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 John Hickenlooper stated on March 20, 2019 in a CNN town hall: After legalizing marijuana in Colorado, "we haven't seen a spike in consumption." Amy Klobuchar stated on March 17, 2019 in an interview on CNN's "State of the Union": During her tenure as county attorney in Minnesota, "there was a 65 percent decrease in incarceration of African-Americans." Kevin Downing stated on March 13, 2019 in remarks to reporters: Says Paul Manafort’s sentencing judge, Amy Berman Jackson, "conceded that there was absolutely no evidence of any Russian collusion in this case. So that makes two courts. Two courts have ruled no evidence of any collusion with any Russians." Matthew Dowd stated on March 8, 2019 in a tweet: "Job growth and stock growth for the first two years of Trump are down from where they were (during the) last two years of Obama." Turning Point USA stated on March 11, 2019 in a post on Facebook: Says Michelle Obama "had a staff of 23" while Melania Trump "has a staff of 4." Donald Trump stated on March 5, 2019 in remarks at the White House: When Congress sought documents from President Barack Obama, the White House "didn’t do anything. They didn’t give one letter of the request. Many requests were made. They didn’t give a letter." James Lankford stated on March 6, 2019 in an interview on MSNBC's "Morning Joe": "Tax revenue went up, actually, $14 billion last year after the tax cut actually occurred. We had greater revenue." Viral image stated on February 28, 2019 in a post on the Internet: "Obama settled 43,000 Somalian refugees in Minnesota. As of 2016, there were around 80,000. No wonder Ilhan Omar was elected. It was planned." Bernie Sanders stated on February 26, 2019 in a tweet: Raising the federal minimum wage to $15 "would give more than 40 million low-wage workers a raise, more than 25 percent of the U.S. workforce." Donald Trump stated on February 25, 2019 in a tweet: "The Democrat(ic) position on abortion is now so extreme that they don’t mind executing babies AFTER birth." Heidi Heitkamp stated on February 24, 2019 in a roundtable on ABC's "This Week": "We have record bankruptcies in farming country." Donald Trump stated on February 25, 2019 in a tweet: Says former Sen. Harry Reid "got thrown out." Joe Biden stated on February 15, 2019 in a tweet: "Since the passage of (the Violence Against Women Act), annual rates of domestic violence have dropped by 63 percent." Amy Klobuchar stated on February 18, 2019 in a CNN town hall: "Comprehensive immigration reform, the bill we had back in 2013 ... brought the debt down $158 billion." Donald Trump stated on February 13, 2019 in a speech: "Violent crime is now going down for the first time in a long while." Kamala Harris stated on February 11, 2019 in a tweet: "The average tax refund is down about $170 compared to last year. Let’s call the President’s tax cut what it is: a middle-class tax hike to line the pockets of already wealthy corporations and the 1%." Donald Trump stated on February 11, 2019 in a speech in El Paso, Texas: Says that at Beto O’Rourke’s rally in El Paso, there were "200 people, 300 people." Donald Trump stated on February 7, 2019 in a tweet: "The Dems and their committees are going ‘nuts.’ The Republicans never did this to President Obama." Joe Biden stated on January 28, 2019 in remarks in Fort Lauderdale: "There was virtually no new business investment" after the 2017 tax law. "The bulk was used to buy back their own stock." Kamala Harris stated on January 27, 2019 in a campaign launch event: "The cost of living is going up, but paychecks aren't keeping up." Maria Cantwell stated on January 23, 2019 in a tweet: "7 million more Americans are uninsured now than when President Trump was elected." Jacob Wohl stated on January 22, 2019 in a tweet: "Kamala Harris is NOT eligible to be President." Mike Pence stated on January 16, 2019 in a speech: "The caliphate has crumbled and ISIS has been defeated." Viral image stated on January 10, 2019 in a meme: "Lettuce killed more Americans this year than undocumented immigrants." Chris Murphy stated on December 23, 2018 in a tweet: "The 2017/2018 budgets gave (President Donald) Trump billions for border upgrades. He’s spent ALMOST NONE of it. 6%." Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez stated on December 2, 2018 in a tweet: "$21T in Pentagon accounting errors. Medicare for All costs ~$32T. That means 66% of Medicare for All could have been funded already by the Pentagon." Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez stated on November 19, 2018 in a tweet: In her defeat of Republican Rep. Karen Handel, Democratic challenger Lucy McBath "was outspent 5-1." Donald Trump stated on November 21, 2018 in a tweet: Just before Thanksgiving, oil was $54 a barrel, down from $82. "Thank you to Saudi Arabia." Tom Cotton stated on November 16, 2018 in a tweet: "There have been no hearings" on a criminal justice bill being considered in the Senate. Donald Trump stated on November 14, 2018 in an interview with the Daily Caller: "If you buy, you know, a box of cereal, if you do anything, you have a voter ID. … The only thing you don’t is if you’re a voter of the United States."
