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PolitiFact | Says Hillary Clinton "plans to massively increase admissions (of Middle East refugees) … including a 500 percent increase in Syrian refugees coming into our country." | 2016-06-14 | https://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2016/jun/13/donald-trump/donald-trump-says-hillary-clinton-wants-let-500-pe/ | Mostly True | Donald Trump | 2016-06-14 |
Washington Post | “For decades, the United States was operated and has operated a very low-skill immigration system. … This policy has placed substantial pressure on American workers, taxpayers and community resources." | 2017-08-10 | https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/fact-checker/wp/2017/08/10/president-trumps-claim-that-low-skilled-immigration-placed-substantial-pressure-on-american-workers/ | Three Pinocchios | Donald Trump | 2017-08-02 |
Washington Post | "The American Health Care Act includes provisions she fought for: It keeps in place coverage of pre-existing conditions...." | 2017-10-11 | https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/fact-checker/wp/2017/03/23/how-is-a-ban-on-pre-existing-conditions-preserved-in-the-gop-replacement-bill/ | Issue is more complex | Members of Congress | 2017-03-23 |
Washington Post | "Great move on delay (by V. Putin) - I always knew he was very smart!" | 2017-10-11 | https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/fact-checker/wp/2017/02/15/the-firing-of-michael-flynn-a-timeline/ | Not the whole story | Donald Trump | 2016-12-30 |
PolitiFact | "Jason Aldean gig canceled after he sells out to liberals on ‘SNL’." | 2017-10-10 | https://www.politifact.com/punditfact/statements/2017/oct/10/asamericanasapplepieorg/fake-news-site-says-jason-aldean-gave-anti-gun-scr/ | Pants on Fire | AsAmericanAsApplePie.org | 2017-10-08 |
PolitiFact | "Rick Scott wants to destroy Social Security by privatizing it." | 2018-04-12 | https://www.politifact.com/florida/statements/2018/apr/12/jon-bowzer-bauman/does-gov-rick-scott-want-privatize-social-security/ | Mostly False | Jon “Bowzer” Bauman | 2018-04-09 |
PolitiFact | On supporting the eventual Republican presidential nominee. | 2016-05-10 | https://www.politifact.com/wisconsin/statements/2016/may/06/paul-ryan/vexed-donald-trump-has-paul-ryan-changed-his-posit/ | Half Flip | Paul Ryan | 2016-05-05 |
PolitiFact | Says Austin has "been ranked repeatedly as one of the most, if not the most, economically segregated cities in the country." | 2018-05-31 | https://www.politifact.com/texas/statements/2018/may/31/greg-casar/greg-casar-says-austin-ranked-repeatedly-high-econ/ | Mostly True | Greg Casar | 2018-05-08 |
PolitiFact | "I have tremendous support from women." | 2016-11-04 | https://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2016/nov/04/donald-trump/trump-wrongly-claims-tremendous-support-women/ | False | Donald Trump | 2016-11-03 |
PolitiFact | "For every extra year a girl goes to school, her income goes up 12 percent." | 2017-02-22 | https://www.politifact.com/global-news/statements/2017/feb/22/bono/bono-each-year-school-adds-12-womans-income/ | True | Bono | 2017-02-17 |
PolitiFact | Says that Bill Clinton "basically" told then-Attorney General Loretta Lynch in 2016 that "we killed Vince Foster." | 2017-07-05 | https://www.politifact.com/texas/statements/2017/jul/05/pete-olson/pete-olson-said-bill-clinton-basically-told-lorett/ | Pants on Fire | Pete Olson | 2017-06-09 |
PolitiFact | In some cases, a sex offender "who appears on the New York State Sex Offender Registry" would be able to drive for Uber or Lyft when ride-hailing is allowed upstate in July | 2017-05-08 | https://bit.ly/2poqg7V | True | Thomas Croci | 2017-04-27 |
