Latest Fact-checks in Elections 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 North Carolina Republican Party stated on March 12, 2019 in an email: "Democrats have forced a special election" Club for Growth stated on March 10, 2019 in a TV ad: Says Beto O'Rourke's "father-in-law, a billionaire real estate developer who bankrolled a Super PAC to buy Beto a congressional seat…" Club for Growth stated on March 10, 2019 in in a TV ad: Says Beto O’Rourke crashed into barriers, "causing a collision while driving drunk, then fleeing the scene to avoid accountability." Club for Growth stated on March 10, 2019 in in a TV ad: Says Beto O’Rourke perpetuated stereotypes, "casting aspersions on working women whose ‘only qualifications seemed to be large breasts and tight buttocks’." Club for Growth stated on March 10, 2019 in in a TV ad: Says Beto O’Rourke did his father-in-law’s "bidding on the El Paso City Council, pushing a downtown redevelopment scheme to bulldoze a poor Hispanic neighborhood while enriching developers like his father-in-law." Dan Crenshaw stated on March 9, 2019 in a tweet: Says HR 1 would "legalize" the kind of fraud found in North Carolina Facebook posts stated on March 9, 2019 in a text post on Facebook: Says 228 House Democrats voted "to allow illegal aliens to have right to vote" Mitch McConnell stated on February 26, 2019 in a speech: Says NC absentee voters have "no way" to know if ballots are delivered Hillary Clinton stated on March 3, 2019 in a speech: In Wisconsin, because a key provision of the Voting Rights Act was not in effect, "somewhere between 40,000 and 80,000 people were turned away from the polls (in 2016) because of the color of their skin" and other factors. 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." Bloggers stated on February 28, 2019 in a Facebook post: "Chicago now has City ID Cards which allow illegal immigrants to vote in local, state & federal elections." Chuck McGrady stated on February 13, 2019 in a press conference: Says "nearly half" of House Republicans have supported a nonpartisan redistricting bill. Viral image stated on February 13, 2019 in a Facebook post: Says Eric Trump said, "The president should be able to choose governors, senators, and congressmen, just like our founders meant it to be. The only election should be for president." Dallas Woodhouse stated on January 17, 2019 in a tweet: Says the NC elections board received "no calls" after alerting Bladen County voters to possible absentee ballot fraud. Donald Trump stated on January 27, 2019 in a tweet: "58,000 non-citizens voted in Texas, with 95,000 non-citizens registered to vote." Matthew Rothschild stated on January 3, 2019 in a radio interview: The NRA is "one of the biggest lobbyists here in the capital. They spend a ton of money during elections. … they spent more than a million dollars here in Wisconsin on the 2018 elections. Most of that was for Walker, or more specifically against Evers." Jim Ott stated on December 3, 2018 in a newsletter: "Municipalities are now required to have two or more polling locations opened 24-hours a day, two weeks before any election." Roy Cooper stated on December 26, 2018 in a Facebook post: A bill passed by GOP legislators "makes it harder to prosecute people and groups that violate campaign finance laws." Roger Roth stated on December 16, 2018 in an appearance on "UpFront with Mike Gousha" on WISN-TV: In the lame-duck session, "no power was taken away from the governor. Power was not taken away from the attorney general." Phil Berger stated on December 19, 2018 in a press release: Says former North Carolina elections board chairman "tried to drag a cancer-stricken woman out of her hospital bed to testify at her son’s hearing on the first day of early voting over a bogus complaint that the board hadn’t even fully investigated." Jerry Falwell Jr. stated on January 1, 2019 in a newspaper interview.: "This midterm (election), the president did better than the average president does in his first midterms." North Carolina Democratic Party stated on December 27, 2018 in a tweet: Legislators are "ramming through a provision that’ll make investigations like #NC09 less transparent." Dallas Woodhouse stated on December 8, 2018 in a tweet: Says no elections protest was filed, McCready conceded and "every" county board certified its results from the Mark Harris, Dan McCready race. Dan Blue stated on December 6, 2018: "Public trust in our election system is at an all-time low." Mark Herring stated on December 7, 2018: On resigning as attorney general if he decides to run for governor. Tony Evers stated on December 9, 2018 in an interview: "At least three or four of the pieces that are in" in the Republican lame-duck legislation, Scott Walker "has vetoed previously." Terry Van Duyn stated on November 27, 2018 in a speech: "Over 1,000 people were denied a ballot on Election Day" in the 2016 North Carolina primaries. Scott Walker stated on December 3, 2018 in a session with reporters: On taking major actions in a lame-duck session. Crystal Quade stated on December 8, 2018 in an interview: Missouri "had the largest amount of millennial Democrats running than any other state in the country." North Carolina Republican Party stated on December 2, 2018 in a press release: "There aren’t enough ballots in question to change the outcome" of the Harris vs. McCready race in NC Congressional District 9.
