Latest Fact Checks By Miriam Valverde

Fact-checking claim about poll watchers turned away in Philadelphia

By Miriam Valverde

November 3, 2020

Poll watchers in Philadelphia prevented from entering polling places.

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Video misrepresents Biden’s speech in Michigan

By Miriam Valverde

November 3, 2020

“Biden says he doesn’t need voters to get elected.”

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Video gives misleading impression of Mass. voting rules

By Miriam Valverde

November 2, 2020

In Massachusetts, "anybody can go vote for anybody so long as they have their information. … They're not even checking IDs at the polling stations."

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Fact-checking Trump’s claim that his supporters were ‘protecting’ Biden’s campaign bus in Texas

By Miriam Valverde

November 2, 2020

Says his supporters were “protecting” Joe Biden’s campaign bus in Texas.

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No, Biden did not call Black youth ‘super predators’

By Miriam Valverde

November 1, 2020

“Joe Biden called Black youth super predators.”

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Biden was quoting Pope Francis, not expressing confusion about his campaign

By Miriam Valverde

October 27, 2020

Says Joe Biden said, “Why am I doing this? Why? What is my real aim?”

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No evidence Mark Kelly dressed up as Hitler

By Miriam Valverde

October 25, 2020

A yearbook photo shows Mark Kelly dressed as Adolf Hitler.

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Mark Kelly did not take a Chinese communist banner to space

By Miriam Valverde

October 23, 2020

Says Mark Kelly took to space a “Chinese communist banner.”

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Trump falsely says federal debt was going down before the pandemic

By Miriam Valverde

October 19, 2020

Speaking of the federal debt before the coronavirus pandemic, “we were starting to get that number down.”

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Donald Trump’s false claim of DACA changes ‘because of the pandemic’

By Miriam Valverde

October 16, 2020

Changes to DACA during his administration are "because of the pandemic."

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Kelly’s claim that McSally voted to take money from Arizona military base needs context

By Miriam Valverde

October 14, 2020

Says Martha McSally “voted to take away money from Fort Huachuca to pay for the border wall.”

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Fact-checking Pence’s claim on Democrats and abortion ‘up to the moment of birth’

By Miriam Valverde

October 9, 2020

Says Joe Biden and Kamala Harris support abortion “up to the moment of birth.”

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