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John Hickenlooper stated on March 20, 2019 in a CNN town hall: After legalizing marijuana in Colorado, "we haven't seen a spike in consumption." Amy Klobuchar stated on March 17, 2019 in an interview on CNN's "State of the Union": During her tenure as county attorney in Minnesota, "there was a 65 percent decrease in incarceration of African-Americans." Kevin Downing stated on March 13, 2019 in remarks to reporters: Says Paul Manafort’s sentencing judge, Amy Berman Jackson, "conceded that there was absolutely no evidence of any Russian collusion in this case. So that makes two courts. Two courts have ruled no evidence of any collusion with any Russians." Matthew Dowd stated on March 8, 2019 in a tweet: "Job growth and stock growth for the first two years of Trump are down from where they were (during the) last two years of Obama." Turning Point USA stated on March 11, 2019 in a post on Facebook: Says Michelle Obama "had a staff of 23" while Melania Trump "has a staff of 4." Donald Trump stated on March 5, 2019 in remarks at the White House: When Congress sought documents from President Barack Obama, the White House "didn’t do anything. They didn’t give one letter of the request. Many requests were made. They didn’t give a letter." James Lankford stated on March 6, 2019 in an interview on MSNBC's "Morning Joe": "Tax revenue went up, actually, $14 billion last year after the tax cut actually occurred. We had greater revenue." Viral image stated on February 28, 2019 in a post on the Internet: "Obama settled 43,000 Somalian refugees in Minnesota. As of 2016, there were around 80,000. No wonder Ilhan Omar was elected. It was planned." Bernie Sanders stated on February 26, 2019 in a tweet: Raising the federal minimum wage to $15 "would give more than 40 million low-wage workers a raise, more than 25 percent of the U.S. workforce." Donald Trump stated on February 25, 2019 in a tweet: "The Democrat(ic) position on abortion is now so extreme that they don’t mind executing babies AFTER birth." Heidi Heitkamp stated on February 24, 2019 in a roundtable on ABC's "This Week": "We have record bankruptcies in farming country." Donald Trump stated on February 25, 2019 in a tweet: Says former Sen. Harry Reid "got thrown out." Joe Biden stated on February 15, 2019 in a tweet: "Since the passage of (the Violence Against Women Act), annual rates of domestic violence have dropped by 63 percent." Amy Klobuchar stated on February 18, 2019 in a CNN town hall: "Comprehensive immigration reform, the bill we had back in 2013 ... brought the debt down $158 billion." Donald Trump stated on February 13, 2019 in a speech: "Violent crime is now going down for the first time in a long while." Kamala Harris stated on February 11, 2019 in a tweet: "The average tax refund is down about $170 compared to last year. Let’s call the President’s tax cut what it is: a middle-class tax hike to line the pockets of already wealthy corporations and the 1%." Donald Trump stated on February 11, 2019 in a speech in El Paso, Texas: Says that at Beto O’Rourke’s rally in El Paso, there were "200 people, 300 people." Donald Trump stated on February 7, 2019 in a tweet: "The Dems and their committees are going ‘nuts.’ The Republicans never did this to President Obama." Joe Biden stated on January 28, 2019 in remarks in Fort Lauderdale: "There was virtually no new business investment" after the 2017 tax law. "The bulk was used to buy back their own stock." Kamala Harris stated on January 27, 2019 in a campaign launch event: "The cost of living is going up, but paychecks aren't keeping up." Maria Cantwell stated on January 23, 2019 in a tweet: "7 million more Americans are uninsured now than when President Trump was elected." Jacob Wohl stated on January 22, 2019 in a tweet: "Kamala Harris is NOT eligible to be President." Mike Pence stated on January 16, 2019 in a speech: "The caliphate has crumbled and ISIS has been defeated." Viral image stated on January 10, 2019 in a meme: "Lettuce killed more Americans this year than undocumented immigrants." Chris Murphy stated on December 23, 2018 in a tweet: "The 2017/2018 budgets gave (President Donald) Trump billions for border upgrades. He’s spent ALMOST NONE of it. 6%." Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez stated on December 2, 2018 in a tweet: "$21T in Pentagon accounting errors. Medicare for All costs ~$32T. That means 66% of Medicare for All could have been funded already by the Pentagon." Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez stated on November 19, 2018 in a tweet: In her defeat of Republican Rep. Karen Handel, Democratic challenger Lucy McBath "was outspent 5-1." Donald Trump stated on November 21, 2018 in a tweet: Just before Thanksgiving, oil was $54 a barrel, down from $82. "Thank you to Saudi Arabia." Tom Cotton stated on November 16, 2018 in a tweet: "There have been no hearings" on a criminal justice bill being considered in the Senate. Donald Trump stated on November 14, 2018 in an interview with the Daily Caller: "If you buy, you know, a box of cereal, if you do anything, you have a voter ID. … The only thing you don’t is if you’re a voter of the United States."
