Latest Fact-checks by Amy Sherman Clear Any Rating True Mostly True Half True Mostly False False Pants on Fire Full Flop Half Flip No Flip Any Speaker Any Date Range Last 3 Months Last 6 Months Last 12 Months 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 Any Category Greg Steube stated on December 4, 2019 in a House judiciary committee hearing: "We provided terrorists in Iraq more rights and due process in the Central Criminal Court of Iraq" than House Democratic leadership has afforded President Donald Trump in the impeachment inquiry. Nikki Fried stated on October 29, 2019 in a pre-legislative media forum: While previous clemency boards granted restoration of civil rights to thousands of Floridians, "so far this year, under this clemency board, four (felons) have gotten their rights back." Donald Trump stated on November 15, 2019 in a tweet: "Everywhere Marie Yovanovitch went turned bad," including Somalia and Ukraine. Committee to Defend the President stated on November 8, 2019 in a Facebook ad: Says Obama said black people have the "worst jobs, the worst housing" and face rampant police brutality, "but when so-called black committeemen came around election time we’d all line up and vote the straight Democratic ticket, sell our souls for a Christmas turkey." Rand Paul stated on November 10, 2019 in an interview on Meet the Press: President Donald Trump's phone call with the Ukrainian president "sounds exactly like what Joe Biden did." Joe Gruters stated on November 6, 2019 in a Tampa Bay Times forum: "All the Democrats on the entire stage — every Democratic candidate said they want to give free health care to illegals." Donald Trump stated on November 1, 2019 in a rally in Mississippi: Says "Stacey Abrams wants to give illegal aliens the right to vote." Facebook posts stated on October 27, 2019 in a Facebook post: "Matt Gaetz has had numerous DUIs and his dad got him off each time. He was part of a company that had to pay 75 million in hospice fraud. They stole from dying people." Facebook posts stated on October 27, 2019 in a Facebook post: Quotes Trump as saying, "Fine you boo me DC? Go #Astros, Texas loves me, I get the best kind of love there. I’ll be renaming the White House the Orange House." Donald Trump stated on October 27, 2019 in a press conference: Says in his 2000 book "I was talking about Osama bin Laden. I said, ‘You have to kill him. You have to take him out.’" Matt Gaetz stated on October 21, 2019 in a tweet: "Barack Obama put a permanent stop on this military aid to the Ukraine - he never allowed it to go." Nikki Fried stated on October 12, 2019 in a speech to the Florida Democratic Party: "Hemp has 25,000-35,000 known usages. That means it is going to be something that will replace plastics, and styrofoam and concrete." Elizabeth Warren stated on October 10, 2019 in a Facebook ad: "If Trump tries to lie in a TV ad, most networks will refuse to air it. But Facebook just cashes Trump’s checks." Donald Trump stated on October 9, 2019 in an ad: "Fact: Joe Biden pressured Ukraine to fire its prosecutor .... Fact: the prosecutor said he was forced out for leading a corruption probe into Hunter Biden's company. Fact: Democrats want to impeach President Trump for discussing this investigation with Ukraine's President." Donald Trump stated on October 7, 2019 in a statement to the press: Minneapolis "city government preemptively informed the Target Center that it would be responsible for $530,000 in security and other costs" related to a Trump rally, "more than 26 times the estimated security costs for a 2009 Target Center health care rally held by President Barack Obama." Joe Biden stated on September 21, 2019 in a campaign appearance in Iowa: "We’re no longer the wealthiest middle class in the world." Florida Democratic Party stated on September 30, 2019 in a tweet: "$575 billion cut from Medicare in Trump’s proposed 2020 budget." Republican Party of Florida stated on September 20, 2019 in a tweet: The Green New Deal "would put a $600,000 tax burden on every household." Rick Scott stated on September 11, 2019 in a statement to The Guardian: When Rick Scott was governor, Florida "invested record funding in HIV/AIDS prevention." Elizabeth Warren stated on September 12, 2019 in a Democratic debate in Houston: "54 senators said, let's do background checks, let's get rid of assault weapons, and with 54 senators it failed because of the filibuster." Joe Biden stated on September 12, 2019 in the Democratic debate in Houston: "Over 90% of the American people think we have to get assault weapons off the street — period." Donald