Latest Mostly False Fact-checks in Elections 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 June 2, 2021 in a press conference: Says Florida Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried “spent millions of dollars to put her face on every gas pump across this state.” Facebook posts stated on May 22, 2021 in a Facebook post: "21% of 140,000 ballots were found to be in error in GA.” Facebook posts stated on April 25, 2021 in a Facebook post: Caitlyn Jenner “literally killed someone 6 years ago in the streets and was released by a District Attorney.” Tim Scott stated on April 6, 2021 in a tweet: Says Georgia “has more day-of voting rights than Colorado.” Turning Point USA stated on March 27, 2021 in a video posted on Instagram: HR 1 “gives the federal government the power to establish their own committees” to take over the redistricting process. Michael MacDonald stated on March 24, 2021 in a statement: Michigan election bills are “designed to make it easier for people to vote.” Josh Holmes stated on March 28, 2021 in an interview on Fox News Sunday: A Georgia law has not “criminalized giving people bottles of water.” It pertains to political organizations. X posts stated on March 21, 2021 in a tweet: "Joe Biden forced the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina to resign after 24 people were charged with election fraud and the Mainstream Media never even batted an eyelash." Charles Schumer stated on March 24, 2021 in a Senate hearing: “Republicans recently passed a bill to eliminate early voting on Sunday” in Georgia Duey Stroebel stated on March 7, 2021 in a TV interview: "We’ve had more voter turnout since voter ID was passed than ever before." Thom Tillis stated on March 10, 2021 in a committee meeting: Says a lack of transparency for small-dollar donations is the “same thing” as dark money Facebook posts stated on March 8, 2021 in a Facebook post: Under HR 1, a person can still vote if they are 16, in the U.S. illegally, have no ID and have not registered to vote Karen Brinson Bell stated on February 25, 2021 in an appearance before a committee: Says the NC elections board “did not change state law." Donald Trump stated on February 28, 2021 in a speech at CPAC: HR 1 “automatically registers every welfare recipient to vote.” Chris Jacobs stated on January 7, 2021 in a television interview: “There were several states where outside actors dramatically changed the rules of the road, so to speak, two weeks out, one week out, on how elections would be run.” Facebook posts stated on January 7, 2021 in a Facebook post: Says left-wing activist John Sullivan “incited (the) insurgence of (the) US Capitol.” Facebook posts stated on January 5, 2021 in a video: 32,000 votes for David Perdue “disappeared” during the Georgia Senate runoff election. Josh Hawley stated on January 6, 2021 in a U.S. Senate speech: “Last year, Pennsylvania elected officials passed a whole new law that allows universal mail-in balloting, and did it irregardless of what the Pennsylvania Constitution said.” Facebook posts stated on January 5, 2021 in a Facebook post: Voting machines didn’t work in heavily GOP areas for the Georgia runoff elections, leaving some voters unable to cast ballots. Facebook posts stated on January 5, 2021 in a Facebook post: Google and Apple maps won’t give directions to Washington, D.C. because “they don’t want you going to a certain big rally.” Ted Cruz stated on January 6, 2021 in a speech on the Senate floor: “39% of Americans … 31% of independents ... 17% of Democrats believe the election was rigged." Donald Trump stated on December 2, 2020 in a speech: “No state in the country verifies United States citizenship as a condition for voting in federal elections.” Ted Nugent stated on November 17, 2020 in a Facebook post: Says “47 additional counties used the same software that caused a ‘glitch’ in Antrim County (that switched 6,000 votes from Trump to Biden in that county)” and votes in the state are “potentially fraudulent.” Facebook posts stated on November 16, 2020 in in a Live video: "Voter FRAUD exposed in Georgia. Over 2600 votes 'FOUND.'" Ben Wikler stated on November 8, 2020 in TV interview: "Across the state the rejection rate for ballots went way down” in the Nov. 3 election. Bloggers stated on November 6, 2020 in a blog post: Says Nancy Pelosi has “suspicious ties” to a voting software company that was involved in glitches that favored Joe Biden. Facebook posts stated on November 4, 2020 in a post on Facebook: Officials in Fairfax, Va., gave 100,000 Trump votes to Biden. Viral image stated on October 21, 2020 in a post on Facebook: Broken voting machines in Russellville, Ark., tried to automatically tally votes meant for Donald Trump as votes for Joe Biden. Facebook posts stated on November 2, 2020 in a Facebook post: Pennsylvania officials are “attempting to silence voters” by sending them letters that say they’ve been exposed to COVID-19 and “must remain quarantined and not vote in person on Election Day.” TikTok posts stated on September 1, 2020 in a video posted on TikTok: In Massachusetts, "anybody can go vote for anybody so long as they have their information. … They're not even checking IDs at the polling stations."
