Latest Fact-checks by Amy Sherman 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 November 30, 2020 in a press conference: “The states that are locked down are increasing at twice the rate we are” in Florida Joe Biden stated on November 18, 2020 in a roundtable with healthcare workers: The law governing the transition of presidential power “doesn’t require there to be an absolute winner. It says the ‘apparent' winner.” Facebook posts stated on November 13, 2020 in a Facebook post: Says Sen. Kelly Loeffler said on Parler that “Black people shouldn’t be allowed to vote.” Donald Trump stated on November 5, 2020 in a White House speech: “If you count the legal votes, I easily win. If you count the illegal votes, they can try to steal the election from us.” Facebook posts stated on November 4, 2020 in a Facebook post: “118-year-old William Bradley voted via an absentee ballot in Wayne County, Michigan this year. William died in 1984. They’re trying to steal this election.” Facebook posts stated on November 4, 2020 in a Facebook post: Detroit has “2,503 dead people registered” including “one voter born in 1823.” Facebook posts stated on November 4, 2020 in a Facebook post: “Now that it’s even, Nevada decides to stop counting and is now not going to count anything until TOMORROW! What?!” Facebook posts stated on November 3, 2020 in a Facebook post: An image shows “what appears to be an official ballot box being taken away from a polling location by an unidentified civilian.” Facebook posts stated on November 3, 2020 in a Facebook post: “Trump supporters are blocking access to polling sites at Clifton City Hall, New Jersey.” Donald Trump stated on October 28, 2020 in a TV ad: “Joe Biden and Kamala Harris’ government-run health care plan… could lead to hospitals being closed, put Medicare coverage at risk, and give benefits to illegal immigrants.” Facebook posts stated on October 29, 2020 in a Facebook post: “Miami-Dade reporting 23% of early ballots being rejected for missing signatures.” Facebook posts stated on October 26, 2020 in a headline in a Facebook post: Sen. Kamala Harris “may have broken laws” when she visited a voting site in Ohio Donald Trump stated on October 25, 2020 in a rally: “In Nevada, they want to have a thing where you don’t have to have any verification of the signature” on ballots. Facebook posts stated on October 24, 2020 in a Facebook post: Says Donald Trump “voted twice” in the Nov. 3, 2020 election Donald Trump stated on October 20, 2020 in a rally in Erie, Pa.: “Phony” ballots “were printed without my name on it.” Emails stated on October 20, 2020 in email threat to Florida Democrats: Says “we will know which candidate you voted for.” Instagram posts stated on October 19, 2020 in an Instagram post: “15 days left to vote BUT if you are voting by mail, you need to vote TODAY. USPS says it needs a 14 day roundtrip to be counted on election day.” Bloggers stated on October 18, 2020 in a thread on 4chan: If you know someone's name and date of birth you can change their votes on Oregon’s voting website. Facebook posts stated on October 18, 2020 in a Facebook post: Pennsylvania rejected 372,000 mail-in ballots Facebook posts stated on October 13, 2020 in a Facebook post: “Jaime Harrison is being left off of South Carolina ballots” Donald Trump stated on September 30, 2020 in a rally: Says Joe Biden is a socialist. Mike Pence stated on October 7, 2020 in a debate: “With regard to hurricanes, the National Oceanic (and Atmospheric) Administration tells us that actually, as difficult as they are, there are no more hurricanes today than there were 100 years ago.” Republican Party of Florida stated on October 8, 2020 in a tweet: During the debate, Kamala Harris said President Donald Trump “did not appoint minorities to the courts.” Joe Biden stated on October 5, 2020 in an NBC town hall in Miami: During the Obama/Biden administration “18,000 people got clemency.” Joe Biden stated on October 5, 2020 in an NBC town hall in Miami: The president's own FBI director said that the greatest domestic terrorist threat is white supremacists. X posts stated on October 2, 2020 in a screenshot: Says Donald Trump’s reelection campaign emailed supporters to “donate to help him recover from” COVID-19. Debbie Mucarsel-Powell stated on September 17, 2020 in a campaign website: Says Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Gimenez “approved a 67% pay raise for himself and increased his own pension. He makes $250,000 a year, more than almost every big-city Mayor in the country. He also kept his taxpayer-funded Mercedes-Benz after slashing $400 million in government jobs and spending.” Joe Biden stated on September 15, 2020 in a speech at a Florida event: “24 of every 100 kids in school today speak Spanish.” Facebook posts stated on September 7, 2020 in a Facebook post: “In 1983, Joe Biden voted in favor of taxing 50% of Social Security” and in 1993, Biden “was the deciding vote in raising the percentage taxed on Social Security from 50% to 85%.” Donald Trump stated on September 7, 2020 in a press conference: Election officials are “sending 80 million ballots all over the country. Eighty million ballots, non-requested. I call them ‘unsolicited ballots.’”
