20 People 25468 Fact-checks 8315 Articles People (20) Students for Trump Vets for Trump The Trump Talks Donald Trump Tiffany Trump Eric Trump Melania Trump Ivanka Trump President Trump's lawyers Donald Trump Jr. Wisconsin Trump Victory Politics Elite Trump AFSCME People People's Majority People for the American Way Crystal Peoples-Stokes We the People petition People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals Citizens to Support MI Women & Children Students, Parents and Teachers supporting Marshall Tuck Fact-checks (25468) Social Media stated on July 13, 2024 in social media posts: Donald Trump staged the shooting at his rally in Butler, Pennsylvania. By Samantha Putterman• July 14, 2024 Hillary Clinton stated on September 01, 2016 in x: Says Alex Jones "said that the victims of the Sandy Hook massacre were child actors and no one was actually killed there." By Dylan Baddour, W. Gardner Selby• September 1, 2016 Glen Sturtevant stated on March 16, 2023 in a candidate's forum: On red flag laws. By Warren Fiske• March 24, 2023 X posts stated on September 15, 2024 in a post: The apparent assassination attempt against former President Donald Trump on Sept. 15, 2024, was “staged.” By Sara Swann• September 16, 2024 Threads posts stated on July 13, 2024 in a post: The Secret Service staged the July 13 shooting at Trump rally. By Kwasi Gyamfi Asiedu• July 17, 2024 Viral image stated on August 08, 2019 in a Facebook post: Says a photo of Trump smiling with staff at a hospital in Dayton, Ohio, was staged and the nurses were paid actors. By Samantha Putterman• August 16, 2019 Hillary Clinton stated on February 07, 2016 in comments on Meet the Press: "There really isn’t any kind of foreign policy network that is supporting and advising Sen. Sanders." By Joshua Gillin• February 7, 2016 Threads posts stated on July 14, 2024 in Threads posts: Photo shows Secret Service agents smiling while escorting Donald Trump offstage after assassination attempt. By Loreben Tuquero• July 15, 2024 Threads posts stated on August 04, 2024 in a post: Image shows Hitler in similar scene as Trump. By Kwasi Gyamfi Asiedu• August 9, 2024 Corey Stewart stated on July 08, 2016 in a Facebook post.: Says Hillary Clinton and Ralph Northam "label police as racists." By Sean Gorman• July 26, 2016 Jesse Watters stated on May 28, 2024 in a segment of "Jesse Watters Primetime" on Fox News: Judge Juan Merchan “overrules every objection from the defense and sustains every objection from the prosecution” during former President Donald Trump’s New York trial. By Madison Czopek• May 31, 2024 Facebook posts stated on April 12, 2022 in a Facebook post: The Brooklyn subway attack was a false flag. By Samantha Putterman• April 14, 2022 Viral media reports stated on March 22, 2016 in Newspaper, television and social media: Emory University students were provided counseling after someone wrote "Trump 2016" in chalk on campus. By Jim Tharpe• March 31, 2016 Donald Trump stated on February 06, 2017 in a speech in Tampa, Fla.: Terrorism and terrorist attacks in the United States and Europe have "gotten to a point where it's not even being reported." By Louis Jacobson• February 6, 2017 X posts stated on August 19, 2021 in in tweets: The bomb threat near the U.S. Capitol on Aug. 19 was a false flag. By Bill McCarthy• August 24, 2021 Donald Trump stated on June 13, 2016 in a speech responding to the Orlando shooting: "According to Pew Research, 99 percent of the people in Afghanistan support oppressive Sharia law." By Neelesh Moorthy• June 16, 2016 Viral image stated on May 22, 2019 in a Facebook post: Says a photo depicts a teacher and student with guns guarding a Delaware high school in 1973 after a shooting threat. By Samantha Putterman• May 23, 2019 Ted Nugent stated on June 14, 2022 in a Facebook post: Three mass shootings were meant to distract from Hillary Clinton controversies. By Jeff Cercone• June 16, 2022 Joe Biden stated on July 13, 2024 in a statement to the media: “The idea that there’s political violence or violence in America like this is just unheard of.” By Louis Jacobson, Amy Sherman• July 15, 2024 X posts stated on March 26, 2024 in an X post: Maryland bridge collapse was a false flag operation