Claims we’ve corrected
Every false or misleading claim we have rebutted, with our verdict and a link to the full correction and its archived evidence. Search by claim, speaker, or topic.
35 of 35 corrected claims
- Mostly FalseKristi Noem - Secretary of Homeland Security· 2026-06-29
“The Trump administration has specifically targeted the worst of the worst. The individuals that we are going after are those that are violent criminals, those that are breaking our laws and those that have final removal orders.”
- FalseDonald Trump - Truth Social· 2026-06-29
“No more Sanctuary Cities! They protect the Criminals, not the Victims.”
- MisleadingRobert F. Kennedy Jr. - HHS Secretary· 2026-06-29
“The more fluoride you get, the higher the levels in your drinking water and your urine, the more likely it is you'll lose IQ, and also other neurological injuries like ADHD.”
- FalseDonald Trump - Twitter (March 21, 2020)· 2026-06-29
“one of the biggest game changers in the history of medicine”
- Mostly FalseDonald Trump - White House autism announcement· 2026-06-29
“Effective immediately, the FDA will be notifying physicians that the use of acetaminophen during pregnancy can be associated with a very increased risk of autism.”
- Mostly FalseRussell Vought - White House OMB Director· 2026-06-29
“One out of every $5 or $6 in Medicaid [payments] is improper.”
- FalseScott Jennings - CNN· 2026-06-29
“There are like almost 5 million able-bodied people on Medicaid who simply choose not to work. They spend six hours a day socializing and watching television.”
- FalseDonald Trump - Truth Social· 2026-06-29
“There is no excuse for a politician, or otherwise, to be against the above three requirements. There is only one reason to oppose - CHEATING!”
- FalseDonald Trump - Truth Social· 2026-06-29
“Elections can never be honest with mail-in ballots/voting.”
- FalseDonald Trump - Twitter (Nov. 27, 2016)· 2026-06-29
“In addition to winning the Electoral College in a landslide, I won the popular vote if you deduct the millions of people who voted illegally.”
- FalseDonald Trump - remarks in Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin· 2026-06-29
“African American unemployment is now doing better than it's ever done”
- FalseDonald Trump - public remarks on the economy· 2026-06-29
“I inherited the worst inflation in the history of our country.”
- MisleadingDonald Trump - public remarks on the economy· 2026-06-29
“More Americans are working today than at any time in the history of our country.”
- FalseDonald Trump - Twitter (2017)· 2026-06-29
“Hopefully, all Senate Republicans will vote for the largest Tax Cuts in U.S. history.”
- FalseDonald Trump - Twitter (March 2, 2018)· 2026-06-29
“When a country (USA) is losing many billions of dollars on trade with virtually every country it does business with, trade wars are good, and easy to win.”
- FalseDonald Trump - remarks ordering a federal takeover of D.C. policing· 2026-06-29
“Murders in 2023 reached the highest rate probably ever.”
- FalseSean Hannity, Fox News (Jan. 2023)· 2026-06-29
“The White House is now attempting to ban all gas ovens and burners.”
- FalseKaroline Leavitt - White House Press Secretary· 2026-06-29
“This bill does not add to the deficit. In fact, according to the Council of Economic Advisors, this bill will save $1.6 trillion.”
- FalseWhite House Council of Economic Advisers / Donald Trump (2017)· 2026-06-29
“Cutting the corporate rate would likely give the typical American household around a $4,000 pay raise.”
- Mostly FalseJD Vance - Vice President, remarks at Turning Point USA· 2026-06-29
“a lot of those immigrants are actually undercutting the wages of American workers”
- FalseDonald Trump - Rose Garden tariff remarks· 2026-06-29
“Jobs and factories will come roaring back into our country and you see it happening already.”
- FalseDonald Trump - presidential debate (2020)· 2026-06-29
“Kills all the birds. It's very intermittent. Got a lot of problems.”
- Mostly FalseDonald Trump - Truth Social· 2026-06-29
“I took away his EV Mandate that forced everyone to buy Electric Cars that nobody else wanted.”
- FalseU.S. Department of Energy - official @ENERGY account· 2026-06-29
“Wind and solar energy infrastructure is essentially worthless when it is dark outside, and the wind is not blowing.”
- Mostly FalseDonald Trump - campaign rally, Glendale, AZ (Aug. 23, 2024)· 2026-06-28
“There's been a 43% increase in violent crimes since I left office.”
- FalseDonald Trump - news conference, Mar-a-Lago (Jan. 7, 2025)· 2026-06-28
“The windmills are driving the whales crazy, obviously.”
- FalseDonald Trump - campaign rallies (2015-2016)· 2026-06-27
“Mexico will pay for the wall.”
- FalseDonald Trump - public remarks on trade· 2026-06-27
“You're not paying for those tariffs. China's paying for those tariffs.”
- FalseDonald Trump - NRCC dinner remarks (Apr. 2, 2019)· 2026-06-26
“They say the noise causes cancer.”
- FalseRick Perry - presidential campaign (Sept. 2011)· 2026-06-26
“It is a Ponzi scheme to tell our kids that are 25 or 30 years old today: 'You've paid into a program that's going to be there.'”
- FalseU.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - vaccine-safety webpage (revised Nov. 2025)· 2026-06-25
“The claim 'vaccines do not cause autism' is not an evidence-based claim because studies have not ruled out the possibility that infant vaccines cause autism.”
- FalseKevin McCarthy, House Republican Leader (Aug. 2022)· 2026-06-25
“Democrats' new army of 87,000 IRS agents will be coming for you.”
- MisleadingDoug Collins, VA Secretary - House Veterans' Affairs Committee hearing (Feb. 2026)· 2026-06-25
“We've actually seen over the past year our wait times stabilize or go down.”
- FalseGreg Abbott, Governor of Texas - Fox News, 'Hannity' (Feb. 16, 2021)· 2026-06-24
“Our wind and our solar got shut down, and they were collectively more than 10% of our power grid and that thrust Texas into a situation where it was lacking power on a statewide basis.”
- FalseDonald Trump - White House remarks (Nov. 4, 2020)· 2026-06-23
“Frankly, we did win this election.”