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Kash Patel
Kash Patel
stated on January 25, 2026 in an interview on Fox News "Sunday Morning Futures":
“You cannot bring a firearm loaded with multiple magazines to any sort of protest that you want. It’s that simple.”
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • January 27, 2026
Stephen Miller
Stephen Miller
stated on October 24, 2025 in an interview:
“To all ICE officers, you have federal immunity in the conduct of your duties.”
Mostly False
By Maria Ramirez Uribe • October 29, 2025
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on October 19, 2025 in an interview:
“Fifty percent of the presidents, almost, have used (the Insurrection Act). And that's unquestioned power.”
Mostly False
By Maria Ramirez Uribe • October 22, 2025
Dan Koh
Dan Koh
stated on October 9, 2025 in remarks on CNN:
As the Trump administration pursues mortgage fraud charges against Letitia James, “there are three Cabinet members who committed mortgage fraud that he’s just letting fly.”
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • October 16, 2025
Josh Hawley
Josh Hawley
stated on October 7, 2025 in a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing:
“The FBI tapped my phone” and those of other senators.
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman, Louis Jacobson • October 9, 2025
Eric Swalwell
Eric Swalwell
stated on April 30, 2025 in a post on X:
"Republicans just voted in the House Judiciary Committee to allow Trump to DEPORT U.S. citizens to a foreign country."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • May 6, 2025
X posts
X posts
stated on April 29, 2025 in an X post:
California Democrats “block bill to make sex trafficking minors a felony.”
Mostly False
By Grace Abels • May 5, 2025
Jesse James
Jesse James
stated on May 13, 2024 in News conference:
In Wisconsin, “a legislative committee cannot release funding.”
Mostly False
By Laura Schulte • August 27, 2024
Stephen King
Stephen King
stated on April 15, 2024 in an X post:
“The 1864 Arizona law forbidding abortions, upheld by the State Supreme Court, also sets the age of consent for females at 10 years.”
Mostly False
By Sofia Ahmed • April 19, 2024
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on March 16, 2024 in una publicación en Instagram:
Una ley en Estados Unidos dice “si una casa no está habitada, podemos expropiarla”.
Mostly False
By Maria Briceño • April 9, 2024
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on March 16, 2024 in an Instagram post:
A U.S. law says that “if a house is not inhabited, we can expropriate it.”
Mostly False
By Maria Briceño • April 5, 2024
Ronna McDaniel
Ronna McDaniel
stated on March 24, 2024 in an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press":
Montana Democrats are "suing to say, ‘You should be allowed to be registered to vote in two states.'”
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman, Louis Jacobson • March 25, 2024
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on March 18, 2024 in a Truth Social post:
The $454 million bond is “unprecedented, and practically impossible for ANY Company.”
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson, Samantha Putterman • March 22, 2024
Sarah Godlewski
Sarah Godlewski
stated on February 21, 2024 in X, formerly Twitter:
“One of my responsibilities as Secretary of State is to countersign acts passed by the legislature & signed into law by Gov. Evers.”
Mostly False
By Laura Schulte • March 1, 2024
Ron DeSantis
Ron DeSantis
stated on November 30, 2023 in Fox News' “The Great Red vs. Blue State Debate.":
“Your minor child can go to California without your knowledge or without your consent, and get hormone therapy, puberty blockers and a sex change operation.”
Mostly False
By Grace Abels • December 11, 2023
Marc Short
Marc Short
stated on May 7, 2023 in remarks on CNN's "State of the Union":
“This year, there have been 13,000 deaths by gun violence. The vast majority, 95% of them, are in inner cities, where you have some of the strictest gun control laws in the country.”
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • May 10, 2023
Ron Johnson
Ron Johnson
stated on April 24, 2023 in Public statement:
Says Social Security is a “legal Ponzi scheme.”
Mostly False
By Vanessa Swales • May 5, 2023
Whoopi Goldberg
Whoopi Goldberg
stated on March 8, 2023 in remarks on ABC's "The View":
"The First Amendment doesn’t allow you to willingly lie."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • March 17, 2023
National Rifle Association
National Rifle Association
stated on September 22, 2022 in Radio ad:
Says Gov. Tony Evers would, “allow the government to use red flag laws to confiscate your firearms without due process.”
Mostly False
By Ben Wells • October 31, 2022
Greg Abbott
Greg Abbott
stated on August 31, 2022 in a campaign event:
Three court rulings since May 2022 “have made it clear that it is unconstitutional to ban someone between the ages of 18 and 20 from being able to buy an AR.”
Mostly False
By Nusaiba Mizan • September 21, 2022
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