Trump’s lies in 2022

18 fact-checked lies by Donald Trump in 2022, newest first. Each one links to the fact-check.

After January 20, 2021 the Washington Post stopped logging every claim. Lies from this year are PolitiFact’s selected checks, so the count is far lower than what was said.

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Every lie in 2022

1. Dec 3, 2022 · Social post · Election“The revelation of massive & widespread fraud & deception” in the 2020 election “allows for the termination of all rules, regulations, and articles, even those found in the Constitution.”
2. Nov 15, 2022 · Speech · Environment“They say the ocean will rise one-eighth of an inch over the next 200 to 300 years.”
3. Nov 10, 2022 · Social post · ElectionIn the 2018 Florida governor’s race “votes were being stolen by the corrupt election process in Broward. … I sent in the FBI and the U.S. Attorneys, and the ballot theft immediately ended. … I stopped his Election from…
4. Nov 10, 2022 · Social post · ElectionElection results in Clark County, Nevada, and Arizona are not yet known because those places “want more time to cheat.”
5. Nov 8, 2022 · Social post · ElectionIn Detroit, “people are showing up to vote only to be told, ‘sorry, you have already voted.’”
6. Nov 1, 2022 · Social post · Election“So the Pennsylvania Supreme Court just ruled, in effect, that the 2020 presidential election was rigged.”
7. Nov 1, 2022 · Interview · CrimeAt the Pelosi house, “the glass it seems was broken from the inside to the out, so it wasn’t a break-in, it was a breakout.”
8. Oct 31, 2022 · Interview · ElectionFormer President Jimmy Carter said “don’t ever use” mail in ballots because “they can be so easily corrupted.”
9. Oct 28, 2022 · Social post · Election“Over 240,000 ‘unverified’ ballots have already been sent out in Pennsylvania, a total mess. The Democrats are playing games again.”
10. Aug 12, 2022 · Statement or ad · Courts & investigations“President Barack Hussein Obama kept 33 million pages of documents, much of them classified. How many of them pertained to nuclear? Word is, lots!”
11. Jul 9, 2022 · Social post · ElectionThe Wisconsin Supreme Court decision declaring ballot drop boxes illegal “includes the 2020 Presidential Election.”
12. Jul 9, 2022 · Rally · ElectionRanked choice voting in Alaska is a “total rigged deal.”
13. Apr 21, 2022 · Statement or ad · ElectionBrian Kemp and Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger “perhaps in collusion with the Radical Left Democrats” are attempting to “unseat” U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene.
14. Mar 31, 2022 · Statement or ad · EconomyThe Strategic Petroleum Reserve has “been mostly empty” for decades.
15. Mar 29, 2022 · Interview · Economy“You go to a store, they don’t have bread.”
16. Feb 16, 2022 · Statement or ad · Courts & investigations“Hillary Clinton spied on President Trump.”
17. Jan 30, 2022 · Statement or ad · ElectionProposed changes to the Electoral Count act show Pence had the power and “could have overturned the election!”
18. Jan 15, 2022 · Speech · Health care“In New York state, if you’re white, you have to go to the back of the line to get medical help.”