Latest Fact-checks by Samantha Putterman 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 Marco Rubio stated on March 3, 2024 in an interview on "Fox News Sunday": Joe Biden's executive orders meant "for the first time in American history we have a president who will not detain the people who enter this country illegally." Joe Biden stated on February 22, 2024 in in a campaign reception: If you went “anywhere in the world,” you could get a prescription filled for 40% to 60% less than it costs in the U.S. Elon Musk stated on February 16, 2024 in a post: There is “clear scientific consensus” that “hormonal birth control makes you fat, doubles risk of depression and triples risk of suicide.” Instagram posts stated on February 12, 2024 in an Instagram post: "Google proves that no one ever went to the moon.” Chris Murphy stated on February 11, 2024 in an interview: The Bipartisan Safer Communities Act led to “a 12% reduction in urban homicides in this country.” Kamala Harris stated on January 22, 2024 in a speech: “Today in America, 1 in 3 women of reproductive age live in a state with an abortion ban.” Ron DeSantis stated on January 18, 2024 in a CNN town hall in Henniker, N.H.: “Florida state government (has the) lowest number of state employees per capita in the country.” Nikki Haley stated on January 17, 2024 in a rally in Rochester, N.H.: Donald Trump “proposed when he was president” that “he wanted to raise the gas tax up to 25 cents." Donald Trump stated on January 11, 2024 in a campaign ad: “Haley’s plan cuts Social Security benefits for 82% of Americans.” Donald Trump stated on January 6, 2024 in a speech: Nikki Haley “says the retirement age at 65 is way too low, it must be much higher.” SFA Fund stated on December 28, 2023 in a campaign ad: Gov. Ron DeSantis “called China ‘Florida’s most important trading partner.’” X posts stated on December 19, 2023 in an X post: Migrants who enter the U.S. illegally get U.S. passports immediately after leaving a border processing center. TikTok posts stated on November 11, 2023 in a TikTok post: CNN and The Associated Press “admitted” to knowing about Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack in advance but didn’t tell anyone. Nikki Haley stated on November 10, 2023 in an interview: Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis “did something six months ago” akin to Nikki Haley recruiting Chinese companies to South Carolina. Vivek Ramaswamy stated on November 8, 2023 in Republican primary debate: An exemption in a new Florida law “allowed Chinese nationals to buy land within a 20-mile radius of a military base, lobbied for by one of (Gov. Ron DeSantis’) donors.” Nikki Haley stated on October 12, 2023 in a town hall in Exeter, N.H.: China is “the largest developer of neuro-strike weapons, weapons engineered to change the brain activity of military commanders and segments of the population.” Vivek Ramaswamy stated on October 13, 2023 in a speech at the First in the Nation summit in Nashua, N.H.: "95% of over-the-counter pharmaceuticals" in the U.S. come from China. Vivek Ramaswamy stated on October 18, 2023 in a press gaggle in New Hampshire: "Russia has hypersonic missile capabilities ahead of that of the U.S.” Social Media stated on October 17, 2023 in a post on X: The Wall Street Journal reported that the Oct. 17 Gaza hospital explosion was caused by an American missile. Donald Trump stated on October 7, 2023 in a news release: "Sadly, American taxpayer dollars helped fund these attacks, which many reports are saying came from the Biden administration.” Nikki Haley stated on September 22, 2023 in a speech: Joe Biden "put 20 million people on Medicaid who aren’t even eligible, then stopped states from taking them off." Ron DeSantis stated on September 29, 2023 in a speech: Six million or 7 million people have “come illegally under Biden.” Joe Biden stated on August 25, 2023 in an ad: Video shows Donald Trump believes “there has to be some form of punishment” for women who have abortions. Donald Trump stated on September 14, 2023 in an interview with Megyn Kelly: “Florida sort of had a mandate because they were giving the vaccine, they were demanding everybody take the vaccine.” Chris Christie stated on September 5, 2023 in a interview: Under Gov. Ron DeSantis, “in the last five years, spending has gone up 30%" in Florida. Facebook posts stated on August 30, 2023 in a Facebook post: A new Florida law says “a father must submit a DNA test before signing the birth certificates.” Debbie Mucarsel-Powell stated on August 22, 2023 in campaign website: Sen. Rick Scott “wants to … end Social Security and Medicare coverage.” Ron DeSantis stated on August 4, 2023 in a town hall: “We’ve eliminated critical race theory in our K through 12 schools.” Donald Trump stated on July 29, 2023 in a speech: Says Gov. Ron DeSantis “opposed my China tariffs and he heartlessly opposed” $28 billion for farm relief, which was paid for by China. Ron DeSantis stated on July 18, 2023 in an interview: “In some liberal states, you actually have post-birth abortions.”
