Fact Check Posts – Politifact

Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
stated on January 7, 2026 in a press briefing:

Says “90% of health care spending treats chronic disease.”

By Grace Abels • February 19, 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.”

By Grace Abels, Loreben Tuquero • January 15, 2026

Donald Trump
stated on November 4, 2025 in a Truth Social post:

Voting in California is “rigged.”

By Amy Sherman, Grace Abels • November 5, 2025

Donald Trump
stated on July 31, 2025 in remarks to reporters:

A new White House ballroom “won't interfere with the current building.”

By Grace Abels, Louis Jacobson • October 22, 2025

Donald Trump
stated on September 21, 2025 in a press gaggle on Air Force One:

Small children are given "80 different vaccines."

By Grace Abels • September 26, 2025

Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
stated on September 4, 2025 in a Senate Finance Committee hearing:

“Everybody can get” the COVID-19 vaccine.

By Grace Abels, Maria Ramirez Uribe • September 4, 2025

Donald Trump
stated on August 19, 2025 in a Truth Social post:

The Smithsonian Institution includes “nothing about success, nothing about brightness, nothing about the future.”

By Grace Abels, Louis Jacobson • August 20, 2025

Donald Trump
stated on July 15, 2025 in comments to reporters:

The Jeffrey Epstein files “were made up by Comey. They were made up by Obama. They were made up by Biden.”

By Grace Abels • July 18, 2025

Social Media
stated on June 22, 2025 in a video:

Video shows a woman wearing a rainbow hijab and a bomb vest who filmed her visit to Iran.

By Grace Abels • June 24, 2025

Social Media
stated on May 21, 2025 in posts:

Video shows the Qatari emir saying, “I truly regret inviting Trump, the robber, to the Middle East.”

By Grace Abels • May 21, 2025

X posts
stated on May 20, 2025 in posts:

Former President Joe Biden’s cancer is a form of “turbo cancer” caused by mRNA vaccines.

By Grace Abels, Loreben Tuquero • May 20, 2025

X posts
stated on May 8, 2025 in posts:

Robert Prevost, the Roman Catholic cardinal who was chosen to be the new pope, is a “registered Republican.”

By Amy Sherman, Grace Abels • May 9, 2025

X posts
stated on April 29, 2025 in an X post:

California Democrats “block bill to make sex trafficking minors a felony.”

By Grace Abels • May 5, 2025

Byron Donalds
stated on April 10, 2025 in a NewsNation interview:

Under the SAVE Act, “as long as you have a Real ID … it should be easy for you to register to vote.”

By Grace Abels • April 18, 2025

X posts
stated on April 6, 2025 in a post:

Photos and videos show Washington, D.C., protests against White House adviser Elon Musk are “staged & paid — bussed in, scripted, clocked out.”

By Grace Abels • April 11, 2025

Facebook posts
stated on March 26, 2025 in a post:

President Donald Trump “just suggested replacing pride month with veterans month in honor of those who served.”

By Grace Abels • April 2, 2025

TikTok posts
stated on March 23, 2025 in a video:

Screenshots show Speaker Mike Johnson messaging on Grindr.

By Grace Abels • April 1, 2025

Marjorie Taylor Greene
stated on March 25, 2025 in a Newsmax interview:

On PBS, "they now have drag queen storytime instead of good old ‘Sesame Street.’"

By Grace Abels • April 1, 2025

Pete Hegseth
stated on March 24, 2025 in an interview:

"Nobody was texting war plans" in the Trump administration Signal group text about bombing Yemen.

By Amy Sherman, Grace Abels • March 26, 2025

X posts
stated on March 23, 2025 in a post:

Video shows “leaked audio” of Vice President JD Vance criticizing Elon Musk and saying “he's making us look bad.”

By Grace Abels • March 24, 2025

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