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Cavalier Johnson
Cavalier Johnson
stated on December 21, 2021 News release
“In 2021, 65 people in Milwaukee have lost their lives due to reckless driving accidents, and more than 9,000 cars have been stolen, double the amount in 2020.”
Half-True
By D.L. Davis • February 4, 2022
Dinesh D'Souza
Dinesh D'Souza
stated on January 4, 2022 a Fox News appearance
Recently released Jan. 6 footage shows "these cops using massive amounts of force against unarmed Trump supporters, including women."
False
By Bill McCarthy • January 10, 2022
Doug Wilder
Doug Wilder
stated on January 3, 2022 a radio interview.
“When I became mayor of the City of Richmond in 2004, the crime rate was at its highest. When I left in 2008, it was at its lowest.”
Half-True
By Warren Fiske • January 10, 2022
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on December 14, 2021 a Facebook post
“California store owner prices all items at $951 so thieves can be prosecuted.”
False
By Samantha Putterman • December 15, 2021
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on November 20, 2021 a Facebook post
“The gas station where they initially attacked” Kyle Rittenhouse “is owned by his grandparents.”
False
November 24, 2021
Viral image
Viral image
stated on November 15, 2021 a Facebook post
The Build Back Better bill provides “'parole' amnesty for millions of criminal illegal aliens.”
Mostly False
November 23, 2021
NYS Department of Corrections and Community Supervision
NYS Department of Corrections and Community Supervision
stated on November 8, 2021 a news release
New York is "leading the nation with the lowest imprisonment rate of any large state”
True
By Jill Terreri Ramos • November 19, 2021
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Viral image
stated on November 15, 2021 a Facebook post
Timothy Simpkins, a Black teen shooter, got 1 day in jail and $75,000 bail, while Kyle Rittenhouse, a white teen, got 2 months in jail and $2 million bail. “I think it’s pretty evident ... that white privilege is a myth.”
Half-True
November 17, 2021
Tucker Carlson
Tucker Carlson
stated on November 1, 2021 a documentary film
Federal agents directly incited people on Jan. 6, 2021, and "intentionally entrapped" American citizens.
False
By Samantha Putterman • November 4, 2021
Tucker Carlson
Tucker Carlson
stated on November 1, 2021 his documentary series "Patriot Purge"
“Jan. 6 is being used as a pretext to strip millions of Americans, disfavored Americans, of their core constitutional rights.”
Pants on Fire!
By Bill McCarthy • November 2, 2021
Tucker Carlson
Tucker Carlson
stated on November 2, 2021 a documentary film
“DEA agent Mark Ibrahim was forced from his job and later indicted simply because he was near the Capitol protest on Jan. 6.”
False
By Samantha Putterman • November 2, 2021
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on September 20, 2021 social media posts
“Violent crime rate dropped like a rock following West Virginia’s adoption of permitless carry.”
Mostly False
By Duncan Slade • November 2, 2021
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on October 9, 2021 a Facebook post
A photo shows sex traffickers using an abandoned child car seat to lure in victims.
False
By Bill McCarthy • October 18, 2021
Viral image
Viral image
stated on September 21, 2021 a Facebook post
There are 500,000 “missing kids a year.”
Mostly False
September 29, 2021
Mariannette Miller-Meeks
Mariannette Miller-Meeks
stated on September 8, 2021 a tweet
“My opponent wants to abolish” law enforcement.
False
September 17, 2021
Byron Brown
Byron Brown
stated on August 23, 2021 an interview
Before 2020, “crime had been falling, every year, year after year, in the city of Buffalo.”
Mostly True
By Jill Terreri Ramos • September 11, 2021
X posts
X posts
stated on August 19, 2021 in tweets
The bomb threat near the U.S. Capitol on Aug. 19 was a false flag.
Pants on Fire!
By Bill McCarthy • August 24, 2021
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on August 8, 2021 a Facebook post
A slain Chicago police officer left behind a two-month-old baby.
False
August 10, 2021
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on July 27, 2021 a Facebook post
Florida Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried “suspended gun rights — no due process — just because she says these people were merely ‘involved’ in January 6.”
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • August 3, 2021
Viral image
Viral image
stated on June 21, 2021 a viral image
“A known antifa member” dressed as a Donald Trump supporter “and caused the Capitol riot” on Jan. 6.
Mostly False
July 30, 2021
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