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 Rick Scott stated on March 9, 2025 in an interview on CNN's "State of the Union": “The number of full-time jobs (was) dropping almost the entire Biden administration.” X posts stated on March 7, 2025 in on social media: During President Joe Biden’s four years in office, “31% of U.S. job growth” came from public-sector jobs. Larry Kudlow stated on March 4, 2025 in on-air remarks: Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency is “polling very well. It’s very popular.” Kevin O'Leary stated on February 24, 2025 in an interview on CNN: “We've never audited government for 100 years.” Patty Murray stated on February 20, 2025 in a Senate floor speech: “The single biggest driver of our national debt since 2001 has been Republican tax cuts.” Donald Trump stated on February 18, 2025 in remarks to reporters at Mar-a-Lago: Volodymyr Zelenskyy “started” the war in Ukraine with Russia. Marco Rubio stated on February 3, 2025 in in a letter to Congress: On support for U.S. Agency for International Development 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.” Sara Jacobs stated on December 18, 2024 in an X post: Government shutdowns in 2013 and 2018 “cost our economy billions of dollars each.” Mike Johnson stated on December 5, 2024 in remarks to reporters: About 1% of federal employees are “actually working in the office.” Joe Biden stated on December 1, 2024 in a statement: On pardoning his son Hunter Biden Bernie Sanders stated on November 10, 2024 in an interview on CNN's "State of the Union": Inflation-adjusted weekly wages “are lower today than they were 50 years ago.” Instagram posts stated on November 7, 2024 in on social media: “Something stinks” that Donald Trump won in several battleground states while Democrats won Senate or governor races in those states. Donald Trump stated on October 31, 2024 in a social media post: “I never mentioned” wanting to end the Affordable Care Act. Kamala Harris stated on October 29, 2024 in a speech in Washington, D.C.: Former President Donald Trump would “force states to monitor women's pregnancies.” Senate Leadership Fund stated on September 1, 2024 in an ad: Sen. Jon Tester “voted to let men compete against our girls in their sports.” Jon Tester stated on August 20, 2024 in a post on X: “In Montana, we cherish our public lands. But Tim Sheehy called to transfer them off, so the ultra-rich can buy them up.” Facebook posts stated on October 22, 2024 in on Facebook: “Ballots are not supposed to have fold lines or creases in the candidates name area” or it could invalidate your vote. Threads posts stated on October 21, 2024 in a Threads post: The Biden-Harris administration “brought over” 10 million migrants who got 9 million jobs. Kamala Harris stated on October 23, 2024 in a CNN town hall: "As of today, we have cut the flow of immigration by over half." Donald Trump stated on October 17, 2024 in an ad: Vice President Kamala Harris “wants struggling seniors to pay more Social Security taxes while she gives Medicare and Social Security to illegals.” Kelly Ayotte stated on September 25, 2024 in a debate: “There was a bill to basically create a ban to make sure we never become a sanctuary state, that no locality passes those regulations, and (former Manchester Mayor Joyce Craig) opposed that bill.” Joyce Craig stated on September 15, 2024 in an interview with WMUR-TV: Gubernatorial candidate Kelly Ayotte “has voted for national abortion bans, she has voted to defund Planned Parenthood, and she shepherded Neil Gorsuch through the Supreme Court process, and then celebrated when Roe v. Wade was overturned.” Donald Trump stated on October 15, 2024 in a rally in Atlanta: Vice President Kamala Harris' plan “will raise taxes for the typical American family by an estimated $3,000." Byron Donalds stated on October 13, 2024 in an interview on CNN's "State of the Union": “Wages adjusted for inflation were massively up under Donald Trump for Black men. … The (Black-white) wage gap in 2019 was actually shrinking under Donald Trump's administration.” Kari Lake stated on October 9, 2024 in a Senate debate: “Arizona was safe” when she moved to the state in 1994, but has become “unsafe.” Kamala Harris stated on October 7, 2024 in an interview on "60 Minutes": "Teachers and nurses and firefighters are paying a higher tax rate than billionaires and the biggest corporations." Kamala Harris stated on October 7, 2024 in an interview on CBS's "60 Minutes": "We now have historic low unemployment in America among all groups of people." New Hampshire Democratic Party stated on September 27, 2024 in an ad: When New Hampshire gubernatorial nominee Kelly Ayotte served on two companies’ boards, one “laid off 18,000 workers” and the other “laid off 1,200 American workers, moving jobs overseas.” Kelly Ayotte stated on September 12, 2024 in an ad: In Manchester, N.H., gubernatorial candidate Joyce Craig “pushed for a city sales tax. Then, Joyce Craig overrode the tax cap and tried to raise taxes six times.”
