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Gavin Newsom stated on August 17, 2025 in a podcast episode:

“Democrats have voted for national independent redistricting. Republicans have not.”

By Loreben Tuquero • August 21, 2025

Gavin Newsom stated on July 14, 2025 in a podcast interview:

“California provides $83.1 billion more than we receive from the federal government. Texas? Receives $71.1 billion more than they provide to the federal government. 71% of the U.S. GDP comes from blue counties.”

By Louis Jacobson • July 18, 2025

Gavin Newsom stated on November 19, 2023 in a statement on X:

In Florida, “any woman who has an abortion after six weeks — and any doctor who gives her care — will be guilty of a felony.”

By Amy Sherman • November 29, 2023

Gavin Newsom stated on September 27, 2023 in an interview with Sean Hannity:

“We are more energy independent today” under President Joe Biden.

By Louis Jacobson • September 28, 2023

John Cox stated on October 8, 2018 in a campaign debate:

Says Gavin Newsom "didn’t solve the homeless problem at all" as mayor of San Francisco, "and it’s gotten worse."

By Chris Nichols • October 8, 2018

Gavin Newsom stated on May 21, 2018:

Says the California state auditor "found (John) Chiang lost track of $31 billion dollars," as state controller.

By Chris Nichols • June 1, 2018

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.”

By Amy Sherman • June 23, 2026

Steve Robinson stated on June 5, 2026 in Fox News “The Ingraham Angle”:

Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate Graham Planter’s “oyster business (is) totally fake.”

By Ben Brasch • June 16, 2026

James Talarico stated on May 28, 2026 in an X post:

“Adam Hoffman abused a little boy” and Ken Paxton “let Hoffman off the hook.”

By Amy Sherman • June 3, 2026

Byron Donalds stated on May 4, 2026 in an interview:

Congress passed the 1965 Voting Rights Act because “the Democrat party at the time, especially in the South, were racially gerrymandering districts to disenfranchise Black voters.”

By Samantha Putterman • May 8, 2026

Sam Sutton stated on March 11, 2026 in a rally:

From January 2025 to January 2026, “hate crimes in New York City increased by 152%”

By Emma Gavazzi • May 5, 2026

Fentrice Driskell stated on April 29, 2026 in an interview:

“Under federal law, you cannot engage in partisan gerrymandering.”

By Samantha Putterman • May 1, 2026

Jay Collins stated on April 20, 2026 in a campaign document:

U.S. Rep. Byron Donalds voted "against three pay raises for military service members, including the largest pay raise for the military in 22 years."

By Samantha Putterman • April 23, 2026

Donald Trump stated on April 15, 2026 in an interview with Fox Business News:

“Thom Tillis is no longer a senator.”

By Louis Jacobson • April 15, 2026

James Fishback stated on February 26, 2026 in a speech:

Artificial intelligence data centers "drive up electric bills by 30 or 40%" and "suck up 500,000 gallons of water a day.”

By Samantha Putterman • March 4, 2026

Claudia Tenney stated on January 16, 2026 in a post on X:

Said she has led the House effort to build a large Micron semiconductor facility near Syracuse.

By Andrew McGurl • February 13, 2026

Mark Warner stated on January 11, 2026 in an interview:

“They are not getting the traditional five months training. … The training for the ICE agents now is 47 days.”

By Madison Czopek, Maria Ramirez Uribe • January 12, 2026

Kristi Noem stated on August 19, 2025 in a press conference:

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics statistics show, “We have 1.6 million illegal aliens that have gone home voluntarily.”

By Maria Ramirez Uribe • September 2, 2025

Elizabeth Warren stated on June 24, 2025 in an X post:

“If every one of the 340 million people in America paid a new $35 copay to visit the doctor, that still wouldn’t be enough to cover how much Meta would get from just one tax break in Donald Trump's ‘Big Beautiful Bill.’"

By Amy Sherman, Louis Jacobson • June 27, 2025

Alex Jones stated on May 11, 2025 in a post on X:

A video shows French President Emmanuel Macron, United Kingdom Prime Minister Keir Starmer and German Chancellor Freidrich Merz with a bag of cocaine after visiting Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

By Maria Briceño, Madison Czopek • May 13, 2025

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Fact-checking Kamala Harris’ interview with Fox News’ Bret Baier

By Maria Ramirez Uribe, Samantha Putterman • October 16, 2024

Donald Trump and Fox News host Sean Hannity in Harrisburg, Pa., 9-4-2024

Fact-checking Donald Trump’s Fox News town hall with Sean Hannity

By Amy Sherman, Louis Jacobson, Maria Ramirez Uribe • September 5, 2024

DeSantis-Newsom composite 2 for debate, 11-30-2023

Fact-checking Newsom-DeSantis debate: Immigration, abortion, book bans and a poop map

By Amy Sherman, Louis Jacobson, Maria Ramirez Uribe, Samantha Putterman • December 1, 2023

Trump and Stephanopoulos ABC town hall Sept 15 2020

Fact-checking Donald Trump’s ABC News town hall

By Jon Greenberg, Miriam Valverde • September 16, 2020

Fact-checking Donald Trump’s Fox News interview on police brutality protests

By Jon Greenberg, Louis Jacobson, Miriam Valverde • June 12, 2020

Trump Fox News town hall March 5 2020 - Trump sitting down with hosts

Fact-checking Donald Trump’s Fox News town hall in Scranton

By Amy Sherman, Miriam Valverde • March 6, 2020

Fact-checking Pete Buttigieg’s Fox News town hall in Des Moines, Iowa

By Amy Sherman, Louis Jacobson • January 27, 2020

“Muslims laughing” at Notre Dame and fact-checking photos in the era of false news

By Ciara O'Rourke • May 28, 2019

Fact-checking the Bernie Sanders town hall on Fox News

By Jon Greenberg • April 17, 2019

PolitiFact announces health news fact-checking partnership with Kaiser Health News

By Josie Hollingsworth • April 2, 2019

Fact-checking Gavin Newsom’s claims on California’s death penalty

By Chris Nichols • March 19, 2019

Fact-checking what Gavin Newsom had to say on immigration in his State of the State

By Chris Nichols • February 12, 2019

Fact-checking California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s Inauguration Speech

By Chris Nichols • January 7, 2019

Fact-checking the California governor’s debate with John Cox and Gavin Newsom

By Kyra Haas, Manuela Tobias • October 8, 2018

Fact-checking Fox News analyst’s pro-Trump book ‘The Russia Hoax’

By John Kruzel • August 2, 2018

Fact-checking President Trump’s NATO summit news conference in Brussels

By Bill McCarthy, Jon Greenberg • July 12, 2018

Celebrate International Fact-checking Day: Avoid falling for fake news

By Amy Sherman • April 2, 2018

Fact-checking Donald Trump’s ‘results’ from his fake news awards

By Louis Jacobson • January 18, 2018

Fact-checking Donald Trump’s fake news awards

By Jon Greenberg, Louis Jacobson, Manuela Tobias • January 18, 2018

Fact-checking Trump’s News of the Week video with Kayleigh McEnany

By Manuela Tobias • August 8, 2017