Latest Fact Checks By Jon Greenberg

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Biden Delaware training center

Biden wrong that McDonald’s workers can’t jump to competing chains

July 28, 2020
“McDonald’s (makes) you all sign noncompete contracts that you cannot go across town to try to get a job at Burger King.”
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Trump Rose Garden presser

Donald Trump’s faulty claim that Biden wants to end school choice

July 17, 2020
“Joe Biden wants to end school choice.”
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Trump 2020 July 4

Donald Trump’s false claim that 99% of COVID-19 cases are harmless

July 6, 2020
Says 99% of COVID-19 cases “are totally harmless.”
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Don Jr bin Laden

No, Osama bin Laden did not endorse Joe Biden

June 19, 2020
Says Osama bin Laden endorsed Joe Biden
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Trump June 18 roundtable

Donald Trump’s Pants on Fire claim that nobody had heard of Juneteenth

June 18, 2020
Says before he planned a rally on June 19 “nobody had ever heard of” Juneteenth.
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NYC hospital workers

Blacks, Hispanics less likely to have jobs where they can work from home

June 16, 2020
In COVID-19 crisis, “only 20% of African Americans had jobs where they could work from home.”
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Pelosi kente kneeling

No, Kente cloth worn by Democrats is not a symbol of slavery

June 12, 2020
Wearing the Kente cloth “worn by affluent African slave traders” is “like honoring Jews by wearing swastikas.”
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Tear gas St. John's church

Barr says federal police didn’t use chemical irritants to clear area by DC church. They did

June 8, 2020
“There were not chemical irritants” used to clear a crowd. Pepper balls are “not a chemical irritant.”
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Tear gas St. John's church

White House says officers didn’t fire tear gas, rubber bullets on protesters. Why that’s misleading

June 4, 2020
“No tear gas was used and no rubber bullets were used.”
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Scarborough Trump

Donald Trump spreads baseless claim that MSNBC host murdered a staff member in 2001

May 26, 2020
There are “many unanswered and obvious questions” about the 2001 death of a staff member of Joe Scarborough.
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Pelosi on Heroes act

No, House Democrats did not sneak long recess into HEROES Act

May 22, 2020
“The House Democrats snuck a provision into their $3 trillion bailout bill today that would keep the house in recess until July 21.”
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CDC Atlanta building

Under Donald Trump, key CDC US staff in China fell to 0

May 21, 2020
The U.S. had 44 CDC staffers “in China to observe what was going on. (President Trump) brought home the vast majority of them, I think…
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