Latest Half-True Fact-checks 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 Joe Biden stated on August 31, 2020 in a speech: "When I was vice president, violent crime fell 15% in this country. ... The murder rate now is up 26% across the nation this year under Donald Trump." Gwen Moore stated on August 26, 2020 in Twitter: In contrast to how a Black man who was shot by police was treated, Kenosha police officers "let an armed white supremacist walk right past them after shooting people." Facebook posts stated on August 29, 2020 in a Facebook post: “If you go to Antifa.com, it takes you directly to Joe Biden’s webpage...what’s that tell ya…try it yourself.” Greg Abbott stated on August 18, 2020 in a press conference: Says crime is on the rise in Austin and a new study showed that it “is the No. 1 city in America in the year-to-year percentage increase in murders, with a percentage increase of more than 64% for the first half of this year.” Facebook posts stated on July 19, 2020 in a Facebook post: “Two mail in ballots in PA (were) sent to the same person with their names on both a week and a half apart.” Facebook posts stated on August 24, 2020 in a Facebook post: Says Jacob Blake, shot by police in Kenosha, had a warrant for sexual assault and prior convictions for gun use Facebook posts stated on August 24, 2020 in Facebook post: “Police training in Wisconsin is 21 weeks. A cosmetology license takes 40 weeks.” Duty and Honor stated on August 7, 2020 in a campaign ad: Sen. Steve Daines “voted to give billions in tax breaks to big drug companies even as they raised prices.” Viral image stated on August 19, 2020 in a Facebook post: “This USPS employee was caught taking down Trump signs. These people are also responsible for the mail in ballots they are pushing so hard.” Facebook posts stated on June 3, 2018 in a Facebook post: Says Condoleezza Rice said, “If you are taught bitterness and anger, then you will believe you are a victim. You will feel aggrieved and the twin brother of aggrievement is entitlement. So now you think you are owed something and you don’t have to work for it and now you’re on a really bad road to nowhere because there are people who will play to that sense of victimhood, aggrievement and entitlement, and you still won’t have a job.” Eva Longoria Baston stated on August 17, 2020 in the Democratic National Convention: "Social Security beneficiaries count on the post office to get their checks.” Donald Trump stated on August 16, 2020 in a Wall Street Journal op-ed: “For the past three years, the state senator who represents Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s San Francisco, has led a push to abolish single-family zoning in California.” Susan Collins stated on August 1, 2020 in a campaign ad: Says Sara Gideon’s husband’s law firm “took up to $2 million” from the same federal program she “falsely” attacked Susan Collins over. Doug Jones stated on August 6, 2020 in a campaign ad: Says Tommy Tuberville “is for privatizing Social Security and cutting Medicare.” Paul Sperry stated on August 12, 2020 in a tweet: “DEVELOPING: Kamala’s sister takes hydroxychloroquine.” Facebook posts stated on August 9, 2020 in a post on Facebook: Trump’s plan “would suspend the 7.65% your employer matches. See? You will NOT get that, nor will your wage or salary increase by 7.65%” Facebook posts stated on August 9, 2020 in in a post on Facebook: “Let me splain how ‘no payroll taxes’ helps you, it doesn’t. It helps employers.” Facebook posts stated on August 10, 2020 in a post on social media: “Killing the payroll tax means killing Social Security.” Bryan Steil stated on July 30, 2020 in a tweet: “3.8% of Wisconsin’s coronavirus funding has been spent.” Jeff Bezos stated on July 29, 2020 in a congressional hearing: “The retail market we participate in is extraordinarily large and competitive. Amazon accounts for less than 1% of the $25 trillion global retail market, and less than 4% of U.S. retail.” Stacey Abrams stated on July 23, 2020 in an MSNBC interview: “Right now, we are about 4% behind the (census) response rate where we were in 2010. But for Black and Latino and Native American communities, they’re behind by 10%.” Jim Justice stated on July 27, 2020 in a press conference: West Virginia is the