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Ron DeSantis stated on June 2, 2021 in a press conference: Says Florida Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried “spent millions of dollars to put her face on every gas pump across this state.” Facebook posts stated on May 22, 2021 in a Facebook post: "21% of 140,000 ballots were found to be in error in GA.” Facebook posts stated on April 25, 2021 in a Facebook post: Caitlyn Jenner “literally killed someone 6 years ago in the streets and was released by a District Attorney.” Tim Scott stated on April 6, 2021 in a tweet: Says Georgia “has more day-of voting rights than Colorado.” Turning Point USA stated on March 27, 2021 in a video posted on Instagram: HR 1 “gives the federal government the power to establish their own committees” to take over the redistricting process. Michael MacDonald stated on March 24, 2021 in a statement: Michigan election bills are “designed to make it easier for people to vote.” Josh Holmes stated on March 28, 2021 in an interview on Fox News Sunday: A Georgia law has not “criminalized giving people bottles of water.” It pertains to political organizations. X posts stated on March 21, 2021 in a tweet: "Joe Biden forced the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina to resign after 24 people were charged with election fraud and the Mainstream Media never even batted an eyelash." Charles Schumer stated on March 24, 2021 in a Senate hearing: “Republicans recently passed a bill to eliminate early voting on Sunday” in Georgia Duey Stroebel stated on March 7, 2021 in a TV interview: "We’ve had more voter turnout since voter ID was passed than ever before." Thom Tillis stated on March 10, 2021 in a committee meeting: Says a lack of transparency for small-dollar donations is the “same thing” as dark money Facebook posts stated on March 8, 2021 in a Facebook post: Under HR 1, a person can still vote if they are 16, in the U.S. illegally, have no ID and have not registered to vote Karen Brinson Bell stated on February 25, 2021 in an appearance before a committee: Says the NC elections board “did not change state law." Donald Trump stated on February 28, 2021 in a speech at CPAC: HR 1 “automatically registers every welfare recipient to vote.” Chris Jacobs stated on January 7, 2021 in a television interview: “There were several states where outside actors dramatically changed the rules of the road, so to speak, two weeks out, one week out, on how elections would be run.” Facebook posts stated on January 7, 2021 in a Facebook post: Says left-wing activist John Sullivan “incited (the) insurgence of (the) US Capitol.” Facebook posts stated on January 5, 2021 in a video: 32,000 votes for David Perdue “disappeared” during the Georgia Senate runoff election. Josh Hawley stated on January 6, 2021 in a U.S. Senate speech: “Last year, Pennsylvania elected officials passed a whole new law that allows universal mail-in balloting, and did it irregardless of what the Pennsylvania Constitution said.” Facebook posts stated on January 5, 2021 in a Facebook post: Voting machines didn’t work in heavily GOP areas for the Georgia runoff elections, leaving some voters unable to cast ballots. Facebook posts stated on January 5, 2021 in a Facebook post: Google and Apple maps won’t give directions to Washington, D.C. because “they don’t want you going to a certain big rally.” Ted Cruz stated on January 6, 2021 in a speech on the Senate floor: “39% of Americans … 31% of independents ... 17% of Democrats believe the election was rigged." Donald Trump stated on December 2, 2020 in a speech: “No state in the country verifies United States citizenship as a condition for voting in federal elections.” Ted Nugent stated on November 17, 2020 in a Facebook post: Says “47 additional counties used the same software that caused a ‘glitch’ in Antrim County (that switched 6,000 votes from Trump to Biden in that county)” and votes in the state are “potentially fraudulent.” Facebook posts stated on November 16, 2020 in in a Live video: "Voter FRAUD exposed in Georgia. Over 2600 votes 'FOUND.'" Ben Wikler stated on November 8, 2020 in TV interview: "Across the state the rejection rate for ballots went way down” in the Nov. 3 election. Bloggers stated on November 6, 2020 in a blog post: Says Nancy Pelosi has “suspicious ties” to a voting software company that was involved in glitches that favored Joe Biden. Facebook posts stated on November 4, 2020 in a post on Facebook: Officials in Fairfax, Va., gave 100,000 Trump votes to Biden. Viral image stated on October 21, 2020 in a post on Facebook: Broken voting machines in Russellville, Ark., tried to automatically tally votes meant for Donald Trump as votes for Joe Biden. Facebook posts stated on November 2, 2020 in a Facebook post: Pennsylvania officials are “attempting to silence voters” by sending them letters that say they’ve been exposed to COVID-19 and “must remain quarantined and not vote in person on Election Day.” TikTok posts stated on September 1, 2020 in a video posted on TikTok: In Massachusetts, "anybody can go vote for anybody so long as they have their information. … They're not even checking IDs at the polling stations."