PolitiFact | Says that Ronald Reagan said he felt like he "was the one shaking hands with the president" when he met Donald Trump. | 2019-02-04 | https://www.politifact.com/facebook-fact-checks/statements/2019/feb/04/viral-image/no-ronald-reagan-didnt-say-meeting-trump-felt-shak/ | Pants on Fire | Facebook post | 2019-02-04 |
PolitiFact | Israel cut its illegal immigration rate by "99 percent" by constructing a 143-mile fence along its southern border. | 2017-02-13 | https://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2017/feb/13/ron-johnson/border-fence-israel-cut-illegal-immigration-99-per/ | Mostly True | Ron Johnson | 2017-02-03 |
FactCheck.org | "California is registering non-citizens to vote" | 2018-09-14 | https://www.factcheck.org/2018/09/false-claim-of-california-registering-noncitizens-to-vote/ | False | Facebook image | 2018-09-10 |
FactCheck.org | Mars will appear “as big as the Moon” on July 27. | 2018-07-25 | https://www.factcheck.org/2018/07/mars-the-moon-and-a-fictional-cosmic-event/ | False | Science Info | 2018-07-23 |
Washington Post | "The weak illegal immigration policies of the Obama Admin. allowed bad MS 13 gangs to form in cities across U.S. We are removing them fast!" | 2017-04-21 | https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/fact-checker/wp/2017/04/21/what-trump-got-wrong-on-twitter-this-week-8/?utm_term=.2d6934bab560 | False | Donald Trump | 2017-04-18 |
Washington Post | "And as far as the tax returns, as soon as the audits complete" I'll release them | 2017-10-11 | https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/fact-checker/wp/2016/08/01/what-we-know-about-donald-trump-and-his-taxes-so-far/ | Not the whole story | Donald Trump | 2016-07-27 |
PolitiFact | Says that Brett Kavanaugh "promises when he’s on the Court 'what goes around comes around.'" | 2018-10-04 | https://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/article/2018/oct/04/context-brett-kavanaugh-and-what-goes-around-comes/ | Not the only reading | Chris Murphy | 2018-10-04 |
PolitiFact | Says “last week, Israel published intelligence documents, long concealed by Iran, conclusively showing the Iranian regime and its history of pursuing nuclear weapons.” | 2018-05-08 | https://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/article/2018/may/08/trump-withdrew-us-iran-nuclear-deal-heres-what-you/ | Known since 2008 | Donald Trump | 2018-05-08 |
FactCheck.org | "Sharia law now legal in all 50 states." | 2017-12-06 | http://www.factcheck.org/2017/12/sham-sharia-stories/ | False | Various websites | 2017-11-28 |
PolitiFact | "ICE is required to fill 34,000 beds with detainees every single night and that number has only been increasing since 2009." | 2018-07-06 | https://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2018/jul/06/alexandria-ocasio-cortez/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-misrepresents-ices-detent/ | False | Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez | 2018-06-27 |
FactCheck.org | "Over 20 percent of Americans between the ages of 25-54 do not have a job, which is higher than was the case 19 years ago." | 2019-02-08 | https://www.factcheck.org/2019/02/sanders-fact-check-video-distorts-facts/ | Cherry Picks | Warren Gunnels | 2019-02-07 |
PolitiFact | The presence of gorillas calls into question the concept of evolution. | 2016-06-03 | https://www.politifact.com/punditfact/statements/2016/jun/03/rush-limbaugh/rush-limbaugh-asks-why-cincinnati-zoo-gorilla-hadn/ | False | Rush Limbaugh | 2016-05-31 |
Washington Post | "A city that prohibits its officials from providing information to federal immigration authorities — a sanctuary city — is violating the law. Sanctuary cities, like San Francisco, block their jails from turning over criminal aliens to federal authorities for deportation." | 2017-04-28 | https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/fact-checker/wp/2017/04/28/the-white-houses-claim-that-sanctuary-cities-are-violating-the-law/ | Two Pinocchios | White House statement | 2017-04-25 |
