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Fact-checks (25701)

Tulsi Gabbard stated on March 15, 2022 in a Fox News appearance:
"What is happening here is not so different from what we're seeing happening in Russia, where you have got state TV and controlled messaging across the board."
By Bill McCarthy• March 18, 2022
Marco Rubio stated on March 14, 2013 in a CPAC speech:
"The Chinese government provides their people no access to the Internet."
By Katie Sanders, Amy Sherman• March 15, 2013
Bloggers stated on November 18, 2010 in blog postings:
Sheldon Whitehouse and 18 other senators "voted to censor the internet."
By Cynthia Needham• December 10, 2010
Lee Fisher stated on July 12, 2010 in a campaign statement:
Rob Portman’s "plan to tax, slash and privatize" Social Security "would devastate Ohioans."
By Stephen Koff• July 28, 2010
John Dennis stated on September 14, 2010 in a campaign commercial:
Taxpayers pay $18,000 a month for House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's district office in downtown San Francisco. 
By Robert Farley• September 15, 2010
Michele Bachmann stated on July 24, 2011 in a prepared statement:
Says Tim Pawlenty said in 2006, "The era of small government is over... the government has to be more proactive and more aggressive."
By Angie Drobnic Holan• July 26, 2011
Karen Handel stated on September 06, 2013 in a radio ad:
"Unlike you and me, Congress gets to keep up to $11,000 a year in taxpayer subsidies" under Obamacare.
By Eric Stirgus• September 25, 2013
Joe Barton stated on November 11, 2010 in a speech at The Heritage Foundation.:
Says you can buy four light bulbs for $1.99 at Walmart, while a single compact fluorescent lamp (CFL) costs "$10 a pop."
By Ciara O'Rourke• November 21, 2010
Donald Trump stated on December 02, 2023 in a speech in Iowa:
“With the historic Abraham Accords, I even made peace in the Middle East.”
By Amy Sherman• December 5, 2023
ForAmerica stated on July 11, 2013 in a Facebook post:
Says Houston National Cemetery is preventing Christian prayers from being said at military funerals.
By Sue Owen• August 6, 2013
Nathan Deal stated on December 05, 2011 in an op-ed:
The planned expansion of Savannah’s port is a "jobs creating project."
By Willoughby Mariano• January 20, 2012
X posts stated on February 16, 2024 in a post on X:
The Kids Online Safety Act “would require everyone to upload your government ID in order to use most sites on the internet.”
By Madison Czopek• February 23, 2024
Will Wynn stated on March 30, 2014 in a news story:
More "25- to 34-year-olds are moving to Austin than any other city in America."
By W. Gardner Selby• April 15, 2014
Mitt Romney stated on March 23, 2014 in comments on CBS' "Face the Nation":
The United States stopped plans to build a missile defense shield in Eastern Europe "as a gift to Russia."
By Katie Sanders• March 23, 2014
George Nee stated on February 05, 2015 in testimony before R.I. House Labor Committee:
Rhode Island "is one of the worst states" for income equality.
By C. Eugene Emery Jr.• February 22, 2015
Xi Jinping stated on November 12, 2014 in a press conference in Beijing.:
"China has made enormous progress in its human rights. That is a fact recognized by all the people in the world."
By Steve Contorno• November 17, 2014
Sherrod Brown stated on January 01, 2013 in a news release:
Says the New Year’s Day "fiscal cliff" deal "reduces the deficit."
By Stephen Koff• January 31, 2013
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
Sean Hannity stated on April 27, 2022 in a TV segment:
Conservatives gained Twitter followers after the company announced its deal with Elon Musk because "Twitter lifted a broad anti-conservative, anti-Trump shadow ban.”
By Bill McCarthy• May 2, 2022
Brian Robinson stated on March 21, 2012 in an interview:
The changes to Georgia’s tax and fee structure "is an overall tax cut."
By Eric Stirgus• March 26, 2012

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By Louis Jacobson• May 13, 2026

President Trump said he ‘brought back free speech.’ His first 100 days tell a different story.

By Grace Abels, Amy Sherman• April 29, 2025

Why did JD Vance accuse Kamala Harris of engaging in censorship ‘at an industrial scale’? We explain

By Jeff Cercone, Samantha Putterman• October 3, 2024

Congress urges tech giants to fortify against foreign meddling before next election

By John Kruzel• November 3, 2017

Rouhani Meter tracks Iran president's campaign promises

By Angie Drobnic Holan• May 12, 2015

PolitiFact Georgia cranks up the Deal-O-Meter

By Willoughby Mariano• January 16, 2011

Taylor Swift: Singer, songwriter, psyop? How conservative pundits spread a wild theory

By Madison Czopek• February 2, 2024

Why Holocaust comparisons by anti-vaccine activists like RFK Jr. are grossly inaccurate

By Bill McCarthy• January 27, 2022

US frets about TikTok feeding data to China; banning app won’t end the threat, experts say

By Madison Czopek• March 17, 2023

Can Trump invoke a federal takeover of Washington, DC? Experts say it’s possible, but not simple

By Louis Jacobson, Samantha Putterman• August 6, 2025

Fact-checking the Iowa Republican debate

By Bill Adair, Louis Jacobson, David G. Taylor• August 12, 2011

Transcript of Devon Archer testimony doesn’t back key claims about Joe and Hunter Biden

By Maria Briceño, Jeff Cercone, Louis Jacobson, Amy Sherman• August 4, 2023

Censorship or misinformation? DeSantis and YouTube spar over COVID roundtable takedown

By Victoria Knight• April 21, 2021

Fact-checking the New Hampshire debates

By Becky Bowers• January 7, 2012

Trump withdraws U.S. from the Iran nuclear deal. Here’s what you need to know

By Jon Greenberg, John Kruzel, Amy Sherman• May 8, 2018

Key question in the Jimmy Kimmel case: Does the FCC have the power to regulate speech?

By Louis Jacobson, Samantha Putterman• September 18, 2025

Website ignores key facts in bid to tie Lincoln Chafee to organized crime in Ukraine

By C. Eugene Emery Jr.• October 23, 2010

Truth-O-Meter points needle at state politics

By Willoughby Mariano• January 30, 2011

Fact-checking Donald Trump's rally for Mike Braun in Evansville, Indiana

By Louis Jacobson, Manuela Tobias• August 31, 2018

PolitiFact readers’ feedback in the first 100 days of Trump presidency

By Josie Hollingsworth• April 21, 2025