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Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on May 24, 2022 in a national address from the White House.:
"When we passed the assault weapons ban, mass shootings went down. When the law expired, mass shootings tripled."
Mostly True
By Jon Greenberg • May 25, 2022
Tim Ryan
Tim Ryan
stated on May 10, 2022 in an attack ad:
“J.D. Vance profits off Russia propaganda.”
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • May 24, 2022
Michele Bachmann
Michele Bachmann
stated on May 9, 2022 in an interview on Steve Bannon's "War Room" podcast:
“The Biden administration is bringing amendments that would propose that all nations of the earth cede their sovereignty over national health care decisions to the WHO.”
False
By Jon Greenberg • May 19, 2022
Blake Masters
Blake Masters
stated on May 14, 2022 in a tweet:
“Democrats want open borders so they can bring in and amnesty tens of millions of illegal aliens — that’s their electoral strategy.”
False
By Amy Sherman, Jon Greenberg • May 16, 2022
USA Freedom Fund
USA Freedom Fund
stated on May 11, 2022 in an attack ad:
“Kathy Barnette wants to build a statue of Barack Obama right next to the one of Abraham Lincoln on Capitol Hill."
Mostly True
By Jon Greenberg • May 13, 2022
Lindsey Graham
Lindsey Graham
stated on May 8, 2022 in an interview on Fox News Sunday:
“We’re one of the seven nations in the world that allow abortion on demand at 20 weeks.”
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • May 13, 2022
National Republican Senatorial Committee
National Republican Senatorial Committee
stated on May 3, 2022 in a memo to Republican senate candidates and lawmakers:
“Republicans DO NOT want to throw doctors” in jail.
Pants on Fire!
By Jon Greenberg • May 5, 2022
Club for Growth
Club for Growth
stated on April 26, 2022 in an attack ad:
Says J.D. Vance said, “People who voted for Trump voted for him for racist reasons.”
False
By Jon Greenberg • April 28, 2022
Jane Timken
Jane Timken
stated on April 13, 2022 in a campaign ad:
Joe Biden's spending “has sent prices skyrocketing."
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • April 20, 2022
Marjorie Taylor Greene
Marjorie Taylor Greene
stated on April 4, 2022 in a tweet:
Says Sens. Lisa Murkowski, Susan Collins and Mitt Romney “are pro-pedophile.”
Pants on Fire!
By Jon Greenberg • April 6, 2022
Dan Sullivan
Dan Sullivan
stated on March 23, 2022 in a Senate hearing:
In cutting greenhouse gas emissions, the United States is “the leader in the world by far.”
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • April 6, 2022
Mike Gibbons
Mike Gibbons
stated on March 28, 2022 in a Republican debate:
According to the Census Bureau, “5 million more people voted than were registered to vote” in the 2020 election.
Pants on Fire!
By Jon Greenberg • April 4, 2022
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on March 29, 2022 in an interview with Just the News:
“You go to a store, they don’t have bread.”
False
By Jon Greenberg • March 30, 2022
Eli Bremer
Eli Bremer
stated on March 23, 2022 in an interview with Fox News:
“If you look at windmills” and the greenhouse gas emissions from building to retiring them, “the overall return is negative.”
False
By Jon Greenberg • March 28, 2022
Josh Hawley
Josh Hawley
stated on March 21, 2022 in an op-ed:
Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson “gave child porn offenders sentences below the guidelines and below what the prosecutors were requesting,” showing she is “soft on child pornography offenders.”
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • March 24, 2022
Josh Mandel
Josh Mandel
stated on February 25, 2022 in a speech at the 2022 CPAC meeting in Florida:
The 2020 election “was stolen from Donald J. Trump.”
Pants on Fire!
By Amy Sherman, Jon Greenberg • March 1, 2022
Vladimir Putin
Vladimir Putin
stated on February 24, 2022 in an address to the nation announcing the attack on Ukraine:
Ethnic Russians face “genocide perpetrated by the Kyiv regime.”
False
By Jon Greenberg • February 25, 2022
JD Vance
JD Vance
stated on February 19, 2022 in an interview with Steve Bannon:
Says Joe Biden risks war with Russia because Vladimir Putin doesn’t “believe in transgender rights."
Pants on Fire!
By Jon Greenberg • February 21, 2022
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on February 15, 2022 in a statement to reporters:
"The latest with the Durham report is that the Clinton campaign … actually spied on the president of the United States.”
False
By Bill McCarthy, Jon Greenberg • February 21, 2022
JD Vance
JD Vance
stated on February 7, 2022 in an ad on Facebook:
“Joe Biden uses the ATF to illegally track your gun transactions.”
False
By Jon Greenberg • February 10, 2022
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