The Washington Post | "You know, Mexico has the strongest immigration laws in the world. There’s nobody who has stronger. I guess some have the same, but you can’t get any stronger than what Mexico has." | 2019-04-04 | https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/04/04/trumps-false-claims-about-mexicos-immigration-system/ | Four Pinocchios | Donald Trump | 2019-04-02 |
PolitiFact | "One-third of the counties — think of it, one-third — only have one insurer left" on the Affordable Care Act exchanges. | 2017-03-13 | https://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2017/mar/13/donald-trump/donald-trump-one-third-counties-have-only-one-insu/ | True | Donald Trump | 2017-03-13 |
FactCheck.org | Claims President Trump cancelled funding to build Barack Obama’s presidential library. | 2017-08-19 | https://www.factcheck.org/2017/08/obama-center-not-federally-funded/ | False | Multiple websites | 2017-08-04 |
PolitiFact | "I don't think the president can pardon himself even from prosecution. I know there's a debate about that." | 2017-07-21 | https://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/article/2017/jul/21/4-questions-about-presidential-pardon-power/ | Open legal question | Adam Schiff | 2017-07-21 |
FactCheck.org | "A Koch brothers-funded study ... shows that Medicare-for-all is actually much cheaper than the current system that we pay right now.” | 2018-08-10 | https://www.factcheck.org/2018/08/the-cost-of-medicare-for-all/ | Not What Study Says | Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez | 2018-08-08 |
Washington Post | “When I did it [established a program to prosecute parents whose kids missed school], I knew I was going to take a political hit. And the people around me said, ‘Don’t do it, because you are gonna pay a price for this in terms of whatever future you want in politics.’ And I said: ‘Look, I’m prepared to play the bad guy on this. I do not intend to put any parent in jail.’ And no parent went to jail." | 2019-03-29 | https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/03/29/kamala-harriss-careful-answer-jailing-parents-whose-kids-missed-school/ | Two Pinocchios | Kamala D. Harris | 2019-02-26 |
PolitiFact | Ben Carson said "illegal immigrants caught voting should be stripped of their citizenship." | 2019-02-08 | https://www.politifact.com/facebook-fact-checks/statements/2019/feb/08/facebook-posts/ben-carson-illegal-immigrants-should-be-stripped/ | Mostly False | Facebook post | 2019-02-03 |
FactCheck.org | The late singer Kurt Cobain said in 1993 that "Donald Trump, as crazy as that sounds," might become president someday. | 2018-11-15 | https://www.factcheck.org/2018/11/fake-kurt-cobain-quote-about-trump/ | No Evidence | Viral meme | 2018-08-19 |
PolitiFact | Antonio Villaraigosa's "recklessness (as mayor of Los Angeles) ... left no funding to test 7,000 rape kits, putting public safety at risk." | 2018-05-16 | https://www.politifact.com/california/statements/2018/may/16/john-chiang/fact-checking-tv-ads-false-claim-antonio-villaraig/ | False | John Chiang | 2018-05-12 |
PolitiFact | Says NC absentee voters have "no way" to know if ballots are delivered | 2019-03-07 | https://www.politifact.com/north-carolina/statements/2019/mar/07/mitch-mcconnell/mcconnell-wrong-about-tracking-absentee-ballots-nc/ | Mostly False | Mitch McConnell | 2019-02-26 |
FactCheck.org | A meme quotes actor Kurt Russell as saying, "President Donald J. Trump is relentless. I’ve never seen a man so dedicated & determined." | 2018-12-05 | https://www.factcheck.org/2018/12/bogus-kurt-russell-quote-strikes-again/ | False | Viral image | 2018-12-04 |
PolitiFact | "Nancy Pelosi suffers breakdown, taken from Capitol Hill on a stretcher." | 2017-06-20 | https://www.politifact.com/punditfact/statements/2017/jun/20/freedomcrossroadsus/fake-news-pelosi-had-breakdown-credited-familiar-t/ | Pants on Fire | FreedomCrossroads.us | 2017-06-14 |