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Ron DeSantis stated on November 30, 2020 in a press conference: “The states that are locked down are increasing at twice the rate we are” in Florida Joe Biden stated on November 18, 2020 in a roundtable with healthcare workers: The law governing the transition of presidential power “doesn’t require there to be an absolute winner. It says the ‘apparent' winner.” Facebook posts stated on November 13, 2020 in a Facebook post: Says Sen. Kelly Loeffler said on Parler that “Black people shouldn’t be allowed to vote.” Donald Trump stated on November 5, 2020 in a White House speech: “If you count the legal votes, I easily win. If you count the illegal votes, they can try to steal the election from us.” Facebook posts stated on November 4, 2020 in a Facebook post: “118-year-old William Bradley voted via an absentee ballot in Wayne County, Michigan this year. William died in 1984. They’re trying to steal this election.” Facebook posts stated on November 4, 2020 in a Facebook post: Detroit has “2,503 dead people registered” including “one voter born in 1823.” Facebook posts stated on November 4, 2020 in a Facebook post: “Now that it’s even, Nevada decides to stop counting and is now not going to count anything until TOMORROW! What?!” Facebook posts stated on November 3, 2020 in a Facebook post: An image shows “what appears to be an official ballot box being taken away from a polling location by an unidentified civilian.” Facebook posts stated on November 3, 2020 in a Facebook post: “Trump supporters are blocking access to polling sites at Clifton City Hall, New Jersey.” Donald Trump stated on October 28, 2020 in a TV ad: “Joe Biden and Kamala Harris’ government-run health care plan… could lead to hospitals being closed, put Medicare coverage at risk, and give benefits to illegal immigrants.” Facebook posts stated on October 29, 2020 in a Facebook post: “Miami-Dade reporting 23% of early ballots being rejected for missing signatures.” Facebook posts stated on October 26, 2020 in a headline in a Facebook post: Sen. Kamala Harris “may have broken laws” when she visited a voting site in Ohio Donald Trump stated on October 25, 2020 in a rally: “In Nevada, they want to have a thing where you don’t have to have any verification of the signature” on ballots. Facebook posts stated on October 24, 2020 in a Facebook post: Says Donald Trump “voted twice” in the Nov. 3, 2020 election Donald Trump stated on October 20, 2020 in a rally in Erie, Pa.: “Phony” ballots “were printed without my name on it.” Emails stated on October 20, 2020 in email threat to Florida Democrats: Says “we will know which candidate you voted for.” Instagram posts stated on October 19, 2020 in an Instagram post: “15 days left to vote BUT if you are voting by mail, you need to vote TODAY. USPS says it needs a 14 day roundtrip to be counted on election day.” Bloggers stated on October 18, 2020 in a thread on 4chan: If you know someone's name and date of birth you can change their votes on Oregon’s voting website. Facebook posts stated on October 18, 2020 in a Facebook post: Pennsylvania rejected 372,000 mail-in ballots Facebook posts stated on October 13, 2020 in a Facebook post: “Jaime Harrison is being left off of South Carolina ballots” Donald Trump stated on September 30, 2020 in a rally: Says Joe Biden is a socialist. Mike Pence stated on October 7, 2020 in a debate: “With regard to hurricanes, the National Oceanic (and Atmospheric) Administration tells us that actually, as difficult as they are, there are no more hurricanes today than there were 100 years ago.” Republican Party of Florida stated on October 8, 2020 in a tweet: During the debate, Kamala Harris said President Donald Trump “did not appoint minorities to the courts.” Joe Biden stated on October 5, 2020 in an NBC town hall in Miami: During the Obama/Biden administration “18,000 people got clemency.” Joe Biden stated on October 5, 2020 in an NBC town hall in Miami: The president's own FBI director said that the greatest domestic terrorist threat is white supremacists. X posts stated on October 2, 2020 in a screenshot: Says Donald Trump’s reelection campaign emailed supporters to “donate to help him recover from” COVID-19. Debbie Mucarsel-Powell stated on September 17, 2020 in a campaign website: Says Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Gimenez “approved a 67% pay raise for himself and increased his own pension. He makes $250,000 a year, more than almost every big-city Mayor in the country. He also kept his taxpayer-funded Mercedes-Benz after slashing $400 million in government jobs and spending.” Joe Biden stated on September 15, 2020 in a speech at a Florida event: “24 of every 100 kids in school today speak Spanish.” Facebook posts stated on September 7, 2020 in a Facebook post: “In 1983, Joe Biden voted in favor of taxing 50% of Social Security” and in 1993, Biden “was the deciding vote in raising the percentage taxed on Social Security from 50% to 85%.” Donald Trump stated on September 7, 2020 in a press conference: Election officials are “sending 80 million ballots all over the country. Eighty million ballots, non-requested. I call them ‘unsolicited ballots.’”
