Latest Mostly False Fact-checks in Legal Issues 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 National Association for Gun Rights dicho el Marzo 1, 2021 en a Facebook post: "Marco Rubio's 'red flag' gun confiscation bill" calls for guns to be confiscated "without due process, based on unsubstantiated accusations." Josh Hawley dicho el Enero 6, 2021 en 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.” Donald Trump dicho el Septiembre 29, 2020 en the first 2020 presidential debate: President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden “left me 128 judges to fill. You just don’t do that.” Howard Marklein dicho el Agosto 25, 2020 en News release: Says Gov. Tony Evers and Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes, after police shooting of Jacob Blake, "did not call for peace. They did not encourage calm. Charles Schumer dicho el Julio 28, 2020 en an MSNBC interview: “You know what’s in this bill? No medical malpractice suits until 2024, even if they’re not COVID related.” Facebook posts dicho el Junio 29, 2020 en a Facebook post: The longest filibuster in U.S. history was 75 days and “took place in 1964, when Democrats tried to block the Civil Rights Act.” Glenn Grothman dicho el Junio 16, 2020 en a tweet: Says as a state lawmaker a bill he sponsored would have made “it easier to get rid of bad cops” Instagram posts dicho el Marzo 17, 2020 en social media posts: “While all COVID-19 news has been going on, the U.S. Government has been sneakily trying to remove end-to-end encryption” which means “the government will be able to see all of your messages and listen to all of your calls.” Daniel Kelly dicho el Marzo 3, 2020 en campaign email: Says rival Jill Karofsky wants "to disarm law abiding citizens." Daniel Kelly dicho el Marzo 8, 2020 en a TV interview: Says a Marquette professor called him a "maverick" and found no correlation between his opinions and conservative background. Amy Klobuchar dicho el Febrero 25, 2020 en a debate: “While we are all sitting here debating, Wisconsin has kicked hundreds of thousands of people off of their voting rolls.” Viral image dicho el Enero 11, 2018 en a Facebook post: "Donald Trump sued the City of Palm Beach when he bought a segregated club, Mar A Lago, to open it to Jews & Blacks." William Barr dicho el Diciembre 9, 2019 en a statement: "The Inspector General’s report now makes clear that the FBI launched an intrusive investigation of a U.S. presidential campaign on the thinnest of suspicions." Robin Vos dicho el Noviembre 10, 2019 en a TV interview: On red-flag laws says, "What (Democrats) wanted to do was say, ‘I think you might do something, so I’m going to take away your gun and make you prove you wouldn’t do it." Viral image dicho el Octubre 20, 2019 en a Facebook post: "Trump is now suing CNN over ‘pro-impeachment bias’ and he demands a ‘substantial payment.’" Elizabeth Warren dicho el Octubre 10, 2019 en a Facebook ad: "If Trump tries to lie in a TV ad, most networks will refuse to air it. But Facebook just cashes Trump’s checks." Wayne Messam dicho el Mayo 16, 2019 en campaign website: In Florida, "it’s illegal for mayors to even bring up gun reform for discussion." Tom Cotton dicho el Noviembre 16, 2018 en a tweet: "There have been no hearings" on a criminal justice bill being considered in the Senate. Tony Evers dicho el Septiembre 26, 2018 en a campaign ad: "Under Scott Walker, the Department of Corrections has only 18 people tracking 25,000 sex offenders" and "there are nearly 3,000 sex offenders that are unaccounted for." Steve West dicho el Septiembre 27, 2018 en a page on his campaign website: "PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANIES that manufacture vaccines have IMMUNITY FROM PROSECUTION!" Donald Trump dicho el Septiembre 3, 2018 en in a tweet: "Two long running, Obama era, investigations of two very popular Republican Congressmen were brought to a well publicized charge, just ahead of the Mid-Terms, by the Jeff Sessions Justice Department." Brad Schimel dicho el Agosto 12, 2018 en a video: "We need an ID" to "buy a beer." Josh Hawley dicho el Agosto 7, 2018 en a speech: "I am the only (state attorney general) in America fighting to hold the big tech companies accountable for their behavior." Richard Cordray dicho el Julio 25, 2018 en a Facebook ad: "Education Secretary Betsy DeVos owes Ohio $5.3 million for campaign finance violations and Mike DeWine's office refuses to collect the fine." Donald Trump dicho el Julio 31, 2018 en a tweet: "Collusion is not a crime." Matt Flynn dicho el Abril 12, 2018 en a TV interview: Says Foxconn "is under investigation in mainland China for securities fraud, environmental fraud and labor fraud." Jeff Greene dicho el Julio 10, 2018 en TV ad: "Every time Trump comes here to play golf, Florida taxpayers are paying for it. ... Jeff Greene will put a stop to that day 1." Kelda Helen Roys dicho el Julio 19, 2018 en a TV ad: "In Wisconsin, abortion is still a crime." Chris Murphy dicho el Julio 9, 2018 en a tweet: On assault weapons, Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh’s position is "way out of the judicial mainstream, far to the right of even late Justice Scalia." Ted Cruz dicho el Junio 11, 2018 en an interview aired on "Think," produced by KERA radio in Dallas: "There’s actually a court order that prevents keeping the kids with the parents when you put the parents in jail."
