fact-checked guide to talking points, falsehoods

By Amy Sherman, Louis Jacobson • September 29, 2026

Trump waves during March 4 joint address to Congress

The facts behind the 19 programs President Donald Trump described as ‘waste’

By Grace Abels, Maria Ramirez Uribe • March 12, 2025

Collage of Biden and Trump in debate mode - 06-18-2024

Donald Trump and Joe Biden on Israel and Gaza: Comparing their positions

By Maria Ramirez Uribe, Samantha Putterman • June 25, 2024

Elon Musk photo from Germany Tesla factory March 22, 2022

How Elon Musk ditched Twitter’s safeguards and primed X to spread misinformation

By Madison Czopek • October 23, 2023

Mike Pence on Jan 6 electoral vote count

What was the fake elector plot by Trump allies following the 2020 election?

By Amy Sherman, Louis Jacobson, Sofia Bliss-Carrascosa • July 27, 2023

Rioters scale Capitol walls on Jan. 6, more headlines art for 2021 LOTY

The 2021 Lie of the Year: Lies about the Jan. 6 Capitol attack and its significance

By Angie Drobnic Holan, Amy Sherman, Bill McCarthy • December 15, 2021

Updating Evers’ promises on tax cuts, education spending, expanding broadband and more

By Madeline Heim • July 28, 2021

How a false claim about out-of-state protesters traveled from Minnesota officials to Trump, Pelosi

By Louis Jacobson • June 1, 2020

Why Ukraine? How an Eastern European country triggered tumult in American politics

By Jon Greenberg • September 30, 2019

Fact-checking the Democratic debate in Miami, night 1

By PolitiFact Staff • June 27, 2019

At halfway mark, Donald Trump’s campaign promises hit roadblocks

By Manuela Tobias • January 16, 2019

Fact-checking the first televised Missouri Senate debate between Josh Hawley, Claire McCaskill

By PolitiFact Staff • October 19, 2018

Did New York’s John Faso break his promise to a woman with cancer?

By Stephen Koff • October 18, 2018

Clinton and Trump talking at each other, 2nd debate

How trustworthy are the polls, more than a year after the 2016 election?

By Louis Jacobson • January 3, 2018

10 years after Katrina, a look at President Obama’s campaign promises

By Bob Marshall, Charles Maldonado, Linda Qiu • August 20, 2015

Fact checking the state budget

By Dave Umhoefer • May 5, 2015

False claims dominated most-clicked items about Scott Walker

By Dave Umhoefer • January 2, 2015

GOP convention: Fact checking the Ryan speech

By Dave Umhoefer • August 30, 2012

Mailbag: Catching up on reader complaints, comments

By Louis Jacobson • March 8, 2012

Mailbag: ‘You reminded me of my English teacher’

By W. Gardner Selby • September 30, 2011