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Frank Keating stated on March 17, 2013 in an appearance on NBC's 'Meet the Press':

"In the United States, 50 percent of social services are provided by the Catholic church."

By Louis Jacobson• March 19, 2013

CatholicVote stated on August 17, 2022 in an ad:

Three churches were targeted during arson attacks over the summer “because they protect unborn babies and women in need.”

By Tom Kertscher• September 1, 2022

Newsmax stated on January 04, 2023 in a Facebook post:

"Pope Benedict XVI and the Vatican requested that President Biden not attend Benedict’s funeral."

By Samantha Putterman• January 6, 2023

MoveOn.org stated on April 05, 2008 in an e-mail message:

McCain sought the political support of minister John Hagee, "who believes Hurricane Katrina was God's punishment for gay rights and called the Catholic Church 'the Antichrist' and a 'false cult.'"

By Angie Drobnic Holan• May 15, 2008

Facebook posts stated on July 21, 2020 in in a post:

Quotes Joe Biden as saying “We need to teach our children the ISLAMIC FAITH in our schools!”

By Emily Venezky• July 23, 2020

Raphael Warnock stated on December 06, 2020 in a debate:

Says Kelly Loeffler “welcomed the support of a QAnon conspiracy theorist, and she sat down with a white supremacist for an interview.”

By Tom Kertscher• December 9, 2020

Paul Begala stated on June 27, 2013 in a fundraising letter.:

Says Ken Cuccinelli "attacked churches for helping the poor."

By Sean Gorman• July 8, 2013

Conservative Beaver stated on January 10, 2021 in an article:

Says Pope Francis “was arrested Saturday in connection with an 80-count indictment of charges including possession of child pornography, human trafficking, incest, possession of drug paraphernalia and felony fraud.”

By Noah Y. Kim• January 11, 2021

Instagram posts stated on September 22, 2020 in an Instagram post:

Like Al-Qaeda and ISIS, Amy Coney Barrett has said her “end goal is to end the separation of church and state & build a ‘Kingdom of God’ in the United States.”

By Angie Drobnic Holan• September 27, 2020

Ted Cruz stated on March 16, 2013 in a speech at the Conservative Political Action Conference:

Says the Democrats told the Catholic Church that they’ll use federal powers to shut down church charities and hospitals if the church doesn’t change its beliefs.

By Sue Owen• March 28, 2013

Franklin Graham stated on October 03, 2010 in ABC's "This Week":

In most Muslim countries, "We can't have a church. We're not able to build synagogues. It's forbidden."

By Robert Farley• October 6, 2010

Facebook posts stated on October 10, 2020 in a Facebook post:

Says Kamala Harris said, “American churches are PROPAGANDA CENTERS for intolerant homophobic, xenophobic vitriol."

By Ciara O'Rourke• October 13, 2020

Timothy Dolan stated on December 01, 2013 in an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press":

"We, the bishops of the United States -- can you believe it -- in 1919 came out for more affordable, more comprehensive, more universal health care."

By Julie Kliegman• December 4, 2013

Jon O'Brien stated on April 11, 2012 in written testimony at a House hearing:

"Only 14 percent of Catholics agree with the Vatican's position that abortion should be illegal."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr.• April 19, 2012

Facebook posts stated on January 21, 2021 in a series of images:

Joe Biden was sworn in on a "Masonic/Illuminati Bible."

By Daniel Funke• January 25, 2021

Justice Democrats stated on April 25, 2019 in a tweet:

Says Joe Biden "voted for the Iraq War, for mass incarceration, and for the Bankruptcy Reform Act while voting against gay marriage, reproductive rights, and school desegregation."

By Jon Greenberg• April 26, 2019

PuppetStringNews.com stated on November 25, 2018 in a blog post:

"Evidence surfaces of Vatican funding caravans targeting America with cash."

By Miriam Valverde• November 30, 2018

Ohio Democratic Party stated on June 03, 2012 in a news release:

Rob Portman shares "radical, ideological views" toward women.

By Stephen Koff• June 14, 2012

Julián Castro stated on March 08, 2016 in Hillary Clinton campaign news release:

"Bernie Sanders voted with Republicans to protect the Minutemen, a hate group that used military tactics against our community."

By Filipa Ioannou• April 30, 2016

Brandon Creighton stated on May 07, 2019 in the Texas Senate:

"Texas actually leads in the number of (Confederate) monuments removed."

By Madlin Mekelburg• May 10, 2019

Is the Center for Immigration Studies a hate group, as the Southern Poverty Law Center says?

By Amy Sherman• March 22, 2017

Ted Cruz claim about Democrats and Catholic church unsupported

By W. Gardner Selby• March 28, 2013

Presenting: The top 10 PolitiFact Texas fact checks of 2013

By W. Gardner Selby• December 30, 2013

When Donald Trump was shot, the internet unleashed wild conspiracy theories

By Katie Sanders• July 15, 2024

McCain and the sinister ministers

By Angie Drobnic Holan• May 15, 2008

The health care law, Catholics and birth control

By Becky Bowers• February 10, 2012

In Context: Transcript of Donald Trump on punishing women for abortion

By Tom Kertscher• March 31, 2016

Live: Fact-checking Trump VP JD Vance’s 2024 RNC speech in Milwaukee

By PolitiFact Staff • July 17, 2024

Don’t fall for video of priest turning away ICE agents from his church, it isn’t legit

By Maria Briceño• December 8, 2025

In Context: Here's the transcript of what Donald Trump said about punishing women for abortion

By Tom Kertscher• March 31, 2016

Did Mike Johnson work for a hate group? SPLC and Christian law firm have sparred over label

By Grace Abels• October 27, 2023

The facts on what the Catholic Church has said about the Johnson & Johnson vaccine

By Noah Y. Kim• March 9, 2021

12 fact-checks from Donald Trump's all-women Fox News town hall

By Matthew Crowley, Louis Jacobson, Samantha Putterman, Amy Sherman• October 16, 2024

Ask PolitiFact: Did Pete Hegseth’s tattoos bar him from National Guard service in 2021?

By Sara Swann• November 19, 2024

Ted Cruz, win or lose, has the Texas Truth-O-Meter

By W. Gardner Selby• May 3, 2016

Are trans people ‘statistically’ more prone to commit gun violence? Data shows a different picture

By Loreben Tuquero• September 9, 2025

Fact-checking Ted Cruz

By Angie Drobnic Holan• March 28, 2013

PolitiFact fact-checks the Dec. 6 Sunday shows

By Lauren Carroll, Linda Qiu, Katie Sanders• December 6, 2015

Donald Trump’s long, false list of things Joe Biden would ban, abolish or destroy

By Miriam Valverde• October 18, 2020

Fact-checking the Dec. 6 Sunday shows