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 Chris Murphy stated on November 27, 2022 in an interview on CNN: “60% of counties in this country are refusing to implement the nation's gun laws.” League of Conservation Voters stated on November 28, 2022 in a statement on a website: Herschel Walker “is heavily funded by the oil and gas industry, raking in more than $140,000 in donations from Big Oil and other energy interests." Raphael Warnock stated on November 19, 2022 in a speech: Herschel Walker “wants a nationwide ban on abortion” and said no exceptions “not even for rape or incest or life of the mother.” Instagram posts stated on November 15, 2022 in a post: Bags arriving at the Maricopa County vote counting site are evidence of “Democrats with the help of the media and GOP establishment stealing another election.” Sunny Hostin stated on November 14, 2022 in a statement on "The View": “Republicans want to raise the voting to age 28.” Donald Trump stated on November 10, 2022 in a statement on Truth Social: In the 2018 Florida governor's race "votes were being stolen by the corrupt election process in Broward. … I sent in the FBI and the U.S. Attorneys, and the ballot theft immediately ended. … I stopped his Election from being stolen." Instagram posts stated on November 8, 2022 in an Instagram post: John Fetterman “is suing for the right to cheat and steal the election.” Donald Trump stated on October 31, 2022 in an interview: Former President Jimmy Carter said “don’t ever use” mail in ballots because “they can be so easily corrupted.” Instagram posts stated on November 2, 2022 in on social media: The U.S. “could easily count every vote in every state on election night until a few years ago.” Instagram posts stated on November 1, 2022 in an Instagram post: “Two thirds of eligible voters don’t vote.” Facebook posts stated on November 2, 2022 in a Facebook post: “Pennsylvania is under a court order to count their ballots on election day and not after!!” Donald Trump stated on October 28, 2022 in a Truth Social post: "Over 240,000 'unverified' ballots have already been sent out in Pennsylvania, a total mess. The Democrats are playing games again.” Amy Klobuchar stated on October 30, 2022 in an interview on Meet the Press: “One in six local election officials have received threats of violence” and threats against judges have doubled over four years and threats against members of Congress have increased by 10 times over five years. J.D. Vance stated on October 26, 2022 in a tweet: Rep. Tim Ryan “wanted to decriminalize fentanyl.” Ted Cruz stated on October 27, 2022 in a tweet: Only Democratic cities take “‘days’ to count their votes” while “the rest of the country manages to get it done on election night.” Instagram posts stated on October 25, 2022 in an Instagram post: The documentary “2,000 Mules proves” Democrats “cheated on the 2020 elections.” Facebook posts stated on October 18, 2022 in a post: Connecticut ballot initiative on early voting would "remove the requirement of a certified seal from certain ballots." Instagram posts stated on October 24, 2022 in an Instagram video: In Arizona, early voting would allow Kari Lake’s opponents to see how many votes they “need to fake to catch up and surpass.” Facebook posts stated on October 2, 2022 in a Facebook post: In Texas, a person can register a dead relative to vote and then cast a mail ballot in their name. Mark Finchem stated on October 9, 2022 in a rally: The Electronic Registration Information Center is “a system that’s funded by George Soros.” Mark Finchem stated on September 22, 2022 in a debate: “I don’t care for mail-in voting. That’s why I go to the polls.” Jim Marchant stated on October 8, 2022 in a rally: “President Trump and I lost an election in 2020 because of a rigged election.” Tim Ryan stated on August 24, 2022 in statements to the media: On supporting student debt relief. J.D. Vance stated on September 23, 2022 in an ad: Tim Ryan said “I do love” Nancy Pelosi and votes with Joe Biden and Pelosi 100%. Yuh-Line Niou stated on September 28, 2022 in a tweet: Sen. Marco Rubio and U.S. Rep. Ron DeSantis “voted against aid for Hurricane Sandy.” Instagram posts stated on September 21, 2022 in an Instagram post: “Breaking: Judiciary Democrats just voted to support non-citizens voting in our elections.” Mark Finchem stated on July 28, 2022 in a speech: Then-Vice President Mike Pence "seized power" from President Donald Trump and undertook "a coup" when he called on federal agencies to stop the Jan. 6 Capitol riot. Jim Marchant stated on August 9, 2022 in an interview with Steve Bannon: “Here in Nevada, the DMV registers everybody (to vote) and so that means illegals. They don’t check.” Tom Cotton stated on August 31, 2022 in a tweet: “60% of Alaska voters voted for a Republican, but thanks to a convoluted process and ballot exhaustion — which disenfranchises voters — a Democrat ‘won.’" Mark Finchem stated on August 25, 2022 in a radio show: “In Arizona, we have flood the zone with fake ballots.”
