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 Ron DeSantis stated on May 5, 2023 in an interview with Newsmax: “Donald Trump himself wrote a book where he was talking about the need to increase the age of eligibility for Social Security to 70.” Donald Trump stated on May 10, 2023 in a CNN town hall: “Many of these teachers are soldiers, ex-soldiers, ex-policeman.” Gavin Newsom stated on May 7, 2023 in a tweet: Texas Gov. Greg Abbott “cut $211 million in mental health funding.” Facebook posts stated on May 2, 2023 in a Facebook post: “Texas Republicans just voted to give a Republican appointee the power to single-handedly CANCEL election results in the state’s largest Democratic county.” Donald Trump stated on April 30, 2023 in a Truth Social post: A Florida elections bill “guts everything” “instead of getting tough, and doing what the people want (same day voting, Voter ID, proof of Citizenship, paper ballots, hand count, etc.).” Cameron Sexton stated on March 30, 2023 in an interview: Actions of the Tennessee state legislators who protested against gun violence were “at least equivalent” to the actions of the Jan. 6 insurrectionists. Ron DeSantis stated on April 6, 2023 in a speech: When migrants arrived on Martha’s Vineyard, “They called out the National Guard and deported them within 24 hours.” Donald Trump stated on April 4, 2023 in remarks at Mar-a-Lago: Regarding Trump’s January 2021 telephone call with Georgia election officials, “nobody found anything wrong with that perfect call until a book promotion tour many months later.” Joe Biden stated on March 28, 2023 in a speech: In the U.S., “you’re not allowed to own a machine gun.” Jared Moskowitz stated on March 26, 2023 in an interview on CNN: Former President Donald Trump “instructed all the governors to shut down” because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Ashbey Beasley stated on March 27, 2023 in a statement to the media: “Gun violence is the number one killer of children and teens — it has overtaken cars.” Facebook posts stated on February 21, 2023 in a Facebook post: A $2 million grant for Georgia’s DeKalb County amounts to a “private takeover of election offices.” Joe Biden stated on March 9, 2023 in a speech about his budget proposal: “More cops are killed responding to domestic violence calls than anything else.” Nikki Haley stated on March 3, 2023 in a speech at CPAC: Democrats "want to ban gas powered cars and gas stoves.” Donald Trump stated on February 28, 2023 in a Truth Social post: The 2020 election could not have been fair because “Los Angeles County agreed, during litigation, that there were 1.2 million ineligible voters after the election.” Kat Cammack stated on March 2, 2023 in a speech at CPAC: The Justice Department has been “calling parents that are concerned about what their kids are being taught, they are labeling them terrorists.” Tina Lambert stated on February 20, 2023 in a statement of purpose about a bill: Student ID cards are a “source of fraud” at the polls. Nikki Haley stated on February 14, 2023 in an announcement video: On running against Donald Trump for president. Facebook posts stated on February 7, 2023 in a post on Facebook: "In the month since Republicans took the House majority," they are trying to "impose a 30% tax on everything." Rick Scott stated on February 7, 2023 in an ad: President Joe Biden “cheated on his taxes and got away with it.” Lauren Boebert stated on February 7, 2023 in a tweet: Joe Biden closed schools during the COVID-19 pandemic. Marjorie Taylor Greene stated on February 1, 2023 in a House committee hearing: Illinois “received $5.1 billion at an elementary school there that used it for equity and diversity.” Rick Scott stated on January 26, 2023 in a page about elections in his Rescue America plan: Same-day voter registration "does not allow election officials to verify the validity and accuracy of voter information." Brian Fitzpatrick stated on January 22, 2023 in an interview on Fox News Sunday: “Classified documents can never be taken out of a (sensitive compartmented information facility), ever.” Tucker Carlson stated on January 9, 2023 in in a broadcast: The election in Brazil “was very clearly a rigged election.” Scott Perry stated on January 8, 2023 in ABC This Week interview: "Parents that go to school board meetings" and question the curriculum are being "flagged by the Department of Justice and the FBI for attending a meeting." Facebook posts stated on December 11, 2022 in a Facebook post: Kari Lake’s lawsuit “exposes Arizona used no signature verification.” Bernie Sanders stated on December 11, 2022 in an interview on CNN: “We have 85 million Americans who have no health insurance.” Kelly Loeffler stated on December 6, 2022 in a tweet: On the day of the Dec. 6 runoff, “armed groups of Black Panthers” were “reportedly patrolling certain voting locations” in Georgia. Donald Trump stated on December 3, 2022 in a Truth Social post: “The revelation of massive & widespread fraud & deception” in the 2020 election “allows for the termination of all rules, regulations, and articles, even those found in the Constitution.”
