Latest Half-True 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 Amy Klobuchar stated on May 16, 2020 in a tweet: “80% of the people” want the option of vote by mail Donald Trump stated on May 19, 2020 in a speech: “On the Southern border, as you know, the wall is going up, it's going up very rapidly. We're at 182 miles.” Donald Trump stated on May 14, 2020 in an interview with Fox Business: Speaking about border apprehensions, said “We have some of the best numbers we've ever had. Southern border, the best numbers we've ever had.” Facebook posts stated on May 4, 2020 in a Facebook post: "Bill Gates worked to end livestock production, and is pushing lab grown meat." Donald Trump stated on May 14, 2020 in a speech: “You have areas of Pennsylvania that are barely affected and [the governor wants] to keep them closed.” Jay Ashcroft stated on April 14, 2020 in a radio interview: “When you look at Wisconsin, in their largest city they normally have roughly 500 polling places. They just had their election a week ago, and they had five. That is ludicrous.” Facebook posts stated on May 9, 2020 in a Facebook post: “It’s not that there’s a virus shield between Canada (4,500 deaths) and the U.S. (80,000 deaths). What exists is a difference in leadership.” Facebook posts stated on May 1, 2020 in a Facebook post: Joe Biden said, “The things I did while in elected office should not be made public while I am seeking a higher public office.” Ralph Northam stated on May 1, 2020 in a news conference.: Technology coming to Virginia allows COVID-19 personal protection equipment to be “decontaminated and reused 20 times without degrading performance.” Greg Abbott stated on May 3, 2020 in a tweet: “Texas ranks 3rd highest among states for the number of people who have recovered from” the coronavirus. Facebook posts stated on April 14, 2020 in a Facebook post: Says the current survival rate for COVID-19 in the U.S. is “98.54%” Andrew Cuomo stated on April 23, 2020 in a news conference: “At the end of the year, we put into that federal pot $116 billion more than we take out,” while Kentucky “takes out $148 billion more than they put in.” Paul Farrow stated on April 30, 2020 in online post: Says a meat shortage is “not expected” Andrew Cuomo stated on April 11, 2020 in a briefing: Says that under the law, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio “can’t open” the city’s schools. Donald Trump stated on April 23, 2020 in comments made during a White House media briefing on the coronavirus: “We’re also using a sterilization process ― some great equipment that will sterilize masks up to 20 times per mask. So that’s like ordering 20 times more masks.” Steve Bannon stated on April 14, 2020 in a radio interview.: Dr. Anthony “Fauci told us there’s nothing to worry about. That’s his quote, ‘There’s nothing to worry about.’” Robin Vos stated on March 4, 2020 in an interview: Says as Assembly Speaker he is a "constitutional officer" of Wisconsin. Franklin Graham stated on April 17, 2020 in a Facebook post: Even with no shutdown, Sweden has a lower COVID-19 infection rate than UK, Italy and Spain. Wisconsin Republican Legislative leaders stated on April 20, 2020 in news release: “We are currently using only around 20% of our testing capacity.” Joe Biden stated on April 21, 2020 in a tweet: “The Trump Administration promised 27 million tests by the end of March. As of now, only 4 million have been completed.” Nancy Pelosi stated on April 16, 2020 in a statement: “Even President Trump’s own EPA has admitted that this rule (on air pollutants) threatens to cause serious health problems including brain damage and death and to inflict billions of dollars of economic damage on our struggling economy.” Lovely Warren stated on April 8, 2020 in a press conference: Racial comparisons on coronavirus statistics in Monroe County, N.Y., show that the impact on minorities is “basically on par, a little bit up, from the population numbers,” meaning that “we don’t see that disparity as much here.” Mandy Cohen stated on April 20, 2020 in a press conference: "Covid-19 is now the leading cause of death in the United States." Facebook posts stated on April 10, 2020 in a Facebook post: Hospitals get paid more to list patients as COVID-19. Barack Obama stated on April 14, 2020 in an endorsement announcement: Joe Biden "already has what is the most progressive platform of any major party nominee in history." Ron DeSantis stated on April 14, 2020 in an April 14, 2020 press briefing: “Obesity is, like, the No. 1 factor in whether you really get hit hard by COVID-19.” Donald Trump stated on January 14, 2020 in a rally: Says Madison and Milwaukee County both carry sanctuary status for illegal immigrants and released undocumented immigrants who have committed multiple crimes including sexual assault of a child Pat Toomey stated on April 15, 2020 in a Politico interview: “In a matter of days, and in some cases the moment may even have passed, that we’ve reached the peak of the rate of infections.” Lori Lightfoot stated on April 7, 2020 in remarks at a news conference: “Illinois lags way behind all of our neighbors and certainly we’re in the bottom tier of states that are doing testing." AFL-CIO stated on April 13, 2020 in a Facebook post: "The Postal Service is not losing money because of Amazon. It’s losing money because in 2006, the Republican-led Congress passed a law forcing it to prepay its pensions for 75 years, which no other corporation does ... Without this law, the Postal Service would be turning a profit.”