Ron DeSantis stated on June 2, 2021 in a press conference: Says Florida Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried “spent millions of dollars to put her face on every gas pump across this state.”
Facebook posts stated on May 22, 2021 in a Facebook post: "21% of 140,000 ballots were found to be in error in GA.”
Facebook posts stated on April 25, 2021 in a Facebook post: Caitlyn Jenner “literally killed someone 6 years ago in the streets and was released by a District Attorney.”
Tim Scott stated on April 6, 2021 in a tweet: Says Georgia “has more day-of voting rights than Colorado.”
Turning Point USA stated on March 27, 2021 in a video posted on Instagram: HR 1 “gives the federal government the power to establish their own committees” to take over the redistricting process.
Michael MacDonald stated on March 24, 2021 in a statement: Michigan election bills are “designed to make it easier for people to vote.”
Josh Holmes stated on March 28, 2021 in an interview on Fox News Sunday: A Georgia law has not “criminalized giving people bottles of water.” It pertains to political organizations.
X posts stated on March 21, 2021 in a tweet: "Joe Biden forced the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina to resign after 24 people were charged with election fraud and the Mainstream Media never even batted an eyelash."
Charles Schumer stated on March 24, 2021 in a Senate hearing: “Republicans recently passed a bill to eliminate early voting on Sunday” in Georgia
Duey Stroebel stated on March 7, 2021 in a TV interview: "We’ve had more voter turnout since voter ID was passed than ever before."
Thom Tillis stated on March 10, 2021 in a committee meeting: Says a lack of transparency for small-dollar donations is the “same thing” as dark money
Facebook posts stated on March 8, 2021 in a Facebook post: Under HR 1, a person can still vote if they are 16, in the U.S. illegally, have no ID and have not registered to vote
Karen Brinson Bell stated on February 25, 2021 in an appearance before a committee: Says the NC elections board “did not change state law."
Donald Trump stated on February 28, 2021 in a speech at CPAC: HR 1 “automatically registers every welfare recipient to vote.”
Chris Jacobs stated on January 7, 2021 in a television interview: “There were several states where outside actors dramatically changed the rules of the road, so to speak, two weeks out, one week out, on how elections would be run.”
Facebook posts stated on January 7, 2021 in a Facebook post: Says left-wing activist John Sullivan “incited (the) insurgence of (the) US Capitol.”
Facebook posts stated on January 5, 2021 in a video: 32,000 votes for David Perdue “disappeared” during the Georgia Senate runoff election.
Josh Hawley stated on January 6, 2021 in a U.S. Senate speech: “Last year, Pennsylvania elected officials passed a whole new law that allows universal mail-in balloting, and did it irregardless of what the Pennsylvania Constitution said.”
Facebook posts stated on January 5, 2021 in a Facebook post: Voting machines didn’t work in heavily GOP areas for the Georgia runoff elections, leaving some voters unable to cast ballots.
Facebook posts stated on January 5, 2021 in a Facebook post: Google and Apple maps won’t give directions to Washington, D.C. because “they don’t want you going to a certain big rally.”
Ted Cruz stated on January 6, 2021 in a speech on the Senate floor: “39% of Americans … 31% of independents ... 17% of Democrats believe the election was rigged."
Donald Trump stated on December 2, 2020 in a speech: “No state in the country verifies United States citizenship as a condition for voting in federal elections.”
Ted Nugent stated on November 17, 2020 in a Facebook post: Says “47 additional counties used the same software that caused a ‘glitch’ in Antrim County (that switched 6,000 votes from Trump to Biden in that county)” and votes in the state are “potentially fraudulent.”
Facebook posts stated on November 16, 2020 in in a Live video: "Voter FRAUD exposed in Georgia. Over 2600 votes 'FOUND.'"
Ben Wikler stated on November 8, 2020 in TV interview: "Across the state the rejection rate for ballots went way down” in the Nov. 3 election.
Bloggers stated on November 6, 2020 in a blog post: Says Nancy Pelosi has “suspicious ties” to a voting software company that was involved in glitches that favored Joe Biden.
Facebook posts stated on November 4, 2020 in a post on Facebook: Officials in Fairfax, Va., gave 100,000 Trump votes to Biden.
Viral image stated on October 21, 2020 in a post on Facebook: Broken voting machines in Russellville, Ark., tried to automatically tally votes meant for Donald Trump as votes for Joe Biden.
Facebook posts stated on November 2, 2020 in a Facebook post: Pennsylvania officials are “attempting to silence voters” by sending them letters that say they’ve been exposed to COVID-19 and “must remain quarantined and not vote in person on Election Day.”
TikTok posts stated on September 1, 2020 in a video posted on TikTok: In Massachusetts, "anybody can go vote for anybody so long as they have their information. … They're not even checking IDs at the polling stations."
