Fact Check Posts – Page 10

Facebook posts
stated on September 11, 2020 in a Facebook post:

“Kenosha car dealer kills himself after insurance won’t cover … damages caused by the riots.”

By Eric Litke • September 11, 2020

Scott Perry
stated on August 31, 2020 in an ad:

Says Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Eugene DePasquale support "socialized medicine," the Green New Deal and defunding the police.

By Tom Kertscher • September 10, 2020

Facebook posts
stated on September 1, 2020 in a Facebook post:

"PEDOPHILIA is now LEGAL in CALIFORNIA. Now a 21 year old can have sex with an 11 year old, and not be listed on the sex registry as a sex offender."

By Chris Nichols • September 2, 2020

Donald Trump
stated on August 31, 2020 in a tweet:

“If I didn’t INSIST on having the National Guard activate and go into Kenosha, Wisconsin, there would be no Kenosha right now.”

By Eric Litke • September 1, 2020

Steve Scalise
stated on August 30, 2020 in a video:

Says Ady Barkan asked Joe Biden, “Do we agree that we can redirect some of the funding for police?”

By Bill McCarthy • August 31, 2020

Donald Trump
stated on August 20, 2020 in a speech:

“Cuomo ended cash bail ... and now the crime rate has gone through the roof.”

By Jill Terreri Ramos • August 29, 2020

Facebook posts
stated on August 26, 2020 in a Facebook post:

“Video showed police thank (Kyle Rittenhouse) & give him water prior to the killings”

By Eric Litke • August 28, 2020

Viral image
stated on August 27, 2020 in a Facebook post:

Suggests the alleged Kenosha shooter’s father is a deputy in the Kenosha sheriff’s department.

By Jon Greenberg • August 28, 2020

Facebook posts
stated on August 24, 2020 in a Facebook post:

Says Jacob Blake, shot by police in Kenosha, had a warrant for sexual assault and prior convictions for gun use

By Eric Litke • August 27, 2020

Facebook posts
stated on August 26, 2020 in a Facebook post:

Says Jacob Blake “declared he had a gun in the car and was going to go get it” and was “brandishing” a knife

By Eric Litke • August 27, 2020

Ann Wagner
stated on August 18, 2020 in an ad:

Says Jill Schupp has shown a “disturbing pattern of putting sex offenders over our safety.”

By Tom Kertscher • August 26, 2020

Joe Biden
stated on August 23, 2020 in an interview with ABC News:

Says Donald Trump “proposes cutting a half a billion dollars of local police support.”

By Jon Greenberg • August 25, 2020

Viral image
stated on August 13, 2020 in a Facebook post:

“Kamala Harris is the prosecutor who refused to charge the police in the murder of Oscar Grant!”

By Ciara O'Rourke • August 14, 2020

Nancy Mace
stated on August 11, 2020 in a tweet:

Says Kamala Harris “advocated for restoring voting rights for the Boston bomber.”

By Tom Kertscher • August 14, 2020

Facebook posts
stated on July 31, 2020 in a Facebook post:

Scores of politicians and others are on a “list” of sex cases from newly unsealed Ghislaine Maxwell court documents.

By Tom Kertscher • August 6, 2020

Bob Casey
stated on July 21, 2020 in an interview:

Federal agents in Portland have been “kidnapping and holding citizens without charges.”

By Jessica Calefati • August 4, 2020

Facebook posts
stated on June 28, 2020 in Facebook post:

Says Milwaukee police were protecting a sex offender's house and snuck children out of it after a mother tracked her missing daughter to that address.

By Lawrence Andrea • August 3, 2020

Daniel Gade
stated on July 22, 2020 in a tweet.:

“@Mark Warner and his party bosses are calling to defund the police...”

By Warren Fiske • July 29, 2020

Viral image
stated on July 22, 2020 in a viral image:

Says Joe Biden is formally listed as criminal suspect in Ukraine case involving his son.

By Tom Kertscher • July 28, 2020

Donald Trump
stated on July 22, 2020 in a speech:

“Murders this year have spiked 27% in Philadelphia.”

By Jessica Calefati • July 24, 2020

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