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 Donald Trump stated on April 9, 2025 in a Truth Social post: On enacting country-by-country tariffs April 9. Donald Trump stated on April 2, 2025 in a speech announcing tariffs: “Egg prices came down 50%” X posts stated on April 1, 2025 in an X post: “Seven counties in Wisconsin (ran) out of ballots” and it was “intentional” to diminish Republican voter turnout. Pete Hegseth stated on March 24, 2025 in an interview: "Nobody was texting war plans" in the Trump administration Signal group text about bombing Yemen. Facebook posts stated on March 1, 2025 in a post: Says Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy “engaged in election interference by campaigning” in Pennsylvania for former Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris. Donald Trump stated on March 17, 2025 in a Truth Social post: Former President Joe Biden’s pardons of lawmakers on the committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, U.S. Capitol attack “are hereby declared void, vacant, and of no further force or effect,” because “they were done by autopen.” Donald Trump stated on March 4, 2025 in a speech to Congress: "All armed services are having among the best recruiting results ever” because of Trump policies, and “it was just a few months ago where the results were exactly the opposite.” Kevin O'Leary stated on February 24, 2025 in an interview on CNN: “We've never audited government for 100 years.” Elon Musk stated on February 20, 2025 in a speech at CPAC: President Joe Biden’s immigration policy was “a giant voter importation scam.” Marco Rubio stated on February 3, 2025 in in a letter to Congress: On support for U.S. Agency for International Development Brian Mast stated on February 2, 2025 in an interview on CBS' "Face the Nation": From the U.S. Agency for International Development funding, “10 to 30 cents on the dollar is what actually goes to aid.” Adam Schiff stated on January 26, 2025 in an interview on NBC's Meet the Press: “As a Californian, we have given more to the recovery of other states than any other state in the union.” Donald Trump stated on January 24, 2025 in remarks in North Carolina: "The Biden administration kicked 2,000 displaced North Carolinians out of their temporary housing into freezing 20-degree weather," earlier in January. Donald Trump stated on January 22, 2025 in an interview: The U.S. House Select Committee that investigated the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol “deleted and destroyed all of the information that they collected over two years.” Donald Trump stated on December 27, 2024 in a U.S. Supreme Court brief: On banning TikTok Bernie Sanders stated on January 2, 2025 in a statement to the media: H-1B guest workers are “being employed as dog trainers, massage therapists, cooks, and English teachers.” Donald Trump stated on January 7, 2025 in a press conference: “They’re still counting the (2024 election) vote in some areas.” Sara Jacobs stated on December 18, 2024 in an X post: Government shutdowns in 2013 and 2018 “cost our economy billions of dollars each.” Facebook posts stated on November 1, 2024 in a post: Gwinnett County, Georgia, sheriff's office said white supremacists “are planning to attack” Black people “from now until the Inauguration.” X posts stated on November 1, 2024 in a post: Video shows the FBI reported that “three linked groups have been apprehended for rigging early voting by mail-in ballot.” Patriot Voice stated on October 30, 2024 in an article on a website: Vice President Kamala Harris and husband Doug Emhoff received $500,000 for tipping off Sean “Diddy” Combs about police raids. Donald Trump stated on October 29, 2024 in a rally in Allentown, Pa.: In Lancaster, Pa., “We caught them with 2,600 votes. We caught them cold, 2,600 votes. ... And every vote was written by the same person." Donald Trump stated on October 23, 2024 in a post on X: Vice President Kamala Harris has been “going so far as to call me Adolf Hitler.” JD Vance stated on October 16, 2024 in a campaign event: Says former President Donald Trump did not lose the 2020 election. Instagram posts stated on October 7, 2024 in una publicación en Instagram: La administración de Joe Biden tomó dinero de ayudas de FEMA para usarlo en inmigrantes. Donald Trump stated on October 11, 2024 in a Truth Social post: “It has just come out that Democrats in Washington and the Democrat Governor’s Office of North Carolina (Roy Cooper) were blocking people and money from coming into North Carolina.” X posts stated on October 9, 2024 in social media posts: North Carolina’s new voting rules in response to Hurricane Helene amount to “cheating” or “stealing.” Robert Reich stated on October 8, 2024 in an Instagram post: “Two weeks ago 100 GOP lawmakers voted against additional FEMA funding.” Donald Trump stated on October 7, 2024 in an interview with Hugh Hewitt: Of Gaza, “I’ve been there.” Donald Trump stated on October 4, 2024 in a conversation with reporters: The Biden administration stole $1 billion “from FEMA to use it for illegal migrants. … And FEMA is now busted. They don’t have any money.”
