Alcohol Scorecard true 0% 12 Checks mostly-true 0% 8 Checks Half True 0% 6 Checks mostly-false 0% 10 Checks false 0% 14 Checks Pants on Fire 0% 5 Checks For more details, see the Principles of PolitiFact All Fact-checks for Alcohol Ted Cruz stated on August 30, 2023 in A post on X.: "(President Joe) Biden is trying to limit you to two beers per week.” By Sarah Bahari • September 1, 2023 Instagram posts stated on May 16, 2023 in an Instagram Post: Bud Light billboard says “lol CRYBABIES” By Maria Briceño • August 14, 2023 Facebook posts stated on April 6, 2023 in a photo on Facebook: “Anheuser-Busch CEO resigns” after Bud Light partners with transgender social media influencer Dylan Mulvaney. By Sara Swann • April 10, 2023 X posts stated on March 26, 2023 in a tweet: White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre was involved in a covered-up DUI accident By Samantha Putterman • April 5, 2023 Ron Johnson stated on June 28, 2022 in Twitter: "Thanks to failed Dem policies, beer is 9.1% more expensive." By Laura Schulte • July 18, 2022 Bloggers stated on June 17, 2021 in a story's headline: “World Health Organization wants to BAN all women aged 18-50 from drinking alcohol.” By Samantha Putterman • June 22, 2021 Jeff Jackson stated on April 6, 2020 in a tweet: NC liquor stores were deemed essential “because we have a lot of people who are chemically dependent on alcohol and if we suddenly cut off their access they would go into withdrawal and flood the emergency rooms.” By Paul Specht • April 17, 2020 Facebook posts stated on March 30, 2020 in a Facebook post: Says certain states are banning the sale of alcohol. March 30, 2020 Facebook posts stated on December 9, 2019 in a Facebook post: Says Nancy Pelosi was "asked to leave a children’s benefit after drunken outburst." December 11, 2019 Richard Ojeda stated on October 19, 2019 in a tweet: "One in eight American adults, or 12.7 percent of the U.S population, now meets diagnostic criteria for alcohol use disorder." By Claudia Breaux, Jacqueline Kautz, Olivia Vigna • November 19, 2019 Viral image stated on August 29, 2019 in a Facebook post: Says a photo shows a driver and passengers wearing moose heads in a truck with a man strapped to the roof that caused 16 accidents on I-35. October 24, 2019 Viral image stated on September 21, 2019 in a Facebook post: Says a photo shows Beto O’Rourke "in college drunk and pissing his pants." October 2, 2019 Patricia Pike stated on April 11, 2019 in a legislative debate: "Over 30 states passed the legislation to ban powdered alcohol," and Missouri is not one of them By Gaëlle Fournier • May 10, 2019 Brad Schimel stated on August 12, 2018 in a video: "We need an ID" to "buy a beer." August 22, 2018 Wendell Young stated on March 31, 2017 in an op-ed: House Bill 991 "could lead to the opening of as many as 2,000 new liquor stores." By Cassie Owens • April 7, 2017 Your Choice Colorado stated on March 16, 2016 in a TV ad: Expanding the sale of full-strength beer and wine to grocery stores is "good for everybody." By Alan Gathright • April 1, 2016 State Public Service Announcement stated on December 28, 2015 in : By the end of 2015, more than 1,300 people will have died on Georgia roads. One of out evey four fatalities resulted from drunken driving. By Nancy Badertscher • December 30, 2015 Viral media reports stated on November 9, 2015 in social media and in print: Drinking champagne could help prevent Alzheimer’s and other forms of dementia. By Nancy Badertscher • November 17, 2015 Slice & Pint brewpub stated on September 24, 2015 in the fall menu: Brewpubs can't sell growlers of their beer to customers. By April Hunt • October 23, 2015 Martin Smith stated on March 23, 2015 in subcommittee hearing: By allowing brewpubs to sell beer, Georgia could become like Mexico with only a couple of manufacturers controlling all aspects of market. By Nancy Badertscher • April 2, 2015 Load More Latest Articles Why false claims about Nancy Pelosi being drunk keep going viral — even though she doesn’t drink By Daniel Funke • August 3, 2020 Latest promises about Alcohol No promises to show. Latest promises about Alcohol
