Mike Johnson, House Speaker
FactCheck.org rated this: Experts Say That's Wrong
FactCheck.org says: President Joe Biden has not been formally nominated. And since he has voluntarily dropped out of the race, delegates pledged to him are no longer obligated to vote for him and can vote for someone else, experts told us.
Social media posts
PolitiFact rated this: Pants on Fire
PolitiFact says: The 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution says that people born in the United States are citizens. Vice President Kamala Harris was born in Oakland, California.
Social media posts
PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: Over a decade ago, Donald Trump gave $6,000 to Kamala Harris' California attorney general reelection campaign. Harris donated that money to a nonprofit in 2015, a spokesperson said. Campaign finance records confirm this.
Donald Trump Jr., Son of presidential candidate
PolitiFact rated this: Mostly True
Jon Stewart, Comedian and late-night show host
PolitiFact rated this: False
Joe Biden, U.S. President
PolitiFact rated this: Half True
Donald Trump, Former President
PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, which Biden signed in November 2021, allocated $7.5 billion to electric vehicle charging. Seven charging stations have opened so far. Trump exaggerated the program and charger costs.
Donald Trump, Expresidente de Estados Unidos
PolitiFact rated this: Mostly False
PolitiFact says: Trump se equivoca en los delitos violentos, pero tiene razón en algunos delitos contra la propiedad.
Social media posts
Logically Facts rated this: False
Donald Trump, Former President of the United States
FactCheck.org rated this: False
FactCheck.org says: The largest 12-month increase in the Consumer Price Index occurred from June 1919 to June 1920, when the CPI rose 23.7%, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Social media posts
FactCheck.org rated this: Not the Whole Story
FactCheck.org says: The chart cites some figures that are inaccurate, outdated or misleading.
Donald Trump, former President
FactCheck.org rated this: False
FactCheck.org says: No childhood vaccine or combination of vaccines targets 38 diseases at once. There’s no evidence that the current vaccination schedule is harmful to children.
Callista Gingrich, Former ambassador to the Holy See
PolitiFact rated this: Missing context
PolitiFact says: Gingrich was referring to a leaked FBI memo that warned of possible threats from "radical" Catholics. A report found no evidence "anyone ordered or directed" FBI agents to investigate Catholics because of their religion.
Social media posts
Deutsche Welle rated this: Falsch
J.D. Vance, Republican vice presidential nominee and Ohio senator
PolitiFact rated this: Half True
PolitiFact says: Biden voted for a 2002 resolution that paved the way for the U.S. invasion of Iraq in March 2003. Biden later criticized Bush's strategy. Trump also supported the Iraq War early on before growing skeptical a year later.
Tom Emmer, House Majority Whip
FactCheck.org rated this: Distorts the Facts
FactCheck.org says: In 2020, Harris encouraged donations to a nonprofit paying bail for people arrested for protesting George Floyd's death. Shawn Tillman, who murdered a man in 2022, was not a protestor she asked the public to hep.
Social media posts
FactCheck.org rated this: No Evidence
FactCheck.org says: Posts claim attendees at Donald Trump’s rally acted "suspicious," suggesting they were involved in a plot to assassinate Trump. The FBI has said that the "investigation to date indicates the shooter acted alone."
Social media posts
Logically Facts rated this: False
Matt Gaetz, U.S. representative
FactCheck.org rated this: False
FactCheck.org says: President Joe Biden assigned her to lead a group of actions intended to “address the root causes of migration from El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras.”
Kamala Harris, vice president
PolitiFact rated this: Mostly True
PolitiFact says: Vance told ABC News in February 2024 that if he had been vice president in 2020, he would have told states, "we needed to have multiple slates of electors."