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Tom Fitton stated on April 04, 2023 in a segment on Fox Business:
“President Trump is officially a political prisoner.”
By Madison Czopek• April 6, 2023
Tim Kaine stated on August 05, 2016 in an appearance in Milwaukee:
The Democratic Party "is the oldest continuous political party in the world."
By Alison Dirr• October 24, 2016
Robin Vos stated on November 05, 2014 in an interview:
In Wisconsin, unions can essentially give "unlimited" contributions to political parties, but business can't give any. 
By Tom Kertscher• November 21, 2014
Xavier Becerra stated on May 19, 2013 in a comment on 'Meet the Press':
"We have a tax code that allows groups to use their political operations within the tax code, under the guise of a charity, to use undisclosed millions of dollars to do political campaigns."
By Jon Greenberg• May 22, 2013
Earl Blumenauer stated on June 04, 2013 in a U.S. Ways and Means hearing:
Says "Having organizations parading as being social welfare organizations and then being involved in the political combat harkens back to why the statute a hundred years ago said that they were prohibited."
By Janie Har• June 13, 2013
Charles Koch stated on April 03, 2014 in a "Wall Street Journal" op-ed:
Says he has engaged in the political process "only in the past decade."
By Louis Jacobson• April 3, 2014
Raúl Castro stated on March 21, 2016 in a press conference in Havana:
Says there are no political prisoners in Cuba.
By Linda Qiu• March 22, 2016
Oregon Right to Life PAC stated on December 05, 2010 in a newspaper ad:
Oregonians have an "amazing no-cost way to fight abortion" with free political donations
By Ian K. Kullgren• December 10, 2010
Ted Cruz stated on November 27, 2016 in an interview on ABC's This Week:
"In 2015 roughly 10,000 political arrests occurred in Cuba. That is five times as many as occurred in 2010, when there were only about 2,000."
By Amy Sherman• November 29, 2016
Mark Meadows stated on November 15, 2019 in a tweet:
Says "President Obama fired every Bush appointed ambassador upon his election."
By Julianna Rennie• November 21, 2019
Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee stated on October 23, 2020 in a web ad:
Says Ann Wagner’s campaign "has taken millions of dollars from special interests, more than almost anyone else in Congress.”
By Paul Schloesser• October 30, 2020
New York Times Editorial Board stated on June 14, 2017 in a New York Times editorial:
A political map circulated by Sarah Palin’s PAC incited Rep. Gabby Giffords’ shooting
By John Kruzel• June 15, 2017
Kari Chisholm stated on July 09, 2013 in an Internet radio interview:
Says Oregon’s political tax credit is something "every state should have and no other state does."
By Ian K. Kullgren• August 1, 2013
Larry Pittman stated on February 15, 2018 in a Facebook post:
"So many of these shooters turn out to be communist Democrats."
By Dan Clark, Paul Specht• February 23, 2018
Donald Trump stated on July 12, 2017 in a CBN interview:
"I've gotten rid of the Johnson Amendment … I signed an executive order so that now ... ministers and and preachers and rabbis and whoever it may be, they can speak. You know, you couldn’t speak politically before, now you can."  
By Miriam Valverde• July 18, 2017
Viral image stated on June 23, 2021 in post on Facebook:
Says Gov. Ron DeSantis “just signed legislation requiring students, faculty and staff at Florida’s public universities and colleges to register their political views with the state.”
By Ciara O'Rourke• June 25, 2021
Stephen King stated on July 06, 2022 in a tweet:
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis “signs bill requiring Florida students, professors to register political views with (the) state.”
By Grace Abels• July 7, 2022
JD Vance stated on October 15, 2025 in an episode of The Charlie Kirk Show:
"Political violence, it's just a statistical fact that it's a bigger problem on the left.”
By Amy Sherman• October 20, 2025
Claudia Tenney stated on February 21, 2018 in a radio interview:
"So many of these people that commit the mass murders end up being Democrats."
By Dan Clark, Paul Specht• February 23, 2018
Carly Fiorina stated on September 30, 2015 in an interview on Fox News' "Hannity":
Planned Parenthood "is an organization that funnels millions of dollars in political contributions to pro-abortion candidates."
By Louis Jacobson• October 5, 2015

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By Madison Czopek, Amy Sherman• May 30, 2024

PolitiFact and MTV team up for fantasy politics game

By Bill Adair• April 24, 2012

PolitiFact and MTV team up for fantasy politics game

By Bill Adair• April 24, 2012

When Internet satire gets passed off as "truth"

By Louis Jacobson• November 12, 2013

What is the Hatch Act, and what does it have to do with James Comey?

By Louis Jacobson• October 31, 2016

Will Weatherford pokes back at the Truth-O-Meter

By Katie Sanders• September 11, 2013

'Rough road ahead': Charlie Kirk’s assassination highlights the rise in US political violence

By Louis Jacobson, Amy Sherman• September 11, 2025

Obama's no-win pickle of a problem

By Robert Farley• July 29, 2008

Flaming claims by David Dewhurst, a political group and Craig James

By W. Gardner Selby• June 3, 2012

What we do and don’t know about MI church shooting suspect Thomas Jacob Sanford’s politics

By Grace Abels• September 30, 2025

Remembering David Broder and his passion for fact-checking

By Bill Adair, Angie Drobnic Holan• March 15, 2011

Errors abound in anti-Obama book

By Angie Drobnic Holan• August 20, 2008

Paul Manafort, Donald Trump’s top adviser, and his ties to pro-Russian politicians in Ukraine

By Aleksandra Kharchenko• May 2, 2016

What could a Taylor Swift endorsement mean for voter turnout in the 2024 election?

By Louis Jacobson, Amy Sherman• February 2, 2024

PBS NewsHour anchor Judy Woodruff to headline second day of United Facts of America

By Matthew Crowley• September 27, 2022

What's up with Donald Trump and Andrew Jackson?

By Louis Jacobson, Sarah Waychoff• May 2, 2017

George Washington’s lessons and the future of political civility

By Louis Jacobson• February 19, 2018

On the ground: PolitiFact’s impressions of the 2024 New Hampshire primary season

By Louis Jacobson, Samantha Putterman• October 16, 2023

Counting up how much the NRA spends on campaigns and lobbying

By Louis Jacobson• October 11, 2017

In Context: Brett Kavanaugh and 'what goes around comes around'

By Louis Jacobson• October 4, 2018