Trump stated on September 4, 2019 in a tweet: Originally "almost all models predicted" Dorian would hit Alabama. Dave Aronberg stated on August 26, 2019 in an interview on MSNBC: Florida’s red flag gun law has been used "about five times a day." Joe Biden stated on August 20, 2019 in a speech: Says President Donald Trump hasn’t condemned David Duke and Richard Spencer. Matt Gaetz stated on August 10, 2019 in an interview on Fox News: In Australia "they went and confiscated all the guns. You know who did what Australia did? Venezuela." Pete Buttigieg stated on August 5, 2019 in a Medium post: "The Trump Administration cut funding allocated to the Department of Homeland Security to combat white nationalism." Donald Trump stated on August 5, 2019 in a speech: "Last year, we prosecuted a record number of firearms offenses." Kirsten Gillibrand stated on July 31, 2019 in the Detroit debate: "When the Senate was debating middle-class affordability for child care," then-Sen. Joe Biden "voted against it, the only vote, but what he wrote (in) an op-ed was that he believed that women working outside the home would, quote, ‘create the deterioration of family.’ He also said that women who were working outside the home were, quote, ‘avoiding responsibility.’" Donna Shalala stated on July 21, 2019 in an interview on CBSMiami with Jim DeFede: Says children at Homestead migrant facility "get 30 minutes over a month to talk to family members. If they were in a prison — a federal prison — they would get 300 minutes." Donald Trump stated on July 18, 2019 in a press briefing: Says that when his supporters chanted "send her back" about Ilhan Omar, he stopped it.
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Greg Steube stated on December 4, 2019 in a House judiciary committee hearing: "We provided terrorists in Iraq more rights and due process in the Central Criminal Court of Iraq" than House Democratic leadership has afforded President Donald Trump in the impeachment inquiry. Nikki Fried stated on October 29, 2019 in a pre-legislative media forum: While previous clemency boards granted restoration of civil rights to thousands of Floridians, "so far this year, under this clemency board, four (felons) have gotten their rights back." Donald Trump stated on November 15, 2019 in a tweet: "Everywhere Marie Yovanovitch went turned bad," including Somalia and Ukraine. Committee to Defend the President stated on November 8, 2019 in a Facebook ad: Says Obama said black people have the "worst jobs, the worst housing" and face rampant police brutality, "but when so-called black committeemen came around election time we’d all line up and vote the straight Democratic ticket, sell our souls for a Christmas turkey." Rand Paul stated on November 10, 2019 in an interview on Meet the Press: President Donald Trump's phone call with the Ukrainian president "sounds exactly like what Joe Biden did." Joe Gruters stated on November 6, 2019 in a Tampa Bay Times forum: "All the Democrats on the entire stage — every Democratic candidate said they want to give free health care to illegals." Donald Trump stated on November 1, 2019 in a rally in Mississippi: Says "Stacey Abrams wants to give illegal aliens the right to vote." Facebook posts stated on October 27, 2019 in a Facebook post: "Matt Gaetz has had numerous DUIs and his dad got him off each time. He was part of a company that had to pay 75 million in hospice fraud. They stole from dying people." Facebook posts stated on October 27, 2019 in a Facebook post: Quotes Trump as saying, "Fine you boo me DC? Go #Astros, Texas loves me, I get the best kind of love there. I’ll be renaming the White House the Orange House." Donald Trump stated on October 27, 2019 in a press conference: Says in his 2000 book "I was talking about Osama bin Laden. I said, ‘You have to kill him. You have to take him out.’" Matt Gaetz stated on October 21, 2019 in a tweet: "Barack Obama put a permanent stop on this military aid to the Ukraine - he never allowed it to go." Nikki Fried stated on October 12, 2019 in a speech to the Florida Democratic Party: "Hemp has 25,000-35,000 known usages. That means it is going to be something that will replace plastics, and styrofoam and concrete." Elizabeth Warren stated on October 10, 2019 in a Facebook ad: "If Trump tries to lie in a TV ad, most networks will refuse to air it. But Facebook just cashes Trump’s checks." Donald Trump stated on October 9, 2019 in an ad: "Fact: Joe Biden pressured Ukraine to fire its prosecutor .... Fact: the prosecutor said he was forced out for leading a corruption probe into Hunter Biden's