PolitiFact | "Clint Eastwood Leaves His Estate To The Trump 2020 Campaign" | 2018-07-19 | https://www.politifact.com/punditfact/statements/2018/jul/18/blog-posting/fake-news-clint-eastwood-soon-leave-millions-trump/ | Pants on Fire | Bloggers | 2018-07-17 |
PolitiFact | "Parents and teachers are already worrying about what they call the ‘Trump Effect.’ They report that bullying and harassment are on the rise in our schools, especially targeting students of color, Muslims and immigrants." | 2016-08-26 | https://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2016/aug/26/hillary-clinton/hillary-clinton-citing-trump-effect-says-teachers-/ | Mostly True | Hillary Clinton | 2016-08-25 |
PolitiFact | Says Rick Scott "oversaw the largest Medicare fraud in the nation’s history." | 2016-05-11 | https://www.politifact.com/florida/statements/2014/mar/03/florida-democratic-party/rick-scott-rick-scott-oversaw-largest-medicare-fra/ | Mostly True | Florida Democratic Party | 2014-02-25 |
PolitiFact | "The science is clear, under President Trump greenhouse gas emissions are down." | 2018-06-18 | https://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2018/jun/18/environmental-protection-agency/are-greenhouse-emissions-down-under-donald-trump-e/ | Half True | Environmental Protection Agency | 2018-06-13 |
PolitiFact | "Long gas lines forming in North Korea." | 2017-09-19 | https://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2017/sep/19/donald-trump/are-gas-lines-forming-north-korea/ | Half True | Donald Trump | 2017-09-17 |
Washington Post | "Do you know if you were a Christian in Syria it was impossible, at least very tough to get into the United States?" | 2017-01-28 | https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/fact-checker/wp/2017/01/28/trumps-claim-that-it-is-very-tough-for-christian-syrians-to-get-to-the-united-states/ | Two Pinocchios | Donald Trump | 2017-01-27 |
FactCheck.org | Claimed the U.S. has a "$17 billion trade deficit with Canada." | 2017-05-02 | http://www.factcheck.org/2017/05/trumps-100-day-boasts/ | False | Donald Trump | 2017-04-28 |
PolitiFact | Did Donald Trump inherit an economic mess? | 2017-03-01 | https://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/article/2017/mar/01/did-trump-inherit-mess-8-charts-show-otherwise/ | Not really, charts say | Donald Trump | 2017-02-28 |
PolitiFact | Says that in the U.S. Capitol, "Stephen F. Austin’s and Sam Houston’s statues" are "the only ones holding a rifle or a sword." | 2018-04-12 | https://www.politifact.com/texas/statements/2018/apr/12/jonathan-saenz/texan-us-capitol-statues-stephen-f-austin-sam-hous/ | Mostly False | Jonathan Saenz | 2018-03-28 |
PolitiFact | Florida has "issued more than 3 million conceal carry permits in the past 30 years. Only 168 have been revoked." | 2016-06-02 | https://www.politifact.com/florida/statements/2016/jun/02/donald-trump/donald-trump-minimizes-number-revoked-gun-permits-/ | Half True | Donald Trump | 2016-05-20 |
PolitiFact | In Arizona, "there are only one and a half (Border Patrol) agents per every 10 square miles." | 2016-08-04 | https://www.politifact.com/arizona/statements/2016/aug/04/kelly-terry-willis/sister-border-patrol-agent-killed-near-arizona-bor/ | False | Kelly Terry-Willis | 2016-07-18 |
PolitiFact | "We’ve seen more filibusters on judicial nominees by the Republicans under President Obama than we saw in the whole history of the United States Senate." | 2017-04-09 | https://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2017/apr/09/ben-cardin/did-senate-republicans-filibuster-obama-court-nomi/ | Half True | Ben Cardin | 2017-04-09 |
PolitiFact | "We have 33,000 people a year who die from guns." | 2016-10-20 | https://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2016/oct/19/hillary-clinton/hillary-clinton-says-33000-americans-die-each-year/ | Mostly True | Hillary Clinton | 2016-10-19 |
