Latest Fact-checks by Louis Jacobson 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 Joe Biden stated on October 15, 2020 in an ABC town hall: "They eliminated the funding for community policing." Donald Trump stated on October 12, 2020 in a campaign ad: "Biden's plan is a 14% tax hike on middle class families." Joe Biden stated on September 29, 2020 in the first presidential debate: “Suburbs are by and large integrated.” Donald Trump stated on September 29, 2020 in the first presidential debate: Before the coronavirus pandemic, the United States had “the greatest economy in the history of our country.” Donald Trump stated on September 29, 2020 in the first presidential debate: In manufacturing, "I brought back 700,000 jobs. (Obama and Biden) brought back nothing." Joe Biden stated on September 29, 2020 in the first presidential debate: “We have a higher deficit with China now than we did before.” Joe Biden stated on September 18, 2020 in a video in a tweet: Says Donald Trump is “the worst jobs president in recorded history." Mitch McConnell stated on September 18, 2020 in a statement: On confirming a Supreme Court nominee in a presidential election year. Joe Biden stated on September 20, 2020 in a speech in Philadelphia: “There's no court session between now and the end of this election.” Facebook posts stated on September 18, 2020 in on social media: “4 republican senators now on board...no vote until January on (Supreme Court): Murkowski, Romney, Collins, Grassley.” Joe Biden stated on September 17, 2020 in a CNN town hall: When President Donald Trump walked across Lafayette Square to a church, he held the Bible upside down. Joe Biden stated on September 9, 2020 in a speech in Warren, Mich.: The “U.S. trade deficit is at an all-time high under Trump in the last three years.” Joe Biden stated on September 9, 2020 in a speech in Warren, Mich.: “Military COVID infected: 118,984. Military COVID deaths: 6,114.” Joe Biden stated on September 9, 2020 in an event in Detroit: “$400,000 ... is more money than I’ve ever made” in a year. Donald Trump stated on September 7, 2020 in a press conference: "Under Operation Warp Speed, we’ve pioneered groundbreaking therapies, reducing the fatality rate 85% since April.” Donald Trump stated on September 3, 2020 in a tweet: "I never called John (McCain) a loser." Joe Biden stated on September 2, 2020 in a speech in Wilmington, Del.: Says he was the first person to call for invoking the Defense Production Act. John James stated on August 26, 2020 in a campaign ad: Says Sen. Gary Peters, D-Mich., is "known for doing nothing. … (Peters) skipped 84% of small business hearings (and) skipped 89% of hearings on China." Nikki Haley stated on August 24, 2020 in a Republican convention speech: Says Joe Biden and Kamala Harris “want massive tax hikes on working families.” Donald Trump stated on August 20, 2020 in comments in Scranton, Pa.: “So this is just a way they’re trying to steal the election, and everybody knows that. Because the only way they’re going to win is by a rigged election.” Bill Clinton stated on August 18, 2020 in a Democratic convention speech: The United States is “the only major industrial economy to have its unemployment rate triple” since the coronavirus pandemic began. Michelle Obama stated on August 17, 2020 in a Democratic convention speech: “In one of the states that determined the outcome” of the 2016 presidential race, “the winning margin averaged out to just two votes per precinct, two votes.” Facebook posts stated on August 2, 2020 in a Facebook post: If Joe Biden can’t serve his full term, Kamala Harris “cannot by constitutional law become president.” Facebook posts stated on August 8, 2020 in a Facebook post: President Donald Trump “put a hold on ALL EVICTIONS through December.” Donald Trump stated on July 30, 2020 in a press conference: Absentee voting is different from mail-in voting and has more protections against fraud. Facebook posts stated on July 9, 2020 in on social media: Say that according to the Los Angeles Times, “95% of warrants for murder in Los Angeles are for illegal aliens,” more than two-thirds of all births in Los Angeles County “are to illegal alien Mexicans” on Medicaid, “nearly 60% of all occupants of HUD properties are illegal,” and Nancy Pelosi “wants to put a windfall tax” on retirement fund profits. Joe Biden stated on July 22, 2020 in a town hall: No U.S. presidents elected before Donald Trump were racist. Donald Trump stated on July 21, 2020 in a White House briefing: “We're setting record job numbers.” Joe Biden stated on July 20, 2020 in an interview with Joy Reid on MSNBC: “I, all the way back in January, warned (President Trump that) this pandemic was coming. I talked about what we needed to do.” Donald Trump stated on July 19, 2020 in an interview with Fox News' Chris Wallace: “We have one of the lowest mortality rates in the world” from COVID-19.
