Claims rated mostly false

• He made hundreds of millions of dollars scamming people like me.

  Amy Acton · A campaign television advertisement, "Norm" · September 21, 2026

  PolitiFact rated this Mostly False, October 12, 2026 · the check

  Our check against the record: The record does not settle it.

• Amy Acton called off Ohio's election at the last minute

  Vivek Ramaswamy · A campaign advertisement · April 2026

  PolitiFact rated this Mostly False, May 13, 2026 · the check

  WVXU published no rating scale, September 28, 2026 · Fact checking political attack ads · the check

  Our check against the record: The record does not settle it.

• As of today, there is not one member of the United States military who is in active duty in a combat zone, in any war zone around the world, [for the] first time this century.

  Kamala Harris · The September 10, 2024 presidential debate · September 10, 2024

  PolitiFact rated this Mostly False, September 11, 2024 · the check

  Our check against the record: Does not match the record.

• supported allowing puberty blockers and sex-change surgeries for minor children

  Senate Leadership Fund · A super PAC advertisement · 2024

  PolitiFact rated this Mostly False, October 11, 2024 · the check

  Our check against the record: The record does not settle it.

• wants to defund the police

  Donald Trump · Campaign statements about Kamala Harris · 2024

  PolitiFact rated this Mostly False, July 30, 2024 · the check

  Our check against the record: The record does not settle it.

• I got a list of 20 jurisdictions that defunded the police to the tune of over $1 billion total.

  Jim Jordan · An interview on NBC's "Meet the Press" · January 29, 2023

  PolitiFact rated this Mostly False, February 1, 2023 · the check

  Our check against the record: The record does not settle it.

• was blocked from getting troops out of (Afghanistan) by Liz Cheney and others.

  Warren Davidson · An interview with Breitbart · August 17, 2021

  PolitiFact rated this Mostly False, August 24, 2021 · the check

  Our check against the record: The record does not settle it.

• has caused the deficit with China to go up, not down

  Joe Biden · The final 2020 presidential debate · October 22, 2020

  PolitiFact rated this Mostly False, October 23, 2020 · the check

  Our check against the record: Does not match the record.

• A Black man invented the light bulb, not a white guy named Edison.

  Joe Biden · A campaign event, checked by PolitiFact Wisconsin · 2020

  PolitiFact rated this Mostly False, September 4, 2020 · the check

  Our check against the record: Does not match the record.

• Jim Renacci has been a lobbyist even while in Congress

  Sherrod Brown · 2018 U.S. Senate campaign TV ad · May 2018

  PolitiFact rated this Mostly False, May 31, 2018 · the check

  Our check against the record: The record does not settle it.

• Thanks to the strong charter school reforms put in place while I was Senate President and the diligent work of Auditor Yost and his staff, ECOT was caught and is out of business

  Keith Faber · His 2018 campaign for Auditor of State · 2018

  PolitiFact rated this Mostly False, May 17, 2018 · the check

  Our check against the record: The record does not settle it.

• Who would sign up to speak for a [Haitian] dictator? Rob Portman

  Ohio Democratic Party · An Ohio Democratic Party attack ad · August 2016

  PolitiFact rated this Mostly False, August 23, 2016 · the check

  Our check against the record: The record does not settle it.

• each year an estimated 1,000 children become victims of human trafficking, and over 3,000 more are at risk.

  Joyce Beatty · A news conference on the Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act · May 25, 2016

  PolitiFact rated this Mostly False, June 10, 2016 · the check

  Our check against the record: The record does not settle it.

• With 320,000 net Ohio manufacturing jobs lost, (Sen. Rob) Portman calls NAFTA a 'proven success.'

  Ted Strickland · Campaign statement · February 2016

  PolitiFact rated this Mostly False, February 5, 2016 · the check

  Our check against the record: Matches the record.

• We need a Senator who shows up to work. Sherrod Brown missed over 350 official votes

  Josh Mandel · A 2012 Mandel campaign statement · October 10, 2012

  PolitiFact rated this Mostly False, October 10, 2012 · the check

  Our check against the record: Does not match the record.

• unemployment would never go above 8 percent. He even said it would be 6 percent by now.

  Bob Latta · A campaign email from Latta for Congress · May 5, 2012

  PolitiFact rated this Mostly False, May 17, 2012 · the check

  Our check against the record: The record does not settle it.

• laid off cops, and closed jails and let criminals run free in the streets

  Dave Yost · 2010 campaign video advertisement · September 3, 2010

  PolitiFact rated this Barely True, September 3, 2010 · the check

  Our check against the record: The record does not settle it.

• could cost Ohio 100,000 jobs

  Rob Portman · Campaign statement opposing federal cap-and-trade legislation, per PolitiFact. · August 2010

  PolitiFact rated this Mostly False, August 2, 2010 · the check

  Our check against the record: The record does not settle it.

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