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Marco Rubio stated on March 3, 2024 in an interview on "Fox News Sunday": Joe Biden's executive orders meant "for the first time in American history we have a president who will not detain the people who enter this country illegally." Joe Biden stated on February 22, 2024 in in a campaign reception: If you went “anywhere in the world,” you could get a prescription filled for 40% to 60% less than it costs in the U.S. Elon Musk stated on February 16, 2024 in a post: There is “clear scientific consensus” that “hormonal birth control makes you fat, doubles risk of depression and triples risk of suicide.” Instagram posts stated on February 12, 2024 in an Instagram post: "Google proves that no one ever went to the moon.” Chris Murphy stated on February 11, 2024 in an interview: The Bipartisan Safer Communities Act led to “a 12% reduction in urban homicides in this country.” Kamala Harris stated on January 22, 2024 in a speech: “Today in America, 1 in 3 women of reproductive age live in a state with an abortion ban.” Ron DeSantis stated on January 18, 2024 in a CNN town hall in Henniker, N.H.: “Florida state government (has the) lowest number of state employees per capita in the country.” Nikki Haley stated on January 17, 2024 in a rally in Rochester, N.H.: Donald Trump “proposed when he was president” that “he wanted to raise the gas tax up to 25 cents." Donald Trump stated on January 11, 2024 in a campaign ad: “Haley’s plan cuts Social Security benefits for 82% of Americans.” Donald Trump stated on January 6, 2024 in a speech: Nikki Haley “says the retirement age at 65 is way too low, it must be much higher.” SFA Fund stated on December 28, 2023 in a campaign ad: Gov. Ron DeSantis “called China ‘Florida’s most important trading partner.’” X posts stated on December 19, 2023 in an X post: Migrants who enter the U.S. illegally get U.S. passports immediately after leaving a border processing center. TikTok posts stated on November 11, 2023 in a TikTok post: CNN and The Associated Press “admitted” to knowing about Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack in advance but didn’t tell anyone. Nikki Haley stated on November 10, 2023 in an interview: Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis “did something six months ago” akin to Nikki Haley recruiting Chinese companies to South Carolina. Vivek Ramaswamy stated on November 8, 2023 in Republican primary debate: An exemption in a new Florida law “allowed Chinese nationals to buy land within a 20-mile radius of a military base, lobbied for by one of (Gov. Ron DeSantis’) donors.” Nikki Haley stated on October 12, 2023 in a town hall in Exeter, N.H.: China is “the largest developer of neuro-strike weapons, weapons engineered to change the brain activity of military commanders and segments of the population.” Vivek Ramaswamy stated on October 13, 2023 in a speech at the First in the Nation summit in Nashua, N.H.: "95% of over-the-counter pharmaceuticals" in the U.S. come from China. Vivek Ramaswamy stated on October 18, 2023 in a press gaggle in New Hampshire: "Russia has hypersonic missile capabilities ahead of that of the U.S.” Social Media stated on October 17, 2023 in a post on X: The Wall Street Journal reported that the Oct. 17 Gaza hospital explosion was caused by an American missile. Donald Trump stated on October 7, 2023 in a news release: "Sadly, American taxpayer dollars helped fund these attacks, which many reports are saying came from the Biden administration.” Nikki Haley stated on September 22, 2023 in a speech: Joe Biden "put 20 million people on Medicaid who aren’t even eligible, then stopped states from taking them off." Ron DeSantis stated on September 29, 2023 in a speech: Six million or 7 million people have “come illegally under Biden.” Joe Biden stated on August 25, 2023 in an ad: Video shows Donald Trump believes “there has to be some form of punishment” for women who have abortions. Donald Trump stated on September 14, 2023 in an interview with Megyn Kelly: “Florida sort of had a mandate because they were giving the vaccine, they were demanding everybody take the vaccine.” Chris Christie stated on September 5, 2023 in a interview: Under Gov. Ron DeSantis, “in the last five years, spending has gone up 30%" in Florida. Facebook posts stated on August 30, 2023 in a Facebook post: A new Florida law says “a father must submit a DNA test before signing the birth certificates.” Debbie Mucarsel-Powell stated on August 22, 2023 in campaign website: Sen. Rick Scott “wants to … end Social Security and Medicare coverage.” Ron DeSantis stated on August 4, 2023 in a town hall: “We’ve eliminated critical race theory in our K through 12 schools.” Donald Trump stated on July 29, 2023 in a speech: Says Gov. Ron DeSantis “opposed my China tariffs and he heartlessly opposed” $28 billion for farm relief, which was paid for by China. Ron DeSantis stated on July 18, 2023 in an interview: “In some liberal states, you actually have post-birth abortions.”
