Latest 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 Kari Lake stated on March 13, 2022 in an interview with 60 Minutes Australia: Jan. 6 defendants “are being held in prison without being charged.” Facebook posts stated on March 3, 2022 in a Facebook post: Facebook video shows “counting Biden’s votes at 2 a.m.” Greta Neubauer stated on February 21, 2022 in Twitter: “Republican leadership has not been clear about whether they support Rep. Ramthun’s illegal and undemocratic resolution” on the 2020 election. Rick Scott stated on February 15, 2022 in a statement to reporters: "The latest with the Durham report is that the Clinton campaign … actually spied on the president of the United States.” Jesse Watters stated on February 14, 2022 in a TV segment: “Durham’s documents show that Hillary Clinton hired people who hacked into Trump’s home and office computers” and “planted evidence, fabricated evidence connecting Trump to Russia.” Mauro Garza stated on January 24, 2022 in an ad: “They call” Jan. 6 “an insurrection,” but “were FBI agents used as political agitators?" Facebook posts stated on January 31, 2022 in a Facebook post: “Pennsylvania had 2.6 million mail in votes that the court of appeals of PA held to be unconstitutional. Umm that alone means Biden lost PA.” Viral image stated on January 30, 2022 in a photo on Facebook: “Over 65% of the country believes that (the) 2020 election was fraudulent. That number was around 35% a year ago.” Donald Trump stated on January 30, 2022 in a statement given to the press: Proposed changes to the Electoral Count act show Pence had the power and “could have overturned the election!” Viral image stated on January 24, 2022 in a Facebook post: Quotes show Joseph Stalin and Joe Biden expressed similar views about counting votes. Facebook posts stated on January 26, 2022 in a Facebook post: “It begins. Wisconsin Assembly votes to remove electoral votes from Biden.” Jim Lamon stated on January 26, 2022 in an ad: The Biden-Harris administration "wants to hand out $450,000 to illegal immigrants." Mitch McConnell stated on January 19, 2022 in in a Senate hearing: The Freedom to Vote Act is “a sprawling takeover of our whole political system.” Facebook posts stated on January 7, 2022 in a Facebook video: “The Wisconsin voter roll has over 120,000 active voters who have been registered to vote for over 100 years.” Bloggers stated on January 5, 2022 in a blog post: Says Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger “to investigate himself over voter fraud.” Facebook posts stated on December 10, 2021 in a Facebook post: “Wisconsin 2020 election investigation finds more illegal votes were cast than Biden's margin of victory.” Joe Biden stated on November 3, 2021 in a news conference.: “No governor in Virginia has ever won when...he or she is the same party as the sitting president.” Project Veritas stated on November 5, 2021 in a post: A crime was committed when a New Jersey election worker allowed someone who said he was not a citizen to fill out a ballot. X posts stated on November 2, 2021 in a tweet: “Fox News went from 97% reporting to 94% in Virginia. The fraud is so blatant it's not funny anymore.” Facebook posts stated on November 3, 2021 in a Facebook post: “Trash bins discovered outside the Gloucester County Board of Elections containing blank ballots as well as bags of shredded ballots from Tuesday’s election!” Facebook posts stated on October 29, 2021 in a Facebook post: “Virginia Democrat operatives” and Terry McAuliffe campaign staffers posed as white supremacists and stood by Republican Glenn Youngkin’s bus. Bloggers stated on October 23, 2021 in a headline: “Barack Obama signals That Democrats Intend to Cheat in the Virginia Governor’s Election.” Jim Banks stated on September 16, 2021 in a letter: Says he is the "ranking member" of the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol. Heritage Action stated on October 19, 2021 in a Facebook post: The Freedom to Vote Act "automatically registers ineligible voters." Facebook posts stated on September 28, 2021 in a Facebook post: “Arizona audit” shows 86,391 voters “don’t appear to exist.” Instagram posts stated on September 25, 2021 in an Instagram post: "Maricopa County official purged machine records before audit started." Facebook posts stated on September 26, 2021 in Facebook posts: “The Arizona forensic audit found over 17,000 duplicates of votes.” Eric Toney stated on September 9, 2021 in News release: Says he “is the only candidate in the Wisconsin Attorney General race with experience as a prosecutor.” Viral image stated on September 15, 2021 in an Instagram post: Says a CNN broadcast shows “400,000 votes just disappeared” in the California recall election. Facebook posts stated on July 19, 2021 in a Facebook post: Mail-in voting requires no signature verification.
