Mike Pence

Is John F. Kennedy Jr. actively working to expose his father's killers, even if it means he has to bring down the whole government? No, that's not true: JFK Jr. has been dead since crashing his small plane into the Atlantic Ocean on July 19, 1999. One common belief of QAnon followers is that the younger Kennedy is still alive…

Was Vice President Mike Pence arrested during the chaos engulfing Capitol Hill on January 6, 2020? No, despite what social media posts are saying there is no evidence for this. Pence is still tweeting from his @VP account. An example of the claim appeared in a post (archived here), published on January 6, 2021. This is what the post looked…

Was there still an orange cap on the needle of the syringe when Speaker Nancy Pelosi got vaccinated against Covid-19? No, that's not true: social media posts using that claim all use a photo taken at an angle that obscures the needle but at least one press photos taken at the same event clearly shows the needle. An example of…

Was Dr. Anthony Fauci indicted for treason, conspiring with the enemy and fraud? No, that's not true. A video posted by David Zublick on his "Truth Unsealed" Facebook page in May 2020 has gone viral, claiming that Fauci was indicted for crimes including "treason, conspiring with the enemy and fraud." Fauci has not been indicted. There are no court documents…

Have President Trump, the White House, the Pentagon and the State Department not commented on the deaths of U.S. service members in a helicopter crash in Egypt on November 12, 2020? No, that's not true: Although Trump and the White House have not commented, the Pentagon and the State Department issued statements acknowledging the incident and offering condolences. The claim…

Did the Republican Party make a last-minute substitution, replacing Vice President Mike Pence on the ballot with John F. Kennedy Jr.? No, that's not possible: Kennedy, his wife and sister-in-law died when the small plane he was piloting crashed into the Atlantic Ocean near Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts in July 1999. QAnon followers believe Kennedy, Jr. faked his own death (and…

Did Mike Pence sign a bill when he was governor of Indiana to send same-sex marriage applicants to jail? No, that's not true: Pence, while a strong opponent of same-sex marriage, could not have signed any such bill because the legislation never existed. The claim appeared in a post (archived here) on Instagram. It opened: Mike Pence signed a bill…

Was Kamala Harris California's "TOP COP" in 2010, making her responsible for the state's Black incarceration rate that year? No, that's not true: Harris served as attorney general of California between January 2011 and January 2017. The claim appeared in a tweet (archived here) by U.S. President Donald Trump. It was published on October 7, 2020, the day of the…

Were thousands of mail-in ballots for registered Republicans in Pennsylvania destroyed? No, that's not true. The paper items shown in the video are mailers from the Pennsylvania Republican Party to encourage people to request a mail-in ballot. They are not themselves mail-in ballots. A video claiming to show shredded mail-in ballots cast for Donald Trump only shows a private direct…

Did Vice President Mike Pence tweet that there was "evidence of Kamala receiving the questions beforehand" about their debate? No, that's not true. A fake Pence tweet claimed Sen. Kamala Harris, the Democratic nominee for vice president, received the October 7, 2020, debate questions "beforehand." Pence did not post the tweet on his personal account nor on his official government…