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Donald Trump stated on October 22, 2020 in the final presidential debate:

“When I closed (travel from China) he said I should not have closed. ...He said this is a terrible thing, you are a xenophobe, I think he called me racist. Now he says I should have closed it earlier.”

By Samantha Putterman • October 23, 2020

Joe Biden stated on August 7, 2019 in a campaign stop in Iowa:

Says Donald Trump "asserted that immigrants would quote, ‘carve you up with a knife’."

By Jon Greenberg • August 9, 2019

Donald Trump stated on January 30, 2018 in State of the Union address:

Many gang members have taken advantage of "glaring loopholes and our laws to enter the country as illegal, unaccompanied, alien minors."

By Miriam Valverde • February 7, 2018

Donald Trump stated on August 10, 2026 in remarks in the Oval Office:

When the measles, mumps and rubella vaccines are given together in the combined MMR vaccine, "there could be a possibility they're quite lethal.”

By Amy Sherman, Madison Czopek • August 11, 2026

Donald Trump stated on May 3, 2020 in a Fox News virtual town hall:

Says Joe Biden has “written a letter of apology” for calling Trump’s travel restrictions from China “xenophobic.”

By Bill McCarthy • May 4, 2020

Garland Tucker stated on May 8, 2019 in an interview with Sean Hannity:

Said Sen. Thom Tillis "co-sponsored a bill that not only provided amnesty, but provided a clear path to citizenship for illegal immigrants."

By Elizabeth Thompson • June 5, 2019

Justin Amash stated on May 20, 2019 in a tweet:

"In fact, ‘high Crimes and Misdemeanors’ is not defined in the Constitution and does not require corresponding statutory charges. The context implies conduct that violates the public trust—and that view is echoed by the Framers of the Constitution and early American scholars."

By Louis Jacobson • May 29, 2019

Bloggers stated on April 1, 2019 in news articles and blogs:

Americans "would run out of avocados in three weeks" if imports from Mexico were stopped due to a border closure.

By Chris Nichols • April 3, 2019

Viral image stated on February 6, 2019 in a Facebook post:

Chinese workers made "90,000 banners" for Trump’s 2020 re-election campaign and the president chose to hire "Chinese workers instead of American workers"

By Samantha Putterman • February 15, 2019

Donald Trump stated on January 2, 2019 in in a discussion with reporters:

"The reason Russia was in Afghanistan was because terrorists were going into Russia."

By John Kruzel • January 9, 2019

Donald Trump stated on October 26, 2018 in a rally in North Carolina:

"The Democrats want to invite caravan after caravan of illegal aliens into our country. And they want to sign them up for free health care, free welfare, free education, and for the right to vote."

By Miriam Valverde • November 1, 2018

National Republican Senatorial Committee stated on October 24, 2018 in a digital ad:

"We know dangerous criminals can slip through immigration at airports just like ours. Yet Joe Donnelly stood right here with the radical left against all efforts to secure our most vulnerable entry points."

By Manuela Tobias • October 26, 2018

Donald Trump stated on October 22, 2018 in a rally for Republican candidates in Houston:

Says Beto O’Rourke "voted to shield MS-13 gang members from deportation."

By W. Gardner Selby • October 25, 2018

Donald Trump stated on October 6, 2018 in a campaign rally:

"Every single Democrat in the U.S. Senate has signed up for the open borders, and it's a bill, it's called the ‘open borders bill.’"

By Miriam Valverde • October 8, 2018

Donald Trump stated on September 5, 2018 in a tweet:

"Someone can write an article or book, totally make up stories and form a picture of a person that is literally the exact opposite of the fact, and get away with it without retribution or cost. Don’t know why Washington politicians don’t change libel laws?"

By Louis Jacobson • September 5, 2018

Donald Trump stated on July 23, 2018 in in a tweet:

Says the Steele dossier "was responsible for starting" Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into links between the Trump campaign and Russia.

By John Kruzel • July 23, 2018

Donald Trump stated on June 30, 2018 in a tweet:

"I have watched ICE liberate towns from the grasp of MS-13."

By Miriam Valverde • July 9, 2018

Bloggers stated on June 25, 2018 in a blog post headline:

"Mexico’s Next President Calls for An Invasion Of The US"

By Manuela Tobias • June 25, 2018

Beto O'Rourke stated on January 3, 2018 in remarks at a stop in Greenville, Texas:

Says "precisely zero terrorists, terrorist groups or terror plots have ever been connected with the U.S.-Mexico border to do harm to people within the United States."

By Johnathan Silver • May 3, 2018

Mark Harris stated on March 29, 2018 in a Facebook post:

Rep. Robert Pittenger "stood against funding for the border wall."

By Paul Specht • April 5, 2018

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Year of the Lies: How Trump’s talk about Tylenol, autism and vaccines affected one pediatrician

By Samantha Putterman • December 17, 2025

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States brace for reversal of Obamacare coverage gains under Trump’s budget bill

By Julie Appleby • July 7, 2025

What is a recession, and is it tied to stock market declines? What to know after Trump’s tariffs

By Louis Jacobson • April 7, 2025

Donald Trump’s immigration promises: failures and achievements

By Miriam Valverde • July 27, 2020

Fact-checking Donald Trump’s claims about Syria and US troop withdrawal

By Bill McCarthy, Miriam Valverde • October 8, 2019

Donald Trump on the campaign trail: His three reasons to fear Democrats, fact-checked

By Jon Greenberg • October 8, 2018

Democrats’ playbook for stopping Donald Trump’s Supreme Court pick

By John Kruzel, Katie Akin • July 3, 2018

Fact-checking Donald Trump’s tweets about the border, DACA

By Miriam Valverde • April 2, 2018

Donald Trump’s ‘s—hole countries’ remark and its policy history

By Miriam Valverde • January 12, 2018

Fact-checking President Donald Trump’s campaign rally in Phoenix

By Aaron Sharockman, Miriam Valverde • August 23, 2017

6 months in office, Trump’s mixed record on 6 major promises

By John Kruzel • July 20, 2017

America’s 250th anniversary compared with its 200th: Measuring the mood in 1976 and now

By Louis Jacobson • June 15, 2026

A history of PolitiFact’s Lie of the Year, from 2009 to 2025

By Maria Briceño • December 15, 2025

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‘Rough road ahead’: Charlie Kirk’s assassination highlights the rise in US political violence

By Amy Sherman, Louis Jacobson • September 11, 2025

A history of PolitiFact’s Lies of the Year, from 2009 to 2024

By Matthew Crowley • December 17, 2024

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2024 RNC fact-check: What Trump VP pick JD Vance got right, wrong in Milwaukee speech

By PolitiFact Staff • July 18, 2024

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Live: Fact-checking Trump VP JD Vance’s 2024 RNC speech in Milwaukee

By PolitiFact Staff • July 17, 2024

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What PolitiFact learned in 1,000 fact-checks of Donald Trump

By Amy Sherman, Grace Abels, Louis Jacobson, Renee Romo • February 1, 2024

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Looking back at PolitiFact’s Lies of the Year, 2009-2022

By PolitiFact Staff • December 21, 2023

A look back at PolitiFact’s Lie of the Year, 2009 to 2020

By PolitiFact Staff • December 15, 2021