41 People 18393 Fact-checks 6068 Articles People (41) Distilled Spirits Council of the United States Citizens United states-news.com United for Care Alliance for Retired Americans Keep Conservatives United Sovereign Citizens United Uniting Missouri PAC State Department State Farm Insurance Ohio Alliance for Retired Americans Americans United for Change Americans United for Life End Citizens United United Florida Horsemen United for a Fair Economy Oregon Public Employees Retirement System Unite Here Florida PAC Rhode Island Retirement Security Coalition Georgia state senators Fact-checks (18393) Johnny Isakson stated on October 12, 2012 in an article: "One industry in America has increased its employment base in the last four years by 176,000 people: the United States government." By Eric Stirgus• October 26, 2012 Roman McAllen stated on June 22, 2018 in a speech at the Texas Democratic Party convention: "The Railroad Commission of Texas has nothing to do with railroads." By W. Gardner Selby• July 19, 2018 Joe Biden stated on June 14, 2023 in a speech: "We have plans to build a railroad from the Pacific all the way across the Indian Ocean." By Sofia Bliss-Carrascosa• June 22, 2023 Rob Portman stated on October 08, 2010 in a debate: Says he's so bipartisan that "12 of my bills were signed into law by Democratic President Bill Clinton." By Stephen Koff• October 16, 2010 David Dewhurst stated on August 19, 2013 in an interview on “Conexión Texas”: "Soy ... el único official estatal quién es un hombre de negocios." By Sue Owen• September 16, 2013 Barry Smitherman stated on August 05, 2013 in a campaign video: Says he "sued Obama’s EPA seven times." By Sue Owen• August 21, 2013 Bernie Sanders stated on November 29, 2022 in an interview: In the first three quarters of 2022, “the railroad industry made $21 billion in profits, provided $25 billion in stock buybacks and dividends” and CEOs are paid up to $20 million a year, while railroad workers have "zero guaranteed sick leave." By Tom Kertscher• December 8, 2022 Viral image stated on February 17, 2019 in a post on Facebook: A photo of a homeless camp on old railroad tracks is present-day Los Angeles. By Samantha Putterman• February 19, 2019 Pete Buttigieg stated on February 21, 2023 in a tweet: Sen. Marco Rubio signed a 2021 letter that “supports waivers that would reduce visual track inspections.” By Madison Czopek• March 2, 2023 Eva Longoria Baston stated on August 17, 2020 in the Democratic National Convention: "Social Security beneficiaries count on the post office to get their checks.” By Samantha Putterman• August 18, 2020 Republican Party of Texas stated on December 05, 2011 in an email blast.: More Hispanics "have been elected statewide (in Texas) on the Republican ticket than on the Democratic ticket." By W. Gardner Selby• December 12, 2011 Facebook posts stated on January 19, 2022 in a post: “There (are) over 800 prison camps in the United States, all fully operational and ready to receive prisoners. They are all staffed and even surrounded by full-time guards, but they are all empty. These camps are to be operated by FEMA.” By Monique Curet• January 20, 2022 Charles Schumer stated on May 13, 2015 in remarks to reporters: "It is simply a fact that insufficient funding for Amtrak has delayed the installation" of a positive train control safety system. "To deny a connection between the (derailment in Philadelphia) and underfunding Amtrak is to deny reality." By Louis Jacobson• May 18, 2015 Elizabeth Ames Jones stated on February 13, 2012 in a statement announcing her departure from the commission: On resigning from the Texas Railroad Commission. By Meghan Ashford-Grooms• February 17, 2012 Megyn Kelly stated on May 13, 2015 in a broadcast of "The Kelly File": The lack of an automatic braking system that could have prevented the Philadelphia Amtrak crash "wasn't driven by a lack of funding. It just takes a while. They (Congress) just passed it in the recent past." By Jon Greenberg• May 18, 2015 Rick Perry stated on May 04, 2010 in remarks to Texas reporters: "If you will go look up the definition of 'act of God,' we've used it in legal terms for a long time in this state." By Ciara O'Rourke• May 6, 2010 Facebook posts stated on January 31, 2019 in a Facebook post: Undocumented immigrants get Medicare for free. By Ciara O'Rourke• February 27, 2019 Jeff Weems stated on June 26, 2010 in a speech: "I’m running against a groundhog. He saw his shadow on the primary day, and no one has seen him since." By W. Gardner Selby• July 6, 2010 Bob Gibbs stated on April 18, 