Bill Clinton, Former president of the United States
FactCheck.org rated this: Not the Whole Story
FactCheck.org says: The stat checks out, but it’s a bit cherry-picked and is greatly influenced by factors outside a president’s control.
Bill Clinton, former president
PolitiFact rated this: Mostly True
PolitiFact says: The number of jobs created from 1989 through March 2024 was 50.6 million. Of that number, a bit over 1 million, or about 2.6%, were created during the Republican presidencies.
Malcolm Kenyatta, state representative from Philadelphia
PolitiFact rated this: Half True
PolitiFact says: Labor law experts have told PolitiFact that the Project 2025 plan would not eliminate overtime pay, but some workers could lose overtime protections if the plan’s proposals are enacted.
Barack Obama, Former President of the United States
FactCheck.org rated this: Not the Whole Story
FactCheck.org says: Wages have gone up since 2020, but not as fast as inflation. The administration argues 2019 is a better comparison due to effects from the pandemic.
Tim Walz, governor of Minnesota and Democratic nominee for vice president
PolitiFact rated this: Mostly False
PolitiFact says: The Trump administration set a rule to raise the salary threshold for overtime pay, but by less than Obama’s rule. However, Obama's rule never took effect because a judge blocked it.
Joe Biden, President of the United States
PolitiFact rated this: Half True
PolitiFact says: Biden referred to 2022 data that showed a decrease in the wealth ratio between white and Black Americans to the smallest gap in 20 years. But a different measure showed it widened to its largest disparity since 1989.
Joe Biden, President
FactCheck.org rated this: Lacks Context
FactCheck.org says: Trump said he wouldn’t be a dictator — “except for Day 1,” when he would close the southern border and drill for oil. Trump later said he was joking.
Social media posts
PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: PolitiFact found no evidence that a 15-year-old named "Graci Mae Thompson" was reported missing. Some users who posted this previously posted about "abducted children" only to edit the posts to advertise properties.
Harris-Walz campaign, KamalaHQ account on X
Washington Post rated this: Three Pinocchios
Washington Post says: Most of these "cuts" were intended to improve the financing of the programs and did not harm seniors.
Social media posts
Logically Facts rated this: Misleading
Tim Walz, Democratic vice presidential nominee
FactCheck.org rated this: Not the Whole Story
FactCheck.org says: Walz was referring to the AFL-CIO scorecard, which lists legislation supported by the union. Vance, who has been in the Senate for less than two years, cast five votes opposed by the union.
Social media posts
Logically Facts rated this: Misleading
Donald Trump, Former U.S. president
Washington Post rated this: Four Pinocchios
Washington Post says: This is a nonsense figure
Donald Trump, Former U.S. president
FactCheck.org rated this: We Provide A Timeline
FactCheck.org says: We provide a brief timeline of events in May 2020 as a guide for readers to make up their own minds.
Social media posts
PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: Leonardo Ferreira, an immunologist at the Medical University of South Carolina, told PolitiFact he is alive and that he was not on the plane that crashed in Brazil Aug. 9.
Debbie Mucarsel-Powell, Candidata demócrata al Senado de EE.UU.
PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: El senador republicano de Florida Rick Scott es partidario de limitar el aborto, con excepciones.
Pete Buttigieg, Transportation Department Secretary
PolitiFact rated this: Mostly True
PolitiFact says: Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz signed a bill in 2023 that provides paid family leave starting in January 2026. Democrats in Congress have proposed the Family Act since 2013, but this paid family leave plan has not progressed.
Social media posts
PolitiFact rated this: Pants on Fire
PolitiFact says: Este video no muestra a la vicepresidenta Kamala Harris y su compañero de fórmula, Tim Walz posando con un cartel comunista, fue editado.
Social media posts
FactCheck.org rated this: False
FactCheck.org says: A Trump campaign spokesperson said Lara Trump never said that. The quote originated on a satirical X account.
Social media posts
PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: The 2023 law updated the definition of "sexual orientation" and "gender identity" in the Minnesota Human Rights Act. It didn’t include pedophiles in these definitions, nor did it give pedophiles legal protections.