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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Mixed50% confidence8 sourcesNov 11, 2026The United States has the lowest violent crime rate in 126 years.Said by ASources support a sharp 2025 drop in violent crime and a 2026 homicide trend that the Council on Criminal Justice and others say is on pace for the lowest level in at least 126 years. However, no source directly states that the overall violent crime rate is the lowest in 126 years; that superlative is applied to murder rates, and those are mid-year projections. FactCheck.org disputes the attribution of the decline to Trump, not the statistic itself.Mixed65% confidence6 sourcesNov 11, 2026Jim Jordan served as chairman of the Oversight and Judiciary committees.Said by AThe record supports Jim Jordan chairing the House Judiciary Committee (since 2023), but sources contradict the claim that he chaired Oversight: NBC News and other reports describe him as ranking member (top Republican) on Oversight, though one unrated outlet says he 'previously chaired' it. The extraction faithfully reflects the post's 'chairman of two major committees' claim.Mixed60% confidence6 sourcesNov 11, 2026Steve Scalise is no longer in his leadership position.Under the literal reading, the claim is contradicted: as of 2026-11-11 Scalise still holds the House Majority Leader post, and sources published 2026-11-10 still describe him that way until the new Congress convenes Jan. 3. Under the intended reading (he lost his bid to lead House Republicans), one unrated Reuters report published 2026-11-10 says Jordan won the GOP leadership vote 106-73 over Scalise, so that reading is supported but rests on a single low-credibility source. The extracted claim also drops the post's narrower meaning, that Scalise failed to hold onto his position in the leadership contest.