In a campaign year loaded with political plot twists, PolitiFact heard many claims that prompted head smacks and double
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speaks Oct. 27, 2024, at a Donald Trump campaign rally at Madison Square Garden in New York.
takes. We said, as you probably did:When we check the facts, we label inaccurate claims with Mostly False, False or Pants on Fire ratings. We withhold the word"lie" for the Lie of the Year — the statement, or statements, that undermined the truth most significantly in the previous 12 calendar months.
The 2024 distinction goes to two people for one lie: President-elect Donald Trump and Vice President-elect JD Vance for their statements about Haitian immigrants in Springfield, Ohio, eating locals’ pets.This marks the fourth time we’ve given the award to Trump and the first time we’ve crowned Vance. Trump also figured prominently in promoting three other falsehoods that were named Lie of the Year winners — lies about the Jan.
Trump continually asserted that Russia’s meddling in the 2016 election was fake news, a hoax or made up, despite widespread, bipartisan evidence to the contrary. Classified and public reports and U.S. intelligence agencies said Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered actions to interfere with the election.Although conspiracy theories have long been part of America’s political conversation, they surged online in 2016.
“Dr. Assad will return to ophthalmology after being deposed as president of Syria and plans to set up an eye clinic in Russia.”
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