Latest False Fact-checks in National 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 Mike Kelly stated on July 14, 2020 in a campaign call: Says Joe Biden proposed “killing over 600,000 jobs supported by fracking.” Donald Trump stated on July 14, 2020 in White House Rose Garden: Says Joe Biden plans to “mandate net-zero carbon emissions for homes, offices and all new buildings by 2030. That basically means no windows, no nothing.” Jim Bognet stated on June 12, 2020 in a press release: U.S. Rep. Matt “Cartwright proposes to defund the Wilkes-Barre police.” Donald Trump stated on July 4, 2020 in a Fourth of July speech: Says 99% of COVID-19 cases “are totally harmless.” Donald Trump stated on June 20, 2020 in a campaign rally: “Joe Biden and the Democrats want to prosecute Americans for going to church, but not for burning a church.” Donald Trump Jr. stated on June 18, 2020 in an episode of Triggered with President Donald Trump: Says Osama bin Laden endorsed Joe Biden Viral image stated on June 10, 2020 in a Facebook post: Wearing the Kente cloth “worn by affluent African slave traders” is “like honoring Jews by wearing swastikas.” Facebook posts stated on June 3, 2020 in Facebook post: “It wasn't a big deal when Bill Clinton held up the Bible in front of the same exact church (as Donald Trump).” Facebook posts stated on June 5, 2020 in a Facebook post: “More than 20 police officers are dead now because of the riots.” Donald Trump stated on May 19, 2020 in remarks to reporters at the Capitol: “If you look at the one (hydroxychloroquine) survey, the only bad survey, they were giving it to people that were in very bad shape. They were very old. Almost dead.” Stacey Abrams stated on May 7, 2020 in an interview with Mother Jones: “Since the reopening of (Georgia), we’ve seen our COVID rate skyrocket by 40%.” Bloggers stated on April 23, 2020 in a post on TikTok: “It’s not the coronavirus that’s killing people. It is the economy.” Mike Turzai stated on May 9, 2020 in a video: “Guess what, [children are] not at risk unless they have an underlying medical issue.” X posts stated on May 10, 2020 in a tweet: Barack Obama “is the first ex-president to ever speak against his successor.” Donald Trump stated on May 3, 2020 in a Fox News virtual town hall: Says Joe Biden has “written a letter of apology” for calling Trump’s travel restrictions from China “xenophobic.” Bloggers stated on April 22, 2020 in a post on Facebook: “President Trump just announced that the ‘biological’ lab in Wuhan where the COVID-19 virus was created was ‘funded’ by President Barak (sp) Hussein Obama in 2015 to the tune of $3,800,000 American dollars!” Kellyanne Conway stated on April 15, 2020 in an interview on "Fox & Friends": "This is COVID-19, not COVID-1, folks. And so you would think the people charged with the World Health Organization facts and figures would be on top of that." Candace Owens stated on April 6, 2020 in a tweet: “Everyone is only dying of coronavirus now.” Jesse Watters stated on March 31, 2020 in comments made during an episode of "The Five" on the Fox News Channel: “We were slow with the testing, but very quick with the travel ban. And that's been much more critical in saving lives.” Donald Trump stated on March 17, 2020 in a White House press conference: The WHO coronavirus test “was a bad test.” Joy Behar stated on March 9, 2020 in an episode of ABC's "The View": “(Barack Obama) set up anti-pandemic programs in 47 vulnerable countries as a way to protect against something like the coronavirus, exactly. Do you know that Trump closed 37 of them?” Facebook posts stated on February 28, 2020 in posts on social media: “Every election year has a disease” ... SARS in 2004; avian flu in 2008; swine flu in 2010; MERS in 2012; Ebola in 2014 and 2018; Zika in 2016 and the coronavirus in 2020. Donald Trump stated on March 4, 2020 in a meeting at the White House: “The Obama administration made a decision on testing that turned out to be very detrimental to what we’re doing” on the coronavirus. Donald Trump stated on February 29, 2020 in a speech at CPAC: Says the media cut out his request of Russian hackers to find Hillary Clinton’s emails “right at the end so that you don’t see the laughter, the joke.” Bloggers stated on February 6, 2020 in a story: Says with his guilty impeachment vote, Senator Mitt Romney “could be removed from office.” Mike Pompeo stated on January 24, 2020 in an NPR interview: When asked if he’s defended former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch, "I've defended every single person on this team." Donald Trump stated on January 27, 2020 in a tweet: "The Democrat controlled House never even asked John Bolton to testify." Pat Cipollone stated on January 21, 2020 in remarks in the Senate impeachment trial: "Not even (House Intelligence Chairman Adam) Schiff’s Republican colleagues were allowed into the SCIF" during the House impeachment investigation. Islamic Republic News Agency stated on January 7, 2020 in a tweet: Says photo shows U.S. planes on fire after Iranian missile strikes in Iraq. Bernie Sanders stated on January 7, 2020 in newsletter from the Bernie Sanders campaign: "In 2018, Biden lauded Paul Ryan for proposing cuts to Social Security and Medicare."