PolitiFact | "As governor, in the face of partisan attacks, (Charlie Crist) had the courage to save jobs and lead his state into economic recovery." | 2016-06-23 | https://www.politifact.com/florida/statements/2016/jun/23/barack-obama/charlie-crist-led-florida-economic-recovery-stimul/ | Half True | Barack Obama | 2016-06-20 |
PolitiFact | "Simply being in this country without documentation is not a crime" | 2017-12-02 | https://www.politifact.com/new-york/statements/2017/dec/01/kathy-sheehan/being-undocumented-immigrant-us-not-crime/ | Mostly True | Kathy Sheehan | 2017-11-16 |
PolitiFact | With the Republican tax law, "the rich folks got $1.5 trillion." | 2019-01-09 | https://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2019/jan/09/elizabeth-warren/warren-overstates-share-tax-cuts-rich/ | Half True | Elizabeth Warren | 2019-01-02 |
PolitiFact | "The new law orders NC cities to discriminate against LGBT people until at least 2020 and unfair ‘bathroom bans’ remain" | 2017-04-06 | https://www.politifact.com/north-carolina/statements/2017/apr/04/caitlyn-jenner/caitlyn-jenner-get-north-carolinas-new-hb2-replace/ | False | Caitlyn Jenner | 2017-03-30 |
PolitiFact | Says Beto O’Rourke said he’s grateful that people are burning or desecrating the American flag. | 2018-09-05 | https://www.politifact.com/texas/statements/2018/sep/05/ted-cruz/ted-cruz-falsely-says-beto-grateful-flag-burners/ | False | Ted Cruz | 2018-09-04 |
Washington Post | “#Trumpcare cuts @PPFA funds, hurting millions of women who turn there for mammograms, maternity care, cancer screenings & more.” | 2017-03-09 | https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/fact-checker/wp/2017/03/09/schumers-claim-that-millions-of-women-turn-to-planned-parenthood-for-mammograms/ | Three Pinocchios | Sen. Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.) | 2017-03-07 |
PolitiFact | Says Doug Jones "is for full-term abortion." | 2017-11-21 | https://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2017/nov/21/kayla-moore/moores-wife-coins-new-anti-abortion-term-attack-hi/ | False | Kayla Moore | 2017-11-17 |
Washington Post | "Facts have come to light that indicate that a pivotal, close election was likely changed through voter fraud on November 8, 2016: New Hampshire’s U.S. Senate Seat, and perhaps also New Hampshire’s four electoral college votes in the presidential election." | 2017-09-25 | https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/fact-checker/wp/2017/09/25/kris-kobachs-claim-that-there-is-now-proof-of-voter-fraud-in-new-hampshire/ | Four Pinocchios | Kris Kobach | 2017-09-07 |
PolitiFact | Says Texas Department of Public Safety numbers show that 1.6 percent of crime is committed by unauthorized immigrants. | 2017-12-22 | https://www.politifact.com/texas/statements/2017/dec/21/lupe-valdez/lupe-valdez-says-unauthorized-immigrants-account-1/ | Half True | Lupe Valdez | 2017-07-31 |
PolitiFact | Says the U.S. election system is "rigged." | 2016-08-15 | https://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2016/aug/15/donald-trump/donald-trumps-baseless-claims-about-election-being/ | Pants on Fire | Donald Trump | 2016-08-01 |
Washington Post | "Yesterday for the first time she said she wants to renegotiate trade agreements." | 2016-08-08 | https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/fact-checker/wp/2016/08/08/trumps-false-claim-that-clinton-only-recently-pledged-to-renegotiate-nafta/ | Four Pinocchios | Donald Trump | 2016-07-27 |
PolitiFact | "When a car is sent to the United States from China, there is a Tariff to be paid of 2 1/2%. When a car is sent to China from the United States, there is a Tariff to be paid of 25%." | 2018-04-09 | https://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2018/apr/09/donald-trump/donald-trump-right-china-slaps-25-percent-tariff-a/ | Mostly True | Donald Trump | 2018-04-09 |
