Latest Fact Checks By Amy Sherman

Did Matt Gaetz and Ted Cruz oppose paid sick leave but take it for themselves?

By Amy Sherman

March 17, 2020

Says Rep. Matt Gaetz and Sen. Ted Cruz took two weeks paid sick leave to self-quarantine. Gaetz “voted in 2013 to make it illegal for…

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Joe Biden gets Bernie Sanders’ votes wrong on auto bailout

By Amy Sherman

March 16, 2020

Says Bernie Sanders voted against the auto bailout

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Trump wrongly said insurance companies will waive co-pays for coronavirus treatments

By Amy Sherman , Shefali Luthra

March 12, 2020

The health insurance industry has “agreed to waive all co-payments for coronavirus treatments.”

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When Joe Biden was asked if he would veto Medicare for All, he punted

By Amy Sherman

March 10, 2020

“Joe Biden just told @Lawrence that as president he would veto Medicare for All if it passed both houses and came to his desk.”

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Video shared by Trump omits full context of Biden’s comments

By Amy Sherman

March 9, 2020

Video shows Joe Biden saying “we can only re-elect Donald Trump.”

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Joe Biden’s Pants on Fire claim about his arrest in South Africa

By Amy Sherman

March 4, 2020

“I had the great honor of being arrested with our U.N. ambassador on the streets of Soweto trying to get to see (Nelson Mandela) on…

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Fact-checking an attack on Biden and Warren that harks back to 1962

By Amy Sherman

March 4, 2020

In 1962, Joe Biden “worked with segregationists,” Elizabeth Warren “debated as a pro-Vietnam conservative” while Bernie Sanders “organized against segregation and Vietnam war”

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Pro-Bernie Sanders Facebook post cherrypicks Joe Biden’s record on segregation

By Amy Sherman

March 4, 2020

“Bernie Sanders in 1963 — arrested protesting segregation. Joe Biden in 1975 — passionate speech defending segregation.”

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Donald Trump rewrites history about his ‘Russia, if you’re listening’ comment about Clinton’s emails

By Amy Sherman

March 2, 2020

Says the media cut out his request of Russian hackers to find Hillary Clinton’s emails “right at the end so that you don’t see the…

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Fact-checking Bernie Sanders’ comments about Florida Democrats who represent Cuban Americans

By Amy Sherman

March 2, 2020

Says Democratic members of Congress who represent Cuban Americans in Florida and have been critical of Sanders “just so happen to be supporting other candidates.”

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Post wrongly links Bloomberg spending for Toomey to Kavanaugh confirmation

By Amy Sherman

February 28, 2020

“Fact: Mike Bloomberg spent $12 million to re-elect a Senate Republican (Toomey) in 2016. Toomey beat the Dem (McGinty) by 1.5 points. If McGinty had…

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Pro-Trump PAC takes Obama book quote out of context to attack Biden

By Amy Sherman , Jon Greenberg

February 27, 2020

Says Obama said black people have the "worst jobs, the worst housing" and face rampant police brutality, "but when so-called black committeemen came around election…

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