U.S. Senator. 13 claims checked by other fact-checking organisations, from 2020 to 2024. The ratings are theirs, in their own words.
PolitiFact says: The Obama administration in 2014 rejected Ukraine’s request for Javelins. The Trump and Biden administration provided that aid.
FactCheck.org says: Government statistics show that in the initial processing of millions of encounters on the southwest border, 2.5 million people have been released into the U.S. and 2.8 million have been removed or expelled under Biden.
PolitiFact says: The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and health policy experts said it is inaccurate to characterize possible changes to Medicare Advantage as "cuts" to the program.
PolitiFact says: The law would allow the IRS to hire up to 87,000 employees, but the agency expects to lose 50,000 employees. The law directly levies tax hikes only on very large corporations and high-earning money managers.
FactCheck.org says: The number of apprehensions at the southern border does not add to the U.S. population on a one-to-one basis. There are several reasons, including that most of those apprehended were immediately turned around.
PolitiFact says: Arkansas’ newly drawn congressional map reduces the number of split counties in Arkansas, but one of the counties it does split, for the first time, is a doozy: Pulaski County, the most populous and diverse in the state.
PolitiFact says: Cotton’s tweet refers to a budgetary provision in New York state that would provide aid to immigrants who are in the country illegally, but it leaves a misleading impression about its intent.
PolitiFact says: Democrats defended their stance, saying they didn't want to hurt the families of prisioners.
PolitiFact says: Cotton’s office said he misspoke. Biden’s administration ordered a 100-day deportation pause, but it did not apply to criminals such as murderers, rapists, terrorists or gang members.
PolitiFact says: A U.S. Customs and Border Protection database allows personnel to run background checks on people apprehended at the border and access records collected by U.S. and foreign authorities.
Washington Post says: The plain facts of the inspector general’s report about Mayorkas’s handling of these three EB-5 applications are striking enough that there is no need to hype it up further with words like “guilty” and “selling.”
Washington Post says: Cotton’s claim that “violent rioters” were released with MFF funds has some basis in fact. But we stumble over Cotton’s additional claim that violent rioters were let out of jail to do more damage.