Infrastructure Scorecard true 0% 17 Checks mostly true 0% 18 Checks half true 0% 29 Checks mostly false 0% 26 Checks false 0% 32 Checks Pants on Fire 0% 8 Checks For more details, see the Principles of PolitiFact All Fact-checks for Infrastructure Facebook posts stated on February 18, 2025 in a post on Facebook: Former President Joe Biden “fired” 14,000 Keystone XL pipeline workers “on day one” of his administration. February 26, 2025 Michael Rulli stated on November 24, 2024 in a post: “Pete Buttigieg will leave his post as Transportation Secretary having spent $7.5 billion to build 8 EV charging stations.” By Kwasi Gyamfi Asiedu • December 5, 2024 Facebook posts stated on March 27, 2024 in una publicación en Facebook: "Llamada de emergencia, situación del accidente del barco" en el puente Francis Scott Key en Baltimore. By Maria Briceño • April 8, 2024 Instagram posts stated on April 2, 2024 in an Instagram post: Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge was “targeted with energy weapons.” By Sara Swann • April 4, 2024 Instagram posts stated on March 28, 2024 in an Instagram post: The Dali ship’s “black box” stopped recording “right before (the) crash” into the Baltimore bridge then started recording “right after.” By Sara Swann • April 2, 2024 Facebook posts stated on March 26, 2024 in a Facebook reel: Video of the ship colliding with the Baltimore bridge proves the bridge collapse wasn’t “an accident.” By Sara Swann • April 2, 2024 Libs of TikTok stated on March 28, 2024 in a post on X: “Nothing to see here… just the Mayor of Baltimore threatening White people.” By Maria Ramirez Uribe • April 1, 2024 Instagram posts stated on March 26, 2024 in an Instagram post: The movie “Leave the World Behind” predicted the Baltimore bridge crash. By Grace Abels • March 27, 2024 X posts stated on March 26, 2024 in a post on X: “The captain of the container ship Dali…is a Ukrainian.” March 27, 2024 X posts stated on March 26, 2024 in an X post: Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg blamed the Francis Scott Key Bridge’s collapse on “racism.” By Loreben Tuquero • March 27, 2024 Instagram posts stated on March 26, 2024 in an Instagram reel: Footage shows explosion on Baltimore bridge. By Sara Swann • March 27, 2024 X posts stated on March 26, 2024 in a post on X.: Edited Wikipedia entry provides proof that “Israelis deployed Talmudic network to take out” Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge. March 26, 2024 Nikki Haley stated on January 17, 2024 in a rally in Rochester, N.H.: Donald Trump “proposed when he was president” that “he wanted to raise the gas tax up to 25 cents." By Louis Jacobson, Samantha Putterman • January 19, 2024 Facebook posts stated on August 3, 2023 in a video shared on Facebook.: “We’re seeing two massive explosions on U.S. critical infrastructure in the past 24 hours that have caused power outages.” August 7, 2023 Joe Biden stated on January 30, 2023 in A speech in Baltimore: “We used to rank No. 1 in the world in research and development, now we rank No. 9. China used to rank No. 8, now it ranks No. 2.” By Louis Jacobson, Matthew Crowley • February 13, 2023 Joe Manchin stated on August 26, 2022 in a tweet: West Virginia is poised to “receive $25M for 160 orphaned well clean-up projects across the state.” By Faithlyn Graham, Hannah McNelly • November 10, 2022 Instagram posts stated on September 27, 2022 in a post: "$12 billion more for Ukraine on top of $100+ billion while Jackson, Mississippi has yet to receive any funding to fix their water infrastructure." By Gabrielle Settles • October 6, 2022 Facebook posts stated on September 3, 2022 in video: The federal government is providing free solar panel installation and $8,500 incentive checks to eligible homeowners. September 9, 2022 Jennifer McClellan stated on February 15, 2022 in an op-ed.: “More than half of Virginia’s school buildings are older than 50 years.” By Warren Fiske • February 18, 2022 Kayleigh McEnany stated on February 8, 2022 in a Facebook post: “President Trump sanctioned Russia. President Biden gave them a pipeline.” By Louis Jacobson • February 9, 2022 Load More Latest Articles White House construction: How Donald Trump’s ballroom compares with Barack Obama’s renovations By Maria Briceño • October 31, 2025 Baltimore bridge collapse: A cyberattack, a movie and other false claims about the