The biggest Pinocchios of the year We tried to ignore him, but former president Donald Trump's gusher of lies that he won the 2020 election continues to shape American politics. Despite being a defeated ex-president who rarely got fact-checked in 2021, Trump nevertheless made the list of our biggest Pinocchios ... for the eighth year in a row. Trump's assault on truth and democracy continues to encourage his supporters, who are repeating his false election claims as they pass new voting measures in the states and run for sensitive election-administration offices with Trump's backing. Moreover, the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol was an extension of Trump's months-long campaign to delegitimize potential defeat. Astonishingly, the initial response by many Republicans — a moment of clarity and condemnation — soon gave way to Trump subservience yet again. Enjoy this newsletter? Forward it to someone else who'd like it! If this email was forwarded to you, sign up here. Did you hear something fact-checkable? Send it here; we'll check it out. The biggest Pinocchios (cont.) Other major figures in American politics also made the list this year, including President Biden (for various claims), the Fox News host Tucker Carlson (for deceptively editing a Biden speech), the New York Post (for falsely reporting that officials were handing out to migrant children a picture book written by Vice President Harris), and Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), for false and misleading claims about coronavirus vaccines. Biden: "Georgia's new law ends voting hours early so working people can't cast their vote." The president repeatedly condemned a new Georgia election law that imposed new restrictions on voting, but one of his complaints was simply false: "It ends voting hours early so working people can't cast their vote after their shift is over." Many listeners might assume he was talking about voting on Election Day. But Election Day hours were not changed. The law did make some changes to early voting. But experts say the net effect of the new early-voting rules was to expand the opportunities to vote for most Georgians, not limit them. Read more at the link below, and stay tuned for our fact-checks in 2022! We're always looking for fact-check suggestions. You can reach us via email, Twitter (@GlennKesslerWP, @rizzoTK, @AdriUsero) or Facebook. Read about our process and rating scale here, and sign up for the newsletter here. Scroll down for this week's Pinocchio roundup. | 
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