Vice President. 46 claims checked by other fact-checking organisations, from 2019 to 2023. The ratings are theirs, in their own words.
PolitiFact says: The U.S. last reduced its debt on a sustained basis from 1996 to 2001. This was largely before Pence entered Congress, and half a decade to a decade before the law he referred to passed.
PolitiFact says: Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s visit to China was planned months before a Chinese surveillance balloon was spotted over U.S. airspace in February. The meeting was postponed until June.
PolitiFact says: The U.S. did hit important milestones in energy independence under Trump. But the U.S. did not end all crude oil imports and cannot do so in the short term, given how U.S. refineries work.
PolitiFact says: This oversimplifies a web of global laws and unclear rules in North Korea and China, which both appear to be tightening abortion restrictions.
PolitiFact says: Two-thirds of states allow tattoos for minors if their parents consent. And medical experts say tattoos are mostly cosmetic, while gender-affirming care is based on science and has documented health benefits.
PolitiFact says: Family separations rarely happened under the Obama administration, which sought to keep families together in detention. Separations under Trump occurred systematically.
FactCheck.org says: That’s not an accurate account of how things unfolded regarding classified documents held by Biden.
PolitiFact says: Some of the impetus came from legislation signed by Democratic presidents and supported by civil rights advocates. But fiscal conservatives, many of them Republicans, also played a crucial role, notably Ronald Reagan.
PolitiFact says: The most recent Congressional Budget Office projection, from February 2023, shows that net interest on the national debt is projected to exceed defense spending starting in fiscal year 2029, but not in the next two years
PolitiFact says: The national debt has been at 100% of gross domestic product since 2013 by one commonly used measure and since 2020 by another measure.
PolitiFact says: The Keystone XL pipeline was never built, so Biden’s canceling it didn’t make the U.S. more reliant on Russian oil. After the U.S. placed economic sanctions on Venezuela in 2019, the U.S. began to buy more Russian oil.
PolitiFact says: Federal law already requires citizenship to vote in elections and H.R. 1 would not change that policy.
PolitiFact says: H.R. 1 would not force every state to conduct elections entirely by mail. Instead, the bill would ease the process of voting by mail for those who want to use it.
PolitiFact says: The numbers -- from March -- are outdated and ignore the picture since the coronavirus pandemic took hold.
PolitiFact says: Experts say we should not expect future hurricanes to follow the same pattern and climate change can lead to more intense hurricanes.
PolitiFact says: Public health experts pointed to significant philosophical differences in how the plans are put into action.
Washington Post says: The most comprehensive report of the rescue effort says Obama approved the plan on spot in tje Situation Room
PolitiFact says: Biden and Harris have not said they support abortion up to the moment of birth. They support Roe vs. Wade, the landmark Supreme Court case that legalized abortion and allowed states to regulate it after viability.