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Pete Gallego stated on May 15, 2013 in a U.S. House committee meeting.:

Says 97 percent of food stamp benefits "are paid in the proper amounts to people who are really eligible."

By W. Gardner Selby • June 25, 2013

Tim Walz stated on August 6, 2024 in a rally in Philadelphia:

“Violent crime was up under Donald Trump.”

By Louis Jacobson • August 7, 2024

Scott Walker stated on June 20, 2015 in a speech:

Says Barack Obama told the U.S. Coast Guard Academy "that the number one threat to the military and the world today is global warming."

By Tom Kertscher • June 25, 2015

Jalen Ross stated on March 15, 2015 in comments on CNN's "State of the Union":

"Every day, a black name resume is 50 percent less likely to get responded to than a white name resume."

By Katie Sanders • March 15, 2015

Bloggers stated on August 28, 2014 in blog posts:

"Over 73% of all donations raised (from the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge) are going to fundraising, overhead, executive salaries, and external donations."

By Louis Jacobson • September 2, 2014

Doonesbury stated on April 20, 2014 in the "Doonesbury" comic strip:

Last election, the Koch brothers "spent three times what the top 10 unions spent combined."

By Jon Greenberg • April 23, 2014

Sean Hannity stated on October 21, 2013 in a broadcast of the Sean Hannity Show on WBAP AM:

"In 45 out of 50 states, on average men are seeing their premiums double, going up 99 percent. Women up 62 percent."

By Jon Greenberg • October 24, 2013

Mitt Romney stated on September 22, 2011 in a debate in Orlando, Fla.:

President Obama "went around the world and apologized for America."

By Angie Drobnic Holan • September 23, 2011

David Cicilline stated on June 14, 2011 in a speech on the floor of the House of Representatives:

The WIC program "is an incredibly cost effective program, serving nearly 10 million Americans each year and costing less than $100 per person. In my district, more than 18 percent of residents suffer from food insecurity and depend on WIC to make ends meet."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • June 26, 2011

Mitt Romney stated on June 2, 2011 in a speech announcing his presidential campaign:

"A few months into office, (President Barack Obama) traveled around the globe to apologize for America."

By Louis Jacobson • June 3, 2011

Kendrick Meek stated on August 11, 2010 in a TV ad.:

"Warren Buffett called credit default swaps financial weapons of mass destruction. And Greene was the first individual to use them."

By Aaron Sharockman • August 18, 2010

Mitt Romney stated on March 2, 2010 in his book "No Apology.":

Several times, Obama "has apologized for what he deems to be American arrogance, dismissiveness, and derision; for dictating solutions, for acting unilaterally ... ."

By Angie Drobnic Holan • March 15, 2010

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Tim Walz and JD Vance shake hands bwefore their debate in New York, 10-1-2024

VP debate fact-check: What JD Vance and Tim Walz got right, wrong on abortion, immigration

By PolitiFact Staff • October 2, 2024

Stacey Abrams close up during campaign event

In Context: What Stacey Abrams said about the economic aspect of abortion

By Madison Czopek • October 26, 2022

Rioters scale Capitol walls on Jan. 6, more headlines art for 2021 LOTY

The 2021 Lie of the Year: Lies about the Jan. 6 Capitol attack and its significance

By Angie Drobnic Holan, Amy Sherman, Bill McCarthy • December 15, 2021

Biden’s verbal blunders: Separating the real from the fake

By Amy Sherman • October 5, 2020

Fact-checking Donald Trump’s Monday speech at the 2020 RNC

By PolitiFact Staff • August 24, 2020

Fact-checking the State of the Union for 2019

By PolitiFact Staff • February 6, 2019

Fact-checking Donald Trump’s fake news awards

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

Did Donald Trump inherit ‘a mess’ from Barack Obama?

By Louis Jacobson • February 17, 2017

Fact-checking the third presidential debate

By Linda Qiu • October 20, 2016

Donald Trump’s speech about fighting ‘radical Islamic terrorism,’ fact-checked

By Katie Sanders, Linda Qiu • August 15, 2016

Hillary Clinton’s acceptance speech, annotated

By Adam Thorp, Joseph Cariz, Taylor Leighton • July 29, 2016

Fact-checking Donald Trump on the final night of the Republican convention

By Allison Graves, Neelesh Moorthy • July 22, 2016

Donald Trump and Mike Pence embrace each other

Donald Trump’s GOP acceptance speech, annotated

By Adam Thorp, Joseph Cariz, Taylor Leighton • July 21, 2016

Trump/Gingrich 2016?

By Neelesh Moorthy • July 8, 2016

Live fact-checking the Iowa Republican presidential debate

By Aaron Sharockman • January 28, 2016

A closer look at an old Bernie Sanders talking point

By Louis Jacobson • July 24, 2015

Sorting out the real story on ‘If you like your plan, you can keep it’

By Aaron Sharockman • November 6, 2013

Top 16 myths about the health care law

By Angie Drobnic Holan • September 25, 2013

Top 16 myths about the health care law

By Angie Drobnic Holan • September 24, 2013

Mailbag: Party conventions edition

By Becky Bowers • September 14, 2012