Latest Fact-checks by Tom Kertscher 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 Tim Baxter stated on January 4, 2022 in an ad: Says Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez “says that all young people want to be socialists.” Rand Paul stated on January 4, 2022 in an ad: “No one has been hospitalized for” the omicron variant of COVID-19. Save America PAC stated on December 29, 2021 in an ad: President Joe Biden “never had a” COVID-19 “plan.” Bloggers stated on December 19, 2021 in an article: “Six-month Pfizer data show COVID vaccine causes more illness than it prevents.” Congressional Progressive Caucus PAC stated on November 10, 2021 in a Facebook post: “Trump cut Social Security benefits by over $3 billion.” Facebook posts stated on December 12, 2021 in a Facebook post: Eating grapefruit, “if you're on antidepressants,” can “cause a fatal overdose.” Steve Kirsch stated on December 12, 2021 in a blog post: “They've now killed close to twice as many kids from the vaccine as have died from COVID.” Facebook posts stated on December 14, 2021 in a Facebook post: The omicron variant of COVID-19 “came out” in 2021, but “the copyright on this book” about the variant is 2020. Facebook posts stated on July 8, 2021 in a Facebook post: “They've planned this” COVID-19 “pandemic all along!” Facebook posts stated on December 10, 2021 in a Facebook post: “Wisconsin 2020 election investigation finds more illegal votes were cast than Biden's margin of victory.” Robert Reich stated on November 24, 2021 in a tweet: “Norway spends about $30,000 per child on early childhood care, Finland spends $23,000, Germany $18,000” and the U.S. $500. Facebook posts stated on December 9, 2021 in a Facebook post: Society is “choosing blood clots and heart problems over cold and flu symptoms, or even no symptoms at all.” Instagram posts stated on December 2, 2021 in an Instagram post: COVID-19 vaccines are gene therapy and a recent Forbes article proves that. The Gateway Pundit stated on November 26, 2021 in an article: Because of omicron, “the Biden administration has decided to leave the U.S. southern border completely open.” Bloggers stated on November 28, 2021 in a blog post: Heart complications are one symptom “listed” for the omicron variant and are being “used to cover up effects” of COVID-19 vaccines. Facebook posts stated on November 19, 2021 in a Facebook post: Low gas prices in Russia, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia show that Joe Biden’s decision to cancel the Keystone Pipeline project is to blame for U.S. prices. Alex Berenson stated on November 20, 2021 in a blog post: Vaccinated people under 60 in England “are dying at twice the rate of unvaccinated people the same age. ... I don’t know how to explain this other than vaccine-caused mortality.” Facebook posts stated on November 20, 2021 in a Facebook post: “The gas station where they initially attacked” Kyle Rittenhouse “is owned by his grandparents.” Viral image stated on November 15, 2021 in a Facebook post: The Build Back Better bill provides “'parole' amnesty for millions of criminal illegal aliens.” Viral image stated on November 15, 2021 in a Facebook post: Timothy Simpkins, a Black teen shooter, got 1 day in jail and $75,000 bail, while Kyle Rittenhouse, a white teen, got 2 months in jail and $2 million bail. “I think it’s pretty evident ... that white privilege is a myth.” Viral image stated on November 13, 2021 in a viral image: Kyle Rittenhouse’s mother “drove him across state lines and dropped him off in the middle of a riot armed with an assault rifle” in Kenosha. Viral image stated on November 5, 2021 in a viral image: "Children are 50 times more likely to be killed by the Covid vaccines than by the virus itself." Viral image stated on November 6, 2021 in a Facebook post: "There is no added safety to the public if you're vaccinated." X posts stated on November 9, 2021 in a tweet: Photos show “diesel generators” at the COP26 climate change conference. X posts stated on November 2, 2021 in a tweet: “Fox News went from 97% reporting to 94% in Virginia. The fraud is so blatant it's not funny anymore.” Bloggers stated on October 30, 2021 in a Facebook post: United Kingdom “government reports suggest the fully vaccinated are rapidly developing Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome." Viral image stated on November 1, 2021 in a Facebook post: “Global warming is part of (a) natural cycle and there’s nothing we can actually do to stop these cycles.” Viral image stated on October 23, 2019 in a Facebook post: "The 550 U.S. billionaires together are worth $2.5 trillion. If we confiscated 100% of their wealth, we'd raise enough to run the federal government for less than eight months." Facebook posts stated on October 26, 2021 in a Facebook post: “Unmask your kids! Any carbon dioxide concentrations above” 2,000 parts per million are “dangerous!” Instagram posts stated on October 27, 2021 in an Instagram post: Blood “starts to clot in a minute or two” after a Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine injection.