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Rick Scott stated on March 9, 2025 in an interview on CNN's "State of the Union": “The number of full-time jobs (was) dropping almost the entire Biden administration.” X posts stated on March 7, 2025 in on social media: During President Joe Biden’s four years in office, “31% of U.S. job growth” came from public-sector jobs. Larry Kudlow stated on March 4, 2025 in on-air remarks: Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency is “polling very well. It’s very popular.” Kevin O'Leary stated on February 24, 2025 in an interview on CNN: “We've never audited government for 100 years.” Patty Murray stated on February 20, 2025 in a Senate floor speech: “The single biggest driver of our national debt since 2001 has been Republican tax cuts.” Donald Trump stated on February 18, 2025 in remarks to reporters at Mar-a-Lago: Volodymyr Zelenskyy “started” the war in Ukraine with Russia. Marco Rubio stated on February 3, 2025 in in a letter to Congress: On support for U.S. Agency for International Development 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.” Sara Jacobs stated on December 18, 2024 in an X post: Government shutdowns in 2013 and 2018 “cost our economy billions of dollars each.” Mike Johnson stated on December 5, 2024 in remarks to reporters: About 1% of federal employees are “actually working in the office.” Joe Biden stated on December 1, 2024 in a statement: On pardoning his son Hunter Biden Bernie Sanders stated on November 10, 2024 in an interview on CNN's "State of the Union": Inflation-adjusted weekly wages “are lower today than they were 50 years ago.” Instagram posts stated on November 7, 2024 in on social media: “Something stinks” that Donald Trump won in several battleground states while Democrats won Senate or governor races in those states. Donald Trump stated on October 31, 2024 in a social media post: “I never mentioned” wanting to end the Affordable Care Act. Kamala Harris stated on October 29, 2024 in a speech in Washington, D.C.: Former President Donald Trump would “force states to monitor women's pregnancies.” Senate Leadership Fund stated on September 1, 2024 in an ad: Sen. Jon Tester “voted to let men compete against our girls in their sports.” Jon Tester stated on August 20, 2024 in a post on X: “In Montana, we cherish our public lands. But Tim Sheehy called to transfer them off, so the ultra-rich can buy them up.” Facebook posts stated on October 22, 2024 in on Facebook: “Ballots are not supposed to have fold lines or creases in the candidates name area” or it could invalidate your vote. Threads posts stated on October 21, 2024 in a Threads post: The Biden-Harris administration “brought over” 10 million migrants who got 9 million jobs. Kamala Harris stated on October 23, 2024 in a CNN town hall: "As of today, we have cut the flow of immigration by over half." Donald Trump stated on October 17, 2024 in an ad: Vice President Kamala Harris “wants struggling seniors to pay more Social Security taxes while she gives Medicare and Social Security to illegals.” Kelly Ayotte stated on September 25, 2024 in a debate: “There was a bill to basically create a ban to make sure we never become a sanctuary state, that no locality passes those regulations, and (former Manchester Mayor Joyce Craig) opposed that bill.” Joyce Craig stated on September 15, 2024 in an interview with WMUR-TV: Gubernatorial candidate Kelly Ayotte “has voted for national abortion bans, she has voted to defund Planned Parenthood, and she shepherded Neil Gorsuch through the Supreme Court process, and then celebrated when Roe v. Wade was overturned.” Donald Trump stated on October 15, 2024 in a rally in Atlanta: Vice President Kamala Harris' plan “will raise taxes for the typical American family by an estimated $3,000." Byron Donalds stated on October 13, 2024 in an interview on CNN's "State of the Union": “Wages adjusted for inflation were massively up under Donald Trump for Black men. … The (Black-white) wage gap in 2019 was actually shrinking under Donald Trump's administration.” Kari Lake stated on October 9, 2024 in a Senate debate: “Arizona was safe” when she moved to the state in 1994, but has become “unsafe.” Kamala Harris stated on October 7, 2024 in an interview on "60 Minutes": "Teachers and nurses and firefighters are paying a higher tax rate than billionaires and the biggest corporations." Kamala Harris stated on October 7, 2024 in an interview on CBS's "60 Minutes": "We now have historic low unemployment in America among all groups of people." New Hampshire Democratic Party stated on September 27, 2024 in an ad: When New Hampshire gubernatorial nominee Kelly Ayotte served on two companies’ boards, one “laid off 18,000 workers” and the other “laid off 1,200 American workers, moving jobs overseas.” Kelly Ayotte stated on September 12, 2024 in an ad: In Manchester, N.H., gubernatorial candidate Joyce Craig “pushed for a city sales tax. Then, Joyce Craig overrode the tax cap and tried to raise taxes six times.”
