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
False
2916% of claims
Mixed
4726% of claims
True
8849% of claims
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158% of claims
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Mixed55% confidence8 sourcesOct 30, 2026The violent crime rate is at its lowest level in 126 years.Said by AViolent crime has fallen sharply and the 126-year-low framing is documented, but for homicides (CCJ, DHS, White House, all projecting the first half of 2026), not for the overall violent crime rate. The FBI puts the murder rate at 4.1 per 100,000, tied with 1955-1956, and USAFacts reports a 2025 violent crime rate of 327.6 without any 126-year comparison, so the claim as extracted is not directly confirmed on the violent crime rate measure. As of 2026-10-27 the FBI annual release (August 2026) and the DHS/CCJ mid-year data were already available, so no later change alters the assessment.Mixed60% confidence5 sourcesOct 30, 2026The number of illegal aliens entering the United States for the full fiscal year is zero under the Republican administration.The claim as extracted says the number of illegal aliens entering the US for a full fiscal year is zero, but the passage's narrower claim was zero releases/admissions. Sources support zero Border Patrol releases in FY2026, but they report about 98,708 southwest border apprehensions and 379,243 nationwide encounters, which contradicts a literal zero entries reading. The record supports the releases reading, not the literal entries reading.Mixed60% confidence9 sourcesOct 30, 2026The current murder rate is at a 120-year low under the Republican administration.The sources support that the US murder rate (about 4.1–4.2 per 100,000 in 2025, tying the lowest since national estimates began, and further down in 2026) is at or near a record low, and that the White House and some commentators attribute it to the Trump administration. However, the record-low claim is only supported back to 1955/1956 by FBI data or to 1900 by the Council on Criminal Justice's broader estimates, and experts (Pew, Stateline/CCJ survey, PolitiFact) say no single cause, including administration policy, is established, so the 'under the Republican administration' attribution is contested while the 'historic low' figure itself is supported.