Ohio Scorecard True 0% 152 Checks Mostly True 0% 135 Checks Half True 0% 0 Checks Mostly False 0% 92 Checks False 0% 121 Checks Pants on Fire 0% 64 Checks For more details, see the Principles of PolitiFact All Fact-checks for Ohio 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. December 20, 2024 Threads posts stated on November 1, 2024 in una publicación en Threads: "Informan que las boletas electorales de Ohio muestran el nombre de Donald Trump mal escrito". November 6, 2024 X posts stated on October 31, 2024 in X posts: “Ballots in Ohio are showing Trump’s name misspelled!” November 1, 2024 Senate Leadership Fund stated on September 3, 2024 in a campaign ad: U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown “supported allowing puberty blockers and sex-change surgeries for minor children.” By Seth A. Richardson • October 11, 2024 Senate Leadership Fund stated on September 24, 2024 in a campaign ad: U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown voted to “allow transgender biological men to compete in girls’ sports.” By Seth A. Richardson • October 10, 2024 JD Vance stated on October 1, 2024 in a debate: Says immigrants with temporary protections in Springfield, Ohio, are “illegal immigrants.” By Maria Ramirez Uribe • October 3, 2024 Donald Trump stated on September 18, 2024 in a speech in New York: When Haitians go to school in Springfield, Ohio, they “take the place of our children in school” and “each one will have a private interpreter." By Amy Sherman • September 23, 2024 Sherrod Brown stated on September 4, 2024 in a TV interview: Of Bernie Moreno, “Now, he’s arguing for a national abortion ban, no exceptions.” By Caleb McCullough • September 19, 2024 Bernie Moreno stated on September 9, 2024 in an Instagram post: “Illegal” Haitians in Springfield, Ohio, are “reportedly killing and eating pets.” By Seth A. Richardson • September 18, 2024 X posts stated on September 14, 2024 in una publicación en X: Este es “vídeo de una inmigrante haitiana que asesinó y se comió al gato de sus vecinos” en Springfield, Ohio. By Maria Briceño • September 18, 2024 Load More Latest Articles Judge’s ruling on TPS for Haitians temporarily blocks Trump campaign promise • February 3, 2026 ‘They’re eating the pets:’ Trump, Vance earn PolitiFact’s Lie of the Year for claims about Haitians By Amy Sherman, Maria Ramirez Uribe • December 17, 2024 What’s behind recent false claims about immigrants and crime? • September 27, 2024 Not-so-innocent ‘cat memes’: AI creations give life to unsubstantiated Springfield, Ohio, claims By Loreben Tuquero • September 25, 2024 4 fact-checks from JD Vance’s CNN interview with Dana Bash about Haitian immigrants in Ohio • September 16, 2024 A caller told Clark County, Ohio, officials he saw Haitians steal geese. They found no proof. By Loreben Tuquero • September 15, 2024 ‘I am afraid’: The aftermath of Springfield, Ohio, misinformation on Haitians who live there By Maria Ramirez Uribe • September 13, 2024 Fact-checking Trump’s ‘I had nothing to do with it’ remarks after the Ohio train derailment By Amy Sherman, Sara Swann • February 24, 2023 Did Ohio train derailment cause CDC to update its vinyl chloride toxicology info? No • February 24, 2023 Fact-checking J.D. Vance and Tim Ryan in Ohio Senate race By Amy Sherman • November 4, 2022
