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stated on August 29, 2025 in a billboard in Morgantown, W.Va.:
“Vaccine makers are exempt from all liability for vaccine injury and death.”
Mostly False
By Natalie Ribar • October 15, 2025
stated on October 12, 2025 in an X post:
A video shows a “burglary arrest Chicago Police made over a year ago.”
False
By Maria Briceño • October 15, 2025
X posts
X posts
stated on October 9, 2025 in a post on X:
“If you vote no on Prop 50 to stop the redistricting, it shows through the envelope,” making it easy for Democrats to cheat.
Mostly False
By Maria Ramirez Uribe • October 14, 2025
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
stated on September 4, 2025 in a Senate hearing:
“It's going to be the biggest infusion of federal dollars into rural health care in American history.”
Mostly False
By Arielle Zionts • October 13, 2025
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on October 5, 2025 in una publicación en Instagram:
“El CEO de Coca-Cola, James Quincey, lanzó un ultimátum contundente: cancelen la actuación de Bad Bunny en el Super Bowl o la marca terminará su patrocinio del evento.”
Pants on Fire!
By Maria Briceño • October 9, 2025
Mike Johnson
Mike Johnson
stated on October 5, 2025 in an X post:
“As a condition for ending the Democrat shutdown, Democrats want hospitals (to be) paid MORE to treat illegal aliens than American citizens.”
False
By Maria Ramirez Uribe • October 9, 2025
Josh Hawley
Josh Hawley
stated on October 7, 2025 in a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing:
“The FBI tapped my phone” and those of other senators.
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman, Louis Jacobson • October 9, 2025
X posts
X posts
stated on October 5, 2025 in an X post:
“Coca-Cola CEO drops bombshell ultimatum to NFL — pull Bad Bunny from Super Bowl halftime or lose our $100 (million) sponsorship!”
Pants on Fire!
By Maria Briceño • October 9, 2025
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on October 2, 2025 in an X post:
Democrats shut down the government because they want “health care for illegal aliens and funding for free abortions.”
False
By Samantha Putterman • October 8, 2025
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on October 5, 2025 in a statement to the media:
“Portland is burning to the ground.”
False
By Amy Sherman, Maria Briceño • October 7, 2025
JD Vance
JD Vance
stated on September 28, 2025 in en una entrevista:
“Los demócratas están amenazando con cerrar todo el gobierno porque quieren dar cientos de miles de millones de dólares en beneficios de cuidado de salud a los inmigrantes ilegales”.
False
By Maria Ramirez Uribe • October 2, 2025
X posts
X posts
stated on September 19, 2025 in an X post:
Thirty percent of U.S. medical residents are international medical graduates, and 10,000 of 43,000 residency spots are filled by H-1B visa holders.
Half-True
By Maria Briceño • October 2, 2025
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on September 30, 2025 in a speech to military brass:
“You never heard Biden say” the U.S. has “the strongest military anywhere in the world.”
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • October 2, 2025
JD Vance
JD Vance
stated on September 28, 2025 in an interview:
“Democrats are threatening to shut down the entire government because they want to give hundreds of billions of dollars of health care benefits to illegal aliens.”
False
By Maria Ramirez Uribe • October 1, 2025
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on September 27, 2025 in a Truth Social post:
On Jan. 6, 2021, 274 FBI agents were “probably acting as agitators and insurrectionists, but certainly not as ‘law enforcement officials.’”
Pants on Fire!
By Samantha Putterman • September 30, 2025
Amy Klobuchar
Amy Klobuchar
stated on September 28, 2025 in an interview on CBS' "Face the Nation":
People with insurance through the Affordable Care Act will see a “75% increase in premiums starting Nov. 1” if enhanced subsidies are not extended, including “twice as much in the rural areas.”
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • September 30, 2025
stated on September 29, 2025 in The People's Cabinet podcast:
“If the government shuts down, members of Congress still get paid. The janitors never get paid.”
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • September 30, 2025
Hakeem Jeffries
Hakeem Jeffries
stated on September 24, 2025 in remarks to reporters:
"Republicans have effectively ended medical research in the United States of America."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • September 29, 2025
Robert Ortt
Robert Ortt
stated on August 4, 2025 in a statement:
During Gov. Hochul’s tenure, there has been “more crime on our streets.”
Mostly True
By Jill Terreri Ramos • September 27, 2025
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on September 21, 2025 in a press gaggle on Air Force One:
Small children are given "80 different vaccines."
False
By Grace Abels • September 26, 2025
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