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Amy Klobuchar stated on May 16, 2020 in a tweet: “80% of the people” want the option of vote by mail Donald Trump stated on May 19, 2020 in a speech: “On the Southern border, as you know, the wall is going up, it's going up very rapidly. We're at 182 miles.” Donald Trump stated on May 14, 2020 in an interview with Fox Business: Speaking about border apprehensions, said “We have some of the best numbers we've ever had. Southern border, the best numbers we've ever had.” Facebook posts stated on May 4, 2020 in a Facebook post: "Bill Gates worked to end livestock production, and is pushing lab grown meat." Donald Trump stated on May 14, 2020 in a speech: “You have areas of Pennsylvania that are barely affected and [the governor wants] to keep them closed.” Jay Ashcroft stated on April 14, 2020 in a radio interview: “When you look at Wisconsin, in their largest city they normally have roughly 500 polling places. They just had their election a week ago, and they had five. That is ludicrous.” Facebook posts stated on May 9, 2020 in a Facebook post: “It’s not that there’s a virus shield between Canada (4,500 deaths) and the U.S. (80,000 deaths). What exists is a difference in leadership.” Facebook posts stated on May 1, 2020 in a Facebook post: Joe Biden said, “The things I did while in elected office should not be made public while I am seeking a higher public office.” Ralph Northam stated on May 1, 2020 in a news conference.: Technology coming to Virginia allows COVID-19 personal protection equipment to be “decontaminated and reused 20 times without degrading performance.” Greg Abbott stated on May 3, 2020 in a tweet: “Texas ranks 3rd highest among states for the number of people who have recovered from” the coronavirus. Facebook posts stated on April 14, 2020 in a Facebook post: Says the current survival rate for COVID-19 in the U.S. is “98.54%” Andrew Cuomo stated on April 23, 2020 in a news conference: “At the end of the year, we put into that federal pot $116 billion more than we take out,” while Kentucky “takes out $148 billion more than they put in.” Paul Farrow stated on April 30, 2020 in online post: Says a meat shortage is “not expected” Andrew Cuomo stated on April 11, 2020 in a briefing: Says that under the law, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio “can’t open” the city’s schools. Donald Trump stated on April 23, 2020 in comments made during a White House media briefing on the coronavirus: “We’re also using a sterilization process ― some great equipment that will sterilize masks up to 20 times per mask. So that’s like ordering 20 times more masks.” Steve Bannon stated on April 14, 2020 in a radio interview.: Dr. Anthony “Fauci told us there’s nothing to worry about. That’s his quote, ‘There’s nothing to worry about.’” Robin Vos stated on March 4, 2020 in an interview: Says as Assembly Speaker he is a "constitutional officer" of Wisconsin. Franklin Graham stated on April 17, 2020 in a Facebook post: Even with no shutdown, Sweden has a lower COVID-19 infection rate than UK, Italy and Spain. Wisconsin Republican Legislative leaders stated on April 20, 2020 in news release: “We are currently using only around 20% of our testing capacity.” Joe Biden stated on April 21, 2020 in a tweet: “The Trump Administration promised 27 million tests by the end of March. As of now, only 4 million have been completed.” Nancy Pelosi stated on April 16, 2020 in a statement: “Even President Trump’s own EPA has admitted that this rule (on air pollutants) threatens to cause serious health problems including brain damage and death and to inflict billions of dollars of economic damage on our struggling economy.” Lovely Warren stated on April 8, 2020 in a press conference: Racial comparisons on coronavirus statistics in Monroe County, N.Y., show that the impact on minorities is “basically on par, a little bit up, from the population numbers,” meaning that “we don’t see that disparity as much here.” Mandy Cohen stated on April 20, 2020 in a press conference: "Covid-19 is now the leading cause of death in the United States." Facebook posts stated on April 10, 2020 in a Facebook post: Hospitals get paid more to list patients as COVID-19. Barack Obama stated on April 14, 2020 in an endorsement announcement: Joe Biden "already has what is the most progressive platform of any major party nominee in history." Ron DeSantis stated on April 14, 2020 in an April 14, 2020 press briefing: “Obesity is, like, the No. 1 factor in whether you really get hit hard by COVID-19.” Donald Trump stated on January 14, 2020 in a rally: Says Madison and Milwaukee County both carry sanctuary status for illegal immigrants and released undocumented immigrants who have committed multiple crimes including sexual assault of a child Pat Toomey stated on April 15, 2020 in a Politico interview: “In a matter of days, and in some cases the moment may even have passed, that we’ve reached the peak of the rate of infections.” Lori Lightfoot stated on April 7, 2020 in remarks at a news conference: “Illinois lags way behind all of our neighbors and certainly we’re in the bottom tier of states that are doing testing." AFL-CIO stated on April 13, 2020 in a Facebook post: "The Postal Service is not losing money because of Amazon. It’s losing money because in 2006, the Republican-led Congress passed a law forcing it to prepay its pensions for 75 years, which no other corporation does ... Without this law, the Postal Service would be turning a profit.”