company. Fact: Democrats want to impeach President Trump for discussing this investigation with Ukraine's President." Donald Trump stated on October 7, 2019 in a statement to the press: Minneapolis "city government preemptively informed the Target Center that it would be responsible for $530,000 in security and other costs" related to a Trump rally, "more than 26 times the estimated security costs for a 2009 Target Center health care rally held by President Barack Obama." Joe Biden stated on September 21, 2019 in a campaign appearance in Iowa: "We’re no longer the wealthiest middle class in the world." Florida Democratic Party stated on September 30, 2019 in a tweet: "$575 billion cut from Medicare in Trump’s proposed 2020 budget." Republican Party of Florida stated on September 20, 2019 in a tweet: The Green New Deal "would put a $600,000 tax burden on every household." Rick Scott stated on September 11, 2019 in a statement to The Guardian: When Rick Scott was governor, Florida "invested record funding in HIV/AIDS prevention." Elizabeth Warren stated on September 12, 2019 in a Democratic debate in Houston: "54 senators said, let's do background checks, let's get rid of assault weapons, and with 54 senators it failed because of the filibuster." Joe Biden stated on September 12, 2019 in the Democratic debate in Houston: "Over 90% of the American people think we have to get assault weapons off the street — period." Donald Trump stated on September 4, 2019 in a tweet: Originally "almost all models predicted" Dorian would hit Alabama. Dave Aronberg stated on August 26, 2019 in an interview on MSNBC: Florida’s red flag gun law has been used "about five times a day." Joe Biden stated on August 20, 2019 in a speech: Says President Donald Trump hasn’t condemned David Duke and Richard Spencer. Matt Gaetz stated on August 10, 2019 in an interview on Fox News: In Australia "they went and confiscated all the guns. You know who did what Australia did? Venezuela." Pete Buttigieg stated on August 5, 2019 in a Medium post: "The Trump Administration cut funding allocated to the Department of Homeland Security to combat white nationalism." Donald Trump stated on August 5, 2019 in a speech: "Last year, we prosecuted a record number of firearms offenses." Kirsten Gillibrand stated on July 31, 2019 in the Detroit debate: "When the Senate was debating middle-class affordability for child care," then-Sen. Joe Biden "voted against it, the only vote, but what he wrote (in) an op-ed was that he believed that women working outside the home would, quote, ‘create the deterioration of family.’ He also said that women who were working outside the home were, quote, ‘avoiding responsibility.’" Donna Shalala stated on July 21, 2019 in an interview on CBSMiami with Jim DeFede: Says children at Homestead migrant facility "get 30 minutes over a month to talk to family members. If they were in a prison — a federal prison — they would get 300 minutes." Donald Trump stated on July 18, 2019 in a press briefing: Says that when his supporters chanted "send her back" about Ilhan Omar, he stopped it.
Greg Steube stated on December 4, 2019 in a House judiciary committee hearing: "We provided terrorists in Iraq more rights and due process in the Central Criminal Court of Iraq" than House Democratic leadership has afforded President Donald Trump in the impeachment inquiry.
Nikki Fried stated on October 29, 2019 in a pre-legislative media forum: While previous clemency boards granted restoration of civil rights to thousands of Floridians, "so far this year, under this clemency board, four (felons) have gotten their rights back."
Donald Trump stated on November 15, 2019 in a tweet: "Everywhere Marie Yovanovitch went turned bad," including Somalia and Ukraine.
Committee to Defend the President stated on November 8, 2019 in a Facebook ad: Says Obama said black people have the "worst jobs, the worst housing" and face rampant police brutality, "but when so-called black committeemen came around election time we’d all line up and vote the straight Democratic ticket, sell our souls for a Christmas turkey."
Rand Paul stated on November 10, 2019 in an interview on Meet the Press: President Donald Trump's phone call with the Ukrainian president "sounds exactly like what Joe Biden did."
Joe Gruters stated on November 6, 2019 in a Tampa Bay Times forum: "All the Democrats on the entire stage — every Democratic candidate said they want to give free health care to illegals."
Donald Trump stated on November 1, 2019 in a rally in Mississippi: Says "Stacey Abrams wants to give illegal aliens the right to vote."