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Kari Lake stated on March 13, 2022 in an interview with 60 Minutes Australia: Jan. 6 defendants “are being held in prison without being charged.” Facebook posts stated on March 3, 2022 in a Facebook post: Facebook video shows “counting Biden’s votes at 2 a.m.” Greta Neubauer stated on February 21, 2022 in Twitter: “Republican leadership has not been clear about whether they support Rep. Ramthun’s illegal and undemocratic resolution” on the 2020 election. Rick Scott stated on February 15, 2022 in a statement to reporters: "The latest with the Durham report is that the Clinton campaign … actually spied on the president of the United States.” Jesse Watters stated on February 14, 2022 in a TV segment: “Durham’s documents show that Hillary Clinton hired people who hacked into Trump’s home and office computers” and “planted evidence, fabricated evidence connecting Trump to Russia.” Mauro Garza stated on January 24, 2022 in an ad: “They call” Jan. 6 “an insurrection,” but “were FBI agents used as political agitators?" Facebook posts stated on January 31, 2022 in a Facebook post: “Pennsylvania had 2.6 million mail in votes that the court of appeals of PA held to be unconstitutional. Umm that alone means Biden lost PA.” Viral image stated on January 30, 2022 in a photo on Facebook: “Over 65% of the country believes that (the) 2020 election was fraudulent. That number was around 35% a year ago.” Donald Trump stated on January 30, 2022 in a statement given to the press: Proposed changes to the Electoral Count act show Pence had the power and “could have overturned the election!” Viral image stated on January 24, 2022 in a Facebook post: Quotes show Joseph Stalin and Joe Biden expressed similar views about counting votes. Facebook posts stated on January 26, 2022 in a Facebook post: “It begins. Wisconsin Assembly votes to remove electoral votes from Biden.” Jim Lamon stated on January 26, 2022 in an ad: The Biden-Harris administration "wants to hand out $450,000 to illegal immigrants." Mitch McConnell stated on January 19, 2022 in in a Senate hearing: The Freedom to Vote Act is “a sprawling takeover of our whole political system.” Facebook posts stated on January 7, 2022 in a Facebook video: “The Wisconsin voter roll has over 120,000 active voters who have been registered to vote for over 100 years.” Bloggers stated on January 5, 2022 in a blog post: Says Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger “to investigate himself over voter fraud.” Facebook posts stated on December 10, 2021 in a Facebook post: “Wisconsin 2020 election investigation finds more illegal votes were cast than Biden's margin of victory.” Joe Biden stated on November 3, 2021 in a news conference.: “No governor in Virginia has ever won when...he or she is the same party as the sitting president.” Project Veritas stated on November 5, 2021 in a post: A crime was committed when a New Jersey election worker allowed someone who said he was not a citizen to fill out a ballot. X posts stated on November 2, 2021 in a tweet: “Fox News went from 97% reporting to 94% in Virginia. The fraud is so blatant it's not funny anymore.” Facebook posts stated on November 3, 2021 in a Facebook post: “Trash bins discovered outside the Gloucester County Board of Elections containing blank ballots as well as bags of shredded ballots from Tuesday’s election!” Facebook posts stated on October 29, 2021 in a Facebook post: “Virginia Democrat operatives” and Terry McAuliffe campaign staffers posed as white supremacists and stood by Republican Glenn Youngkin’s bus. Bloggers stated on October 23, 2021 in a headline: “Barack Obama signals That Democrats Intend to Cheat in the Virginia Governor’s Election.” Jim Banks stated on September 16, 2021 in a letter: Says he is the "ranking member" of the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol. Heritage Action stated on October 19, 2021 in a Facebook post: The Freedom to Vote Act "automatically registers ineligible voters." Facebook posts stated on September 28, 2021 in a Facebook post: “Arizona audit” shows 86,391 voters “don’t appear to exist.” Instagram posts stated on September 25, 2021 in an Instagram post: "Maricopa County official purged machine records before audit started." Facebook posts stated on September 26, 2021 in Facebook posts: “The Arizona forensic audit found over 17,000 duplicates of votes.” Eric Toney stated on September 9, 2021 in News release: Says he “is the only candidate in the Wisconsin Attorney General race with experience as a prosecutor.” Viral image stated on September 15, 2021 in an Instagram post: Says a CNN broadcast shows “400,000 votes just disappeared” in the California recall election. Facebook posts stated on July 19, 2021 in a Facebook post: Mail-in voting requires no signature verification.
