Latest Fact-checks in History 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 September 21, 2019 in a Facebook post: Says after Australia passed a "new law" that forced gun owners to give up over 640,000 firearms, the country saw a dramatic increase in homicides, assaults and robberies. Facebook posts stated on March 31, 2019 in a Facebook post: Says Trump volunteered his airline to bring troops home during Operation Desert Storm. Facebook posts stated on December 10, 2019 in a Facebook post: Says a photo shows a white man smiling while holding a black man with a bloody face. Viral image stated on December 15, 2019 in a Facebook post: An old image shows a drug store with a marijuana leaf sign. Rick Range stated on December 10, 2019 in a Facebook post: "George P. Bush to place statue of (Mexican general) Santa Anna at the Alamo." Facebook posts stated on December 9, 2019 in a Facebook post: Says a photo shows an old Christmas tradition of women apologizing "to their husbands for all the mistakes they made during the year and beg for forgiveness." Facebook posts stated on October 29, 2013 in a Facebook post: Says former Democratic Sen. Harry Reid has an outlaw horse thief ancestor and Reid’s office offered a spin-job biography about the man. Facebook posts stated on November 29, 2019 in a Facebook post: Says photo shows "the Golden Gate Bridge opening to the public for the first time back in 1937, and yes, it almost collapsed." Facebook posts stated on November 6, 2019 in a Facebook post: Says Thomas Jefferson said "the government will one day be corrupt and filled with liars and the people will flock to the one who tells the truth." Pete Buttigieg stated on October 30, 2019 in an interview: "When it comes to electability, every single time my party has won the presidency in the last 50 years, it’s been with a candidate who was new on the national scene, hadn’t spent a lot of time in Washington, and represented a new generation of leadership." Facebook posts stated on October 23, 2019 in a Facebook post: Says that in 1770 "British parliament banned lipstick, saying it had the power to seduce men into marriage, which was classified as witchcraft." Viral image stated on October 17, 2019 in a Facebook post: Says Ann Landers said, "At age 20, we worry about what others think of us. At age 40, we don’t care what they think. At age 60, we discover that they have not been thinking of us at all." Viral image stated on October 22, 2019 in a Facebook post: A photo shows a man grabbing a woman’s rear while watching the Apollo 8 launch in 1968. Andrew Yang stated on September 21, 2019 in Iowa Steak Fry speech: Says about universal basic income, "Thomas Paine was for it at our founding ... Martin Luther King, champion in the ‘60s, called it a guaranteed minimum income for all Americans… It passed the U.S. House of Representatives twice in 1971." Facebook posts stated on October 7, 2019 in a Facebook post: Quotes President John F. Kennedy as saying "If the United States ever experienced [a coup to overthrow the government] it will come from the CIA and not the Pentagon." Facebook posts stated on September 3, 2019 in a Facebook post: Quotes Thomas Jefferson as saying that "freedom is lost gradually from uninterested, uninformed and uninvolved people." Facebook posts stated on September 22, 2019 in a Facebook post: Says the character Freddy Krueger was based on a real serial killer. Viral image stated on September 23, 2019 in a Facebook post: Says Marcus Aurelius said, "Everything we hear is an opinion, not a fact. Everything we see is a perspective, not the truth." Viral image stated on February 14, 2019 in a Facebook post: Says Saddam Hussein said, "We cannot defeat America by the sword. America must be defeated within their politics." Bloggers stated on August 11, 2018 in a website post: Quotes Winston Churchill as saying "Diplomacy is the art of telling people to go to hell in such a way that they ask for directions." Various media reports 2 stated on September 11, 2019 in reports: Democrats were at a 9/11 memorial service when NC Republicans held a controversial vote Viral image stated on August 26, 2019 in a Facebook post: Says Bruce Lee said, "You will continue to suffer if you have an emotional reaction to everything that is said to you. True power is sitting back and observing everything