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Politics & government fact checks

Explore claims publishers have checked about politics & government. Read their original ratings and follow the evidence.

12,754 published reviews in this topic

FactCheck.orgPolitics & government

"Democrats have finally admitted what they truly want: a repeal of the Second Amendment."

Publisher’s rating: Misleading

PolitiFactPolitics & government

Video shows there weren’t Marines present during a recent speech by Joe Biden.

Publisher’s rating: False

PolitiFactPolitics & government

Video shows House Speaker Kevin McCarthy calling on Vice President Kamala Harris to “step down.”

Publisher’s rating: False

FactCheck.orgPolitics & government

Former Vice President Joe Biden has a history of saying “we should cut Social Security."

Publisher’s rating: Not the Whole Story

FactCheck.orgPolitics & government

Canada has passed a law that “made it illegal to protest against” the LGBTQ+ community.

Publisher’s rating: Misleading

PolitiFactPolitics & government

“Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer bans buying US flags during lockdown.”

Publisher’s rating: False

PolitiFactPolitics & government

Says Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam said, ‘You will give up your guns, if you don’t I’ll have the National Guard cut your power, your phone lines, and your internet. Then, if you still refuse to comply I’ll have you killed.’"

Publisher’s rating: Pants on Fire

PolitiFactPolitics & government

Says President Donald Trump said, “People are dying who have never died before.”

Publisher’s rating: Pants on Fire

Pagella PoliticaPolitics & government

«Al governo si preoccupano di cancellare “padre” e “madre” dalla carta d'identità dei minori per sostituirli con genitore 1 e 2»

Publisher’s rating: Pinocchio andante

PolitiFactPolitics & government

A Sept. 20 video shows President Joe Biden’s body double.

Publisher’s rating: False

PolitiFactPolitics & government

“Speaker Pelosi presents a special ‘service flag’ to Mr. Floyd’s family.”

Publisher’s rating: Mostly False

FactCheck.orgPolitics & government

Democratic Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker and Illinois Democrats voted to “eliminate all restrictions on abortions up until the day of birth.”

Publisher’s rating: False

Washington PostPolitics & government

“Even if you listen to the very good conversation that I had — a very, very good, no-pressure, congenial conversation with the new president of Ukraine — he had some things that were not flattering to say about her [former U.S. Ambassador Marie Yovanovitch]. And that came out of the blue.”

Publisher’s rating: Four Pinocchios

PolitiFactPolitics & government

A Mack Trucks employee told Joe Biden, “You can’t drive anything besides the country into the ground.”

Publisher’s rating: False

PolitiFactPolitics & government

Contractors hired by government officials to frame Donald Trump are “behind the fake news in mainstream media” and recent protests.

Publisher’s rating: Pants on Fire

Washington PostPolitics & government

“Someone in Biden’s earpiece told him to salute the marines, and Biden just repeated the words ‘salute the marines,’ because he is so used to just repeating what comes from his earpiece. The marines were not saluted.”

Publisher’s rating: Four Pinocchios

PolitiFactPolitics & government

Video shows Slovakia Prime Minister Fico speaking against the World Health Organization the week before he was the target of an assassination attempt.

Publisher’s rating: False

PolitiFactPolitics & government

“George Soros is a roaring, cold-blooded Nazi sociopath.”

Publisher’s rating: Pants on Fire

PolitiFactPolitics & government

Democrats were at a 9/11 memorial service when NC Republicans held a controversial vote

Publisher’s rating: False

PolitiFactPolitics & government

“Shocking video shows Biden wearing a skin mask.”

Publisher’s rating: Pants on Fire