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 Viral image stated on February 2, 2019 in a Facebook post: A photograph shows a younger Donald Trump posing with his parents who are in Ku Klux Klan robes. Facebook posts stated on January 28, 2019 in a Facebook post: The 1986 Challenger Space Shuttle disaster was a hoax; the crew did not die and are still alive today. Viral image stated on January 30, 2019 in a Facebook post: "15 homeless people have already been found frozen to death in Chicago." Bloggers stated on January 27, 2019 in a story: Says Nancy Pelosi spent "$497 Million on office renovations" during the government shutdown. Viral image stated on January 24, 2019 in a Facebook post: Says Planned Parenthood founder Margaret Sanger said, "Slav, Latin and Hebrew immigrants are human weeds . . . a deadweight of human waste. Blacks, soldiers and Jews are a menace to race." Facebook posts stated on January 21, 2019 in Facebook posts: "18 million illegal immigrants got their government checks this month" while federal workers remain unpaid. Facebook posts stated on January 16, 2019 in Facebook posts: U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has secured a seat on the House Financial Services Committee but her "credit score is 430 and has had two checking accounts closed, along with two sheriff's evictions." Facebook posts stated on January 16, 2019 in a Facebook post: When using an ATM, customers should "press the cancel button twice before inserting the card. If anyone has set up the keypad to steal your pin code, this will cancel that set up." Viral image stated on January 15, 2019 in a Facebook post: After the White House fast food dinner, Clemson quarterback Trevor Lawrence said the "coastal elite media" trashed it "for not being organic vegan" and that it was "a perfect blue collar party." Facebook posts stated on January 14, 2019 in a Facebook post: Say that former Clinton Foundation CEO Eric Braverman "has been missing for 70+ days." Bloggers stated on January 8, 2019 in in a story: Says new U.S. Democratic Rep. Rashida Tlaib has been linked to an "unindicted terrorist." Donald Trump stated on January 10, 2019 in a roundtable at the border: "When I say Mexico is going to pay for the wall, that's what I said. Mexico is going to pay. I didn't say they're going to write me a check for $20 billion or $10 billion." Viral image stated on January 5, 2019 in a meme: Says "the Rothschild family holds about 80 percent of the world’s total wealth" and has the ability to "literally feed, clothe and settle every man, woman and child on the planet if they wanted to." Bloggers stated on January 4, 2019 in a tweet: New U.S. Rep. Rashida Tlaib tweeted "Americans have spent decades raping and pillaging my people. What goes around comes around." Facebook posts stated on January 1, 2019 in In a Facebook post: Says Sen. Elizabeth Warren "has been on Risperdal since first being prescribed the drug in 2011." Facebook posts stated on January 3, 2019 in a Facebook post: Says law enforcement officials alerted the public to check the caps of bottled water for tampering because someone is injecting poison into them, and that a "few people already died in the Richmond area" as a result. Facebook posts stated on January 1, 2019 in a meme: Quotes Michelle Obama as saying, "White folks are what’s wrong with America." Bloggers stated on December 26, 2018 in a Facebook post: Says that "18 children died while in custody of Border Patrol" during the Obama administration. Donald Trump stated on December 26, 2018 in remarks to U.S. troops: Says troops recently received "one of the biggest pay raises" ever, and that it was the first pay increase in "more than 10 years." Bloggers stated on December 19, 2018 in a Facebook post: Quotes Winston Churchill as saying, "When Muslims are the minority they are concerned with minority rights, when they are in the majority there are no minority rights." Bloggers stated on December 19, 2018 in In a Facebook post: Says "CNN Journalist Of The Year Fired For Creating Fake News Stories," with image of CNN reporter Jim Acosta. Bloggers stated on December 18, 2018 in a Facebook post: Says "Three Muslim congresswomen just refused" to sign an oath of office to uphold the U.S. Constitution. Bloggers stated on December 18, 2018 in a Facebook post: Quotes Sen. Elizabeth Warren as saying "If women need to be raped by Muslims to prove our tolerance, so be it. Then thank goodness for Planned Parenthood." Bloggers stated on December 12, 2018 in a Facebook post: Quotes incoming