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Donald Trump stated on April 9, 2025 in a Truth Social post: On enacting country-by-country tariffs April 9. Donald Trump stated on April 2, 2025 in a speech announcing tariffs: “Egg prices came down 50%” X posts stated on April 1, 2025 in an X post: “Seven counties in Wisconsin (ran) out of ballots” and it was “intentional” to diminish Republican voter turnout. Pete Hegseth stated on March 24, 2025 in an interview: "Nobody was texting war plans" in the Trump administration Signal group text about bombing Yemen. Facebook posts stated on March 1, 2025 in a post: Says Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy “engaged in election interference by campaigning” in Pennsylvania for former Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris. Donald Trump stated on March 17, 2025 in a Truth Social post: Former President Joe Biden’s pardons of lawmakers on the committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, U.S. Capitol attack “are hereby declared void, vacant, and of no further force or effect,” because “they were done by autopen.” Donald Trump stated on March 4, 2025 in a speech to Congress: "All armed services are having among the best recruiting results ever” because of Trump policies, and “it was just a few months ago where the results were exactly the opposite.” Kevin O'Leary stated on February 24, 2025 in an interview on CNN: “We've never audited government for 100 years.” Elon Musk stated on February 20, 2025 in a speech at CPAC: President Joe Biden’s immigration policy was “a giant voter importation scam.” Marco Rubio stated on February 3, 2025 in in a letter to Congress: On support for U.S. Agency for International Development Brian Mast stated on February 2, 2025 in an interview on CBS' "Face the Nation": From the U.S. Agency for International Development funding, “10 to 30 cents on the dollar is what actually goes to aid.” Adam Schiff stated on January 26, 2025 in an interview on NBC's Meet the Press: “As a Californian, we have given more to the recovery of other states than any other state in the union.” Donald Trump stated on January 24, 2025 in remarks in North Carolina: "The Biden administration kicked 2,000 displaced North Carolinians out of their temporary housing into freezing 20-degree weather," earlier in January. Donald Trump stated on January 22, 2025 in an interview: The U.S. House Select Committee that investigated the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol “deleted and destroyed all of the information that they collected over two years.” Donald Trump stated on December 27, 2024 in a U.S. Supreme Court brief: On banning TikTok Bernie Sanders stated on January 2, 2025 in a statement to the media: H-1B guest workers are “being employed as dog trainers, massage therapists, cooks, and English teachers.” Donald Trump stated on January 7, 2025 in a press conference: “They’re still counting the (2024 election) vote in some areas.” Sara Jacobs stated on December 18, 2024 in an X post: Government shutdowns in 2013 and 2018 “cost our economy billions of dollars each.” Facebook posts stated on November 1, 2024 in a post: Gwinnett County, Georgia, sheriff's office said white supremacists “are planning to attack” Black people “from now until the Inauguration.” X posts stated on November 1, 2024 in a post: Video shows the FBI reported that “three linked groups have been apprehended for rigging early voting by mail-in ballot.” Patriot Voice stated on October 30, 2024 in an article on a website: Vice President Kamala Harris and husband Doug Emhoff received $500,000 for tipping off Sean “Diddy” Combs about police raids. Donald Trump stated on October 29, 2024 in a rally in Allentown, Pa.: In Lancaster, Pa., “We caught them with 2,600 votes. We caught them cold, 2,600 votes. ... And every vote was written by the same person." Donald Trump stated on October 23, 2024 in a post on X: Vice President Kamala Harris has been “going so far as to call me Adolf Hitler.” JD Vance stated on October 16, 2024 in a campaign event: Says former President Donald Trump did not lose the 2020 election. Instagram posts stated on October 7, 2024 in una publicación en Instagram: La administración de Joe Biden tomó dinero de ayudas de FEMA para usarlo en inmigrantes. Donald Trump stated on October 11, 2024 in a Truth Social post: “It has just come out that Democrats in Washington and the Democrat Governor’s Office of North Carolina (Roy Cooper) were blocking people and money from coming into North Carolina.” X posts stated on October 9, 2024 in social media posts: North Carolina’s new voting rules in response to Hurricane Helene amount to “cheating” or “stealing.” Robert Reich stated on October 8, 2024 in an Instagram post: “Two weeks ago 100 GOP lawmakers voted against additional FEMA funding.” Donald Trump stated on October 7, 2024 in an interview with Hugh Hewitt: Of Gaza, “I’ve been there.” Donald Trump stated on October 4, 2024 in a conversation with reporters: The Biden administration stole $1 billion “from FEMA to use it for illegal migrants. … And FEMA is now busted. They don’t have any money.”
