Latest Fact-Checks

Clear
Tony Evers
Tony Evers
stated on January 12, 2021 in Speech:
"The Legislature spent the last decade passing laws deliberately making it even harder for people to access these critical supports when they need it most, exacerbating the problems with our already-outdated system.”
Half-True
By Laura Schulte • February 2, 2021
Kevin Brady
Kevin Brady
stated on January 22, 2021 in a tweet:
Says that Biden’s ban on new federal leases will kill 120,000 Texas jobs.
Half-True
By Brandon Mulder • January 29, 2021
Mandy Cohen
Mandy Cohen
stated on January 21, 2021 in a press conference:
Says the number of spoiled coronavirus vaccines in North Carolina is “very small ... in the tens.”
Half-True
By Paul Specht • January 27, 2021
James Tedisco
James Tedisco
stated on January 5, 2021 in a news release:
“New York leads the nation in out-migration of residents, with 126,000 people leaving last year and over one million in the past decade.”
Half-True
By Landon Allison, John Pullano • January 26, 2021
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on January 20, 2021 in a Facebook post:
Says a video shows Joe Biden boasted in 2006 “about voting for ‘700 miles of fence’” and “talking about immigration in some entirely different ways than he does today.”
Half-True
January 26, 2021
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on January 20, 2021 in a Facebook post:
“Go to antifa.com and it takes you to Biden’s White House! … Just a slap in the face.”
Half-True
By Samantha Putterman • January 22, 2021
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on January 20, 2021 in an image:
"By revoking the Keystone pipeline permit, Biden is destroying 11,000 jobs.”
Half-True
By Daniel Funke • January 21, 2021
Wayne Christian
Wayne Christian
stated on January 5, 2021 in a letter:
Says that the Paris Climate Accord will cost the U.S. economy "6.5 million jobs and $3 trillion in economic growth by 2040."
Half-True
By Brandon Mulder • January 21, 2021
Viral image
Viral image
stated on January 3, 2021 in a Facebook post:
“Dems Pass Bill to Vaccinate Children Without Parental Knowledge, Consent.”
Half-True
By Samantha Putterman • January 6, 2021
Iowa Republican Party
Iowa Republican Party
stated on November 27, 2020 in a tweet:
“Millions of Hubbell and Bloomberg dollars wasn’t enough to overcome the Iowa House Republican avalanche of success."
Half-True
December 17, 2020
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on December 16, 2020 in a transportation secretary announcement:
“Tens and tens of thousands of bridges are in disrepair, some on the verge of collapse.”
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • December 17, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on December 7, 2020 in a Facebook post:
The COVID-19 pandemic has caused four of the eight “deadliest days in American history.”
Half-True
December 11, 2020
Raphael Warnock
Raphael Warnock
stated on December 6, 2020 in a debate:
Says Kelly Loeffler “welcomed the support of a QAnon conspiracy theorist, and she sat down with a white supremacist for an interview.”
Half-True
December 9, 2020
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on December 3, 2020 in an interview with CNN:
"People have lost faith in the ability of the vaccine to work. Already, the numbers are really staggeringly low."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • December 8, 2020
Ron DeSantis
Ron DeSantis
stated on November 30, 2020 in a press conference:
“The states that are locked down are increasing at twice the rate we are” in Florida
Half-True
By Amy Sherman, Louis Jacobson • December 2, 2020
Mike Duggan
Mike Duggan
stated on November 29, 2020 in an interview:
“Detroit actually has the lowest infection rate in the state of Michigan. We’re half of that of the surrounding suburbs.”
Half-True
By Clara Hendrickson • December 1, 2020
Tammy Baldwin
Tammy Baldwin
stated on November 19, 2020 in Twitter:
“Americans are paying the highest price in the world for Remdesivir because the Trump administration is allowing Gilead Sciences to jack up the prices on this #COVID19 treatment.”
Half-True
By Laura Schulte • December 1, 2020
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on November 20, 2020 in an Instagram post:
"Kyle Rittenhouse used his COVID-19 stimulus check to purchase the AR-15 he used in the fatal Kenosha shooting."
Half-True
By Eric Litke • November 25, 2020
Raphael Warnock
Raphael Warnock
stated on November 5, 2020 in an ad:
Says Kelly Loeffler is "for getting rid of health care in the middle of a pandemic."
Half-True
November 20, 2020
Scott Fitzgerald
Scott Fitzgerald
stated on November 8, 2020 in a TV interview:
The 2020 election is in “recount territory” and “I’ve seen elections change as a result of” recounts.
Half-True
By Eric Litke, Nusaiba Mizan • November 18, 2020
Previous Next