Rick Scott stated on March 9, 2025 in an interview on CNN's "State of the Union": “The number of full-time jobs (was) dropping almost the entire Biden administration.”
X posts stated on March 7, 2025 in on social media: During President Joe Biden’s four years in office, “31% of U.S. job growth” came from public-sector jobs.
Larry Kudlow stated on March 4, 2025 in on-air remarks: Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency is “polling very well. It’s very popular.”
Kevin O'Leary stated on February 24, 2025 in an interview on CNN: “We've never audited government for 100 years.”
Patty Murray stated on February 20, 2025 in a Senate floor speech: “The single biggest driver of our national debt since 2001 has been Republican tax cuts.”
Donald Trump stated on February 18, 2025 in remarks to reporters at Mar-a-Lago: Volodymyr Zelenskyy “started” the war in Ukraine with Russia.
Marco Rubio stated on February 3, 2025 in in a letter to Congress: On support for U.S. Agency for International Development
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.”
Sara Jacobs stated on December 18, 2024 in an X post: Government shutdowns in 2013 and 2018 “cost our economy billions of dollars each.”
Mike Johnson stated on December 5, 2024 in remarks to reporters: About 1% of federal employees are “actually working in the office.”
Bernie Sanders stated on November 10, 2024 in an interview on CNN's "State of the Union": Inflation-adjusted weekly wages “are lower today than they were 50 years ago.”
Instagram posts stated on November 7, 2024 in on social media: “Something stinks” that Donald Trump won in several battleground states while Democrats won Senate or governor races in those states.
Donald Trump stated on October 31, 2024 in a social media post: “I never mentioned” wanting to end the Affordable Care Act.
Kamala Harris stated on October 29, 2024 in a speech in Washington, D.C.: Former President Donald Trump would “force states to monitor women's pregnancies.”
Senate Leadership Fund stated on September 1, 2024 in an ad: Sen. Jon Tester “voted to let men compete against our girls in their sports.”
Jon Tester stated on August 20, 2024 in a post on X: “In Montana, we cherish our public lands. But Tim Sheehy called to transfer them off, so the ultra-rich can buy them up.”
Facebook posts stated on October 22, 2024 in on Facebook: “Ballots are not supposed to have fold lines or creases in the candidates name area” or it could invalidate your vote.
Threads posts stated on October 21, 2024 in a Threads post: The Biden-Harris administration “brought over” 10 million migrants who got 9 million jobs.
Kamala Harris stated on October 23, 2024 in a CNN town hall: "As of today, we have cut the flow of immigration by over half."
Donald Trump stated on October 17, 2024 in an ad: Vice President Kamala Harris “wants struggling seniors to pay more Social Security taxes while she gives Medicare and Social Security to illegals.”
Kelly Ayotte stated on September 25, 2024 in a debate: “There was a bill to basically create a ban to make sure we never become a sanctuary state, that no locality passes those regulations, and (former Manchester Mayor Joyce Craig) opposed that bill.”
Joyce Craig stated on September 15, 2024 in an interview with WMUR-TV: Gubernatorial candidate Kelly Ayotte “has voted for national abortion bans, she has voted to defund Planned Parenthood, and she shepherded Neil Gorsuch through the Supreme Court process, and then celebrated when Roe v. Wade was overturned.”
Donald Trump stated on October 15, 2024 in a rally in Atlanta: Vice President Kamala Harris' plan “will raise taxes for the typical American family by an estimated $3,000."
Byron Donalds stated on October 13, 2024 in an interview on CNN's "State of the Union": “Wages adjusted for inflation were massively up under Donald Trump for Black men. … The (Black-white) wage gap in 2019 was actually shrinking under Donald Trump's administration.”
Kari Lake stated on October 9, 2024 in a Senate debate: “Arizona was safe” when she moved to the state in 1994, but has become “unsafe.”
Kamala Harris stated on October 7, 2024 in an interview on "60 Minutes": "Teachers and nurses and firefighters are paying a higher tax rate than billionaires and the biggest corporations."
Kamala Harris stated on October 7, 2024 in an interview on CBS's "60 Minutes": "We now have historic low unemployment in America among all groups of people."
New Hampshire Democratic Party stated on September 27, 2024 in an ad: When New Hampshire gubernatorial nominee Kelly Ayotte served on two companies’ boards, one “laid off 18,000 workers” and the other “laid off 1,200 American workers, moving jobs overseas.”
Kelly Ayotte stated on September 12, 2024 in an ad: In Manchester, N.H., gubernatorial candidate Joyce Craig “pushed for a city sales tax. Then, Joyce Craig overrode the tax cap and tried to raise taxes six times.”
