Arizona

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Mostly True
0% 19 Checks
Half True
0% 0 Checks
Mostly False
0% 30 Checks
False
0% 69 Checks
Pants on Fire
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All Fact-checks for Arizona

X posts
X posts
stated on April 13, 2025 in a post on X:
Arizona Democrats “needed a lawsuit to force them to remove 50,000 noncitizens from voter rolls.”
False
April 18, 2025
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on March 4, 2025 in a Facebook post:
Phoenix’s increased wildfire risk is linked to Bill Gates’ “smart city” plans.
False
By Loreben Tuquero • March 28, 2025
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on December 15, 2024 in Facebook posts:
Residents in states across the U.S. are eligible for a $2,200 holiday stimulus payment.
False
December 20, 2024
Threads posts
Threads posts
stated on November 9, 2024 in a Threads post:
"Arizona officials caught changing ballots, have been arrested.”
False
November 12, 2024
WinSenate
WinSenate
stated on October 24, 2024 in a Facebook ad:
“Kari Lake is threatening Social Security and Medicare.”
Half-True
By Mia Osmonbekov • November 4, 2024
Kari Lake
Kari Lake
stated on October 23, 2024 in a press conference:
"Ruben Gallego wanted to defund the police. He actually co-sponsored legislation to defund the police.”
False
By Mia Osmonbekov • October 25, 2024
Kari Lake
Kari Lake
stated on October 9, 2024 in a Senate debate:
“Arizona was safe” when she moved to the state in 1994, but has become “unsafe.”
False
By Louis Jacobson • October 11, 2024
Kari Lake
Kari Lake
stated on September 27, 2024 in a TV interview:
Rep. Ruben Gallego is “controlled by the cartels. His own father was a Colombian drug trafficker, and so he’s got links to the cartel.”
Pants on Fire!
By Caleb McCullough • October 3, 2024
Ruben Gallego
Ruben Gallego
stated on August 17, 2024 in a post on X:
“MAGA Republicans like Kari Lake support Project 2025, which would raise the retirement age for 73% of Arizonans.”
Mostly False
By Mia Osmonbekov • September 26, 2024
Kari Lake
Kari Lake
stated on September 13, 2024 in a post on X:
Rep. Ruben Gallego’s “first act in Congress was to propose legislation to BAN the use of the term ‘illegal alien.’”
False
By Mia Osmonbekov • September 19, 2024
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