Fact Check Posts – Politifact

Instagram posts
stated on February 27, 2024 in a post on Instagram:

“Your legal name is in fact a corporation. This is why you always see your name written in ALL CAPS.”

By Madison Czopek • March 1, 2024

TikTok posts
stated on September 8, 2023 in TikTok posts:

An 1871 law made the United States government a for-profit corporation.

By Sofia Ahmed • February 12, 2024

Instagram posts
stated on April 24, 2023 in una publicación en Instagram:

“El CEO de Pfizer es un lagarto (demonio)”.

By Maria Briceño • April 27, 2023

Facebook posts
stated on August 23, 2020 in a Facebook post:

Says Nancy Pelosi passed a bill awarding a $9 billion contract to her husband’s company.

By Noah Y. Kim • August 26, 2020

Donald Trump
stated on July 24, 2017 in Twitter:

Amazon has a "no-tax monopoly."

By John Kruzel • July 26, 2017

Steve Adler
stated on May 17, 2016 in a panel discussion in Austin:

"The first tweet was sent from Austin."

By W. Gardner Selby • May 20, 2016

Eugene Sepulveda
stated on July 29, 2014 in a Facebook post:

Austin mayoral candidate "Mike Martinez takes corporate money."

By W. Gardner Selby • August 7, 2014

Mary Burke
stated on March 5, 2014 in a TV ad:

Under Scott Walker, Wisconsin "unemployment's up" from 4.8% to 6.2%

By Tom Kertscher • March 7, 2014

People's Majority
stated on October 30, 2012 in a TV commercial:

"Sheldon Whitehouse [got] a secret closed-door briefing, warning of the [2008 economic] crash."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • November 3, 2012

Barry Hinckley
stated on September 27, 2012 in a campaign commercial:

U.S. Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse "rewarded Wall Street executives with millions in bonuses."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • October 7, 2012

Workers' Voice
stated on September 17, 2012 in a mailer:

Says Mitt Romney’s investments created zero jobs.

By Becky Bowers • October 1, 2012

We Are Milwaukee
stated on July 30, 2012 in a campaign flyer:

Says "millions of dollars in tax breaks" were paid for "by busting unions, cutting BadgerCare, and raising taxes on the poor and the middle class, thanks to Elizabeth Coggs' help."

By Tom Kertscher • July 31, 2012

Americans for Prosperity
stated on April 26, 2012 in a TV ad:

Says the stimulus bill sent tax credits overseas, such as "$1.2 billion to a solar company that's building a plant in Mexico."

By Becky Bowers • May 2, 2012

Michele Bachmann
stated on August 26, 2011 in a campaign event:

President Barack Obama "has virtually no one in his cabinet with private-sector experience."

By Louis Jacobson • September 1, 2011

Stephen Archambault
stated on June 28, 2010 in a speech at the state Democratic convention:

Blue Cross headquarters has "a $30,000 granite table."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • July 11, 2010

Investor's Business Daily
stated on July 15, 2009 in an editorial.:

The health care reform bill -- on Page 16 -- outlaws private insurance.

By Angie Drobnic Holan • July 22, 2009

Chain email
stated on March 18, 2009 in a chain e-mail:

"AIG insures the pension trust of the United States Congress!"

By Angie Drobnic Holan • March 18, 2009

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