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Kevin McCarthy stated on November 18, 2021 in a speech:

The House-passed Build Back Better bill is a “government takeover of child care.”

By Amy Sherman, Louis Jacobson • December 3, 2021

Cheri Toalson Reisch stated on April 1, 2019 in in the state House during discussion of a criminal justice bill:

"We have an unemployment (rate of) 1.5 in Boone County, and we can’t find enough workers."

By Olivia Garrett • April 30, 2019

Dallas Woodhouse stated on September 13, 2017 in in a newspaper:

"Since 2010, Republicans have won unaffiliated voters in every general election."

By Paul Specht • September 27, 2017

Dan Forest stated on February 14, 2017 in a written statement:

"If Governor Cooper's proposed bill for repealing HB2 becomes law, it will create a state-sanctioned 'Look But Don't Touch' policy in our bathrooms."

By Will Doran • February 17, 2017

Donald Trump stated on June 22, 2016 in in a speech critiquing Hillary Clinton:

Says Hillary Clinton’s State Department "approved the transfer of 20 percent of America’s uranium holdings to Russia, while nine investors in the deal funneled $145 million to the Clinton Foundation."

By Linda Qiu • June 30, 2016

Dan Forest stated on April 6, 2016 in a tweet:

Charlotte’s anti-discrimination ordinance would have "opened all bathrooms to all sexes at all times" if it hadn’t been overturned.

By Will Doran • April 8, 2016

Doonesbury stated on June 14, 2015 in the strip about Greg Abbott and the Jade Helm military exercise:

Greg Abbott "activated the state guard to monitor" Jade Helm 15 "in case the troops try to impose martial law, disarm innocent Texans, and detain them in tunnels beneath closed Walmart stores."

By W. Gardner Selby • June 19, 2015

Mike Huckabee stated on May 24, 2015 in an interview on "Fox News Sunday":

The Supreme Court "can’t overrule the other two" branches of government.

By Lauren Carroll • May 29, 2015

Doonesbury stated on December 14, 2014 in the Sunday comics:

Says 3,000 Americans "died of gunfire" between the time of the Ebola scare in Dallas and the midterm elections.

By Jon Greenberg • December 18, 2014

Jeb Bush stated on November 20, 2014 in a speech:

The Orange County, Florida, school board "voted to make it impossible for a student to receive a grade below 50."

By Amy Sherman • November 20, 2014

Friends of India Point Park stated on October 31, 2014 in a web site:

"Proximity to high-voltage power lines lowers property values by as much as 30 percent."

By Alex Kuffner • November 16, 2014

Rand Paul stated on August 5, 2014 in a speech in Iowa:

"It cost us more to shut the government down than to keep it open."

By Lauren Carroll • August 7, 2014

Doonesbury stated on April 20, 2014 in the "Doonesbury" comic strip:

Last election, the Koch brothers "spent three times what the top 10 unions spent combined."

By Jon Greenberg • April 23, 2014

Scott Brown stated on October 28, 2013 in speech to the Nashua Rotary Club :

"I’m ninth generation from New Hampshire."

By Jim Haddadin • December 20, 2013

Broward Republican Executive Committee stated on November 5, 2012 in a post on its website:

The Broward Republican Executive Committee "had the liberal League of Women Voters Guide removed from the Broward Supervisor of Election's website."

By Amy Sherman • December 3, 2012

Mitt Romney stated on February 22, 2012 in in a Republican presidential debate in Mesa, Ariz.:

"This president ... could have gotten crippling sanctions against Iran. He did not."

By Becky Bowers • February 24, 2012

Herman Cain stated on May 26, 2011 in a YouTube video:

"When I became president and CEO of Godfather’s Pizza, it was supposed to go bankrupt . . . We turned it around with common-sense business principles."

By Angie Drobnic Holan • June 10, 2011

Donald Trump stated on March 9, 2026 in a press conference:

Iran “also has some Tomahawks.”

By Louis Jacobson • March 10, 2026

Brian Tyler Cohen stated on May 3, 2023 in a Facebook post:

House Speaker “Kevin McCarthy has quietly implemented a pay raise for members (of Congress) that could be $30,000+ per person. It circumvents the Constitution by instead reimbursing their rent, utilities, & meals.”

By Louis Jacobson • May 11, 2023

Karine Jean-Pierre stated on August 3, 2022 in a White House briefing:

Overturning Roe v. Wade was an “unconstitutional action by” the Supreme Court.

By Louis Jacobson • August 8, 2022

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Former United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley in Rochester, N.H., close up, 1-17-2024

Trump’s misleading claim that Haley is seeking Democrats to ‘infiltrate’ New Hampshire’s GOP primary

By Amy Sherman • January 18, 2024

Did Herman Cain turn around Godfather’s Pizza?

By Angie Drobnic Holan • June 10, 2011

The food pyramid was phased out in 2011, but it still gets hate. We looked back at why

By Grace Abels • November 7, 2025

JCS chair Dan Caine at Pentagon presser after Iran attack

Are Iranian nuclear sites ‘obliterated,’ as Donald Trump said? Too soon to know, experts say

By Louis Jacobson • June 23, 2025

Migrants line up against the U.S.-Mexico border, 10-24-2023

Some noncitizens on terror watch list were released into U.S., but how many is not clear

By Jill Terreri Ramos • February 25, 2025

Imagen de la Corte Suprema en D.C. 12-17-24

The Supreme Court will decide Donald Trump’s immunity case. Here are the arguments.

By Louis Jacobson • April 22, 2024

Fact-checking Joe Biden’s 2024 State of the Union address

By Amy Sherman, Louis Jacobson, Maria Ramirez Uribe, Samantha Putterman • March 8, 2024

Live fact-checking the third Republican primary debate

By Ellen Hine • November 7, 2023

Border patrol agent walks alongside border wall in Lukeville, Ariz., 8-29-2023

Ask PolitiFact: How many people on the terrorist watchlist are coming into the United States?

By Maria Ramirez Uribe • October 27, 2023

Fact-checking 2024 presidential candidates, who’s running

By PolitiFact Staff • June 5, 2023

How an antisemitic conspiracy theory amplified by Ye, Kyrie Irving divides Black, Jewish people

By Gabrielle Settles, Salvador Rodriguez-Ruiz • February 21, 2023

Adelys Ferro, director of the Venezuelan-American Caucus, speaks at a news conference Sept. 15, 2022

In Context: What a Martha’s Vineyard homeless shelter coordinator said about migrant housing

By Madison Czopek • September 16, 2022

How ‘War on Fakes’ uses fact-checking to spread pro-Russia propaganda

By Luiz Romero • August 8, 2022

Tourists observe Georgia Guidestones in 2021

Bombing of controversial Georgia Guidestones fuels online conspiracy theories

By Madison Czopek • July 13, 2022

Biden art April 11 for presidential moments story

How misinformers manufacture and embellish embarrassing presidential moments

By Bill McCarthy • April 12, 2022

Pennsylvania bill doesn’t fine women for miscarrying, but costs could trickle down to patients

By Samantha Putterman • June 11, 2021

Impeachment over, Donald Trump faces more investigations

By Jon Greenberg • February 13, 2021

Tony Bobulinski, Hunter Biden and China: an explainer

By Bill McCarthy, Daniel Funke • October 29, 2020

Harris, Pence at different angles at debate

Fact-checking the 2020 vice presidential debate, Kamala Harris vs. Mike Pence

By PolitiFact Staff • October 8, 2020

How to fact-check coronavirus misinformation on your timeline

By Daniel Funke • May 22, 2020