Latest Fact-checks by Samantha Putterman 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 Facebook posts stated on October 30, 2020 in a Facebook post: Says the toddler shown in a photo clinging to a police officer was found wandering, alone and barefoot, looking for his mother amid protests in Philadelphia. Instagram posts stated on October 24, 2020 in an Instagram post: Says photo of Malia Obama's credit card next to white powder was found on Hunter Biden's laptop. Facebook posts stated on October 22, 2020 in a Facebook post: "World renowned experts" declare that we should “live normally, practice simple hygiene,” stay home when sick and use protective measures only with “the most vulnerable populations.” Facebook posts stated on October 26, 2020 in a Facebook post: Says photo from Hunter Biden's laptop shows Paul Pelosi Jr. abusing a girl and doing drugs. Donald Trump stated on October 22, 2020 in the final presidential debate: “When I closed (travel from China) he said I should not have closed. ...He said this is a terrible thing, you are a xenophobe, I think he called me racist. Now he says I should have closed it earlier.” Facebook posts stated on October 19, 2020 in a Facebook post: Says Dr. Anthony Fauci wrote a paper blaming 1918-19 flu deaths on masks. Facebook posts stated on October 14, 2020 in a Facebook post: Says Amy Coney Barrett said "calling a Black employee the N-word does not make for a hostile work environment." John Cornyn stated on October 14, 2020 in a tweet: Says Democratic senators were missing “masks” as they huddled close together at the Judiciary Committee hearing for Amy Coney Barrett. Facebook posts stated on October 13, 2020 in a Facebook post: Says Amy Coney Barrett said that breastfeeding babies is child molestation. Facebook posts stated on October 11, 2020 in a Facebook post: No one showed up for this Joe Biden and Kamala Harris joint campaign event in Arizona. Donald Trump stated on October 8, 2020 in an interview with Fox News: The Commission on Presidential Debates wrote a letter after the 2016 presidential debates apologizing to Donald Trump. Facebook posts stated on September 27, 2020 in a Facebook post: “South Dakota, Idaho, Florida, Tennessee & Georgia are now mask FREE!” Donald Trump stated on October 1, 2020 in a tweet from @TrumpWarRoom: "Last week Joe Biden flashed the ‘white power’ sign. President Trump condemned white supremacists yesterday. Why hasn't Joe Biden?” Facebook posts stated on September 23, 2020 in a Facebook post: “9,871,525 is the number of registered voters in AZ according to FB. AZ population is 7,270,000.” Facebook posts stated on September 26, 2020 in a Facebook post: Says over 1,000 mail in ballots were found in a dumpster in California. Instagram posts stated on September 26, 2020 in an Instagram post: Says Joe Biden “disrespects servicemen” in telling them to “clap for that you stupid bastards.” Facebook posts stated on September 23, 2020 in a Facebook post: Says President Trump tweeted that it’s “not fair for a president to leave office because of BAD votes!” and that the Supreme Court “should decide the presidency at every election.” Facebook posts stated on September 14, 2020 in a Facebook post: A graphic on U.S. abortion rates shows larger declines during recent Democratic presidential administrations, and says its due to the party’s approach of making abortions unnecessary, rather than the Republican Party’s approach of making the procedure illegal. Instagram posts stated on September 22, 2020 in an Instagram post: A clip of Joe Biden shows him reading a response to an interview question from a teleprompter, saying “I lost that line.” Facebook posts stated on September 19, 2020 in a Facebook post: Says “Ruth Bader Ginsburg was nominated and confirmed 43 days before an election.” Facebook posts stated on September 20, 2020 in a Facebook post: The man in a mugshot is “responsible for lighting 32 of the wildfires” on the West Coast. Facebook posts stated on August 31, 2020 in a Facebook post: Quotes Kamala Harris as saying “Take the guns first. Go through due process second, I like taking the guns early.” Facebook