Latest Fact-Checks By Amy Sherman

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U.S. Capitol building 11.2.2020

Group makes bogus attack on HR 1 over congressional salaries

February 25, 2021

HR 1 will allow members of Congress to draw a second salary “worth an estimated $600,000 per year!”

Biden Pfizer plant Michigan 2-19-21

Do a majority of Republicans support Biden’s $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan?

February 22, 2021

“The vast majority of the American people” support Biden’s $1.9 trillion rescue plan, “including a majority of Republicans.”

Houston Gallery Furniture store warm up site 2-17-21

Beto O’Rourke said Texas was warned for years about power grid

February 19, 2021

“Energy experts and State House Dems, among others, were warning of this (the Texas power blackout) for years.”

Newark fight for $15 minimum wage rally 11-29-2016

Fact-checking Joe Biden’s claim about $15 minimum wage and poverty

February 10, 2021

“If you're making less than $15 an hour, you're living below the poverty wage.”

Dream Act Miami sign 10-13-2017

How many DACA recipients are essential workers amid COVID-19 pandemic?

February 9, 2021

“More than 200,000 DACA recipients are essential infrastructure workers” including “41,700 DACA recipients in the healthcare industry”

Line for vaccine Seattle Amazon facility 1-24-2021

Trump vaccine plan left logistics to states, but it did exist

January 27, 2021

"The process to distribute the vaccine, particularly outside of nursing homes and hospitals out into the community as a whole, did not really exist when…

Biden-Harris inauguration banner in DC 1-14-21

Claim that inauguration canceled, Trump to remain president is bogus

January 16, 2021

“Inauguration Cancelled, Trump Remains in Office.”

U.S. Rep. Devin Nunes in Capitol 1-13-2021

Nunes falsely claims ‘Republicans have “no way to communicate” without Parler

January 13, 2021

“Republicans have no way to communicate” after tech companies cut off Parler.

Sen. Josh Hawley speaking in Senate Jan. 6, 2021

Fact-checking Hawley’s claim about Pennsylvania’s election law

January 8, 2021

“Last year, Pennsylvania elected officials passed a whole new law that allows universal mail-in balloting, and did it irregardless of what the Pennsylvania Constitution said.”

joe biden jan 7 2021

Joe Biden is right that more than 60 of Trump’s election lawsuits lacked merit

January 8, 2021

In more than 60 cases, judges “looked at the allegations that Trump was making and determined they were without any merit.”

Arizona woman signs electoral certificate 2020

Bogus analysis leads to ridiculous claim about Biden votes

December 23, 2020

"‘Simple math’ shows Biden claims 13 million more votes than there were eligible voters who voted in 2020 election.”

Trump gestures at Mar-A-Lago April 2018

Don’t fall for the fake post that Trump will hold an inauguration at Mar-a-Lago

December 18, 2020

President Donald Trump will hold his inauguration for a second term at Mar-a-Lago

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