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All Fact-checks for Infrastructure

Elizabeth Warren
stated on June 5, 2026 in an X post:
“If you live near one of these large data centers, your electricity bills over the last five years have gone up by as much as…
Mostly False
By Caleb McCullough • June 12, 2026
Marcy Kaptur
stated on May 5, 2026 in an X post:
Republicans “want you to pay $1 Billion for a ballroom.”
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson, Maria Briceño • May 8, 2026
Seth Moulton
stated on March 24, 2026 in an interview on MS NOW:
“Bombing civilian power infrastructure is a war crime.”
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson, Zoe Weyand • April 2, 2026
Facebook posts
stated on February 18, 2025 in a post on Facebook:
Former President Joe Biden “fired” 14,000 Keystone XL pipeline workers “​​on day one” of his administration.
Mostly False
By Madison Czopek • February 26, 2025
Michael Rulli
stated on November 24, 2024 in a post:
“Pete Buttigieg will leave his post as Transportation Secretary having spent $7.5 billion to build 8 EV charging stations.”
False
By Kwasi Gyamfi Asiedu • December 5, 2024
Facebook posts
stated on March 27, 2024 in una publicación en Facebook:
“Llamada de emergencia, situación del accidente del barco” en el puente Francis Scott Key en Baltimore.
Pants on Fire!
By Maria Briceño • April 8, 2024
Instagram posts
stated on April 2, 2024 in an Instagram post:
Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge was “targeted with energy weapons.”
Pants on Fire!
By Sara Swann • April 4, 2024
Instagram posts
stated on March 28, 2024 in an Instagram post:
The Dali ship’s “black box” stopped recording “right before (the) crash” into the Baltimore bridge then started recording “right after.”
False
By Sara Swann • April 2, 2024
Facebook posts
stated on March 26, 2024 in a Facebook reel:
Video of the ship colliding with the Baltimore bridge proves the bridge collapse wasn’t “an accident.”
False
By Sara Swann • April 2, 2024
Libs of TikTok
stated on March 28, 2024 in a post on X:
“Nothing to see here… just the Mayor of Baltimore threatening White people.”
False
By Maria Ramirez Uribe • April 1, 2024
Instagram posts
stated on March 26, 2024 in an Instagram post:
The movie “Leave the World Behind” predicted the Baltimore bridge crash.
False
By Grace Abels • March 27, 2024
X posts
stated on March 26, 2024 in a post on X:
“The captain of the container ship Dali…is a Ukrainian.”
False
By Madison Czopek • March 27, 2024
X posts
stated on March 26, 2024 in an X post:
Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg blamed the Francis Scott Key Bridge’s collapse on “racism.”
False
By Loreben Tuquero • March 27, 2024
Instagram posts
stated on March 26, 2024 in an Instagram reel:
Footage shows explosion on Baltimore bridge.
Pants on Fire!
By Sara Swann • March 27, 2024
X posts
stated on March 26, 2024 in a post on X.:
Edited Wikipedia entry provides proof that “Israelis deployed Talmudic network to take out” Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge.
Pants on Fire!
By Madison Czopek • March 26, 2024
Nikki Haley
stated on January 17, 2024 in a rally in Rochester, N.H.:
Donald Trump “proposed when he was president” that “he wanted to raise the gas tax up to 25 cents.”
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson, Samantha Putterman • January 19, 2024
Facebook posts
stated on August 3, 2023 in a video shared on Facebook.:
“We’re seeing two massive explosions on U.S. critical infrastructure in the past 24 hours that have caused power outages.”
False
By Madison Czopek • August 7, 2023
Joe Biden
stated on January 30, 2023 in A speech in Baltimore:
“We used to rank No. 1 in the world in research and development, now we rank No. 9. China used to rank No. 8, now…
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson, Matthew Crowley • February 13, 2023
Joe Manchin
stated on August 26, 2022 in a tweet:
West Virginia is poised to “receive $25M for 160 orphaned well clean-up projects across the state.”
True
By Faithlyn Graham, Hannah McNelly • November 10, 2022
Instagram posts
stated on September 27, 2022 in a post:
“$12 billion more for Ukraine on top of $100+ billion while Jackson, Mississippi has yet to receive any funding to fix their water infrastructure.”
Mostly False
By Gabrielle Settles • October 6, 2022
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Latest promises about Infrastructure

Joe Biden
Expand broadband, or wireless broadband via 5G, to every American
Biden invested to increase broadband access, but it will take time for Americans to see benefits | December 17, 2024
Joe Biden
Work with allies to develop secure private-sector-led 5G networks
U.S. leverages allies to back 5G alternatives insulated from China | January 11, 2022
Donald Trump
Invest $550 billion in infrastructure and create an infrastructure fund
No action evident on creating infrastructure fund | July 15, 2020
Donald Trump
Use U.S. steel for infrastructure projects
Trump issues executive order on steel, and imports drop | July 15, 2020
Barack Obama
Establish regulations to secure chemical plants
Rules on chemical plants are not as strong as envisioned | December 27, 2016
Barack Obama
Make buildings more energy efficient
Buildings are more efficient, but not as much as Obama promised | December 9, 2016
Barack Obama
Reduce energy consumption in federal buildings
Building promise gets an energy boost a little too late | November 14, 2016
Barack Obama
Help low-income areas get phone and Internet service
FCC enacted most of what candidate Obama promised | January 4, 2013
Barack Obama
Prioritize security investments in refineries, pipelines and power grids
First steps being taken in long effort to fortify critical infrastructure | January 3, 2013
Barack Obama
Improve port security through better radiation detection
Mutiple failures on multiple fronts | December 20, 2012
Barack Obama
Make security part of new infrastructure design
A deliberate move toward “resilience” in infrastructure | December 19, 2012
Barack Obama
Modernize the nation’s electricity grid and use “smart grid” practices
Stimulus included a significant down payment on upgrading the nation’s grid | December 13, 2012
Latest promises about Infrastructure