Latest Pants on Fire! 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 Viral image stated on March 25, 2020 in a Facebook post: “COVID literally stands for Chinese Originated Viral Infectious Disease.” Republican State Leadership Committee stated on March 26, 2020 in a campaign ad: Says Jill Karofsky as a prosecutor “went easy on” a Madison man in a 1999 sexual assault case Facebook posts stated on March 22, 2020 in a Facebook post: “Boil some orange peels wit cayenne pepper in it stand over the pot breathe in the steam so all that mucus can release from yo nasal… MUCUS is the problem its where THE VIRUS LIVES!!!” Facebook posts stated on March 24, 2020 in a Facebook post: Says Gov. Tony Evers is “pushing firearm confiscation orders” Instagram posts stated on March 21, 2020 in an Instagram post: Says Russia unleashed more than 500 lions on its streets to ensure that people are staying indoors during this pandemic outbreak. Facebook posts stated on March 21, 2020 in a Facebook post: Quotes Joe Biden as saying “people who have never died before are now dying from coronavirus.” YouTube videos stated on March 13, 2020 in a YouTube video: A video shows Joe Biden “looking at books about dementia.” Facebook posts stated on March 15, 2020 in a Facebook post: Says businesses will give you free baby formula during the coronavirus outbreak. Facebook posts stated on March 19, 2020 in a post: Says "there is no" COVID-19 virus. David A. Clarke Jr. stated on March 15, 2020 in a tweet: Says coronavirus is just “the damn flu.” Donald Trump stated on March 18, 2020 in comments made during a White House media briefing: The coronavirus "snuck up on us,” adding that it is “a very unforeseen thing.” Facebook posts stated on March 18, 2020 in a Facebook post: Says President Donald Trump said, “People are dying who have never died before.” Bloggers stated on March 13, 2020 in a blog post: Says the New York Times exposed the “real reason behind coronavirus hype: Crash the market to harm Trump’s re-election chances.” Viral image stated on March 18, 2020 in a Facebook post: Says Donald Trump tweeted, “I ordered the Treasury secretary to send checks to Americans! First however, we will go through your social media history from the last 4 years and search for any post with #NotMyPresident in it. I wouldn’t think of offending you with a check if I’m not your president! #MAGA” Donald Trump stated on March 17, 2020 in a White House news conference: “I've always known this is a real, this is a pandemic. I've felt it was a pandemic long before it was called a pandemic.” Facebook posts stated on March 16, 2020 in a Facebook post: Says Oprah Winfrey’s house “has been seized and they are excavating the property and digging up the tunnels!” Facebook posts stated on March 13, 2020 in a Facebook post: In South Florida “all children and adults must remain in their homes” due to coronavirus. Sherill Sellman stated on February 12, 2020 in remarks on the Jim Bakker show: Silver Solution used on strains of coronavirus "totally eliminate it. Kills it. Deactivates it.” Facebook posts stated on March 9, 2020 in a Facebook post: “Coronavirus — 22. Clintons — 39.” Bloggers stated on March 13, 2020 in a blog post: “ICE arrests LA mayor for harboring fugitives through sanctuary city.” Conservative-Daily stated on March 4, 2020 in a post: Says a video of Joe Biden and Beto O’Rourke at a Texas Whataburger shows Biden “looking directly into the camera and promising to take away Americans’ guns if elected.” Bloggers stated on March 7, 2020 in a blog post: Says Jimmy Carter has endorsed Bernie Sanders. Donald Trump stated on March 6, 2020 in remarks to reporters: “Anybody that wants a test (for the coronavirus) can get a test.” X posts stated on March 10, 2020 in in a tweet: Says Daniel Radcliffe has the coronavirus. Bloggers stated on March 9, 2020 in a story: Says “Joe Biden mistakes Idaho for Iowa in visit to Boise fundraiser.” Facebook posts stated on March 4, 2020 in an image: The media “pulled down an entire shelf of goods so that they can present the news of people buying stuff in a hysteria over the coronavirus." MSNBC stated on March 5, 2020 in an MSNBC segment: “Bloomberg spent $500 million on ads. The U.S. population is 327 million. He could have given each American $1 million and still have money left over.” Bloggers stated on March 4, 2020 in a blog post: Says Quaden Bayles committed suicide. Facebook posts stated on March 2, 2020 in a Facebook post: Quotes Sen. Lindsey Graham as saying President Trump “probably knows more about medicine and specifically viruses than any of the so-called scientists at the NIH and CDC.” Joe Biden stated on February 11, 2020 in a campaign event in South Carolina: “I had the great honor of being arrested with our U.N. ambassador on the streets of Soweto trying to get to see (Nelson Mandela) on Robbens Island.”