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National Association for Gun Rights dicho el Marzo 1, 2021 en a Facebook post: "Marco Rubio's 'red flag' gun confiscation bill" calls for guns to be confiscated "without due process, based on unsubstantiated accusations." Josh Hawley dicho el Enero 6, 2021 en 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.” Donald Trump dicho el Septiembre 29, 2020 en the first 2020 presidential debate: President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden “left me 128 judges to fill. You just don’t do that.” Howard Marklein dicho el Agosto 25, 2020 en News release: Says Gov. Tony Evers and Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes, after police shooting of Jacob Blake, "did not call for peace. They did not encourage calm. Charles Schumer dicho el Julio 28, 2020 en an MSNBC interview: “You know what’s in this bill? No medical malpractice suits until 2024, even if they’re not COVID related.” Facebook posts dicho el Junio 29, 2020 en a Facebook post: The longest filibuster in U.S. history was 75 days and “took place in 1964, when Democrats tried to block the Civil Rights Act.” Glenn Grothman dicho el Junio 16, 2020 en a tweet: Says as a state lawmaker a bill he sponsored would have made “it easier to get rid of bad cops” Instagram posts dicho el Marzo 17, 2020 en social media posts: “While all COVID-19 news has been going on, the U.S. Government has been sneakily trying to remove end-to-end encryption” which means “the government will be able to see all of your messages and listen to all of your calls.” Daniel Kelly dicho el Marzo 3, 2020 en campaign email: Says rival Jill Karofsky wants "to disarm law abiding citizens." Daniel Kelly dicho el Marzo 8, 2020 en a TV interview: Says a Marquette professor called him a "maverick" and found no correlation between his opinions and conservative background. Amy Klobuchar dicho el Febrero 25, 2020 en a debate: “While we are all sitting here debating, Wisconsin has kicked hundreds of thousands of people off of their voting rolls.” Viral image dicho el Enero 11, 2018 en a Facebook post: "Donald Trump sued the City of Palm Beach when he bought a segregated club, Mar A Lago, to open it to Jews & Blacks." William Barr dicho el Diciembre 9, 2019 en a statement: "The Inspector General’s report now makes clear that the FBI launched an intrusive investigation of a U.S. presidential campaign on the thinnest of suspicions." Robin Vos dicho el Noviembre 10, 2019 en a TV interview: On red-flag laws says, "What (Democrats) wanted to do was say, ‘I think you might do something, so I’m going to take away your gun and make you prove you wouldn’t do it." Viral image dicho el Octubre 20, 2019 en a Facebook post: "Trump is now suing CNN over ‘pro-impeachment bias’ and he demands a ‘substantial payment.’" Elizabeth Warren dicho el Octubre 10, 2019 en a Facebook ad: "If Trump tries to lie in a TV ad, most networks will refuse to air it. But Facebook just cashes Trump’s checks." Wayne Messam dicho el Mayo 16, 2019 en campaign website: In Florida, "it’s illegal for mayors to even bring up gun reform for discussion." Tom Cotton dicho el Noviembre 16, 2018 en a tweet: "There have been no hearings" on a criminal justice bill being considered in the Senate. Tony Evers dicho el Septiembre 26, 2018 en a campaign ad: "Under Scott Walker, the Department of Corrections has only 18 people tracking 25,000 sex offenders" and "there are nearly 3,000 sex offenders that are unaccounted for." Steve West dicho el Septiembre 27, 2018 en a page on his campaign website: "PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANIES that manufacture vaccines have IMMUNITY FROM PROSECUTION!" Donald Trump dicho el Septiembre 3, 2018 en in a tweet: "Two long running, Obama era, investigations of two very popular Republican Congressmen were brought to a well publicized charge, just ahead of the Mid-Terms, by the Jeff Sessions Justice Department." Brad Schimel dicho el Agosto 12, 2018 en a video: "We need an ID" to "buy a beer." Josh Hawley dicho el Agosto 7, 2018 en a speech: "I am the only (state attorney general) in America fighting to hold the big tech companies accountable for their behavior." Richard Cordray dicho el Julio 25, 2018 en a Facebook ad: "Education Secretary Betsy DeVos owes Ohio $5.3 million for campaign finance violations and Mike DeWine's office refuses to collect the fine." Donald Trump dicho el Julio 31, 2018 en a tweet: "Collusion is not a crime." Matt Flynn dicho el Abril 12, 2018 en a TV interview: Says Foxconn "is under investigation in mainland China for securities fraud, environmental fraud and labor fraud." Jeff Greene dicho el Julio 10, 2018 en TV ad: "Every time Trump comes here to play golf, Florida taxpayers are paying for it. ... Jeff Greene will put a stop to that day 1." Kelda Helen Roys dicho el Julio 19, 2018 en a TV ad: "In Wisconsin, abortion is still a crime." Chris Murphy dicho el Julio 9, 2018 en a tweet: On assault weapons, Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh’s position is "way out of the judicial mainstream, far to the right of even late Justice Scalia." Ted Cruz dicho el Junio 11, 2018 en an interview aired on "Think," produced by KERA radio in Dallas: "There’s actually a court order that prevents keeping the kids with the parents when you put the parents in jail."