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Joe Biden stated on October 15, 2020 in an ABC town hall: "They eliminated the funding for community policing." Donald Trump stated on October 12, 2020 in a campaign ad: "Biden's plan is a 14% tax hike on middle class families." Joe Biden stated on September 29, 2020 in the first presidential debate: “Suburbs are by and large integrated.” Donald Trump stated on September 29, 2020 in the first presidential debate: Before the coronavirus pandemic, the United States had “the greatest economy in the history of our country.” Donald Trump stated on September 29, 2020 in the first presidential debate: In manufacturing, "I brought back 700,000 jobs. (Obama and Biden) brought back nothing." Joe Biden stated on September 29, 2020 in the first presidential debate: “We have a higher deficit with China now than we did before.” Joe Biden stated on September 18, 2020 in a video in a tweet: Says Donald Trump is “the worst jobs president in recorded history." Mitch McConnell stated on September 18, 2020 in a statement: On confirming a Supreme Court nominee in a presidential election year. Joe Biden stated on September 20, 2020 in a speech in Philadelphia: “There's no court session between now and the end of this election.” Facebook posts stated on September 18, 2020 in on social media: “4 republican senators now on board...no vote until January on (Supreme Court): Murkowski, Romney, Collins, Grassley.” Joe Biden stated on September 17, 2020 in a CNN town hall: When President Donald Trump walked across Lafayette Square to a church, he held the Bible upside down. Joe Biden stated on September 9, 2020 in a speech in Warren, Mich.: The “U.S. trade deficit is at an all-time high under Trump in the last three years.” Joe Biden stated on September 9, 2020 in a speech in Warren, Mich.: “Military COVID infected: 118,984. Military COVID deaths: 6,114.” Joe Biden stated on September 9, 2020 in an event in Detroit: “$400,000 ... is more money than I’ve ever made” in a year. Donald Trump stated on September 7, 2020 in a press conference: "Under Operation Warp Speed, we’ve pioneered groundbreaking therapies, reducing the fatality rate 85% since April.” Donald Trump stated on September 3, 2020 in a tweet: "I never called John (McCain) a loser." Joe Biden stated on September 2, 2020 in a speech in Wilmington, Del.: Says he was the first person to call for invoking the Defense Production Act. John James stated on August 26, 2020 in a campaign ad: Says Sen. Gary Peters, D-Mich., is "known for doing nothing. … (Peters) skipped 84% of small business hearings (and) skipped 89% of hearings on China." Nikki Haley stated on August 24, 2020 in a Republican convention speech: Says Joe Biden and Kamala Harris “want massive tax hikes on working families.” Donald Trump stated on August 20, 2020 in comments in Scranton, Pa.: “So this is just a way they’re trying to steal the election, and everybody knows that. Because the only way they’re going to win is by a rigged election.” Bill Clinton stated on August 18, 2020 in a Democratic convention speech: The United States is “the only major industrial economy to have its unemployment rate triple” since the coronavirus pandemic began. Michelle Obama stated on August 17, 2020 in a Democratic convention speech: “In one of the states that determined the outcome” of the 2016 presidential race, “the winning margin averaged out to just two votes per precinct, two votes.” Facebook posts stated on August 2, 2020 in a Facebook post: If Joe Biden can’t serve his full term, Kamala Harris “cannot by constitutional law become president.” Facebook posts stated on August 8, 2020 in a Facebook post: President Donald Trump “put a hold on ALL EVICTIONS through December.” Donald Trump stated on July 30, 2020 in a press conference: Absentee voting is different from mail-in voting and has more protections against fraud. Facebook posts stated on July 9, 2020 in on social media: Say that according to the Los Angeles Times, “95% of warrants for murder in Los Angeles are for illegal aliens,” more than two-thirds of all births in Los Angeles County “are to illegal alien Mexicans” on Medicaid, “nearly 60% of all occupants of HUD properties are illegal,” and Nancy Pelosi “wants to put a windfall tax” on retirement fund profits. Joe Biden stated on July 22, 2020 in a town hall: No U.S. presidents elected before Donald Trump were racist. Donald Trump stated on July 21, 2020 in a White House briefing: “We're setting record job numbers.” Joe Biden stated on July 20, 2020 in an interview with Joy Reid on MSNBC: “I, all the way back in January, warned (President Trump that) this pandemic was coming. I talked about what we needed to do.” Donald Trump stated on July 19, 2020 in an interview with Fox News' Chris Wallace: “We have one of the lowest mortality rates in the world” from COVID-19.