PolitiFact | "The president in no way, form or fashion has ever promoted or encouraged violence." | 2017-07-05 | https://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2017/jul/05/sarah-huckabee-sanders/has-donald-trump-never-promoted-or-encouraged-viol/ | False | Sarah Huckabee Sanders | 2017-06-29 |
FactCheck.org | A social media video appears to show Nancy Pelosi slurring her words during a speaking engagement at the Commonwealth Club. | 2019-05-31 | https://www.factcheck.org/2019/05/manipulated-pelosi-video-take-2/ | It's a Doctored Video | Viral video | 2019-05-29 |
PolitiFact | "In one day of fundraising I received more small donor (contributions) than Andrew Cuomo received in seven years." | 2018-03-22 | https://www.politifact.com/new-york/statements/2018/mar/22/cynthia-nixon/cynthia-nixon-claims-she-had-more-small-donors-one/ | True | Cynthia Nixon | 2018-03-22 |
PolitiFact | Says James Clapper "and virtually everyone else" said "there is no collusion" in the Russia investigation findings | 2017-05-12 | https://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2017/may/12/donald-trump/trumps-mostly-false-claim-clapper-said-no-collusio/ | Mostly False | Donald Trump | 2017-05-12 |
PolitiFact | Says Beto O’Rourke's campaign "told Texas VFW to remove their American flag" because O'Rourke has "an aversion to the American flag and symbols of patriotism." | 2018-09-12 | https://www.politifact.com/facebook-fact-checks/statements/2018/sep/12/blog-posting/orourke-campaign-request-remove-american-flag-rall/ | Mostly False | TopStoriesUSA.com | 2018-09-07 |
PolitiFact | Says Travis County Sheriff Sally Hernandez "declared that she would not detain known criminals accused of violent crimes." | 2017-05-18 | https://bit.ly/2pPMvJf | Pants on Fire | Greg Abbott | 2017-05-07 |
PolitiFact | Says PolitiFact reported that "95 percent of what (Donald Trump) says is a lie." | 2017-09-18 | https://www.politifact.com/punditfact/statements/2017/sep/18/joy-behar/joy-behar-politifact-said-trump-lies-95-percent-ti/ | False | Joy Behar | 2017-09-06 |
PolitiFact | Says that people "went out in their boats to watch" Hurricane Harvey. | 2018-06-07 | https://www.politifact.com/texas/statements/2018/jun/07/donald-trump/donald-trump-says-people-went-out-their-boats-watc/ | Pants on Fire | Donald Trump | 2018-06-06 |
PolitiFact | "There is a 34 percent increase in violent crime in the state of California. … And that’s just within the last year." | 2016-05-11 | https://www.politifact.com/california/statements/2016/may/11/duf-sundheim/duf-sundheim-wrongly-says-californias-violent-crim/ | False | Duf Sundheim | 2016-05-10 |
FactCheck.org | "They had to amend the Constitution of the United States to make sure Roosevelt did not get reelected.” | 2019-04-02 | https://www.factcheck.org/2019/04/ocasio-cortez-gets-fdr-history-lesson-wrong/ | False | Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez | 2019-03-29 |
PolitiFact | "Every former North Carolina governor opposes "constitutional amendments Raleigh lawmakers put on the ballot this fall." | 2018-09-28 | https://www.politifact.com/north-carolina/statements/2018/sep/27/stop-deceptive-amendments/ad-misleads-about-nc-governors-opposing-constituti/ | False | Stop Deceptive Amendments | 2018-09-24 |
PolitiFact | Says Airbnb "decreases real estate values and increases costs for workforce housing." | 2017-03-20 | https://www.politifact.com/florida/statements/2017/mar/20/philip-levine/does-airbnb-decrease-housing-values-and-increase-w/ | Mostly False | Philip Levine | 2017-03-02 |
PolitiFact | In a government shutdown, "what they are really doing is shutting down our military." | 2018-01-17 | https://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2018/jan/17/donald-trump/would-military-shut-down-if-federal-government-doe/ | Mostly False | Donald Trump | 2018-01-12 |