state with the oldest population. Facebook posts stated on July 24, 2020 in social media posts: Social media posts claim the U.S. Postal Service “says you should give mail in ballots at least 14 days roundtrip. So, if you plan to vote by mail, election day isn’t November 3. It’s October 20th.” West Virginia Democratic Party stated on July 10, 2020 in a tweet: “Under the leadership of @WVGovernor Justice, West Virginia now has the highest rate of COVID-19 spread from person to person than any other state.” Facebook posts stated on July 2, 2020 in a Facebook post: “TEA is allowing online learning with attendance stipulations but will not fund school districts if they do not open their schools...If schools do not open and are not funded there will be no more teachers or school at all.” Facebook posts stated on June 28, 2020 in a Facebook post: “Two stamps needed for mail-in ballots.” Facebook posts stated on July 15, 2020 in a Facebook post: Businesses that refuse any legal tender can be fined and sued. Nick Freitas stated on July 11, 2020 in a radio interview.: “Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez votes with President Trump more than Abigail Spanberger does.” Thom Tillis stated on July 7, 2020 in a tweet: “Cal Cunningham criticized (the Paycheck Protection Program) while his company benefitted.” Facebook posts stated on July 7, 2020 in an image: Lists eight wealthy politicians and public figures who “got millions (or close to it) in PPP loans.”
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Joe Biden stated on August 31, 2020 in a speech: "When I was vice president, violent crime fell 15% in this country. ... The murder rate now is up 26% across the nation this year under Donald Trump." Gwen Moore stated on August 26, 2020 in Twitter: In contrast to how a Black man who was shot by police was treated, Kenosha police officers "let an armed white supremacist walk right past them after shooting people." Facebook posts stated on August 29, 2020 in a Facebook post: “If you go to Antifa.com, it takes you directly to Joe Biden’s webpage...what’s that tell ya…try it yourself.” Greg Abbott stated on August 18, 2020 in a press conference: Says crime is on the rise in Austin and a new study showed that it “is the No. 1 city in America in the year-to-year percentage increase in murders, with a percentage increase of more than 64% for the first half of this year.” Facebook posts stated on July 19, 2020 in a Facebook post: “Two mail in ballots in PA (were) sent to the same person with their names on both a week and a half apart.” Facebook posts stated on August 24, 2020 in a Facebook post: Says Jacob Blake, shot by police in Kenosha, had a warrant for sexual assault and prior convictions for gun use Facebook posts stated on August 24, 2020 in Facebook post: “Police training in Wisconsin is 21 weeks. A cosmetology license takes 40 weeks.” Duty and Honor stated on August 7, 2020 in a campaign ad: Sen. Steve Daines “voted to give billions in tax breaks to big drug companies even as they raised prices.” Viral image stated on August 19, 2020 in a Facebook post: “This USPS employee was caught taking down Trump signs. These people are also responsible for the mail in ballots they are pushing so hard.” Facebook posts stated on June 3, 2018 in a Facebook post: Says Condoleezza Rice said, “If you are taught bitterness and anger, then you will believe you are a victim. You will feel aggrieved and the twin brother of aggrievement is entitlement. So now you think you are owed something and you don’t have to work for it and now you’re on a really bad road to nowhere because there are people who will play to that sense of victimhood, aggrievement and entitlement, and you still won’t have a job.” Eva Longoria Baston stated on August 17, 2020 in the Democratic National Convention: "Social Security beneficiaries count on the post office to get their checks.” Donald Trump stated on August 16, 2020 in a Wall Street Journal op-ed: “For the past three years, the state senator who represents Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s San Francisco, has led a push to abolish single-family zoning in California.” Susan Collins stated on August 1, 2020 in a campaign ad: Says Sara Gideon’s husband’s law firm “took up to $2 