Latest Fact-Checks In Science

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Hakeem Jeffries
Hakeem Jeffries
stated on September 24, 2025 remarks to reporters
"Republicans have effectively ended medical research in the United States of America."
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By Louis Jacobson • September 29, 2025
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on February 12, 2024 a speech to county officials
The 2022 CHIPS and Science Act “attracted $640 billion in private companies’ investments.”
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By Amy Sherman, Louis Jacobson • February 29, 2024
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on November 27, 2021 a Facebook post
"Don’t be fooled by the next ‘Variant’! There are actually 1000’s of them. They just will pick the next one to keep the fear going."
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By Bill McCarthy • December 1, 2021
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on July 28, 2021 a post on Facebook
“Thanks to (Israel's) sacrifice, we now know that natural immunity is far superior with 1% experiencing re-infection while 40% of new cases were previously vx'd."
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By Monique Curet • August 2, 2021
Josh Mandel
Josh Mandel
stated on May 21, 2021 a tweet
“The federal government spent over $500k trying to force fish to exercise on treadmills, an additional $150k to see if gingerbread houses are earthquake proof.”
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By Jon Greenberg • May 24, 2021
Tom Tiffany
Tom Tiffany
stated on March 29, 2021 Speech
Says it doesn't make sense for young adults to get the vaccine since they "really are not under that much of a threat as a result of this virus."
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By Madeline Heim • April 8, 2021
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on December 6, 2020 a Facebook post
“40 years of research, and no vaccine for HIV. At least 100 years of research and no vaccine for cancer. Ongoing research and no vaccine for the common cold. Now in less than a year, there's a vaccine for COVID-19?”
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By Miriam Valverde • December 10, 2020
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on September 3, 2020 a community meeting
“A Black man invented the light bulb, not a white guy named Edison.”
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By Eric Litke • September 4, 2020
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on March 18, 2020 an Instagram post
Says “Bill Gates and other globalists, in collaboration with pharmaceutical companies, are reportedly working to push tracking bracelets and ‘invisible tattoos’ to monitor Americans during an impending lockdown.”
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By Samantha Putterman • April 9, 2020
Brian Joseph
Brian Joseph
stated on February 10, 2019 a newspaper interview
"The catalytic converter used in automobiles was invented in West Virginia."
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By Kenneth Harmonay, Patrick Downey • March 27, 2019
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on August 9, 2018 a blog post
"Science says that being single will kill you faster than obesity."
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By Katie Akin • August 20, 2018
Kelda Helen Roys
Kelda Helen Roys
stated on May 2, 2018 a cable interview
Says "political interference" from Scott Walker’s administration has led to "gagging (DNR) scientists so they can no longer comment on proposed legislation" and "we’re letting polluters write their own permits."
Mostly False
By Anna Groves • July 27, 2018
Senate Leadership Fund
Senate Leadership Fund
stated on August 22, 2017 in an ad
Says Kelli Ward hosted a town hall on "chemtrail conspiracy theories" and is open to sponsoring chemtrails legislation.
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By Manuela Tobias • August 25, 2017
Eric Greitens
Eric Greitens
stated on January 17, 2017 his state of the state address
"Over 200 of our 520 school districts did not have a single student in physics."
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By Grace Hase • February 24, 2017
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on September 26, 2016 a presidential debate
"I did not — I did not — I do not say that. I do not say that" climate change is a hoax perpetrated by the Chinese.
Mostly False
By Lauren Carroll • September 27, 2016
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on April 21, 2016 a "Good Morning America" town hall
Marijuana is a Schedule I drug, "which you understand means that you can’t do any research about it."
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By Lauren Carroll • April 26, 2016
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on March 17, 2015 an interview on "Late Night with Seth Meyers"
"Many of the alarmists on global warming, they’ve got a problem because the science doesn’t back them up. In particular, satellite data demonstrate for the last 17 years, there’s been zero warming."
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By Lauren Carroll • March 20, 2015
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on January 13, 2015 a meme on social media
Says. Rep. Joe Barton, R-Texas, once said, "Wind is a finite resource and harnessing it would slow the winds down, which would cause the temperature to go up."
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By Louis Jacobson • January 15, 2015
Michael Solomon
Michael Solomon
stated on April 3, 2014 a news release
"Pregnant women who stand for five to six hours at a time increase their risk of pre-term pregnancy by 80 percent."
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By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • April 20, 2014
National Republican Congressional Committee
National Republican Congressional Committee
stated on October 9, 2013 an advertisement
Ann Kuster turned "a blind eye to those in need of funding" by voting "against funding for our nation’s veterans, low-income women and children, the FDA and the National Institutes of Health."
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By Kaitlin Mulhere • October 16, 2013
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