Fact Check Posts – Page 12

Mariannette Miller-Meeks
stated on September 8, 2021 a tweet:

“My opponent wants to abolish” law enforcement.

By Natalie Dunlap • September 17, 2021

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.”

By Jill Terreri Ramos • September 11, 2021

X posts
stated on August 19, 2021 in tweets:

The bomb threat near the U.S. Capitol on Aug. 19 was a false flag.

By Bill McCarthy • August 24, 2021

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

A slain Chicago police officer left behind a two-month-old baby.

By Ciara O'Rourke • August 10, 2021

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.”

By Amy Sherman • August 3, 2021

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.

By Tom Kertscher • July 30, 2021

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

Says George Floyd’s criminal history includes “23 arrests,” “3 car thefts” and many violent crimes.

By Gabrielle Settles • July 28, 2021

Donald Trump
stated on July 11, 2021 in an interview on Fox News:

“There were no guns whatsoever” at the Capitol riot on Jan. 6.

By Gabrielle Settles • July 13, 2021

Republican National Committee
stated on June 29, 2021 a tweet:

"Crime is escalating to a level we haven’t seen in decades as a direct result of Democrats’ defund the police movement and Biden-Harris open-border policies."

By Jon Greenberg • July 9, 2021

Instagram posts
stated on June 27, 2021 an Instagram post:

Three white former police officers were sentenced to less prison time — combined — for killing three Black people than a Black man was for selling marijuana.

By Andy Nguyen • July 7, 2021

Lori Lightfoot
stated on June 28, 2021 remarks at a press conference:

Cook County’s criminal courts “have been shut down for 15 months.”

By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • July 4, 2021

Facebook posts
stated on May 26, 2021 a Facebook post:

“Maxine Waters just introduced a bill to re-name Memorial Day — George Floyd Day."

By Isabella Fertel • June 25, 2021

X posts
stated on May 30, 2021 a Twitter post:

“Police budgets are at their highest they've ever been, there hasn’t actually been any defunding the police.”

By Emily Tian • June 18, 2021

TikTok posts
stated on May 19, 2021 a TikTok video:

“There is a place in the U.S. where murder is legal.”

By Madison Czopek • June 4, 2021

Facebook posts
stated on May 26, 2021 a Facebook post:

Police defunding is to blame for “skyrocketing murder rates” in Philadelphia, Minneapolis, Portland, New York City, Chicago, Los Angeles and Washington, D.C.

By Miriam Valverde • May 28, 2021

Viral image
stated on May 24, 2021 a Facebook post:

The mother of a missing boy in Nebraska confessed to killing him.

By Ciara O'Rourke • May 26, 2021

Facebook posts
stated on May 16, 2021 a Facebook post:

“Video shows U.S. Capitol Police gave protesters OK to enter.”

By Samantha Putterman • May 18, 2021

Andrew Clyde
stated on May 12, 2021 a House hearing:

“Watching the TV footage of those who entered the Capitol. … If you didn't know the TV footage was from Jan. 6, you would actually think it was a normal tourist visit.”

By Amy Sherman • May 13, 2021

Facebook posts
stated on April 25, 2021 a Facebook post:

Caitlyn Jenner “literally killed someone 6 years ago in the streets and was released by a District Attorney.”

By Steven Rascón • May 10, 2021

John Cox
stated on May 4, 2021 a campaign press conference:

California Gov. Gavin Newsom “just let 76,000 inmates out of jail."

By Chris Nichols • May 5, 2021

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