Fact Check Posts – Politifact

Donald Trump
stated on June 7, 2026 in an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press":

The ongoing ballot counting in California means “they’re cheating on the election."

By Amy Sherman • June 8, 2026

Social Media
stated on June 5, 2026 in social media posts:

This image shows a person stuffing ballots into a California ballot box.

By Loreben Tuquero • June 8, 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

Social Media
stated on June 9, 2025 in social media posts:

California Gov. Gavin Newsom shared images taken in 2021 and said they showed National Guard troops sleeping on the floor in June 2025.

By Loreben Tuquero • June 10, 2025

Facebook posts
stated on February 23, 2025 in a Facebook post:

Elon Musk “contracted a helicopter and the first DOGE payments are being” dispersed in California.

By Jeff Cercone • February 24, 2025

Facebook posts
stated on January 9, 2025 in a Facebook post:

Video shows “The Simpsons” predicted the Los Angeles wildfires.

By Ciara O'Rourke • January 21, 2025

Instagram posts
stated on January 10, 2025 in a post:

Los Angeles wildfires are part of a Hollywood conspiracy to cover up evidence related to Sean “Diddy” Combs.

By Sara Swann • January 16, 2025

Instagram posts
stated on January 9, 2025 in an Instagram post:

Video shows people in Los Angeles looting from homes during wildfires.

By Jeff Cercone • January 13, 2025

X posts
stated on January 8, 2025 in a post:

“FEMA spent billions on illegal immigrants and now has no money for California!”

By Kwasi Gyamfi Asiedu • January 10, 2025

Instagram posts
stated on August 22, 2024 in an Instagram post:

Maxine Waters told her followers on X not to follow Omar Navarro because he is a “Hispanic Republican.”

By Sofia Ahmed • August 23, 2024

Donald Trump
stated on August 8, 2024 in a press conference:

“I went down in a helicopter with (Willie Brown). We thought maybe this is the end. We were in a helicopter going to a certain location together and there was an emergency landing.”

By Maria Ramirez Uribe • August 9, 2024

Facebook posts
stated on May 9, 2024 in a Facebook post:

“Colin Kaepernick was fired from his new high school coaching job after just one season” because "the kids couldn't stand him."

By Ciara O'Rourke • May 17, 2024

Instagram posts
stated on October 2, 2023 in an Instagram post:

California Gov. Gavin Newsom is “not human.”

By Ciara O'Rourke • October 5, 2023

Viral image
stated on December 15, 2022 in a Facebook post:

Says U.S. Rep. Katie Porter, D-Calif., “says pedophilia isn’t a crime — it’s an identity.”

By Ciara O'Rourke • December 16, 2022

Viral image
stated on December 6, 2022 in an Instagram post:

Photo shows Rep. Adam Schiff and a “little boy he killed.”

By Ciara O'Rourke • December 6, 2022

Viral image
stated on November 10, 2022 in an Instagram post:

Photos shows 2022 “midterm ballots in trash.”

By Ciara O'Rourke • November 11, 2022

Viral image
stated on November 30, 2022 in an Instagram post:

“Two far-right websites attributed to David DePape to smear conservatives were fabricated — they were created Friday.”

By Ciara O'Rourke • November 2, 2022

Viral image
stated on October 31, 2022 in an Instagram post:

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi “doesn’t even have surveillance cameras around her house.”

By Ciara O'Rourke • November 2, 2022

Instagram posts
stated on November 29, 2022 in an Instagram post:

Police dispatch audio from Paul Pelosi’s attack was recorded in a Moscow studio.

By Ciara O'Rourke • November 1, 2022

Viral image
stated on October 30, 2022 in an Instagram post:

Security cameras at Nancy Pelosi’s San Francisco home malfunctioned “for the duration of the break-in, so officials have ended their investigation.”

By Ciara O'Rourke • November 1, 2022

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