U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez as saying "under capitalism, man oppresses man. Under socialism, it’s the other way around." Bloggers stated on December 11, 2018 in a Facebook post: That Donald Trump said in 1998 if he were to run for president he would run as a Republican because "They’re the dumbest group of voters in the country. They believe anything on Fox News. I could lie and they’d still eat it up. I bet my numbers would be terrific." Bloggers stated on December 13, 2018 in a Facebook post: Quotes Donald Trump as saying in 2013, "A shutdown falls on the President’s lack of leadership. He can’t even control his own party and get people together in a room. A shutdown means the president is weak." Bloggers stated on December 5, 2018 in a Facebook post: Says Hillary Clinton sold 20 percent of America’s uranium to Russia and then "the Russian government gave $145 million to the Clinton Foundation." Former FBI Director and special counsel Robert Mueller "delivered it." Bloggers stated on November 23, 2018 in a Facebook post: Says the White House nativity scene was removed by the Obamas and "is back in the White House thanks to First Lady Melania Trump." Bloggers stated on November 26, 2018 in a post on Facebook: Photo of migrant mother at U.S.-Mexico border running from tear gas with children "was a staged hoax." Bloggers stated on November 17, 2018 in a post on Facebook: Says California Gov. Jerry Brown "vetoed 2016 wildfire management bill while California burned."
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Viral image stated on February 2, 2019 in a Facebook post: A photograph shows a younger Donald Trump posing with his parents who are in Ku Klux Klan robes. Facebook posts stated on January 28, 2019 in a Facebook post: The 1986 Challenger Space Shuttle disaster was a hoax; the crew did not die and are still alive today. Viral image stated on January 30, 2019 in a Facebook post: "15 homeless people have already been found frozen to death in Chicago." Bloggers stated on January 27, 2019 in a story: Says Nancy Pelosi spent "$497 Million on office renovations" during the government shutdown. Viral image stated on January 24, 2019 in a Facebook post: Says Planned Parenthood founder Margaret Sanger said, "Slav, Latin and Hebrew immigrants are human weeds . . . a deadweight of human waste. Blacks, soldiers and Jews are a menace to race." Facebook posts stated on January 21, 2019 in Facebook posts: "18 million illegal immigrants got their government checks this month" while federal workers remain unpaid. Facebook posts stated on January 16, 2019 in Facebook posts: U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has secured a seat on the House Financial Services Committee but her "credit score is 430 and has had two checking accounts closed, along with two sheriff's evictions." Facebook posts stated on January 16, 2019 in a Facebook post: When using an ATM, customers should "press the cancel button twice before inserting the card. If anyone has set up the keypad to steal your pin code, this will cancel that set up." Viral image stated on January 15, 2019 in a Facebook post: After the White House fast food dinner, Clemson quarterback Trevor Lawrence said the "coastal elite media" trashed it "for not being organic vegan" and that it was "a perfect blue collar party." Facebook posts stated on January 14, 2019 in a Facebook post: Say that former Clinton Foundation CEO Eric Braverman "has been missing for 70+ days." Bloggers stated on January 8, 2019 in in a story: Says new U.S. Democratic Rep. Rashida Tlaib has been linked to an "unindicted terrorist." Donald Trump stated on January 10, 2019 in a roundtable at the border: "When I say Mexico is going to pay for the wall, that's what I said. Mexico is going to pay. I didn't say they're going to write me a check for $20 billion or $10 billion." Viral image stated on January 5, 2019 in a meme: Says "the Rothschild family holds about 80 percent of the world’s total wealth" and has the ability to "literally feed, clothe and settle every man, woman and child on the planet if they wanted to." Bloggers stated on January 4, 2019 in a tweet: New U.S. Rep. Rashida Tlaib tweeted "Americans have spent decades raping and pillaging my people. What goes around comes around." Facebook posts stated on January 1, 2019 in In a Facebook post: Says Sen. Elizabeth Warren "has been on Risperdal since first being prescribed the drug in 2011." Facebook posts stated on January 3, 2019 in a Facebook post: Says law enforcement officials