ship accident March 27, 2024 Fact-checking DeSantis’ first TV ad about Israel evacuations, hurricane recovery and the border By Amy Sherman, Maria Ramirez Uribe • November 6, 2023 Carry that weight? Electric vehicles outweigh gas cars but aren’t main culprit of road wear June 21, 2023 What the federal infrastructure bill means for water systems nationwide By Jon Greenberg • September 2, 2022 Ask PolitiFact: What’s up with Puerto Rico’s electricity bills? By Nuria Diaz Muñoz • July 14, 2022 Sen. Rick Scott, carrying on a tradition, takes credit for infrastructure funding he opposed February 2, 2022 In context: Joe Biden’s ‘fair share’ comments on gas prices By Bill McCarthy • December 9, 2021 Deficit ‘prediction’ for infrastructure bill varies widely from estimates November 10, 2021 High prices and depleted shelves: Here’s why the supply chain is a mess — and will be for a while By Bill McCarthy • October 15, 2021 Latest promises about Infrastructure Joe Biden Expand broadband, or wireless broadband via 5G, to every American Biden invested to increase broadband access, but it will take time for Americans to see benefits | December 17, 2024 Joe Biden Work with allies to develop secure private-sector-led 5G networks U.S. leverages allies to back 5G alternatives insulated from China | January 11, 2022 Donald Trump Use U.S. steel for infrastructure projects Trump issues executive order on steel, and imports drop | July 15, 2020 Donald Trump Invest $550 billion in infrastructure and create an infrastructure fund No action evident on creating infrastructure fund | July 15, 2020 Barack Obama Upgrade nation’s infrastructure through new partnership with state and local government Funding amounted to a fraction of the need | August 2, 2012 Barack Obama Support high-speed rail High-speed rail gets stimulus money | March 11, 2009 Barack Obama Invest in public transportation Stimulus money boosts public transportation | September 4, 2009 Barack Obama Provide grants to encourage energy-efficient building codes Stimulus includes energy efficiency block grants for building codes | April 14, 2009 Barack Obama Reduce energy consumption in federal buildings Building promise gets an energy boost a little too late | November 14, 2016 Barack Obama Require production of more biofuels No new 60 billion-gallon requirement | August 10, 2012 Barack Obama Require states to provide incentives for utilities to reduce energy consumption A decoupling mandate was included in the stimulus bill | December 30, 2009 Barack Obama Modernize the nation’s electricity grid and use “smart grid” practices Stimulus included a significant down payment on upgrading the nation’s grid | December 13, 2012 Latest promises about Infrastructure
Joe Biden Expand broadband, or wireless broadband via 5G, to every American Biden invested to increase broadband access, but it will take time for Americans to see benefits | December 17, 2024
Joe Biden Work with allies to develop secure private-sector-led 5G networks U.S. leverages allies to back 5G alternatives insulated from China | January 11, 2022
Donald Trump Use U.S. steel for infrastructure projects Trump issues executive order on steel, and imports drop | July 15, 2020
Donald Trump Invest $550 billion in infrastructure and create an infrastructure fund No action evident on creating infrastructure fund | July 15, 2020
Barack Obama Upgrade nation’s infrastructure through new partnership with state and local government Funding amounted to a fraction of the need | August 2, 2012
Barack Obama Invest in public transportation Stimulus money boosts public transportation | September 4, 2009
Barack Obama Provide grants to encourage energy-efficient building codes Stimulus includes energy efficiency block grants for building codes | April 14, 2009
Barack Obama Reduce energy consumption in federal buildings Building promise gets an energy boost a little too late | November 14, 2016
Barack Obama Require production of more biofuels No new 60 billion-gallon requirement | August 10, 2012
Barack Obama Require states to provide incentives for utilities to reduce energy consumption A decoupling mandate was included in the stimulus bill | December 30, 2009
Barack Obama Modernize the nation’s electricity grid and use “smart grid” practices Stimulus included a significant down payment on upgrading the nation’s grid | December 13, 2012
