Fact Check Posts – Politifact

Donald Trump
stated on February 8, 2026 an interview on NBC

Crime in Minneapolis “is down 25, 30% because we’ve removed thousands of criminals from the area.”

By Amy Sherman • February 13, 2026

Gretchen Whitmer
stated on February 2, 2026 a Substack

Under Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, there are “fewer families living in poverty” than under her predecessor.

By Amy Sherman • February 6, 2026

Donald Trump
stated on February 2, 2026 an interview with Dan Bongino

Among Somalis in Minnesota, “92% of them don’t work.”

By Amy Sherman, Louis Jacobson • February 2, 2026

JD Vance
stated on January 22, 2026 a press conference

"Right now we're focused on Minneapolis because that's where we have the highest concentration of people who have violated our immigration laws."

By Amy Sherman • January 28, 2026

Donald Trump
stated on January 21, 2026 a speech in Davos

Protesters against the federal immigration crackdown in Minnesota are conducting “fake protests done by agitators and professional insurrectionists. …They're professional troublemakers.”

By Amy Sherman, Maria Briceño • January 26, 2026

Social Media
stated on January 11, 2026 social media posts

A letter sent to postal service employees about working during emergencies such as civil unrest is a sign that President Donald Trump will impose martial law.

By Amy Sherman • January 15, 2026

Mehmet Oz
stated on January 6, 2026 an interview on Fox News

“By federal law, if you sign someone up for Medicaid, you also give them the right to vote. … This is political patronage at the expense of Medicaid.”

By Amy Sherman • January 14, 2026

Donald Trump
stated on January 13, 2026 a speech in Detroit

"If we stop this fraud, this massive fraud, we're going to have a balanced budget."

By Amy Sherman, Louis Jacobson • January 13, 2026

Pam Bondi
stated on December 29, 2025 an X post

The Justice Department has been investigating fraud in Minnesota “for months. So far, we have charged 98 individuals.”

By Amy Sherman • January 8, 2026

Tim Walz
stated on November 30, 2025 an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press"

“I take responsibility for putting people in jail” in Minnesota fraud scandal.

By Amy Sherman • December 5, 2025

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

Voting in California is “rigged.”

By Amy Sherman, Grace Abels • November 5, 2025

JB Pritzker
stated on October 30, 2025 a press conference

The federal government “decided to shut down the SNAP machines, so that they can’t be used.”

By Amy Sherman • November 3, 2025

stated on October 23, 2025 a statement on X

An ad from the government of Ontario, Canada, “misrepresents” President Ronald Reagan’s April 25, 1987, address about tariffs.

By Amy Sherman, Louis Jacobson • October 24, 2025

JD Vance
stated on October 15, 2025 an episode of The Charlie Kirk Show

"Political violence, it's just a statistical fact that it's a bigger problem on the left.”

By Amy Sherman • October 20, 2025

James Clyburn
stated on October 8, 2025 an X post

“Trump’s budget called for a $300 (million) cut” to the Women, Infants and Children program.

By Amy Sherman • October 16, 2025

Josh Hawley
stated on October 7, 2025 a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing

“The FBI tapped my phone” and those of other senators.

By Amy Sherman, Louis Jacobson • October 9, 2025

Donald Trump
stated on October 5, 2025 a statement to the media

“Portland is burning to the ground.”

By Amy Sherman, Maria Briceño • October 7, 2025

stated on September 29, 2025 The People's Cabinet podcast

“If the government shuts down, members of Congress still get paid. The janitors never get paid.”

By Amy Sherman • September 30, 2025

Sean Hannity
stated on September 17, 2025 an episode of "Hannity"

There was not “a single, prominent conservative voice in the country that even remotely wanted or hoped or was pushing to get Jimmy Kimmel taken off the air.”

By Amy Sherman, Madison Czopek • September 18, 2025

Chris Murphy
stated on August 27, 2025 an X post

Following the passage of a 2022 gun safety law, mass shootings “began to drop.”

By Amy Sherman • August 28, 2025

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