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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
Charles Schumer
stated on March 17, 2026 in remarks to reporters:
The SAVE America Act “would force Americans to register (to vote) only in person, something only 5% of Americans do today.”
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • March 19, 2026
Donald Trump
stated on February 3, 2026 in remarks in the Oval Office:
“The crime rate now is the lowest it’s been since 1900. That’s 125 years.”
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • February 12, 2026
Bernie Sanders
stated on May 12, 2025 in a post on X:
“Republicans just unveiled their ‘big, beautiful bill,’ which will take Medicaid & health insurance away from 13.7 million Americans.”
Half-True
By Amy Sherman, Louis Jacobson • May 16, 2025
Patty Murray
stated on February 20, 2025 in a Senate floor speech:
“The single biggest driver of our national debt since 2001 has been Republican tax cuts.”
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • February 25, 2025
Elizabeth Warren
stated on January 29, 2025 in a Senate confirmation hearing:
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. “made $2.5 million off suing one of the entities that (he would be regulating) and plans to keep getting a take of every lawsuit in the future.”
Half-True
By Sara Swann • January 30, 2025
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
X posts
stated on January 25, 2023 in a tweet:
“Female student-athletes in Florida need to provide their schools with detailed information about their periods.”
Half-True
By Samantha Putterman • February 3, 2023
Joe Biden
stated on January 20, 2023 in a speech at the White House:
“One quarter” of today’s $31.4 trillion federal debt “was accumulated in the four years of my predecessor,” Donald Trump.
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • January 25, 2023
Jane Timken
stated on April 13, 2022 in a campaign ad:
Joe Biden’s spending “has sent prices skyrocketing.”
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • April 20, 2022
Rob Wittman
stated on April 8, 2022 in a radio interview.:
“They’re going to be giving these people who come across the border, giving them smartphones.”
Half-True
By Andy Nguyen, Warren Fiske • April 19, 2022
Facebook posts
stated on April 11, 2022 in a Facebook post:
“Joe Biden is giving smartphones away to illegal border crossers.”
Half-True
By Andy Nguyen • April 14, 2022
John Cornyn
stated on March 22, 2022 in a Senate judiciary committee hearing:
Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson called former President George W. Bush and former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld as “war criminals in a legal filing.”
Half-True
By Madison Czopek • March 24, 2022
Facebook posts
stated on December 19, 2021 in a Facebook post:
“Most Americans on minimum wage earn less than a Dickensian allegory for destitution.”
Half-True
By Jeff Cercone • January 3, 2022
Dave Loebsack
stated on November 6, 2021 in a tweet:
Ashley Hinson’s and Mariannette Miller-Meeks’ no votes on the infrastructure bill are “denying rural Iowa broadband internet.”
Half-True
By Lauren White • November 22, 2021
Joni Ernst
stated on September 28, 2020 in a debate:
“I have been very clear with DACA. Even in my campaign six years ago I stood for those Dreamers.”
Half-True
By Madison Black • October 29, 2020
Lyft
stated on October 8, 2020 in a campaign ad in support of California's Prop 22:
Drivers will “get guaranteed earnings, health care benefits, personal protections, and they can maintain their flexible schedules.”
Half-True
By Rachel Bluth • October 28, 2020
Gary Peters
stated on September 21, 2020 in Gary Peters in a Sept. 21 Facebook ad:
Says “John James opposes abortion, even refusing to make an exception when a woman’s life is at risk” and “wants to make it a felony even in cases of rape and incest.”
Half-True
By Clara Hendrickson • October 6, 2020
Jeff Bezos
stated on July 29, 2020 in a congressional hearing:
“The retail market we participate in is extraordinarily large and competitive. Amazon accounts for less than 1% of the $25 trillion global retail market, and less than 4% of U.S. retail.”
Half-True
By Emily Venezky • August 6, 2020
Viral image
stated on June 8, 2020 in post on Facebook:
“Cops in Norway: require 3 years of training, 4 people killed since 2002. Cops in Finland: require 2 years of training, 7 people killed since 2000. Cops in Iceland: require 2 years of training, 1 person killed since ever. Cops in the U.S.: require 21 weeks of training, 8,000+ people killed since 2001.”
Half-True
By Emily Venezky • June 16, 2020
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