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Mike Kelly stated on July 14, 2020 in a campaign call: Says Joe Biden proposed “killing over 600,000 jobs supported by fracking.” Donald Trump stated on July 14, 2020 in White House Rose Garden: Says Joe Biden plans to “mandate net-zero carbon emissions for homes, offices and all new buildings by 2030. That basically means no windows, no nothing.” Jim Bognet stated on June 12, 2020 in a press release: U.S. Rep. Matt “Cartwright proposes to defund the Wilkes-Barre police.” Donald Trump stated on July 4, 2020 in a Fourth of July speech: Says 99% of COVID-19 cases “are totally harmless.” Donald Trump stated on June 20, 2020 in a campaign rally: “Joe Biden and the Democrats want to prosecute Americans for going to church, but not for burning a church.” Donald Trump Jr. stated on June 18, 2020 in an episode of Triggered with President Donald Trump: Says Osama bin Laden endorsed Joe Biden Viral image stated on June 10, 2020 in a Facebook post: Wearing the Kente cloth “worn by affluent African slave traders” is “like honoring Jews by wearing swastikas.” Facebook posts stated on June 3, 2020 in Facebook post: “It wasn't a big deal when Bill Clinton held up the Bible in front of the same exact church (as Donald Trump).” Facebook posts stated on June 5, 2020 in a Facebook post: “More than 20 police officers are dead now because of the riots.” Donald Trump stated on May 19, 2020 in remarks to reporters at the Capitol: “If you look at the one (hydroxychloroquine) survey, the only bad survey, they were giving it to people that were in very bad shape. They were very old. Almost dead.” Stacey Abrams stated on May 7, 2020 in an interview with Mother Jones: “Since the reopening of (Georgia), we’ve seen our COVID rate skyrocket by 40%.” Bloggers stated on April 23, 2020 in a post on TikTok: “It’s not the coronavirus that’s killing people. It is the economy.” Mike Turzai stated on May 9, 2020 in a video: “Guess what, [children are] not at risk unless they have an underlying medical issue.” X posts stated on May 10, 2020 in a tweet: Barack Obama “is the first ex-president to ever speak against his successor.” Donald Trump stated on May 3, 2020 in a Fox News virtual town hall: Says Joe Biden has “written a letter of apology” for calling Trump’s travel restrictions from China “xenophobic.” Bloggers stated on April 22, 2020 in a post on Facebook: “President Trump just announced that the ‘biological’ lab in Wuhan where the COVID-19 virus was created was ‘funded’ by President Barak (sp) Hussein Obama in 2015 to the tune of $3,800,000 American dollars!” Kellyanne Conway stated on April 15, 2020 in an interview on "Fox & Friends": "This is COVID-19, not COVID-1, folks. And so you would think the people charged with the World Health Organization facts and figures would be on top of that." Candace Owens stated on April 6, 2020 in a tweet: “Everyone is only dying of coronavirus now.” Jesse Watters stated on March 31, 2020 in comments made during an episode of "The Five" on the Fox News Channel: “We were slow with the testing, but very quick with the travel ban. And that's been much more critical in saving lives.” Donald Trump stated on March 17, 2020 in a White House press conference: The WHO coronavirus test “was a bad test.” Joy Behar stated on March 9, 2020 in an episode of ABC's "The View": “(Barack Obama) set up anti-pandemic programs in 47 vulnerable countries as a way to protect against something like the coronavirus, exactly. Do you know that Trump closed 37 of them?” Facebook posts stated on February 28, 2020 in posts on social media: “Every election year has a disease” ... SARS in 2004; avian flu in 2008; swine flu in 2010; MERS in 2012; Ebola in 2014 and 2018; Zika in 2016 and the coronavirus in 2020. Donald Trump stated on March 4, 2020 in a meeting at the White House: “The Obama administration made a decision on testing that turned out to be very detrimental to what we’re doing” on the coronavirus. Donald Trump stated on February 29, 2020 in a speech at CPAC: Says the media cut out his request of Russian hackers to find Hillary Clinton’s emails “right at the end so that you don’t see the laughter, the joke.” Bloggers stated on February 6, 2020 in a story: Says with his guilty impeachment vote, Senator Mitt Romney “could be removed from office.” Mike Pompeo stated on January 24, 2020 in an NPR interview: When asked if he’s defended former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch, "I've defended every single person on this team." Donald Trump stated on January 27, 2020 in a tweet: "The Democrat controlled House never even asked John Bolton to testify." Pat Cipollone stated on January 21, 2020 in remarks in the Senate impeachment trial: "Not even (House Intelligence Chairman Adam) Schiff’s Republican colleagues were allowed into the SCIF" during the House impeachment investigation. Islamic Republic News Agency stated on January 7, 2020 in a tweet: Says photo shows U.S. planes on fire after Iranian missile strikes in Iraq. Bernie Sanders stated on January 7, 2020 in newsletter from the Bernie Sanders campaign: "In 2018, Biden lauded Paul Ryan for proposing cuts to Social Security and Medicare."