million” from the same federal program she “falsely” attacked Susan Collins over. Doug Jones stated on August 6, 2020 in a campaign ad: Says Tommy Tuberville “is for privatizing Social Security and cutting Medicare.” Paul Sperry stated on August 12, 2020 in a tweet: “DEVELOPING: Kamala’s sister takes hydroxychloroquine.” Facebook posts stated on August 9, 2020 in a post on Facebook: Trump’s plan “would suspend the 7.65% your employer matches. See? You will NOT get that, nor will your wage or salary increase by 7.65%” Facebook posts stated on August 9, 2020 in in a post on Facebook: “Let me splain how ‘no payroll taxes’ helps you, it doesn’t. It helps employers.” Facebook posts stated on August 10, 2020 in a post on social media: “Killing the payroll tax means killing Social Security.” Bryan Steil stated on July 30, 2020 in a tweet: “3.8% of Wisconsin’s coronavirus funding has been spent.” Jeff Bezos stated on July 29, 2020 in a congressional hearing: “The retail market we participate in is extraordinarily large and competitive. Amazon accounts for less than 1% of the $25 trillion global retail market, and less than 4% of U.S. retail.” Stacey Abrams stated on July 23, 2020 in an MSNBC interview: “Right now, we are about 4% behind the (census) response rate where we were in 2010. But for Black and Latino and Native American communities, they’re behind by 10%.” Jim Justice stated on July 27, 2020 in a press conference: West Virginia is the state with the oldest population. Facebook posts stated on July 24, 2020 in social media posts: Social media posts claim the U.S. Postal Service “says you should give mail in ballots at least 14 days roundtrip. So, if you plan to vote by mail, election day isn’t November 3. It’s October 20th.” West Virginia Democratic Party stated on July 10, 2020 in a tweet: “Under the leadership of @WVGovernor Justice, West Virginia now has the highest rate of COVID-19 spread from person to person than any other state.” Facebook posts stated on July 2, 2020 in a Facebook post: “TEA is allowing online learning with attendance stipulations but will not fund school districts if they do not open their schools...If schools do not open and are not funded there will be no more teachers or school at all.” Facebook posts stated on June 28, 2020 in a Facebook post: “Two stamps needed for mail-in ballots.” Facebook posts stated on July 15, 2020 in a Facebook post: Businesses that refuse any legal tender can be fined and sued. Nick Freitas stated on July 11, 2020 in a radio interview.: “Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez votes with President Trump more than Abigail Spanberger does.” Thom Tillis stated on July 7, 2020 in a tweet: “Cal Cunningham criticized (the Paycheck Protection Program) while his company benefitted.” Facebook posts stated on July 7, 2020 in an image: Lists eight wealthy politicians and public figures who “got millions (or close to it) in PPP loans.”
Joe Biden stated on August 31, 2020 in a speech: "When I was vice president, violent crime fell 15% in this country. ... The murder rate now is up 26% across the nation this year under Donald Trump."
Gwen Moore stated on August 26, 2020 in Twitter: In contrast to how a Black man who was shot by police was treated, Kenosha police officers "let an armed white supremacist walk right past them after shooting people."
Facebook posts stated on August 29, 2020 in a Facebook post: “If you go to Antifa.com, it takes you directly to Joe Biden’s webpage...what’s that tell ya…try it yourself.”
Greg Abbott stated on August 18, 2020 in a press conference: Says crime is on the rise in Austin and a new study showed that it “is the No. 1 city in America in the year-to-year percentage increase in murders, with a percentage increase of more than 64% for the first half of this year.”
Facebook posts stated on July 19, 2020 in a Facebook post: “Two mail in ballots in PA (were) sent to the same person with their names on both a week and a half apart.”
Facebook posts stated on August 24, 2020 in a Facebook post: Says Jacob Blake, shot by police in Kenosha, had a warrant for sexual assault and prior convictions for gun use
Facebook posts stated on August 24, 2020 in Facebook post: “Police training in Wisconsin is 21 weeks. A cosmetology license takes 40 weeks.”