posts stated on September 9, 2020 in a Facebook post: Says Donald Trump funded a Veterans Day parade 26 years ago in New York City after the city refused to pay. Facebook posts stated on September 10, 2020 in a Facebook post: “This is what Kamala Harris thinks about young Americans … ‘They are stupid!’” Instagram posts stated on September 14, 2020 in an Instagram post: The same deputy who got shot through her jaw in Saturday’s shooting is the same officer seen on video laughing and smirking at the scene of security guard Andres Guardado’s death after he was shot and killed by LASD officers on June 18th, 2020.” Facebook posts stated on September 14, 2020 in a Facebook post: “CDC announces that ordinary (non-N95) masks (which most people are wearing) will do nothing to protect you against wildfire smoke … Fun fact: smoke particles are far larger than SARS-CoV-2 particles.” Facebook posts stated on September 8, 2020 in a Facebook post: Says President Trump posted a combative tweet to EA Sports about Colin Kaepernick. Instagram posts stated on September 7, 2020 in an Instagram post: This video shows Trump looking “lost and disoriented.” Bloggers stated on March 31, 2017 in a story: Says NBC News reported that Hillary Clinton "covered up elite pedophile ring at state department." Facebook posts stated on August 22, 2020 in a Facebook post: Elderly people were “beat up by a BLM hate group” for being white.
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Facebook posts stated on October 30, 2020 in a Facebook post: Says the toddler shown in a photo clinging to a police officer was found wandering, alone and barefoot, looking for his mother amid protests in Philadelphia. Instagram posts stated on October 24, 2020 in an Instagram post: Says photo of Malia Obama's credit card next to white powder was found on Hunter Biden's laptop. Facebook posts stated on October 22, 2020 in a Facebook post: "World renowned experts" declare that we should “live normally, practice simple hygiene,” stay home when sick and use protective measures only with “the most vulnerable populations.” Facebook posts stated on October 26, 2020 in a Facebook post: Says photo from Hunter Biden's laptop shows Paul Pelosi Jr. abusing a girl and doing drugs. Donald Trump stated on October 22, 2020 in the final presidential debate: “When I closed (travel from China) he said I should not have closed. ...He said this is a terrible thing, you are a xenophobe, I think he called me racist. Now he says I should have closed it earlier.” Facebook posts stated on October 19, 2020 in a Facebook post: Says Dr. Anthony Fauci wrote a paper blaming 1918-19 flu deaths on masks. Facebook posts stated on October 14, 2020 in a Facebook post: Says Amy Coney Barrett said "calling a Black employee the N-word does not make for a hostile work environment." John Cornyn stated on October 14, 2020 in a tweet: Says Democratic senators were missing “masks” as they huddled close together at the Judiciary Committee hearing for Amy Coney Barrett. Facebook posts stated on October 13, 2020 in a Facebook post: Says Amy Coney Barrett said that breastfeeding babies is child molestation. Facebook posts stated on October 11, 2020 in a Facebook post: No one showed up for this Joe Biden and Kamala Harris joint campaign event in Arizona. Donald Trump stated on October 8, 2020 in an interview with Fox News: The Commission on Presidential Debates wrote a letter after the 2016 presidential debates apologizing to Donald Trump. Facebook posts stated on September 27, 2020 in a Facebook post: “South Dakota, Idaho, Florida, Tennessee & Georgia are now mask FREE!” Donald Trump stated on October 1, 2020 in a tweet from @TrumpWarRoom: "Last week Joe Biden flashed the ‘white power’ sign. President Trump condemned white supremacists yesterday. Why hasn't Joe Biden?” Facebook posts stated on September 23, 2020 in a Facebook post: “9,871,525 is the number of registered voters in AZ according to FB. AZ population is 7,270,000.” Facebook posts stated on September 26, 2020 in a Facebook post: Says over 1,000 mail in ballots were found in a dumpster in California. Instagram posts stated on