Back-to-back Pants on Fire

Our two most recent fact checks -- on Democrat Tom Palzewicz and Republican Leah Vukmir -- both earned ratings of Pants on Fire. Palzewicz claimed that in 40 years in Congress, Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner has "led" on only one bill (he has sponsored 500 measures); and Vukmir claimed, without evidence, that U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin was "more worried about the mastermind of 9/11" than supporting CIA director nominee Gina Haspel. Claims we rate as not only false but ridiculous occur, on average, less than once a month. So, we thought we’d review the other most recent Pants on Fire checks ... >>More