Duty and Honor stated on August 7, 2020 in a campaign ad: Sen. Steve Daines “voted to give billions in tax breaks to big drug companies even as they raised prices.”
Viral image stated on August 19, 2020 in a Facebook post: “This USPS employee was caught taking down Trump signs. These people are also responsible for the mail in ballots they are pushing so hard.”
Facebook posts stated on June 3, 2018 in a Facebook post: Says Condoleezza Rice said, “If you are taught bitterness and anger, then you will believe you are a victim. You will feel aggrieved and the twin brother of aggrievement is entitlement. So now you think you are owed something and you don’t have to work for it and now you’re on a really bad road to nowhere because there are people who will play to that sense of victimhood, aggrievement and entitlement, and you still won’t have a job.”
Eva Longoria Baston stated on August 17, 2020 in the Democratic National Convention: "Social Security beneficiaries count on the post office to get their checks.”
Donald Trump stated on August 16, 2020 in a Wall Street Journal op-ed: “For the past three years, the state senator who represents Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s San Francisco, has led a push to abolish single-family zoning in California.”
Susan Collins stated on August 1, 2020 in a campaign ad: Says Sara Gideon’s husband’s law firm “took up to $2 million” from the same federal program she “falsely” attacked Susan Collins over.
Doug Jones stated on August 6, 2020 in a campaign ad: Says Tommy Tuberville “is for privatizing Social Security and cutting Medicare.”
Paul Sperry stated on August 12, 2020 in a tweet: “DEVELOPING: Kamala’s sister takes hydroxychloroquine.”
Facebook posts stated on August 9, 2020 in a post on Facebook: Trump’s plan “would suspend the 7.65% your employer matches. See? You will NOT get that, nor will your wage or salary increase by 7.65%”
Facebook posts stated on August 9, 2020 in in a post on Facebook: “Let me splain how ‘no payroll taxes’ helps you, it doesn’t. It helps employers.”
Facebook posts stated on August 10, 2020 in a post on social media: “Killing the payroll tax means killing Social Security.”
Bryan Steil stated on July 30, 2020 in a tweet: “3.8% of Wisconsin’s coronavirus funding has been spent.”
Jeff Bezos stated on July 29, 2020 in a congressional hearing: “The retail market we participate in is extraordinarily large and competitive. Amazon accounts for less than 1% of the $25 trillion global retail market, and less than 4% of U.S. retail.”
Stacey Abrams stated on July 23, 2020 in an MSNBC interview: “Right now, we are about 4% behind the (census) response rate where we were in 2010. But for Black and Latino and Native American communities, they’re behind by 10%.”
Jim Justice stated on July 27, 2020 in a press conference: West Virginia is the state with the oldest population.
Facebook posts stated on July 24, 2020 in social media posts: Social media posts claim the U.S. Postal Service “says you should give mail in ballots at least 14 days roundtrip. So, if you plan to vote by mail, election day isn’t November 3. It’s October 20th.”
West Virginia Democratic Party stated on July 10, 2020 in a tweet: “Under the leadership of @WVGovernor Justice, West Virginia now has the highest rate of COVID-19 spread from person to person than any other state.”
Facebook posts stated on July 2, 2020 in a Facebook post: “TEA is allowing online learning with attendance stipulations but will not fund school districts if they do not open their schools...If schools do not open and are not funded there will be no more teachers or school at all.”
Facebook posts stated on July 15, 2020 in a Facebook post: Businesses that refuse any legal tender can be fined and sued.
Nick Freitas stated on July 11, 2020 in a radio interview.: “Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez votes with President Trump more than Abigail Spanberger does.”
Thom Tillis stated on July 7, 2020 in a tweet: “Cal Cunningham criticized (the Paycheck Protection Program) while his company benefitted.”
Facebook posts stated on July 7, 2020 in an image: Lists eight wealthy politicians and public figures who “got millions (or close to it) in PPP loans.”
