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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 March 1, 2021 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 June 21, 2018 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 July 13, 2015 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 August 4, 2015 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 July 13, 2015 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 November 17, 2014 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 March 27, 2012 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 June 4, 2014 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 June 3, 2014 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 April 21, 2014 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 February 17, 2014 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 January 2, 2014 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 October 28, 2013 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 June 28, 2013 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 October 25, 2011 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 October 19, 2011 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 September 19, 2011 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 April 12, 2011 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 February 17, 2011 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 December 15, 2010 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 December 1, 2024 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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