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Latest Fact-Checks By Amy Sherman

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Cameron Sexton
Cameron Sexton
stated on March 30, 2023 an interview:
Actions of the Tennessee state legislators who protested against gun violence were “at least equivalent” to the actions of the Jan. 6 insurrectionists.
False
By Amy Sherman, Louis Jacobson • April 13, 2023
Ron DeSantis
Ron DeSantis
stated on April 6, 2023 a speech:
When migrants arrived on Martha’s Vineyard, “They called out the National Guard and deported them within 24 hours.”
False
By Amy Sherman • April 11, 2023
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on April 4, 2023 remarks at Mar-a-Lago:
Regarding Trump’s January 2021 telephone call with Georgia election officials, “nobody found anything wrong with that perfect call until a book promotion tour many months later.”
Pants on Fire!
By Amy Sherman • April 5, 2023
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on March 28, 2023 a speech:
In the U.S., “you’re not allowed to own a machine gun.”
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • April 3, 2023
Jared Moskowitz
Jared Moskowitz
stated on March 26, 2023 an interview on CNN:
Former President Donald Trump “instructed all the governors to shut down” because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • April 3, 2023
Ashbey Beasley
Ashbey Beasley
stated on March 27, 2023 a statement to the media:
“Gun violence is the number one killer of children and teens — it has overtaken cars.”
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • March 29, 2023
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on February 21, 2023 a Facebook post:
A $2 million grant for Georgia’s DeKalb County amounts to a “private takeover of election offices.”
False
By Amy Sherman • March 15, 2023
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on March 9, 2023 a speech about his budget proposal:
“More cops are killed responding to domestic violence calls than anything else.”
False
By Amy Sherman • March 15, 2023
Nikki Haley
Nikki Haley
stated on March 3, 2023 a speech at CPAC:
Democrats "want to ban gas powered cars and gas stoves.”
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • March 13, 2023
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on February 28, 2023 a Truth Social post:
The 2020 election could not have been fair because “Los Angeles County agreed, during litigation, that there were 1.2 million ineligible voters after the election.”
False
By Amy Sherman • March 9, 2023
Kat Cammack
Kat Cammack
stated on March 2, 2023 a speech at CPAC:
The Justice Department has been “calling parents that are concerned about what their kids are being taught, they are labeling them terrorists.”
False
By Amy Sherman, Madison Czopek • March 2, 2023
Tina Lambert
Tina Lambert
stated on February 20, 2023 a statement of purpose about a bill:
Student ID cards are a “source of fraud” at the polls.
False
By Amy Sherman • February 23, 2023
Nikki Haley
Nikki Haley
stated on February 14, 2023 an announcement video:
On running against Donald Trump for president.
Full Flop
By Amy Sherman • February 14, 2023
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on February 7, 2023 a post on Facebook:
"In the month since Republicans took the House majority," they are trying to "impose a 30% tax on everything."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman, Tom Kertscher • February 10, 2023
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on February 7, 2023 an ad:
President Joe Biden “cheated on his taxes and got away with it.”
False
By Amy Sherman, Louis Jacobson • February 10, 2023
Lauren Boebert
Lauren Boebert
stated on February 7, 2023 a tweet:
Joe Biden closed schools during the COVID-19 pandemic.
False
By Amy Sherman • February 8, 2023
Marjorie Taylor Greene
Marjorie Taylor Greene
stated on February 1, 2023 a House committee hearing:
Illinois “received $5.1 billion at an elementary school there that used it for equity and diversity.”
False
By Amy Sherman, Jeff Cercone • February 3, 2023
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on January 26, 2023 a page about elections in his Rescue America plan:
Same-day voter registration "does not allow election officials to verify the validity and accuracy of voter information."
False
By Amy Sherman • January 31, 2023
Brian Fitzpatrick
Brian Fitzpatrick
stated on January 22, 2023 an interview on Fox News Sunday:
“Classified documents can never be taken out of a (sensitive compartmented information facility), ever.”
Half-True
By Amy Sherman, Louis Jacobson • January 24, 2023
Tucker Carlson
Tucker Carlson
stated on January 9, 2023 in a broadcast:
The election in Brazil “was very clearly a rigged election.”
False
By Amy Sherman, Jeff Cercone • January 12, 2023
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