Speaker Mike Johnson
56th Speaker of the House | Christian, husband, dad, Constitutional law attorney & small biz owner.
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Mostly holds65Claims checked
179across 37 checks
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4726% of claims
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False60% confidence7 sourcesOct 27, 2026The Democratic Party is inviting individuals who cannot prove their identity, including illegal aliens, to participate in elections.The claim that the Democratic Party invites people who cannot prove identity, including illegal aliens, to vote is not supported by the sources; the passage is the claimant's own assertion, and the tier1 fact-checks (PolitiFact, Snopes) reject claims that Democrats are scheming to register or enable noncitizens to vote, while the sources show Democrats say they do not oppose photo ID and object to the SAVE America Act's registration rules. The sources do show Democrats opposing the specific voter ID and proof-of-citizenship bills, so the claim as extracted (a party-wide invitation to illegal aliens) overstates the record.False80% confidence9 sourcesOct 27, 2026The Democratic Party is attempting to transition the United States to communism and big government socialism.The claim that the Democratic Party is attempting to transition the US to communism is contradicted by authoritative sources: PolitiFact, AP, and Reuters all describe the communism charge as inaccurate or false, and no major Democratic figures identify as communists. Some sources do document a leftward shift and DSA-aligned primary wins, which bears on the 'socialism' element, but that is contested rather than a showing of a party-wide plan. The passage refers to 'insurgent anti-American Democrats,' so the extracted claim widens the scope from a faction to the whole party; the verdict is on the claim as extracted, as of 2026-10-27.Raised in the post as a question.False85% confidence9 sourcesOct 27, 2026House Republicans enacted the largest middle and working-class tax cut in history.The claim that House Republicans enacted the largest middle and working-class tax cut in history is contradicted by PolitiFact and FactCheck.org, which rank the One Big Beautiful Bill as roughly sixth-largest by new cuts as a share of GDP (third when combined with the extended 2017 cuts), and by the Tax Foundation's measure cited by FactCheck.org. The 'largest' framing appears only in partisan sources (White House, House Republican leaders) that repeat the claim without a documented ranking.False80% confidence6 sourcesOct 27, 2026As of 12:00 PM ET, the national early vote total is 27,627,701.The claimed national early vote total of 27,627,701 as of 12:00 PM ET on 2026-10-27 is contradicted by multiple sources that put the national count above 29 million by Monday, October 26, and about 32 million by October 27. The claim matches the claimant's passage exactly, so no extraction drift, but the passage's own components (12,276,469 in person plus 13,707,808 mail) sum to about 25,984,277, not 27,627,701.False60% confidence4 sourcesOct 27, 2026The national early in-person vote total is 12,276,469 as of 12:00 PM ET.The claimed national in-person early vote total of 12,276,469 is below every national in-person figure in the sources, which range from about 14.56 million (NewsCubby citing NBC, 11 a.m. ET Monday Oct 26) to 15.82 million (On Point, as of Oct 27). The extraction also added the "as of 12:00 PM ET" timing, which is not in the original passage, and no source gives that timestamp.False50% confidence4 sourcesOct 27, 2026The national early mail-in vote total is 13,707,808 as of 12:00 PM ET.The claim's figure of 13,707,808 mail-in ballots nationally does not appear in any source. The only national mail-ballot count, from an unrated tracker (On Point) as of October 27, reports 16,371,084 mail ballots returned, which contradicts the claimed figure. The AP's 'more than 13 million' refers to mail-in and early in-person votes combined, not mail alone. The extracted claim adds 'as of 12:00 PM ET', which the passage '' MAIL 13,707,808'' does not contain. The evidence is thin, so confidence is moderate.False70% confidence6 sourcesOct 27, 2026The Biden administration intentionally caused gasoline prices to reach $5 per gallon by shutting down production, exploration, and exports.The record does show gasoline hit a national-average peak of $5 under Biden in June 2022, but the sources attribute that spike to Russia's 2022 invasion of Ukraine, not to deliberate shutdowns of production, exploration, or exports. Fact-checkers also found that national refining capacity stayed relatively stable, so the claimed mechanism and intent are contradicted. The extracted claim matches the passage's wording (the speaker's 'all the rest exports' is loosely rendered as 'exports').Mixed60% confidence11 sourcesOct 27, 2026Serious violent crime fell 25% nationwide in 2025.The 25% figure matches the BJS National Crime Victimization Survey's preliminary decline in serious violent victimization (violent crime excluding simple assault) from 9.9 to 7.4 per 1,000 people, but police-reported measures show declines of roughly 9–11% (FBI 9.3–9.7%, BJS NIBRS 11%), so the claim holds only under the victimization measure. The extraction faithfully reflects the passage, which also omits which measure is meant.Mixed65% confidence9 sourcesOct 27, 2026Aggravated assault fell 31% nationwide in 2025.The 31% figure is accurate under the DOJ Bureau of Justice Statistics National Crime Victimization Survey, which reports aggravated assault victimization falling from 4.5 to 3.1 per 1,000 persons. Under the FBI's reported-crime measure, aggravated assault fell only about 7.2% in 2025, so the claim holds under one national measure and fails under the other. The passage's own wording was 'Aggravated assault DOWN 31%' with no stated measure, and the extracted claim adds 'nationwide' and '2025', which the NCVS does cover.Mixed60% confidence5 sourcesOct 27, 2026Motor vehicle theft fell 30% nationwide in 2025.The 30% decline is stated by the DOJ Bureau of Justice Statistics' preliminary NCVS victimization estimates (source 5), which a Yahoo report repeats (source 10). Under the police-reported NICB measure, however, thefts fell about 23% (sources 8, 11), so the figure holds only under the victimization survey and not the recorded-theft count.Mixed60% confidence7 sourcesOct 27, 2026Burglary and trespassing fell 25% nationwide in 2025.The 25% decline is supported by the BJS National Crime Victimization Survey, which counts burglary or trespassing incidents whether or not they were reported to police. Police-reported measures in the same period show smaller declines of about 8.6% to 17%, so the figure holds under one measure and fails under another. The extracted claim matches the passage's figure and 2025 timeframe, though the passage itself is not evidence.Mixed55% confidence8 sourcesOct 27, 2026The Democratic Party supports defunding the police and abolishing prisons.The claim as extracted overstates the record: sources show the Democratic Socialists of America (a faction of the party, not the party itself) platform calls for abolishing or defunding police and prisons, while mainstream Democratic positions (e.g., the 2020 Democratic Platform) call for reforming and reimagining public safety and reducing incarceration, and figures like Rep. Cuellar reject defunding police and abolishing prisons. The claimant's passage ('Democrats want to defund the police, abolish prisons') widened the scope to the whole party, which the sources do not support; as of 2026-10-27 the faction-level claim is supported but the party-wide claim is contested.