Marco Rubio stated on March 3, 2024 in an interview on "Fox News Sunday": Joe Biden's executive orders meant "for the first time in American history we have a president who will not detain the people who enter this country illegally."
Joe Biden stated on February 22, 2024 in in a campaign reception: If you went “anywhere in the world,” you could get a prescription filled for 40% to 60% less than it costs in the U.S.
Elon Musk stated on February 16, 2024 in a post: There is “clear scientific consensus” that “hormonal birth control makes you fat, doubles risk of depression and triples risk of suicide.”
Instagram posts stated on February 12, 2024 in an Instagram post: "Google proves that no one ever went to the moon.”
Chris Murphy stated on February 11, 2024 in an interview: The Bipartisan Safer Communities Act led to “a 12% reduction in urban homicides in this country.”
Kamala Harris stated on January 22, 2024 in a speech: “Today in America, 1 in 3 women of reproductive age live in a state with an abortion ban.”
Ron DeSantis stated on January 18, 2024 in a CNN town hall in Henniker, N.H.: “Florida state government (has the) lowest number of state employees per capita in the country.”
Nikki Haley stated on January 17, 2024 in a rally in Rochester, N.H.: Donald Trump “proposed when he was president” that “he wanted to raise the gas tax up to 25 cents."
Donald Trump stated on January 11, 2024 in a campaign ad: “Haley’s plan cuts Social Security benefits for 82% of Americans.”
Donald Trump stated on January 6, 2024 in a speech: Nikki Haley “says the retirement age at 65 is way too low, it must be much higher.”
SFA Fund stated on December 28, 2023 in a campaign ad: Gov. Ron DeSantis “called China ‘Florida’s most important trading partner.’”
X posts stated on December 19, 2023 in an X post: Migrants who enter the U.S. illegally get U.S. passports immediately after leaving a border processing center.
TikTok posts stated on November 11, 2023 in a TikTok post: CNN and The Associated Press “admitted” to knowing about Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack in advance but didn’t tell anyone.
Nikki Haley stated on November 10, 2023 in an interview: Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis “did something six months ago” akin to Nikki Haley recruiting Chinese companies to South Carolina.
Vivek Ramaswamy stated on November 8, 2023 in Republican primary debate: An exemption in a new Florida law “allowed Chinese nationals to buy land within a 20-mile radius of a military base, lobbied for by one of (Gov. Ron DeSantis’) donors.”
Nikki Haley stated on October 12, 2023 in a town hall in Exeter, N.H.: China is “the largest developer of neuro-strike weapons, weapons engineered to change the brain activity of military commanders and segments of the population.”
Vivek Ramaswamy stated on October 13, 2023 in a speech at the First in the Nation summit in Nashua, N.H.: "95% of over-the-counter pharmaceuticals" in the U.S. come from China.
Vivek Ramaswamy stated on October 18, 2023 in a press gaggle in New Hampshire: "Russia has hypersonic missile capabilities ahead of that of the U.S.”
Social Media stated on October 17, 2023 in a post on X: The Wall Street Journal reported that the Oct. 17 Gaza hospital explosion was caused by an American missile.
Donald Trump stated on October 7, 2023 in a news release: "Sadly, American taxpayer dollars helped fund these attacks, which many reports are saying came from the Biden administration.”
Nikki Haley stated on September 22, 2023 in a speech: Joe Biden "put 20 million people on Medicaid who aren’t even eligible, then stopped states from taking them off."
Ron DeSantis stated on September 29, 2023 in a speech: Six million or 7 million people have “come illegally under Biden.”
Joe Biden stated on August 25, 2023 in an ad: Video shows Donald Trump believes “there has to be some form of punishment” for women who have abortions.
Donald Trump stated on September 14, 2023 in an interview with Megyn Kelly: “Florida sort of had a mandate because they were giving the vaccine, they were demanding everybody take the vaccine.”
Chris Christie stated on September 5, 2023 in a interview: Under Gov. Ron DeSantis, “in the last five years, spending has gone up 30%" in Florida.
Facebook posts stated on August 30, 2023 in a Facebook post: A new Florida law says “a father must submit a DNA test before signing the birth certificates.”
Debbie Mucarsel-Powell stated on August 22, 2023 in campaign website: Sen. Rick Scott “wants to … end Social Security and Medicare coverage.”
Ron DeSantis stated on August 4, 2023 in a town hall: “We’ve eliminated critical race theory in our K through 12 schools.”
Donald Trump stated on July 29, 2023 in a speech: Says Gov. Ron DeSantis “opposed my China tariffs and he heartlessly opposed” $28 billion for farm relief, which was paid for by China.
Ron DeSantis stated on July 18, 2023 in an interview: “In some liberal states, you actually have post-birth abortions.”
