41 People 26113 Fact-checks 8520 Articles People (41) Vance Smith NJ-CAN JD Vance It's Still a Bad Idea Alabama's Future Political Insider Verfied Politics Politics WatchDog The Political Line The Political Voice Only Politics Political Thinkers Realtime Politics US Political Verified Politics Get EQUAL Texas Get Georgia Right Let's Get To Work Fight for the Future Texas Future Fact-checks (26113) JD Vance stated on August 07, 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 Pete Buttigieg stated on August 11, 2024 in CNN's State of the Union: JD Vance holds “anti-marriage-equality views.” By Grace Abels• August 16, 2024 JD Vance stated on February 12, 2024 in a memo shared with GOP colleagues: “The Ukraine supplemental includes a hidden impeachment clause against President Trump.” By Madison Czopek• February 16, 2024 Viral image stated on October 06, 2024 in a Facebook post: Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz gave a college football crowd “the bird.” By Ciara O'Rourke• October 11, 2024 Donna Brazile stated on December 29, 2013 in a discussion on CNN's "State of the Union": "(The farm bill) has a provision that would in many ways reduce the deficit." By Katie Sanders• January 2, 2014 JD Vance stated on September 15, 2024 in a "Meet the Press" interview: Former President Donald Trump could have destroyed the Affordable Care Act, but “he chose to build upon (it)." By Julie Appleby• September 20, 2024 Kamala Harris stated on July 27, 2024 in a post on X: Video shows that “JD Vance endorses Project 2025.” By Madison Czopek• July 31, 2024 Tim Ryan stated on July 19, 2022 in an ad: Instead of fighting opioid addiction, a nonprofit founded by J.D. Vance paid his “top political adviser” and funded “political polling.” By Tom Kertscher• July 27, 2022 JD Vance stated on February 19, 2022 in an interview with Steve Bannon: Says Joe Biden risks war with Russia because Vladimir Putin doesn’t “believe in transgender rights." By Jon Greenberg• February 21, 2022 Kamala Harris stated on September 27, 2024 in a campaign ad: Former President Donald Trump wants to take away the Affordable Care Act. By Marta Campabadal Graus, Samantha Putterman• October 24, 2024 Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee stated on September 20, 2024 in Campaign ad: Says Wisconsin GOP U.S. Senate candidate Eric Hovde "brags about being in the 1%." By Ricardo Torres• October 10, 2024 Donald Trump stated on September 18, 2024 in a speech in New York: When Haitians go to school in Springfield, Ohio, they “take the place of our children in school” and “each one will have a private interpreter." By Amy Sherman• September 23, 2024 Tim Walz stated on August 06, 2024 in a speech: JD Vance “literally wrote the foreword for the architect of the Project 2025 agenda." By Kwasi Gyamfi Asiedu• August 14, 2024 Richard Cordray stated on July 06, 2010 in a statement posted to his website: Says his office "has already recovered over $2 billion from Wall Street for the workers, retirees, and investors who were harmed." By Aaron Marshall• July 26, 2010 Donald Trump stated on October 31, 2024 in a social media post: “I never mentioned” wanting to end the Affordable Care Act. By Louis Jacobson• November 2, 2024 JD Vance stated on October 16, 2024 in a campaign event: Says former President Donald Trump did not lose the 2020 election. By Amy Sherman• October 17, 2024 American Energy Alliance stated on March 27, 2012 in a television ad: Gas prices have doubled because "Obama opposed exploring for energy in Alaska. He gave millions of tax dollars to Solyndra, which then went bankrupt. And he blocked the Keystone pipeline. So we will all pay more at the pump." By Angie Drobnic Holan• April 19, 2012 Hillary Clinton stated on January 15, 2008 in a debate in Las Vegas: The Bush administration has "the Pentagon trying to take away the signing bonuses when a soldier gets wounded and ends up in the hospital, something that I'm working with a Republican senator to try to make sure never can happen again." By Robert Farley• January 21, 2008 Elon Musk stated on February 02, 2024 in an X post: Biden’s strategy is to “get as many illegals in the country as possible” and “legalize them to create a permanent majority.” By Amy Sherman• February 6, 2024 JD Vance stated on August 16, 2024 in a post on X: “Kamala Harris wants to give $25,000 to illegal aliens to buy American homes.” By Madison Czopek• August 22, 2024 Articles (8520) Do you know Vance and Walz’s talking points? Prep for the vice presidential