Public Safety Scorecard true 0% 41 Checks mostly-true 0% 50 Checks Half True 0% 38 Checks mostly-false 0% 53 Checks false 0% 96 Checks Pants on Fire 0% 25 Checks For more details, see the Principles of PolitiFact All Fact-checks for Public Safety Robert F. Kennedy Jr. stated on April 29, 2025 in a town hall event: DARPA is spraying the skies with chemicals that are in jet fuel. May 5, 2025 Ashley Moody stated on January 30, 2025 in a hearing: The National Human Trafficking Hotline “in the last four years decided that they would no longer report tips to law enforcement, that they would take a more victim-centered approach.” By Samantha Putterman • February 4, 2025 Instagram posts stated on December 16, 2024 in an Instagram post: New Jersey drones are searching for missing radioactive material. December 18, 2024 Dave McCormick stated on October 15, 2024 in a debate: Sen. Bob Casey "has voted in lockstep with his liberal party to defund the police." By Caleb McCullough • October 28, 2024 Facebook posts stated on September 8, 2024 in a social media post: Photos that show lists of school names are “school shooting lists.” By Andy Nguyen • September 15, 2024 Donald Trump stated on July 27, 2024 in a rally in St. Cloud, Minnesota: During the 2020 Minnesota riots after George Floyd’s murder, Gov. Tim Walz didn’t call in the National Guard, “so, I sent in the National Guard to save Minneapolis.” By Amy Sherman • August 7, 2024 Facebook posts stated on March 16, 2024 in a video posted on Facebook.: The Oklahoma National Guard’s assistance for the April 8 eclipse signals something “bigger.” March 20, 2024 Facebook posts stated on March 14, 2024 in Facebook reel: Emergency officials warn to “stock up on food, water, and fuel ahead of the eclipse.” March 19, 2024 Facebook posts stated on September 20, 2023 in a Facebook post: Patent shows 5G towers are used for brainwashing. By Maria Briceño • October 3, 2023 Facebook posts stated on July 20, 2023 in a Facebook post: Two pipeline workers in the Chicago area were given fentanyl-laced water bottles. July 21, 2023 Facebook posts stated on May 24, 2023 in a Facebook post: 30 tons of lost ammonium nitrate on a California-bound train suggest an orchestrated conspiracy. June 1, 2023 Joe Biden stated on May 10, 2023 in a speech in New York: "The Republican plan would cut federal law enforcement officers — 30,000 — including 11,000 FBI agents, 2,000 border agents, DEA agents, and so on." By Amy Sherman, Maria Ramirez Uribe • May 18, 2023 Facebook posts stated on April 25, 2023 in una publicación en Facebook: Tropas estadounidenses se preparan para “una pandemia zombies”. By Maria Briceño • May 10, 2023 Instagram posts stated on April 23, 2023 in an Instagram post: "Healthy pilots are suffering from myocarditis and dropping dead on flights” because of the COVID-19 vaccines. April 28, 2023 Glen Sturtevant stated on March 16, 2023 in a candidate's forum: On red flag laws. By Warren Fiske • March 24, 2023 Jim Jordan stated on January 29, 2023 in an interview with NBC's "Meet the Press": "I got a list of 20 jurisdictions that defunded the police to the tune of over $1 billion total." By Yacob Reyes • February 1, 2023 Levar Stoney stated on October 26, 2022 in a news conference.: “I don’t get involved in the hiring and firing of police chiefs.” By Warren Fiske • November 2, 2022 Kathy Hochul stated on September 28, 2022 in a speech: New York state is outpacing the rest of the country, because shootings in New York are down 10%, and across the country the drop is only 2%. By Jill Terreri Ramos • October 24, 2022 Facebook posts stated on August 11, 2022 in Facebook post: “With the combined salary of the 87,000 new IRS Agents ($81,456 average annual salary), you could put a police officer ($55,117) in every public school in the nation (97,568) and still have 31,007 police officers or $1,709,012,819 left over.” September 8, 2022 National Republican Congressional Committee stated on July 18, 2022 in a blog.: “Abigail Spanberger is raking in thousands from defund the police groups because she supports defunding the police.” By Warren Fiske • August 1, 2022 Load More Latest Articles Florida exigirá exámenes de licencia de conducir solo en inglés. ¿Mejorará la seguridad vial? • February 5, 2026 Will Florida’s new English-only policy for drivers license exams make roads safer? What we found. • February 4, 2026 No, Oct. 4 national emergency alert test won’t turn you into a zombie. Here are the facts. • October 3, 2023 What counts as a “mass shooting”? The definition varies By Amy Sherman, Maria Ramirez Uribe • February 14, 2023 PolitiFact Wisconsin ‘High Five’ for June 2022 By Laura Schulte, Madeline Heim • July 8, 2022 Fact-checking misinformation about the Uvalde school shooting • May 27, 2022 Police confusing firearms for stun guns: How often does it happen? By Miriam Valverde • April 15, 2021 Fact-checking newcomer Lauren Boebert on Trump impeachment, Capitol riot By Miriam Valverde • January 15, 2021 Black Lives Matter protests and the Capitol assault: Comparing the police response By Jon Greenberg • January 8, 2021 What To Know Before Voting In-Person In California By Chris Nichols • October 30, 2020 Fact-checking claims about Breonna Taylor’s death By Miriam Valverde • September 25, 2020 What is the risk of getting coronavirus on a plane? • September 4, 2020 How much did protests contribute to LA’s COVID-19 surge? Data is still sparse By Chris Nichols • July 21, 2020 Sen. Amanda Chase spread hoax of deadly antifa riot headed to Chesterfield By Warren Fiske • June 15, 2020 Fact-checking Donald Trump’s Fox News interview on police brutality protests By Jon Greenberg, Louis Jacobson, Miriam Valverde • June 12, 2020 How George Floyd protests evolved in 5 major cities By Daniel Funke • June 10, 2020 ‘Defund the police’ movement: What do activists mean by that? By Miriam Valverde • June 9, 2020 Trump wants to designate antifa as a terrorist organization, but lacks legal authority for it By Miriam Valverde • June 1, 2020 The death of George Floyd: What you need to know By Bill McCarthy • May 29, 2020 How states are enforcing coronavirus stay-at-home orders By Miriam Valverde • April 2, 2020 Latest promises about Public Safety Barack Obama Fully fund the Violence Against Women Act Significant increases fulfill the promise | April 23, 2010 Latest promises about Public Safety
Barack Obama Fully fund the Violence Against Women Act Significant increases fulfill the promise | April 23, 2010
