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 In Elections

Clear
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on September 21, 2020 a speech
“If you just count all the deaths in the red states, we are number two in the world in deaths, just behind Brazil.”
Mostly True
By Madeline Heim • October 1, 2020
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on October 1, 2020 a tweet from @TrumpWarRoom
"Last week Joe Biden flashed the ‘white power’ sign. President Trump condemned white supremacists yesterday. Why hasn't Joe Biden?”
Pants on Fire!
By Samantha Putterman • October 1, 2020
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on September 29, 2020 a presidential debate
Poll watchers in Philadelphia “were thrown out.”
False
By Jessica Calefati • October 1, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on September 23, 2020 a Facebook post
“9,871,525 is the number of registered voters in AZ according to FB. AZ population is 7,270,000.”
Mostly False
By Samantha Putterman • October 1, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on September 28, 2020 Facebook post
“A federal judge just ordered Wisconsin must have all ballots counted by 8 p.m. on the day of the election.”
Pants on Fire!
By Laura Schulte • September 30, 2020
Kelley Dragoo
Kelley Dragoo
stated on August 27, 2020 a YouTube video
Ranked-choice voting “increases voter turnout and voter engagement."
Mostly False
By Noah Crider • September 29, 2020
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on September 27, 2020 a campaign ad
The typical elementary school teacher pays $7,239 in federal income taxes, and firefighters pay $5,328, while Donald Trump paid $750.
Half-True
September 29, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on September 26, 2020 a Facebook post
Says over 1,000 mail in ballots were found in a dumpster in California.
False
By Samantha Putterman • September 28, 2020
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on September 17, 2020 Speech
Says under U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s Green New Deal proposal, “Cows are out.”
False
By Laura Schulte • September 28, 2020
Fred Upton
Fred Upton
stated on September 8, 2020 a campaign ad
Says House candidate Jon Hoadley voted to defund the police
False
By Clara Hendrickson • September 28, 2020
Republican Party of Wisconsin
Republican Party of Wisconsin
stated on September 17, 2020 Campaign mailer
"At the Democratic convention, the Pledge of Allegiance was read with the words 'under God' removed."
Mostly False
By D.L. Davis • September 28, 2020
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on September 22, 2020 a speech
Says Joe Biden's plan for net-zero emissions "would instantly shut down all fracking and all mining immediately in Pennsylvania."
False
By Jessica Calefati • September 25, 2020
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on September 22, 2020 an Instagram post
A clip of Joe Biden shows him reading a response to an interview question from a teleprompter, saying “I lost that line.”
Pants on Fire!
By Samantha Putterman • September 23, 2020
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on September 17, 2020 a tweet
Says “some people in the Great State of North Carolina have been sent TWO BALLOTS. RIGGED ELECTION in waiting!”
Mostly False
By Paul Specht • September 22, 2020
Tammy Baldwin
Tammy Baldwin
stated on September 19, 2020 a statement
On whether to nominate and confirm a Supreme Court justice in a presidential election year
Full Flop
By Eric Litke • September 22, 2020
Ron Johnson
Ron Johnson
stated on September 19, 2020 interviews
On whether to nominate and confirm a Supreme Court justice in a presidential election year
Full Flop
By Eric Litke • September 22, 2020
William Barr
William Barr
stated on September 2, 2020 a CNN interview
“We indicted someone in Texas, 1,700 ballots collected from people who could vote, he made them out and voted for the person he wanted to.”
False
September 22, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on September 16, 2020 a post on Facebook
“PHIL MURPHY ONLY ALLOWING IN PERSON VOTING ON Election Day AT PRUDENTIAL CENTER IN NEWARK NJ - Calling it a #SuperPollingStation”
Mostly False
By Hayat Norimine • September 21, 2020
Paul Junge
Paul Junge
stated on September 11, 2020 an interview on 'Detroit Today'
"Candidate Slotkin had presented herself as a moderate and as someone who’d be independent-minded, but her time in office was making it increasingly clear that no, she was very partisan, voting 96% of the time with Speaker Pelosi."
Mostly False
By Clara Hendrickson • September 21, 2020
Michael Caputo
Michael Caputo
stated on September 13, 2020 a Facebook video
"There are hit squads being trained all over this country” to violently oppose a second term for President Donald Trump.
False
By Bill McCarthy • September 17, 2020
Previous Next