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Ron DeSantis
Ron DeSantis
stated on October 15, 2025 a speech
In Florida, “68 to 70% of property tax revenue” is from “second homes, investment properties, commercial properties, Airbnb,” not primary residences.
Mostly True
By Samantha Putterman • October 30, 2025
Stephen Miller
Stephen Miller
stated on October 24, 2025 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
Social Media
Social Media
stated on October 22, 2025 social media posts
Walmart will close to in-store shoppers and allow only online orders and curbside pickup starting Nov. 1 because of an expected Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program funding lapse.
Pants on Fire!
By Loreben Tuquero • October 29, 2025
stated on October 26, 2025 an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press"
"Overall, the inflation since President Trump” took office “has come down."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • October 29, 2025
X posts
X posts
stated on October 26, 2025 a post on X
Video shows Hurricane Melissa hitting Jamaica on Oct. 26, 2025.
False
By Maria Briceño • October 27, 2025
stated on October 23, 2025 a statement on X
An ad from the government of Ontario, Canada, “misrepresents” President Ronald Reagan’s April 25, 1987, address about tariffs.
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman, Louis Jacobson • October 24, 2025
Hakeem Jeffries
Hakeem Jeffries
stated on October 23, 2025 an X post
“The Trump administration just declared that erecting a ballroom is the president’s main priority,” rather than issues such as the cost of living and health care.
False
By Louis Jacobson • October 24, 2025
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on October 15, 2025 una conferencia de prensa
Con respecto a los ataques contra las embarcaciones en las costas de Venezuela, “por cada barco que destruimos, salvamos 25,000 vidas estadounidenses”.
Pants on Fire!
By Maria Ramirez Uribe • October 23, 2025
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on July 31, 2025 remarks to reporters
A new White House ballroom “won't interfere with the current building.”
Full Flop
By Grace Abels, Louis Jacobson • October 22, 2025
Rand Paul
Rand Paul
stated on October 19, 2025 an interview
“About 25% of the time the Coast Guard boards a ship, there are no drugs.”
Mostly True
By Samantha Putterman • October 22, 2025
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on October 19, 2025 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
JD Vance
JD Vance
stated on October 15, 2025 an episode of The Charlie Kirk Show
"Political violence, it's just a statistical fact that it's a bigger problem on the left.”
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • October 20, 2025
X posts
X posts
stated on October 18, 2025 an X post
Video shows “No Kings” protest in the United Kingdom.
Pants on Fire!
By Maria Briceño • October 20, 2025
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on October 19, 2025 an X post
Democrats are “dishonestly sending around a video from 2017” claiming it was an Oct. 18 ‘No Kings’ rally in Boston.
False
By Louis Jacobson, Loreben Tuquero • October 20, 2025
stated on October 13, 2025 an X post
Florida will be the “hardest hit” state in the country if enhanced Affordable Care Act subsidies expire.
Mostly True
By Samantha Putterman • October 20, 2025
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on October 17, 2025 a news conference
“We’ve never had a president that solved one war, not one war.”
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson, Maria Ramirez Uribe • October 17, 2025
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on October 15, 2025 news conference
Regarding boat strikes off the coast of Venezuela, “Every boat that we knock out we save 25,000 American lives.”
Pants on Fire!
By Maria Ramirez Uribe • October 16, 2025
stated on October 12, 2025 una publicación en X
Un video muestra un “arresto por robo que la policía de Chicago realizó hace más de un año”.
False
By Maria Briceño • October 16, 2025
stated on October 9, 2025 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
James Clyburn
James Clyburn
stated on October 8, 2025 an X post
“Trump’s budget called for a $300 (million) cut” to the Women, Infants and Children program.
True
By Amy Sherman • October 16, 2025
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