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Ruben Gallego
Ruben Gallego
stated on October 9, 2024 in a debate:
Arizona U.S. Senate candidate Kari Lake “was against” the child tax credit expansion “when the bill was on the floor.”
Mostly False
By Mia Osmonbekov • October 18, 2024
Kamala Harris
Kamala Harris
stated on April 15, 2024 in a moderated conversation:
“As many as 75% of school shootings resulted from a gun that was not secured.”
Mostly False
By Samantha Putterman • April 22, 2024
Heartland Signal
Heartland Signal
stated on February 20, 2024 in X, formerly Twitter:
Says Republican U.S. Senate candidate Eric Hovde claims he "understands the tragedy of children being trafficked through Central America because he owns three homes there."
Mostly False
By Madeline Heim • February 22, 2024
Ron DeSantis
Ron DeSantis
stated on November 30, 2023 in Fox News' “The Great Red vs. Blue State Debate.":
“Your minor child can go to California without your knowledge or without your consent, and get hormone therapy, puberty blockers and a sex change operation.”
Mostly False
By Grace Abels • December 11, 2023
Ron DeSantis
Ron DeSantis
stated on August 4, 2023 in a town hall:
“We’ve eliminated critical race theory in our K through 12 schools.”
Mostly False
By Samantha Putterman • August 14, 2023
X posts
X posts
stated on April 5, 2023 in a Tweet:
New Kansas law will “authorize genital inspections of children in order for kids to play sports.”
Mostly False
By Grace Abels • April 13, 2023
Jill Underly
Jill Underly
stated on October 24, 2022 in News release:
“Wisconsin elementary school students buck national trends in ‘National Report Card’ release.”
Mostly False
By Vanessa Swales • December 5, 2022
Tony Evers
Tony Evers
stated on October 6, 2022 in Campaign email:
Says “Tim Michels wants to defund public education — calling it ‘the definition of insanity’ to continue to fund public schools.”
Mostly False
By Madeline Heim • October 17, 2022
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on May 14, 2022 in posts on social media:
The United States can’t import baby formula because of the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement.
Mostly False
By Sara Swann • May 24, 2022
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on May 12, 2022 in a Facebook post:
Amazon will ship baby formula to U.S. addresses if you change your preferred country on its website from the U.S. to Canada.
Mostly False
By Ciara O'Rourke • May 17, 2022
Greg Abbott
Greg Abbott
stated on May 12, 2022 in a press release:
Says the Biden administration is choosing to send baby formula to the border as one of its “out-of-touch priorities.”
Mostly False
By Madison Czopek • May 13, 2022
Scott Fitzgerald
Scott Fitzgerald
stated on December 21, 2021 in Twitter:
"Mask mandates on children lead to learning loss that harms early childhood development."
Mostly False
By D.L. Davis • January 19, 2022
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on November 8, 2021 in in a CNN interview:
"In 2015, when Terry McAuliffe was governor, the Virginia Department of Education promoted incorporating critical race theory lens in education...They were trying to indoctrinate kids.”
Mostly False
By Gabrielle Settles • November 16, 2021
Tom Tiffany
Tom Tiffany
stated on August 8, 2021 in Twitter:
“The seasonal cold and flu is actually more dangerous for kids than the Coronavirus” and “there is very low transmissibility from children to their families and communities.”
Mostly False
By Allison Garfield • October 28, 2021
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on October 13, 2021 in a Facebook post:
"Tennessee new law passed 48 hours ago now makes it illegal to teach Black history in the grades K-12."
Mostly False
By Tom Kertscher • October 19, 2021
Viral image
Viral image
stated on September 21, 2021 in a Facebook post:
There are 500,000 “missing kids a year.”
Mostly False
By Tom Kertscher • September 29, 2021
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on May 27, 2021 in a Facebook post:
“San Francisco Allowing Children to ‘Consent’ to Covid Vaccine Without Parents Approval.”
Mostly False
By Steven Rascón • July 8, 2021
Tom Tiffany
Tom Tiffany
stated on March 29, 2021 in Speech:
Says it doesn't make sense for young adults to get the vaccine since they "really are not under that much of a threat as a result of this virus."
Mostly False
By Madeline Heim • April 8, 2021
Roger Marshall
Roger Marshall
stated on March 1, 2021 in an op-ed:
A study “suggests that even after two years of hormone therapy, biological boys still maintain significant advantages over girls, including being 12% faster on the 1.5-mile run.”
Mostly False
By Miriam Valverde • March 9, 2021
Van Wanggaard
Van Wanggaard
stated on October 7, 2020 in Video interview:
No one under 20 has died of COVID-19, and "it has not actually been determined yet" that anyone under 20 can spread it to an older person
Mostly False
By Madeline Heim • October 14, 2020
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