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Viral image stated on March 25, 2020 in a Facebook post: “COVID literally stands for Chinese Originated Viral Infectious Disease.” Republican State Leadership Committee stated on March 26, 2020 in a campaign ad: Says Jill Karofsky as a prosecutor “went easy on” a Madison man in a 1999 sexual assault case Facebook posts stated on March 22, 2020 in a Facebook post: “Boil some orange peels wit cayenne pepper in it stand over the pot breathe in the steam so all that mucus can release from yo nasal… MUCUS is the problem its where THE VIRUS LIVES!!!” Facebook posts stated on March 24, 2020 in a Facebook post: Says Gov. Tony Evers is “pushing firearm confiscation orders” Instagram posts stated on March 21, 2020 in an Instagram post: Says Russia unleashed more than 500 lions on its streets to ensure that people are staying indoors during this pandemic outbreak. Facebook posts stated on March 21, 2020 in a Facebook post: Quotes Joe Biden as saying “people who have never died before are now dying from coronavirus.” YouTube videos stated on March 13, 2020 in a YouTube video: A video shows Joe Biden “looking at books about dementia.” Facebook posts stated on March 15, 2020 in a Facebook post: Says businesses will give you free baby formula during the coronavirus outbreak. Facebook posts stated on March 19, 2020 in a post: Says "there is no" COVID-19 virus. David A. Clarke Jr. stated on March 15, 2020 in a tweet: Says coronavirus is just “the damn flu.” Donald Trump stated on March 18, 2020 in comments made during a White House media briefing: The coronavirus "snuck up on us,” adding that it is “a very unforeseen thing.” Facebook posts stated on March 18, 2020 in a Facebook post: Says President Donald Trump said, “People are dying who have never died before.” Bloggers stated on March 13, 2020 in a blog post: Says the New York Times exposed the “real reason behind coronavirus hype: Crash the market to harm Trump’s re-election chances.” Viral image stated on March 18, 2020 in a Facebook post: Says Donald Trump tweeted, “I ordered the Treasury secretary to send checks to Americans! First however, we will go through your social media history from the last 4 years and search for any post with #NotMyPresident in it. I wouldn’t think of offending you with a check if I’m not your president! #MAGA” Donald Trump stated on March 17, 2020 in a White House news conference: “I've always known this is a real, this is a pandemic. I've felt it was a pandemic long before it was called a pandemic.” Facebook posts stated on March 16, 2020 in a Facebook post: Says Oprah Winfrey’s house “has been seized and they are excavating the property and digging up the tunnels!” Facebook posts stated on March 13, 2020 in a Facebook post: In South Florida “all children and adults must remain in their homes” due to coronavirus. Sherill Sellman stated on February 12, 2020 in remarks on the Jim Bakker show: Silver Solution used on strains of coronavirus "totally eliminate it. Kills it. Deactivates it.” Facebook posts stated on March 9, 2020 in a Facebook post: “Coronavirus — 22. Clintons — 39.” Bloggers stated on March 13, 2020 in a blog post: “ICE arrests LA mayor for harboring fugitives through sanctuary city.” Conservative-Daily stated on March 4, 2020 in a post: Says a video of Joe Biden and Beto O’Rourke at a Texas Whataburger shows Biden “looking directly into the camera and promising to take away Americans’ guns if elected.” Bloggers stated on March 7, 2020 in a blog post: Says Jimmy Carter has endorsed Bernie Sanders. Donald Trump stated on March 6, 2020 in remarks to reporters: “Anybody that wants a test (for the coronavirus) can get a test.” X posts stated on March 10, 2020 in in a tweet: Says Daniel Radcliffe has the coronavirus. Bloggers stated on March 9, 2020 in a story: Says “Joe Biden mistakes Idaho for Iowa in visit to Boise fundraiser.” Facebook posts stated on March 4, 2020 in an image: The media “pulled down an entire shelf of goods so that they can present the news of people buying stuff in a hysteria over the coronavirus." MSNBC stated on March 5, 2020 in an MSNBC segment: “Bloomberg spent $500 million on ads. The U.S. population is 327 million. He could have given each American $1 million and still have money left over.” Bloggers stated on March 4, 2020 in a blog post: Says Quaden Bayles committed suicide. Facebook posts stated on March 2, 2020 in a Facebook post: Quotes Sen. Lindsey Graham as saying President Trump “probably knows more about medicine and specifically viruses than any of the so-called scientists at the NIH and CDC.” Joe Biden stated on February 11, 2020 in a campaign event in South Carolina: “I had the great honor of being arrested with our U.N. ambassador on the streets of Soweto trying to get to see (Nelson Mandela) on Robbens Island.”