debate with fact-checks By Sara Swann• September 29, 2024 In Context: What J.D. Vance said about rape, abortion and ‘inconvenience’ By Amy Sherman• October 12, 2022 Here’s what Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg said about Donald Trump during his DA campaign By Maria Ramirez Uribe, Loreben Tuquero• April 12, 2023 VP debate fact-check: What JD Vance and Tim Walz got right, wrong on abortion, immigration By PolitiFact Staff • October 2, 2024 2024 RNC fact-check: What Trump VP pick JD Vance got right, wrong in Milwaukee speech By PolitiFact Staff • July 18, 2024 ‘They’re eating the pets:’ Trump, Vance earn PolitiFact’s Lie of the Year for claims about Haitians By Maria Ramirez Uribe, Amy Sherman• December 17, 2024 The race for the Ohio U.S. Senate seat: A guide By Jon Greenberg• March 8, 2022 In Context: Here’s what JD Vance said about school shootings being a ‘fact of life’ (transcript) By Jeff Cercone• September 9, 2024 Fact-checking J.D. Vance and Tim Ryan in Ohio Senate debate By Amy Sherman• October 18, 2022 JD Vance called California’s congressional map ‘outrageous.’ It’s not an outlier By Louis Jacobson• August 4, 2025 4 fact-checks from JD Vance's CNN interview with Dana Bash about Haitian immigrants in Ohio By Madison Czopek• September 16, 2024 Who is Tim Walz? What to know about Kamala Harris’ new running mate By Louis Jacobson, Samantha Putterman, Amy Sherman• August 6, 2024 Biden blamed at RNC for wars, but how much sway does a US president have? By Jeff Cercone• July 18, 2024 Ohio Senate primary to test Donald Trump’s sway with voters By Jon Greenberg• April 27, 2022 In Context: What Stacey Abrams said about the economic aspect of abortion By Madison Czopek• October 26, 2022 ‘A defining moment’: Here is PolitiFact readers’ choice for 2024 Lie of the Year By Ellen Hine• December 17, 2024 ‘I am afraid’: The aftermath of Springfield, Ohio, misinformation on Haitians who live there By Maria Ramirez Uribe• September 13, 2024 Fact-checking Biden’s NBC remarks about Vance’s views on abortion, climate and classified documents By Amy Sherman• July 16, 2024 The military signing bonus squabble By Robert Farley• January 22, 2008 Tucker Carlson feigned ignorance over ‘great replacement theory,’ despite talking about it often By Bill McCarthy• May 19, 2022
Vance Smith NJ-CAN JD Vance It's Still a Bad Idea Alabama's Future Political Insider Verfied Politics Politics WatchDog The Political Line The Political Voice Only Politics Political Thinkers Realtime Politics US Political Verified Politics Get EQUAL Texas Get Georgia Right Let's Get To Work Fight for the Future Texas Future
JD Vance stated on August 07, 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 Pete Buttigieg stated on August 11, 2024 in CNN's State of the Union: JD Vance holds “anti-marriage-equality views.” By Grace Abels• August 16, 2024 JD Vance stated on February 12, 2024 in a memo shared with GOP colleagues: “The Ukraine supplemental includes a hidden impeachment clause against President Trump.” By Madison Czopek• February 16, 2024 Viral image stated on October 06, 2024 in a Facebook post: Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz gave a college football crowd “the bird.” By Ciara O'Rourke• October 11, 2024 Donna Brazile stated on December 29, 2013 in a discussion on CNN's "State of the Union": "(The farm bill) has a provision that would in many ways reduce the deficit." By Katie Sanders• January 2, 2014 JD Vance stated on September 15, 2024 in a "Meet the Press" interview: Former President Donald Trump could have destroyed the Affordable Care Act, but “he chose to build upon (it)." By Julie Appleby• September 20, 2024 Kamala Harris stated on July 27, 2024 in a post on X: Video shows that “JD Vance endorses Project 2025.” By Madison Czopek• July 31, 2024 Tim Ryan stated on July 19, 2022 in an ad: Instead of fighting opioid addiction, a nonprofit founded by J.D. Vance paid his “top political adviser” and funded “political polling.” By Tom Kertscher• July 27, 2022 JD Vance stated on February 19, 2022 in an interview with Steve Bannon: Says Joe Biden risks war with Russia because Vladimir Putin doesn’t “believe in transgender rights." By Jon Greenberg• February 21, 2022 Kamala Harris stated on September 27, 2024 in a campaign ad: Former President Donald Trump wants to take away the Affordable Care Act. By Marta Campabadal Graus, Samantha Putterman• October 24, 2024 Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee stated on September 20, 2024 in Campaign