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Latest Fact-Checks By Miriam Valverde

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Pramila Jayapal
Pramila Jayapal
stated on August 30, 2021 an Instagram post
“The average hospital stay for a case of COVID-19 costs about $17,064. The vaccine is free.”
Mostly True
By Miriam Valverde • September 2, 2021
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on August 29, 2021 a CNN interview
The Trump administration worked to free 5,000 Taliban prisoners.
True
By Miriam Valverde • August 31, 2021
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on August 20, 2021 a press conference
There has been “no question of our credibility from our allies around the world” regarding how the U.S. is withdrawing from Afghanistan.
Half-True
By Miriam Valverde • August 26, 2021
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on August 16, 2021 a Facebook post
COVID-19 vaccinations are “a violation of the Nuremberg code."
False
By Miriam Valverde • August 20, 2021
Ron DeSantis
Ron DeSantis
stated on August 4, 2021 a press conference
Says Joe Biden has driven the current coronavirus surge because he “imported more virus from around the world by having a wide open southern border.”
False
By Louis Jacobson, Miriam Valverde • August 6, 2021
Ron DeSantis
Ron DeSantis
stated on June 16, 2021 a press conference
“That meth … it’s almost all coming across the southern border and it’s been accelerating for the last six months.”
Half-True
By Miriam Valverde • June 21, 2021
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on June 4, 2021 an Instagram post
"920 women lose their unborn babies after getting vaccinated."
False
By Miriam Valverde • June 8, 2021
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on May 26, 2021 a Facebook post
Police defunding is to blame for “skyrocketing murder rates” in Philadelphia, Minneapolis, Portland, New York City, Chicago, Los Angeles and Washington, D.C.
Mostly False
By Miriam Valverde • May 28, 2021
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on May 25, 2021 a Facebook post
“Biden agrees to Pelosi's request to resign.”
Pants on Fire!
By Miriam Valverde • May 26, 2021
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on May 17, 2021 social media posts
“Gas prices highest in a decade. Worst jobs report in 2 decades. Highest inflation in 3 decades. Highest increase in illegal immigration in 4 decades.”
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson, Miriam Valverde • May 26, 2021
Kevin McCarthy
Kevin McCarthy
stated on May 12, 2021 a statement to reporters
"I don't think anybody is questioning the legitimacy of the presidential election."
Pants on Fire!
By Miriam Valverde • May 14, 2021
Kamala Harris
Kamala Harris
stated on May 4, 2021 a speech
“The global cost of corruption is as much as 5% of the world's GDP.”
False
By Miriam Valverde • May 7, 2021
Ron DeSantis
Ron DeSantis
stated on April 19, 2021 a speech
“If you look at some of these places that (reduced police funding), they’ve already seen crime go up."
Mostly False
By Miriam Valverde • May 4, 2021
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on April 22, 2021 an Instagram post
"Mountains of data" show drug ivermectin "basically obliterates" COVID-19 transmission.
False
By Miriam Valverde • April 23, 2021
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on April 7, 2021 a Facebook post
Says the nation is locked down and there’s “a wide open border.”
False
By Miriam Valverde • April 15, 2021
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on March 23, 2021 a Facebook post
“We spent billions on a border wall and quit when it was 90% finished.”
Mostly False
By Miriam Valverde • March 29, 2021
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on March 25, 2021 a press conference
Says there was a “28% increase in children to the border in my administration” and “31% … in 2019.” The increase in migration in January, February and March “happens every year.”
Mostly False
By Miriam Valverde • March 26, 2021
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on March 25, 2021 press conference
“We’re sending back the vast majority of the families that are coming.”
False
By Miriam Valverde • March 25, 2021
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on March 21, 2021 a statement to the media
"We proudly handed the Biden administration the most secure border in history. All they had to do was keep this smooth-running system on autopilot.”
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman, Miriam Valverde • March 24, 2021
Alejandro Mayorkas
Alejandro Mayorkas
stated on March 21, 2021 in an ABC News interview
The border surge is “challenging” because the immigration system that had been in place for decades “was dismantled in its entirety by the Trump administration.”
Half-True
By Miriam Valverde • March 24, 2021
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