Donald Trump stated on May 19, 2020 in a speech: “On the Southern border, as you know, the wall is going up, it's going up very rapidly. We're at 182 miles.”
Donald Trump stated on May 14, 2020 in an interview with Fox Business: Speaking about border apprehensions, said “We have some of the best numbers we've ever had. Southern border, the best numbers we've ever had.”
Facebook posts stated on May 4, 2020 in a Facebook post: "Bill Gates worked to end livestock production, and is pushing lab grown meat."
Donald Trump stated on May 14, 2020 in a speech: “You have areas of Pennsylvania that are barely affected and [the governor wants] to keep them closed.”
Jay Ashcroft stated on April 14, 2020 in a radio interview: “When you look at Wisconsin, in their largest city they normally have roughly 500 polling places. They just had their election a week ago, and they had five. That is ludicrous.”
Facebook posts stated on May 9, 2020 in a Facebook post: “It’s not that there’s a virus shield between Canada (4,500 deaths) and the U.S. (80,000 deaths). What exists is a difference in leadership.”
Facebook posts stated on May 1, 2020 in a Facebook post: Joe Biden said, “The things I did while in elected office should not be made public while I am seeking a higher public office.”
Ralph Northam stated on May 1, 2020 in a news conference.: Technology coming to Virginia allows COVID-19 personal protection equipment to be “decontaminated and reused 20 times without degrading performance.”
Greg Abbott stated on May 3, 2020 in a tweet: “Texas ranks 3rd highest among states for the number of people who have recovered from” the coronavirus.
Facebook posts stated on April 14, 2020 in a Facebook post: Says the current survival rate for COVID-19 in the U.S. is “98.54%”
Andrew Cuomo stated on April 23, 2020 in a news conference: “At the end of the year, we put into that federal pot $116 billion more than we take out,” while Kentucky “takes out $148 billion more than they put in.”
Andrew Cuomo stated on April 11, 2020 in a briefing: Says that under the law, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio “can’t open” the city’s schools.
Donald Trump stated on April 23, 2020 in comments made during a White House media briefing on the coronavirus: “We’re also using a sterilization process ― some great equipment that will sterilize masks up to 20 times per mask. So that’s like ordering 20 times more masks.”
Steve Bannon stated on April 14, 2020 in a radio interview.: Dr. Anthony “Fauci told us there’s nothing to worry about. That’s his quote, ‘There’s nothing to worry about.’”
Robin Vos stated on March 4, 2020 in an interview: Says as Assembly Speaker he is a "constitutional officer" of Wisconsin.
Franklin Graham stated on April 17, 2020 in a Facebook post: Even with no shutdown, Sweden has a lower COVID-19 infection rate than UK, Italy and Spain.
Wisconsin Republican Legislative leaders stated on April 20, 2020 in news release: “We are currently using only around 20% of our testing capacity.”
Joe Biden stated on April 21, 2020 in a tweet: “The Trump Administration promised 27 million tests by the end of March. As of now, only 4 million have been completed.”
Nancy Pelosi stated on April 16, 2020 in a statement: “Even President Trump’s own EPA has admitted that this rule (on air pollutants) threatens to cause serious health problems including brain damage and death and to inflict billions of dollars of economic damage on our struggling economy.”
Lovely Warren stated on April 8, 2020 in a press conference: Racial comparisons on coronavirus statistics in Monroe County, N.Y., show that the impact on minorities is “basically on par, a little bit up, from the population numbers,” meaning that “we don’t see that disparity as much here.”
Mandy Cohen stated on April 20, 2020 in a press conference: "Covid-19 is now the leading cause of death in the United States."
Facebook posts stated on April 10, 2020 in a Facebook post: Hospitals get paid more to list patients as COVID-19.
Barack Obama stated on April 14, 2020 in an endorsement announcement: Joe Biden "already has what is the most progressive platform of any major party nominee in history."
Ron DeSantis stated on April 14, 2020 in an April 14, 2020 press briefing: “Obesity is, like, the No. 1 factor in whether you really get hit hard by COVID-19.”
Donald Trump stated on January 14, 2020 in a rally: Says Madison and Milwaukee County both carry sanctuary status for illegal immigrants and released undocumented immigrants who have committed multiple crimes including sexual assault of a child
Pat Toomey stated on April 15, 2020 in a Politico interview: “In a matter of days, and in some cases the moment may even have passed, that we’ve reached the peak of the rate of infections.”
Lori Lightfoot stated on April 7, 2020 in remarks at a news conference: “Illinois lags way behind all of our neighbors and certainly we’re in the bottom tier of states that are doing testing."
AFL-CIO stated on April 13, 2020 in a Facebook post: "The Postal Service is not losing money because of Amazon. It’s losing money because in 2006, the Republican-led Congress passed a law forcing it to prepay its pensions for 75 years, which no other corporation does ... Without this law, the Postal Service would be turning a profit.”
