39 People 20755 Fact-checks 7408 Articles People (39) New Day for America New York Times New York Post New York Citizens Audit New York Republican State Committee NARAL Pro-Choice New York New York Times Editorial Board Sharon Day New York City Police Benevolent Association America Today Russia Today Wisconsin Election Committee, Inc . Better Austin Today Today News 24 Election Integrity Project California Friends of Voter Owned Elections Choose: New Jersey Environment New Jersey New Century Times New Leadership PAC Fact-checks (20755) Neera Tanden stated on December 29, 2013 in a panel discussion on CNN: "Forty percent of the country is going to be in states that are tolerant of gay marriage or at least civil unions." By Steve Contorno• January 5, 2014 David Boies stated on April 08, 2014 in the Civil Rights Summit at the Lyndon B. Johnson Presidential Library: Every one of "more than 30 federal judges who have considered the issue of gay and lesbian rights since last June… ruled that marriage is a constitutional right and you cannot deprive individual citizens of that right based on their sexual orientation." By W. Gardner Selby• April 16, 2014 Evan McMullin stated on April 01, 2022 in an ad: “Mike Lee advised Trump's legal challenges to overturn our election” and “was one of only two senators who was in on the scheme.” By Tom Kertscher• April 11, 2022 Frank Luntz stated on April 06, 2016 in a tweet: "Team Trump has accused Ted Cruz of fraud" in Iowa, Texas, Colorado, Oklahoma, Louisiana, Kansas, Maine, Utah and Wisconsin." By W. Gardner Selby• April 11, 2016 John Kasich stated on January 19, 2012 in a news conference: "We are now eighth in the nation in job creation . . . we are No. 1 in the Midwest." By Aaron Marshall• January 6, 2012 JD Vance stated on December 31, 2017 in an interview on Face the Nation: Says "50 percent of venture capital goes to California. Most of the rest of it goes to New York and Massachusetts." By Amy Sherman• February 20, 2018 Donald Trump stated on July 16, 2018 in a press conference in Helsinki: "The Electoral College is much more advantageous for Democrats." By Louis Jacobson• July 17, 2018 Jeff Sessions stated on May 08, 2018 in remarks to a conference: A legal settlement that reined in Chicago police "resulted in approximately 236 additional victims killed and over 1,100 additional shootings in 2016 alone." By Casey Toner• May 15, 2018 Newt Gingrich stated on January 29, 2012 in an interview: In 1992, Mitt Romney "gave money to Democrats for Congress." By Amy Sherman• January 31, 2012 Romney allies stated on March 18, 2016 in The New York Times: Mitt Romney did not "endorse" Ted Cruz, even though he said he is voting for Cruz and urged others to do likewise. By Jim Tharpe• March 24, 2016 Instagram posts stated on January 22, 2024 in an Instagram post: Social media post claims judge in Trump’s defamation trial engaged in “election interference” by delaying the trial to New Hampshire’s primary day. By Madison Czopek• January 25, 2024 Facebook posts stated on January 28, 2020 in a Facebook post: “Epstein’s recruiter Ghislaine Maxwell’s father Robert Maxwell gave Mitt Romney his first $2M investment and started him in business.” By Tom Kertscher• February 18, 2020 American Automobile Association stated on April 27, 2020 in a news report: “New York is one of only 12 states where the average gallon of gas costs more than $2.00.” By Michael Hogan, Sean Mickey• May 8, 2020 Jenny Wilson stated on April 20, 2018 in in a press release: Says Mitt Romney is using "a million of his presidential campaign dollars to finance his Utah Senate race." By John Kruzel• April 27, 2018 Jeff Sessions stated on October 19, 2018 in a speech: An agreement between the city of Chicago and the ACLU caused "virtually all of the rise in homicides" in 2016. By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller• October 23, 2018 Kamala Harris stated on January 24, 2018 in a tweet: "No state generates as much solar power as California, or has as many people whose jobs depend on it." By Louis Jacobson• January 25, 2018 Elon Musk stated on November 04, 2025 in an X post: “The New York City ballot form is a scam” because “mayoral candidates appear twice.” By Louis Jacobson• November 4, 2025 Bernie Sanders stated on April 12, 2016 in a speech in Syracuse, N.Y.: "We win when voter turnout is high, we lose when it is low." By Louis Jacobson• April 19, 2016 Donald Trump stated on April 07, 2020 in a press briefing: With voting by mail, “you get thousands and thousands of people sitting in somebody's living room, signing ballots all over the place.” By