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All Fact-checks for Colorado

Social Media
Social Media
stated on September 2, 2024 social media posts:
The Hells Angels Motorcycle Club is on the way to Aurora, Colorado, to confront a Venezuelan gang.
False
By Loreben Tuquero • September 9, 2024
Viral image
Viral image
stated on April 22, 2024 a Threads post:
Lauren Boebert posted, “If they charge President Trump for his crimes, they could charge any of us for our crimes. The rule of law means nothing to these people.”
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • April 26, 2024
Chris Murphy
Chris Murphy
stated on November 27, 2022 an interview on CNN:
“60% of counties in this country are refusing to implement the nation's gun laws.”
Half-True
By Amy Sherman, Yacob Reyes • December 2, 2022
X posts
X posts
stated on November 20, 2022 a tweet:
The Club Q shooting was a “false flag.”
Pants on Fire!
By Andy Nguyen • November 22, 2022
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on October 22, 2022 an Instagram post:
Ballots are “mailed unconstitutionally” to every voter in Colorado.
False
By Madison Czopek • October 26, 2022
Focus on the Family
Focus on the Family
stated on June 28, 2022 ads:
Abortion is available at any point of pregnancy and for any reason in Alaska, Colorado, New Jersey, New Mexico, Oregon and Vermont.
Mostly False
By Tom Kertscher • July 12, 2022
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on April 5, 2022 a photo on Facebook:
“Colorado Governor Jared Polis has just signed into law a bill legalizing abortions through all nine months, up until the moment of birth.”
False
By Sara Swann • April 7, 2022
Eli Bremer
Eli Bremer
stated on March 23, 2022 an interview with Fox News:
“If you look at windmills” and the greenhouse gas emissions from building to retiring them, “the overall return is negative.”
False
By Jon Greenberg • March 28, 2022
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on November 18, 2021 an article:
The FBI targeted a woman and searched her home because she “protested local school board, elections.”
Mostly False
By Monique Curet • November 23, 2021
Lauren Boebert
Lauren Boebert
stated on May 19, 2021 an interview:
“Since removing the mask mandate two months ago, Texas has not reported a single COVID death. Not one."
Pants on Fire!
By Brandon Mulder • May 25, 2021
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on May 4, 2021 articles and social media:
"15-year-old boy passes away from heart attack two days after Pfizer COVID-19 experimental jab."
False
By Tom Kertscher • May 6, 2021
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on April 6, 2021 a Facebook post:
Colorado “requires photo ID to vote in person, requires signature verification for mail-in ballots, which Georgia got rid of, and prevents campaign workers from giving food, water to voters within 100 feet if they’re wearing campaign apparel.”
Half-True
By Tom Kertscher • April 7, 2021
Tim Scott
Tim Scott
stated on April 6, 2021 a tweet:
Says Georgia “has more day-of voting rights than Colorado.”
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • April 7, 2021
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on March 24, 2021 a Facebook post:
Says the suspected Boulder mass shooter is a Muslim "who entered illegally from Mexico and purchased the firearm from a guy that sells stolen guns."
Mostly False
By Tom Kertscher • March 30, 2021
Joy Behar
Joy Behar
stated on March 23, 2021 a TV segment:
"In 2004, George W. Bush lifted the ban on those (AR-15 type) rifles, and since then, the number of massacres has increased 183%. During the ban, there were 12 incidents. Since he lifted the ban, there were 34 incidents."
Half-True
By Bill McCarthy • March 25, 2021
Jack Posobiec
Jack Posobiec
stated on March 23, 2021 a tweet:
“New information coming in that Boulder shooter was a Syrian refugee who arrived via Obama-era asylum programs.”
Mostly False
By Daniel Funke • March 24, 2021
Viral image
Viral image
stated on March 22, 2021 an Instagram post:
“Last week, the Colorado Supreme Court declared that Boulder’s AR-15 ban was unconstitutional. Today, there was a mass shooting in Boulder.”
Half-True
By Ciara O'Rourke • March 23, 2021
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on March 22, 2021 a text post:
The shooting in Boulder, Colo., was a "false flag like most of the others."
Pants on Fire!
By Daniel Funke • March 23, 2021
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on January 13, 2021 a Facebook post:
Photo shows Rep. Lauren Boebert with Capitol rioters before she gave them a tour of the building "one day before the insurrection."
False
By Samantha Putterman • January 14, 2021
Viral image
Viral image
stated on November 2, 2020 a Facebook post:
Stacks of bricks are showing up in Denver because “the Evil Left is getting ready to destroy downtown.”
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • November 3, 2020
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