Speaker Mike Johnson
56th Speaker of the House | Christian, husband, dad, Constitutional law attorney & small biz owner.
Scores
Average score
Mostly holds65Claims checked
179across 37 checks
False
2916% of claims
Mixed
4726% of claims
True
8849% of claims
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158% of claims
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True100% confidence3 sourcesOct 14, 2026Prescription drug prices in the United States have experienced their sharpest decline in over 60 years.Recent federal data confirms that prescription drug prices fell by 3.1% over the past year, marking the largest annual decline since 1963.True55% confidence6 sourcesOct 14, 2026The United States has the lowest murder rate and lowest violent crime rate in 126 years.Sources support the claim's core: the FBI reports 2025 murder at 4.1 per 100,000, tied with 1955 and 1956, and the administration and Council on Criminal Justice say homicides are on pace for the lowest level in at least 126 years. No source disputes the violent-crime level itself, though FactCheck.org disputes the causal framing and the FBI series only begins in 1936, so the 126-year comparison rests on other estimates.True60% confidence4 sourcesOct 14, 2026One million private sector jobs have been created in the United States in the last 19 months.FactCheck.org's October 2026 tally shows 1,006,000 private-sector jobs added from January 2025 through September 2026, and the White House says the private sector has created over one million jobs under Trump, so the figure is supported at roughly the claimed magnitude. The claim's 19-month window does not match the sources' roughly 20-month period exactly, and BLS benchmark revisions have lowered recent job growth, so confidence is moderate.True72% confidence6 sourcesOct 14, 2026Republicans implemented the first-ever nationwide school choice program.Primary government sources (Treasury and IRS) and a White House release describe the Education Freedom Tax Credit, enacted under the One Big Beautiful Bill, as America's first nationwide school choice program, and Harvard's explainer says Congress passed it. The claim's 'Republicans implemented' wording is supported only indirectly, since the sources attribute the action to the Trump administration and Congress rather than to Republicans by name, and the program is still being established with launch set for 2027, so 'implemented' is loose phrasing rather than a contradiction.