Latest False Fact-checks 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 Republican Party of Wisconsin stated on July 7, 2020 in a tweet: Says “Democratic Mayors in some of Wisconsin's largest cities closed voting locations in April to cause chaos.” Facebook posts stated on July 4, 2020 in a Facebook post: Quotes Dr. Denis Mukwege as saying he resigned from the Congolese coronavirus response team because he was ordered to fabricate COVID-19 case and death numbers. Facebook posts stated on July 6, 2020 in a Facebook post: Says Amber Alerts are issued for white kids "but not Black kids in Milwaukee." Facebook posts stated on July 9, 2020 in a Facebook post: “The CDC may have to stop calling COVID-19 an ‘epidemic’ due to a remarkably low death rate.” John Cornyn stated on July 9, 2020 in an interview: Says “no one under the age of 20 has died of the coronavirus. We still don’t know whether children can get it and transmit it to others.” Melissa Melendez stated on July 9, 2020 in a tweet: “There is no science or data to suggest that kids are at risk from COVID.” Ken Zarifis stated on July 8, 2020 in a press conference: Says Texas Education Agency Commissioner Mike Morath is requiring teachers to return to classrooms while “he has closed his offices at TEA through January.” Dan Forest stated on July 4, 2020 in an interview: Multiple studies “all said for decades, masks do not work with viruses.” Jim Bognet stated on June 12, 2020 in a press release: U.S. Rep. Matt “Cartwright proposes to defund the Wilkes-Barre police.” Facebook posts stated on July 6, 2020 in a Facebook post: Federal officials confirmed that the CDC “sent states tainted lab test kits in early February that were themselves seeded with the virus.” Viral image stated on September 3, 2017 in a Facebook post: Says Kansas City Chiefs CEO Clark Hunt said, “You will stand, with your hand over your heart and with respect, when our country’s national anthem is being played or you will no longer be a Kansas City Chief.” Facebook posts stated on June 24, 2020 in a Facebook post: “For the first time, the Honor Guard soldiers that march at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Arlington Cemetery have been issued live ammunition.” Facebook posts stated on July 2, 2020 in a meme: People carrying guns can’t wear face masks to protect against the coronavirus because it’s a “class 4 felony.” National Republican Senatorial Committee stated on July 6, 2020 in website profiteeringpeters.com: Says Gary Peters "fought against funding for the VA, veterans housing programs, military pay raises, and health care and research for veterans and their families. He also fought against funding for processing veterans’ disability claims.” Brian Kilmeade stated on July 2, 2020 in an episode of "Fox & Friends": The President’s Daily Brief “is like a mini novel.” Facebook posts stated on June 30, 2020 in a Facebook post: New York state “hospitals reporting thousands of fungus lung infections due to wearing a mask!!” Donald Trump stated on July 4, 2020 in a Fourth of July speech: Says 99% of COVID-19 cases “are totally harmless.” Facebook posts stated on July 2, 2020 in a Facebook post: “People are starting to enter ERs with fungal lung infections from wearing masks!!" Facebook posts stated on July 5, 2020 in a Facebook post: Says Melania Trump’s dress at Mount Rushmore speech was designed from “drawings of several young victims of sex trafficking.” Greg Murphy stated on June 23, 2020 in a Facebook post: A study “showed that over 1 million people in North Carolina have now been exposed to the virus.” Facebook posts stated on July 2, 2020 in a Facebook post: “The national coin shortage was done intentionally, the Mint is no longer releasing coins into circulation aka this is the beginning of the end of paper money.” Tim Carpenter stated on May 23, 2020 in Twitter: Republicans didn't "increase state funding for nursing homes in the last budget." Ron DeSantis stated on June 26, 2020 in a press conference: "I would do press events in May, I would never be asked about coronavirus.'' Illinois Rising Action stated on June 23, 2020 in a TV ad: “While voters were distracted, (Gov. J.B.) Pritzker gave huge pay raises to his politician buddies.” Facebook posts stated on June 27, 2020 in a screenshot: Nurses submitting coronavirus tests say they all are coming back positive. Facebook posts stated on June 29, 2020 in a Facebook post: “Oklahoma 100% coronavirus test rate after Trump Tulsa rally.” Chris Kapenga stated on June 29, 2020 in a TV interview: “The (COVID-19) cases are going up, but it's because the testing is going up.” Viral image stated on June 17, 2020 in a Facebook post: “Four kids who took the coronavirus vaccine died immediately.” Viral image stated on June 26, 2020 in a Facebook post: A Denver International Airport mural of people wearing masks was painted in 1994. Facebook posts stated on June 30, 2020 in a post on Facebook: An image from the St. Louis protest is “what MSM (mainstream media) won’t show you. Peaceful demonstrator pointing weapon at homeowner.”