Mike Kelly stated on July 14, 2020 in a campaign call: Says Joe Biden proposed “killing over 600,000 jobs supported by fracking.”
Donald Trump stated on July 14, 2020 in White House Rose Garden: Says Joe Biden plans to “mandate net-zero carbon emissions for homes, offices and all new buildings by 2030. That basically means no windows, no nothing.”
Jim Bognet stated on June 12, 2020 in a press release: U.S. Rep. Matt “Cartwright proposes to defund the Wilkes-Barre police.”
Donald Trump stated on July 4, 2020 in a Fourth of July speech: Says 99% of COVID-19 cases “are totally harmless.”
Donald Trump stated on June 20, 2020 in a campaign rally: “Joe Biden and the Democrats want to prosecute Americans for going to church, but not for burning a church.”
Donald Trump Jr. stated on June 18, 2020 in an episode of Triggered with President Donald Trump: Says Osama bin Laden endorsed Joe Biden
Viral image stated on June 10, 2020 in a Facebook post: Wearing the Kente cloth “worn by affluent African slave traders” is “like honoring Jews by wearing swastikas.”
Facebook posts stated on June 3, 2020 in Facebook post: “It wasn't a big deal when Bill Clinton held up the Bible in front of the same exact church (as Donald Trump).”
Facebook posts stated on June 5, 2020 in a Facebook post: “More than 20 police officers are dead now because of the riots.”
Donald Trump stated on May 19, 2020 in remarks to reporters at the Capitol: “If you look at the one (hydroxychloroquine) survey, the only bad survey, they were giving it to people that were in very bad shape. They were very old. Almost dead.”
Stacey Abrams stated on May 7, 2020 in an interview with Mother Jones: “Since the reopening of (Georgia), we’ve seen our COVID rate skyrocket by 40%.”
Bloggers stated on April 23, 2020 in a post on TikTok: “It’s not the coronavirus that’s killing people. It is the economy.”
Mike Turzai stated on May 9, 2020 in a video: “Guess what, [children are] not at risk unless they have an underlying medical issue.”
X posts stated on May 10, 2020 in a tweet: Barack Obama “is the first ex-president to ever speak against his successor.”
Donald Trump stated on May 3, 2020 in a Fox News virtual town hall: Says Joe Biden has “written a letter of apology” for calling Trump’s travel restrictions from China “xenophobic.”
Bloggers stated on April 22, 2020 in a post on Facebook: “President Trump just announced that the ‘biological’ lab in Wuhan where the COVID-19 virus was created was ‘funded’ by President Barak (sp) Hussein Obama in 2015 to the tune of $3,800,000 American dollars!”
Kellyanne Conway stated on April 15, 2020 in an interview on "Fox & Friends": "This is COVID-19, not COVID-1, folks. And so you would think the people charged with the World Health Organization facts and figures would be on top of that."
Jesse Watters stated on March 31, 2020 in comments made during an episode of "The Five" on the Fox News Channel: “We were slow with the testing, but very quick with the travel ban. And that's been much more critical in saving lives.”
Donald Trump stated on March 17, 2020 in a White House press conference: The WHO coronavirus test “was a bad test.”
Joy Behar stated on March 9, 2020 in an episode of ABC's "The View": “(Barack Obama) set up anti-pandemic programs in 47 vulnerable countries as a way to protect against something like the coronavirus, exactly. Do you know that Trump closed 37 of them?”
Facebook posts stated on February 28, 2020 in posts on social media: “Every election year has a disease” ... SARS in 2004; avian flu in 2008; swine flu in 2010; MERS in 2012; Ebola in 2014 and 2018; Zika in 2016 and the coronavirus in 2020.
Donald Trump stated on March 4, 2020 in a meeting at the White House: “The Obama administration made a decision on testing that turned out to be very detrimental to what we’re doing” on the coronavirus.
Donald Trump stated on February 29, 2020 in a speech at CPAC: Says the media cut out his request of Russian hackers to find Hillary Clinton’s emails “right at the end so that you don’t see the laughter, the joke.”
Bloggers stated on February 6, 2020 in a story: Says with his guilty impeachment vote, Senator Mitt Romney “could be removed from office.”
Mike Pompeo stated on January 24, 2020 in an NPR interview: When asked if he’s defended former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch, "I've defended every single person on this team."
Donald Trump stated on January 27, 2020 in a tweet: "The Democrat controlled House never even asked John Bolton to testify."
Pat Cipollone stated on January 21, 2020 in remarks in the Senate impeachment trial: "Not even (House Intelligence Chairman Adam) Schiff’s Republican colleagues were allowed into the SCIF" during the House impeachment investigation.
Islamic Republic News Agency stated on January 7, 2020 in a tweet: Says photo shows U.S. planes on fire after Iranian missile strikes in Iraq.
Bernie Sanders stated on January 7, 2020 in newsletter from the Bernie Sanders campaign: "In 2018, Biden lauded Paul Ryan for proposing cuts to Social Security and Medicare."
