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For the first time since 2009, PolitiFact is recalibrating the Lie of the Year — our award for the most egregious falsehood we've seen in a year's worth of fact-checking.

This year, we want to focus less on the offenders who perpetuate the falsehoods, and more on those who are hurt by them.

So “congratulations” 2025. PolitiFact names you Year of the Lies. 🧵
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El vicepresidente JD Vance intentó culpar al expresidente Joe Biden por los altos precios de la gasolina. Pero, expertos dicen que la causa principal es la guerra con Irán que inició bajo Donald Trump. https://t.co/bYvKV6Ej3C

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In Ohio’s race for governor, an ad from Republican candidate Vivek Ramaswamy features the estranged mother of his Democratic opponent, Amy Acton. It doesn’t mention their estrangement or that Acton’s stepfather was charged with abuse.

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In the race for U.S. Senate in Michigan, Abdul El-Sayed and Mike Rogers sparred over NAFTA, Medicare for All and more during their final debate. We fact-checked them: https://t.co/zJULVU2mqF

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Republican Sen. Roger Marshall and his Democratic opponent, Adam Hamilton, debated about diesel prices, SNAP and immigration in the race for the Kansas U.S. Senate seat. https://t.co/y4zOzq2nLd

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El-Sayed said Rogers wants to privatize Social Security and raise the retirement age.

Rogers’ voting record and past statements show he has supported both in the past.

But as recently as 2024, a Rogers spokesperson said Rogers didn’t support raising the retirement age. We found no statements from him during this campaign cycle regarding retirement age or privatizing Social Security. https://t.co/1u1CjcikW1

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Researchers have found some evidence that lozenges with zinc may reduce the length of your cold once you are sick. But the doses sold at the drugstore may not be enough to make a difference.

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Rogers said El-Sayed wants to grant immigrants illegally in the United States driver's licenses "and then avail them to all of the services” of the U.S.

We found no evidence of El-Sayed as a Senate candidate saying he wants immigrants illegally in the U.S. to have a driver’s license. But he did say that in 2018 when he ran for governor.

We found no evidence of him saying then or now that he supported giving immigrants access to all services available in the U.S. https://t.co/1u1CjcikW1

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Rogers said his opponent El-Sayed’s Medicare for All plan ‘takes away your private health insurance. 5 million Michiganders will lose their health care’
This depends on the details of the plan, but losing your plan isn’t the same as losing coverage.
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Rogers said El-Sayed’s Medicare for All plan "takes away your private health insurance. Five million Michiganders will lose their health care."

This depends on the details of the plan, but losing your plan isn’t the same as losing coverage.

El-Sayed supports Medicare for All, a national single-payer health insurance program. Under the plan, every American would be eligible for coverage provided by Medicare.

El-Sayed’s campaign website says his plan “does not have to ban additional private insurance through unions or employers, although Medicare for All should make those choices redundant and unnecessary.”
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El-Sayed said Rogers “has been promoting this war since before he was in Congress."

“He's got a war for everything, and he won't back off the war now.” El-Sayed said. “He supports this war.”

Rogers’ position on the war in Iran has changed since it started. https://t.co/1u1CjcikW1

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From March: The SAVE America Act would add a new hurdle for women who changed their names to vote. The women would need to provide documentation or sign an affidavit, but they don’t lose their right to vote. Trump wants the bill to pass the Senate. https://t.co/dc8qDTfVE9

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In a U.S. Senate debate in Michigan, Rogers said El-Sayed was “bought off by the Muslim Brotherhood, having donors to his campaign from Hamas that support Hezbollah.”

Rogers is cherry-picking donations and associations from El-Sayed supporters. https://t.co/4pLP9Daijw

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Mike Rogers said Abdul El-Sayed "wants to defund the police." We previously rated that Mostly False.

This is not El-Sayed’s position now, but he spoke out in favor of defunding police in 2020. https://t.co/XyF6nuIJhI

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El-Sayed said Rogers "literally voted four times against you being able to buy prescription drug prices in Canada."
This is mostly accurate.
They included a 2001 amendment by then-Rep. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., a 2003 bill backed by Republicans, and two motions instructing lawmakers to consider revising legislation to add measures allowing drug reimportation.
In 2001, Rogers voted for a narrower amendment to allow personal imports of some prescription drugs from outside the country. https://t.co/1u1CjcikW1

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El-Sayed said Rogers made $14 million advising ‘corporations he was regulating’ while in Congress.
This needs context.
Rogers did paid work for technology and cybersecurity firms after leaving Congress in 2015, with payments exceeding $1 million in 2023. We don’t have a full accounting of his earnings in the decade since he left Congress, but his net worth has increased by millions, according to his financial disclosures. https://t.co/1u1CjcikW1

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Rogers said El-Sayed lied about having an Egyptian dual citizenship
El-Sayed previously wrote that he had dual citizenship, but his campaign said that was a mistake. https://t.co/4pLP9Daijw

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Rogers said El-Sayed is “aligned with the Democrat Socialists of America."

El-Sayed has campaigned with prominent Democratic Socialists and also supports some of the same policies as the DSA. But he has repeatedly rejected the socialist label and calls himself a capitalist. https://t.co/uwx7oW1weW

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In Michigan's U.S. Senate debate, Republican Mike Rogers said Democrat Abdul El-Sayed "lied" about being a physician.

El-Sayed graduated from medical school, but he didn't do a residency and isn't licensed to treat patients. https://t.co/IGNhgKMowI

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Mike Rogers said El-Sayed is "aligned with the Democrat Socialists of America."

El-Sayed has campaigned with prominent Democratic Socialists, including Alexandra Ocasio Cortez and Bernie Sanders. He also supports some of the same policies as the Democratic Socialists of America, such as a single-payer national health insurance program and higher taxes on the wealthy.

But El-Sayed has repeatedly rejected the socialist label and calls himself a capitalist. El-Sayed has said he supports more regulations on corporations within a capitalist system. https://t.co/1u1CjcikW1

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After years of fatal fentanyl overdoses, public officials are warning of a more powerful opioid. We sought answers to 5 questions about cychlorphine’s prevalence, strength and overdoses.

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