alerted the public to check the caps of bottled water for tampering because someone is injecting poison into them, and that a "few people already died in the Richmond area" as a result. Facebook posts stated on January 1, 2019 in a meme: Quotes Michelle Obama as saying, "White folks are what’s wrong with America." Bloggers stated on December 26, 2018 in a Facebook post: Says that "18 children died while in custody of Border Patrol" during the Obama administration. Donald Trump stated on December 26, 2018 in remarks to U.S. troops: Says troops recently received "one of the biggest pay raises" ever, and that it was the first pay increase in "more than 10 years." Bloggers stated on December 19, 2018 in a Facebook post: Quotes Winston Churchill as saying, "When Muslims are the minority they are concerned with minority rights, when they are in the majority there are no minority rights." Bloggers stated on December 19, 2018 in In a Facebook post: Says "CNN Journalist Of The Year Fired For Creating Fake News Stories," with image of CNN reporter Jim Acosta. Bloggers stated on December 18, 2018 in a Facebook post: Says "Three Muslim congresswomen just refused" to sign an oath of office to uphold the U.S. Constitution. Bloggers stated on December 18, 2018 in a Facebook post: Quotes Sen. Elizabeth Warren as saying "If women need to be raped by Muslims to prove our tolerance, so be it. Then thank goodness for Planned Parenthood." Bloggers stated on December 12, 2018 in a Facebook post: Quotes incoming U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez as saying "under capitalism, man oppresses man. Under socialism, it’s the other way around." Bloggers stated on December 11, 2018 in a Facebook post: That Donald Trump said in 1998 if he were to run for president he would run as a Republican because "They’re the dumbest group of voters in the country. They believe anything on Fox News. I could lie and they’d still eat it up. I bet my numbers would be terrific." Bloggers stated on December 13, 2018 in a Facebook post: Quotes Donald Trump as saying in 2013, "A shutdown falls on the President’s lack of leadership. He can’t even control his own party and get people together in a room. A shutdown means the president is weak." Bloggers stated on December 5, 2018 in a Facebook post: Says Hillary Clinton sold 20 percent of America’s uranium to Russia and then "the Russian government gave $145 million to the Clinton Foundation." Former FBI Director and special counsel Robert Mueller "delivered it." Bloggers stated on November 23, 2018 in a Facebook post: Says the White House nativity scene was removed by the Obamas and "is back in the White House thanks to First Lady Melania Trump." Bloggers stated on November 26, 2018 in a post on Facebook: Photo of migrant mother at U.S.-Mexico border running from tear gas with children "was a staged hoax." Bloggers stated on November 17, 2018 in a post on Facebook: Says California Gov. Jerry Brown "vetoed 2016 wildfire management bill while California burned."
Viral image stated on February 2, 2019 in a Facebook post: A photograph shows a younger Donald Trump posing with his parents who are in Ku Klux Klan robes.
Facebook posts stated on January 28, 2019 in a Facebook post: The 1986 Challenger Space Shuttle disaster was a hoax; the crew did not die and are still alive today.
Viral image stated on January 30, 2019 in a Facebook post: "15 homeless people have already been found frozen to death in Chicago."
Bloggers stated on January 27, 2019 in a story: Says Nancy Pelosi spent "$497 Million on office renovations" during the government shutdown.
Viral image stated on January 24, 2019 in a Facebook post: Says Planned Parenthood founder Margaret Sanger said, "Slav, Latin and Hebrew immigrants are human weeds . . . a deadweight of human waste. Blacks, soldiers and Jews are a menace to race."
Facebook posts stated on January 21, 2019 in Facebook posts: "18 million illegal immigrants got their government checks this month" while federal workers remain unpaid.
Facebook posts stated on January 16, 2019 in Facebook posts: U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has secured a seat on the House Financial Services Committee but her "credit score is 430 and has had two checking accounts closed, along with two sheriff's evictions."
Facebook posts stated on January 16, 2019 in a Facebook post: When using an ATM, customers should "press the cancel button twice before inserting the card. If anyone has set up the keypad to steal your pin code, this will cancel that set up."