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Ron DeSantis stated on May 5, 2023 in an interview with Newsmax: “Donald Trump himself wrote a book where he was talking about the need to increase the age of eligibility for Social Security to 70.” Donald Trump stated on May 10, 2023 in a CNN town hall: “Many of these teachers are soldiers, ex-soldiers, ex-policeman.” Gavin Newsom stated on May 7, 2023 in a tweet: Texas Gov. Greg Abbott “cut $211 million in mental health funding.” Facebook posts stated on May 2, 2023 in a Facebook post: “Texas Republicans just voted to give a Republican appointee the power to single-handedly CANCEL election results in the state’s largest Democratic county.” Donald Trump stated on April 30, 2023 in a Truth Social post: A Florida elections bill “guts everything” “instead of getting tough, and doing what the people want (same day voting, Voter ID, proof of Citizenship, paper ballots, hand count, etc.).” Cameron Sexton stated on March 30, 2023 in an interview: Actions of the Tennessee state legislators who protested against gun violence were “at least equivalent” to the actions of the Jan. 6 insurrectionists. Ron DeSantis stated on April 6, 2023 in a speech: When migrants arrived on Martha’s Vineyard, “They called out the National Guard and deported them within 24 hours.” Donald Trump stated on April 4, 2023 in remarks at Mar-a-Lago: Regarding Trump’s January 2021 telephone call with Georgia election officials, “nobody found anything wrong with that perfect call until a book promotion tour many months later.” Joe Biden stated on March 28, 2023 in a speech: In the U.S., “you’re not allowed to own a machine gun.” Jared Moskowitz stated on March 26, 2023 in an interview on CNN: Former President Donald Trump “instructed all the governors to shut down” because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Ashbey Beasley stated on March 27, 2023 in a statement to the media: “Gun violence is the number one killer of children and teens — it has overtaken cars.” Facebook posts stated on February 21, 2023 in a Facebook post: A $2 million grant for Georgia’s DeKalb County amounts to a “private takeover of election offices.” Joe Biden stated on March 9, 2023 in a speech about his budget proposal: “More cops are killed responding to domestic violence calls than anything else.” Nikki Haley stated on March 3, 2023 in a speech at CPAC: Democrats "want to ban gas powered cars and gas stoves.” Donald Trump stated on February 28, 2023 in a Truth Social post: The 2020 election could not have been fair because “Los Angeles County agreed, during litigation, that there were 1.2 million ineligible voters after the election.” Kat Cammack stated on March 2, 2023 in a speech at CPAC: The Justice Department has been “calling parents that are concerned about what their kids are being taught, they are labeling them terrorists.” Tina Lambert stated on February 20, 2023 in a statement of purpose about a bill: Student ID cards are a “source of fraud” at the polls. Nikki Haley stated on February 14, 2023 in an announcement video: On running against Donald Trump for president. Facebook posts stated on February 7, 2023 in a post on Facebook: "In the month since Republicans took the House majority," they are trying to "impose a 30% tax on everything." Rick Scott stated on February 7, 2023 in an ad: President Joe Biden “cheated on his taxes and got away with it.” Lauren Boebert stated on February 7, 2023 in a tweet: Joe Biden closed schools during the COVID-19 pandemic. Marjorie Taylor Greene stated on February 1, 2023 in a House committee hearing: Illinois “received $5.1 billion at an elementary school there that used it for equity and diversity.” Rick Scott stated on January 26, 2023 in a page about elections in his Rescue America plan: Same-day voter registration "does not allow election officials to verify the validity and accuracy of voter information." Brian Fitzpatrick stated on January 22, 2023 in an interview on Fox News Sunday: “Classified documents can never be taken out of a (sensitive compartmented information facility), ever.” Tucker Carlson stated on January 9, 2023 in in a broadcast: The election in Brazil “was very clearly a rigged election.” Scott Perry stated on January 8, 2023 in ABC This Week interview: "Parents that go to school board meetings" and question the curriculum are being "flagged by the Department of Justice and the FBI for attending a meeting." Facebook posts stated on December 11, 2022 in a Facebook post: Kari Lake’s lawsuit “exposes Arizona used no signature verification.” Bernie Sanders stated on December 11, 2022 in an interview on CNN: “We have 85 million Americans who have no health insurance.” Kelly Loeffler stated on December 6, 2022 in a tweet: On the day of the Dec. 6 runoff, “armed groups of Black Panthers” were “reportedly patrolling certain voting locations” in Georgia. Donald Trump stated on December 3, 2022 in a Truth Social post: “The revelation of massive & widespread fraud & deception” in the 2020 election “allows for the termination of all rules, regulations, and articles, even those found in the Constitution.”