Louis Jacobson• April 9, 2020 Social Media stated on February 01, 2017 in tweets : Says Melania Trump’s security detail at Trump Tower costs more than the annual budget for the National Endowment for the Arts. By Linda Qiu• February 8, 2017 Articles (7408) Democracy experts support Alaska’s move to ranked choice voting. Here’s why By Amy Sherman• April 26, 2022 In New York, uneven progress on increasing voter access By Jill Terreri Ramos• August 22, 2022 Charlie Kirk is dead after being shot at a Utah college event. What we know By Grace Abels, Katie Sanders• September 10, 2025 We started fact-checking in partnership with Facebook a year ago today. Here's what we've learned By Aaron Sharockman• December 15, 2017 'Rough road ahead': Charlie Kirk’s assassination highlights the rise in US political violence By Louis Jacobson, Amy Sherman• September 11, 2025 Does voting by mail lead to higher turnout in red, blue and purple states? It’s not that simple By Chris Nichols• May 18, 2020 Tan Parker: Texas Democrats have lost longer for statewide office than Republicans anywhere By W. Gardner Selby• October 1, 2012 Sunday shows to dish on Michael Sam, extreme weather, 'House of Cards' By Katie Sanders• February 14, 2014 Removal of Liz Cheney from House leadership is only one piece of GOP coalescing around the ‘Big Lie’ By Amy Sherman, Miriam Valverde• May 14, 2021 Ask PolitiFact: Are New York’s voter laws more restrictive than Georgia’s? By Amy Sherman• April 8, 2021 Rick Perry’s Texas success story By • June 14, 2011 Tyler Robinson: What's known about Charlie Kirk shooting suspect's politics, bullet casing etchings By Louis Jacobson, Maria Ramirez Uribe, Amy Sherman• September 12, 2025 The evidence that Trump is telling the truth about his positive coronavirus test By Noah Y. Kim• October 2, 2020 Fact-checking the controversy over the USPS voting mailer By Amy Sherman• September 15, 2020 Fact-checking false claims about shooter’s identity in Charlie Kirk shooting By Grace Abels, Maria Briceño, Loreben Tuquero• September 11, 2025 Donald Trump, Pam Bondi and $25K: Was it pay to play? By Allison Graves• September 21, 2016 10 times Hillary Clinton was asked about running for president By Lauren Carroll• May 5, 2016 Fact-checking the Dartmouth GOP debate By Bill Adair, Angie Drobnic Holan• October 12, 2011 America’s 250th anniversary compared with its 200th: Measuring the mood in 1976 and now By Louis Jacobson• June 15, 2026 Ballot drop boxes have long been used without controversy. Then Trump got involved By Amy Sherman• October 16, 2020
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Neera Tanden stated on December 29, 2013 in a panel discussion on CNN: "Forty percent of the country is going to be in states that are tolerant of gay marriage or at least civil unions." By Steve Contorno• January 5, 2014 David Boies stated on April 08, 2014 in the Civil Rights Summit at the Lyndon B. Johnson Presidential Library: Every one of "more than 30 federal judges who have considered the issue of gay and lesbian rights since last June… ruled that marriage is a constitutional right and you cannot deprive individual citizens of that right based on their sexual orientation." By W. Gardner Selby• April 16, 2014 Evan McMullin stated on April 01, 2022 in an ad: “Mike Lee advised Trump's legal challenges to overturn our election” and “was one of only two senators who was in on the scheme.” By Tom Kertscher• April 11, 2022 Frank Luntz stated on April 06, 2016 in a tweet: "Team Trump has accused Ted Cruz of fraud" in Iowa, Texas, Colorado, Oklahoma, Louisiana, Kansas, Maine, Utah and Wisconsin." By W. Gardner Selby• April 11, 2016 John Kasich stated on January 19, 2012 in a news conference: "We are now eighth in the nation in job creation . . . we are No. 1 in the Midwest." By Aaron Marshall• January 6, 2012 JD Vance stated on December 31, 2017 in an interview on Face the Nation: Says "50 percent of venture capital goes to California. Most of the rest of it goes to New York and Massachusetts." By Amy Sherman• February 20, 2018 Donald Trump stated on July 16, 2018 in a press conference in Helsinki: "The Electoral College is much more advantageous for Democrats." By Louis Jacobson• July 17, 2018 Jeff Sessions stated on May 08, 2018 in remarks to a conference: A legal settlement that reined in Chicago police "resulted in approximately 236 additional victims killed and over 1,100 additional shootings in 2016 alone." By Casey Toner• May 15, 2018 Newt Gingrich stated on January 29, 2012 in an interview: In 1992, Mitt Romney "gave money to Democrats for Congress." By Amy Sherman• January 