Ohio Scorecard true 0% 152 Checks mostly-true 0% 135 Checks Half True 0% 124 Checks mostly-false 0% 92 Checks false 0% 121 Checks Pants on Fire 0% 64 Checks For more details, see the Principles of PolitiFact All Fact-checks for Ohio Facebook posts stated on December 15, 2024 in Facebook posts: Residents in states across the U.S. are eligible for a $2,200 holiday stimulus payment. December 20, 2024 Threads posts stated on November 1, 2024 in una publicación en Threads: "Informan que las boletas electorales de Ohio muestran el nombre de Donald Trump mal escrito". November 6, 2024 X posts stated on October 31, 2024 in X posts: “Ballots in Ohio are showing Trump’s name misspelled!” November 1, 2024 Senate Leadership Fund stated on September 3, 2024 in a campaign ad: U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown “supported allowing puberty blockers and sex-change surgeries for minor children.” By Seth A. Richardson • October 11, 2024 Senate Leadership Fund stated on September 24, 2024 in a campaign ad: U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown voted to “allow transgender biological men to compete in girls’ sports.” By Seth A. Richardson • October 10, 2024 JD Vance stated on October 1, 2024 in a debate: Says immigrants with temporary protections in Springfield, Ohio, are “illegal immigrants.” By Maria Ramirez Uribe • October 3, 2024 Donald Trump stated on September 18, 2024 in a speech in New York: When Haitians go to school in Springfield, Ohio, they “take the place of our children in school” and “each one will have a private interpreter." By Amy Sherman • September 23, 2024 Sherrod Brown stated on September 4, 2024 in a TV interview: Of Bernie Moreno, “Now, he’s arguing for a national abortion ban, no exceptions.” By Caleb McCullough • September 19, 2024 Bernie Moreno stated on September 9, 2024 in an Instagram post: “Illegal” Haitians in Springfield, Ohio, are “reportedly killing and eating pets.” By Seth A. Richardson • September 18, 2024 X posts stated on September 14, 2024 in una publicación en X: Este es “vídeo de una inmigrante haitiana que asesinó y se comió al gato de sus vecinos” en Springfield, Ohio. By Maria Briceño • September 18, 2024 Instagram posts stated on September 9, 2024 in Instagram posts: A Haitian woman was arrested in Springfield, Ohio, for eating a cat. September 12, 2024 Donald Trump stated on September 10, 2024 in at a Sept. 10 presidential debate: "In Springfield (Ohio), they're eating the dogs, the people that came in, they're eating the cats. They're eating, they're eating the pets of the people that live there.” September 11, 2024 Social Media stated on September 6, 2024 in in social media posts: Haitian immigrants are eating pets and wildlife in Springfield, Ohio. September 9, 2024 Bernie Moreno stated on August 20, 2024 in a campaign ad: U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown voted to “give illegals taxpayer funded stimulus checks, health care, even Social Security." By Seth A. Richardson • September 4, 2024 Instagram posts stated on July 22, 2024 in an Instagram post: There are nine states “where Biden’s name can’t be removed and no one can be added. That’s over 130 electoral votes in the toilet.” By Amy Sherman, Ranjan Jindal • July 23, 2024 Instagram posts stated on March 27, 2024 in an Instagram post: A March 26 bridge fire in Ohio is related to the collapse of Baltimore's Francis Scott Key Bridge. March 29, 2024 Facebook posts stated on November 9, 2023 in a Facebook post: “There is a serial killer in Cincinnati.” Seven bodies were found “chopped up.” November 10, 2023 Protect Women Ohio stated on October 30, 2023 in a video: Ohio’s Issue 1 “allows for abortion after viability for…financial reasons.” By Grace Abels • November 3, 2023 Facebook posts stated on March 31, 2023 in a Facebook post: U.S. Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, “sends Biden straight to jail.” April 4, 2023 Facebook posts stated on February 27, 2023 in a post: “The five people that died in that plane crash … were supposed to go to Ohio to test the water, the soil and the air quality in East Palestine.” By Gabrielle Settles • March 7, 2023 Load More Latest Articles Judge’s ruling on TPS for Haitians temporarily blocks Trump campaign promise • February 3, 2026 ‘They’re eating the pets:’ Trump, Vance earn PolitiFact’s Lie of the Year for claims about Haitians By Amy Sherman, Maria Ramirez Uribe • December 17, 2024 What’s behind recent false claims about immigrants and crime? • September 27, 2024 Not-so-innocent ‘cat memes’: AI creations give life to unsubstantiated Springfield, Ohio, claims By Loreben Tuquero • September 25, 2024 4 fact-checks from JD Vance’s CNN interview with Dana Bash about Haitian immigrants in Ohio • September 16, 2024 A caller told Clark County, Ohio, officials he saw Haitians steal geese. They found no proof. By Loreben Tuquero • September 15, 2024 ‘I am afraid’: The aftermath of Springfield, Ohio, misinformation on Haitians who live there By Maria Ramirez Uribe • September 13, 2024 Fact-checking Trump’s ‘I had nothing to do with it’ remarks after the Ohio train derailment By Amy Sherman, Sara Swann • February 24, 2023 Did Ohio train derailment cause CDC to update its vinyl chloride toxicology info? No • February 24, 2023 Fact-checking J.D. Vance and Tim Ryan in Ohio Senate race By Amy Sherman • November 4, 2022 Fact-checking J.D. Vance and Tim Ryan in Ohio Senate debate By Amy Sherman • October 18, 2022 In Context: What J.D. Vance said about rape, abortion and ‘inconvenience’ By Amy Sherman • October 12, 2022 The Democrats’ overstated claim that the Inflation Reduction Act curbs debt, inflation By Louis Jacobson • August 19, 2022 Could 10-year-old rape victim have gotten abortion in Ohio? Experts say exceptions in law are vague • July 21, 2022 Ask PolitiFact: How are elections run in the US? By Amy Sherman • May 31, 2022 Ohio Senate primary to test Donald Trump’s sway with voters By Jon Greenberg • April 27, 2022 A voter’s guide to casting a ballot in Ohio: 10 things to know By Amy Sherman • April 27, 2022 Why France reports election results faster than the US By Amy Sherman • April 13, 2022 The race for the Ohio U.S. Senate seat: A guide By Jon Greenberg • March 8, 2022 2022 candidates use ads vowing to be tough on China, or attacking rivals as too soft on China • March 3, 2022 Latest promises about Ohio No promises to show. Latest promises about Ohio