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X posts
X posts
stated on September 23, 2025 in posts on X:
“Erika Kirk is banned from Romania because her Evangelical group was accused of trafficking children out of Romanian villages.”
False
September 26, 2025
X posts
X posts
stated on March 20, 2025 in a post on X:
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth “removed Colin Powell’s name from a list of notable Americans buried at Arlington National Cemetery.”
False
March 25, 2025
Kamala Harris
Kamala Harris
stated on September 10, 2024 in a debate:
“As of today, there is not one member of the United States military who is in active duty in a combat zone, in any war zone around the world, for the first time this century.”
Mostly False
By Sara Swann • September 11, 2024
Viral image
Viral image
stated on September 4, 2024 in an Instagram post:
“The entire family of Kamala Harris’ running mate, Tim Walz—they are all supporting Donald Trump.”
False
September 6, 2024
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on August 8, 2024 in a press conference:
Says his Jan. 6, 2021, speech on the White House Ellipse drew the “same number of people,” as the 1963 March on Washington where Martin Luther King Jr. gave his “I Have a Dream” speech.
False
By Amy Sherman, Louis Jacobson, Samantha Putterman • August 9, 2024
Eric Swalwell
Eric Swalwell
stated on June 9, 2024 in a post on X:
Says Sen. Lindsey Graham said a newly elected Donald Trump “will round up and deport LEGAL immigrants.”
False
By Louis Jacobson • June 10, 2024
Roger Williams
Roger Williams
stated on December 2, 2021 in an email:
"The number of COVID-19 deaths recorded so far in 2021 has surpassed the total for 2020."
True
By Nusaiba Mizan • January 18, 2022
Robert Reich
Robert Reich
stated on November 24, 2021 in a tweet:
“Norway spends about $30,000 per child on early childhood care, Finland spends $23,000, Germany $18,000” and the U.S. $500.
Mostly True
December 11, 2021
Kimberly Klacik
Kimberly Klacik
stated on October 13, 2021 in a tweet:
An image of empty grocery store shelves shows the effect of President Joe Biden's “Build Back Better” plan.
False
By Bill McCarthy • October 13, 2021
X posts
X posts
stated on October 1, 2021 in a tweet:
“CDC numbers” show that among children, the Pfizer and Moderna COVID-19 vaccines have a death rate “174 times higher” than the COVID-19 death rate.
Pants on Fire!
October 7, 2021
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