31, 2012 Romney allies stated on March 18, 2016 in The New York Times: Mitt Romney did not "endorse" Ted Cruz, even though he said he is voting for Cruz and urged others to do likewise. By Jim Tharpe• March 24, 2016 Instagram posts stated on January 22, 2024 in an Instagram post: Social media post claims judge in Trump’s defamation trial engaged in “election interference” by delaying the trial to New Hampshire’s primary day. By Madison Czopek• January 25, 2024 Facebook posts stated on January 28, 2020 in a Facebook post: “Epstein’s recruiter Ghislaine Maxwell’s father Robert Maxwell gave Mitt Romney his first $2M investment and started him in business.” By Tom Kertscher• February 18, 2020 American Automobile Association stated on April 27, 2020 in a news report: “New York is one of only 12 states where the average gallon of gas costs more than $2.00.” By Michael Hogan, Sean Mickey• May 8, 2020 Jenny Wilson stated on April 20, 2018 in in a press release: Says Mitt Romney is using "a million of his presidential campaign dollars to finance his Utah Senate race." By John Kruzel• April 27, 2018 Jeff Sessions stated on October 19, 2018 in a speech: An agreement between the city of Chicago and the ACLU caused "virtually all of the rise in homicides" in 2016. By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller• October 23, 2018 Kamala Harris stated on January 24, 2018 in a tweet: "No state generates as much solar power as California, or has as many people whose jobs depend on it." By Louis Jacobson• January 25, 2018 Elon Musk stated on November 04, 2025 in an X post: “The New York City ballot form is a scam” because “mayoral candidates appear twice.” By Louis Jacobson• November 4, 2025 Bernie Sanders stated on April 12, 2016 in a speech in Syracuse, N.Y.: "We win when voter turnout is high, we lose when it is low." By Louis Jacobson• April 19, 2016 Donald Trump stated on April 07, 2020 in a press briefing: With voting by mail, “you get thousands and thousands of people sitting in somebody's living room, signing ballots all over the place.” By Louis Jacobson• April 9, 2020 Social Media stated on February 01, 2017 in tweets : Says Melania Trump’s security detail at Trump Tower costs more than the annual budget for the National Endowment for the Arts. By Linda Qiu• February 8, 2017
Democracy experts support Alaska’s move to ranked choice voting. Here’s why By Amy Sherman• April 26, 2022 In New York, uneven progress on increasing voter access By Jill Terreri Ramos• August 22, 2022 Charlie Kirk is dead after being shot at a Utah college event. What we know By Grace Abels, Katie Sanders• September 10, 2025 We started fact-checking in partnership with Facebook a year ago today. Here's what we've learned By Aaron Sharockman• December 15, 2017 'Rough road ahead': Charlie Kirk’s assassination highlights the rise in US political violence By Louis Jacobson, Amy Sherman• September 11, 2025 Does voting by mail lead to higher turnout in red, blue and purple states? It’s not that simple By Chris Nichols• May 18, 2020 Tan Parker: Texas Democrats have lost longer for statewide office than Republicans anywhere By W. Gardner Selby• October 1, 2012 Sunday shows to dish on Michael Sam, extreme weather, 'House of Cards' By Katie Sanders• February 14, 2014 Removal of Liz Cheney from House leadership is only one piece of GOP coalescing around the ‘Big Lie’ By Amy Sherman, Miriam Valverde• May 14, 2021 Ask PolitiFact: Are New York’s voter laws more restrictive than Georgia’s? By Amy Sherman• April 8, 2021 Rick Perry’s Texas success story By • June 14, 2011 Tyler Robinson: What's known about Charlie Kirk shooting suspect's politics, bullet casing etchings By Louis Jacobson, Maria Ramirez Uribe, Amy Sherman• September 12, 2025 The evidence that Trump is telling the truth about his positive coronavirus test By Noah Y. Kim• October 2, 2020 Fact-checking the controversy over the USPS voting mailer By Amy Sherman• September 15, 2020 Fact-checking false claims about shooter’s identity in Charlie Kirk shooting By Grace Abels, Maria Briceño, Loreben Tuquero• September 11, 2025 Donald Trump, Pam Bondi and $25K: Was it pay to play? By Allison Graves• September 21, 2016 10 times Hillary Clinton was asked about running for president By Lauren Carroll• May 5, 2016 Fact-checking the Dartmouth GOP debate By Bill Adair, Angie Drobnic Holan• October 12, 2011 America’s 250th anniversary compared with its 200th: Measuring the mood in 1976 and now By Louis Jacobson• June 15, 2026 Ballot drop boxes have long been used without controversy. Then Trump got involved By Amy Sherman• October 16, 2020
