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
Can’t tell
158% of claims
4 claims · Clear filters
Mixed60% confidence7 sourcesOct 28, 2026The Democratic Party opposes requirements for voter identification.The sources support that Senate Democrats in Congress oppose the federal photo-ID mandate in the SAVE America Act, but they contradict a blanket party-wide opposition to voter ID requirements: AP reports Democrats say they don't oppose voter ID and propose loosening it, and FactCheck.org notes Democratic-represented states such as Georgia and Rhode Island require voter ID. The original passage ('they are fighting the ID for voting laws') refers to the congressional fight, so the extracted claim broadens it to the whole party. As of 2026-10-24 the sources show the congressional opposition, not a uniform party position.Mixed60% confidence10 sourcesOct 28, 2026Non-citizens are illegally voting in elections.The claim 'Non-citizens are illegally voting in elections' is extracted from a speaker's assertion that noncitizens vote illegally; the sources confirm that some noncitizens have illegally voted (e.g., DOJ Washington case with 400+ registrants who voted, Ohio indictments, Michigan's 16 credible cases, Georgia and Iowa audits) while also showing such voting is exceedingly rare and not widespread or coordinated, so the unqualified claim is partly supported and partly contradicted by the record's scale, as of 2026-10-28.Mixed60% confidence6 sourcesOct 28, 2026Democrats voted against legislation to eliminate taxes on Social Security benefits.The claim is extracted from Trump-related rhetoric that Democrats voted against 'No Tax on Social Security.' Sources show Democrats opposed the broader 2025 tax law (OBBBA/Working Families Tax Cuts Act) that included a Social Security deduction, and Mike Johnson's tally says 212 Democrats opposed the 'No Tax on Social Security' provision, which supports the literal claim; however, FactCheck.org reports Democratic opposition stemmed mainly from the law's skewed benefits to the wealthy and Medicaid cuts rather than these provisions, and PolitiFact notes the Social Security break is a deduction that expires in 2028, not outright elimination of taxes on benefits.Mixed60% confidence8 sourcesOct 28, 2026Democrats in Congress voted against legislation to double the child tax credit.The sources support that Democrats in Congress unanimously voted against the 2025 tax law (OBBBA/Working Families Tax Cuts), which contained the child tax credit change. However, the claim that this legislation doubled the credit is contradicted by tier1 sources: the law raised the maximum credit from $2,000 to $2,200, while the doubling to $2,000 came from the 2017 TCJA. The extracted claim matches the passage's 'DOUBLING the child tax credit' wording, so no extraction drift to correct.