with logic. If words control you that means everyone else can control you. Breathe and allow things to pass." Tucker Carlson stated on September 10, 2019 in a TV segment: Says John Bolton "fundamentally was a man of the left." Facebook posts stated on September 9, 2019 in a Facebook post: Says a photo shows President Ronald Reagan meeting with Taliban leaders in the White House. Viral image stated on August 17, 2019 in a Facebook post: Quotes Ronald Reagan as saying, "Under no pretext should arms and ammunition be surrendered; any attempts to disarm the people must be stopped, by force if necessary." Arlen Parsa stated on September 1, 2019 in a tweet: Thirty-four of the 47 men depicted in the famous "Declaration of Independence" painting were slaveholders. Samuel Sinyangwe stated on August 30, 2019 in a tweet: "America has more governors who’ve worn blackface than black governors." Facebook posts stated on August 30, 2019 in a Facebook post: "In 1789, being a member of Congress in the U.S. was considered a civic duty, and they were only paid 50 cents a day." Whoopi Goldberg stated on September 3, 2019 in an episode of ABC's "The View": "The last time people (created a Hollywood blacklist), people ended up killing themselves … They were accused, and they lost their right to work." Facebook posts stated on August 28, 2019 in a Facebook post: Says Winston Churchill said, "You have enemies? Good. That means you’ve stood up for something, sometime in your life."
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Facebook posts stated on September 21, 2019 in a Facebook post: Says after Australia passed a "new law" that forced gun owners to give up over 640,000 firearms, the country saw a dramatic increase in homicides, assaults and robberies. Facebook posts stated on March 31, 2019 in a Facebook post: Says Trump volunteered his airline to bring troops home during Operation Desert Storm. Facebook posts stated on December 10, 2019 in a Facebook post: Says a photo shows a white man smiling while holding a black man with a bloody face. Viral image stated on December 15, 2019 in a Facebook post: An old image shows a drug store with a marijuana leaf sign. Rick Range stated on December 10, 2019 in a Facebook post: "George P. Bush to place statue of (Mexican general) Santa Anna at the Alamo." Facebook posts stated on December 9, 2019 in a Facebook post: Says a photo shows an old Christmas tradition of women apologizing "to their husbands for all the mistakes they made during the year and beg for forgiveness." Facebook posts stated on October 29, 2013 in a Facebook post: Says former Democratic Sen. Harry Reid has an outlaw horse thief ancestor and Reid’s office offered a spin-job biography about the man. Facebook posts stated on November 29, 2019 in a Facebook post: Says photo shows "the Golden Gate Bridge opening to the public for the first time back in 1937, and yes, it almost collapsed." Facebook posts stated on November 6, 2019 in a Facebook post: Says Thomas Jefferson said "the government will one day be corrupt and filled with liars and the people will flock to the one who tells the truth." Pete Buttigieg stated on October 30, 2019 in an interview: "When it comes to electability, every single time my party has won the presidency in the last 50 years, it’s been with a candidate who was new on the national scene, hadn’t spent a lot of time in Washington, and represented a new generation of leadership." Facebook posts stated on October 23, 2019 in a Facebook post: Says that in 1770 "British parliament banned lipstick, saying it had the power to seduce men into marriage, which was classified as witchcraft." Viral image stated on October 17, 2019 in a Facebook post: Says Ann Landers said, "At age 20, we worry about what others think of us. At age 40, we don’t care what they think. At age 60, we discover that they have not been thinking of us at all." Viral image stated on October 22, 2019 in a Facebook post: A photo shows a man grabbing a woman’s rear while watching the Apollo 8 launch in 1968. Andrew Yang stated on September 21, 2019 in Iowa Steak Fry speech: Says about universal basic income, "Thomas Paine was for it at our founding ... Martin Luther King, champion in the ‘60s, called it a guaranteed minimum income for all Americans… It passed the U.S. House of Representatives twice in 