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0% 41 Checks
mostly true
0% 50 Checks
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0% 38 Checks
mostly false
0% 53 Checks
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0% 96 Checks
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All Fact-checks for Public Safety

Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
stated on April 29, 2025 a town hall event:
DARPA is spraying the skies with chemicals that are in jet fuel.
Pants on Fire!
By Madison Czopek • May 5, 2025
Ashley Moody
Ashley Moody
stated on January 30, 2025 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.”
False
By Samantha Putterman • February 4, 2025
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on December 16, 2024 an Instagram post:
New Jersey drones are searching for missing radioactive material.
False
By Jeff Cercone • December 18, 2024
Dave McCormick
Dave McCormick
stated on October 15, 2024 a debate:
Sen. Bob Casey "has voted in lockstep with his liberal party to defund the police."
False
By Caleb McCullough • October 28, 2024
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on September 8, 2024 a social media post:
Photos that show lists of school names are “school shooting lists.”
False
By Andy Nguyen • September 15, 2024
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on July 27, 2024 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.”
False
By Amy Sherman • August 7, 2024
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on March 16, 2024 a video posted on Facebook.:
The Oklahoma National Guard’s assistance for the April 8 eclipse signals something “bigger.”
False
By Madison Czopek • March 20, 2024
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on March 14, 2024 Facebook reel:
Emergency officials warn to “stock up on food, water, and fuel ahead of the eclipse.”
Half-True
By Madison Czopek • March 19, 2024
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on September 20, 2023 a Facebook post:
Patent shows 5G towers are used for brainwashing.
Pants on Fire!
By Maria Briceño • October 3, 2023
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on July 20, 2023 a Facebook post:
Two pipeline workers in the Chicago area were given fentanyl-laced water bottles.
False
By Jeff Cercone • July 21, 2023
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on May 24, 2023 a Facebook post:
30 tons of lost ammonium nitrate on a California-bound train suggest an orchestrated conspiracy.
False
By Jeff Cercone • June 1, 2023
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on May 10, 2023 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."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman, Maria Ramirez Uribe • May 18, 2023
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on April 25, 2023 una publicación en Facebook:
Tropas estadounidenses se preparan para “una pandemia zombies”.
False
By Maria Briceño • May 10, 2023
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on April 23, 2023 an Instagram post:
"Healthy pilots are suffering from myocarditis and dropping dead on flights” because of the COVID-19 vaccines.
False
By Jeff Cercone • April 28, 2023
Glen Sturtevant
Glen Sturtevant
stated on March 16, 2023 a candidate's forum:
On red flag laws.
Full Flop
By Warren Fiske • March 24, 2023
Jim Jordan
Jim Jordan
stated on January 29, 2023 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."
Mostly False
By Yacob Reyes • February 1, 2023
Levar Stoney
Levar Stoney
stated on October 26, 2022 a news conference.:
“I don’t get involved in the hiring and firing of police chiefs.”
False
By Warren Fiske • November 2, 2022
Kathy Hochul
Kathy Hochul
stated on September 28, 2022 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%.
Half-True
By Jill Terreri Ramos • October 24, 2022
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on August 11, 2022 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.”
Mostly False
By Michael Majchrowicz • September 8, 2022
National Republican Congressional Committee
National Republican Congressional Committee
stated on July 18, 2022 a blog.:
“Abigail Spanberger is raking in thousands from defund the police groups because she supports defunding the police.”
False
By Warren Fiske • August 1, 2022
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