Latest Fact-checks in Pennsylvania 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 Bloggers stated on June 14, 2021 in a Facebook post: The 2020 election results in Pennsylvania “show a statistically impossible pattern” and votes were manufactured for Joe Biden. Tom Wolf stated on February 22, 2021 in a speech: “We’re the only major gas-producing state in the US that doesn’t have a severance tax.” DCCC stated on February 2, 2021 in an attack ad: Says Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick, R-Pa., “stood with Trump and the lies… He stood with QAnon, not you.” Pat Toomey stated on January 19, 2021 in a hearing: “There will be several thousand dollars in payments going to families with six-figure incomes who’ve had no income interruption whatsoever.” Jake Corman stated on January 14, 2021 in an interview: Says unproven voter fraud claims didn’t play “any role” in the Capitol riot. Josh Hawley stated on January 6, 2021 in a U.S. Senate speech: “Last year, Pennsylvania elected officials passed a whole new law that allows universal mail-in balloting, and did it irregardless of what the Pennsylvania Constitution said.” Pat Toomey stated on December 27, 2020 in an interview: “In my state, as in many other states, we have governors who are closing down businesses again.” Donald Trump stated on November 22, 2020 in a tweet: “In certain swing states, there were more votes than people who voted, and in big numbers.” Sidney Powell stated on November 8, 2020 in an interview with Fox News: “At least 450,000 ballots in the key states ... miraculously only have a mark for Joe Biden on them, and no other candidate." Donald Trump stated on November 13, 2020 in a tweet: A 1993 example of voter fraud in Philadelphia is “exactly what happened to us” in the 2020 election. Facebook posts stated on November 17, 2020 in a Live video: “The MOB in PA was HIRED by the Biden team to create fake ballots by the thousands!!” Rudy Giuliani stated on November 11, 2020 in a tweet: Says there were “600,000 plus unlawful votes in Philly and Pitt.” Donald Trump stated on November 11, 2020 in a tweet: “Pennsylvania and Michigan didn’t allow our poll watchers and/or vote observers to watch or observe.” Instagram posts stated on November 9, 2020 in a screenshot: “Joe Biden is no longer the President-elect according to RealClearPolitics.” Ted Cruz stated on November 5, 2020 in a Fox News interview: Philadelphia is “clouding the vote counting in a shroud of darkness.” Facebook posts stated on November 5, 2020 in Facebook: More poll workers caught filling out ballots in Delaware County Pennsylvania. Facebook posts stated on November 5, 2020 in a Facebook post: Video shows a poll worker committing voter fraud in Delaware County, Pa. TikTok posts stated on November 5, 2020 in a video posted on TikTok: “40,000+ votes for Libertarian candidate Jo Jorgensen magically become votes for Joe Biden.” Viral image stated on November 4, 2020 in a Facebook post: More mail-in ballots were counted in Lancaster County, Pa., than were returned. Donald Trump stated on November 4, 2020 in a tweet: “Last night I was leading, often solidly, in many key States, in almost all instances Democrat run & controlled. Then, one by one, they started to magically disappear as surprise ballot dumps were counted.” Facebook posts stated on November 3, 2020 in a Facebook post: An image shows “what appears to be an official ballot box being taken away from a polling location by an unidentified civilian.” X posts stated on November 3, 2020 in a tweet: “Only sign outside Bucks County voting place. Democrats shown, republicans blurred out. … More scamming in Pennsylvania!” X posts stated on November 3, 2020 in tweets: Poll watchers in Philadelphia prevented from entering polling places. X posts stated on November 3, 2020 in a tweet: A poll worker in Erie County, Pa., threw out over 100 ballots for Donald Trump. Facebook posts stated on November 1, 2020 in a Facebook post: Says President Trump’s Oct. 31 rally in Butler, Pa., drew over 57,000 people. 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. Viral image stated on October 26, 2020 in a Facebook post: “Joe Biden calls Pennsylvania voters who don’t support him ‘chumps.’” Justin Clark stated on October 28, 2020 in a tweet: “Major decision protecting voting rights in Pa. Ballots received after Election Day will not be counted.” Instagram posts stated on October 27, 2020 in a post on Instagram: Says someone tried to suppress votes by disguising trash cans as ballot boxes. Donald Trump stated on October 26, 2020 in a rally: “Joe Biden confirmed his plan to abolish the entire U.S. oil industry.”