Donald Trump stated on April 9, 2025 in a Truth Social post: On enacting country-by-country tariffs April 9.
X posts stated on April 1, 2025 in an X post: “Seven counties in Wisconsin (ran) out of ballots” and it was “intentional” to diminish Republican voter turnout.
Pete Hegseth stated on March 24, 2025 in an interview: "Nobody was texting war plans" in the Trump administration Signal group text about bombing Yemen.
Facebook posts stated on March 1, 2025 in a post: Says Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy “engaged in election interference by campaigning” in Pennsylvania for former Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris.
Donald Trump stated on March 17, 2025 in a Truth Social post: Former President Joe Biden’s pardons of lawmakers on the committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, U.S. Capitol attack “are hereby declared void, vacant, and of no further force or effect,” because “they were done by autopen.”
Donald Trump stated on March 4, 2025 in a speech to Congress: "All armed services are having among the best recruiting results ever” because of Trump policies, and “it was just a few months ago where the results were exactly the opposite.”
Kevin O'Leary stated on February 24, 2025 in an interview on CNN: “We've never audited government for 100 years.”
Elon Musk stated on February 20, 2025 in a speech at CPAC: President Joe Biden’s immigration policy was “a giant voter importation scam.”
Marco Rubio stated on February 3, 2025 in in a letter to Congress: On support for U.S. Agency for International Development
Brian Mast stated on February 2, 2025 in an interview on CBS' "Face the Nation": From the U.S. Agency for International Development funding, “10 to 30 cents on the dollar is what actually goes to aid.”
Adam Schiff stated on January 26, 2025 in an interview on NBC's Meet the Press: “As a Californian, we have given more to the recovery of other states than any other state in the union.”
Donald Trump stated on January 24, 2025 in remarks in North Carolina: "The Biden administration kicked 2,000 displaced North Carolinians out of their temporary housing into freezing 20-degree weather," earlier in January.
Donald Trump stated on January 22, 2025 in an interview: The U.S. House Select Committee that investigated the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol “deleted and destroyed all of the information that they collected over two years.”
Bernie Sanders stated on January 2, 2025 in a statement to the media: H-1B guest workers are “being employed as dog trainers, massage therapists, cooks, and English teachers.”
Donald Trump stated on January 7, 2025 in a press conference: “They’re still counting the (2024 election) vote in some areas.”
Sara Jacobs stated on December 18, 2024 in an X post: Government shutdowns in 2013 and 2018 “cost our economy billions of dollars each.”
Facebook posts stated on November 1, 2024 in a post: Gwinnett County, Georgia, sheriff's office said white supremacists “are planning to attack” Black people “from now until the Inauguration.”
X posts stated on November 1, 2024 in a post: Video shows the FBI reported that “three linked groups have been apprehended for rigging early voting by mail-in ballot.”
Patriot Voice stated on October 30, 2024 in an article on a website: Vice President Kamala Harris and husband Doug Emhoff received $500,000 for tipping off Sean “Diddy” Combs about police raids.
Donald Trump stated on October 29, 2024 in a rally in Allentown, Pa.: In Lancaster, Pa., “We caught them with 2,600 votes. We caught them cold, 2,600 votes. ... And every vote was written by the same person."
Donald Trump stated on October 23, 2024 in a post on X: Vice President Kamala Harris has been “going so far as to call me Adolf Hitler.”
JD Vance stated on October 16, 2024 in a campaign event: Says former President Donald Trump did not lose the 2020 election.
Instagram posts stated on October 7, 2024 in una publicación en Instagram: La administración de Joe Biden tomó dinero de ayudas de FEMA para usarlo en inmigrantes.
Donald Trump stated on October 11, 2024 in a Truth Social post: “It has just come out that Democrats in Washington and the Democrat Governor’s Office of North Carolina (Roy Cooper) were blocking people and money from coming into North Carolina.”
X posts stated on October 9, 2024 in social media posts: North Carolina’s new voting rules in response to Hurricane Helene amount to “cheating” or “stealing.”
Robert Reich stated on October 8, 2024 in an Instagram post: “Two weeks ago 100 GOP lawmakers voted against additional FEMA funding.”
Donald Trump stated on October 4, 2024 in a conversation with reporters: The Biden administration stole $1 billion “from FEMA to use it for illegal migrants. … And FEMA is now busted. They don’t have any money.”
