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Viral image stated on January 28, 2023 in a Facebook post:
Video shows people collapsing because of COVID-19 vaccines.
By Ciara O'Rourke• January 31, 2023
Instagram posts stated on July 27, 2023 in an Instagram reel:
“13 nations agree to abolish farming in order to save the planet.”
By Sara Swann• August 3, 2023
Ben Carson stated on September 22, 2015 in an interview with Fox's "The Kelly File":
There is not "one of the Muslim nations" that doesn't have "discrimination against women, discrimination against gays, subjugation of other religious beliefs."
By Lauren Carroll• September 25, 2015
Marcy Kaptur stated on October 25, 2010 in testimony given at a public hearing:
Electric utility FirstEnergy's annual revenues are greater "than the GDP of Haiti, Kyrgyzstan, Iceland, or 15 African nations."
By Sabrina Eaton• November 10, 2010
Charlotte Bergmann stated on July 04, 2012 in an email newsletter.:
"Obamacare" represents "the largest tax increase in the history of the world."
By Bartholomew Sullivan• July 22, 2012
Joe Negron stated on April 10, 2013 in a gaggle of reporters:
Says PETA "is using this really fancy drone to follow hunters around in some places in other countries."
By Katie Sanders• April 12, 2013
Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee stated on October 30, 2018 in a campaign ad:
Says New York Rep. John Faso "cast the deciding vote" to try to kill health care protections provided by Obamacare.  
By Stephen Koff• November 5, 2018
John Faso stated on July 15, 2017 in an article in the Times Herald-Record:
"We now have about one-third of New York’s population on Medicaid."
By Dan Clark• July 21, 2017
John Faso stated on June 01, 2017 in a radio town hall:
A waiver in the American Health Care Act "doesn’t apply to things like maternity coverage."
By Dan Clark• June 22, 2017
John Faso stated on February 27, 2018 in an interview on C-SPAN:
"The vast majority of crime that is gun related is committed by people who illegally are possessing that firearm."
By Dan Clark• March 12, 2018
Antonio Delgado stated on September 12, 2018 in a TV ad:
Says U.S. Rep. John Faso "voted for an age tax on seniors."
By Samantha Putterman• October 3, 2018
Zephyr Teachout stated on June 28, 2016 in her victory speech after winning the Democratic primary.:
"John Faso took money from fossil fuel companies as they tried to take your land by eminent domain for a fracked gas pipeline."
By Dan Clark• July 18, 2016
Sean Patrick Maloney stated on August 03, 2017 in a radio interview:
"Most people on Medicaid are kids, or seniors, or the disabled."
By Dan Clark• August 23, 2017
Donald Trump stated on November 15, 2019 in a tweet:
"Everywhere Marie Yovanovitch went turned bad," including Somalia and Ukraine. 
By Amy Sherman• November 15, 2019
National Republican Congressional Committee stated on September 21, 2016 in a series of blog posts, ending on Sept. 21, 2016:
"Zephyr Teachout says she is against Super PACs despite taking money from Super PAC donors"
By Dan Clark• October 20, 2016
Andrew Cuomo stated on October 06, 2017 in a statement:
"Women in our state will continue to have cost-free access to reproductive health care"
By Dan Clark• October 21, 2017
Kirsten Gillibrand stated on June 10, 2019 in an interview:
"Even in the last Congress, President Trump signed 18 of my bills."
By Jill Terreri Ramos• June 21, 2019
Edward Cox stated on February 10, 2018 in opening remarks at a Republican gubernatorial debate:
About New York state: "We have the highest debt per capita."
By Dan Clark• February 16, 2018
Mike Pence stated on April 10, 2011 in an interview on "This Week with Christiane Amanpour":
A Republican proposal changes Medicare for those under age 55 so that they will  "participate in the same kind of health plan that members of Congress do."
By Angie Drobnic Holan• April 13, 2011
Garry McCarthy stated on March 30, 2018 in a campaign post:
Studies show "the 2016 shooting and murder rate in Chicago cost us about $9.6 BILLION DOLLARS" and "the entire City budget for 2018 is $8.6 billion dollars. This math does not work, it is financially killing our city."
By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller• April 17, 2018

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Did New York's John Faso break his promise to a woman with cancer?

By Stephen Koff• October 18, 2018

An open letter to YouTube’s CEO from the world’s fact-checkers

By PolitiFact Staff • January 12, 2022

The big picture: Niger and what we know about what happened to U.S. troops

By Allison Graves, Angie Drobnic Holan, Sophie Kaplan• October 22, 2017

Animal activists put PolitiFact New Jersey in crosshairs over ruling about hunting statistic

By Erin O'Neill, Caryn Shinske• December 9, 2011

The Palin 'rape kit' controversy

By Bill Adair• September 22, 2008

Mailbag: Readers celebrate freedom of expression

By Angie Drobnic Holan• July 3, 2009

Facts on Financial Reform

By Angie Drobnic Holan, Lukas Pleva• July 16, 2010

6 things to know about health care and the 2020 campaign

By Julie Rovner• January 30, 2020

What Kevin McCarthy said, and didn’t say, about Trump and the Capitol assault

By Jon Greenberg• April 22, 2022

The top 10 storylines of the 2018 midterms

By Angie Drobnic Holan• October 31, 2018

Unearthing the facts on Yosemite’s visitors, bears and wildfires

By Chris Nichols, Sami Soto• August 9, 2018

Republicans say latest US consumer price report is a boon. Democrats say it’s a bust. Which is it?

By Samantha Putterman• August 14, 2025

Can New York state rename Donald J. Trump State Park?

By Meghan Hall• March 11, 2021

Checking the Truth-O-Meter readings for Cicilline, Gemma

By C. Eugene Emery Jr.• August 27, 2012

‘The California price’: Why it costs so much to build a home in the Golden State

By Chris Nichols• November 19, 2019

Fact checking the new transportation law

By April Hunt• May 7, 2015

Is Stockton really home to ‘second highest rent increases’ in the nation? There’s no simple answer.

By Chris Nichols• October 10, 2019

Answering reader questions about Medicare

By Tom Feran• November 22, 2011

Checking Austin taxes, affordability and a claim about a Rick Perry Republican lobbyist

By W. Gardner Selby• May 9, 2012

Fact-checking Alcee Hastings who called Texas 'crazy'

By Amy Sherman• February 13, 2015