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Bloggers stated on June 14, 2021 in a Facebook post: The 2020 election results in Pennsylvania “show a statistically impossible pattern” and votes were manufactured for Joe Biden. Tom Wolf stated on February 22, 2021 in a speech: “We’re the only major gas-producing state in the US that doesn’t have a severance tax.” DCCC stated on February 2, 2021 in an attack ad: Says Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick, R-Pa., “stood with Trump and the lies… He stood with QAnon, not you.” Pat Toomey stated on January 19, 2021 in a hearing: “There will be several thousand dollars in payments going to families with six-figure incomes who’ve had no income interruption whatsoever.” Jake Corman stated on January 14, 2021 in an interview: Says unproven voter fraud claims didn’t play “any role” in the Capitol riot. Josh Hawley stated on January 6, 2021 in a U.S. Senate speech: “Last year, Pennsylvania elected officials passed a whole new law that allows universal mail-in balloting, and did it irregardless of what the Pennsylvania Constitution said.” Pat Toomey stated on December 27, 2020 in an interview: “In my state, as in many other states, we have governors who are closing down businesses again.” Donald Trump stated on November 22, 2020 in a tweet: “In certain swing states, there were more votes than people who voted, and in big numbers.” Sidney Powell stated on November 8, 2020 in an interview with Fox News: “At least 450,000 ballots in the key states ... miraculously only have a mark for Joe Biden on them, and no other candidate." Donald Trump stated on November 13, 2020 in a tweet: A 1993 example of voter fraud in Philadelphia is “exactly what happened to us” in the 2020 election. Facebook posts stated on November 17, 2020 in a Live video: “The MOB in PA was HIRED by the Biden team to create fake ballots by the thousands!!” Rudy Giuliani stated on November 11, 2020 in a tweet: Says there were “600,000 plus unlawful votes in Philly and Pitt.” Donald Trump stated on November 11, 2020 in a tweet: “Pennsylvania and Michigan didn’t allow our poll watchers and/or vote observers to watch or observe.” Instagram posts stated on November 9, 2020 in a screenshot: “Joe Biden is no longer the President-elect according to RealClearPolitics.” Ted Cruz stated on November 5, 2020 in a Fox News interview: Philadelphia is “clouding the vote counting in a shroud of darkness.” Facebook posts stated on November 5, 2020 in Facebook: More poll workers caught filling out ballots in Delaware County Pennsylvania. Facebook posts stated on November 5, 2020 in a Facebook post: Video shows a poll worker committing voter fraud in Delaware County, Pa. TikTok posts stated on November 5, 2020 in a video posted on TikTok: “40,000+ votes for Libertarian candidate Jo Jorgensen magically become votes for Joe Biden.” Viral image stated on November 4, 2020 in a Facebook post: More mail-in ballots were counted in Lancaster County, Pa., than were returned. Donald Trump stated on November 4, 2020 in a tweet: “Last night I was leading, often solidly, in many key States, in almost all instances Democrat run & controlled. Then, one by one, they started to magically disappear as surprise ballot dumps were counted.” Facebook posts stated on November 3, 2020 in a Facebook post: An image shows “what appears to be an official ballot box being taken away from a polling location by an unidentified civilian.” X posts stated on November 3, 2020 in a tweet: “Only sign outside Bucks County voting place. Democrats shown, republicans blurred out. … More scamming in Pennsylvania!” X posts stated on November 3, 2020 in tweets: Poll watchers in Philadelphia prevented from entering polling places. X posts stated on November 3, 2020 in a tweet: A poll worker in Erie County, Pa., threw out over 100 ballots for Donald Trump. Facebook posts stated on November 1, 2020 in a Facebook post: Says President Trump’s Oct. 31 rally in Butler, Pa., drew over 57,000 people. 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. Viral image stated on October 26, 2020 in a Facebook post: “Joe Biden calls Pennsylvania voters who don’t support him ‘chumps.’” Justin Clark stated on October 28, 2020 in a tweet: “Major decision protecting voting rights in Pa. Ballots received after Election Day will not be counted.” Instagram posts stated on October 27, 2020 in a post on Instagram: Says someone tried to suppress votes by disguising trash cans as ballot boxes. Donald Trump stated on October 26, 2020 in a rally: “Joe Biden confirmed his plan to abolish the entire U.S. oil industry.”