Facebook posts stated on October 27, 2019 in a Facebook post: "Matt Gaetz has had numerous DUIs and his dad got him off each time. He was part of a company that had to pay 75 million in hospice fraud. They stole from dying people."
Facebook posts stated on October 27, 2019 in a Facebook post: Quotes Trump as saying, "Fine you boo me DC? Go #Astros, Texas loves me, I get the best kind of love there. I’ll be renaming the White House the Orange House."
Donald Trump stated on October 27, 2019 in a press conference: Says in his 2000 book "I was talking about Osama bin Laden. I said, ‘You have to kill him. You have to take him out.’"
Matt Gaetz stated on October 21, 2019 in a tweet: "Barack Obama put a permanent stop on this military aid to the Ukraine - he never allowed it to go."
Nikki Fried stated on October 12, 2019 in a speech to the Florida Democratic Party: "Hemp has 25,000-35,000 known usages. That means it is going to be something that will replace plastics, and styrofoam and concrete."
Elizabeth Warren stated on October 10, 2019 in a Facebook ad: "If Trump tries to lie in a TV ad, most networks will refuse to air it. But Facebook just cashes Trump’s checks."
Donald Trump stated on October 9, 2019 in an ad: "Fact: Joe Biden pressured Ukraine to fire its prosecutor .... Fact: the prosecutor said he was forced out for leading a corruption probe into Hunter Biden's company. Fact: Democrats want to impeach President Trump for discussing this investigation with Ukraine's President."
Donald Trump stated on October 7, 2019 in a statement to the press: Minneapolis "city government preemptively informed the Target Center that it would be responsible for $530,000 in security and other costs" related to a Trump rally, "more than 26 times the estimated security costs for a 2009 Target Center health care rally held by President Barack Obama."
Joe Biden stated on September 21, 2019 in a campaign appearance in Iowa: "We’re no longer the wealthiest middle class in the world."
Florida Democratic Party stated on September 30, 2019 in a tweet: "$575 billion cut from Medicare in Trump’s proposed 2020 budget."
Republican Party of Florida stated on September 20, 2019 in a tweet: The Green New Deal "would put a $600,000 tax burden on every household."
Rick Scott stated on September 11, 2019 in a statement to The Guardian: When Rick Scott was governor, Florida "invested record funding in HIV/AIDS prevention."
Elizabeth Warren stated on September 12, 2019 in a Democratic debate in Houston: "54 senators said, let's do background checks, let's get rid of assault weapons, and with 54 senators it failed because of the filibuster."
Joe Biden stated on September 12, 2019 in the Democratic debate in Houston: "Over 90% of the American people think we have to get assault weapons off the street — period."
Donald Trump stated on September 4, 2019 in a tweet: Originally "almost all models predicted" Dorian would hit Alabama.
Dave Aronberg stated on August 26, 2019 in an interview on MSNBC: Florida’s red flag gun law has been used "about five times a day."
Joe Biden stated on August 20, 2019 in a speech: Says President Donald Trump hasn’t condemned David Duke and Richard Spencer.
Matt Gaetz stated on August 10, 2019 in an interview on Fox News: In Australia "they went and confiscated all the guns. You know who did what Australia did? Venezuela."
Pete Buttigieg stated on August 5, 2019 in a Medium post: "The Trump Administration cut funding allocated to the Department of Homeland Security to combat white nationalism."
Donald Trump stated on August 5, 2019 in a speech: "Last year, we prosecuted a record number of firearms offenses."
Kirsten Gillibrand stated on July 31, 2019 in the Detroit debate: "When the Senate was debating middle-class affordability for child care," then-Sen. Joe Biden "voted against it, the only vote, but what he wrote (in) an op-ed was that he believed that women working outside the home would, quote, ‘create the deterioration of family.’ He also said that women who were working outside the home were, quote, ‘avoiding responsibility.’"
Donna Shalala stated on July 21, 2019 in an interview on CBSMiami with Jim DeFede: Says children at Homestead migrant facility "get 30 minutes over a month to talk to family members. If they were in a prison — a federal prison — they would get 300 minutes."
Donald Trump stated on July 18, 2019 in a press briefing: Says that when his supporters chanted "send her back" about Ilhan Omar, he stopped it.
