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Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
stated on in stated on November 17, 2025 in remarks at George Washington University::
HHS Secretary RFK Jr. said ‘we’re not cutting science’ or research. NIH grant cuts show that’s wrong
Pants on Fire!
February 5, 2026
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
October 13, 2025
John Thune
John Thune
stated on May 30, 2025 in an interview with KOTA:
“A lot of times, health care comes with a job.”
Half-True
June 27, 2025
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
stated on May 14, 2025 in Senate testimony:
It’s “all true” that the measles vaccine wanes quickly, was never fully safety tested and contains fetal debris.
False
May 16, 2025
Nick LaLota
Nick LaLota
stated on March 4, 2025 in a video message to constituents:
“On Feb. 25, I voted yes on a budget resolution that protects Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid while cutting some spending elsewhere."
False
By Julie Appleby • March 25, 2025
Ro Khanna
Ro Khanna
stated on February 20, 2025 in a TikTok video:
“Breaking news: The Trump administration just announced that Medicare will stop covering telehealth starting April 1. … We need to stand up to these Medicare cuts.”
Half-True
By Suz Redfearn • March 18, 2025
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on November 15, 2024 in a photo:
Smallpox was “never eradicated, it’s held in check by vaccines,” and RFK Jr. would eliminate coverage for the smallpox vaccine.
False
By Kwasi Gyamfi Asiedu • November 27, 2024
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on August 30, 2024 in a campaign speech:
"Right to Try" experimental drug program saved "thousands and thousands of lives."
False
By Jacob Gardenswartz • October 31, 2024
JD Vance
JD Vance
stated on September 17, 2024 in comments made at a campaign rally:
“We're bankrupting a lot of hospitals by forcing these hospitals to provide care for people who don't have the legal right to be in our country.”
False
By Sam Whitehead • October 23, 2024
Kamala Harris
Kamala Harris
stated on September 10, 2024 in the ABC News presidential debate:
“Donald Trump said he was going to allow Medicare to negotiate drug prices. He never did. We did.”
True
By Jacob Gardenswartz • September 30, 2024
JD Vance
JD Vance
stated on September 15, 2024 in a "Meet the Press" interview:
Former President Donald Trump could have destroyed the Affordable Care Act, but “he chose to build upon (it)."
False
By Julie Appleby • September 20, 2024
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on July 24, 2024 in a rally in Charlotte, North Carolina:
“We’re losing 300,000 people a year to fentanyl that comes through our border. We had it down to the lowest number and now it’s worse than it’s ever been.”
Pants on Fire!
By Jacob Gardenswartz • August 16, 2024
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on July 24, 2024 in a speech at a campaign rally in Charlotte, North Carolina:
“Vice President, Kamala Harris cast the tie-breaking vote to cut, as you know, Medicare by $273 billion. She cast a vote to cut Medicare.”
False
By Jacob Gardenswartz • August 15, 2024
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on July 24, 2024 in a speech at a rally in Charlotte, North Carolina.:
Vice President Kamala Harris “endorsed free taxpayer-funded government health care for all illegal aliens.”
Mostly False
By Stephanie Armour • July 31, 2024
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on July 10, 2024 in an Instagram post:
Switzerland banned mammograms.
False
By Mia Penner • July 16, 2024
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on June 8, 2024 in a Truth Social post:
Lower insulin prices were the work of the Trump administration, not “Crooked Joe Biden. He had NOTHING to do with it.”
False
By Jacob Gardenswartz • July 12, 2024
Tim Sheehy
Tim Sheehy
stated on June 8, 2024 in in a U.S. Senate candidate debate:
“Elective abortions up to and including the moment of birth. Healthy, 9-month-year-old baby killed at the moment of birth. That’s what Jon Tester and the Democrats have voted for.”
False
By Matt Volz • July 10, 2024
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on May 8, 2024 in a Biden for President campaign ad:
If the Affordable Care Act were terminated, “that would mean over a hundred million Americans will lose protections for preexisting conditions.”
Mostly True
By Jacob Gardenswartz • June 12, 2024
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on May 26, 2024 in una publicación en Facebook:
Video muestra a Rita Moreno revelando “sus gotitas” que la hicieron “ex diabetica”.
False
By Maria Briceño • May 28, 2024
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on February 26, 2024 in an Instagram post:
Chicken and cows have high levels of estrogen, which leads men who eat them to bald, develop man boobs and be unable to grow muscle mass.
False
March 1, 2024
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