Republican vice presidential nominee and Ohio senator. 38 claims checked by other fact-checking organisations, from 2022 to 2025. The ratings are theirs, in their own words.
PolitiFact says: In World War II, both Germany and Japan surrendered unconditionally. As the World War I armistice was being negotiated, Germany won small concessions, but the allies generally imposed their will, an approach that streng…
PolitiFact says: When factoring in that President Donald Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill extends 2017 tax cuts that otherwise would have expired — which tax experts say is a plausible way of characterizing it — then the tax savings from …
PolitiFact says: On Sept. 22, Zelenskyy met with Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro, a Democrat, but that was not a campaign event. It was at a Scranton ammunition plant, where Zelenskyy thanked workers producing munitions for Ukraine.
PolitiFact says: Joe Biden won 306 electoral votes to Trump’s 232. States certified the results, and Congress accepted the results showing that Biden won.
Washington Post says: We found a dozen examples
PolitiFact says: In May 2023, Tim Walz, as Minnesota governor, signed legislation updating a state law for "infants who are born alive." It said babies are "fully recognized" as human people and therefore, protected under state law.
FactCheck.org says: There were nine murders in 2023. That’s an 80% increase from 2021 — but one fewer than the 10 murders in 2020, when Trump was president. There's no evidence that immigrants are responsible for committing murders.
PolitiFact says: The Trump campaign pointed to data about children who came to the U.S. alone without a parent or guardian. Those children were not separated from their parents by U.S. border officials.
FactCheck.org says: Harris has not indicated a change on Trump’s border wall. She has only said she’d sign a compromise border bill that allowed money appropriated during the Trump administration to be used for border wall construction.
PolitiFact says: Surveys have shown that the vast majority of economists believe tariffs’ negative impacts — which include higher costs for consumers — consistently outweigh the benefits. Academic studies bolster those views.
Washington Post says: These aren't factories and the number is wrong
PolitiFact says: The law gives Minnesota courts temporary jurisdiction to hear child custody cases when a child is in the state with a parent to seek gender-affirming care. It doesn't authorize the government to take custody of children.
PolitiFact says: Kamala Harris pledged to provide up to $25,000 in down payment assistance for working, first-time homebuyers that have paid rent on time for two years. She has not detailed what the policy would entail.
Washington Post says: Vance’s claim that the IRA is sending jobs and resources to China is based on a facile hunch, not evidence.
Washington Post says: Harris did not say this.
Washington Post says: Walz was aware the unit might be deployed to Iraq but he retired to run for Congress months before a formal deployment order was issued.
PolitiFact says: After 24 years of service, Walz retired in May 2005 to run for Congress. He submitted retirement paperwork months before. In March 2005, his unit was notified of possible deployment. The official order came in July 2005.