September 26, 2020 in an Instagram post: Says Joe Biden “disrespects servicemen” in telling them to “clap for that you stupid bastards.” Facebook posts stated on September 23, 2020 in a Facebook post: Says President Trump tweeted that it’s “not fair for a president to leave office because of BAD votes!” and that the Supreme Court “should decide the presidency at every election.” Facebook posts stated on September 14, 2020 in a Facebook post: A graphic on U.S. abortion rates shows larger declines during recent Democratic presidential administrations, and says its due to the party’s approach of making abortions unnecessary, rather than the Republican Party’s approach of making the procedure illegal. Instagram posts stated on September 22, 2020 in an Instagram post: A clip of Joe Biden shows him reading a response to an interview question from a teleprompter, saying “I lost that line.” Facebook posts stated on September 19, 2020 in a Facebook post: Says “Ruth Bader Ginsburg was nominated and confirmed 43 days before an election.” Facebook posts stated on September 20, 2020 in a Facebook post: The man in a mugshot is “responsible for lighting 32 of the wildfires” on the West Coast. Facebook posts stated on August 31, 2020 in a Facebook post: Quotes Kamala Harris as saying “Take the guns first. Go through due process second, I like taking the guns early.” Facebook posts stated on September 9, 2020 in a Facebook post: Says Donald Trump funded a Veterans Day parade 26 years ago in New York City after the city refused to pay. Facebook posts stated on September 10, 2020 in a Facebook post: “This is what Kamala Harris thinks about young Americans … ‘They are stupid!’” Instagram posts stated on September 14, 2020 in an Instagram post: The same deputy who got shot through her jaw in Saturday’s shooting is the same officer seen on video laughing and smirking at the scene of security guard Andres Guardado’s death after he was shot and killed by LASD officers on June 18th, 2020.” Facebook posts stated on September 14, 2020 in a Facebook post: “CDC announces that ordinary (non-N95) masks (which most people are wearing) will do nothing to protect you against wildfire smoke … Fun fact: smoke particles are far larger than SARS-CoV-2 particles.” Facebook posts stated on September 8, 2020 in a Facebook post: Says President Trump posted a combative tweet to EA Sports about Colin Kaepernick. Instagram posts stated on September 7, 2020 in an Instagram post: This video shows Trump looking “lost and disoriented.” Bloggers stated on March 31, 2017 in a story: Says NBC News reported that Hillary Clinton "covered up elite pedophile ring at state department." Facebook posts stated on August 22, 2020 in a Facebook post: Elderly people were “beat up by a BLM hate group” for being white.
Facebook posts stated on October 30, 2020 in a Facebook post: Says the toddler shown in a photo clinging to a police officer was found wandering, alone and barefoot, looking for his mother amid protests in Philadelphia.
Instagram posts stated on October 24, 2020 in an Instagram post: Says photo of Malia Obama's credit card next to white powder was found on Hunter Biden's laptop.
Facebook posts stated on October 22, 2020 in a Facebook post: "World renowned experts" declare that we should “live normally, practice simple hygiene,” stay home when sick and use protective measures only with “the most vulnerable populations.”
Facebook posts stated on October 26, 2020 in a Facebook post: Says photo from Hunter Biden's laptop shows Paul Pelosi Jr. abusing a girl and doing drugs.
Donald Trump stated on October 22, 2020 in the final presidential debate: “When I closed (travel from China) he said I should not have closed. ...He said this is a terrible thing, you are a xenophobe, I think he called me racist. Now he says I should have closed it earlier.”
Facebook posts stated on October 19, 2020 in a Facebook post: Says Dr. Anthony Fauci wrote a paper blaming 1918-19 flu deaths on masks.
Facebook posts stated on October 14, 2020 in a Facebook post: Says Amy Coney Barrett said "calling a Black employee the N-word does not make for a hostile work environment."