Viral image stated on January 15, 2019 in a Facebook post: After the White House fast food dinner, Clemson quarterback Trevor Lawrence said the "coastal elite media" trashed it "for not being organic vegan" and that it was "a perfect blue collar party."
Facebook posts stated on January 14, 2019 in a Facebook post: Say that former Clinton Foundation CEO Eric Braverman "has been missing for 70+ days."
Bloggers stated on January 8, 2019 in in a story: Says new U.S. Democratic Rep. Rashida Tlaib has been linked to an "unindicted terrorist."
Donald Trump stated on January 10, 2019 in a roundtable at the border: "When I say Mexico is going to pay for the wall, that's what I said. Mexico is going to pay. I didn't say they're going to write me a check for $20 billion or $10 billion."
Viral image stated on January 5, 2019 in a meme: Says "the Rothschild family holds about 80 percent of the world’s total wealth" and has the ability to "literally feed, clothe and settle every man, woman and child on the planet if they wanted to."
Bloggers stated on January 4, 2019 in a tweet: New U.S. Rep. Rashida Tlaib tweeted "Americans have spent decades raping and pillaging my people. What goes around comes around."
Facebook posts stated on January 1, 2019 in In a Facebook post: Says Sen. Elizabeth Warren "has been on Risperdal since first being prescribed the drug in 2011."
Facebook posts stated on January 3, 2019 in a Facebook post: Says law enforcement officials alerted the public to check the caps of bottled water for tampering because someone is injecting poison into them, and that a "few people already died in the Richmond area" as a result.
Facebook posts stated on January 1, 2019 in a meme: Quotes Michelle Obama as saying, "White folks are what’s wrong with America."
Bloggers stated on December 26, 2018 in a Facebook post: Says that "18 children died while in custody of Border Patrol" during the Obama administration.
Donald Trump stated on December 26, 2018 in remarks to U.S. troops: Says troops recently received "one of the biggest pay raises" ever, and that it was the first pay increase in "more than 10 years."
Bloggers stated on December 19, 2018 in a Facebook post: Quotes Winston Churchill as saying, "When Muslims are the minority they are concerned with minority rights, when they are in the majority there are no minority rights."
Bloggers stated on December 19, 2018 in In a Facebook post: Says "CNN Journalist Of The Year Fired For Creating Fake News Stories," with image of CNN reporter Jim Acosta.
Bloggers stated on December 18, 2018 in a Facebook post: Says "Three Muslim congresswomen just refused" to sign an oath of office to uphold the U.S. Constitution.
Bloggers stated on December 18, 2018 in a Facebook post: Quotes Sen. Elizabeth Warren as saying "If women need to be raped by Muslims to prove our tolerance, so be it. Then thank goodness for Planned Parenthood."
Bloggers stated on December 12, 2018 in a Facebook post: Quotes incoming U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez as saying "under capitalism, man oppresses man. Under socialism, it’s the other way around."
Bloggers stated on December 11, 2018 in a Facebook post: That Donald Trump said in 1998 if he were to run for president he would run as a Republican because "They’re the dumbest group of voters in the country. They believe anything on Fox News. I could lie and they’d still eat it up. I bet my numbers would be terrific."
Bloggers stated on December 13, 2018 in a Facebook post: Quotes Donald Trump as saying in 2013, "A shutdown falls on the President’s lack of leadership. He can’t even control his own party and get people together in a room. A shutdown means the president is weak."
Bloggers stated on December 5, 2018 in a Facebook post: Says Hillary Clinton sold 20 percent of America’s uranium to Russia and then "the Russian government gave $145 million to the Clinton Foundation." Former FBI Director and special counsel Robert Mueller "delivered it."
Bloggers stated on November 23, 2018 in a Facebook post: Says the White House nativity scene was removed by the Obamas and "is back in the White House thanks to First Lady Melania Trump."
Bloggers stated on November 26, 2018 in a post on Facebook: Photo of migrant mother at U.S.-Mexico border running from tear gas with children "was a staged hoax."
Bloggers stated on November 17, 2018 in a post on Facebook: Says California Gov. Jerry Brown "vetoed 2016 wildfire management bill while California burned."