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North Carolina Republican Party stated on March 12, 2019 in an email: "Democrats have forced a special election" Club for Growth stated on March 10, 2019 in a TV ad: Says Beto O'Rourke's "father-in-law, a billionaire real estate developer who bankrolled a Super PAC to buy Beto a congressional seat…" Club for Growth stated on March 10, 2019 in in a TV ad: Says Beto O’Rourke crashed into barriers, "causing a collision while driving drunk, then fleeing the scene to avoid accountability." Club for Growth stated on March 10, 2019 in in a TV ad: Says Beto O’Rourke perpetuated stereotypes, "casting aspersions on working women whose ‘only qualifications seemed to be large breasts and tight buttocks’." Club for Growth stated on March 10, 2019 in in a TV ad: Says Beto O’Rourke did his father-in-law’s "bidding on the El Paso City Council, pushing a downtown redevelopment scheme to bulldoze a poor Hispanic neighborhood while enriching developers like his father-in-law." Dan Crenshaw stated on March 9, 2019 in a tweet: Says HR 1 would "legalize" the kind of fraud found in North Carolina Facebook posts stated on March 9, 2019 in a text post on Facebook: Says 228 House Democrats voted "to allow illegal aliens to have right to vote" Mitch McConnell stated on February 26, 2019 in a speech: Says NC absentee voters have "no way" to know if ballots are delivered Hillary Clinton stated on March 3, 2019 in a speech: In Wisconsin, because a key provision of the Voting Rights Act was not in effect, "somewhere between 40,000 and 80,000 people were turned away from the polls (in 2016) because of the color of their skin" and other factors. 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." Bloggers stated on February 28, 2019 in a Facebook post: "Chicago now has City ID Cards which allow illegal immigrants to vote in local, state & federal elections." Chuck McGrady stated on February 13, 2019 in a press conference: Says "nearly half" of House Republicans have supported a nonpartisan redistricting bill. Viral image stated on February 13, 2019 in a Facebook post: Says Eric Trump said, "The president should be able to choose governors, senators, and congressmen, just like our founders meant it to be. The only election should be for president." Dallas Woodhouse stated on January 17, 2019 in a tweet: Says the NC elections board received "no calls" after alerting Bladen County voters to possible absentee ballot fraud. Donald Trump stated on January 27, 2019 in a tweet: "58,000 non-citizens voted in Texas, with 95,000 non-citizens registered to vote." Matthew Rothschild stated on January 3, 2019 in a radio interview: The NRA is "one of the biggest lobbyists here in the capital. They spend a ton of money during elections. … they spent more than a million dollars here in Wisconsin on the 2018 elections. Most of that was for Walker, or more specifically against Evers." Jim Ott stated on December 3, 2018 in a newsletter: "Municipalities are now required to have two or more polling locations opened 24-hours a day, two weeks before any election." Roy Cooper stated on December 26, 2018 in a Facebook post: A bill passed by GOP legislators "makes it harder to prosecute people and groups that violate campaign finance laws." Roger Roth stated on December 16, 2018 in an appearance on "UpFront with Mike Gousha" on WISN-TV: In the lame-duck session, "no power was taken away from the governor. Power was not taken away from the attorney general." Phil Berger stated on December 19, 2018 in a press release: Says former North Carolina elections board chairman "tried to drag a cancer-stricken woman out of her hospital bed to testify at her son’s hearing on the first day of early voting over a bogus complaint that the board hadn’t even fully investigated." Jerry Falwell Jr. stated on January 1, 2019 in a newspaper interview.: "This midterm (election), the president did better than the average president does in his first midterms." North Carolina Democratic Party stated on December 27, 2018 in a tweet: Legislators are "ramming through a provision that’ll make investigations like #NC09 less transparent." Dallas Woodhouse stated on December 8, 2018 in a tweet: Says no elections protest was filed, McCready conceded and "every" county board certified its results from the Mark Harris, Dan McCready race. Dan Blue stated on December 6, 2018: "Public trust in our election system is at an all-time low." Mark Herring stated on December 7, 2018: On resigning as attorney general if he decides to run for governor. Tony Evers stated on December 9, 2018 in an interview: "At least three or four of the pieces that are in" in the Republican lame-duck legislation, Scott Walker "has vetoed previously." Terry Van Duyn stated on November 27, 2018 in a speech: "Over 1,000 people were denied a ballot on Election Day" in the 2016 North Carolina primaries. Scott Walker stated on December 3, 2018 in a session with reporters: On taking major actions in a lame-duck session. Crystal Quade stated on December 8, 2018 in an interview: Missouri "had the largest amount of millennial Democrats running than any other state in the country." North Carolina Republican Party stated on December 2, 2018 in a press release: "There aren’t enough ballots in question to change the outcome" of the Harris vs. McCready race in NC Congressional District 9.
