Children Scorecard True 0% 57 Checks Mostly True 0% 88 Checks Half True 0% 0 Checks Mostly False 0% 74 Checks False 0% 139 Checks Pants on Fire 0% 38 Checks For more details, see the Principles of PolitiFact All Fact-checks for Children X posts stated on January 31, 2026 in an X post: Images show New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani as a child with his mother, Mira Nair, and Jeffrey Epstein. February 2, 2026 Donald Trump stated on January 5, 2026 in a graphic on Truth Social and Instagram: The former U.S. childhood vaccine schedule called for babies to get “72 injections.” January 15, 2026 Donald Trump stated on September 21, 2025 in a press gaggle on Air Force One: Small children are given "80 different vaccines." September 26, 2025 X posts stated on September 23, 2025 in posts on X: “Erika Kirk is banned from Romania because her Evangelical group was accused of trafficking children out of Romanian villages.” September 26, 2025 stated on September 3, 2025 in a press conference: Every school vaccine mandate “drips” with “slavery.” September 4, 2025 Brad Schimel stated on February 6, 2025 in X, formerly Twitter: “Eliminate school choice” is on Susan Crawford’s agenda. By Madeline Heim • March 13, 2025 Joel Kitchens stated on February 19, 2025 in News conference: “90% of the (school) districts in Wisconsin already have a policy” banning cellphones during class time. By Hope Karnopp • February 28, 2025 Ron Johnson stated on January 26, 2025 in a TV interview: We’re one of the very few nations that allowed birthright citizenship.” By Hope Karnopp • February 4, 2025 Facebook posts stated on January 19, 2025 in una publicación en Facebook: "La nueva ley de apoyo infantil de Donald Trump...si recibes manutención infantil ya no podrás reclamar al niño en tus impuestos, solo la persona que está pagando la manutención puede". By Maria Briceño • January 22, 2025 Social Media stated on January 18, 2025 in social media posts: “Trump passed a new law that whoever is paying the child support will get to declare those children on their taxes.” January 21, 2025 Load More Latest Articles A Super Bowl ad says every American child will get a free Trump Account. Is that true? • February 8, 2026 Could $1,000 seed money in a Trump account multiply to $243,000? That’s without inflation and taxes • February 3, 2026 How to talk to your children about AI chatbots and their safety • December 19, 2025 Year of the Lies: How Trump’s talk about Tylenol, autism and vaccines affected one pediatrician • December 17, 2025 How do countries without school vaccination requirements maintain high vaccination rates? • October 28, 2025 Estudios sobre la circuncisión y el autismo no dicen lo que alega RFK Jr. • October 27, 2025 Studies on circumcision and autism don’t say what RFK Jr. says they do • October 20, 2025 Hepatitis B vaccine Q&A: Why do babies need the shot? • September 17, 2025 Fact-checking Dr. Joseph Ladapo, Florida’s surgeon general, about the whooping cough vaccine • September 11, 2025 The child tax credit is changing. Here’s what it means for your family. • July 15, 2025
