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Social Media
Social Media
stated on November 20, 2025 social media posts:
The Trump administration removed nursing from the list of professional degree programs, affecting aspiring nurses’ student loan access.
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By Loreben Tuquero, Madison Czopek • November 26, 2025
Kamala Harris
Kamala Harris
stated on August 28, 2024 an ad:
Project 2025 would defund K-12 schools.
Half-True
By Samantha Putterman • September 6, 2024
Paula Congelio
Paula Congelio
stated on June 23, 2023 a news release:
West Virginia University has “increased the amount of unfunded institutional aid provided to students and expects this amount to exceed $134 million in 2024.”
Half-True
By Tayler Pillo • October 10, 2023
E. Gordon Gee
E. Gordon Gee
stated on August 18, 2023 an interview with the Daily Athenaeum:
Foreign languages are “not a high priority” nationally
Half-True
By Derek Nastasi • October 6, 2023
Randi Weingarten
Randi Weingarten
stated on September 20, 2023 an X post:
"Texas teacher fired for reading Diary of Anne Frank to class.”
Half-True
By Jeff Cercone • September 22, 2023
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on September 14, 2023 a speech:
“I taught at the University of Pennsylvania for four years.”
Half-True
By Amy Sherman, Louis Jacobson • September 19, 2023
Brandon Creighton
Brandon Creighton
stated on March 19, 2023 Interview with WFAA:
When discussing education savings accounts, "We would be 31st in the nation to have these policies going forward on behalf of kids.”
Half-True
By Aarón Torres • March 30, 2023
Viral image
Viral image
stated on February 20, 2023 a Facebook post:
Canada has only “had 11 school shooting deaths … in history.”
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By Ciara O'Rourke • February 23, 2023
Sawyer Hackett
Sawyer Hackett
stated on January 16, 2023 a tweet:
Gov. Abbott “signed a bill last year eliminating the requirements for Texas schools to teach MLK’s ‘I have a dream’ speech.”
Half-True
By Nusaiba Mizan • February 14, 2023
Tony Evers
Tony Evers
stated on December 27, 2022 Twitter:
"During my time in office, we've increased per pupil aid by more than $300 per student. Now, our schools have returned to the top 10 in the country after falling to 17 under the previous administration.”
Half-True
By D.L. Davis • February 7, 2023
Tom Horne
Tom Horne
stated on September 14, 2022 a debate:
“Kids are resistant to COVID as opposed to older people.”
Half-True
By Renee Romo • October 28, 2022
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on September 14, 2022 an ad:
Val Demings "voted to allow transgender youth sports and teaching radical gender identity without parental consent."
Half-True
By Tom Kertscher • October 5, 2022
Charlie Kirk
Charlie Kirk
stated on August 24, 2022 a Tweet:
“Harvard is sitting on top of a $54 billion hedge fund they call an ‘endowment’ that they pay zero taxes on. Yale has $31 Billion. Stanford $29 Billion. Princeton $26 Billion.”
Half-True
By Madison Czopek • August 31, 2022
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on August 22, 2022 a Facebook post:
Sarasota, Florida, teachers told they cannot purchase books, accept donated reading materials, order from Scholastic or hold book fairs.
Half-True
By Yacob Reyes • August 29, 2022
Miguel Cardona
Miguel Cardona
stated on August 21, 2022 an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press":
"Adjusted for inflation, over the last 25 years teachers have made a $29 increase in their salary."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • August 24, 2022
Kari Lake
Kari Lake
stated on July 7, 2022 an ad:
"Karrin Taylor Robson gave illegals tuition discounts and made us pay for it."
Half-True
By Maria Ramirez Uribe • August 1, 2022
Glenn Grothman
Glenn Grothman
stated on May 21, 2022 Newsletter:
"Nearly 60% of all student loan debt is held by the rich and upper-middle class," so forgiveness would give the wealthy a "financial windfall" but not really help low-income people.
Half-True
By Laura Schulte • June 10, 2022
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on May 26, 2022 a photo on Facebook:
With the $53 billion spent in Ukraine aid, the U.S. “could pay five SWAT members $80,000 each and have them at EVERY school front door.”
Half-True
By Sara Swann • June 3, 2022
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on April 14, 2022 a speech at North Carolina A&T State University:
"For four years, I was a full professor at the University of Pennsylvania."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • April 22, 2022
Jamaal Bowman
Jamaal Bowman
stated on January 26, 2022 a tweet:
“More white legacy students get admitted to top universities than Black & Latinx students admitted through affirmative action.”
Half-True
By Elizabeth Egan, Marnique O. Panepento • March 7, 2022
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