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Ohio

Scorecard

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0% 152 Checks
mostly true
0% 135 Checks
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0% 124 Checks
mostly false
0% 93 Checks
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0% 122 Checks
Pants on Fire
0% 64 Checks
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All Fact-checks for Ohio

Jon Husted
stated on August 4, 2026 in a Fox News interview:
When he was a senator, Sherrod Brown “supported Social Security payments for illegals, healthcare for illegals and COVID checks for illegals.”
False
By Cami Henry-Seymore • August 25, 2026
Vivek Ramaswamy
stated on April 24, 2026 in an ad:
In 2020, “Amy Acton called off Ohio’s election at the last minute.”
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • May 13, 2026
Facebook posts
stated on December 15, 2024 in Facebook posts:
Residents in states across the U.S. are eligible for a $2,200 holiday stimulus payment.
False
By Sofia Ahmed • December 20, 2024
Threads posts
stated on November 1, 2024 in una publicación en Threads:
“Informan que las boletas electorales de Ohio muestran el nombre de Donald Trump mal escrito”.
False
By Marta Campabadal Graus, Sofia Ahmed • November 6, 2024
X posts
stated on October 31, 2024 in X posts:
“Ballots in Ohio are showing Trump’s name misspelled!”
False
By Sofia Ahmed • November 1, 2024
Senate Leadership Fund
stated on September 3, 2024 in a campaign ad:
U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown “supported allowing puberty blockers and sex-change surgeries for minor children.”
Mostly False
By Seth A. Richardson • October 11, 2024
Senate Leadership Fund
stated on September 24, 2024 in a campaign ad:
U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown voted to “allow transgender biological men to compete in girls’ sports.”
False
By Seth A. Richardson • October 10, 2024
JD Vance
stated on October 1, 2024 in a debate:
Says immigrants with temporary protections in Springfield, Ohio, are “illegal immigrants.”
False
By Maria Ramirez Uribe • October 3, 2024
Donald Trump
stated on September 18, 2024 in a speech in New York:
When Haitians go to school in Springfield, Ohio, they “take the place of our children in school” and “each one will have a private interpreter.”
False
By Amy Sherman • September 23, 2024
Sherrod Brown
stated on September 4, 2024 in a TV interview:
Of Bernie Moreno, “Now, he’s arguing for a national abortion ban, no exceptions.”
Half-True
By Caleb McCullough • September 19, 2024
Bernie Moreno
stated on September 9, 2024 in an Instagram post:
“Illegal” Haitians in Springfield, Ohio, are “reportedly killing and eating pets.”
Pants on Fire!
By Seth A. Richardson • September 18, 2024
X posts
stated on September 14, 2024 in una publicación en X:
Este es “vídeo de una inmigrante haitiana que asesinó y se comió al gato de sus vecinos” en Springfield, Ohio.
Pants on Fire!
By Maria Briceño, Sofia Ahmed • September 18, 2024
Instagram posts
stated on September 9, 2024 in Instagram posts:
A Haitian woman was arrested in Springfield, Ohio, for eating a cat.
Pants on Fire!
By Sofia Ahmed • September 12, 2024
Donald Trump
stated on September 10, 2024 in at a Sept. 10 presidential debate:
“In Springfield (Ohio), they’re eating the dogs, the people that came in, they’re eating the cats. They’re eating, they’re eating the pets of the people that live there.”
Pants on Fire!
By Jeff Cercone • September 11, 2024
Social Media
stated on September 6, 2024 in in social media posts:
Haitian immigrants are eating pets and wildlife in Springfield, Ohio.
False
By Jeff Cercone • September 9, 2024
Bernie Moreno
stated on August 20, 2024 in a campaign ad:
U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown voted to “give illegals taxpayer funded stimulus checks, health care, even Social Security.”
False
By Seth A. Richardson • September 4, 2024
Instagram posts
stated on July 22, 2024 in an Instagram post:
There are nine states “where Biden’s name can’t be removed and no one can be added. That’s over 130 electoral votes in the toilet.”
False
By Amy Sherman, Ranjan Jindal • July 23, 2024
Instagram posts
stated on March 27, 2024 in an Instagram post:
A March 26 bridge fire in Ohio is related to the collapse of Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge.
False
By Jeff Cercone • March 29, 2024
Facebook posts
stated on November 9, 2023 in a Facebook post:
“There is a serial killer in Cincinnati.” Seven bodies were found “chopped up.”
False
By Jeff Cercone • November 10, 2023
Protect Women Ohio
stated on October 30, 2023 in a video:
Ohio’s Issue 1 “allows for abortion after viability for…financial reasons.”
False
By Grace Abels • November 3, 2023
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