Elections

VERIFYING claims from Donald Trump and JD Vance during the 2024 presidential campaign

VERIFY has rounded up the fact checks we’ve done on Donald Trump and JD Vance ahead of the election.

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The 2024 presidential election is coming up on Nov. 5. Former President Donald Trump is running for a second term as the Republican nominee, with Ohio Sen. JD Vance as his running mate. VERIFY has rounded up fact checks on popular claims the two candidates have made, as well as claims made about them, ahead of the election.

For VERIFY’s fact checks on Vice President Kamala Harris and Tim Walz, click here.

Immigration

Trump’s claim that illegal immigration was at its lowest when he left office is false

No, deportations under Trump were not ‘the highest ever’

Economy

Yes, Trump’s campaign has unpaid bills in multiple U.S. cities

Yes, Trump’s proposed tariffs would raise costs for Americans

Yes, Republicans lifted the debt ceiling without spending cuts under Trump

Claim Trump can make tips tax-free needs context

Fact-checking Trump's political ad on the economy

Trump quote about cereal prices being $100 a pound is fake

No, Donald Trump did not lower taxes on billionaires and raise them on everyone else

No, Trump didn’t lose more manufacturing jobs than any other president, like Walz claimed

Health

VERIFYING Kamala Harris’ claim that Trump tried to cut Medicare every year he was president

VERIFYING the difference between $35 insulin caps under Biden and Trump

Yes, gender-affirming care for transgender prisoners was available during the Trump administration

What we can VERIFY about the Republican Party’s stance on IVF

Speeches

VERIFYING claims from the presidential debate between Harris and Trump

VERIFYING claims from Trump’s Republican National Convention speech

VERIFYING claims from the presidential debate between Trump and Biden

Other

What we can VERIFY about Trump’s connections to Project 2025

No, Donald Trump does not currently support cutting Social Security

No, Trump hasn’t called for a ban on video games

Trump did not call Republicans the ‘dumbest group of voters’ in a 1998 People interview

Yes, Donald Trump’s campaign did use a plane once owned by Jeffrey Epstein

Former President [Trump] told Putin, ‘Do whatever you want

Yes, Trump-branded ‘God Bless the USA’ Bibles were made in China

Yes, Trump said he’d use the military against Americans he called ‘the enemy from within’

Donald Trump and Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs television interview video is fake

Trump’s plane wasn’t diverted because he owes the Bozeman, Montana, airport money

Yes, Donald Trump did invite the Taliban to Camp David while he was president

Yes, Trump can still vote in Florida after felony conviction

Yes, President Joe Biden did briefly wear a Trump hat during a Sept. 11 visit in Pennsylvania

JD Vance

VERIFYING claims from the vice presidential debate between Walz and Vance

VERIFYING claims from Trump VP pick JD Vance’s RNC speech

What we can VERIFY about claims that JD Vance said women should stay in violent marriages

JD Vance’s military service record: What we can VERIFY

No, JD Vance’s Michigan rally didn't have fewer than 20 attendees, as viral photo suggests

For more key facts about the Nov. 5 election to make you a more informed voter, read here.

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