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Tim Baxter stated on January 4, 2022 in an ad: Says Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez “says that all young people want to be socialists.” Rand Paul stated on January 4, 2022 in an ad: “No one has been hospitalized for” the omicron variant of COVID-19. Save America PAC stated on December 29, 2021 in an ad: President Joe Biden “never had a” COVID-19 “plan.” Bloggers stated on December 19, 2021 in an article: “Six-month Pfizer data show COVID vaccine causes more illness than it prevents.” Congressional Progressive Caucus PAC stated on November 10, 2021 in a Facebook post: “Trump cut Social Security benefits by over $3 billion.” Facebook posts stated on December 12, 2021 in a Facebook post: Eating grapefruit, “if you're on antidepressants,” can “cause a fatal overdose.” Steve Kirsch stated on December 12, 2021 in a blog post: “They've now killed close to twice as many kids from the vaccine as have died from COVID.” Facebook posts stated on December 14, 2021 in a Facebook post: The omicron variant of COVID-19 “came out” in 2021, but “the copyright on this book” about the variant is 2020. Facebook posts stated on July 8, 2021 in a Facebook post: “They've planned this” COVID-19 “pandemic all along!” Facebook posts stated on December 10, 2021 in a Facebook post: “Wisconsin 2020 election investigation finds more illegal votes were cast than Biden's margin of victory.” Robert Reich stated on November 24, 2021 in a tweet: “Norway spends about $30,000 per child on early childhood care, Finland spends $23,000, Germany $18,000” and the U.S. $500. Facebook posts stated on December 9, 2021 in a Facebook post: Society is “choosing blood clots and heart problems over cold and flu symptoms, or even no symptoms at all.” Instagram posts stated on December 2, 2021 in an Instagram post: COVID-19 vaccines are gene therapy and a recent Forbes article proves that. The Gateway Pundit stated on November 26, 2021 in an article: Because of omicron, “the Biden administration has decided to leave the U.S. southern border completely open.” Bloggers stated on November 28, 2021 in a blog post: Heart complications are one symptom “listed” for the omicron variant and are being “used to cover up effects” of COVID-19 vaccines. Facebook posts stated on November 19, 2021 in a Facebook post: Low gas prices in Russia, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia show that Joe Biden’s decision to cancel the Keystone Pipeline project is to blame for U.S. prices. Alex Berenson stated on November 20, 2021 in a blog post: Vaccinated people under 60 in England “are dying at twice the rate of unvaccinated people the same age. ... I don’t know how to explain this other than vaccine-caused mortality.” Facebook posts stated on November 20, 2021 in a Facebook post: “The gas station where they initially attacked” Kyle Rittenhouse “is owned by his grandparents.” Viral image stated on November 15, 2021 in a Facebook post: The Build Back Better bill provides “'parole' amnesty for millions of criminal illegal aliens.” Viral image stated on November 15, 2021 in a Facebook post: Timothy Simpkins, a Black teen shooter, got 1 day in jail and $75,000 bail, while Kyle Rittenhouse, a white teen, got 2 months in jail and $2 million bail. “I think it’s pretty evident ... that white privilege is a myth.” Viral image stated on November 13, 2021 in a viral image: Kyle Rittenhouse’s mother “drove him across state lines and dropped him off in the middle of a riot armed with an assault rifle” in Kenosha. Viral image stated on November 5, 2021 in a viral image: "Children are 50 times more likely to be killed by the Covid vaccines than by the virus itself." Viral image stated on November 6, 2021 in a Facebook post: "There is no added safety to the public if you're vaccinated." X posts stated on November 9, 2021 in a tweet: Photos show “diesel generators” at the COP26 climate change conference. X posts stated on November 2, 2021 in a tweet: “Fox News went from 97% reporting to 94% in Virginia. The fraud is so blatant it's not funny anymore.” Bloggers stated on October 30, 2021 in a Facebook post: United Kingdom “government reports suggest the fully vaccinated are rapidly developing Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome." Viral image stated on November 1, 2021 in a Facebook post: “Global warming is part of (a) natural cycle and there’s nothing we can actually do to stop these cycles.” Viral image stated on October 23, 2019 in a Facebook post: "The 550 U.S. billionaires together are worth $2.5 trillion. If we confiscated 100% of their wealth, we'd raise enough to run the federal government for less than eight months." Facebook posts stated on October 26, 2021 in a Facebook post: “Unmask your kids! Any carbon dioxide concentrations above” 2,000 parts per million are “dangerous!” Instagram posts stated on October 27, 2021 in an Instagram post: Blood “starts to clot in a minute or two” after a Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine injection.