National Association for Gun Rights dicho el Marzo 1, 2021 en a Facebook post: "Marco Rubio's 'red flag' gun confiscation bill" calls for guns to be confiscated "without due process, based on unsubstantiated accusations."
Josh Hawley dicho el Enero 6, 2021 en 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.”
Donald Trump dicho el Septiembre 29, 2020 en the first 2020 presidential debate: President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden “left me 128 judges to fill. You just don’t do that.”
Howard Marklein dicho el Agosto 25, 2020 en News release: Says Gov. Tony Evers and Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes, after police shooting of Jacob Blake, "did not call for peace. They did not encourage calm.
Charles Schumer dicho el Julio 28, 2020 en an MSNBC interview: “You know what’s in this bill? No medical malpractice suits until 2024, even if they’re not COVID related.”
Facebook posts dicho el Junio 29, 2020 en a Facebook post: The longest filibuster in U.S. history was 75 days and “took place in 1964, when Democrats tried to block the Civil Rights Act.”
Glenn Grothman dicho el Junio 16, 2020 en a tweet: Says as a state lawmaker a bill he sponsored would have made “it easier to get rid of bad cops”
Instagram posts dicho el Marzo 17, 2020 en social media posts: “While all COVID-19 news has been going on, the U.S. Government has been sneakily trying to remove end-to-end encryption” which means “the government will be able to see all of your messages and listen to all of your calls.”
Daniel Kelly dicho el Marzo 3, 2020 en campaign email: Says rival Jill Karofsky wants "to disarm law abiding citizens."
Daniel Kelly dicho el Marzo 8, 2020 en a TV interview: Says a Marquette professor called him a "maverick" and found no correlation between his opinions and conservative background.
Amy Klobuchar dicho el Febrero 25, 2020 en a debate: “While we are all sitting here debating, Wisconsin has kicked hundreds of thousands of people off of their voting rolls.”
Viral image dicho el Enero 11, 2018 en a Facebook post: "Donald Trump sued the City of Palm Beach when he bought a segregated club, Mar A Lago, to open it to Jews & Blacks."
William Barr dicho el Diciembre 9, 2019 en a statement: "The Inspector General’s report now makes clear that the FBI launched an intrusive investigation of a U.S. presidential campaign on the thinnest of suspicions."
Robin Vos dicho el Noviembre 10, 2019 en a TV interview: On red-flag laws says, "What (Democrats) wanted to do was say, ‘I think you might do something, so I’m going to take away your gun and make you prove you wouldn’t do it."
Viral image dicho el Octubre 20, 2019 en a Facebook post: "Trump is now suing CNN over ‘pro-impeachment bias’ and he demands a ‘substantial payment.’"
Elizabeth Warren dicho el Octubre 10, 2019 en a Facebook ad: "If Trump tries to lie in a TV ad, most networks will refuse to air it. But Facebook just cashes Trump’s checks."
Wayne Messam dicho el Mayo 16, 2019 en campaign website: In Florida, "it’s illegal for mayors to even bring up gun reform for discussion."
Tom Cotton dicho el Noviembre 16, 2018 en a tweet: "There have been no hearings" on a criminal justice bill being considered in the Senate.
Tony Evers dicho el Septiembre 26, 2018 en a campaign ad: "Under Scott Walker, the Department of Corrections has only 18 people tracking 25,000 sex offenders" and "there are nearly 3,000 sex offenders that are unaccounted for."
Steve West dicho el Septiembre 27, 2018 en a page on his campaign website: "PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANIES that manufacture vaccines have IMMUNITY FROM PROSECUTION!"
Donald Trump dicho el Septiembre 3, 2018 en in a tweet: "Two long running, Obama era, investigations of two very popular Republican Congressmen were brought to a well publicized charge, just ahead of the Mid-Terms, by the Jeff Sessions Justice Department."
Josh Hawley dicho el Agosto 7, 2018 en a speech: "I am the only (state attorney general) in America fighting to hold the big tech companies accountable for their behavior."
Richard Cordray dicho el Julio 25, 2018 en a Facebook ad: "Education Secretary Betsy DeVos owes Ohio $5.3 million for campaign finance violations and Mike DeWine's office refuses to collect the fine."
Matt Flynn dicho el Abril 12, 2018 en a TV interview: Says Foxconn "is under investigation in mainland China for securities fraud, environmental fraud and labor fraud."
Jeff Greene dicho el Julio 10, 2018 en TV ad: "Every time Trump comes here to play golf, Florida taxpayers are paying for it. ... Jeff Greene will put a stop to that day 1."
Chris Murphy dicho el Julio 9, 2018 en a tweet: On assault weapons, Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh’s position is "way out of the judicial mainstream, far to the right of even late Justice Scalia."
Ted Cruz dicho el Junio 11, 2018 en an interview aired on "Think," produced by KERA radio in Dallas: "There’s actually a court order that prevents keeping the kids with the parents when you put the parents in jail."