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Chris Murphy stated on November 27, 2022 in an interview on CNN: “60% of counties in this country are refusing to implement the nation's gun laws.” League of Conservation Voters stated on November 28, 2022 in a statement on a website: Herschel Walker “is heavily funded by the oil and gas industry, raking in more than $140,000 in donations from Big Oil and other energy interests." Raphael Warnock stated on November 19, 2022 in a speech: Herschel Walker “wants a nationwide ban on abortion” and said no exceptions “not even for rape or incest or life of the mother.” Instagram posts stated on November 15, 2022 in a post: Bags arriving at the Maricopa County vote counting site are evidence of “Democrats with the help of the media and GOP establishment stealing another election.” Sunny Hostin stated on November 14, 2022 in a statement on "The View": “Republicans want to raise the voting to age 28.” Donald Trump stated on November 10, 2022 in a statement on Truth Social: In the 2018 Florida governor's race "votes were being stolen by the corrupt election process in Broward. … I sent in the FBI and the U.S. Attorneys, and the ballot theft immediately ended. … I stopped his Election from being stolen." Instagram posts stated on November 8, 2022 in an Instagram post: John Fetterman “is suing for the right to cheat and steal the election.” Donald Trump stated on October 31, 2022 in an interview: Former President Jimmy Carter said “don’t ever use” mail in ballots because “they can be so easily corrupted.” Instagram posts stated on November 2, 2022 in on social media: The U.S. “could easily count every vote in every state on election night until a few years ago.” Instagram posts stated on November 1, 2022 in an Instagram post: “Two thirds of eligible voters don’t vote.” Facebook posts stated on November 2, 2022 in a Facebook post: “Pennsylvania is under a court order to count their ballots on election day and not after!!” Donald Trump stated on October 28, 2022 in a Truth Social post: "Over 240,000 'unverified' ballots have already been sent out in Pennsylvania, a total mess. The Democrats are playing games again.” Amy Klobuchar stated on October 30, 2022 in an interview on Meet the Press: “One in six local election officials have received threats of violence” and threats against judges have doubled over four years and threats against members of Congress have increased by 10 times over five years. J.D. Vance stated on October 26, 2022 in a tweet: Rep. Tim Ryan “wanted to decriminalize fentanyl.” Ted Cruz stated on October 27, 2022 in a tweet: Only Democratic cities take “‘days’ to count their votes” while “the rest of the country manages to get it done on election night.” Instagram posts stated on October 25, 2022 in an Instagram post: The documentary “2,000 Mules proves” Democrats “cheated on the 2020 elections.” Facebook posts stated on October 18, 2022 in a post: Connecticut ballot initiative on early voting would "remove the requirement of a certified seal from certain ballots." Instagram posts stated on October 24, 2022 in an Instagram video: In Arizona, early voting would allow Kari Lake’s opponents to see how many votes they “need to fake to catch up and surpass.” Facebook posts stated on October 2, 2022 in a Facebook post: In Texas, a person can register a dead relative to vote and then cast a mail ballot in their name. Mark Finchem stated on October 9, 2022 in a rally: The Electronic Registration Information Center is “a system that’s funded by George Soros.” Mark Finchem stated on September 22, 2022 in a debate: “I don’t care for mail-in voting. That’s why I go to the polls.” Jim Marchant stated on October 8, 2022 in a rally: “President Trump and I lost an election in 2020 because of a rigged election.” Tim Ryan stated on August 24, 2022 in statements to the media: On supporting student debt relief. J.D. Vance stated on September 23, 2022 in an ad: Tim Ryan said “I do love” Nancy Pelosi and votes with Joe Biden and Pelosi 100%. Yuh-Line Niou stated on September 28, 2022 in a tweet: Sen. Marco Rubio and U.S. Rep. Ron DeSantis “voted against aid for Hurricane Sandy.” Instagram posts stated on September 21, 2022 in an Instagram post: “Breaking: Judiciary Democrats just voted to support non-citizens voting in our elections.” Mark Finchem stated on July 28, 2022 in a speech: Then-Vice President Mike Pence "seized power" from President Donald Trump and undertook "a coup" when he called on federal agencies to stop the Jan. 6 Capitol riot. Jim Marchant stated on August 9, 2022 in an interview with Steve Bannon: “Here in Nevada, the DMV registers everybody (to vote) and so that means illegals. They don’t check.” Tom Cotton stated on August 31, 2022 in a tweet: “60% of Alaska voters voted for a Republican, but thanks to a convoluted process and ballot exhaustion — which disenfranchises voters — a Democrat ‘won.’" Mark Finchem stated on August 25, 2022 in a radio show: “In Arizona, we have flood the zone with fake ballots.”
