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stated on May 31, 2020 in a Facebook post:
Says Donald Trump got “exposed for raping a 13-year-old" in retaliation for law enforcement officers “killing black people.”
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By Tom Kertscher • June 3, 2020
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stated on May 31, 2020 in a Facebook post:
If protesters blocking the road “start banging on your windows, threatening you and trying to get in your vehicle,” it is legal to “hit the gas and plow through them.”
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By Tom Kertscher • June 3, 2020
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stated on May 31, 2020 in a Facebook post:
Says “a rioter accidentally dropped” a riot manual with detailed instructions.
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By Emily Venezky • June 2, 2020
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stated on May 31, 2020 in a Facebook post:
Video shows Seattle police in uniform “vandalizing” a building “to frame protesters.”
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By Tom Kertscher • June 2, 2020
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stated on May 31, 2020 in a Facebook post:
Says President Trump tweeted that he spoke with George Floyd’s family and said they were “honored” to hear from him.
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By Samantha Putterman • June 2, 2020
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stated on June 1, 2020 in a Facebook post:
BLM Fresno riots will begin at 4 p.m. in River Park on 06/02/20
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By Madison Czopek • June 2, 2020
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stated on May 31, 2020 in an image:
“Antifa is warning that tonight they're moving out of the cities - and into residential areas to 'take what's ours.'”
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By Daniel Funke • June 1, 2020
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stated on May 21, 2020 in a Facebook post:
Says researchers found a “fabric that kills coronaviruses”
Mostly True
By Eric Litke • May 30, 2020
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stated on May 20, 2020 in a Facebook post:
Michigan governor reopened Traverse City “so she could have her daughter's open house.”
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By Tom Kertscher • May 29, 2020
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stated on May 28, 2020 in a post:
The death of George Floyd was a "staged event."
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By Daniel Funke • May 29, 2020
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stated on May 16, 2020 in a Facebook post:
Says Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine released 4,300 prisoners and is now warning residents of a possible crime wave.
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By Samantha Putterman • May 29, 2020
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stated on April 6, 2020 in a Facebook post:
Says the Republican Party started in Ripon, Wis., “to counter the Democrats’ plans to expand slavery.”
Half-True
By Eric Litke • May 29, 2020
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stated on May 10, 2020 in a Facebook post:
“This is what Bill Gates and George Soros want to do… secretly stick you with a chip while testing you for the coronavirus... the Dems have a bill on the House floor ready to vote on it to require this.”
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By Ciara O'Rourke • May 28, 2020
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stated on May 16, 2020 in a Facebook post:
“This is 76 year old senile Joe Biden!!! That is a 15 year old girl with whom he’s making out!!!”
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By Ciara O'Rourke • May 28, 2020
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stated on May 26, 2020 in a Facebook post:
Italy “went against the WHO's ‘law’” against COVID-19 autopsies and “discovered covid is not a virus, but a bacterium” that “clots the blood and reduces the oxygen saturation.”
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By Emily Venezky • May 28, 2020
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stated on May 27, 2020 in a Facebook post:
A photo shows ex-Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin wearing a “Make Whites Great Again Hat.”
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By Samantha Putterman • May 27, 2020
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stated on May 16, 2020 in a Facebook post:
The flu didn't kill any Americans this year.
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By Samantha Putterman • May 27, 2020
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stated on May 20, 2020 in an image:
Says Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s family spent May 20 at her second home, breaking her own stay-at-home orders.
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By Daniel Funke • May 27, 2020
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stated on May 10, 2020 in a Facebook post:
Nancy Pelosi said "Congress shall not vote remotely because it is not secure!" while also saying that “Americans should all vote for president by mail!”
Mostly False
By Tom Kertscher • May 27, 2020
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stated on May 18, 2020 in a Facebook post:
Texas and Florida have a “balanced budget” while California is “in debt $54 billion and New York is “in debt $6.1 billion.”
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By Amy Sherman, Emily Venezky • May 26, 2020
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