Latest Fact Checks By Amy Sherman

Trump said no candidate has won Florida and Ohio and lost. Pants on Fire!

By Amy Sherman

December 10, 2020

“No candidate has ever won both Florida and Ohio and lost.”

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Do states verify citizenship of voters in federal elections?

By Amy Sherman

December 7, 2020

“No state in the country verifies United States citizenship as a condition for voting in federal elections.”

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The Pants on Fire claim that a Dominion rep in Georgia manipulated data

By Amy Sherman

December 2, 2020

A Dominion representative in Gwinnett County improperly downloaded election data to “manipulate the data.”

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Is Florida doing better on COVID-19 than ‘locked down’ states?

By Amy Sherman , Louis Jacobson

December 2, 2020

“The states that are locked down are increasing at twice the rate we are” in Florida

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Is Joe Biden right that transition starts with an ‘apparent’ winner?

By Amy Sherman , Louis Jacobson

November 19, 2020

The law governing the transition of presidential power “doesn’t require there to be an absolute winner. It says the ‘apparent' winner.”

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Parler post attributed to Loeffler about Black Georgia voters is fake

By Amy Sherman

November 16, 2020

Says Sen. Kelly Loeffler said on Parler that “Black people shouldn’t be allowed to vote.”

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Donald Trump’s Pants on Fire claim about illegal votes

By Amy Sherman

November 6, 2020

“If you count the legal votes, I easily win. If you count the illegal votes, they can try to steal the election from us.”

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No, a dead voter named William Bradley didn’t vote in Detroit

By Amy Sherman

November 5, 2020

“118-year-old William Bradley voted via an absentee ballot in Wayne County, Michigan this year. William died in 1984. They’re trying to steal this election.”

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Dead voters on Detroit’s voter rolls, including person born in 1823? That post is outdated

By Amy Sherman

November 5, 2020

Detroit has “2,503 dead people registered” including “one voter born in 1823.”

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No, Nevada did not stop counting ballots

By Amy Sherman

November 4, 2020

“Now that it’s even, Nevada decides to stop counting and is now not going to count anything until TOMORROW! What?!”

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Fact-checking a misleading photo caption about a Philadelphia ballot box

By Amy Sherman

November 4, 2020

An image shows “what appears to be an official ballot box being taken away from a polling location by an unidentified civilian.”

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No, Trump supporters aren’t blocking access to voting site in New Jersey

By Amy Sherman

November 3, 2020

“Trump supporters are blocking access to polling sites at Clifton City Hall, New Jersey.”

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