Latest Fact Checks By Bill McCarthy

Ted Cruz falsely claims Philadelphia is counting votes in ‘shroud of darkness’

By Bill McCarthy

November 6, 2020

Philadelphia is “clouding the vote counting in a shroud of darkness.”

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Eric Trump retweets video falsely claiming man burned 80 Trump ballots

By Bill McCarthy

November 4, 2020

A person is on film “burning 80 Trump ballots.”

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No, Biden did not receive thousands of mysteriously surfaced votes in Michigan

By Bill McCarthy

November 4, 2020

Says Joe Biden received a sudden influx of 138,339 votes in Michigan while Donald Trump received none.

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No, ballots for Trump weren’t thrown out by a poll worker from Pennsylvania’s Erie County

By Bill McCarthy

November 3, 2020

A poll worker in Erie County, Pa., threw out over 100 ballots for Donald Trump.

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Facebook post exaggerates isolated voting hiccup in Arkansas

By Bill McCarthy

November 3, 2020

Broken voting machines in Russellville, Ark., tried to automatically tally votes meant for Donald Trump as votes for Joe Biden.

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Yes, Joe Biden has released 22 years of tax returns online

By Bill McCarthy

October 31, 2020

"I’ve released 22 years of my tax returns. You can go online and look. (Donald Trump) hasn’t released one.”

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Donald Trump Jr. claims COVID-19 deaths at ‘almost nothing’ as U.S. reports 1,000 new deaths

By Bill McCarthy

October 30, 2020

The number of coronavirus deaths is “almost nothing.”

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Detroit TV station accidentally airs fake election results during ‘The Bachelorette’ in systems test

By Bill McCarthy

October 29, 2020

A Detroit TV station aired the election results a week early.

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Trump’s exaggerated claim that he ‘saved’ HBCUs with 2019 funding bill

By Bill McCarthy

October 27, 2020

“President Obama would never give them long-term funding, and I did … I saved historically Black colleges and universities.”

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Trump wrongly accuses DC mayor of calling for removal of Washington Monument, Lincoln Memorial

By Bill McCarthy

October 26, 2020

"We have a mayor in D.C. who formed a commission with recommendations. Her recommendation is: Take down the Washington Monument, close up the Lincoln Monument."

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Biden wrongly claims Obama policies released 38,000 federal prisoners

By Bill McCarthy

October 23, 2020

As part of the Obama administration's criminal justice reforms, “38,000 prisoners were released from federal prison.”

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Trump campaign ad takes Biden out of context three times on taxes

By Bill McCarthy

October 21, 2020

Says Joe Biden repeatedly told Americans he's going to raise their taxes.

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