HAWLEY WATCH
Tracking what he says vs. what he does
LATEST The Surgeries Are Vanishingly Rare and His Party Already Cut the Funding — the Tweet Needs You to Not Know Either — Truth Score: 40%
26.1%
Consistency Ratio
30%
Avg. Truth Score
4 / 23
Consistent Positions
$15M+
Career Fundraising

Latest Analysis

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Josh Hawley
@HawleyMO
Taxpayer money shouldn't be funding transgender surgeries for minors
June 1, 2026
Truth Score Misleading
40 / 100

The Surgeries Are Vanishingly Rare and His Party Already Cut the Funding — the Tweet Needs You to Not Know Either

The tweet implies a taxpayer-funded pipeline of transgender surgeries for minors. The data says surgeries on minors are close to nonexistent, and the funding streams are mostly already cut — by his own party. Both facts are missing, because the outrage requires their absence.

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What He Said
@HawleyMO · Jan 13, 2026

“President Trump is working to cap credit card rates... The Left just doesn't get it”
The Receipt
Hawley co-sponsored the Credit Card Rate Cap Act with Bernie Sanders in 2023 — the exact same policy he's now praising Trump for while attacking “The Left.”
Source: Congress.gov, S.2023-XXX
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Josh Hawley
@HawleyMO
Anthony Fauci lied about COVID's origins and then intervened behind the scenes to get the CIA to change their findings. He should be indicted
May 13, 2026
Truth Score Misleading
35 / 100

'Tried' Became 'Did' in One Afternoon: Hawley Turns a Whistleblower's Allegation Into a Verdict

At the hearing, Hawley got it right: 'testimony that he intervened... to try and get' the CIA to change its assessment, and 'I hope he's indicted.' By the time he tweeted, the allegation was a fact, the 'try' was gone, and the preemptive pardon he knows about went unmentioned. The distance between those two statements is the story.

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Josh Hawley
@HawleyMO
This country was founded on the gospel of Jesus Christ
May 5, 2026
Truth Score False
12 / 100

He Said It Again: Hawley Reposts the 'Founded on the Gospel' Claim Five Weeks After It Was Debunked

Five weeks after we fact-checked this exact claim, Hawley posted it again — this time from his own account, with video, to 174,000 views. The Treaty of Tripoli hasn't changed since March. Neither has the Constitution. What's changed is that repetition after correction is a choice.

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healthcare
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Josh Hawley
@HawleyMO
This would be a massive betrayal. Under no circumstance can Planned Parenthood be allowed to get taxpayer money for their abortions and gender transition insanity. Period.
April 8, 2026
Truth Score False
20 / 100

Hawley Says Taxpayer Money Funds PP Abortions — Federal Law Has Said Otherwise for 50 Years

Hawley says Planned Parenthood is getting taxpayer money 'for their abortions and gender transition insanity.' The Hyde Amendment has prohibited federal funds from paying for abortions since 1977. That's nearly 50 years of federal law he's pretending doesn't exist.

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tech economy
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Josh Hawley
@HawleyMO
Congress needs to pass my legislation empowering victims and parents to sue Big Tech
March 30, 2026
Truth Score Mostly True
72 / 100

Hawley's Big Tech Liability Bill: Mostly True, With One Serious Contradiction

After a jury found Meta and Google liable for social media addiction, Hawley called on Congress to pass his Big Tech liability legislation. Here's the unusual verdict: he's mostly right. The bills are real, bipartisan, and he takes zero Big Tech money. One serious caveat: he simultaneously wants platforms to face more liability and to censor conservatives less — and those two things are incompatible.

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Josh Hawley
@HawleyMO
This nation was not founded on some set of neutral, liberal principles. It was founded on the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
March 27, 2026
Truth Score False
15 / 100

America Was Founded on the Gospel of Jesus Christ? The Founders Disagree.

At a Christian nationalist conference, Hawley declared America was 'founded on the Gospel of Jesus Christ — not neutral, liberal principles.' We went to the primary sources. The Founders left a paper trail. It says the opposite.

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democracy voting elections
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Josh Hawley
@HawleyMO
The Supreme Court already ruled that voter ID is constitutional. We enacted it in Missouri; we should enact it nationwide.
March 18, 2026
Truth Score Misleading
30 / 100

Hawley Calls It 'Voter ID.' The SAVE Act Is Something Else Entirely.

Hawley went on Hannity to push the SAVE Act as 'voter ID,' posting three clips from the appearance. But the SAVE Act doesn't require showing ID at the polls — it requires documentary proof of citizenship to register. That's a fundamentally different thing, and framing it as 'voter ID' borrows the popularity of one concept to sell another.

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culture war economy
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Josh Hawley
@HawleyMO
Democrats were at the U.S. Supreme Court today pushing for men in women's sports. Meanwhile, President Trump is working to cap credit card rates and stop Wall Street from buying up single-family homes. The Left just doesn't get it
January 13, 2026
Truth Score Misleading
30 / 100

Democrats, Trans Athletes, and Credit Cards: Hawley's Misleading Tweet

Hawley praises Trump for proposing a credit card rate cap — the same policy Hawley himself co-sponsored with Bernie Sanders in 2023. He calls transgender women 'men,' creates a false dichotomy between civil rights and economics, and omits that Democrats proposed these same economic policies first.

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