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Karl Rove stated on March 16, 2014 in an interview on "Fox News Sunday":

After Russia went to war with Georgia in 2008, the U.S. sent a "very strong message" to Vladimir Putin by sending "warships to the Black Sea" and airlifting "combat troops that Georgia had in Afghanistan" back to Georgia.

By Louis Jacobson • March 19, 2014

Rick Santorum stated on February 19, 2012 in a speech :

Claims Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg said "she prefers the South African Constitution over the United States Constitution."

By Willoughby Mariano • February 28, 2012

Donald Trump stated on September 23, 2025 in a speech to the U.N. General Assembly:

“I have ended seven unendable wars.”

By Louis Jacobson, Samantha Putterman • September 23, 2025

Instagram posts stated on September 3, 2023 in an Instagram post:

Video shows President Joe Biden confirmed “the Lahaina fires were planned.”

By Ciara O'Rourke • September 7, 2023

Ron DeSantis stated on August 4, 2021 in a press conference:

Says Joe Biden has driven the current coronavirus surge because he “imported more virus from around the world by having a wide open southern border.”

By Louis Jacobson, Miriam Valverde • August 6, 2021

Instagram posts stated on July 18, 2020 in an image:

“Since Trump labeled ANTIFA a terrorist organization their rights were stripped by the Patriot Act which states if someone is labeled a terrorist they are not afforded due process.”

By Daniel Funke • July 21, 2020

Facebook posts stated on January 13, 2020 in a Facebook post:

"Twitter is banned in Iran."

By Tom Kertscher • January 24, 2020

Facebook posts stated on February 12, 2019 in a Facebook post:

Says U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez took a "$10 million payout from Netflix."

By Samantha Putterman • February 15, 2019

Ron Johnson stated on November 1, 2018 in a radio interview:

"Every couple days we have a caravan size group of people apprehended trying to come into the country illegally, or coming to the ports of entry without documentation."

By D.L. Davis • November 16, 2018

Pipo News stated on November 11, 2017 in a headline:

"Civil war erupts in Sweden as irate Swedes burn nine Muslim refugee centers to the ground"

By Amy Sherman • November 21, 2017

Ann Hudspeth stated on April 26, 2017 in A letter to the editor of the Austin American-Statesman:

"Texas leads the country in animal deaths by sodium cyanide M-44s."

By W. Gardner Selby • June 2, 2017

Julie Pace stated on August 21, 2016 in a panel on "Fox News Sunday":

"Neither Hillary Clinton or Donald Trump has a plan to address the civil war in Syria."

By Linda Qiu • August 21, 2016

Marco Rubio stated on October 22, 2015 in an op-ed in Breitbart:

"Even after Syrian troops began to shoot protesters in the streets with live ammunition in 2011, Clinton labeled Bashar al-Assad a ‘reformer.' "

By Amy Sherman, Katie Sanders • October 23, 2015

Martin O'Malley stated on September 10, 2015 in interview with Democracy Now!:

Says "the cascading effects" of climate change contributed to the rise of ISIS.

By Linda Qiu • September 23, 2015

Rand Paul stated on July 26, 2015 in an interview on "Fox News Sunday":

"(Hillary Clinton's State Department) actually admonished one of her ambassadors because he wasn’t using the proper server."

By Linda Qiu • July 26, 2015

Rudy Giuliani stated on February 23, 2015 in an op-ed in the 'Wall Street Journal':

Says President Barack Obama said "that American exceptionalism is no more exceptional than the exceptionalism of any other country."

By Steve Contorno • February 23, 2015

Chris Wallace stated on June 1, 2014 in comments on "Fox News Sunday":

Says Hillary Clinton "defended Syria’s President Assad as a possible reformer at the start of that country’s civil war."

By Katie Sanders • June 1, 2014

B. Heath Mitchell stated on April 2, 2013 in newspaper article:

The city of Nelson, Ga., is "quieter than Mayberry."

By Janel Davis • April 8, 2013

Anthony Gemma stated on August 28, 2012 in an online debate:

U.S. military uniforms are manufactured in China.

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • September 2, 2012

Leo Berman stated on April 27, 2011 in a Texas Tribune article:

Says the hospital listed on Barack Obama’s just-publicized long-form birth certificate denies the president was born there.

By Meghan Ashford-Grooms, Ciara O'Rourke • April 27, 2011

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Ron DeSantis smiling at crowd on Feb. 15, 2023

Fact-checking Ron DeSantis’ book: What ‘The Courage to Be Free’ glosses over about his record

By Amy Sherman, Yacob Reyes • March 2, 2023

Ask PolitiFact: What is antifa, and why is it all over my timeline?

By Daniel Funke • July 2, 2020

Trump’s ‘60 Minutes’ interview: Fact-checking his statements on nuclear weapons, Mamdani, ICE

By Amy Sherman, Grace Abels, Louis Jacobson, Maria Ramirez Uribe, Samantha Putterman • November 3, 2025

Donald Trump and J.D. Vance at the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, 7-15-2024

2024 RNC fact-check: Trump appears with Vance, allies talk economy on Day 1

By Louis Jacobson • July 16, 2024

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

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

Jan. 6 committee last hearing Dec. 19, 2022

What we know about the Jan. 6 committee’s criminal referrals

By Yacob Reyes • December 19, 2022

How George Floyd protests evolved in 5 major cities

By Daniel Funke • June 10, 2020

Where 2020 Democrats stand on carbon tax, other climate change policies (updated)

By Sophie Austin • August 29, 2019

Where 2020 Democrats stand on carbon tax, other climate change policies

By Sophie Austin • July 25, 2019

Does the U.S. women’s soccer team bring in more revenue but get paid less than the men?

By Louis Jacobson, Sophie Austin • July 11, 2019

17 times Donald Trump said one thing and then denied it

By Linda Qiu • July 6, 2016

The top 10 most viewed fact-checks of 2014

By Steve Contorno • January 2, 2015