Latest Fact Checks By Amy Sherman

Fact-check: Trump’s bogus claim on Fox News that ballots in 2020 were ‘fake’

By Amy Sherman

June 22, 2023

In 2020 the ballots that were counted "were fake ballots."

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Trump shares misleading, decade-old photo in attack on Biden and DOJ

By Amy Sherman

June 21, 2023

Photo shows President Joe Biden sitting with “Lisa Monaco, second in charge of the DOJ, probably working on future Plots and Schemes against Republicans.”

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Did Dodgers play to empty stadium after honoring LGBTQ+ activists who parody nuns? Evidence says no

By Amy Sherman

June 19, 2023

Protests of (Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence) at a Los Angeles Dodgers game led to a "virtually empty stadium for the game itself.”

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Trump did not sign any major immigration laws, but he did issue orders that changed policy

By Amy Sherman

June 12, 2023

Donald Trump “never changed one immigration law.”

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Nikki Haley falsely links transgender athletes with teen girls’ suicidal ideation

By Amy Sherman , Louis Jacobson

June 6, 2023

Having "biological boys … in their locker rooms” is a reason why “a third of our teenage girls seriously contemplated suicide last year."

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Ron DeSantis said that not ‘a single book’ was banned in Florida. Districts have removed dozens.

By Amy Sherman , Matthew Crowley

May 31, 2023

“There's not been a single book banned in the state of Florida.”

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Biden casts GOP budget as specific on law enforcement cuts, but it’s unknown

By Amy Sherman , Maria Ramirez Uribe

May 18, 2023

"The Republican plan would cut federal law enforcement officers — 30,000 — including 11,000 FBI agents, 2,000 border agents, DEA agents, and so on."

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Pro-Trump PAC says DeSantis pushed 23% national sales tax in Congress, omitting key details

By Amy Sherman

May 16, 2023

“In Congress Ron DeSantis pushed a 23% national sales tax.”

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Trump suggested raising Social Security retirement age in 2000, but hasn’t backed it since

By Amy Sherman

May 12, 2023

“Donald Trump himself wrote a book where he was talking about the need to increase the age of eligibility for Social Security to 70.”

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Trump said ‘many’ teachers are ex-soldiers. Data shows 2%.

By Amy Sherman

May 11, 2023

“Many of these teachers are soldiers, ex-soldiers, ex-policeman.”

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Gavin Newsom misleads in claim that Texas “cut” mental health funds, omits that money was restocked

By Amy Sherman , Sarah Bahari

May 9, 2023

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott “cut $211 million in mental health funding.”

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Yes, a Texas bill would give GOP power to call election do-overs in left-leaning Harris County

By Amy Sherman

May 4, 2023

“Texas Republicans just voted to give a Republican appointee the power to single-handedly CANCEL election results in the state’s largest Democratic county.”

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