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WATCH: Lie of the Year 2021

Jan. 6

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By Kayla Steinberg
December 17, 2021

We use the word “lie” only once a year. We reserve that designation for the most egregious and harmful claim we’ve seen after a year of fact-checking. The Lie of the Year for 2021: Lies and denial about the January 6th insurrection.

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stated on November 16, 2021 in a video:

Athletes are collapsing with heart-related issues due to the COVID-19 vaccines

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Infowars
stated on November 4, 2021 in a video:

“Sending your child to school” on a day when vaccines are being administered “is implied consent” for getting the COVID-19 vaccine.

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Instagram posts
stated on October 12, 2021 in a post:

Says Dr. Anthony Fauci said he will not “take a PCR COVID test.”

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Social Media
stated on July 14, 2026 in a social media post:

“Congress just picked the one version of clock reform America has already tried, hated, and repealed.”

True

By Alex Min • July 20, 2026

Sherrod Brown
stated on July 1, 2026 in an X post:

Since the passage of the “Jon Husted-backed” HB 6, Ohioans’ residential utility rates have gone up $663 a year.

Half-True

By Gracey Abernethy • July 20, 2026

Jon Ossoff
stated on June 27, 2026 in a campaign speech:

President Donald Trump and U.S. Rep. Mike Collins “doubled health insurance premiums for more than a million Georgians and threw 300,000 Georgians off their insurance altogether.”

Mostly True

By Ben Brasch • July 16, 2026

Donald Trump
stated on July 8, 2026 in remarks at a press conference:

The AI industry needs “more energy than the entire country produces right now … In fact some people say almost double.”

Mostly False

By Louis Jacobson • July 14, 2026

X posts
stated on July 12, 2026 in X posts:

A photo showing Mitch McConnell and his wife is from his 2023 hospitalization or is AI generated.

False

By Caleb McCullough • July 13, 2026

Donald Trump
stated on July 8, 2026 in remarks to reporters:

President Joe Biden “raised the cost of housing by 40 and 50% — the cost of (a) rental — because they were housing illegal aliens in all of those empty units.”

Mostly False

By Carsten Oyer • July 10, 2026

Paul Renner
stated on July 2, 2026 in a debate:

Jay Collins sponsored a bill to give AI hyperscale data centers “permanent tax incentives.”

Half-True

By Samantha Putterman • July 9, 2026

Donald Trump
stated on July 1, 2026 in remarks to reporters:

“You know why I’m profiting? Because the stock market’s going up. … I’m profiting because I have a lot of money and a lot of…

Mostly False

By Louis Jacobson • July 7, 2026

Abdul El-Sayed
stated on June 14, 2026 in an X post:

Michigan U.S. Senate candidate Mike Rogers “took a $14 million payout as a pharma lobbyist.”

Pants on Fire!

By Caleb McCullough • July 2, 2026

Donald Trump
stated on June 30, 2026 in a Truth Social post:

“The United States Supreme Court just ruled against men playing in women’s sports.”

Half-True

By Caleb McCullough • July 1, 2026

Mike Collins
stated on June 17, 2026 in an advertisement:

U.S. Sen. Jon Ossoff “cast the deciding vote for the inflation disaster,” referring to the 2022 Inflation Reduction Act.

False

By Ben Brasch • June 29, 2026

Tommy Tuberville
stated on June 24, 2026 in an interview with Fox News:

Says benefits of the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act are “going to go to a lot of people that are here illegally to build…

False

By Alex Min, Louis Jacobson • June 26, 2026

Move Indigo
stated on June 1, 2026 in a statement:

New York state law allows citizens with dual residences to choose where they want to vote.

True

By Jill Terreri Ramos • June 26, 2026

Graham Platner
stated on June 17, 2026 in an ad:

Sen. Susan Collins “sided with Trump, giving billionaires and corporations a hand out, paid for by cuts to Medicaid and SNAP.”

False

By Amy Sherman • June 25, 2026

Donald Trump
stated on June 23, 2026 in a speech in Macungie, Pennsylvania:

In the past 13 months, “The typical 401(k) … is up almost $30,000.”

Mostly False

By Louis Jacobson • June 25, 2026

David Jolly
stated on June 11, 2026 in a speech:

Florida is “49th in avoidable hospital costs.”

Mostly True

By Samantha Putterman • June 24, 2026

Marsha Blackburn
stated on June 19, 2026 in an X post:

The Obama Presidential Center is “requiring photo ID to enter.”

False

By Alex Min • June 23, 2026

Susan Collins
stated on June 12, 2026 in an interview with the media:

The Supreme Court’s 2022 ruling on abortion “has not had an impact on the state of Maine in that Maine actually expanded its law.”

Mostly True

By Amy Sherman • June 23, 2026

Jon Ossoff
stated on June 17, 2026 in an ad:

Republican U.S. Senate candidate Mike Collins “admitted” that President Donald Trump is in the Epstein files.

Mostly False

By Ben Brasch • June 18, 2026

Bernie Sanders
stated on June 12, 2026 in an X post:

“Today, Elon Musk, a trillionaire, pays the same amount into Social Security as someone making $184,500.”

Mostly True

By Caleb McCullough • June 17, 2026

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