PolitiFact

The Poynter Institute

English Español

Stand up for the facts!

Our only agenda is to publish the truth so you can be an informed participant in democracy.
We need your help.

I would like to contribute

Politics reporter

Jason Noble is a politics reporter for the Des Moines Register.

Featured Statements

Patty Judge
stated on June 1, 2016 in a post-debate interview:

"When a bill is sent to the governor’s office, there is no option for changing it. You sign it or you don’t sign it. While there was lots of conversation, there was really no opportunity for any sort of amending."

By Jason Noble • June 4, 2016
Donald Trump
stated on May 7, 2016 in a rally in Washington:

Says Hillary Clinton "wants to abolish the Second Amendment."

By Linda Qiu • May 11, 2016
Viral image
stated on October 25, 2015 in a blog post and subsequently reposted on Facebook.:

Says Hillary Clinton told the Des Moines Register on Aug. 8, 2015: "I will get the NRA shut down for good if I become president. If we can ban handguns, we will do it."

By Jason Noble • March 14, 2016
Hillary Clinton
stated on February 20, 2016 in a Hillary for America ad:

"Americans haven’t had a raise in 15 years."

By Louis Jacobson • March 11, 2016
Ted Cruz
stated on December 5, 2015 in a speech at the Rising Tide Summit in Cedar Rapids, Iowa:

"The Democrats in the Senate last year introduced a constitutional amendment to repeal the free speech protections of the First Amendment."

By Jason Noble • December 22, 2015
Jeb Bush
stated on November 11, 2015 in Atlantic, Iowa, during a campaign event.:

Says President Barack Obama did not invite a Republican senator to dine at the White House until his fifth year in office.

By Jason Noble • November 23, 2015
Bernie Sanders
stated on November 14, 2015 in comments at the Iowa Democratic debate:

500,000 U.S. troops came home from Iraq and Afghanistan "with PTSD and traumatic brain injury."

By Jason Noble • November 15, 2015
Marco Rubio
stated on October 30, 2015 in remarks during a campaign event in Sioux City, Iowa:

North Korea "has over two-dozen nuclear warheads."

By Jason Noble • November 14, 2015
Rick Santorum
stated on October 31, 2015 in a speech at the Republican Party of Iowa's Growth and Opportunity Party in Des Moines:

"I am the only person in this field who is against amnesty. Every other person in this field wants to allow people who are here illegally to be able to stay here, in one form or another."

By Jason Noble • November 8, 2015