John Cornyn stated on October 14, 2020 in a tweet: Says Democratic senators were missing “masks” as they huddled close together at the Judiciary Committee hearing for Amy Coney Barrett.
Facebook posts stated on October 13, 2020 in a Facebook post: Says Amy Coney Barrett said that breastfeeding babies is child molestation.
Facebook posts stated on October 11, 2020 in a Facebook post: No one showed up for this Joe Biden and Kamala Harris joint campaign event in Arizona.
Donald Trump stated on October 8, 2020 in an interview with Fox News: The Commission on Presidential Debates wrote a letter after the 2016 presidential debates apologizing to Donald Trump.
Facebook posts stated on September 27, 2020 in a Facebook post: “South Dakota, Idaho, Florida, Tennessee & Georgia are now mask FREE!”
Donald Trump stated on October 1, 2020 in a tweet from @TrumpWarRoom: "Last week Joe Biden flashed the ‘white power’ sign. President Trump condemned white supremacists yesterday. Why hasn't Joe Biden?”
Facebook posts stated on September 23, 2020 in a Facebook post: “9,871,525 is the number of registered voters in AZ according to FB. AZ population is 7,270,000.”
Facebook posts stated on September 26, 2020 in a Facebook post: Says over 1,000 mail in ballots were found in a dumpster in California.
Instagram posts stated on September 26, 2020 in an Instagram post: Says Joe Biden “disrespects servicemen” in telling them to “clap for that you stupid bastards.”
Facebook posts stated on September 23, 2020 in a Facebook post: Says President Trump tweeted that it’s “not fair for a president to leave office because of BAD votes!” and that the Supreme Court “should decide the presidency at every election.”
Facebook posts stated on September 14, 2020 in a Facebook post: A graphic on U.S. abortion rates shows larger declines during recent Democratic presidential administrations, and says its due to the party’s approach of making abortions unnecessary, rather than the Republican Party’s approach of making the procedure illegal.
Instagram posts stated on September 22, 2020 in an Instagram post: A clip of Joe Biden shows him reading a response to an interview question from a teleprompter, saying “I lost that line.”
Facebook posts stated on September 19, 2020 in a Facebook post: Says “Ruth Bader Ginsburg was nominated and confirmed 43 days before an election.”
Facebook posts stated on September 20, 2020 in a Facebook post: The man in a mugshot is “responsible for lighting 32 of the wildfires” on the West Coast.
Facebook posts stated on August 31, 2020 in a Facebook post: Quotes Kamala Harris as saying “Take the guns first. Go through due process second, I like taking the guns early.”
Facebook posts stated on September 9, 2020 in a Facebook post: Says Donald Trump funded a Veterans Day parade 26 years ago in New York City after the city refused to pay.
Facebook posts stated on September 10, 2020 in a Facebook post: “This is what Kamala Harris thinks about young Americans … ‘They are stupid!’”
Instagram posts stated on September 14, 2020 in an Instagram post: The same deputy who got shot through her jaw in Saturday’s shooting is the same officer seen on video laughing and smirking at the scene of security guard Andres Guardado’s death after he was shot and killed by LASD officers on June 18th, 2020.”
Facebook posts stated on September 14, 2020 in a Facebook post: “CDC announces that ordinary (non-N95) masks (which most people are wearing) will do nothing to protect you against wildfire smoke … Fun fact: smoke particles are far larger than SARS-CoV-2 particles.”
Facebook posts stated on September 8, 2020 in a Facebook post: Says President Trump posted a combative tweet to EA Sports about Colin Kaepernick.
Instagram posts stated on September 7, 2020 in an Instagram post: This video shows Trump looking “lost and disoriented.”
Bloggers stated on March 31, 2017 in a story: Says NBC News reported that Hillary Clinton "covered up elite pedophile ring at state department."
Facebook posts stated on August 22, 2020 in a Facebook post: Elderly people were “beat up by a BLM hate group” for being white.
