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Dan Koh
stated on October 9, 2025 in remarks on CNN:
As the Trump administration pursues mortgage fraud charges against Letitia James, “there are three Cabinet members who committed mortgage fraud that he’s just letting fly.”
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • October 16, 2025
West Virginians For Health Freedom
stated on August 29, 2025 in a billboard in Morgantown, W.Va.:
“Vaccine makers are exempt from all liability for vaccine injury and death.”
Mostly False
By Natalie Ribar • October 15, 2025
X posts
stated on October 9, 2025 in a post on X:
“If you vote no on Prop 50 to stop the redistricting, it shows through the envelope,” making it easy for Democrats to cheat.
Mostly False
By Maria Ramirez Uribe • October 14, 2025
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
stated on September 4, 2025 in a Senate hearing:
“It’s going to be the biggest infusion of federal dollars into rural health care in American history.”
Mostly False
By Arielle Zionts • October 13, 2025
Josh Hawley
stated on October 7, 2025 in a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing:
“The FBI tapped my phone” and those of other senators.
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman, Louis Jacobson • October 9, 2025
Hakeem Jeffries
stated on September 24, 2025 in remarks to reporters:
“Republicans have effectively ended medical research in the United States of America.”
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • September 29, 2025
Donald Trump
stated on September 23, 2025 in a speech to the U.N. General Assembly:
“I have ended seven unendable wars.”
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson, Samantha Putterman • September 23, 2025
X posts
stated on August 16, 2025 in an X post:
“North Carolina has just approved a law permitting foreign doctors to practice without completing U.S. training or licensing exams.”
Mostly False
By Paul Specht • September 16, 2025
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
stated on September 4, 2025 in a Senate Finance Committee hearing:
“Everybody can get” the COVID-19 vaccine.
Mostly False
By Grace Abels, Maria Ramirez Uribe • September 4, 2025
JD Vance
stated on August 21, 2025 in a speech in Peachtree City, Georgia:
“We had the biggest tax cut for families that this country has ever seen.”
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • August 22, 2025
Donald Trump
stated on August 4, 2025 in a post on Truth Social:
“Promises kept: negative net migration (in the U.S.) for the first time in 50 years!”
Mostly False
By Maria Ramirez Uribe • August 8, 2025
Donald Trump
stated on July 28, 2025 in an interview:
“I’ve stopped six wars” since taking office in January 2025.
Mostly False
By Samantha Putterman • August 5, 2025
Lori Chavez-DeRemer
stated on July 17, 2025 in a post on X:
Under President Donald Trump’s newly signed tax law, “Those making less than $50,000 receive the largest (tax) cuts.”
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • July 21, 2025
Kevin Hassett
stated on July 6, 2025 in an interview with CBS News' "Face the Nation":
A Congressional Budget Office estimate of people who stand to lose insurance from President Donald Trump’s tax and spending law said “about 5 million … have other insurance,” so “if they lose one (type of coverage), they’re still insured.”
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • July 11, 2025
Social Media
stated on July 6, 2025 in a TikTok video:
The Trump administration “has defunded not only the National Weather Service but also what’s known as NOAA.”
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman, Ella Moore, Louis Jacobson • July 8, 2025
Donald Trump
stated on June 29, 2025 in an interview on Fox News' 'Sunday Morning Futures':
The One Big Beautiful Bill will deliver the promise of “no tax on Social Security.”
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson, Loreben Tuquero • June 30, 2025
Donald Trump
stated on June 24, 2025 in a White House fact sheet:
If the “Big Beautiful Bill” passes, “hardworking Americans and families will see an average increase in take-home pay of OVER $10,000 per year.”
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • June 26, 2025
Rick Scott
stated on June 8, 2025 in a television interview:
Four million more people live in Florida, but New York gets $20 billion more for Medicaid, because it covers illegal immigrants and adults without chronic illness.
Mostly False
By Jill Terreri Ramos • June 22, 2025
Russell Vought
stated on June 1, 2025 in an interview on CNN's "State of the Union":
“One out of every $5 or $6 in Medicaid (payments) is improper.”
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • June 4, 2025
Robert Reich
stated on May 13, 2025 in an X post:
While serving in Congress, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy “voted against upgrading air traffic control systems.”
Mostly False
By Loreben Tuquero • May 21, 2025
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