Chris Murphy stated on November 27, 2022 in an interview on CNN: “60% of counties in this country are refusing to implement the nation's gun laws.”
League of Conservation Voters stated on November 28, 2022 in a statement on a website: Herschel Walker “is heavily funded by the oil and gas industry, raking in more than $140,000 in donations from Big Oil and other energy interests."
Raphael Warnock stated on November 19, 2022 in a speech: Herschel Walker “wants a nationwide ban on abortion” and said no exceptions “not even for rape or incest or life of the mother.”
Instagram posts stated on November 15, 2022 in a post: Bags arriving at the Maricopa County vote counting site are evidence of “Democrats with the help of the media and GOP establishment stealing another election.”
Sunny Hostin stated on November 14, 2022 in a statement on "The View": “Republicans want to raise the voting to age 28.”
Donald Trump stated on November 10, 2022 in a statement on Truth Social: In the 2018 Florida governor's race "votes were being stolen by the corrupt election process in Broward. … I sent in the FBI and the U.S. Attorneys, and the ballot theft immediately ended. … I stopped his Election from being stolen."
Instagram posts stated on November 8, 2022 in an Instagram post: John Fetterman “is suing for the right to cheat and steal the election.”
Donald Trump stated on October 31, 2022 in an interview: Former President Jimmy Carter said “don’t ever use” mail in ballots because “they can be so easily corrupted.”
Instagram posts stated on November 2, 2022 in on social media: The U.S. “could easily count every vote in every state on election night until a few years ago.”
Instagram posts stated on November 1, 2022 in an Instagram post: “Two thirds of eligible voters don’t vote.”
Facebook posts stated on November 2, 2022 in a Facebook post: “Pennsylvania is under a court order to count their ballots on election day and not after!!”
Donald Trump stated on October 28, 2022 in a Truth Social post: "Over 240,000 'unverified' ballots have already been sent out in Pennsylvania, a total mess. The Democrats are playing games again.”
Amy Klobuchar stated on October 30, 2022 in an interview on Meet the Press: “One in six local election officials have received threats of violence” and threats against judges have doubled over four years and threats against members of Congress have increased by 10 times over five years.
Ted Cruz stated on October 27, 2022 in a tweet: Only Democratic cities take “‘days’ to count their votes” while “the rest of the country manages to get it done on election night.”
Instagram posts stated on October 25, 2022 in an Instagram post: The documentary “2,000 Mules proves” Democrats “cheated on the 2020 elections.”
Facebook posts stated on October 18, 2022 in a post: Connecticut ballot initiative on early voting would "remove the requirement of a certified seal from certain ballots."
Instagram posts stated on October 24, 2022 in an Instagram video: In Arizona, early voting would allow Kari Lake’s opponents to see how many votes they “need to fake to catch up and surpass.”
Facebook posts stated on October 2, 2022 in a Facebook post: In Texas, a person can register a dead relative to vote and then cast a mail ballot in their name.
Mark Finchem stated on October 9, 2022 in a rally: The Electronic Registration Information Center is “a system that’s funded by George Soros.”
Mark Finchem stated on September 22, 2022 in a debate: “I don’t care for mail-in voting. That’s why I go to the polls.”
Jim Marchant stated on October 8, 2022 in a rally: “President Trump and I lost an election in 2020 because of a rigged election.”
J.D. Vance stated on September 23, 2022 in an ad: Tim Ryan said “I do love” Nancy Pelosi and votes with Joe Biden and Pelosi 100%.
Yuh-Line Niou stated on September 28, 2022 in a tweet: Sen. Marco Rubio and U.S. Rep. Ron DeSantis “voted against aid for Hurricane Sandy.”
Instagram posts stated on September 21, 2022 in an Instagram post: “Breaking: Judiciary Democrats just voted to support non-citizens voting in our elections.”
Mark Finchem stated on July 28, 2022 in a speech: Then-Vice President Mike Pence "seized power" from President Donald Trump and undertook "a coup" when he called on federal agencies to stop the Jan. 6 Capitol riot.
Jim Marchant stated on August 9, 2022 in an interview with Steve Bannon: “Here in Nevada, the DMV registers everybody (to vote) and so that means illegals. They don’t check.”
Tom Cotton stated on August 31, 2022 in a tweet: “60% of Alaska voters voted for a Republican, but thanks to a convoluted process and ballot exhaustion — which disenfranchises voters — a Democrat ‘won.’"
Mark Finchem stated on August 25, 2022 in a radio show: “In Arizona, we have flood the zone with fake ballots.”