PolitiFact | Says the Texas General Land Office led by George P. Bush has repaired just two homes since Hurricane Harvey. | 2017-12-21 | https://www.politifact.com/texas/statements/2017/dec/21/jerry-patterson/charge-george-p-bush-led-agency-has-repaired-two-h/ | Mostly True | Jerry Patterson | 2017-12-08 |
PolitiFact | Thirteen Democratic senators "voted against cheaper medicines" and took millions from "big pharma since 2011." | 2017-01-19 | https://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2017/jan/18/other-98/viral-image-about-democratic-senators-and-big-phar/ | Mostly False | The Other 98 | 2017-01-17 |
PolitiFact | Courts have "quietly confirmed" that the MMR vaccine causes autism | 2019-02-11 | https://www.politifact.com/facebook-fact-checks/statements/2019/feb/11/blog-posting/no-courts-did-not-quietly-confirm-mmr-vaccine-caus/ | Pants on Fire | Bloggers | 2017-05-29 |
PolitiFact | "I'm the only candidate on this stage who has actually cut taxes." | 2018-02-28 | https://www.politifact.com/new-york/statements/2018/feb/28/joel-giambra/giambra-only-gop-candidate-ny-governor-whos-cut-ta/ | False | Joel Giambra | 2018-02-10 |
PolitiFact | "We just had the best year for the auto industry in America in history." | 2016-05-20 | https://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2016/may/20/hillary-clinton/hillary-clinton-says-2015-was-best-year-us-auto-in/ | Mostly True | Hillary Clinton | 2016-05-16 |
PolitiFact | "President Trump in his first year and a half has already tripled what President Obama did (for African-American employment) in eight years." | 2018-08-15 | https://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2018/aug/15/sarah-huckabee-sanders/white-house-base-comparing-african-american-job-gr/ | False | Sarah Huckabee Sanders | 2018-08-14 |
FactCheck.org | "Fake News story of secret dinner with Putin is 'sick.' All G 20 leaders, and spouses, were invited by the Chancellor of Germany. Press knew!" | 2017-07-19 | https://www.factcheck.org/2017/07/trump-spins-putin-dinner-conversation/ | Spins the Facts | Donald Trump | 2017-07-18 |
The Washington Post | Gorsuch "should meet the voting standard that Supreme Court nominees are held to of 60 votes." | 2017-02-02 | https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/fact-checker/wp/2017/02/02/senate-democrats-misleading-language-on-a-60-vote-standard-for-supremer-court-nominees/ | Two Pinocchios | Democrats | 2017-02-01 |
PolitiFact | "Our African-American communities are absolutely in the worst shape they've ever been in before. Ever. Ever. Ever." | 2016-09-22 | https://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2016/sep/22/donald-trump/trumps-pants-fire-claim-blacks-are-absolutely-wors/ | Pants on Fire | Donald Trump | 2016-09-20 |
FactCheck.org | For the "first time" in "decades" Mexico "has been starting to apprehend a lot of people at their southern border coming in" from Honduras, Guatemala and El Salvador. | 2019-04-04 | https://www.factcheck.org/2019/04/trump-wrong-on-mexicos-migrant-apprehensions/ | False | Donald Trump | 2019-04-02 |
PolitiFact | "The president has been very clear. All forms of abuse, all forms of battery against women are deplorable and disgusting. ... He’s said that multiple times in the past." | 2018-02-13 | https://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2018/feb/13/hogan-gidley/has-trump-often-spoken-out-against-abuse-women-no/ | False | Hogan Gidley | 2018-02-12 |
PolitiFact | The Secure Communities Program and 287(g) immigration programs "were programs that worked" but were "recklessly gutted" by the Obama administration. | 2016-09-06 | https://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2016/sep/06/donald-trump/trump-says-secure-communities-287g-immigration-pro/ | Half True | Donald Trump | 2016-08-31 |