Bloggers stated on June 14, 2021 in a Facebook post: The 2020 election results in Pennsylvania “show a statistically impossible pattern” and votes were manufactured for Joe Biden.
Tom Wolf stated on February 22, 2021 in a speech: “We’re the only major gas-producing state in the US that doesn’t have a severance tax.”
DCCC stated on February 2, 2021 in an attack ad: Says Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick, R-Pa., “stood with Trump and the lies… He stood with QAnon, not you.”
Pat Toomey stated on January 19, 2021 in a hearing: “There will be several thousand dollars in payments going to families with six-figure incomes who’ve had no income interruption whatsoever.”
Jake Corman stated on January 14, 2021 in an interview: Says unproven voter fraud claims didn’t play “any role” in the Capitol riot.
Josh Hawley stated on January 6, 2021 in a U.S. Senate speech: “Last year, Pennsylvania elected officials passed a whole new law that allows universal mail-in balloting, and did it irregardless of what the Pennsylvania Constitution said.”
Pat Toomey stated on December 27, 2020 in an interview: “In my state, as in many other states, we have governors who are closing down businesses again.”
Donald Trump stated on November 22, 2020 in a tweet: “In certain swing states, there were more votes than people who voted, and in big numbers.”
Sidney Powell stated on November 8, 2020 in an interview with Fox News: “At least 450,000 ballots in the key states ... miraculously only have a mark for Joe Biden on them, and no other candidate."
Donald Trump stated on November 13, 2020 in a tweet: A 1993 example of voter fraud in Philadelphia is “exactly what happened to us” in the 2020 election.
Facebook posts stated on November 17, 2020 in a Live video: “The MOB in PA was HIRED by the Biden team to create fake ballots by the thousands!!”
Rudy Giuliani stated on November 11, 2020 in a tweet: Says there were “600,000 plus unlawful votes in Philly and Pitt.”
Donald Trump stated on November 11, 2020 in a tweet: “Pennsylvania and Michigan didn’t allow our poll watchers and/or vote observers to watch or observe.”
Instagram posts stated on November 9, 2020 in a screenshot: “Joe Biden is no longer the President-elect according to RealClearPolitics.”
Ted Cruz stated on November 5, 2020 in a Fox News interview: Philadelphia is “clouding the vote counting in a shroud of darkness.”
Facebook posts stated on November 5, 2020 in Facebook: More poll workers caught filling out ballots in Delaware County Pennsylvania.
Facebook posts stated on November 5, 2020 in a Facebook post: Video shows a poll worker committing voter fraud in Delaware County, Pa.
TikTok posts stated on November 5, 2020 in a video posted on TikTok: “40,000+ votes for Libertarian candidate Jo Jorgensen magically become votes for Joe Biden.”
Viral image stated on November 4, 2020 in a Facebook post: More mail-in ballots were counted in Lancaster County, Pa., than were returned.
Donald Trump stated on November 4, 2020 in a tweet: “Last night I was leading, often solidly, in many key States, in almost all instances Democrat run & controlled. Then, one by one, they started to magically disappear as surprise ballot dumps were counted.”
Facebook posts stated on November 3, 2020 in a Facebook post: An image shows “what appears to be an official ballot box being taken away from a polling location by an unidentified civilian.”
X posts stated on November 3, 2020 in a tweet: “Only sign outside Bucks County voting place. Democrats shown, republicans blurred out. … More scamming in Pennsylvania!”
X posts stated on November 3, 2020 in tweets: Poll watchers in Philadelphia prevented from entering polling places.
X posts stated on November 3, 2020 in a tweet: A poll worker in Erie County, Pa., threw out over 100 ballots for Donald Trump.
Facebook posts stated on November 1, 2020 in a Facebook post: Says President Trump’s Oct. 31 rally in Butler, Pa., drew over 57,000 people.
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.
Viral image stated on October 26, 2020 in a Facebook post: “Joe Biden calls Pennsylvania voters who don’t support him ‘chumps.’”
Justin Clark stated on October 28, 2020 in a tweet: “Major decision protecting voting rights in Pa. Ballots received after Election Day will not be counted.”
Instagram posts stated on October 27, 2020 in a post on Instagram: Says someone tried to suppress votes by disguising trash cans as ballot boxes.
Donald Trump stated on October 26, 2020 in a rally: “Joe Biden confirmed his plan to abolish the entire U.S. oil industry.”
