The second night of the Republican National Convention painted a picture of a compassionate White House in action. But it also showed the blurring of long-standing traditions, and maybe laws, about not mixing politics and government. President Donald Trump pardoned a man who robbed a Nevada bank and now runs a nonprofit. Trump conducted a […]
Former Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi said that the people who benefited from Joe Biden’s political career “are his family members, not the American people.” Her speech at the Republican National Convention has roots in the January impeachment trial where she defended President Trump. Business dealings by Biden’s younger son, Hunter, have raised many ethical […]
The second night of the Republican convention was notable for breaking longstanding traditions, and possibly laws, against mixing politics and government. They included: • First Lady Melania Trump giving her convention address to an audience assembled in the Rose Garden of the White House. • Secretary of State Mike Pompeo giving a convention address, unlike […]
President Donald Trump has long considered lowering the high cost of prescription drugs to be one of his signature issues, and it is likely to be a talking point he relies on throughout the upcoming campaign. During his afternoon speech Monday ― delivered on the first day of the Repubublican National Convention after delegates had […]
During her speech accepting the nomination to be Joe Biden’s running mate, Sen. Kamala Harris didn’t spend much time — at all — detailing her record as a California prosecutor. Harris did, however, repeat a line during her Democratic National Convention address that’s become standard in her stump speeches both in the Golden State and […]
Republicans opened their 2020 national convention with speeches touting President Donald Trump’s accomplishments interspersed with dark ruminations about what Democrats have in store for America if Joe Biden is elected. “Do you believe in American greatness, believe in yourself, in President Trump, in individual and personal responsibility?” asked Kimberly Guilfoyle, a Trump supporter and former […]
President Donald Trump addressed delegates to the 2020 Republican National Convention for more than an hour Monday in Charlotte, N.C., veering from the political norms (the nominee doesn’t typically speak extensively until the final night), and often, the facts. Trump spoke to delegates after he was officially renominated by the Republican Party as its candidate […]
Black Lives Matter has been labeled a terrorist organization (a claim we rated False) and a Marxist movement (we found little evidence). Now readers have asked us whether Black Lives Matter — a diverse movement more than a formal organization — is anti-Semitic. What we found, outside of isolated incidents involving recent Black Lives Matter […]
As he accepted the Democratic nomination for president, Joe Biden told Americans it was time to come together and choose hope over fear, fairness over privilege, love over hate, and “facts over fiction.” We saw about that, fact-checking 12 points from Biden’s remarks to wrap our coverage of the 2020 Democratic National Convention. Biden delivered […]
The first time Joe Biden appeared with his pick for vice president, Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif, he said that a Biden-Harris administration would aggressively fight COVID-19. Trump on the other hand, Biden claimed, has been golfing and unwilling to lead or take responsibility. “We have an economic crisis and more than 16 million Americans — […]
Another week, another convention. Republicans will gather next week to officially re-nominate President Donald Trump, who will face Democratic nominee Joe Biden, in his quest for a second term. The Republican National Convention comes on the heels of the Democrats’ event, anchored in Milwaukee, which was largely virtual due to the coronavirus pandemic. Republicans, too, will […]
Happy Birthday to us! Between conventions, the coronavirus and everything else that’s happened this summer, Lucky 13 really snuck up on us. We started PolitiFact back in 2007 as a way to help sort out fact from fiction in the 2008 presidential campaign. The original plan for PolitiFact only counted on the website lasting six […]