Viral image stated on March 25, 2020 in a Facebook post: “COVID literally stands for Chinese Originated Viral Infectious Disease.”
Republican State Leadership Committee stated on March 26, 2020 in a campaign ad: Says Jill Karofsky as a prosecutor “went easy on” a Madison man in a 1999 sexual assault case
Facebook posts stated on March 22, 2020 in a Facebook post: “Boil some orange peels wit cayenne pepper in it stand over the pot breathe in the steam so all that mucus can release from yo nasal… MUCUS is the problem its where THE VIRUS LIVES!!!”
Facebook posts stated on March 24, 2020 in a Facebook post: Says Gov. Tony Evers is “pushing firearm confiscation orders”
Instagram posts stated on March 21, 2020 in an Instagram post: Says Russia unleashed more than 500 lions on its streets to ensure that people are staying indoors during this pandemic outbreak.
Facebook posts stated on March 21, 2020 in a Facebook post: Quotes Joe Biden as saying “people who have never died before are now dying from coronavirus.”
YouTube videos stated on March 13, 2020 in a YouTube video: A video shows Joe Biden “looking at books about dementia.”
Facebook posts stated on March 15, 2020 in a Facebook post: Says businesses will give you free baby formula during the coronavirus outbreak.
Donald Trump stated on March 18, 2020 in comments made during a White House media briefing: The coronavirus "snuck up on us,” adding that it is “a very unforeseen thing.”
Facebook posts stated on March 18, 2020 in a Facebook post: Says President Donald Trump said, “People are dying who have never died before.”
Bloggers stated on March 13, 2020 in a blog post: Says the New York Times exposed the “real reason behind coronavirus hype: Crash the market to harm Trump’s re-election chances.”
Viral image stated on March 18, 2020 in a Facebook post: Says Donald Trump tweeted, “I ordered the Treasury secretary to send checks to Americans! First however, we will go through your social media history from the last 4 years and search for any post with #NotMyPresident in it. I wouldn’t think of offending you with a check if I’m not your president! #MAGA”
Donald Trump stated on March 17, 2020 in a White House news conference: “I've always known this is a real, this is a pandemic. I've felt it was a pandemic long before it was called a pandemic.”
Facebook posts stated on March 16, 2020 in a Facebook post: Says Oprah Winfrey’s house “has been seized and they are excavating the property and digging up the tunnels!”
Facebook posts stated on March 13, 2020 in a Facebook post: In South Florida “all children and adults must remain in their homes” due to coronavirus.
Sherill Sellman stated on February 12, 2020 in remarks on the Jim Bakker show: Silver Solution used on strains of coronavirus "totally eliminate it. Kills it. Deactivates it.”
Bloggers stated on March 13, 2020 in a blog post: “ICE arrests LA mayor for harboring fugitives through sanctuary city.”
Conservative-Daily stated on March 4, 2020 in a post: Says a video of Joe Biden and Beto O’Rourke at a Texas Whataburger shows Biden “looking directly into the camera and promising to take away Americans’ guns if elected.”
Donald Trump stated on March 6, 2020 in remarks to reporters: “Anybody that wants a test (for the coronavirus) can get a test.”
Bloggers stated on March 9, 2020 in a story: Says “Joe Biden mistakes Idaho for Iowa in visit to Boise fundraiser.”
Facebook posts stated on March 4, 2020 in an image: The media “pulled down an entire shelf of goods so that they can present the news of people buying stuff in a hysteria over the coronavirus."
MSNBC stated on March 5, 2020 in an MSNBC segment: “Bloomberg spent $500 million on ads. The U.S. population is 327 million. He could have given each American $1 million and still have money left over.”
Facebook posts stated on March 2, 2020 in a Facebook post: Quotes Sen. Lindsey Graham as saying President Trump “probably knows more about medicine and specifically viruses than any of the so-called scientists at the NIH and CDC.”
Joe Biden stated on February 11, 2020 in a campaign event in South Carolina: “I had the great honor of being arrested with our U.N. ambassador on the streets of Soweto trying to get to see (Nelson Mandela) on Robbens Island.”
