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Latest Fact-Checks By Lucia Geng

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Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on August 22, 2018 a blog post:
"US President D. Trump Approves Scholarship for 50,000 African Student to Study in USA 2018" ​
Pants on Fire!
By Lucia Geng • August 27, 2018
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on August 23, 2018 a blog post:
"NASA says an asteroid bigger than a football pitch is heading towards Earth."
Mostly False
By Lucia Geng • August 24, 2018
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on August 22, 2018 a blog post:
"JUST IN: Actor ‘Vin Deisel’ dies after a Failed Attempt to Perfect a Stunt on set." ​
Pants on Fire!
By Lucia Geng • August 23, 2018
Frank White
Frank White
stated on August 6, 2018 a campaign ad:
"Ashley Moody was a lifelong Democrat." ​
False
By Lucia Geng • August 21, 2018
AmericanJournalReview.com
AmericanJournalReview.com
stated on August 8, 2018 an article:
"Red Alert: Major Signs of Voter Fraud Uncovered In Ohio."  
Mostly False
By Lucia Geng • August 20, 2018
Florida Democratic Party
Florida Democratic Party
stated on August 5, 2018 a tweet:
Says Rick Scott "cut $700 million from water management."
Mostly True
By Lucia Geng • August 14, 2018
Jeff Greene
Jeff Greene
stated on July 29, 2018 a TV interview:
"There is a big correlation between third grade reading level and whether you go to college or whether you go to prison. And in Florida right now only 56 percent of kids are coming out of third grade at third grade reading level."
Mostly True
By Lucia Geng, Katie Akin • August 7, 2018
The Other 98%
The Other 98%
stated on July 24, 2018 a Facebook post:
"Trump just gave a $12 billion bailout to farmers hurt by his failed tariffs. This will cost every household in the U.S. $95 … Trump is borrowing the money from China since his tax cuts blew a trillion dollar hole in the deficit."
Mostly False
By Lucia Geng • August 1, 2018
Kamala Harris
Kamala Harris
stated on July 19, 2018 a tweet:
"In 99 percent of counties in America, someone making the minimum wage working full time can’t afford a 1-bedroom apartment."
Mostly True
By Lucia Geng • July 25, 2018
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on July 11, 2018 a blog post:
"Woman set to testify against Clintons blown up in home explosion."
Pants on Fire!
By Lucia Geng • July 18, 2018
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on September 3, 2017 a blog post:
"NASA will pay you $100,000 to stay in bed for 60 days!"
False
By Lucia Geng • July 16, 2018
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on July 10, 2018 a blog post:
Say "Pope says that the rights of Muslim migrants trump any safety concerns that you might have with them in your country."
Half-True
By Lucia Geng • July 12, 2018
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
stated on June 27, 2018 an interview with The Intercept:
"ICE is required to fill 34,000 beds with detainees every single night and that number has only been increasing since 2009."
False
By Lucia Geng • July 6, 2018
Adam Putnam
Adam Putnam
stated on June 28, 2018 a Fox News Debate:
Says Ron DeSantis "voted in an agricultural bill to give food stamps to illegal immigrants."
Pants on Fire!
By Amy Sherman, Lucia Geng, Katie Akin • June 29, 2018
Ted Lieu
Ted Lieu
stated on June 16, 2018 a tweet:
"Every day over 450,000 Americans sit in jail not because they've been convicted of anything, but because they are too poor to pay bail & don't have high powered attorneys."
Half-True
By Lucia Geng • June 29, 2018
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on June 28, 2018 a blog post:
Say "Dunkin' Donuts is providing a free Ḍozen Doughnut Box to everyone! to celebrate 68th Anniversary!"
Pants on Fire!
By Lucia Geng • June 29, 2018
Ivanka Trump
Ivanka Trump
stated on June 11, 2018 a tweet:
A Chinese proverb says, "Those who say it can not be done, should not interrupt those doing it."
False
By Lucia Geng • June 22, 2018