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Live fact-checking Election 2024

Elections

Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump speaks Nov. 6, 2024, at the Palm Beach County Convention Center during an election night watch party. (AP)

By PolitiFact Staff November 5, 2024

PolitiFact is fact-checking the days following Election Day 2024.

Follow along here for our latest updates, fact-checks and stories.

Learn how PolitiFact is covering Election 2024.

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stated on December 8, 2021 in an interview with Hugh Hewitt:

Gas prices were "$1.86 when I left" the White House.

false

false

Louise Slaughter

stated on September 5, 2017 in a tweet:

Rescinding the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program "will harm our economy."

true

true

stated on March 2, 2017 in a headline:

"Doctors who discovered cancer enzymes in vaccines all found murdered."

pants-fire

pants-fire

David Menchetti

stated on November 28, 2016 in testimony before the Illinois House Labor and Commerce Committee:

"The causation standard in Indiana is exactly the same as it is in Illinois."

true

true

stated on September 16, 2016 in a White House press conference:

"If you look at any real analysis," the Trans-Pacific Partnership is "going to generate better-paying jobs that are more stable."

half-true

half-true

stated on November 17, 2015 in press release:

While the smoking rate nationally has fallen, more than 18 percent of Georgians still light up.

mostly-true

mostly-true

NextGen Climate Action Committee

stated on August 8, 2014 in a campaign ad:

Says Rick Scott "is letting Duke (Energy) keep collecting billions" despite troubled power plants.

half-true

half-true

Georgia Department of Transportation

stated on July 19, 2011 in a press release:

The Northwest Corridor highway project in Cobb and Cherokee counties "is expected to create over 9,700 jobs statewide."

false

false

Republican National Committee

stated on June 5, 2008 in in a news release:

Obama couldn't have afforded his home without Rezko's help.

false

false

Instagram posts
stated on November 5, 2024 in Instagram posts:

A video of Vice President Kamala Harris talking to a voter on the phone is fake because the camera app was on while she was on the call.

By Sofia Ahmed • November 6, 2024
Dinesh D'Souza
stated on November 6, 2024 in a post on X:

The 2024 election results show that Joe Biden’s 80 million votes in 2020 were a “lie.”

By Madison Czopek • November 6, 2024
X posts
stated on November 5, 2024 in an X post:

Vans filled with 50,000 ballots show up in Philadelphia during live MSNBC report.

By Jeff Cercone • November 6, 2024
Facebook posts
stated on November 6, 2024 in social media videos:

Videos show President-elect Donald Trump promised to help Pakistan’s former prime minister Imran Khan get out of prison and retake power.

By Gideon Hess • November 6, 2024
Threads posts
stated on November 4, 2024 in a post:

“Mark Cuban’s net worth takes a $1 billion hit after controversial endorsement” of Kamala Harris

By Grace Abels • November 6, 2024
Instagram posts
stated on November 4, 2024 in an Instagram post:

Kamala Harris wants people to stop saying “Merry Christmas.”

By Maria Briceño • November 6, 2024
X posts
stated on November 5, 2024 in a post:

Pacific Gas & Electric Co. deliberately shut off power “on Republican voters” in California on Election Day.

By Grace Abels • November 6, 2024
X posts
stated on November 4, 2024 in X posts:

A video showing conversations about noncitizen voting outside a Philadelphia city commissioners' office is proof of “Pennsylvania election fraud.”

By Sofia Ahmed • November 6, 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".

By Sofia Ahmed • November 6, 2024
Instagram posts
stated on November 5, 2024 in a video:

“ICE officials have been ordered NOT to wear their uniforms or badges when they vote today" so as not to intimidate noncitizens.

By Kwasi Gyamfi Asiedu • November 6, 2024