ad: Says Wisconsin GOP U.S. Senate candidate Eric Hovde "brags about being in the 1%." By Ricardo Torres• October 10, 2024 Donald Trump stated on September 18, 2024 in a speech in New York: When Haitians go to school in Springfield, Ohio, they “take the place of our children in school” and “each one will have a private interpreter." By Amy Sherman• September 23, 2024 Tim Walz stated on August 06, 2024 in a speech: JD Vance “literally wrote the foreword for the architect of the Project 2025 agenda." By Kwasi Gyamfi Asiedu• August 14, 2024 Richard Cordray stated on July 06, 2010 in a statement posted to his website: Says his office "has already recovered over $2 billion from Wall Street for the workers, retirees, and investors who were harmed." By Aaron Marshall• July 26, 2010 Donald Trump stated on October 31, 2024 in a social media post: “I never mentioned” wanting to end the Affordable Care Act. By Louis Jacobson• November 2, 2024 JD Vance stated on October 16, 2024 in a campaign event: Says former President Donald Trump did not lose the 2020 election. By Amy Sherman• October 17, 2024 American Energy Alliance stated on March 27, 2012 in a television ad: Gas prices have doubled because "Obama opposed exploring for energy in Alaska. He gave millions of tax dollars to Solyndra, which then went bankrupt. And he blocked the Keystone pipeline. So we will all pay more at the pump." By Angie Drobnic Holan• April 19, 2012 Hillary Clinton stated on January 15, 2008 in a debate in Las Vegas: The Bush administration has "the Pentagon trying to take away the signing bonuses when a soldier gets wounded and ends up in the hospital, something that I'm working with a Republican senator to try to make sure never can happen again." By Robert Farley• January 21, 2008 Elon Musk stated on February 02, 2024 in an X post: Biden’s strategy is to “get as many illegals in the country as possible” and “legalize them to create a permanent majority.” By Amy Sherman• February 6, 2024 JD Vance stated on August 16, 2024 in a post on X: “Kamala Harris wants to give $25,000 to illegal aliens to buy American homes.” By Madison Czopek• August 22, 2024
Do you know Vance and Walz’s talking points? Prep for the vice presidential debate with fact-checks By Sara Swann• September 29, 2024 In Context: What J.D. Vance said about rape, abortion and ‘inconvenience’ By Amy Sherman• October 12, 2022 Here’s what Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg said about Donald Trump during his DA campaign By Maria Ramirez Uribe, Loreben Tuquero• April 12, 2023 VP debate fact-check: What JD Vance and Tim Walz got right, wrong on abortion, immigration By PolitiFact Staff • October 2, 2024 2024 RNC fact-check: What Trump VP pick JD Vance got right, wrong in Milwaukee speech By PolitiFact Staff • July 18, 2024 ‘They’re eating the pets:’ Trump, Vance earn PolitiFact’s Lie of the Year for claims about Haitians By Maria Ramirez Uribe, Amy Sherman• December 17, 2024 The race for the Ohio U.S. Senate seat: A guide By Jon Greenberg• March 8, 2022 In Context: Here’s what JD Vance said about school shootings being a ‘fact of life’ (transcript) By Jeff Cercone• September 9, 2024 Fact-checking J.D. Vance and Tim Ryan in Ohio Senate debate By Amy Sherman• October 18, 2022 JD Vance called California’s congressional map ‘outrageous.’ It’s not an outlier By Louis Jacobson• August 4, 2025 4 fact-checks from JD Vance's CNN interview with Dana Bash about Haitian immigrants in Ohio By Madison Czopek• September 16, 2024 Who is Tim Walz? What to know about Kamala Harris’ new running mate By Louis Jacobson, Samantha Putterman, Amy Sherman• August 6, 2024 Biden blamed at RNC for wars, but how much sway does a US president have? By Jeff Cercone• July 18, 2024 Ohio Senate primary to test Donald Trump’s sway with voters By Jon Greenberg• April 27, 2022 In Context: What Stacey Abrams said about the economic aspect of abortion By Madison Czopek• October 26, 2022 ‘A defining moment’: Here is PolitiFact readers’ choice for 2024 Lie of the Year By Ellen Hine• December 17, 2024 ‘I am afraid’: The aftermath of Springfield, Ohio, misinformation on Haitians who live there By Maria Ramirez Uribe• September 13, 2024 Fact-checking Biden’s NBC remarks about Vance’s views on abortion, climate and classified documents By Amy Sherman• July 16, 2024 The military signing bonus squabble By Robert Farley• January 22, 2008 Tucker Carlson feigned ignorance over ‘great replacement theory,’ despite talking about it often By Bill McCarthy• May 19, 2022