Kari Lake stated on March 13, 2022 in an interview with 60 Minutes Australia: Jan. 6 defendants “are being held in prison without being charged.”
Facebook posts stated on March 3, 2022 in a Facebook post: Facebook video shows “counting Biden’s votes at 2 a.m.”
Greta Neubauer stated on February 21, 2022 in Twitter: “Republican leadership has not been clear about whether they support Rep. Ramthun’s illegal and undemocratic resolution” on the 2020 election.
Rick Scott stated on February 15, 2022 in a statement to reporters: "The latest with the Durham report is that the Clinton campaign … actually spied on the president of the United States.”
Jesse Watters stated on February 14, 2022 in a TV segment: “Durham’s documents show that Hillary Clinton hired people who hacked into Trump’s home and office computers” and “planted evidence, fabricated evidence connecting Trump to Russia.”
Mauro Garza stated on January 24, 2022 in an ad: “They call” Jan. 6 “an insurrection,” but “were FBI agents used as political agitators?"
Facebook posts stated on January 31, 2022 in a Facebook post: “Pennsylvania had 2.6 million mail in votes that the court of appeals of PA held to be unconstitutional. Umm that alone means Biden lost PA.”
Viral image stated on January 30, 2022 in a photo on Facebook: “Over 65% of the country believes that (the) 2020 election was fraudulent. That number was around 35% a year ago.”
Donald Trump stated on January 30, 2022 in a statement given to the press: Proposed changes to the Electoral Count act show Pence had the power and “could have overturned the election!”
Viral image stated on January 24, 2022 in a Facebook post: Quotes show Joseph Stalin and Joe Biden expressed similar views about counting votes.
Facebook posts stated on January 26, 2022 in a Facebook post: “It begins. Wisconsin Assembly votes to remove electoral votes from Biden.”
Jim Lamon stated on January 26, 2022 in an ad: The Biden-Harris administration "wants to hand out $450,000 to illegal immigrants."
Mitch McConnell stated on January 19, 2022 in in a Senate hearing: The Freedom to Vote Act is “a sprawling takeover of our whole political system.”
Facebook posts stated on January 7, 2022 in a Facebook video: “The Wisconsin voter roll has over 120,000 active voters who have been registered to vote for over 100 years.”
Bloggers stated on January 5, 2022 in a blog post: Says Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger “to investigate himself over voter fraud.”
Facebook posts stated on December 10, 2021 in a Facebook post: “Wisconsin 2020 election investigation finds more illegal votes were cast than Biden's margin of victory.”
Joe Biden stated on November 3, 2021 in a news conference.: “No governor in Virginia has ever won when...he or she is the same party as the sitting president.”
Project Veritas stated on November 5, 2021 in a post: A crime was committed when a New Jersey election worker allowed someone who said he was not a citizen to fill out a ballot.
X posts stated on November 2, 2021 in a tweet: “Fox News went from 97% reporting to 94% in Virginia. The fraud is so blatant it's not funny anymore.”
Facebook posts stated on November 3, 2021 in a Facebook post: “Trash bins discovered outside the Gloucester County Board of Elections containing blank ballots as well as bags of shredded ballots from Tuesday’s election!”
Facebook posts stated on October 29, 2021 in a Facebook post: “Virginia Democrat operatives” and Terry McAuliffe campaign staffers posed as white supremacists and stood by Republican Glenn Youngkin’s bus.
Bloggers stated on October 23, 2021 in a headline: “Barack Obama signals That Democrats Intend to Cheat in the Virginia Governor’s Election.”
Jim Banks stated on September 16, 2021 in a letter: Says he is the "ranking member" of the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol.
Heritage Action stated on October 19, 2021 in a Facebook post: The Freedom to Vote Act "automatically registers ineligible voters."
Facebook posts stated on September 28, 2021 in a Facebook post: “Arizona audit” shows 86,391 voters “don’t appear to exist.”
Instagram posts stated on September 25, 2021 in an Instagram post: "Maricopa County official purged machine records before audit started."
Facebook posts stated on September 26, 2021 in Facebook posts: “The Arizona forensic audit found over 17,000 duplicates of votes.”
Eric Toney stated on September 9, 2021 in News release: Says he “is the only candidate in the Wisconsin Attorney General race with experience as a prosecutor.”
Viral image stated on September 15, 2021 in an Instagram post: Says a CNN broadcast shows “400,000 votes just disappeared” in the California recall election.
Facebook posts stated on July 19, 2021 in a Facebook post: Mail-in voting requires no signature verification.