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Republican Party of Wisconsin stated on July 7, 2020 in a tweet: Says “Democratic Mayors in some of Wisconsin's largest cities closed voting locations in April to cause chaos.” Facebook posts stated on July 4, 2020 in a Facebook post: Quotes Dr. Denis Mukwege as saying he resigned from the Congolese coronavirus response team because he was ordered to fabricate COVID-19 case and death numbers. Facebook posts stated on July 6, 2020 in a Facebook post: Says Amber Alerts are issued for white kids "but not Black kids in Milwaukee." Facebook posts stated on July 9, 2020 in a Facebook post: “The CDC may have to stop calling COVID-19 an ‘epidemic’ due to a remarkably low death rate.” John Cornyn stated on July 9, 2020 in an interview: Says “no one under the age of 20 has died of the coronavirus. We still don’t know whether children can get it and transmit it to others.” Melissa Melendez stated on July 9, 2020 in a tweet: “There is no science or data to suggest that kids are at risk from COVID.” Ken Zarifis stated on July 8, 2020 in a press conference: Says Texas Education Agency Commissioner Mike Morath is requiring teachers to return to classrooms while “he has closed his offices at TEA through January.” Dan Forest stated on July 4, 2020 in an interview: Multiple studies “all said for decades, masks do not work with viruses.” Jim Bognet stated on June 12, 2020 in a press release: U.S. Rep. Matt “Cartwright proposes to defund the Wilkes-Barre police.” Facebook posts stated on July 6, 2020 in a Facebook post: Federal officials confirmed that the CDC “sent states tainted lab test kits in early February that were themselves seeded with the virus.” Viral image stated on September 3, 2017 in a Facebook post: Says Kansas City Chiefs CEO Clark Hunt said, “You will stand, with your hand over your heart and with respect, when our country’s national anthem is being played or you will no longer be a Kansas City Chief.” Facebook posts stated on June 24, 2020 in a Facebook post: “For the first time, the Honor Guard soldiers that march at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Arlington Cemetery have been issued live ammunition.” Facebook posts stated on July 2, 2020 in a meme: People carrying guns can’t wear face masks to protect against the coronavirus because it’s a “class 4 felony.” National Republican Senatorial Committee stated on July 6, 2020 in website profiteeringpeters.com: Says Gary Peters "fought against funding for the VA, veterans housing programs, military pay raises, and health care and research for veterans and their families. He also fought against funding for processing veterans’ disability claims.” Brian Kilmeade stated on July 2, 2020 in an episode of "Fox & Friends": The President’s Daily Brief “is like a mini novel.” Facebook posts stated on June 30, 2020 in a Facebook post: New York state “hospitals reporting thousands of fungus lung infections due to wearing a mask!!” Donald Trump stated on July 4, 2020 in a Fourth of July speech: Says 99% of COVID-19 cases “are totally harmless.” Facebook posts stated on July 2, 2020 in a Facebook post: “People are starting to enter ERs with fungal lung infections from wearing masks!!" Facebook posts stated on July 5, 2020 in a Facebook post: Says Melania Trump’s dress at Mount Rushmore speech was designed from “drawings of several young victims of sex trafficking.” Greg Murphy stated on June 23, 2020 in a Facebook post: A study “showed that over 1 million people in North Carolina have now been exposed to the virus.” Facebook posts stated on July 2, 2020 in a Facebook post: “The national coin shortage was done intentionally, the Mint is no longer releasing coins into circulation aka this is the beginning of the end of paper money.” Tim Carpenter stated on May 23, 2020 in Twitter: Republicans didn't "increase state funding for nursing homes in the last budget." Ron DeSantis stated on June 26, 2020 in a press conference: "I would do press events in May, I would never be asked about coronavirus.'' Illinois Rising Action stated on June 23, 2020 in a TV ad: “While voters were distracted, (Gov. J.B.) Pritzker gave huge pay raises to his politician buddies.” Facebook posts stated on June 27, 2020 in a screenshot: Nurses submitting coronavirus tests say they all are coming back positive. Facebook posts stated on June 29, 2020 in a Facebook post: “Oklahoma 100% coronavirus test rate after Trump Tulsa rally.” Chris Kapenga stated on June 29, 2020 in a TV interview: “The (COVID-19) cases are going up, but it's because the testing is going up.” Viral image stated on June 17, 2020 in a Facebook post: “Four kids who took the coronavirus vaccine died immediately.” Viral image stated on June 26, 2020 in a Facebook post: A Denver International Airport mural of people wearing masks was painted in 1994. Facebook posts stated on June 30, 2020 in a post on Facebook: An image from the St. Louis protest is “what MSM (mainstream media) won’t show you. Peaceful demonstrator pointing weapon at homeowner.”