to distract from other events. By Jeff Cercone• March 26, 2024 Articles (8315) Fact-checking falsehoods after shooting in hotel hosting correspondents’ dinner Trump attended By Amy Sherman• April 26, 2026 Fact-checking claims about the mass shootings in El Paso and Dayton By Bill McCarthy• August 9, 2019 What Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene has said about election fraud, QAnon and other conspiracy theories By Daniel Funke• February 2, 2021 Fact-checking the 2nd night of the Democratic debate in Miami By PolitiFact Staff • June 28, 2019 When Donald Trump was shot, the internet unleashed wild conspiracy theories By Katie Sanders• July 15, 2024 Fact-checking Donald Trump’s Fox News interview on police brutality protests By Jon Greenberg, Louis Jacobson, Miriam Valverde• June 12, 2020 PolitiFact’s coverage of the Donald Trump assassination attempt By PolitiFact Staff • July 25, 2024 False flags: They’re real, but far less widespread than social media suggest By Louis Jacobson, Bill McCarthy• February 8, 2022 Why do some people think mass shootings are staged every time? By Daniel Funke• August 8, 2019 How the 9/11 attacks helped shape the modern misinformation, conspiracy theory industry By Bill McCarthy• September 9, 2021 Is Donald Trump's executive order a 'Muslim ban'? By Tom Kertscher• February 3, 2017 As Paul Ryan leaves Congress, a look at his record on the Truth-O-Meter By D.L. Davis• December 19, 2018 In Context: Trump recounts assassination attempt. Here’s what he said at the RNC. By Grace Abels• July 19, 2024 In Context: Did Donald Trump suggest Barack Obama has terrorist sympathies? By Lauren Carroll• June 15, 2016 Fact-checking the March For Our Lives By Katie Sanders, Amy Sherman• March 24, 2018 Why is 2020 not like 2016? Fewer undecideds, for one By Louis Jacobson• October 31, 2020 The 2021 Lie of the Year: Lies about the Jan. 6 Capitol attack and its significance By Angie Drobnic Holan, Bill McCarthy, Amy Sherman• December 15, 2021 A month-by-month look at the misinformation that caught our attention in a busy news year By Jeff Cercone• December 26, 2024 Fact-checking the third night of the Democratic National Convention By Allison Graves, Neelesh Moorthy• July 28, 2016 Fact-checking the first night of the Democratic convention in Philadelphia By Allison Graves, Neelesh Moorthy• July 25, 2016
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Social Media stated on July 13, 2024 in social media posts: Donald Trump staged the shooting at his rally in Butler, Pennsylvania. By Samantha Putterman• July 14, 2024 Hillary Clinton stated on September 01, 2016 in x: Says Alex Jones "said that the victims of the Sandy Hook massacre were child actors and no one was actually killed there." By Dylan Baddour, W. Gardner Selby• September 1, 2016 Glen Sturtevant stated on March 16, 2023 in a candidate's forum: On red flag laws. By Warren Fiske• March 24, 2023 X posts stated on September 15, 2024 in a post: The apparent assassination attempt against former President Donald Trump on Sept. 15, 2024, was “staged.” By Sara Swann• September 16, 2024 Threads posts stated on July 13, 2024 in a post: The Secret Service staged the July 13 shooting at Trump rally. By Kwasi Gyamfi Asiedu• July 17, 2024 Viral image stated on August 08, 2019 in a Facebook post: Says a photo of Trump smiling with staff at a hospital in Dayton, Ohio, was staged and the nurses were paid actors. By Samantha Putterman• August 16, 2019 Hillary Clinton stated on February 07, 2016 in comments on Meet the Press: "There really isn’t any kind of foreign policy network that is supporting and advising Sen. Sanders." By Joshua Gillin• February 7, 2016 Threads posts stated on July 14, 2024 in Threads posts: Photo shows Secret Service agents smiling while escorting Donald Trump offstage after assassination attempt. By Loreben Tuquero• July 15, 2024 Threads posts stated on August 04, 2024 in a post: Image shows Hitler in similar scene as Trump. By Kwasi Gyamfi Asiedu• August 9, 2024 Corey Stewart stated on July 08, 2016 in a Facebook post.: Says Hillary Clinton and Ralph Northam "label police as racists." By Sean Gorman• July 26, 2016 Jesse Watters stated on May 28, 2024 in a segment