Tim Baxter stated on January 4, 2022 in an ad: Says Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez “says that all young people want to be socialists.”
Rand Paul stated on January 4, 2022 in an ad: “No one has been hospitalized for” the omicron variant of COVID-19.
Save America PAC stated on December 29, 2021 in an ad: President Joe Biden “never had a” COVID-19 “plan.”
Bloggers stated on December 19, 2021 in an article: “Six-month Pfizer data show COVID vaccine causes more illness than it prevents.”
Congressional Progressive Caucus PAC stated on November 10, 2021 in a Facebook post: “Trump cut Social Security benefits by over $3 billion.”
Facebook posts stated on December 12, 2021 in a Facebook post: Eating grapefruit, “if you're on antidepressants,” can “cause a fatal overdose.”
Steve Kirsch stated on December 12, 2021 in a blog post: “They've now killed close to twice as many kids from the vaccine as have died from COVID.”
Facebook posts stated on December 14, 2021 in a Facebook post: The omicron variant of COVID-19 “came out” in 2021, but “the copyright on this book” about the variant is 2020.
Facebook posts stated on July 8, 2021 in a Facebook post: “They've planned this” COVID-19 “pandemic all along!”
Facebook posts stated on December 10, 2021 in a Facebook post: “Wisconsin 2020 election investigation finds more illegal votes were cast than Biden's margin of victory.”
Robert Reich stated on November 24, 2021 in a tweet: “Norway spends about $30,000 per child on early childhood care, Finland spends $23,000, Germany $18,000” and the U.S. $500.
Facebook posts stated on December 9, 2021 in a Facebook post: Society is “choosing blood clots and heart problems over cold and flu symptoms, or even no symptoms at all.”
Instagram posts stated on December 2, 2021 in an Instagram post: COVID-19 vaccines are gene therapy and a recent Forbes article proves that.
The Gateway Pundit stated on November 26, 2021 in an article: Because of omicron, “the Biden administration has decided to leave the U.S. southern border completely open.”
Bloggers stated on November 28, 2021 in a blog post: Heart complications are one symptom “listed” for the omicron variant and are being “used to cover up effects” of COVID-19 vaccines.
Facebook posts stated on November 19, 2021 in a Facebook post: Low gas prices in Russia, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia show that Joe Biden’s decision to cancel the Keystone Pipeline project is to blame for U.S. prices.
Alex Berenson stated on November 20, 2021 in a blog post: Vaccinated people under 60 in England “are dying at twice the rate of unvaccinated people the same age. ... I don’t know how to explain this other than vaccine-caused mortality.”
Facebook posts stated on November 20, 2021 in a Facebook post: “The gas station where they initially attacked” Kyle Rittenhouse “is owned by his grandparents.”
Viral image stated on November 15, 2021 in a Facebook post: The Build Back Better bill provides “'parole' amnesty for millions of criminal illegal aliens.”
Viral image stated on November 15, 2021 in a Facebook post: Timothy Simpkins, a Black teen shooter, got 1 day in jail and $75,000 bail, while Kyle Rittenhouse, a white teen, got 2 months in jail and $2 million bail. “I think it’s pretty evident ... that white privilege is a myth.”
Viral image stated on November 13, 2021 in a viral image: Kyle Rittenhouse’s mother “drove him across state lines and dropped him off in the middle of a riot armed with an assault rifle” in Kenosha.
Viral image stated on November 5, 2021 in a viral image: "Children are 50 times more likely to be killed by the Covid vaccines than by the virus itself."
Viral image stated on November 6, 2021 in a Facebook post: "There is no added safety to the public if you're vaccinated."
X posts stated on November 9, 2021 in a tweet: Photos show “diesel generators” at the COP26 climate change conference.
X posts stated on November 2, 2021 in a tweet: “Fox News went from 97% reporting to 94% in Virginia. The fraud is so blatant it's not funny anymore.”
Bloggers stated on October 30, 2021 in a Facebook post: United Kingdom “government reports suggest the fully vaccinated are rapidly developing Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome."
Viral image stated on November 1, 2021 in a Facebook post: “Global warming is part of (a) natural cycle and there’s nothing we can actually do to stop these cycles.”
Viral image stated on October 23, 2019 in a Facebook post: "The 550 U.S. billionaires together are worth $2.5 trillion. If we confiscated 100% of their wealth, we'd raise enough to run the federal government for less than eight months."
Facebook posts stated on October 26, 2021 in a Facebook post: “Unmask your kids! Any carbon dioxide concentrations above” 2,000 parts per million are “dangerous!”
Instagram posts stated on October 27, 2021 in an Instagram post: Blood “starts to clot in a minute or two” after a Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine injection.