North Carolina Republican Party stated on March 12, 2019 in an email: "Democrats have forced a special election"
Club for Growth stated on March 10, 2019 in a TV ad: Says Beto O'Rourke's "father-in-law, a billionaire real estate developer who bankrolled a Super PAC to buy Beto a congressional seat…"
Club for Growth stated on March 10, 2019 in in a TV ad: Says Beto O’Rourke crashed into barriers, "causing a collision while driving drunk, then fleeing the scene to avoid accountability."
Club for Growth stated on March 10, 2019 in in a TV ad: Says Beto O’Rourke perpetuated stereotypes, "casting aspersions on working women whose ‘only qualifications seemed to be large breasts and tight buttocks’."
Club for Growth stated on March 10, 2019 in in a TV ad: Says Beto O’Rourke did his father-in-law’s "bidding on the El Paso City Council, pushing a downtown redevelopment scheme to bulldoze a poor Hispanic neighborhood while enriching developers like his father-in-law."
Dan Crenshaw stated on March 9, 2019 in a tweet: Says HR 1 would "legalize" the kind of fraud found in North Carolina
Facebook posts stated on March 9, 2019 in a text post on Facebook: Says 228 House Democrats voted "to allow illegal aliens to have right to vote"
Mitch McConnell stated on February 26, 2019 in a speech: Says NC absentee voters have "no way" to know if ballots are delivered
Hillary Clinton stated on March 3, 2019 in a speech: In Wisconsin, because a key provision of the Voting Rights Act was not in effect, "somewhere between 40,000 and 80,000 people were turned away from the polls (in 2016) because of the color of their skin" and other factors.
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."
Bloggers stated on February 28, 2019 in a Facebook post: "Chicago now has City ID Cards which allow illegal immigrants to vote in local, state & federal elections."
Chuck McGrady stated on February 13, 2019 in a press conference: Says "nearly half" of House Republicans have supported a nonpartisan redistricting bill.
Viral image stated on February 13, 2019 in a Facebook post: Says Eric Trump said, "The president should be able to choose governors, senators, and congressmen, just like our founders meant it to be. The only election should be for president."
Dallas Woodhouse stated on January 17, 2019 in a tweet: Says the NC elections board received "no calls" after alerting Bladen County voters to possible absentee ballot fraud.
Donald Trump stated on January 27, 2019 in a tweet: "58,000 non-citizens voted in Texas, with 95,000 non-citizens registered to vote."
Matthew Rothschild stated on January 3, 2019 in a radio interview: The NRA is "one of the biggest lobbyists here in the capital. They spend a ton of money during elections. … they spent more than a million dollars here in Wisconsin on the 2018 elections. Most of that was for Walker, or more specifically against Evers."
Jim Ott stated on December 3, 2018 in a newsletter: "Municipalities are now required to have two or more polling locations opened 24-hours a day, two weeks before any election."
Roy Cooper stated on December 26, 2018 in a Facebook post: A bill passed by GOP legislators "makes it harder to prosecute people and groups that violate campaign finance laws."
Roger Roth stated on December 16, 2018 in an appearance on "UpFront with Mike Gousha" on WISN-TV: In the lame-duck session, "no power was taken away from the governor. Power was not taken away from the attorney general."
Phil Berger stated on December 19, 2018 in a press release: Says former North Carolina elections board chairman "tried to drag a cancer-stricken woman out of her hospital bed to testify at her son’s hearing on the first day of early voting over a bogus complaint that the board hadn’t even fully investigated."
Jerry Falwell Jr. stated on January 1, 2019 in a newspaper interview.: "This midterm (election), the president did better than the average president does in his first midterms."
North Carolina Democratic Party stated on December 27, 2018 in a tweet: Legislators are "ramming through a provision that’ll make investigations like #NC09 less transparent."
Dallas Woodhouse stated on December 8, 2018 in a tweet: Says no elections protest was filed, McCready conceded and "every" county board certified its results from the Mark Harris, Dan McCready race.
Mark Herring stated on December 7, 2018: On resigning as attorney general if he decides to run for governor.
Tony Evers stated on December 9, 2018 in an interview: "At least three or four of the pieces that are in" in the Republican lame-duck legislation, Scott Walker "has vetoed previously."
Terry Van Duyn stated on November 27, 2018 in a speech: "Over 1,000 people were denied a ballot on Election Day" in the 2016 North Carolina primaries.
Scott Walker stated on December 3, 2018 in a session with reporters: On taking major actions in a lame-duck session.
Crystal Quade stated on December 8, 2018 in an interview: Missouri "had the largest amount of millennial Democrats running than any other state in the country."
North Carolina Republican Party stated on December 2, 2018 in a press release: "There aren’t enough ballots in question to change the outcome" of the Harris vs. McCready race in NC Congressional District 9.