Republican Party of Wisconsin stated on July 7, 2020 in a tweet: Says “Democratic Mayors in some of Wisconsin's largest cities closed voting locations in April to cause chaos.”
Facebook posts stated on July 4, 2020 in a Facebook post: Quotes Dr. Denis Mukwege as saying he resigned from the Congolese coronavirus response team because he was ordered to fabricate COVID-19 case and death numbers.
Facebook posts stated on July 6, 2020 in a Facebook post: Says Amber Alerts are issued for white kids "but not Black kids in Milwaukee."
Facebook posts stated on July 9, 2020 in a Facebook post: “The CDC may have to stop calling COVID-19 an ‘epidemic’ due to a remarkably low death rate.”
John Cornyn stated on July 9, 2020 in an interview: Says “no one under the age of 20 has died of the coronavirus. We still don’t know whether children can get it and transmit it to others.”
Melissa Melendez stated on July 9, 2020 in a tweet: “There is no science or data to suggest that kids are at risk from COVID.”
Ken Zarifis stated on July 8, 2020 in a press conference: Says Texas Education Agency Commissioner Mike Morath is requiring teachers to return to classrooms while “he has closed his offices at TEA through January.”
Dan Forest stated on July 4, 2020 in an interview: Multiple studies “all said for decades, masks do not work with viruses.”
Jim Bognet stated on June 12, 2020 in a press release: U.S. Rep. Matt “Cartwright proposes to defund the Wilkes-Barre police.”
Facebook posts stated on July 6, 2020 in a Facebook post: Federal officials confirmed that the CDC “sent states tainted lab test kits in early February that were themselves seeded with the virus.”
Viral image stated on September 3, 2017 in a Facebook post: Says Kansas City Chiefs CEO Clark Hunt said, “You will stand, with your hand over your heart and with respect, when our country’s national anthem is being played or you will no longer be a Kansas City Chief.”
Facebook posts stated on June 24, 2020 in a Facebook post: “For the first time, the Honor Guard soldiers that march at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Arlington Cemetery have been issued live ammunition.”
Facebook posts stated on July 2, 2020 in a meme: People carrying guns can’t wear face masks to protect against the coronavirus because it’s a “class 4 felony.”
National Republican Senatorial Committee stated on July 6, 2020 in website profiteeringpeters.com: Says Gary Peters "fought against funding for the VA, veterans housing programs, military pay raises, and health care and research for veterans and their families. He also fought against funding for processing veterans’ disability claims.”
Brian Kilmeade stated on July 2, 2020 in an episode of "Fox & Friends": The President’s Daily Brief “is like a mini novel.”
Facebook posts stated on June 30, 2020 in a Facebook post: New York state “hospitals reporting thousands of fungus lung infections due to wearing a mask!!”
Donald Trump stated on July 4, 2020 in a Fourth of July speech: Says 99% of COVID-19 cases “are totally harmless.”
Facebook posts stated on July 2, 2020 in a Facebook post: “People are starting to enter ERs with fungal lung infections from wearing masks!!"
Facebook posts stated on July 5, 2020 in a Facebook post: Says Melania Trump’s dress at Mount Rushmore speech was designed from “drawings of several young victims of sex trafficking.”
Greg Murphy stated on June 23, 2020 in a Facebook post: A study “showed that over 1 million people in North Carolina have now been exposed to the virus.”
Facebook posts stated on July 2, 2020 in a Facebook post: “The national coin shortage was done intentionally, the Mint is no longer releasing coins into circulation aka this is the beginning of the end of paper money.”
Tim Carpenter stated on May 23, 2020 in Twitter: Republicans didn't "increase state funding for nursing homes in the last budget."
Ron DeSantis stated on June 26, 2020 in a press conference: "I would do press events in May, I would never be asked about coronavirus.''
Illinois Rising Action stated on June 23, 2020 in a TV ad: “While voters were distracted, (Gov. J.B.) Pritzker gave huge pay raises to his politician buddies.”
Facebook posts stated on June 27, 2020 in a screenshot: Nurses submitting coronavirus tests say they all are coming back positive.
Facebook posts stated on June 29, 2020 in a Facebook post: “Oklahoma 100% coronavirus test rate after Trump Tulsa rally.”
Chris Kapenga stated on June 29, 2020 in a TV interview: “The (COVID-19) cases are going up, but it's because the testing is going up.”
Viral image stated on June 17, 2020 in a Facebook post: “Four kids who took the coronavirus vaccine died immediately.”
Viral image stated on June 26, 2020 in a Facebook post: A Denver International Airport mural of people wearing masks was painted in 1994.
Facebook posts stated on June 30, 2020 in a post on Facebook: An image from the St. Louis protest is “what MSM (mainstream media) won’t show you. Peaceful demonstrator pointing weapon at homeowner.”