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Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on February 8, 2026 in an interview on NBC:
Crime in Minneapolis “is down 25, 30% because we’ve removed thousands of criminals from the area.”
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • February 13, 2026
stated on January 25, 2026 in an interview on Fox News "Sunday Morning Futures":
“You cannot bring a firearm loaded with multiple magazines to any sort of protest that you want. It’s that simple.”
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • January 27, 2026
Social Media
Social Media
stated on January 20, 2026 in posts on social media:
Trees can explode if temperatures drop to 20 degrees below zero.
Mostly False
January 26, 2026
JD Vance
JD Vance
stated on November 13, 2025 in an interview:
Housing is expensive “because we flooded the country with 30 million illegal immigrants” and because of a housing shortage.
Mostly False
By Samantha Putterman • November 20, 2025
stated on November 6, 2025 in X post:
“Evidence suggests that 1 in 25 women who consume (abortion) pills are hospitalized.”
Mostly False
By Samantha Putterman • November 14, 2025
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on November 6, 2025 in remarks at a dinner:
Walmart’s 2025 package of Thanksgiving dinner ingredients shows a “25% reduction in costs for Thanksgiving between (President Joe) Biden and me.”
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • November 14, 2025
Anderson Clayton
Anderson Clayton
stated on October 29, 2025 in a press release:
“North Carolina teachers are already the lowest paid teachers in the south.”
Mostly False
By Paul Specht • November 8, 2025
X posts
X posts
stated on November 2, 2025 in an X post:
New York state has "no ID requirement" to vote, and people could lie about their address and "vote in multiple precincts."
Mostly False
By Maria Briceño • November 4, 2025
Stephen Miller
Stephen Miller
stated on October 24, 2025 in an interview:
“To all ICE officers, you have federal immunity in the conduct of your duties.”
Mostly False
By Maria Ramirez Uribe • October 29, 2025
stated on October 23, 2025 in a statement on X:
An ad from the government of Ontario, Canada, “misrepresents” President Ronald Reagan’s April 25, 1987, address about tariffs.
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman, Louis Jacobson • October 24, 2025
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on October 19, 2025 in an interview:
“Fifty percent of the presidents, almost, have used (the Insurrection Act). And that's unquestioned power.”
Mostly False
By Maria Ramirez Uribe • October 22, 2025
JD Vance
JD Vance
stated on October 15, 2025 in an episode of The Charlie Kirk Show:
"Political violence, it's just a statistical fact that it's a bigger problem on the left.”
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • October 20, 2025
stated on October 9, 2025 in remarks on CNN:
As the Trump administration pursues mortgage fraud charges against Letitia James, “there are three Cabinet members who committed mortgage fraud that he’s just letting fly.”
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • October 16, 2025
stated on August 29, 2025 in a billboard in Morgantown, W.Va.:
“Vaccine makers are exempt from all liability for vaccine injury and death.”
Mostly False
By Natalie Ribar • October 15, 2025
X posts
X posts
stated on October 9, 2025 in a post on X:
“If you vote no on Prop 50 to stop the redistricting, it shows through the envelope,” making it easy for Democrats to cheat.
Mostly False
By Maria Ramirez Uribe • October 14, 2025
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
stated on September 4, 2025 in a Senate hearing:
“It's going to be the biggest infusion of federal dollars into rural health care in American history.”
Mostly False
By Arielle Zionts • October 13, 2025
Josh Hawley
Josh Hawley
stated on October 7, 2025 in a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing:
“The FBI tapped my phone” and those of other senators.
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman, Louis Jacobson • October 9, 2025
Hakeem Jeffries
Hakeem Jeffries
stated on September 24, 2025 in remarks to reporters:
"Republicans have effectively ended medical research in the United States of America."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • September 29, 2025
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on September 23, 2025 in a speech to the U.N. General Assembly:
“I have ended seven unendable wars.”
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson, Samantha Putterman • September 23, 2025
X posts
X posts
stated on August 16, 2025 in an X post:
“North Carolina has just approved a law permitting foreign doctors to practice without completing U.S. training or licensing exams.”
Mostly False
By Paul Specht • September 16, 2025
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