Latest Fact Checks By Samantha Putterman

Will Joe Biden’s new China tariffs “hit every family”?

By Louis Jacobson , Samantha Putterman

May 17, 2024

Tariffs are a “direct, regressive tax on Americans” and President Joe Biden’s new tariffs on Chinese goods will “hit every family.”

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Florida abortion amendment wouldn’t let tattoo artists, receptionists decide health risk exceptions

By Maria Briceño , Samantha Putterman

May 10, 2024

For health risk exceptions in Florida’s abortion amendment, “You're not even talking to a doctor to make that determination.”

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Trump told Time that states should decide abortion laws. He didn’t say they ‘should’ punish women.

By Samantha Putterman

May 3, 2024

Former President Donald Trump told Time magazine that “states should monitor women’s pregnancies and prosecute those who violate abortion bans.”

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Did Trump say states have the right to monitor, punish women over abortion, as Kamala Harris said?

By Louis Jacobson , Samantha Putterman

May 2, 2024

In his Time magazine interview, Donald Trump “said states have the right to monitor pregnant women to enforce these bans, and states have the right…

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No, a Florida ballot measure wouldn’t ‘mandate abortion up to birth,’ as Gov. Ron DeSantis said

By Samantha Putterman

April 30, 2024

Florida’s Amendment 4 "will mandate abortion until the moment of birth.”

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Are 75% of guns used in school shootings found unsecured in homes? Experts say more data is needed

By Samantha Putterman

April 22, 2024

“As many as 75% of school shootings resulted from a gun that was not secured.”

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Donald Trump said all legal scholars, ‘on both sides,’ wanted Roe v. Wade overturned. That’s wrong.

By Louis Jacobson , Samantha Putterman

April 10, 2024

"All legal scholars, both sides, wanted, and in fact demanded” that Roe v. Wade be overturned.

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Joe Biden largely right about high level of U.S. support for Roe

By Louis Jacobson , Samantha Putterman

April 10, 2024

“Support for Roe is higher today in America than it has ever been."

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Donald Trump is wrong on Democrats’ abortion stance. They don’t support the ‘execution’ of babies.

By Louis Jacobson , Samantha Putterman

April 8, 2024

Democrats support abortion measures that result in the “execution” of babies “after birth.”

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Biden is right about $35 insulin cap, but exaggerates prior costs for Medicare enrollees

By Samantha Putterman

April 2, 2024

Insulin for Medicare beneficiaries "was costing 400 bucks a month on average. It now costs $35 a month."

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Claim that Joe Biden banned religious Easter egg designs isn’t all it’s cracked up to be

By Samantha Putterman

April 1, 2024

“Joe Biden banned ‘religious themed’ eggs at the White House’s Easter Egg design contest for kids.”

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Trump’s $454 million bond for New York fraud case is not unprecedented

By Louis Jacobson , Samantha Putterman

March 22, 2024

The $454 million bond is “unprecedented, and practically impossible for ANY Company.”

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