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Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on February 18, 2025 in remarks to reporters at Mar-a-Lago:
Volodymyr Zelenskyy “started” the war in Ukraine with Russia.
Pants on Fire!
By Claire Cranford, Louis Jacobson • February 19, 2025
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on February 3, 2025 in in a letter to Congress:
On support for U.S. Agency for International Development
Full Flop
By Amy Sherman, Claire Cranford, Louis Jacobson • February 7, 2025
Adam Schiff
Adam Schiff
stated on January 26, 2025 in an interview on NBC's Meet the Press:
“As a Californian, we have given more to the recovery of other states than any other state in the union.”
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman, Louis Jacobson • January 31, 2025
Sara Jacobs
Sara Jacobs
stated on December 18, 2024 in an X post:
Government shutdowns in 2013 and 2018 “cost our economy billions of dollars each.”
True
By Amy Sherman, Louis Jacobson • December 19, 2024
Mike Johnson
Mike Johnson
stated on December 5, 2024 in remarks to reporters:
About 1% of federal employees are “actually working in the office.”
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson, Samantha Putterman • December 11, 2024
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on December 1, 2024 in a statement:
On pardoning his son Hunter Biden
Full Flop
By Louis Jacobson • December 2, 2024
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on November 10, 2024 in an interview on CNN's "State of the Union":
Inflation-adjusted weekly wages “are lower today than they were 50 years ago.”
False
By Louis Jacobson • November 11, 2024
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on November 7, 2024 in on social media:
“Something stinks” that Donald Trump won in several battleground states while Democrats won Senate or governor races in those states.
False
By Louis Jacobson • November 8, 2024
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on October 31, 2024 in a social media post:
“I never mentioned” wanting to end the Affordable Care Act.
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • November 2, 2024
Kamala Harris
Kamala Harris
stated on October 29, 2024 in a speech in Washington, D.C.:
Former President Donald Trump would “force states to monitor women's pregnancies.”
False
By Louis Jacobson • November 1, 2024
Senate Leadership Fund
Senate Leadership Fund
stated on September 1, 2024 in an ad:
Sen. Jon Tester “voted to let men compete against our girls in their sports.”
False
By Louis Jacobson • October 31, 2024
Jon Tester
Jon Tester
stated on August 20, 2024 in a post on X:
“In Montana, we cherish our public lands. But Tim Sheehy called to transfer them off, so the ultra-rich can buy them up.”
False
By Louis Jacobson • October 29, 2024
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on October 22, 2024 in on Facebook:
“Ballots are not supposed to have fold lines or creases in the candidates name area” or it could invalidate your vote.
False
By Louis Jacobson • October 26, 2024
Threads posts
Threads posts
stated on October 21, 2024 in a Threads post:
The Biden-Harris administration “brought over” 10 million migrants who got 9 million jobs.
False
By Louis Jacobson • October 25, 2024
Kamala Harris
Kamala Harris
stated on October 23, 2024 in a CNN town hall:
"As of today, we have cut the flow of immigration by over half."
True
By Louis Jacobson • October 24, 2024
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on October 17, 2024 in an ad:
Vice President Kamala Harris “wants struggling seniors to pay more Social Security taxes while she gives Medicare and Social Security to illegals.”
False
By Louis Jacobson • October 23, 2024
Kelly Ayotte
Kelly Ayotte
stated on September 25, 2024 in a debate:
“There was a bill to basically create a ban to make sure we never become a sanctuary state, that no locality passes those regulations, and (former Manchester Mayor Joyce Craig) opposed that bill.”
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • October 23, 2024
Joyce Craig
Joyce Craig
stated on September 15, 2024 in an interview with WMUR-TV:
Gubernatorial candidate Kelly Ayotte “has voted for national abortion bans, she has voted to defund Planned Parenthood, and she shepherded Neil Gorsuch through the Supreme Court process, and then celebrated when Roe v. Wade was overturned.”
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • October 23, 2024
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on October 15, 2024 in a rally in Atlanta:
Vice President Kamala Harris' plan “will raise taxes for the typical American family by an estimated $3,000."
False
By Louis Jacobson • October 17, 2024
Byron Donalds
Byron Donalds
stated on October 13, 2024 in an interview on CNN's "State of the Union":
“Wages adjusted for inflation were massively up under Donald Trump for Black men. … The (Black-white) wage gap in 2019 was actually shrinking under Donald Trump's administration.”
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • October 15, 2024
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