1971." Facebook posts stated on October 7, 2019 in a Facebook post: Quotes President John F. Kennedy as saying "If the United States ever experienced [a coup to overthrow the government] it will come from the CIA and not the Pentagon." Facebook posts stated on September 3, 2019 in a Facebook post: Quotes Thomas Jefferson as saying that "freedom is lost gradually from uninterested, uninformed and uninvolved people." Facebook posts stated on September 22, 2019 in a Facebook post: Says the character Freddy Krueger was based on a real serial killer. Viral image stated on September 23, 2019 in a Facebook post: Says Marcus Aurelius said, "Everything we hear is an opinion, not a fact. Everything we see is a perspective, not the truth." Viral image stated on February 14, 2019 in a Facebook post: Says Saddam Hussein said, "We cannot defeat America by the sword. America must be defeated within their politics." Bloggers stated on August 11, 2018 in a website post: Quotes Winston Churchill as saying "Diplomacy is the art of telling people to go to hell in such a way that they ask for directions." Various media reports 2 stated on September 11, 2019 in reports: Democrats were at a 9/11 memorial service when NC Republicans held a controversial vote Viral image stated on August 26, 2019 in a Facebook post: Says Bruce Lee said, "You will continue to suffer if you have an emotional reaction to everything that is said to you. True power is sitting back and observing everything with logic. If words control you that means everyone else can control you. Breathe and allow things to pass." Tucker Carlson stated on September 10, 2019 in a TV segment: Says John Bolton "fundamentally was a man of the left." Facebook posts stated on September 9, 2019 in a Facebook post: Says a photo shows President Ronald Reagan meeting with Taliban leaders in the White House. Viral image stated on August 17, 2019 in a Facebook post: Quotes Ronald Reagan as saying, "Under no pretext should arms and ammunition be surrendered; any attempts to disarm the people must be stopped, by force if necessary." Arlen Parsa stated on September 1, 2019 in a tweet: Thirty-four of the 47 men depicted in the famous "Declaration of Independence" painting were slaveholders. Samuel Sinyangwe stated on August 30, 2019 in a tweet: "America has more governors who’ve worn blackface than black governors." Facebook posts stated on August 30, 2019 in a Facebook post: "In 1789, being a member of Congress in the U.S. was considered a civic duty, and they were only paid 50 cents a day." Whoopi Goldberg stated on September 3, 2019 in an episode of ABC's "The View": "The last time people (created a Hollywood blacklist), people ended up killing themselves … They were accused, and they lost their right to work." Facebook posts stated on August 28, 2019 in a Facebook post: Says Winston Churchill said, "You have enemies? Good. That means you’ve stood up for something, sometime in your life."
Facebook posts stated on September 21, 2019 in a Facebook post: Says after Australia passed a "new law" that forced gun owners to give up over 640,000 firearms, the country saw a dramatic increase in homicides, assaults and robberies.
Facebook posts stated on March 31, 2019 in a Facebook post: Says Trump volunteered his airline to bring troops home during Operation Desert Storm.
Facebook posts stated on December 10, 2019 in a Facebook post: Says a photo shows a white man smiling while holding a black man with a bloody face.
Viral image stated on December 15, 2019 in a Facebook post: An old image shows a drug store with a marijuana leaf sign.
Rick Range stated on December 10, 2019 in a Facebook post: "George P. Bush to place statue of (Mexican general) Santa Anna at the Alamo."
Facebook posts stated on December 9, 2019 in a Facebook post: Says a photo shows an old Christmas tradition of women apologizing "to their husbands for all the mistakes they made during the year and beg for forgiveness."
Facebook posts stated on October 29, 2013 in a Facebook post: Says former Democratic Sen. Harry Reid has an outlaw horse thief ancestor and Reid’s office offered a spin-job biography about the man.
Facebook posts stated on November 29, 2019 in a Facebook post: Says photo shows "the Golden Gate Bridge opening to the public for the first time back in 1937, and yes, it almost collapsed."
