Fact Check Posts – Page 12

Tim Scott
stated on April 28, 2021 a GOP response to President Joe Biden's speech:

Says Democrats blocked his efforts at police reform.

By Amy Sherman • April 30, 2021

Black Lives Matter
stated on April 20, 2021 a tweet:

“Biden is currently sending more military equipment to our neighborhoods than Trump did.”

By Amy Sherman, Louis Jacobson • April 27, 2021

Turning Point USA
stated on March 27, 2021 a video posted on Instagram:

HR 1 “gives the federal government the power to establish their own committees” to take over the redistricting process.

By Louis Jacobson • April 2, 2021

Facebook posts
stated on March 30, 2021 a Facebook post:

U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz was the lone vote in the House against an anti-human trafficking bill.

By Amy Sherman • March 31, 2021

Tom Nelson
stated on March 7, 2021 TV interview:

“Right now, two-thirds of the U.S. Senate is composed of millionaires.”

By Laura Schulte • March 25, 2021

Ron Johnson
stated on March 20, 2021 a speech:

“There was no violence on the Senate side, in terms of the chamber.”

By Eric Litke • March 23, 2021

Facebook posts
stated on March 18, 2021 a Facebook post:

“Pelosi’s $1.9 trillion bailout gives EVERY federal employee a $21,000 bonus check… they never lost their job!”

By Samantha Putterman • March 19, 2021

Nicole Malliotakis
stated on March 8, 2021 a Tweet:

"If you are a hard-working law-abiding citizen who earns $80,000, you don’t get a stimulus check. But if you are a convicted murderer or rapist sitting in jail, you do."

By Jill Terreri Ramos • March 19, 2021

Facebook posts
stated on March 7, 2021 a Facebook post:

The $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill "awards a $25 million bonus" to House members.

By Tom Kertscher • March 11, 2021

Facebook posts
stated on March 8, 2021 a Facebook post:

Under HR 1, a person can still vote if they are 16, in the U.S. illegally, have no ID and have not registered to vote

By Amy Sherman • March 10, 2021

Chuck Todd
stated on March 7, 2021 remarks on NBC's "Meet the Press":

“The filibuster was never an idea of the founding fathers.”

By Louis Jacobson • March 8, 2021

Mike Pence
stated on March 3, 2021 Daily Signal op ed:

The voting bill known as H.R. 1 would mean “that millions of illegal immigrants are quickly registered to vote."

By Amy Sherman • March 5, 2021

Charlie Kirk
stated on March 4, 2021 a radio show segment:

H.R. 1 “would allow the Boston bomber to have a right to vote.”

By Bill McCarthy • March 5, 2021

Elise Stefanik
stated on March 3, 2021 a tweet:

H.R. 1 would “prevent removal of ineligible voters from registration rolls.”

By Amy Sherman • March 4, 2021

Donald Trump
stated on February 28, 2021 an interview:

Says he requested “10,000 National Guardsmen” for his Jan. 6 rally, but Nancy Pelosi “rejected it.”

By Tom Kertscher • March 2, 2021

Donald Trump
stated on February 28, 2021 a speech at CPAC:

HR 1 “automatically registers every welfare recipient to vote.”

By Amy Sherman • March 2, 2021

Ronna McDaniel
stated on February 22, 2021 a tweet:

Says the American Civil Liberties Union opposes H.R. 1 on grounds that “it threatens our freedom of speech.”

By Amy Sherman • March 1, 2021

Facebook posts
stated on February 26, 2021 an image:

Says Jerry Nadler said “God has no authority in the House of Representatives”

By Daniel Funke • February 26, 2021

Act for America
stated on February 23, 2021 an online post:

HR 1 will allow members of Congress to draw a second salary “worth an estimated $600,000 per year!”

By Amy Sherman • February 25, 2021

Facebook posts
stated on February 13, 2021 a Facebook post:

Only Nancy Pelosi is “responsible for what happened at the Capitol” on Jan. 6, “security at the Capitol is her job.”

By Tom Kertscher • February 25, 2021

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