Ron DeSantis stated on May 5, 2023 in an interview with Newsmax: “Donald Trump himself wrote a book where he was talking about the need to increase the age of eligibility for Social Security to 70.”
Donald Trump stated on May 10, 2023 in a CNN town hall: “Many of these teachers are soldiers, ex-soldiers, ex-policeman.”
Gavin Newsom stated on May 7, 2023 in a tweet: Texas Gov. Greg Abbott “cut $211 million in mental health funding.”
Facebook posts stated on May 2, 2023 in a Facebook post: “Texas Republicans just voted to give a Republican appointee the power to single-handedly CANCEL election results in the state’s largest Democratic county.”
Donald Trump stated on April 30, 2023 in a Truth Social post: A Florida elections bill “guts everything” “instead of getting tough, and doing what the people want (same day voting, Voter ID, proof of Citizenship, paper ballots, hand count, etc.).”
Cameron Sexton stated on March 30, 2023 in an interview: Actions of the Tennessee state legislators who protested against gun violence were “at least equivalent” to the actions of the Jan. 6 insurrectionists.
Ron DeSantis stated on April 6, 2023 in a speech: When migrants arrived on Martha’s Vineyard, “They called out the National Guard and deported them within 24 hours.”
Donald Trump stated on April 4, 2023 in remarks at Mar-a-Lago: Regarding Trump’s January 2021 telephone call with Georgia election officials, “nobody found anything wrong with that perfect call until a book promotion tour many months later.”
Joe Biden stated on March 28, 2023 in a speech: In the U.S., “you’re not allowed to own a machine gun.”
Jared Moskowitz stated on March 26, 2023 in an interview on CNN: Former President Donald Trump “instructed all the governors to shut down” because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Ashbey Beasley stated on March 27, 2023 in a statement to the media: “Gun violence is the number one killer of children and teens — it has overtaken cars.”
Facebook posts stated on February 21, 2023 in a Facebook post: A $2 million grant for Georgia’s DeKalb County amounts to a “private takeover of election offices.”
Joe Biden stated on March 9, 2023 in a speech about his budget proposal: “More cops are killed responding to domestic violence calls than anything else.”
Nikki Haley stated on March 3, 2023 in a speech at CPAC: Democrats "want to ban gas powered cars and gas stoves.”
Donald Trump stated on February 28, 2023 in a Truth Social post: The 2020 election could not have been fair because “Los Angeles County agreed, during litigation, that there were 1.2 million ineligible voters after the election.”
Kat Cammack stated on March 2, 2023 in a speech at CPAC: The Justice Department has been “calling parents that are concerned about what their kids are being taught, they are labeling them terrorists.”
Tina Lambert stated on February 20, 2023 in a statement of purpose about a bill: Student ID cards are a “source of fraud” at the polls.
Nikki Haley stated on February 14, 2023 in an announcement video: On running against Donald Trump for president.
Facebook posts stated on February 7, 2023 in a post on Facebook: "In the month since Republicans took the House majority," they are trying to "impose a 30% tax on everything."
Rick Scott stated on February 7, 2023 in an ad: President Joe Biden “cheated on his taxes and got away with it.”
Lauren Boebert stated on February 7, 2023 in a tweet: Joe Biden closed schools during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Marjorie Taylor Greene stated on February 1, 2023 in a House committee hearing: Illinois “received $5.1 billion at an elementary school there that used it for equity and diversity.”
Rick Scott stated on January 26, 2023 in a page about elections in his Rescue America plan: Same-day voter registration "does not allow election officials to verify the validity and accuracy of voter information."
Brian Fitzpatrick stated on January 22, 2023 in an interview on Fox News Sunday: “Classified documents can never be taken out of a (sensitive compartmented information facility), ever.”
Tucker Carlson stated on January 9, 2023 in in a broadcast: The election in Brazil “was very clearly a rigged election.”
Scott Perry stated on January 8, 2023 in ABC This Week interview: "Parents that go to school board meetings" and question the curriculum are being "flagged by the Department of Justice and the FBI for attending a meeting."
Facebook posts stated on December 11, 2022 in a Facebook post: Kari Lake’s lawsuit “exposes Arizona used no signature verification.”
Bernie Sanders stated on December 11, 2022 in an interview on CNN: “We have 85 million Americans who have no health insurance.”
Kelly Loeffler stated on December 6, 2022 in a tweet: On the day of the Dec. 6 runoff, “armed groups of Black Panthers” were “reportedly patrolling certain voting locations” in Georgia.
Donald Trump stated on December 3, 2022 in a Truth Social post: “The revelation of massive & widespread fraud & deception” in the 2020 election “allows for the termination of all rules, regulations, and articles, even those found in the Constitution.”
