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Tom Kertscher is a contributing writer for PolitiFact. Previously, he was a fact-checker for PolitiFact Wisconsin.

Featured Statements

America First Political Committee
stated on January 10, 2022 in an ad:

Carlos Gimenez “wants a national database to track you and discriminate against you.”

By Tom Kertscher • January 19, 2022
Tim Baxter
stated on January 4, 2022 in an ad:

Says Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez “says that all young people want to be socialists.”

By Tom Kertscher • January 12, 2022
Rand Paul
stated on January 4, 2022 in an ad:

“No one has been hospitalized for” the omicron variant of COVID-19.

By Tom Kertscher • January 7, 2022
Save America PAC
stated on December 29, 2021 in an ad:

President Joe Biden “never had a” COVID-19 “plan.”

By Tom Kertscher • January 5, 2022
Bloggers
stated on December 19, 2021 in an article:

“Six-month Pfizer data show COVID vaccine causes more illness than it prevents.”

By Tom Kertscher • January 3, 2022
Congressional Progressive Caucus PAC
stated on November 10, 2021 in a Facebook post:

“Trump cut Social Security benefits by over $3 billion.”

By Tom Kertscher • January 3, 2022
Facebook posts
stated on December 12, 2021 in a Facebook post:

Eating grapefruit, “if you're on antidepressants,” can “cause a fatal overdose.”

By Tom Kertscher • December 21, 2021
Steve Kirsch
stated on December 12, 2021 in a blog post:

“They've now killed close to twice as many kids from the vaccine as have died from COVID.”

By Tom Kertscher • December 21, 2021
Facebook posts
stated on December 14, 2021 in a Facebook post:

The omicron variant of COVID-19 “came out” in 2021, but “the copyright on this book” about the variant is 2020.

By Tom Kertscher • December 20, 2021
Facebook posts
stated on July 8, 2021 in a Facebook post:

“They've planned this” COVID-19 “pandemic all along!”

By Tom Kertscher • December 16, 2021