2012 in a committee hearing in the House of Representatives: "Water transportation is the most fuel efficient, least polluting, safest, and least expensive means of moving cargo." By Peter Krouse• May 28, 2012 Facebook posts stated on May 24, 2023 in a Facebook post: 30 tons of lost ammonium nitrate on a California-bound train suggest an orchestrated conspiracy. By Jeff Cercone• June 1, 2023 Articles (6068) Senate debate over, now the Truth-O-Meter By • June 10, 2011 Ask PolitiFact: We’ve seen reports of three train derailments this month. Is this normal? By Madison Czopek• February 16, 2023 Amid proposals for travel vaccine mandates, is there a right to unfettered travel in the U.S.? By Louis Jacobson• September 20, 2021 Fiorina's factual dysfunction By Kris Hundley• July 16, 2008 Mailbag on George P. Bush claim: 'Like saying you took a shower when you took a bath' By W. Gardner Selby• February 19, 2018 Two ships colliding with bridges in the same week? That’s not unusual, reports show By Jeff Cercone• April 4, 2024 Michael Williams claim about Obama and gas prices No. 8 reader favorite By W. Gardner Selby• December 20, 2012 Live fact-checking the Republican New Hampshire presidential debate By Lauren Carroll, Joshua Gillin, Linda Qiu, Amy Sherman• February 7, 2016 Live fact-checking the Republican New Hampshire presidential debate By Lauren Carroll, Joshua Gillin, Linda Qiu, Amy Sherman• February 6, 2016 Who is Donald Trump’s State of the Union guest Ji Seong-ho, who defected from North Korea? By Amy Sherman• January 31, 2018 Ted Cruz, Dan Patrick, Ryan Sitton say 1,000 people a day move to Texas -- but hundreds leave too By Dylan Baddour• November 5, 2014 A stimulus report card By Robert Farley, Louis Jacobson• February 18, 2010 Republicans rolled in Texas; not everyone fact-checked yet By W. Gardner Selby• November 5, 2014 Sam Houston says he's practiced law far longer than Greg Abbott did before becoming attorney general By W. Gardner Selby• December 17, 2013 Want to be a judge? 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Distilled Spirits Council of the United States Citizens United states-news.com United for Care Alliance for Retired Americans Keep Conservatives United Sovereign Citizens United Uniting Missouri PAC State Department State Farm Insurance Ohio Alliance for Retired Americans Americans United for Change Americans United for Life End Citizens United United Florida Horsemen United for a Fair Economy Oregon Public Employees Retirement System Unite Here Florida PAC Rhode Island Retirement Security Coalition Georgia state senators
Johnny Isakson stated on October 12, 2012 in an article: "One industry in America has increased its employment base in the last four years by 176,000 people: the United States government." By Eric Stirgus• October 26, 2012 Roman McAllen stated on June 22, 2018 in a speech at the Texas Democratic Party convention: "The Railroad Commission of Texas has nothing to do with railroads." By W. Gardner Selby• July 19, 2018 Joe Biden stated on June 14, 2023 in a speech: "We have plans to build a railroad from the Pacific all the way across the Indian Ocean." By Sofia Bliss-Carrascosa• June 22, 2023 Rob Portman stated on October 08, 2010 in a debate: Says he's so bipartisan that "12 of my bills were signed into law by Democratic President Bill Clinton." By Stephen Koff• October 16, 2010 David Dewhurst stated on August 19, 2013 in an interview on “Conexión Texas”: "Soy ... el único official estatal quién es un hombre de negocios." By Sue Owen• September 16, 2013 Barry Smitherman stated on August 05, 2013 in a campaign video: Says he "sued Obama’s EPA seven times." By Sue Owen• August 21, 2013 Bernie Sanders stated on November 29, 2022 in an interview: In the first three quarters of 2022, “the railroad industry made $21 billion in profits, provided $25 billion in stock buybacks and dividends” and CEOs are paid up to $20 million a year, while railroad workers have "zero guaranteed sick leave." By Tom Kertscher• December 8, 2022 Viral image stated on February 17, 2019 in a post on Facebook: A photo of a homeless camp on old railroad tracks is present-day Los Angeles. By Samantha Putterman• February 19, 2019 Pete Buttigieg stated on February 21, 2023 in a tweet: Sen. Marco Rubio signed a 2021 letter that “supports waivers that would reduce visual track inspections.” By Madison Czopek• March 2, 2023 Eva Longoria Baston stated on August 17, 2020 in the Democratic National Convention: "Social Security beneficiaries count on the post office to get their checks.” By Samantha