of "Jesse Watters Primetime" on Fox News: Judge Juan Merchan “overrules every objection from the defense and sustains every objection from the prosecution” during former President Donald Trump’s New York trial. By Madison Czopek• May 31, 2024 Facebook posts stated on April 12, 2022 in a Facebook post: The Brooklyn subway attack was a false flag. By Samantha Putterman• April 14, 2022 Viral media reports stated on March 22, 2016 in Newspaper, television and social media: Emory University students were provided counseling after someone wrote "Trump 2016" in chalk on campus. By Jim Tharpe• March 31, 2016 Donald Trump stated on February 06, 2017 in a speech in Tampa, Fla.: Terrorism and terrorist attacks in the United States and Europe have "gotten to a point where it's not even being reported." By Louis Jacobson• February 6, 2017 X posts stated on August 19, 2021 in in tweets: The bomb threat near the U.S. Capitol on Aug. 19 was a false flag. By Bill McCarthy• August 24, 2021 Donald Trump stated on June 13, 2016 in a speech responding to the Orlando shooting: "According to Pew Research, 99 percent of the people in Afghanistan support oppressive Sharia law." By Neelesh Moorthy• June 16, 2016 Viral image stated on May 22, 2019 in a Facebook post: Says a photo depicts a teacher and student with guns guarding a Delaware high school in 1973 after a shooting threat. By Samantha Putterman• May 23, 2019 Ted Nugent stated on June 14, 2022 in a Facebook post: Three mass shootings were meant to distract from Hillary Clinton controversies. By Jeff Cercone• June 16, 2022 Joe Biden stated on July 13, 2024 in a statement to the media: “The idea that there’s political violence or violence in America like this is just unheard of.” By Louis Jacobson, Amy Sherman• July 15, 2024 X posts stated on March 26, 2024 in an X post: Maryland bridge collapse was a false flag operation to distract from other events. By Jeff Cercone• March 26, 2024
Fact-checking falsehoods after shooting in hotel hosting correspondents’ dinner Trump attended By Amy Sherman• April 26, 2026 Fact-checking claims about the mass shootings in El Paso and Dayton By Bill McCarthy• August 9, 2019 What Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene has said about election fraud, QAnon and other conspiracy theories By Daniel Funke• February 2, 2021 Fact-checking the 2nd night of the Democratic debate in Miami By PolitiFact Staff • June 28, 2019 When Donald Trump was shot, the internet unleashed wild conspiracy theories By Katie Sanders• July 15, 2024 Fact-checking Donald Trump’s Fox News interview on police brutality protests By Jon Greenberg, Louis Jacobson, Miriam Valverde• June 12, 2020 PolitiFact’s coverage of the Donald Trump assassination attempt By PolitiFact Staff • July 25, 2024 False flags: They’re real, but far less widespread than social media suggest By Louis Jacobson, Bill McCarthy• February 8, 2022 Why do some people think mass shootings are staged every time? By Daniel Funke• August 8, 2019 How the 9/11 attacks helped shape the modern misinformation, conspiracy theory industry By Bill McCarthy• September 9, 2021 Is Donald Trump's executive order a 'Muslim ban'? By Tom Kertscher• February 3, 2017 As Paul Ryan leaves Congress, a look at his record on the Truth-O-Meter By D.L. Davis• December 19, 2018 In Context: Trump recounts assassination attempt. Here’s what he said at the RNC. By Grace Abels• July 19, 2024 In Context: Did Donald Trump suggest Barack Obama has terrorist sympathies? By Lauren Carroll• June 15, 2016 Fact-checking the March For Our Lives By Katie Sanders, Amy Sherman• March 24, 2018 Why is 2020 not like 2016? Fewer undecideds, for one By Louis Jacobson• October 31, 2020 The 2021 Lie of the Year: Lies about the Jan. 6 Capitol attack and its significance By Angie Drobnic Holan, Bill McCarthy, Amy Sherman• December 15, 2021 A month-by-month look at the misinformation that caught our attention in a busy news year By Jeff Cercone• December 26, 2024 Fact-checking the third night of the Democratic National Convention By Allison Graves, Neelesh Moorthy• July 28, 2016 Fact-checking the first night of the Democratic convention in Philadelphia By Allison Graves, Neelesh Moorthy• July 25, 2016
