Matt Gaetz

Member of Congress (R-Fla.). 8 claims checked by other fact-checking organisations, from 2019 to 2024. The ratings are theirs, in their own words.

Checked by FactCheck.org18 Jul 2024United States Politics and government

Matt Gaetz, U.S. representative

“Vice President Kamala Harris "was appointed border czar.”

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.”

Checked by PolitiFact2 Oct 2023United States Politics and government

Matt Gaetz, U.S. Representative, R-Fla.

“Since the mid-'90s, this country has been governed by revolving continuing resolution and omnibus spending bill(s). … That is the reason we're $33 trillion in debt.”

PolitiFact rated this: Half True

PolitiFact says: There's no doubt that Congress has failed to use its standard procedure for passing 12 appropriations bills every year for nearly three decades. But blaming the nation’s debt on that is an exaggeration.

Checked by FactCheck.org4 Aug 2021United States Crime and security

Matt Gaetz, U.S. representative

“What in the hell is the Capitol Police doing setting up an office in Tampa, Florida?”

FactCheck.org rated this: We Explain Why

FactCheck.org says: The U.S. Capitol Police said it is "in the process of opening Regional Field Offices in California and Florida with additional regions in the near future to investigate threats to Members of Congress,"

Checked by Washington Post1 Apr 2021United States

Matt Gaetz, Member of Congress (R-Fla.)

“The New York Times is running a story that I have traveled with a 17-year-old woman, and that is verifiably false. People can look at my travel records and see that that is not the case.”

Washington Post rated this: Four Pinocchios

Washington Post says: As a House member, Gaetz is not required to file disclosures concerning his private life and expenses. So his records show nothing.

Checked by Washington Post25 Aug 2020United States Politics and government

Matt Gaetz, Member of Congress (R-Fla.)

“Biden knows failure. His own defense secretary said, 'Biden has been wrong on every major foreign policy and national security decision for nearly four decades.’”

Washington Post rated this: Lacks context

Washington Post says: The quote is accurate but former Defense Secretary Robert Gates indicated he supported Biden for president

Checked by Washington Post6 Dec 2019United States Politics and government

Matt Gaetz, Member of Congress (R-Fla.)

“You actually can impeach a former President.”

Washington Post rated this: Not the whole story

Checked by PolitiFact25 Oct 2019United States War and conflict

Matt Gaetz, U.S. Representative, R-Fla.

“Barack Obama put a permanent stop on this military aid to the Ukraine - he never allowed it to go.”

PolitiFact rated this: Mostly False

Checked by PolitiFact19 Aug 2019United States

Matt Gaetz, Republican congressman from Florida

“In Australia "they went and confiscated all the guns. You know who did what Australia did? Venezuela.”

PolitiFact rated this: Mostly False