Fact Check Posts – Politifact

Tom Wolf
stated on February 22, 2021 a speech

“We’re the only major gas-producing state in the US that doesn’t have a severance tax.”

By Jessica Calefati • February 25, 2021

Pat Toomey
stated on January 19, 2021 a hearing

“There will be several thousand dollars in payments going to families with six-figure incomes who’ve had no income interruption whatsoever.”

By Jessica Calefati • January 21, 2021

Jake Corman
stated on January 14, 2021 an interview

Says unproven voter fraud claims didn’t play “any role” in the Capitol riot.

By Jessica Calefati • January 17, 2021

Pat Toomey
stated on December 27, 2020 an interview

“In my state, as in many other states, we have governors who are closing down businesses again.”

By Jessica Calefati • December 30, 2020

Donald Trump
stated on November 13, 2020 a tweet

A 1993 example of voter fraud in Philadelphia is “exactly what happened to us” in the 2020 election.

By Jessica Calefati • November 19, 2020

Justin Clark
stated on October 28, 2020 a tweet

“Major decision protecting voting rights in Pa. Ballots received after Election Day will not be counted.”

By Jessica Calefati • October 29, 2020

Donald Trump
stated on October 26, 2020 a rally

“Joe Biden confirmed his plan to abolish the entire U.S. oil industry.”

By Jessica Calefati • October 28, 2020

Donald Trump
stated on October 20, 2020 a rally

Pennsylvania “never opened.”

By Jessica Calefati • October 23, 2020

Joe Biden
stated on October 15, 2020 a town hall

“The boilermakers union has endorsed me because I sat down with them and went into great detail with leadership [about] exactly what I would do.”

By Jessica Calefati • October 21, 2020

Donald Trump
stated on October 13, 2020 a speech

“We’re putting our great coal miners back to work.”

By Jessica Calefati • October 14, 2020

Donald Trump
stated on September 29, 2020 a presidential debate

Poll watchers in Philadelphia “were thrown out.”

By Jessica Calefati • October 1, 2020

Donald Trump
stated on September 22, 2020 a speech

Says Joe Biden's plan for net-zero emissions "would instantly shut down all fracking and all mining immediately in Pennsylvania."

By Jessica Calefati • September 25, 2020

Joe Biden
stated on August 31, 2020 a speech

“I am not banning fracking.”

By Jessica Calefati • September 1, 2020

Donald Trump
stated on August 20, 2020 a rally

Says Joe Biden “abandoned Scranton.”

By Jessica Calefati • August 29, 2020

Mike Pence
stated on July 29, 2020 an email

The Trump administration “added over 209,000 jobs, including 16,000 new manufacturing jobs, to Pennsylvania over the last three years.

By Jessica Calefati • August 14, 2020

Cory Booker
stated on July 30, 2020 an interview

Says the U.S. Senate is “dominated by millionaires” and that he is “not one of them.”

By Jessica Calefati • August 13, 2020

Bob Casey
stated on July 21, 2020 an interview

Federal agents in Portland have been “kidnapping and holding citizens without charges.”

By Jessica Calefati • August 4, 2020

Donald Trump
stated on July 22, 2020 a speech

“Murders this year have spiked 27% in Philadelphia.”

By Jessica Calefati • July 24, 2020

Mike Kelly
stated on July 14, 2020 a campaign call

Says Joe Biden proposed “killing over 600,000 jobs supported by fracking.”

By Jessica Calefati • July 21, 2020

Joe Biden
stated on July 9, 2020 a speech

On COVID-19, Donald Trump said that “maybe if you drank bleach you may be okay.”

By Jessica Calefati • July 11, 2020

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