Ron DeSantis stated on November 30, 2020 in a press conference: “The states that are locked down are increasing at twice the rate we are” in Florida
Joe Biden stated on November 18, 2020 in a roundtable with healthcare workers: The law governing the transition of presidential power “doesn’t require there to be an absolute winner. It says the ‘apparent' winner.”
Facebook posts stated on November 13, 2020 in a Facebook post: Says Sen. Kelly Loeffler said on Parler that “Black people shouldn’t be allowed to vote.”
Donald Trump stated on November 5, 2020 in a White House speech: “If you count the legal votes, I easily win. If you count the illegal votes, they can try to steal the election from us.”
Facebook posts stated on November 4, 2020 in a Facebook post: “118-year-old William Bradley voted via an absentee ballot in Wayne County, Michigan this year. William died in 1984. They’re trying to steal this election.”
Facebook posts stated on November 4, 2020 in a Facebook post: Detroit has “2,503 dead people registered” including “one voter born in 1823.”
Facebook posts stated on November 4, 2020 in a Facebook post: “Now that it’s even, Nevada decides to stop counting and is now not going to count anything until TOMORROW! What?!”
Facebook posts stated on November 3, 2020 in a Facebook post: An image shows “what appears to be an official ballot box being taken away from a polling location by an unidentified civilian.”
Facebook posts stated on November 3, 2020 in a Facebook post: “Trump supporters are blocking access to polling sites at Clifton City Hall, New Jersey.”
Donald Trump stated on October 28, 2020 in a TV ad: “Joe Biden and Kamala Harris’ government-run health care plan… could lead to hospitals being closed, put Medicare coverage at risk, and give benefits to illegal immigrants.”
Facebook posts stated on October 29, 2020 in a Facebook post: “Miami-Dade reporting 23% of early ballots being rejected for missing signatures.”
Facebook posts stated on October 26, 2020 in a headline in a Facebook post: Sen. Kamala Harris “may have broken laws” when she visited a voting site in Ohio
Donald Trump stated on October 25, 2020 in a rally: “In Nevada, they want to have a thing where you don’t have to have any verification of the signature” on ballots.
Facebook posts stated on October 24, 2020 in a Facebook post: Says Donald Trump “voted twice” in the Nov. 3, 2020 election
Donald Trump stated on October 20, 2020 in a rally in Erie, Pa.: “Phony” ballots “were printed without my name on it.”
Emails stated on October 20, 2020 in email threat to Florida Democrats: Says “we will know which candidate you voted for.”
Instagram posts stated on October 19, 2020 in an Instagram post: “15 days left to vote BUT if you are voting by mail, you need to vote TODAY. USPS says it needs a 14 day roundtrip to be counted on election day.”
Bloggers stated on October 18, 2020 in a thread on 4chan: If you know someone's name and date of birth you can change their votes on Oregon’s voting website.
Facebook posts stated on October 18, 2020 in a Facebook post: Pennsylvania rejected 372,000 mail-in ballots
Facebook posts stated on October 13, 2020 in a Facebook post: “Jaime Harrison is being left off of South Carolina ballots”
Mike Pence stated on October 7, 2020 in a debate: “With regard to hurricanes, the National Oceanic (and Atmospheric) Administration tells us that actually, as difficult as they are, there are no more hurricanes today than there were 100 years ago.”
Republican Party of Florida stated on October 8, 2020 in a tweet: During the debate, Kamala Harris said President Donald Trump “did not appoint minorities to the courts.”
Joe Biden stated on October 5, 2020 in an NBC town hall in Miami: During the Obama/Biden administration “18,000 people got clemency.”
Joe Biden stated on October 5, 2020 in an NBC town hall in Miami: The president's own FBI director said that the greatest domestic terrorist threat is white supremacists.
X posts stated on October 2, 2020 in a screenshot: Says Donald Trump’s reelection campaign emailed supporters to “donate to help him recover from” COVID-19.
Debbie Mucarsel-Powell stated on September 17, 2020 in a campaign website: Says Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Gimenez “approved a 67% pay raise for himself and increased his own pension. He makes $250,000 a year, more than almost every big-city Mayor in the country. He also kept his taxpayer-funded Mercedes-Benz after slashing $400 million in government jobs and spending.”
Joe Biden stated on September 15, 2020 in a speech at a Florida event: “24 of every 100 kids in school today speak Spanish.”
Facebook posts stated on September 7, 2020 in a Facebook post: “In 1983, Joe Biden voted in favor of taxing 50% of Social Security” and in 1993, Biden “was the deciding vote in raising the percentage taxed on Social Security from 50% to 85%.”
Donald Trump stated on September 7, 2020 in a press conference: Election officials are “sending 80 million ballots all over the country. Eighty million ballots, non-requested. I call them ‘unsolicited ballots.’”