Putterman• August 18, 2020 Republican Party of Texas stated on December 05, 2011 in an email blast.: More Hispanics "have been elected statewide (in Texas) on the Republican ticket than on the Democratic ticket." By W. Gardner Selby• December 12, 2011 Facebook posts stated on January 19, 2022 in a post: “There (are) over 800 prison camps in the United States, all fully operational and ready to receive prisoners. They are all staffed and even surrounded by full-time guards, but they are all empty. These camps are to be operated by FEMA.” By Monique Curet• January 20, 2022 Charles Schumer stated on May 13, 2015 in remarks to reporters: "It is simply a fact that insufficient funding for Amtrak has delayed the installation" of a positive train control safety system. "To deny a connection between the (derailment in Philadelphia) and underfunding Amtrak is to deny reality." By Louis Jacobson• May 18, 2015 Elizabeth Ames Jones stated on February 13, 2012 in a statement announcing her departure from the commission: On resigning from the Texas Railroad Commission. By Meghan Ashford-Grooms• February 17, 2012 Megyn Kelly stated on May 13, 2015 in a broadcast of "The Kelly File": The lack of an automatic braking system that could have prevented the Philadelphia Amtrak crash "wasn't driven by a lack of funding. It just takes a while. They (Congress) just passed it in the recent past." By Jon Greenberg• May 18, 2015 Rick Perry stated on May 04, 2010 in remarks to Texas reporters: "If you will go look up the definition of 'act of God,' we've used it in legal terms for a long time in this state." By Ciara O'Rourke• May 6, 2010 Facebook posts stated on January 31, 2019 in a Facebook post: Undocumented immigrants get Medicare for free. By Ciara O'Rourke• February 27, 2019 Jeff Weems stated on June 26, 2010 in a speech: "I’m running against a groundhog. He saw his shadow on the primary day, and no one has seen him since." By W. Gardner Selby• July 6, 2010 Bob Gibbs stated on April 18, 2012 in a committee hearing in the House of Representatives: "Water transportation is the most fuel efficient, least polluting, safest, and least expensive means of moving cargo." By Peter Krouse• May 28, 2012 Facebook posts stated on May 24, 2023 in a Facebook post: 30 tons of lost ammonium nitrate on a California-bound train suggest an orchestrated conspiracy. By Jeff Cercone• June 1, 2023
Senate debate over, now the Truth-O-Meter By • June 10, 2011 Ask PolitiFact: We’ve seen reports of three train derailments this month. Is this normal? By Madison Czopek• February 16, 2023 Amid proposals for travel vaccine mandates, is there a right to unfettered travel in the U.S.? By Louis Jacobson• September 20, 2021 Fiorina's factual dysfunction By Kris Hundley• July 16, 2008 Mailbag on George P. Bush claim: 'Like saying you took a shower when you took a bath' By W. Gardner Selby• February 19, 2018 Two ships colliding with bridges in the same week? That’s not unusual, reports show By Jeff Cercone• April 4, 2024 Michael Williams claim about Obama and gas prices No. 8 reader favorite By W. Gardner Selby• December 20, 2012 Live fact-checking the Republican New Hampshire presidential debate By Lauren Carroll, Joshua Gillin, Linda Qiu, Amy Sherman• February 7, 2016 Live fact-checking the Republican New Hampshire presidential debate By Lauren Carroll, Joshua Gillin, Linda Qiu, Amy Sherman• February 6, 2016 Who is Donald Trump’s State of the Union guest Ji Seong-ho, who defected from North Korea? By Amy Sherman• January 31, 2018 Ted Cruz, Dan Patrick, Ryan Sitton say 1,000 people a day move to Texas -- but hundreds leave too By Dylan Baddour• November 5, 2014 A stimulus report card By Robert Farley, Louis Jacobson• February 18, 2010 Republicans rolled in Texas; not everyone fact-checked yet By W. Gardner Selby• November 5, 2014 Sam Houston says he's practiced law far longer than Greg Abbott did before becoming attorney general By W. Gardner Selby• December 17, 2013 Want to be a judge? Here are the answers to the questions Trump judicial nominee flunked By John Kruzel• December 15, 2017 Fact-checking Rick Perry, who declares he won't run for governor in 2014 By W. Gardner Selby• July 8, 2013 Getting rid of chemical weapons: How it works By Jon Greenberg• September 16, 2013 Dewhurst, Cornyn among most-fact-checked Texans still in running for statewide office By W. Gardner Selby• March 5, 2014 E-mail slams Obama on religion, race By Angie Drobnic Holan• January 12, 2008 John Kelly, the Civil War and the compromise that almost was By Jon Greenberg• November 2, 2017