Joe Biden stated on October 15, 2020 in an ABC town hall: "They eliminated the funding for community policing."
Donald Trump stated on October 12, 2020 in a campaign ad: "Biden's plan is a 14% tax hike on middle class families."
Joe Biden stated on September 29, 2020 in the first presidential debate: “Suburbs are by and large integrated.”
Donald Trump stated on September 29, 2020 in the first presidential debate: Before the coronavirus pandemic, the United States had “the greatest economy in the history of our country.”
Donald Trump stated on September 29, 2020 in the first presidential debate: In manufacturing, "I brought back 700,000 jobs. (Obama and Biden) brought back nothing."
Joe Biden stated on September 29, 2020 in the first presidential debate: “We have a higher deficit with China now than we did before.”
Joe Biden stated on September 18, 2020 in a video in a tweet: Says Donald Trump is “the worst jobs president in recorded history."
Mitch McConnell stated on September 18, 2020 in a statement: On confirming a Supreme Court nominee in a presidential election year.
Joe Biden stated on September 20, 2020 in a speech in Philadelphia: “There's no court session between now and the end of this election.”
Facebook posts stated on September 18, 2020 in on social media: “4 republican senators now on board...no vote until January on (Supreme Court): Murkowski, Romney, Collins, Grassley.”
Joe Biden stated on September 17, 2020 in a CNN town hall: When President Donald Trump walked across Lafayette Square to a church, he held the Bible upside down.
Joe Biden stated on September 9, 2020 in a speech in Warren, Mich.: The “U.S. trade deficit is at an all-time high under Trump in the last three years.”
Joe Biden stated on September 9, 2020 in a speech in Warren, Mich.: “Military COVID infected: 118,984. Military COVID deaths: 6,114.”
Joe Biden stated on September 9, 2020 in an event in Detroit: “$400,000 ... is more money than I’ve ever made” in a year.
Donald Trump stated on September 7, 2020 in a press conference: "Under Operation Warp Speed, we’ve pioneered groundbreaking therapies, reducing the fatality rate 85% since April.”
Joe Biden stated on September 2, 2020 in a speech in Wilmington, Del.: Says he was the first person to call for invoking the Defense Production Act.
John James stated on August 26, 2020 in a campaign ad: Says Sen. Gary Peters, D-Mich., is "known for doing nothing. … (Peters) skipped 84% of small business hearings (and) skipped 89% of hearings on China."
Nikki Haley stated on August 24, 2020 in a Republican convention speech: Says Joe Biden and Kamala Harris “want massive tax hikes on working families.”
Donald Trump stated on August 20, 2020 in comments in Scranton, Pa.: “So this is just a way they’re trying to steal the election, and everybody knows that. Because the only way they’re going to win is by a rigged election.”
Bill Clinton stated on August 18, 2020 in a Democratic convention speech: The United States is “the only major industrial economy to have its unemployment rate triple” since the coronavirus pandemic began.
Michelle Obama stated on August 17, 2020 in a Democratic convention speech: “In one of the states that determined the outcome” of the 2016 presidential race, “the winning margin averaged out to just two votes per precinct, two votes.”
Facebook posts stated on August 2, 2020 in a Facebook post: If Joe Biden can’t serve his full term, Kamala Harris “cannot by constitutional law become president.”
Facebook posts stated on August 8, 2020 in a Facebook post: President Donald Trump “put a hold on ALL EVICTIONS through December.”
Donald Trump stated on July 30, 2020 in a press conference: Absentee voting is different from mail-in voting and has more protections against fraud.
Facebook posts stated on July 9, 2020 in on social media: Say that according to the Los Angeles Times, “95% of warrants for murder in Los Angeles are for illegal aliens,” more than two-thirds of all births in Los Angeles County “are to illegal alien Mexicans” on Medicaid, “nearly 60% of all occupants of HUD properties are illegal,” and Nancy Pelosi “wants to put a windfall tax” on retirement fund profits.
Joe Biden stated on July 22, 2020 in a town hall: No U.S. presidents elected before Donald Trump were racist.
Joe Biden stated on July 20, 2020 in an interview with Joy Reid on MSNBC: “I, all the way back in January, warned (President Trump that) this pandemic was coming. I talked about what we needed to do.”
Donald Trump stated on July 19, 2020 in an interview with Fox News' Chris Wallace: “We have one of the lowest mortality rates in the world” from COVID-19.
