Fact Check Posts – Politifact

Instagram posts
stated on October 20, 2024 an Instagram post:

Voting machines in Shelby County, Tennessee, are swapping votes from Kamala Harris to Donald Trump.

By Jeff Cercone • October 24, 2024

Facebook posts
stated on May 15, 2024 a Facebook post:

“Breaking News: The Grand Ole Opry Bans Beyoncé For Life, ‘Go Play Dress-Up, You’re Not Country.’”

By Ciara O'Rourke • May 17, 2024

Instagram posts
stated on March 20, 2024 an Instagram post:

Tennessee bill that would ban the release of chemicals into the atmosphere is evidence chemtrails are real.

By Sara Swann • March 27, 2024

Facebook posts
stated on March 27, 2023 Facebook posts:

The Nashville, Tennessee, school shooter was Samantha Hyde.

By Loreben Tuquero • March 28, 2023

TikTok posts
stated on September 2, 2021 a TikTok post:

“COVID internment camps announced in America: Tennessee governor signs EO authorizing National Guard to carry out COVID medical kidnappings.”

By Gabrielle Settles • October 7, 2021

Facebook posts
stated on December 28, 2020 a video:

The Christmas Day explosion in Nashville, Tenn., was the result of a “missile strike.”

By Daniel Funke • December 29, 2020

BillHislam.com
stated on August 27, 2012 a Web posting:

Says that Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam "has made it clear by his repeated actions that he will pursue a policy that promotes the interest of Islamist (sic) and their radical ideology as long as he is governor."

By Richard Locker • August 27, 2012

Mark Clayton
stated on August 5, 2012 a post on his campaign's Facebook page.:

Says the federal government "mandates transexuals (sic) and homosexuals grabbing children in their stranger-danger zones in the name of airport security."

By Bartholomew Sullivan • August 13, 2012

Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee
stated on July 11, 2012 Campaign news release:

"Foreign Chinese prostitution money is allegedly behind the groups funding Congressman Scott DesJarlais's (TN-04) Republican Majority."

By Tom Humphrey • August 1, 2012

George Flinn
stated on July 5, 2012 in a campaign TV commercial.:

Says his "patents in ultrasound have revolutionized modern medicine."

By Bartholomew Sullivan • July 30, 2012

Woody Degan
stated on June 28, 2012 in an interview with The Commercial Appeal.:

Gov. Bill Haslam is "making our Economic Development department Sharia compliant" by hiring a woman "who specializes in Sharia compliance. That’s what her job is."

By Richard Locker • July 24, 2012

Charlotte Bergmann
stated on July 4, 2012 an email newsletter.:

"Obamacare" represents "the largest tax increase in the history of the world."

By Bartholomew Sullivan • July 22, 2012

Nick Ciparro
stated on June 27, 2012 Posted by Ciparro's website:

"In the last 10 years, only one piece of legislation has been cosponsored and passed by" John Duncan Jr.

By Michael Collins • July 7, 2012

Ron Ramsey
stated on May 18, 2012 a newsletter.:

Claims credit for food tax reductions that "previous Democrat regimes refused to make."

By Richard Locker • May 27, 2012

Joe Brown
stated on April 18, 2012 a City Council presentation on the Memphis budget.:

"Nobody is leaving Memphis. That's a myth."

By Zack McMillin • May 1, 2012

Frank Niceley
stated on February 1, 2012 a House Conservation and Environment Committee meeting:

Says the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency brought coyotes into the state "to try to keep the deer population down."

By Tom Humphrey, Zack McMillin • February 23, 2012

Stacey Campfield
stated on January 26, 2012 an interview with Michelangelo Signorile on the Sirius satellite radio show “OutQ.”:

AIDS was transmitted to humans because "one guy" had sex with "a monkey" and then started "having sex with men."

By Zack McMillin • February 3, 2012

Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee
stated on January 5, 2012 a press release.:

Congressman Scott DesJarlais "is spending his one year anniversary on vacation -- only working 6 days in all of January."

By Michael Collins • February 2, 2012

Steve Cohen
stated on November 20, 2011 appearance on MSNBC's "UP w/Chris Hayes":

"The Republicans have never done anything really to balance the budget."

By Zack McMillin • January 13, 2012

Stand up for the facts!

I would like to contribute

Latest Fact-Checks In Tennessee