Latest Fact Checks By Jon Greenberg

Vladimir Putin repeats false claim of genocide in Ukraine

By Jon Greenberg

February 25, 2022

Ethnic Russians face “genocide perpetrated by the Kyiv regime.”

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JD Vance says transgender rights drives looming conflict in Ukraine

By Jon Greenberg

February 21, 2022

Says Joe Biden risks war with Russia because Vladimir Putin doesn’t “believe in transgender rights."

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In Durham filing, Scott exaggerates proof of Clinton campaign spying on Trump

By Bill McCarthy , Jon Greenberg

February 21, 2022

"The latest with the Durham report is that the Clinton campaign … actually spied on the president of the United States.”

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JD Vance wrongly says ATF is illegally tracking gun sales

By Jon Greenberg

February 10, 2022

“Joe Biden uses the ATF to illegally track your gun transactions.”

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GOP chair McDaniel’s false claim about ‘persecution’ and ‘legitimate political discourse’

By Jon Greenberg

February 8, 2022

"We've had two members engage in a Democrat-led persecution of ordinary citizens who engaged in legitimate political discourse.”

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Checking a claim that Facebook oversells the accuracy of climate change models

By Jon Greenberg

February 4, 2022

“Facebook is spamming all climate articles by misleading readers about” the accuracy of climate models.

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Trump falsely says Electoral Count Act talks prove he was right on Pence’s power

By Jon Greenberg

February 1, 2022

Proposed changes to the Electoral Count act show Pence had the power and “could have overturned the election!”

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DeSantis doesn’t tell full story about evidence for FDA move on monoclonal antibody treatments

By Gabrielle Settles , Jon Greenberg

January 31, 2022

“Without a shred of clinical data to support its decision, the Biden Administration has revoked the emergency use authorization for lifesaving monoclonal antibody treatments.”

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Biden’s boast about rising wages ignores effect of inflation

By Jon Greenberg , Louis Jacobson

January 20, 2022

“This country’s working people actually got a raise.”

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Fact-checking Sotomayor on kids with severe COVID-19

By Jon Greenberg , Louis Jacobson

January 7, 2022

“We have over 100,000 children, which we’ve never had before, in serious condition, and many on ventilators” due to the coronavirus.

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Sen. Manchin wrong on income limits for child tax credit extension in Build Back Better

By Jon Greenberg

December 20, 2021

The expanded child tax credit in the Build Back Better Act has “no means testing,” so people making $200,000 and $400,000 would get “the same…

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Sen. Graham’s false claim about Build Back Better adding $3 trillion in deficits

By Jon Greenberg , Louis Jacobson

December 14, 2021

“The CBO says (the Build Back Better Act) is $3 trillion of deficit spending.”

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