Stand up for the facts!

Our only agenda is to publish the truth so you can be an informed participant in democracy.
We need your help.

More Info

I would like to contribute

$

Latest Fact-Checks

Clear
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on January 12, 2020 in a web post:
Says Joe Biden "tells men to marry into families ‘with 3 or 4 sisters.’"
False
By Jon Greenberg • January 17, 2020
Viral image
Viral image
stated on January 6, 2020 in a Facebook post:
Says Joe Biden "murdered U.S. Navy Seals."
False
By Samantha Putterman, Ciara O'Rourke • January 10, 2020
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on January 7, 2020 in newsletter from the Bernie Sanders campaign:
"In 2018, Biden lauded Paul Ryan for proposing cuts to Social Security and Medicare."
False
By Amy Sherman • January 9, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on December 27, 2019 in social media posts:
Says that four Democrats — Sheila Jackson Lee, Joe Biden, Elizabeth Warren, and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez — made specific, suspect remarks about such topics as the Constitution, abortion and guns.
False
By Louis Jacobson • January 2, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on November 29, 2019 in a Facebook post:
Says Joe Biden "blackmailed Ukraine with a billion in tax dollars to drop an investigation into his son and Democrats want to impeach President Trump for simply asking if it was true?"
False
By Daniel Funke • December 10, 2019
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on October 9, 2019 in an ad:
"Fact: Joe Biden pressured Ukraine to fire its prosecutor .... Fact: the prosecutor said he was forced out for leading a corruption probe into Hunter Biden's company. Fact: Democrats want to impeach President Trump for discussing this investigation with Ukraine's President."  
False
By Amy Sherman • October 11, 2019
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on October 6, 2019 in a tweet:
Says Joe Biden "said he never spoke to the Ukrainian company, and then the picture came out where he was playing golf with the company boss and Hunter" Biden.
False
By Daniel Funke • October 8, 2019
Viral image
Viral image
stated on August 9, 2019 in a Facebook post:
A photograph shows Joe Biden with a Grand Wizard of the Ku Klux Klan.
Mostly False
By Ciara O'Rourke • August 15, 2019
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on August 1, 2019 in a Facebook post:
Says Joe Biden leaked the names of SEAL Team 6’s families to al-Qaida and that he "cannot be trusted."
False
By Samantha Putterman • August 12, 2019
Kirsten Gillibrand
Kirsten Gillibrand
stated on July 31, 2019 in the Detroit debate:
"When the Senate was debating middle-class affordability for child care," then-Sen. Joe Biden "voted against it, the only vote, but what he wrote (in) an op-ed was that he believed that women working outside the home would, quote, ‘create the deterioration of family.’ He also said that women who were working outside the home were, quote, ‘avoiding responsibility.’"  
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • August 2, 2019
Weston Pagano
Weston Pagano
stated on June 24, 2019 in an essay on Medium:
Says Joe Biden "voted to expand deportations and indefinite detention for immigrants multiple times."
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • July 12, 2019
National Rifle Association
National Rifle Association
stated on June 17, 2019 in a Facebook post:
Says "Joe Biden calls for gun ban."
Mostly False
By Ciara O'Rourke • July 9, 2019
Seth Moulton
Seth Moulton
stated on June 7, 2019 in a tweet:
Says Joe Biden hasn’t admitted he was wrong on the Iraq War, as he did with the Hyde Amendment.  
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • June 20, 2019
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on May 20, 2019 in a rally in Montoursville, Pa.:
Says Joe Biden "deserted you. … I guess he was born here, but he left you, folks. He left you for another state."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • May 21, 2019
Viral image
Viral image
stated on May 8, 2019 in a Facebook post:
Quotes Joe Biden as saying "no ordinary American cares about constitutional rights."
False
By Samantha Putterman • May 10, 2019
Viral image
Viral image
stated on May 2, 2019 in social media posts:
When Joe Biden’s son Hunter was serving as "a director to Ukraine’s largest private gas producer," the elder Biden "threatened to withhold $1 BILLION in U.S. aid to Ukraine if they didn’t fire a prosecutor looking into" the gas company.
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • May 7, 2019
Viral image
Viral image
stated on April 29, 2019 in a Facebook post:
Says Joe Biden said, "the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor."
Pants on Fire!
By Ciara O'Rourke • May 1, 2019
Justice Democrats
Justice Democrats
stated on April 25, 2019 in a tweet:
Says Joe Biden "voted for the Iraq War, for mass incarceration, and for the Bankruptcy Reform Act while voting against gay marriage, reproductive rights, and school desegregation."  
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • April 26, 2019
Viral image
Viral image
stated on March 31, 2019 in a Facebook post:
A photograph shows Joe Biden kissing a woman behind Lindsey Graham.
Pants on Fire!
By Ciara O'Rourke • April 4, 2019
Viral image
Viral image
stated on February 17, 2019 in a Facebook post:
A photograph shows Joe Biden engaging in disturbing behavior with a boy.
Pants on Fire!
By Ciara O'Rourke • March 14, 2019
Previous Next