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Rachel Maddow

Rachel Maddow

Rachel Maddow is the host of MSNBC’s “The Rachel Maddow Show”. She formerly hosted a radio program of the same name on the defunct Air America network.

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Rachel Maddow
Rachel Maddow
stated on 2021-03-01 a TV segment:
"While he was president, President Trump never encouraged Americans to get vaccinated."
False
By Bill McCarthy • March 4, 2021
Rachel Maddow
Rachel Maddow
stated on 2018-06-21 in a monologue:
"There isn't a system" for reuniting families separated under Trump’s zero tolerance border policy.
True
By John Kruzel • June 29, 2018
Rachel Maddow
Rachel Maddow
stated on 2015-07-13 a television show:
Under Scott Walker, "the Wisconsin middle class is shrinking at a faster rate than any other state in the country."
False
By Kevin Crowe, Tom Kertscher • August 24, 2015
Rachel Maddow
Rachel Maddow
stated on 2015-08-04 a segment on her MSNBC show:
"Fox changed around their poll eligibility criteria on the day they announced who is in and out of their debate."
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • August 6, 2015
Rachel Maddow
Rachel Maddow
stated on 2015-07-13 a segment on her show:
Despite what Donald Trump claims, "there weren’t 15,000 people who turned out in Phoenix" to see Trump speak.
True
By Katie Sanders • July 15, 2015
Rachel Maddow
Rachel Maddow
stated on 2014-11-17 a broadcast of MSNBC's "The Rachel Maddow Show":
On immigration, what reports say President Barack Obama "plans to do is roughly on the same scale" as what President George H.W. Bush did.  
Mostly True
By Jon Greenberg • November 24, 2014
Rachel Maddow
Rachel Maddow
stated on 2012-03-27 her book "Drift":
"Not even old Gen. Eisenhower … saluted military personnel" as president.
Mostly False
By Aaron Sharockman • September 24, 2014
Rachel Maddow
Rachel Maddow
stated on 2014-06-04 a broadcast of the "Rachel Maddow Show":
In February, John McCain "suggested" the Bergdahl-Taliban swap that he now calls "outrageous and dangerous."
Mostly True
By Jon Greenberg • June 10, 2014
Rachel Maddow
Rachel Maddow
stated on 2014-06-03 comments on "The Rachel Maddow Show":
"The Pentagon made up" the since-debunked heroics of POW Jessica Lynch as she tried to avoid capture in Iraq.  
False
By Aaron Sharockman • June 5, 2014
Rachel Maddow
Rachel Maddow
stated on 2014-04-21 a segment on 'The Rachel Maddow Show':
"Oklahoma’s Republican Gov. Mary Fallin signed a new law which makes you pay a special fee. It will essentially fine people for the crime of using solar power."
Mostly False
By Katie Sanders • April 24, 2014
Rachel Maddow
Rachel Maddow
stated on 2014-02-17 a broadcast of MSNBC's "The Rachel Maddow Show":
"When the Dallas/Fort Worth Airport needed to stop its earthquake spike a few years ago, they temporarily shut down the wells that were injecting fracking fluid into the ground ... (and) those earthquakes stopped."
True
By Jon Greenberg • February 19, 2014
Rachel Maddow
Rachel Maddow
stated on 2014-01-02 comments on her show:
The Foundation for Government Accountability, which supported a Florida law requiring drug testing of welfare recipients, is a "Koch brothers affiliated group."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman, Katie Sanders • January 9, 2014
Rachel Maddow
Rachel Maddow
stated on 2013-10-28 comments on her TV show:
"Rand Paul’s speech ... on 'Gattaca' was totally ripped off of Wikipedia."  
True
By Julie Kliegman, Steve Contorno • November 1, 2013
Rachel Maddow
Rachel Maddow
stated on 2013-06-28 On “The Rachel Maddow Show,” broadcast on MSNBC:
Says Ohio budget item later signed into law by Gov. John Kasich requires women seeking an abortion to undergo a  "mandatory vaginal probe."
Pants on Fire!
By Henry J. Gomez • July 9, 2013
Rachel Maddow
Rachel Maddow
stated on 2011-10-25 a TV commentary.:
Says "tanking" Rick Perry’s federal tax plan has "huge tax cuts for rich people and big tax hikes for everyone else."
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • November 2, 2011
Rachel Maddow
Rachel Maddow
stated on 2011-10-19 a segment on The Rachel Maddow Show:
"A recent Department of Labor study guessed Wall Street fees cost a worker 28 percent of the value of your plan over the span of your career."
Mostly False
By Molly Moorhead • October 28, 2011
Rachel Maddow
Rachel Maddow
stated on 2011-09-19 on "The Rachel Maddow Show":
"Poverty among Americans 65 and over is statistically unchanged" in recent years because of Social Security.
Mostly True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • September 19, 2011
Rachel Maddow
Rachel Maddow
stated on 2011-04-12 an episode of The Rachel Maddow Show.:
Says Texas routinely gets "a lot more federal spending" than it pays in taxes.
Mostly True
By Ciara O'Rourke • April 22, 2011
Rachel Maddow
Rachel Maddow
stated on 2011-02-17 a segment on her television talk show:
"Despite what you may have heard about Wisconsin’s finances, Wisconsin is on track to have a budget surplus this year."
False
By Dave Umhoefer • February 18, 2011
Rachel Maddow
Rachel Maddow
stated on 2010-12-15 an interview on CBS' Late Show with David Letterman:
Fox News "said the New Black Panther Party decided the election for Barack Obama."
False
By Louis Jacobson • February 9, 2011
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Latest Fact-Checks About Rachel Maddow

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Facebook posts
stated on 2024-12-01 a post:
“Joe Rogan to replace Rachel Maddow as MSNBC’s prime-time host after Elon Musk takeover.”
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • December 10, 2024
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