Facebook posts stated on November 6, 2019 in a Facebook post: Says Thomas Jefferson said "the government will one day be corrupt and filled with liars and the people will flock to the one who tells the truth."
Pete Buttigieg stated on October 30, 2019 in an interview: "When it comes to electability, every single time my party has won the presidency in the last 50 years, it’s been with a candidate who was new on the national scene, hadn’t spent a lot of time in Washington, and represented a new generation of leadership."
Facebook posts stated on October 23, 2019 in a Facebook post: Says that in 1770 "British parliament banned lipstick, saying it had the power to seduce men into marriage, which was classified as witchcraft."
Viral image stated on October 17, 2019 in a Facebook post: Says Ann Landers said, "At age 20, we worry about what others think of us. At age 40, we don’t care what they think. At age 60, we discover that they have not been thinking of us at all."
Viral image stated on October 22, 2019 in a Facebook post: A photo shows a man grabbing a woman’s rear while watching the Apollo 8 launch in 1968.
Andrew Yang stated on September 21, 2019 in Iowa Steak Fry speech: Says about universal basic income, "Thomas Paine was for it at our founding ... Martin Luther King, champion in the ‘60s, called it a guaranteed minimum income for all Americans… It passed the U.S. House of Representatives twice in 1971."
Facebook posts stated on October 7, 2019 in a Facebook post: Quotes President John F. Kennedy as saying "If the United States ever experienced [a coup to overthrow the government] it will come from the CIA and not the Pentagon."
Facebook posts stated on September 3, 2019 in a Facebook post: Quotes Thomas Jefferson as saying that "freedom is lost gradually from uninterested, uninformed and uninvolved people."
Facebook posts stated on September 22, 2019 in a Facebook post: Says the character Freddy Krueger was based on a real serial killer.
Viral image stated on September 23, 2019 in a Facebook post: Says Marcus Aurelius said, "Everything we hear is an opinion, not a fact. Everything we see is a perspective, not the truth."
Viral image stated on February 14, 2019 in a Facebook post: Says Saddam Hussein said, "We cannot defeat America by the sword. America must be defeated within their politics."
Bloggers stated on August 11, 2018 in a website post: Quotes Winston Churchill as saying "Diplomacy is the art of telling people to go to hell in such a way that they ask for directions."
Various media reports 2 stated on September 11, 2019 in reports: Democrats were at a 9/11 memorial service when NC Republicans held a controversial vote
Viral image stated on August 26, 2019 in a Facebook post: Says Bruce Lee said, "You will continue to suffer if you have an emotional reaction to everything that is said to you. True power is sitting back and observing everything with logic. If words control you that means everyone else can control you. Breathe and allow things to pass."
Tucker Carlson stated on September 10, 2019 in a TV segment: Says John Bolton "fundamentally was a man of the left."
Facebook posts stated on September 9, 2019 in a Facebook post: Says a photo shows President Ronald Reagan meeting with Taliban leaders in the White House.
Viral image stated on August 17, 2019 in a Facebook post: Quotes Ronald Reagan as saying, "Under no pretext should arms and ammunition be surrendered; any attempts to disarm the people must be stopped, by force if necessary."
Arlen Parsa stated on September 1, 2019 in a tweet: Thirty-four of the 47 men depicted in the famous "Declaration of Independence" painting were slaveholders.
Samuel Sinyangwe stated on August 30, 2019 in a tweet: "America has more governors who’ve worn blackface than black governors."
Facebook posts stated on August 30, 2019 in a Facebook post: "In 1789, being a member of Congress in the U.S. was considered a civic duty, and they were only paid 50 cents a day."
Whoopi Goldberg stated on September 3, 2019 in an episode of ABC's "The View": "The last time people (created a Hollywood blacklist), people ended up killing themselves … They were accused, and they lost their right to work."
Facebook posts stated on August 28, 2019 in a Facebook post: Says Winston Churchill said, "You have enemies? Good. That means you’ve stood up for something, sometime in your life."
