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stated on October 24, 2020 Facebook post:
An “anti-Black Lives Matter” flag replaced the American flag behind President Trump during a Waukesha campaign rally.
Mostly True
By Laura Schulte • October 28, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on October 13, 2020 Facebook post:
“BREAKING NEWS: All Charges Dropped for Kyle Rittenhouse.”
False
By D.L. Davis • October 15, 2020
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on October 10, 2020 a comment to reporters:
Senate Republicans' move to confirm Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court in an election year is "not constitutional."
False
By Bill McCarthy • October 13, 2020
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on September 29, 2020 the first 2020 presidential debate:
President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden “left me 128 judges to fill. You just don’t do that.”
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • October 2, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on September 26, 2020 a Facebook post:
“Amy Coney Barrett has said that a woman should not be able to own property, buy or sell without the permission of her husband or a male relative.”
False
By Tom Kertscher • September 30, 2020
William Barr
William Barr
stated on September 16, 2020 a speech at a Hillsdale College event:
“Putting a national lockdown, stay-at-home orders, is like house arrest. Other than slavery, which was a different kind of restraint, this is the greatest intrusion on civil liberties in American history."
False
By Jon Greenberg • September 22, 2020
Ron Johnson
Ron Johnson
stated on August 31, 2020 a statement:
Says Tony Evers and Mandela Barnes “have participated in rallies that have done more to incite than calm the situation” in Kenosha
False
By Madeline Heim • September 1, 2020
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on August 31, 2020 Media briefing:
Says video shows Kyle Rittenhouse, the 17-year-old charged with killing two protesters in Kenosha, "was trying to get away from them" ... "fell, and then they violently attacked him."
False
By Haley BeMiller • September 1, 2020
Gwen Moore
Gwen Moore
stated on August 26, 2020 Twitter:
In contrast to how a Black man who was shot by police was treated, Kenosha police officers "let an armed white supremacist walk right past them after shooting people."
Half-True
By Haley BeMiller • September 1, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on August 28, 2020 Facebook post:
Says a photo shows accused shooter Kyle Rittenhouse’s mother, armed with a long gun, in Kenosha, Wisconsin, on the night two protesters were killed and one injured.
False
By Madeline Heim • August 31, 2020
Howard Marklein
Howard Marklein
stated on August 25, 2020 News release:
Says Gov. Tony Evers and Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes, after police shooting of Jacob Blake, "did not call for peace. They did not encourage calm.
Mostly False
By D.L. Davis • August 28, 2020
Viral image
Viral image
stated on August 27, 2020 a Facebook post:
Suggests the alleged Kenosha shooter’s father is a deputy in the Kenosha sheriff’s department.
Pants on Fire!
By Jon Greenberg • August 28, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on August 24, 2020 Facebook post:
“Police training in Wisconsin is 21 weeks. A cosmetology license takes 40 weeks.”
Half-True
By Haley BeMiller • August 27, 2020
Chris Larson
Chris Larson
stated on August 24, 2020 Facebook post:
Police are "20.8 times more likely to kill than be killed by a criminal."
True
By Madeline Heim • August 27, 2020
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on August 19, 2020 a tweet:
Says President Barack Obama “spied on my campaign, and got caught!”
False
By Jon Greenberg • August 20, 2020
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on July 20, 2020 Campaign ad:
Says “Joe Biden is absolutely on board with defunding the police.”
False
By Laura Schulte • August 5, 2020
Charles Schumer
Charles Schumer
stated on July 28, 2020 an MSNBC interview:
“You know what’s in this bill? No medical malpractice suits until 2024, even if they’re not COVID related.”
Mostly False
By Miriam Valverde • August 3, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on June 28, 2020 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.
False
By Lawrence Andrea • August 3, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on June 29, 2020 a Facebook post:
The longest filibuster in U.S. history was 75 days and “took place in 1964, when Democrats tried to block the Civil Rights Act.”
Mostly False
By Samantha Putterman • July 30, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on July 15, 2020 a Facebook post:
Businesses that refuse any legal tender can be fined and sued.
Half-True
By Samantha Putterman • July 22, 2020
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