Latest Fact-Checks

Clear
Jeffrey Toobin
Jeffrey Toobin
stated on May 2, 2022 in an interview on CNN:
“There has never been a leak anything like this” draft of a Supreme Court opinion that would overturn Roe v. Wade. “There’s never been a leak of a vote — much less an actual opinion, much less in a case of this significance.”
Mostly True
May 4, 2022
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on April 18, 2022 in a Facebook post:
“The Red Cross sells your donated blood to hospitals for $150 and then that hospital charges you thousands for a blood transfusion.”
Mostly True
April 28, 2022
Claudia Tenney
Claudia Tenney
stated on April 1, 2022 in a press release:
In 2021, “11,201 pounds of fentanyl were seized by Customs and Border Protection, which is enough to kill every American nearly seven times over.”
Mostly True
By Elizabeth Egan, Marnique O. Panepento • April 27, 2022
Mike Gallagher
Mike Gallagher
stated on April 12, 2022 in News release:
“Inflation has gone up every month of the Biden presidency and just hit another 40-year high.”
Mostly True
By Laura Schulte • April 22, 2022
Raphael Warnock
Raphael Warnock
stated on April 5, 2022 in a letter to President Joe Biden:
“While the initial increase in oil prices resulted in a near instantaneous increase in gas prices for consumers, the subsequent decrease in crude oil prices has failed to meaningfully provide relief for Georgia's families at the pump.”
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman, Louis Jacobson • April 20, 2022
Tony Kurtz
Tony Kurtz
stated on April 7, 2022 in Twitter:
If Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers "had passed his (gas) tax increases ... fuel prices would be at least a dime higher.
Mostly True
By D.L. Davis • April 19, 2022
Dave McCormick
Dave McCormick
stated on April 4, 2022 in an ad:
Mehmet Oz "called for a New Zealand-style gun ban" and said "Americans should have less access to guns."
Mostly True
April 15, 2022
Greg Abbott
Greg Abbott
stated on February 3, 2022 in a press conference:
"As compared to last year, Texas has about 15% more power generation capacity."
Mostly True
By Nusaiba Mizan • April 4, 2022
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on March 14, 2022 in a speech to the National League of Cities:
“Make no mistake: The current spike in gas prices is largely the fault of Vladimir Putin.”
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • March 16, 2022
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on March 7, 2022 in a Facebook post:
U.S. imports 1% of its oil from Russia while “Exxon, Chevron, BP and Shell profits are at their highest level in over 7 years.”
Mostly True
By Andy Nguyen • March 10, 2022
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on March 8, 2022 in a speech:
The oil industry has "9,000 permits to drill now. They could be drilling right now, yesterday, last week, last year."
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman, Yacob Reyes • March 9, 2022
Sarah Godlewski
Sarah Godlewski
stated on February 18, 2022 in Campaign statement:
"Here in Wisconsin, prescription drug costs grew at a pace of nearly twice as much as the average Wisconsinite's income from 2015-2019."
Mostly True
By D.L. Davis • March 8, 2022
Chuck Grassley
Chuck Grassley
stated on February 5, 2022 in a tweet:
"During the first 3 months of FY2022 Customs& Border Protection recorded 518k encounters w illegal immigrants at S border That’s up 137% from same point in FY2021."
Mostly True
March 3, 2022
Iowa House Democrats
Iowa House Democrats
stated on February 10, 2022 in a tweet:
"According to Republican Rep. Jeff Shipley, teachers should not receive a pay raise if they teach American history that Republicans don’t agree with."
Mostly True
By Meg Doster • March 2, 2022
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on February 10, 2022 in a speech:
“Millions of hardworking Americans will no longer have to worry about unexpected medical bills.”
Mostly True
By Victoria Knight • March 1, 2022
Wisconsin Senate Republicans
Wisconsin Senate Republicans
stated on February 2, 2022 in Twitter:
Gov. Tony Evers has “only gotten one-third of the money meant for COVID relief out the door. He is sitting on $930 million in ARPA funds left unspent. In fact, he still has CARES Act money from two years ago.”
Mostly True
By Madeline Heim • February 25, 2022
Melanie D'Arrigo
Melanie D'Arrigo
stated on February 6, 2022 in a Tweet:
“Teachers can only deduct up to $250 for school supplies on their taxes, but billionaires can write off the entire cost of a private jet.”
Mostly True
By Jill Terreri Ramos • February 18, 2022
Patrick Gaspard
Patrick Gaspard
stated on February 13, 2022 in remarks on ABC's "This Week":
"Inflation has been caused by the global economies shutting down all at once, reopening all at once. And … the U.S. economy is recovering at a far faster pace than any other country in the OECD."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • February 16, 2022
Glenn Youngkin
Glenn Youngkin
stated on January 17, 2022 in a speech.:
Virginia’s economic growth “has stalled at less than 1% per year for eight years.”
Mostly True
By Warren Fiske • February 14, 2022
JB Pritzker
JB Pritzker
stated on February 2, 2022 in the 2022 State of the State address.:
“A larger percentage of Illinoisans have been vaccinated than in any other Midwestern state.”
Mostly True
By Analisa Trofimuk • February 11, 2022
Previous Next