PolitiFact | "Prince William May Not Attend Royal Wedding Leaving Harry Without a Best Man; Princess Diana Would Not Be Happy" | 2018-05-17 | https://www.politifact.com/punditfact/statements/2018/may/17/blog-posting/prince-william-plans-go-royal-wedding-contrary-spe/ | Pants on Fire | inspiringday.com | 2018-05-16 |
PolitiFact | Says Adam Putnam "was for amnesty." | 2017-07-24 | https://www.politifact.com/florida/statements/2017/jul/24/tony-fabrizio/was-adam-putnam-running-florida-governor-amnesty/ | Half True | Tony Fabrizio | 2017-07-10 |
FactCheck.org | "Morgan Freeman: ‘Jailing Hillary’ Best Way To ‘Restore Public Faith In Govt’" | 2018-01-11 | https://www.factcheck.org/2018/01/freeman-didnt-say-lock/ | False | Various websites | 2017-10-29 |
PolitiFact | "Iraq has been overrun by ISIS because Hillary Clinton failed to renegotiate . . . a status of forces agreement." | 2016-10-05 | https://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2016/oct/04/mike-pence/mike-pence-clinton-failed-keep-troops-iraq/ | Mostly False | Mike Pence | 2016-10-04 |
Washington Post | CHIP “always had bipartisan support. But this year, they let the money for it expire while they work on getting tax cuts for their billionaire and millionaire donors.” | 2017-12-13 | https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/fact-checker/wp/2017/12/13/fact-checking-jimmy-kimmel-on-chip-funding/ | Not the Whole Story | Jimmy Kimmel | 2017-12-11 |
PolitiFact | Says a poll showed 70 percent to 75 percent of people want to see Confederate statues "remain up and not taken down." | 2017-09-06 | https://www.politifact.com/texas/statements/2017/sep/06/sid-miller/sid-miller-poll-shows-70-percent-75-percent-americ/ | Half True | Sid Miller | 2017-08-23 |
FactCheck.org | “ALL the Democrats voted AGAINST the 2.8% Social Security cost of living increase" | 2019-01-04 | https://www.factcheck.org/2019/01/social-security-falsehood-circulates-again/ | False | Social media posts | 2019-01-02 |
PolitiFact | Says Sen. John McCain "told dreamers that he’ll support the Dream Act, then he voted against it." | 2016-05-25 | https://www.politifact.com/arizona/statements/2016/may/24/ann-kirkpatrick/did-john-mccain-support-dream-act-then-vote-agains/ | Half True | U.S. Rep. Ann Kirkpatrick | 2016-05-08 |
PolitiFact | "Watch those GDP numbers. We started off at a very low number, and right now we hit a 3.2 (percent). Nobody thought that was possible." | 2018-07-02 | https://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2018/jul/02/donald-trump/donald-trump-base-describing-gdp-growth-his-watch/ | False | Donald Trump | 2018-06-28 |
PolitiFact | Ron Johnson says he got a law passed so fans can watch Green Bay Packers, not Minnesota Vikings | 2016-10-28 | https://www.politifact.com/wisconsin/statements/2016/oct/28/ron-johnson/ron-johnson-says-he-got-law-passed-so-fans-can-wat/ | Mostly False | Ron Johnson | 2016-10-25 |
PolitiFact | "We have a president who wanted to throw 32 million people off of the health care they had." | 2019-02-28 | https://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2019/feb/28/bernie-sanders/sanders-trump-wanted-cut-health-care-32-million/ | Half True | Bernie Sanders | 2019-02-25 |
PolitiFact | Says Donald Trump was seen "looking deliberately over a disabled child's head, ignoring his outstretched hand." | 2017-07-31 | https://www.politifact.com/punditfact/statements/2017/jul/31/jk-rowling/jk-rowling-falsely-accuses-trump-not-shaking-disab/ | Pants on Fire | J.K. Rowling | 2017-07-28 |
PolitiFact | Says Ron Johnson "voted five times for tax breaks that help companies ship Wisconsin jobs overseas." | 2016-09-08 | https://www.politifact.com/wisconsin/statements/2016/aug/26/russ-feingold/feingold-johnson-voted-five-times-tax-breaks-help-/ | False | Russ Feingold | 2016-06-14 |