John Hickenlooper stated on March 20, 2019 in a CNN town hall: After legalizing marijuana in Colorado, "we haven't seen a spike in consumption."
Amy Klobuchar stated on March 17, 2019 in an interview on CNN's "State of the Union": During her tenure as county attorney in Minnesota, "there was a 65 percent decrease in incarceration of African-Americans."
Kevin Downing stated on March 13, 2019 in remarks to reporters: Says Paul Manafort’s sentencing judge, Amy Berman Jackson, "conceded that there was absolutely no evidence of any Russian collusion in this case. So that makes two courts. Two courts have ruled no evidence of any collusion with any Russians."
Matthew Dowd stated on March 8, 2019 in a tweet: "Job growth and stock growth for the first two years of Trump are down from where they were (during the) last two years of Obama."
Turning Point USA stated on March 11, 2019 in a post on Facebook: Says Michelle Obama "had a staff of 23" while Melania Trump "has a staff of 4."
Donald Trump stated on March 5, 2019 in remarks at the White House: When Congress sought documents from President Barack Obama, the White House "didn’t do anything. They didn’t give one letter of the request. Many requests were made. They didn’t give a letter."
James Lankford stated on March 6, 2019 in an interview on MSNBC's "Morning Joe": "Tax revenue went up, actually, $14 billion last year after the tax cut actually occurred. We had greater revenue."
Viral image stated on February 28, 2019 in a post on the Internet: "Obama settled 43,000 Somalian refugees in Minnesota. As of 2016, there were around 80,000. No wonder Ilhan Omar was elected. It was planned."
Bernie Sanders stated on February 26, 2019 in a tweet: Raising the federal minimum wage to $15 "would give more than 40 million low-wage workers a raise, more than 25 percent of the U.S. workforce."
Donald Trump stated on February 25, 2019 in a tweet: "The Democrat(ic) position on abortion is now so extreme that they don’t mind executing babies AFTER birth."
Heidi Heitkamp stated on February 24, 2019 in a roundtable on ABC's "This Week": "We have record bankruptcies in farming country."
Joe Biden stated on February 15, 2019 in a tweet: "Since the passage of (the Violence Against Women Act), annual rates of domestic violence have dropped by 63 percent."
Amy Klobuchar stated on February 18, 2019 in a CNN town hall: "Comprehensive immigration reform, the bill we had back in 2013 ... brought the debt down $158 billion."
Donald Trump stated on February 13, 2019 in a speech: "Violent crime is now going down for the first time in a long while."
Kamala Harris stated on February 11, 2019 in a tweet: "The average tax refund is down about $170 compared to last year. Let’s call the President’s tax cut what it is: a middle-class tax hike to line the pockets of already wealthy corporations and the 1%."
Donald Trump stated on February 11, 2019 in a speech in El Paso, Texas: Says that at Beto O’Rourke’s rally in El Paso, there were "200 people, 300 people."
Donald Trump stated on February 7, 2019 in a tweet: "The Dems and their committees are going ‘nuts.’ The Republicans never did this to President Obama."
Joe Biden stated on January 28, 2019 in remarks in Fort Lauderdale: "There was virtually no new business investment" after the 2017 tax law. "The bulk was used to buy back their own stock."
Kamala Harris stated on January 27, 2019 in a campaign launch event: "The cost of living is going up, but paychecks aren't keeping up."
Maria Cantwell stated on January 23, 2019 in a tweet: "7 million more Americans are uninsured now than when President Trump was elected."
Mike Pence stated on January 16, 2019 in a speech: "The caliphate has crumbled and ISIS has been defeated."
Viral image stated on January 10, 2019 in a meme: "Lettuce killed more Americans this year than undocumented immigrants."
Chris Murphy stated on December 23, 2018 in a tweet: "The 2017/2018 budgets gave (President Donald) Trump billions for border upgrades. He’s spent ALMOST NONE of it. 6%."
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez stated on December 2, 2018 in a tweet: "$21T in Pentagon accounting errors. Medicare for All costs ~$32T. That means 66% of Medicare for All could have been funded already by the Pentagon."
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez stated on November 19, 2018 in a tweet: In her defeat of Republican Rep. Karen Handel, Democratic challenger Lucy McBath "was outspent 5-1."
Donald Trump stated on November 21, 2018 in a tweet: Just before Thanksgiving, oil was $54 a barrel, down from $82. "Thank you to Saudi Arabia."
Tom Cotton stated on November 16, 2018 in a tweet: "There have been no hearings" on a criminal justice bill being considered in the Senate.
Donald Trump stated on November 14, 2018 in an interview with the Daily Caller: "If you buy, you know, a box of cereal, if you do anything, you have a voter ID. … The only thing you don’t is if you’re a voter of the United States."
