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Elizabeth Warren

Elizabeth Warren

Elizabeth Warren is a senator from Massachusetts. Warren was elected to the Senate in 2012 and was re-elected in 2018 and is running for re-election in 2024. Warren received a bachelor’s degree in speech pathology and audiology from the University of Houston and a J.D. from Rutgers Law School. In 2019, she announced her race for the Democratic nomination for president and dropped out March 5, 2020.

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Elizabeth Warren
Elizabeth Warren
stated on June 24, 2025 an X post
“If every one of the 340 million people in America paid a new $35 copay to visit the doctor, that still wouldn’t be enough to cover how much Meta would get from just one tax break in Donald Trump's ‘Big Beautiful Bill.’"
Half-True
By Amy Sherman, Louis Jacobson • June 27, 2025
Elizabeth Warren
Elizabeth Warren
stated on January 29, 2025 a Senate confirmation hearing
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. “made $2.5 million off suing one of the entities that (he would be regulating) and plans to keep getting a take of every lawsuit in the future.”
Half-True
By Sara Swann • January 30, 2025
Elizabeth Warren
Elizabeth Warren
stated on August 25, 2024 an interview
“JD Vance actually sent a letter last year to the Department of Justice saying, ‘enforce the Comstock Act.’”
True
By Samantha Putterman • August 30, 2024
Elizabeth Warren
Elizabeth Warren
stated on August 28, 2022 an interview on CNN
"40% of the folks who have student loans do not have a college diploma, four-year diploma. These are people who are truck drivers and who are nail technicians and nurses’ aides.”
True
By Jon Greenberg • September 13, 2022
Elizabeth Warren
Elizabeth Warren
stated on February 19, 2020 a debate
"Amy, I looked online at your (health care) plan. It’s two paragraphs."
False
By Louis Jacobson • February 21, 2020
Elizabeth Warren
Elizabeth Warren
stated on February 19, 2020 the Las Vegas debate
“Mayor Bloomberg was busy blaming African Americans and Latinos for the housing crisis in 2008.”
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • February 20, 2020
Elizabeth Warren
Elizabeth Warren
stated on February 7, 2020 a debate in Manchester, N.H.
“Everyone on this stage except Amy (Klobuchar) and me is either a billionaire or is receiving help from PACs that can do unlimited spending.”
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • February 11, 2020
Elizabeth Warren
Elizabeth Warren
stated on February 5, 2020 a CNN town hall
“We have an America where … hard-working families have flat wages.”
False
By Louis Jacobson • February 6, 2020
Elizabeth Warren
Elizabeth Warren
stated on January 26, 2020 comments made while campaigning in Davenport, Iowa.
 "The president of the United States already has the legal authority to reduce the price of many commonly used prescription drugs."
True
By Shefali Luthra, Shefali Luthra, Victoria Knight • January 29, 2020
Elizabeth Warren
Elizabeth Warren
stated on January 4, 2020 a speech
"We were living outside of Houston and that’s when I found it: a commuter college, 45 minutes away that cost $50 a semester."
Mostly True
By Madlin Mekelburg • January 17, 2020
Elizabeth Warren
Elizabeth Warren
stated on January 14, 2020 a debate
"Look at the men on this stage. Collectively, they have lost 10 elections. The only people on this stage who have won every single election that they’ve been in are the women, Amy and me."
True
By Louis Jacobson • January 15, 2020
Elizabeth Warren
Elizabeth Warren
stated on December 19, 2019 comments made during the December Democratic presidential primary debate.
"Last year, 36 million Americans didn’t have a prescription filled because they couldn’t afford it."
True
By Shefali Luthra, Shefali Luthra • December 20, 2019
Elizabeth Warren
Elizabeth Warren
stated on December 10, 2019 a policy white paper
"Roughly one in four fish eaten in the United States was caught here and sent to Asia for processing before being re-imported for American consumers."
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • December 13, 2019
Elizabeth Warren
Elizabeth Warren
stated on November 20, 2019 a debate
"Today in America — a new study came out — 20 years out, whites who borrowed money, 94% of them have paid off their student loan debt; 5% of African Americans have paid it off."
Mostly False
November 21, 2019
Elizabeth Warren
Elizabeth Warren
stated on November 4, 2019 in an Instagram post
"If we make no changes over the next 10 years, Americans will reach into their pockets and pay out about $11 trillion on insurance premiums, copays, deductibles and uncovered medical expenses." 
True
By Shefali Luthra, Shefali Luthra • November 12, 2019
Elizabeth Warren
Elizabeth Warren
stated on October 15, 2019 comments made during the Oct. 15 Democratic presidential primary debate
 "Back when I was studying it, two out of three families that ended up in bankruptcy after a serious medical problem had health insurance."
Mostly True
By Shefali Luthra, Shefali Luthra • October 16, 2019
Elizabeth Warren
Elizabeth Warren
stated on October 10, 2019 a Facebook ad
"If Trump tries to lie in a TV ad, most networks will refuse to air it. But Facebook just cashes Trump’s checks."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • October 15, 2019
Elizabeth Warren
Elizabeth Warren
stated on September 12, 2019 a Democratic debate in Houston
"54 senators said, let's do background checks, let's get rid of assault weapons, and with 54 senators it failed because of the filibuster."
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • September 13, 2019
Elizabeth Warren
Elizabeth Warren
stated on September 4, 2019 a CNN town hall on climate change
"70% of the pollution of the carbon that we're throwing into the air comes from three industries."  
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • September 6, 2019
Elizabeth Warren
Elizabeth Warren
stated on August 27, 2019 an op-ed in the Washington Post
"We lag behind many other developed nations in connectivity and speed, while also paying more for that service."
Mostly True
By Jon Greenberg • August 29, 2019
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Latest Fact-Checks About Elizabeth Warren

Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on October 19, 2025 an X post
Democrats are “dishonestly sending around a video from 2017” claiming it was an Oct. 18 ‘No Kings’ rally in Boston.
False
By Louis Jacobson, Loreben Tuquero • October 20, 2025
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on February 9, 2025 an Instagram post
Says U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren said, “There is nothing in the Constitution that says ordinary citizens have a right to see what we spend our tax dollars on.”
False
February 11, 2025
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Viral image
stated on February 25, 2023 a tweet
Says Elizabeth Warren said, “Allowing Republicans to vote could threaten the integrity of an election.”
False
February 27, 2023
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Viral image
stated on September 27, 2020 a Facebook post
In 2017, Joe Biden paid $3,742,974 in federal income taxes and Kamala Harris paid $516,469 while Donald Trump paid $750.
Mostly True
September 28, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on March 1, 2020 a Facebook post
In 1962, Joe Biden “worked with segregationists,” Elizabeth Warren “debated as a pro-Vietnam conservative” while Bernie Sanders “organized against segregation and Vietnam war”
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • March 4, 2020
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on October 18, 2019 a post on Facebook
Says Elizabeth Warren, asked about the Mollie Tibbetts murder, said “I know this is hard for her family, but they have to remember that we need to focus on real problems, like illegal immigrants not being able to see their kids.”
Pants on Fire!
By Jon Greenberg • February 14, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on December 27, 2019 social media posts
Says that four Democrats — Sheila Jackson Lee, Joe Biden, Elizabeth Warren, and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez — made specific, suspect remarks about such topics as the Constitution, abortion and guns.
False
By Louis Jacobson • January 2, 2020
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Viral image
stated on December 4, 2019 a Facebook post
Says Elizabeth Warren tweeted, "Looks like I’m the last woman of color left in this race."
Pants on Fire!
December 9, 2019
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Viral image
stated on November 9, 2019 a Facebook post
Says photos show the Trump-Ukraine whistleblower with Chuck Schumer, Elizabeth Warren, Nancy Pelosi and Hillary Clinton.
Pants on Fire!
November 14, 2019
Pete Buttigieg
Pete Buttigieg
stated on October 15, 2019 a Democratic presidential debate
Americans "say that what they want is a choice" to join a single-payer system like Medicare rather than ending private insurance.
True
By Louis Jacobson • October 16, 2019
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on July 31, 2019 a Facebook post
Says Elizabeth Warren said, "Having an abortion is no different than someone having their tonsils removed."
Mostly False
By Samantha Putterman • August 7, 2019
Joel Griffith
Joel Griffith
stated on April 28, 2019 an op-ed on Fox News
"Of the 14 wealthy OECD countries with a wealth tax in 1996, 10 have since then abandoned it."
Mostly True
By Jon Greenberg • May 10, 2019
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Viral image
stated on January 16, 2019 a Facebook post
Says Elizabeth Warren has a racist figurine in her kitchen.
Pants on Fire!
January 18, 2019
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on January 1, 2019 In a Facebook post
Says Sen. Elizabeth Warren "has been on Risperdal since first being prescribed the drug in 2011."
False
By Samantha Putterman • January 7, 2019
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on December 18, 2018 a Facebook post
Quotes Sen. Elizabeth Warren as saying "If women need to be raped by Muslims to prove our tolerance, so be it. Then thank goodness for Planned Parenthood."
Pants on Fire!
By Samantha Putterman • December 19, 2018
Heidi Heitkamp
Heidi Heitkamp
stated on March 14, 2018 an interview
"There are no provisions in here that substantially affect or advantage the big Wall Street bankers."
Half-True
By Manuela Tobias • March 20, 2018
True Pundit
True Pundit
stated on February 8, 2017 a web post
Says a video shows "Coretta Scott King thanking Jeff Sessions for Rosa Parks library."
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • February 9, 2017
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on May 11, 2016 a tweet
Says "Elizabeth Warren lied when she says I want to abolish the Federal Minimum Wage."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • May 19, 2016
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on October 29, 2014 a meme on social media
Says Sen. Elizabeth Warren "lives in a $5.4 million mansion."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • October 29, 2014
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